Podcasts about covid-19

For episode 492 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen, Host Matt Payne welcomes photographer/director Scott McDermott, a New York City–based professional with 25+ years spanning sports, fitness, celebrity portraiture, commercial campaigns, directing, and fine art. McDermott describes learning through five years assisting across genres, then building a career by pivoting as opportunities changed, including ongoing cityscape images from his Queens window. He contrasts mindsets between commercial photography (client-driven deliverables), directing (big-picture storytelling for the edit), and fine art (freedom without external endpoints). McDermott explains his Backline fine art series, inspired backstage at a Red Hot Chili Peppers show, photographing road-worn instruments and gear as “modern relics,” plus a cassette-tape print project marketed via separate branding, galleries, art fairs, and Instagram. He discusses developing style through experimentation, differentiating over-photographed subjects, pricing uncertainties, balancing personal and commercial work, and sustaining longevity through stubborn persistence, risk tolerance, and adaptability, including surviving a year without work during COVID. Links and Resources: Get a copy of the Muench Workshops Destinations Magazine Scott McDermott Commercial Photography Scott McDermott Fine Art The Backline Series Scott McDermott on Instagram Support the show on Patreon Matt Payne's Book, The Colorado Way Nadav Kander David Westphal Reuben Wu Podcast Episode 00:00 Show Intro  00:51 Meet Scott McDermott 02:09 Career Path NYC 04:47 Queens Skyline Project 08:13 Generalist Skills Lighting 10:41 Photo vs Directing Art 15:10 Backline Origins 18:32 Cassette Tape Prints 21:17 Selling Fine Art Online 24:01 Finding Visual Style 27:21 Experimentation Weird Gear 30:08 Standing Out De Niro 33:32 Eiffel Tower Photo Rights 34:23 Balancing Art and Ads 36:17 Finding Patronage Again 38:12 Pricing and Budget Games 44:29 Commercial Skills to Fine Art 48:07 Landscape Adaptation Tactics 51:42 Authenticity Versus AI 53:54 Staying in the Game 57:42 Making Money in Landscapes 01:01:14 Guest Recommendations 01:04:40 Wrap Up

Michael Martinez is an overseas professional basketball player who currently competes  internationally in Columbia. Michael has also built a bilingual following of 275K+ across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat, posting training, game day, and everyday content in English and Spanish. On this episode Mike and Michael discuss how disciplined training, careful shot tracking, and his father's guidance helped him develop from a young basketball player into a professional athlete. He explains how making more than 150,000 shots during COVID, practicing with purpose, and maintaining a “next shot” mindset changed his trajectory. The conversation also explores the importance of AAU exposure, finding the right tournaments, embracing a specific role, and choosing opportunities where a player is genuinely wanted. Martinez discusses overcoming ankle reconstruction surgery, limited playing time, and the challenges of proving himself at each level of basketball. He also describes how bilingual content creation, social media strategy, and his Colombian heritage helped him build a platform, connect with fans, and create new basketball and business opportunities. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @hoopheadspod for the latest updates on episodes, guests, and events from the Hoop Heads Pod. Make sure you're subscribed to the Hoop Heads Pod on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and while you're there please leave us a 5 star rating and review.  Your ratings help your friends and coaching colleagues find the show. If you really love what you're hearing recommend the Hoop Heads Pod to someone and get them to join you as a part of Hoop Heads Nation. Be prepared to take some notes as you listen to this episode with Michael Martinez, overseas professional basketball player. Website - https://basketball.latinbasket.com/player/Michael-Martinez/ Email - mikemartinezbusiness@gmail.com Instagram - @michaelmartinez__ TikTok - @michaelmartinez YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@michael.martinez_ Connect with the Hoop Heads Podcast on social media! Twitter/x - @hoopheadspod Instagram - @HoopHeadsPod YouTube – Hoop Heads Podcast Facebook – Hoop Heads Podcast Subscribe to the Hoop Heads Pod Newsletter - https://hoopheadspod.com/newsletter/ Website - https://hoopheadspod.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Late-night host Walter Sterling breaks down the absurd, the controversial, and the downright bizarre on The Other Side of Midnight. In this episode, Walter tackles a story about a wealthy NYC columnist who forced her privileged daughter into a failing middle school as a social experiment—a decision Walter and callers slam as educational child abuse. Then, resident contributor Dr. Linda Salvin drops by with a wild report from Possum Creek, Ohio, where a 54-year-old woman claims she was romanced by Bigfoot ("Gary") and is carrying his child—until her mom reveals it was actually just a positive at-home COVID test. Plus, the show dives into how fatherhood shapes communities, why wearing a Brooks Brothers suit gets you upgraded to first class on flights, and proposed fixes for the public school system.

Send me a DM here (it doesn't let me respond), OR email me: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.comToday I'm honored to have back on the show once again - two incredible warriors for truth, exposure, and healing for all survivors - especially in their home of Israel: CEO of Bereshit Magazine, Independent journalist and researcher, and podcast host, Daniel Sharon, and ritual abuse survivor and advocate, social worker and lecturer, Yael ArielA little bit about Daniel, Yael and their journey's together:In the ancient, storied heart of Jerusalem, where the weight of history presses against the soul of every inhabitant, a young man named Daniel Sharon came of age amid the vibrant pulse of a city that has witnessed empires rise and fall. Now in his 30's, Daniel once stood as an officer in the IDF's elite tank unit, navigating the chaos and moral quagmire of conflict in Gaza a decade ago. The raw human cost of war awakened something profound within him - an unshakable disillusionment that compelled him to step away from military service and toward a path of deeper introspection and purpose. Then came the global upheaval of COVID, a catalyst that stripped away illusions and unveiled what he describes as the horrific truths embedded in the systems governing our world. Guided by synchronicities and inspired by the bold voices of truth-seekers, Daniel discovered his calling as CEO of Bereshit - Hebrew for Genesis - a magazine born as a defiant answer to the fear-driven narratives flooding mainstream media. In a landscape choked by silence and control, Bereshit rose as a beacon for truth, free speech, and human rights. In 2023, Daniel shattered barriers by publishing Israel's first major article on ritual abuse, a courageous act that ignited both fierce controversy and life-changing connection. It was in this fearless pursuit that Daniel's path crossed with Yael, a fierce social worker, lecturer, and survivor of ritual abuse whose own journey radiates extraordinary resilience. Having endured unimaginable trauma that fractured her early life, Yael transformed her pain into profound purpose. She co-produced two groundbreaking conferences dedicated to healing complex trauma, becoming a sought-after lecturer on dissociation and complex PTSD, her voice ringing with clarity, compassion, and unyielding strength. Since 2022, she has fearlessly shared her story on Facebook—one of the few ritual abuse survivors in Israel bold enough to speak publicly. Her courage has drawn dozens of others from the shadows, forging a growing network of survivors united in their mission to raise awareness and foster healing. Together, Daniel and Yael have become an unstoppable force of light against darkness. Their collaboration gave birth to a pioneering Hebrew-language website dedicated to exposing and understanding ritual abuse - a vital resource that, alongside Daniel's groundbreaking Bereshit article and a pivotal investigative piece, ignited a national conversation long suppressed by fear and denial. Rooted in shared conviction, deep friendship and love, their partnership blends Daniel's strategic vision and journalistic precision with Yael's empathetic advocacy and lived wisdom. Through Bereshit, Daniel's new podcast, Yael's advocacy for fellow survivors, and their relentless activism, they are rewriting Israel's narrative: replacing fear with truth, silence with solidarity, and trauma with hope.

In this powerful episode of Fed by the Fruit, host KB sits down with wife, mother, entrepreneur, and proud sober woman Kateland Maksanty to discuss her journey from hidden alcohol addiction to sobriety, healing, and faith in God. Kateland shares how grief, a family culture of drinking, and the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to her addiction; how a hospitalization became the turning point that led her to get sober; and how the Reframe app helped her understand the connection between alcohol, dopamine, and ADHD. She also opens up about rebuilding her identity, discovering a personal relationship with God, and finding hope in Romans 8:28. This honest testimony is a reminder that addiction does not discriminate—and that surrender, recovery, and transformation are possible.Connect with Kateland on Instagram and reach out to KB on Instagram and share your thoughts.

Eamonn WelliverTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Eamonn Welliver. Eamonn is a third-generation painter, a second-generation actor, and a second-generation musician. In this episode, we chat about each of these artistic avenues. But before all of that, Eamonn shares some very personal stories of struggle and triumph. He was very vulnerable and open from the start. Thank you Eamonn. Being a third-generation painter, with his father's & grandfather's work hanging in some of the most prestigious museums in the world; I ask Eeamonn about the pressure to live up to the two before him. He is very candid about those pressures and expectations. Then we discuss his actual style and some of his specific pieces. They are absolutely gorgeous; you should check out his painting page on Instagram. Next, we move on to some of Eamonn's acting work. Among his roles, he played young Harry Bosch in the Amazon series "Bosch: Legacy", and we touch on that a bit. Then we discuss his audition for the lead role in the Bosch prequel 'Start of Watch', coming soon on Amazon. It was a very unique opportunity, and he even tells me about how he felt when he found out he did not get the role.... and that news came from a very interesting place. Finally, we discuss his music. Eamonn Welliver is the genius behind 'God and Her Pistol'. We talk about the new record 'Water in a Closed Fist', why there are no lyrics, and he lets me play my favorite track off of the new album. We also find out Eamonn's plans for the future of his acting, painting, and musical careers. Naturally we have a blast getting to know each other along the way. Definitely check out his paintings, and his music on his social media pages, and keep your eyes peeled for this talented young man on television and film.

Another episode I don’t care if you like. I had a great time! Marc came aboard and answered the Dad questions. We then went into some pretty deep discussions. Vaccines, Fauci, Covid and so much more! Thanks for listening!

How did Charlie go from someone who spoke only at schools to someone who visited churches all over America? In his 2023 visit to the Seattle Revival Center, Charlie tells his story of how Covid tyranny supercharged his Christian faith and convinced him that faith and politics can't be treated separately. Is politics divisive? Sure...but so is the Christian gospel. And if the most important thing in life is preaching the Gospel, he says, the second most important thing is making the first possible. Watch every episode ad-free on members.charliekirk.com! Get new merch at charliekirkstore.com!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders stay informed, your people stay connected, and your unit stays ready. No more scattered spreadsheets or missed messages. Just one platform built for organizations where performance is the mission. Learn more at teamworkstactical.comWe are also supported by TrainHeroic — the coaching and programming platform built for strength and conditioning coaches who train serious athletes. Whether you're programming for a military unit, a tactical team, or individual athletes, TrainHeroic gives you the tools to build and deliver professional training programs, track athlete progress, and communicate directly with your people — all through one app. Your athletes get world-class programming on their phone; you get the visibility to actually coach them. Start your free trial at trainheroic.comArmy Fitness Drama, R2 Gets Cut, and the Job Board Blows UpDrew is sick. It's not COVID. Apparently nobody cares about COVID anymore, which was news to him. Regardless, this week had more going on than either of them planned for.What we get into:The R2 contract got cut to shreds. A lot of people who work in Ready and Resilient performance centers found out they were losing their jobs, which is genuinely rough — and made worse by the fact that their employer almost certainly saw it coming and didn't say anything. Drew and Alex both feel for the folks caught in that. Alex is also pretty skeptical of the R2 program in general, and he explains why without holding back. The PT test rumors. The Vice Chief of Staff and Sergeant Major of the Army said it was all fake news at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference. Alex's take: that's not true, and it's fine to backtrack when you see the reaction, but let's not pretend it wasn't a thing. The specific rumor — remove the deadlift, remove the sprint drag carry, speed up the run times until it's basically the APFT — is what we're working with. And if your new Army fitness culture mirrors the Air Force fitness culture, Alex has some thoughts on that.The deadlift should stay. The National Guard lieutenant who was considered one of the fittest soldiers in his state, by APFT standards, who threw out his back deadlifting 65 pounds on day one of the master fitness trainer course. Every soldier at some point picks up and carries heavy awkward stuff in chaotic environments. Testing that is not optional.The sprint drag carry is in a weird gray area. A lot of people online are saying it's the most operationally relevant event. What they mean is it has the highest face validity — it looks the coolest and most military. Whether that's the same thing is a longer conversation.The closer lands on something worth sitting with. Alex argues that no amount of data will fix the perception that human performance is a luxury program. What will fix it is senior leaders who experienced H2F firsthand — as battalion and brigade commanders — moving into higher positions and advocating from personal experience rather than a PowerPoint.And on the job board: we launched a talent network this week, the R2 situation sent a wave of people to it, and it turns out cognitive performance is the discipline least likely to have salary listed. Zero out of 61 jobs. Zero.Mentioned in this episode:MOPs & MOEs job board — mopsnmoes.com/jobsAlex's R2 blog article Jón Páll Sigmarsson — there's no reason to be alive if you can't deadliftGeneral Frost — early ACFT and H2F rolloutLong and Strong — the Mops and Moes training program on TrainHeroic Views expressed are those of the speakers and do not represent any official organization.

Welcome to “When Words Fail, Music Speaks,” the podcast where we battle depression and anxiety with the transformative power of song.In today's episode your host, the ever‑curious James Cox, sits down with Natalie Nokomis—the hauntingly beautiful, dark‑pop artist who blends trip‑hop, alternative R&B, and a pinch of horror‑movie vibe into music that feels like a midnight meditation.From Natalie's winding journey—yoga instructor, massage therapist, Whole Foods worker, bartender, real‑estate licensee, and longtime customer‑service pro—to her mid‑life awakening during COVID, we hear how she and her husband, producer Cosmicus, turned a shared love of horror films and personal‑development into a unique sonic world.Together they dive deep into:The roots of “dark pop” and how it differs from mainstream pop or pure horror‑themed music.Shadow work and Carl Jung, and why embracing our “dark side” can be a vital part of healing.Personal trauma turned art, including the loss of Natalie's mother at 16 and the ongoing influence of family mental‑illness on her lyrics.The creative process as therapy, from spontaneous lyric‑writing to confronting the ego versus the authentic self.Upcoming releases—the metamorphic single “Shed,” the soon‑to‑drop tracks “Alchemy” (September) and “Star Sailing” (November), plus a heartfelt January tribute “Hopeless January.”Future projects like an acoustic Christmas song, the “Dark North” merch line, and Cosmicus' spooky Halloween playlists.Whether you're a fan of haunting atmospheres, hard‑rock riffs, or the quiet confidence that comes from karaoke nights, Natalie's story reminds us that music isn't just entertainment—it's a lifeline, a mirror, and a bold declaration of freedom.Stay tuned, lean in, and let the conversation guide you toward your own shadow‑embracing, soul‑healing soundtrack.

Nous sommes aujourd'hui avec Pierre Doublet et Quentin Garreau de Labarre, les fondateurs de Fuga, l'une des marques d'hospitality les plus ambitieuses de la scène parisienne. Le groupe compte aujourd'hui 8 adresses, près de 300 collaborateurs et organise plus de 600 événements par an. Pour co-animer ce nouvel épisode de Business of Bouffe, Philibert est accompagné d'Elisa Gautier, la fondatrice du restaurant Kiosk et de la newsletter Chaleur Tournante.À travers cet épisode, nous cherchons à comprendre comment Pierre et Quentin ont transformé une promesse, sortir de Paris à Paris, en une marque d'hospitality qui dépasse largement la restauration.Pour cela, Pierre et Quentin remontent le fil de deux parcours que rien, au départ, ne semblait réunir. Quentin part à 16 ans en école hôtelière à Glion, enchaîne dix ans en Asie, puis gravit les échelons du George V jusqu'à en diriger toute l'offre restauration, avec au passage une tentative entrepreneuriale ratée et un retour au palace négocié à une condition, garder sa barbe. Pierre, lui, monte sa première boîte à 22 ans, en revend une seconde et découvre la bouffe à New York. Avant de s'associer, les deux amis s'imposent un an de discussions sur l'argent, la famille et les soirées, une préparation au mariage dont naît l'idée de Fuga en 2019.Pierre et Quentin nous racontent ensuite comment l'intuition devient réalité. Laïa ouvre en janvier 2020 dans une ancienne distillerie planquée au fond d'une cour du 11e : Méditerranée latine, cuisine au feu de bois, potager sur le toit et un décorateur volontairement non parisien, pour garder un regard naïf. La communauté est bâtie avant l'ouverture, à coups de vidéos de chantier et d'une carte des vins votée à la bougie. Suivent des déjeuners cataclysmiques, le Covid, un pivot gnocchi, puis Francette au pied de la Tour Eiffel et Riviera Fuga au Port des Invalides, et une vision de l'hospitality où l'évasion est le premier des luxes.Enfin, Pierre et Quentin déroulent le changement d'échelle : cinq concepts originaux réunis rue de Monceau, l'événementiel devenu pilier stratégique, et une organisation sans bureaux assumée depuis cinq ans. Ils ouvrent ensuite grand les livres, avec la transparence qu'on aime ici : ticket moyen, ratios, croissance et EBITDA, jusqu'à ce seuil des 20 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires en dessous duquel ils estiment qu'on ne construit pas un groupe. Ils nous dévoilent aussi la suite : la Brasserie Fougue à Beaupassage, un concept bakery-coffee, et un rêve assumé, l'hôtellerie. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

This week on the Mark Levin Show, the Declaration of Independence is the clearest statement of America's founding principles. The United States was uniquely founded on a fusion of Judeo-Christian values and Enlightenment principles, combining faith, morality, reason, and natural rights while rejecting theocracy. America's founding principles allow individuals to hold diverse beliefs, including atheism and agnosticism, while preserving freedom of thought and religion. Islamism and Marxism are incompatible with American founding ideals because they reject natural law, natural rights, and the reasoning embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Remember all the fearmongering over things like DDT, e-oli, gas lawn mowers, and masks during COVID? Remember when climate change was supposed to cause sea levels to rise? There's a new fearmongering op over AI and data centers, driven by the Communist Chinese and their Democrat cheerleaders like Bernie Sanders. All the lies about data centers -- they use too much water, will cause electricity costs to go up, will kill jobs -- have all been proven false. But Barack Obama and others want to either kill this new industry or want the government to take it over. Bernie Sanders even said AI is more dangerous than nukes! Don't be a sucker. Don't give in to fearmongering. We need this new technology, and America must win the AI race. Republicans have abandoned their focus on affordability and instead shifted their attention to opposing or regulating data centers; they're chasing the latest political issue rather than addressing real concerns. Republicans are allowing Democrats and the media to shape their agenda, affordability remains a major problem and should be a priority. Groundbreaking developments should be left free from government interference because bureaucrats and politicians lack the expertise to direct innovation. Calls for greater regulation are driven by a desire for power and control rather than practical solutions. We need deregulation, limited government involvement, and allowing innovation and technological development to proceed with minimal restrictions. Later, re you getting sick and tired of ingrates who have no connection to this country? Take Hasan Piker: born here, raised in Turkey where he was radicalized, and thanks to the Supreme Court, returned here a citizen. Democrats might be keeping Piker at arm's length, but he is the face of the party. Democrats have embraced radical Islamism and Marxism just like they embraced slavery and segregation in the past. Islamism and Marxism are incompatible with the Judeo-Christian values of America and the Constitution. Most outrageously, Piker says, pound-for-pound, America causes more terrorism than Al-Qaeda. America is turning into Europe, which is dead and doesn't have the will to survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Kevin Fong has spent his working life in high-risk, high-performance teams. He flies as a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service doctor, has worked on NASA's human spaceflight programme, and was part of the UK's frontline response to major incidents and terror attacks.  In this episode, he joins Professor of Environment and Society, Helen Czerski, to discuss some of the most challenging and high-pressure emergencies he's witnessed across his varied career and to offer some crucial, counter-intuitive insights into how the best teams and organisations succeed against the odds, learn from failure and go again. Fong suggests that decisions in the face of irreducible uncertainty are the ultimate team sport and their success depends wholly on the wider systems that support them. The ultimate lessons are these: never lose sight of the humans in the loop, and when it comes to managing fast-moving threats in the face of the unknown, the edge of chaos is exactly where you need to be. Kevin Fong Kevin Fong is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthesia and intensive-care medicine and is departmental lead for major-incident planning at UCL Hospitals. He also flies as a doctor with a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, has worked with NASA's human spaceflight programme. In 2020 he was seconded as National Clinical Adviser to NHS England's Covid-19 Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Team.  Helen Czerski is Professor of the Environment and Society at UCL's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research focus is the physics of breaking waves and bubbles at the ocean surface. She has been a regular presenter on the BBC since 2011, where she stands out for her enthusiasm, insight and storytelling ability. She is the co-host of BBC Radio 4's flagship climate and environment show Rare Earth. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Victoria Sivrais and Beth Mazza have known each other for 20 years. Beth was Victoria's boss, then her mentor, then her business partner, and together they've built and sold two companies that advised S&P 500 leaders. Now they're building a third, and releasing a book, Entrepreneur Like a Mother, that turns every mistake they made into a framework so you don't have to make the same ones. Dana sits down with them to talk about the "kitchen cabinet" every mom building a business needs (your cheerleaders, connectors, and compensators), the Mommy Mayhem Matrix for picking the right business model for the life you actually want, and why fear looks completely different on two women who've built the exact same success. You'll hear: Why women starting businesses outnumbered men for the first time in 2025, and what that means for you The kitchen cabinet framework: cheerleaders, connectors, and compensators The Mommy Mayhem Matrix, and how to figure out the business model that actually fits your life Why one of them feels zero fear and the other had to write down her own accomplishments to believe she belonged Near-bankruptcy, a lawsuit the week before giving birth to twins, and cash-advancing payroll during COVID What their kids actually remember about watching them build This is for any mom building a business who's ever felt like she's doing it completely alone. Mentioned in this episode: Entrepreneur Like a Mother (Wiley, out September 22nd) Victoria and Beth on Instagram: @femalemavericks BossMom Community (free): bossmom.com/community Raising Your Business: bossmom.com/join

In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are angered by the continuous reporting of measles deaths in the US and around the world, the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, changes in reporting of virus infection and vaccine recommendations, establishing an NIH research center on vaccine harms, Legionnaires at Yankee stadium and the first time in more than half a century reporting of an equine screwworm case, and how HHS may prevent more than half of US children from getting the COVID-19 vaccine this season before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV-2 infections, efficacy and safety of the 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine, and contacting your federal government representative to stop the assault on science and biomedical research. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode   Unvaccinated Woman Likely Died of Measles Complications, Pa. County Coroner Says NY Times) Confirmed death of an 18-year old due to complications of measles (Facebook: Mifflin County Coroner's Office) CDC's new tracking method for measles deaths puzzles experts (CIDRAP) Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led (STATNews) Exclusive: New NIH research center on vaccine harms takes shape (Science) US pediatricians report seeing fewer patients because of immigration enforcement worries (CIDRAP) Surgeon General Nominee Pledges Support for Vaccines in Senate Hearing (NY Times) CIDRAP Op-Ed: HHS is asking what to call vaccine recommendations. You have 4 days to weigh in. 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Director Ric Burns and his writing and producing partner, James Sanders, sat down with Christina Greer, Harry Siegel and guest co-host Dave Colon to discuss their two new episodes of Gotham: A Documentary bringing their epic history into the 21st Century, The filmmakers dig into the unprecedented wave of crises from 9/11 to the Great Recession to Hurricane Sandy to COVID and the George Floyd protests that our resilient city has found way through over the last 25 years, why its values are being tested now in a way they haven't been in a century, and how in their telling an unlikely businessman mayor helped reaffirm, reshape and restore the resilience that's always defined New York.

Margin pressure, driven by a widening profitability gap among MSPs, is the primary structural shift highlighted in this discussion. According to Dave Cava, industry data shows that over half of MSPs operate at less than 5% profitability, while around 27% are running at a loss. Larger and better-funded MSPs are leveraging resources to accelerate adoption of new technologies such as AI, increasing competitive risk for smaller providers that lack operational maturity and financial resilience.The discussion identified concrete data on workforce dynamics and hiring models as significant, with PeopleSharp internal figures revealing a 30-day gap between presenting a hiring candidate and accepted offers, attributed to process inefficiency on the MSP side. Additionally, Dave Cava referenced market research (Saya) showing a jump from 9% to 16% of MSPs struggling to find qualified technicians, despite a labor market some perceive as soft. This further intensifies pressure on mid-sized and smaller MSPs with limited recruiting power, especially as staffing expectations and willingness to work on-site have been drastically altered post-COVID.Secondary developments include the evolving structure of technical teams and career ladders. Traditional L1-to-L3 progression is under scrutiny as automation and AI begin to erode the volume of entry-level roles. While the shift is gradual, Dave Cava noted that "talent factories," or MSPs able to internally develop staff, are increasingly necessary. Process and operational maturity, not early AI adoption alone, are indicated as pre-requisites for sustainable growth, as merely adding new technology does not solve the underlying margin or process challenges.For MSPs and IT leaders, these dynamics translate to concrete operational risks: underestimating cost structure, slow hiring processes, and reliance on commoditized pricing expose businesses to margin erosion and slow response to market shifts. Building robust, value-based pricing strategies, investing in internal talent development, and streamlining hiring and onboarding are positioned as necessary—but not sufficient—conditions for survival. Rapid AI adoption without foundational process discipline creates more risk than opportunity in the current market landscape.Supported by:ProofpointHaloPSA

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Jenny McCarthy joins Dr. Jill to share her deeply personal battle with mold toxicity, from severe brain fog and gut issues to infections, eye problems, and debilitating pain. They explore how she finally identified mold as a potential trigger, why conventional detox strategies weren't enough for her, and her experience turning to Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE).

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Jay Veniard was the very first guest on the Elite Recruiter Podcast, back when the whole thing was one recorded conversation during COVID thrown on the internet to see what happened. This session is his first ever summit talk, pulled from the Elite Recruiter Community Library ahead of Finish the Year Strong, and it was the one that hit the audience hardest. Finish the Year Strong 2026 is a free virtual summit for recruiters running September 28 to October 5. Firm owners, coaches, and top billers on how to close out the year and set up 2027. Register free: https://recruiters-finish-the-year-strong.heysummit.com This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the CRMx that captures every call, email and message automatically and tells you the next action to take. See it at https://recruitwithatlas.com Jay ran the numbers on his own career. One missed deal a month at his firm's average fee comes to $360,000 a year in lost billings. Over ten years that is $3.6 million. Reinvested at 7%, it becomes $5.3 million. His number, his math, and as he tells it, the moment that changed how he runs his desk. He calls it the tax you never signed up for, and most recruiters are paying it in silence because nothing in this business ever forces you to stop. Jay pitched eight years of pro baseball before recruiting and he draws the line hard. In the minors, if you negotiate with your training, you get cut in front of your teammates. At a recruiting desk, if you negotiate with your dials, nobody takes your jersey. You don't get fired. You just get mediocre. You don't lose your job, you lose your legacy. From there he lays out the two kinds of recruiter he sees everywhere. The negotiator runs on feelings, hits snooze, justifies research to avoid dialing, and hides behind email because they're afraid of no. The operator runs on standards that never move: the day is planned the night before, a two hour phone block is protected first thing in the morning, research is after hours work, and there is a hard cap on digital back and forth before someone picks up the phone. He also has a blunt warning for anyone trying to run a desk on email, LinkedIn DMs and text. If you are not willing to get on the phone, you are going to be replaced. Jay owns Ventec Search Group, a search firm placing sales talent in industrial automation, still works an active desk, and runs a coaching program for recruiters. What You'll Learn The missed deal math and how to run it on your own last twelve monthsThe difference between a negotiator and an operatorWhy BD has to be the first block of the dayThe three digital touches rule before the fourth becomes a phone callWhy productive procrastination is the most expensive habit on your deskWhere the AI replacement line actually falls in recruiting Connect with Jay Veniard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayveniard/

A.M. Edition for Sept. 18. Hackers used Anthropic's AI tool, Claude, to gain access to the company's core algorithmic code. Plus, Russia seizes control of Nestle's operations in the country, as the Kremlin cracks down on more Western businesses. And the Bank of Japan follows the Fed in hiking interest rates. WSJ's Jason Douglas says central banks have learnt from recent inflation scares and are moving quickly to stave off persistent price rises. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Barbosa. CEO and Founder of International Supply Partners (ISP), about breaking into government contracting, navigating a male-dominated industry, and the complexities of supply chain management.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Barbosa. CEO and Founder of International Supply Partners (ISP), about breaking into government contracting, navigating a male-dominated industry, and the complexities of supply chain management.

California Governor Gavin Newsom's bizarre interview with Jake Tapper continues to produce several viral moments. Now his attempt to rewrite history regarding Covid-19 is sparking a new wave of virality.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Peter Wilson returns for another wide-ranging conversation covering the Checkmate the Matrix community updates, the reality of supermarket food and what's actually in your meat, crypto market manipulation, the new UK digital ID employment rules coming into force, why jobs are modern slavery, school violence and narcissistic education environments, targeted censorship across social platforms, underground cities and data centres, frequency and vibration, the Tartarian era, electric car safety risks, and why Skool communities are becoming the infrastructure for sovereign digital enterprise. About Peter Wilson Ex Royal Navy gunner and armourer, turned professional fighter. Owned and ran his own martial arts gym for about 30 years. Always been aware of something not being right in the world, went deep into it after losing over £1 million of property in one week including his own home. Been up and been down, including living in a car for a while with his wife Janine and 4 dogs. Timestamps 0:02 Welcome and intro — the Authority Alliance announcement 1:02 Checkmate the Matrix updates — allotment classroom, growing your own food 5:07 Human resonance spikes and the awakening shift 6:31 Creating a new system rather than fighting the old one 7:44 Supermarket food — the taste difference and what's really in your meat 9:53 Starch injected into chicken and beef — what's draining out in your pan 12:07 McDonald's burger volume — where is the meat actually coming from 14:43 KFC, Subway, and what those products legally qualify as 15:28 Chocolate with virtually zero cocoa — what corporations are replacing it with 17:00 Crypto — Richard Hart's community, four-year cycles, and BlackRock's influence 20:47 Bitcoin, Vanguard, and why the market is manipulated like everything else 22:19 Solar panels, micro-inverters, and powering your home off-grid for £20 a month 23:25 Water collection, distillers, and why turning off the internet changes everything 29:00 Allotment lessons — eggshells, companion planting, and soil quality 34:21 New UK digital ID employment rules — why even self-employed contractors are affected 35:07 Jobs as total slavery — destroying the family unit from 18 months to 18 years 38:28 School bullying, narcissistic environments, and the rise in anxiety and depression 42:09 Staff in nurseries forcing tablets and TV over books and physical activity 43:36 School violence in the 70s and 80s — physical torture normalised 48:56 The AI Income Crew — three businesses you could start within a week 51:46 Prison planet, vibration, and the Tartarian era before modern civilisation 52:48 Churches as healing centres — frequencies, organs, and what was destroyed 58:49 5G rollout during COVID, underground cities, and what data centres are actually for 1:00:16 Underground cities — already built, way bigger than what's above ground 1:04:37 Targeted censorship — YouTube, TikTok, WhatsApp, and StreamYard interference 1:10:26 Roy's censorship experiences — channels removed, emails going to bin 1:15:03 Kicked off TikTok for talking about growing your own food 1:16:16 Electric cars — turning off the bonnet, losing control, fire risks 1:17:14 Self-driving taxis in Austin, Texas — trapped passengers and battery fires 1:20:01 Jaguar breakdown — automatic gears, no neutral override, and what to carry 1:22:45 Skool reviews system — accountability for negative reviewers 1:30:43 Nipping corruption in the bud at every level — Trustpilot and community action 1:34:33 Skool advertising, currencies, affiliate commissions, and why it works How to Contact Peter Wilson

In this episode of Going Ballistic, Ryan sits down with friend Nishan Campbell for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up around firearms, serving as a Marine Corps officer, building businesses, raising children, and learning to carry responsibility well. Nishan shares how hunting and shooting became part of his life at an early age, beginning with family trips, single-shot shotguns, dove fields, and the lessons his father taught him about firearms. Ryan and Nishan compare their early experiences with guns, hunting, competition, and the different paths that eventually led each of them into the firearms industry. The conversation then turns to Nishan's entrepreneurial journey and the creation of Gunfighter Canyon. He explains how an unconventional idea became a shooting experience built largely for tourists and first-time shooters, why understanding the customer matters more than simply selling products, and how removing physical, mental, and emotional barriers can completely change someone's experience with firearms. Ryan and Nishan also discuss the realities of operating a firearms business, building genuine relationships with customers, surviving difficult periods such as the COVID shutdowns, and resisting the temptation to build a business around inventory, ego, or industry stereotypes. Later in the episode, Nishan reflects on September 11, his decision to pursue military service, his career as a Marine officer, and the lasting influence of military leadership and responsibility. The conversation expands into fatherhood, raising capable children, learning from failure, accepting accountability, and trying to pass meaningful lessons to the next generation. This episode is about much more than guns. It is a candid conversation about service, entrepreneurship, friendship, family, and what it means to become someone others can rely upon. Topics Discussed Nishan's upbringing in Arizona Learning to shoot and hunt with his family Single-shot shotguns and early hunting memories Shotgun sports, competition, and firearms culture How Ryan and Nishan first met The origins of Gunfighter Canyon Creating a shooting experience for tourists and first-time shooters Understanding exactly who your customer is Removing physical, mental, and emotional barriers Why customers often make decisions emotionally Building trust instead of merely completing transactions The difference between a gun store and a genuine community Expanding a firearms business without overextending Adapting the business during COVID The realities of firearms regulation and ATF compliance September 11 and Nishan's decision to serve Life and leadership in the Marine Corps Responsibility, discipline, and personal accountability Fatherhood and preparing children for adulthood The lessons Ryan and Nishan hope to pass to their children Friendship, service, and finding purpose through responsibility About Nishan Campbell Nishan Campbell is a Marine Corps officer, entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of Gunfighter Canyon, a group of shooting ranges and firearms retail businesses based in northern Arizona. His professional background also includes advertising, medical-device sales, and medical-device distribution. Connect With Nishan and Gunfighter Canyon Website: Gunfighter.com Instagram: @GunfighterCanyon Nishan on Instagram: @Gunfighter_6 Connect With Ryan Cleckner Website: RyanCleckner.com Instagram: @RyanCleckner Books: Search "Ryan Cleckner" wherever books are sold. Subscribe to Going Ballistic for more conversations about firearms, military service, business, leadership, and the lessons learned along the way.

When Kendra Riley‘s daughters were diagnosed with fatal metachromatic leukodystrophy, her family was forced to raise $500,000 and relocate to Italy – because the lifesaving treatment was not FDA approved. Today, Riley is fighting for Right to Try 2.0: congressional legislation designed to let people with ultra-rare diseases access cutting-edge individualized therapies without bureaucratic delays from the FDA. The Goldwater Institute says the bill would create a federal pathway for patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases to access gene-based therapies designed for one person alone, which cannot move through the FDA's clinical trial process in time to save a life. The original Right to Try was signed into federal law in 2018. Dr. Simone Gold joins Dr. Drew to examine Riley's story, connecting it to a broader pattern of federal overreach in medical freedom – especially its hindrance of early outpatient therapeutics during COVID-19. Food entrepreneur and small-business advocate Chef Andrew Gruel discusses his upcoming book and his reelection campaign for Huntington Beach City Council. Kendra Riley is an advocate for medical freedom and for Right to Try 2.0. Read more about her daughter's story at https://rileysroad.com Dr. Simone Gold is a board-certified emergency physician and a Stanford University-educated attorney. She founded America's Frontline Doctors and GoldCare, and is the author of “Selective Persecution: The Legalization of American Fascism.” Follow at https://x.com/DrSimoneGold Chef Andrew Gruel is a food entrepreneur and small-business advocate, and the CEO and founder of American Gravy Restaurant Group. He owns Calico Fish House, hosts “Cooking with Gruel” on Rumble, and is a Huntington Beach city councilor currently running for reelection. Follow at https://x.com/ChefGruel 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 • BIOPRO - BioPro+® is a natural formula of growth factors and peptides that support how you look, feel & perform. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/biopro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/fatty15⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://drdrew.com/paleovalley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twc.health/drew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Executive Producers • Kaleb Nation - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kalebnation.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Susan Pinsky - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/firstladyoflove⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content Producer • Emily Barsh - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/emilytvproducer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Difficult conversations at work can be uncomfortable, but avoiding them can often make things harder. In this re-release of a Live Greatly 2 Minutes of Motivation episode, Kristel Bauer shares a personal experience from her own career and three strategies that can help you approach challenging conversations with more confidence and clarity. Tune in for insights to help you feel more confident the next time you need to have a tough conversation at work. Hosted by Kristel Bauer, keynote speaker, award-winning author of Work-Life Tango, and workplace performance expert. Explore Having Kristel Bauer speak at your next event or team meeting. https://www.livegreatly.co/contact  Order Kristel's Book  Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business, November 19th 2024) About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to "Live Greatly" while promoting leadership development and team building.   Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4's WDAF-TV's Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide. To Book Kristel as a speaker for your next event, click here. Website: www.livegreatly.co  Buy Kristel Bauer's book, Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business, November 19th 2024) Follow Kristel Bauer on: Instagram: @livegreatly_co  LinkedIn: Kristel Bauer Twitter: @livegreatly_co Facebook: @livegreatly.co Youtube: Live Greatly, Kristel Bauer To Watch Kristel Bauer's TEDx talk of Redefining Work/Life Balance in a COVID-19 World click here. Click HERE to check out Kristel's corporate wellness and leadership blog Click HERE to check out Kristel's Travel and Wellness Blog Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are intended for informational and educational purposes only. Always seek the guidance of your physician for any recommendations specific to you or for any questions regarding your specific health, your sleep patterns changes to diet and exercise, or any medical conditions.  Always consult your physician before starting any supplements or new lifestyle programs. All information, views and statements shared on the Live Greatly podcast are purely the opinions of the authors, and are not medical advice or treatment recommendations.  They have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration.  Opinions of guests are their own and Kristel Bauer & this podcast does not endorse or accept responsibility for statements made by guests.  Neither Kristel Bauer nor this podcast takes responsibility for possible health consequences of a person or persons following the information in this educational content.  Always consult your physician for recommendations specific to you.

To recognize 10 years of GovLove co-host Ben Kittelson started a retrospective project. He went back through the archives and picked 10 of our favorite guests to interview again as part of the anniversary. These guests are from all over the country and in various local government roles but the thing they have in common is they gave great insight into the profession and into the work of local government. As part of those conversations we asked them to reflect on the last 10 years of local government, the trends and challenges that have impacted the way that organizations do their work and provide service to their communities. This episode pulls together their answers about trends and the themes were fascinating, from COVID and remote work to polarization, AI, and the rising demands on government they hit on the big issues of our time. Host: Ben Kittelson 10 Interviews for 10 Years of GovLove: Starting as a New County Manager and Building Culture with Josh Edwards, York County, SC Finance, Innovation, and Emerging Trends with Chris Morrill and Shayne Kavanagh, GFOA Leadership and Change Management with Kelly McAdoo, Santa Barbara, CA Parks Commissioner to City Council Member with Mitchell Silver, Raleigh, NC Leading ICMA and the Roots of Professional Government with Julia Novak, ICMA Development and Customer Service with JC Hudgison, Tampa, FL Utilities, Leadership, and an Employee-First Culture with Cathy Bailey, Cincinnati, OH Building a People-Centered Workforce with Alex Lawrence, Boston, MA City Management and Public Works with Ginger Spencer, Phoenix, AZ Equity in Action and Supporting Small Businesses with Aleea Slappy Wilson, Norfolk, VA

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Jennifer Barbosa. CEO and Founder of International Supply Partners (ISP), about breaking into government contracting, navigating a male-dominated industry, and the complexities of supply chain management.

What if a diagnosis could explain your symptoms without defining your future? In this episode of the Health Detective Podcast, Michele Scarlet sits down with Dr. Sierra Bains, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, best-selling author of Rooted, and founder of Lightstyle, for a powerful conversation about Multiple Sclerosis, root cause healing, nervous system health, chronic stress, and functional health. Sierra shares the story of being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at 24 while completing her doctorate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being a competitive bodybuilder who closely tracked her nutrition, sleep, movement, and health metrics, she suddenly experienced severe pain, nausea, nerve pain, tingling, vibrations, confusion, and debilitating symptoms that dramatically changed her life. After struggling to find answers through standard medical care, Sierra began exploring a different approach. With support from a practitioner, she focused on reducing inflammation, improving diet, circadian rhythm, supplementation, and stress management. Her symptoms gradually improved, and her experience ultimately led her to Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and a deeper understanding of root cause health. Michele and Sierra explore how the body can communicate through symptoms, why stress is more than simply “feeling stressed,” and how physical, emotional, and environmental stressors can accumulate in the body. They discuss the nervous system, autoimmune symptoms, hormone signals, lifestyle, functional health, and why addressing the reasons behind a symptom may be more meaningful than simply managing the symptom itself. The conversation also examines practitioner education, the dangers of overcomplicating health protocols, supplement overload, health tracking, technology consumption, and the importance of helping clients develop resilience and trust in their bodies. Sierra shares how she moved from restrictive protocols toward greater metabolic flexibility, resilience, and the ability to enjoy real life without constantly managing every symptom. This episode is for anyone interested in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, root cause healing, nervous system health, chronic health challenges, holistic health, functional medicine, and a more empowered approach to understanding the body. Connect with Dr Sierra Bains https://www.instagram.com/drsierrabains/ 00:00 From Chronic Symptoms to Root Cause Healing 06:55 Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis: What Happened Next 14:10 Why Your Diagnosis May Not Be the Root Cause 20:02 How Chronic Stress Affects the Body 23:19 The Stress Bucket: What Happens When It Overflows 24:46 How Digital Overload Affects Your Nervous System 25:58 Why Getting Healthy Needs a Bigger Purpose 27:49 How to Make Better Decisions About Your Health 29:15 Why Chronic Disease Is Increasing 32:02 Environmental Toxins: How Much Is Too Much? 35:25 How to Build Resilience and Trust Your Body Again 40:01 Can Trying to Be Healthy Make You More Stressed? 43:32 How to Stop Outsourcing Your Health ⚠️ DISCLAIMER This content is for education only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes.

Bulls and bears, COVID, a banking crisis, and the AI Revolution. What stocks stand out over the last 11 years? (1:00) - 500th Episode Breakdown (9:40) - Tracey's Top Stock Picks For Your Watchlist (27:30) - Episode Roundup: XOM, JPM, NVDA, SMCI, VRT, STRL, PYPL, XYZ

In a shocking turn of events, the tallest building in Colorado, Republic Plaza, has been taken over by a court-appointed receiver due to the owner, Brookfield, failing to pay the mortgage. But what does this say about the state of downtown Denver? The speaker takes us on a journey to explore the reasons behind the decline of the city's core, from the 16th Street Mall to the current state of affairs.The conversation delves into the impact of the pandemic on office workers and the subsequent decline of retail businesses in the area. The speaker argues that while COVID-19 was a contributing factor, it's not the sole reason for the empty streets. They point to the privately-run neighborhood of Cherry Creek, which has managed to thrive despite the pandemic, as a contrast to the public spaces of downtown Denver. The speaker suggests that the key difference lies in the fact that people live in Cherry Creek and the street is privately owned and maintained.The discussion also touches on the topic of campaign finance and the recent controversy surrounding Victor Marx, a Republican candidate for governor, who has been accused of accepting campaign contributions over the legal limit. The speaker raises questions about the party's ethics and the nomination of candidates who have been involved in questionable practices.If you're interested in understanding the complexities of urban development, campaign finance, and the state of politics in Colorado, tune in to this episode to hear the speaker's insightful analysis and thoughts on how to move forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Melissa Koehl didn't set out to build an online empire—she was a full-time physical therapist buried in one-on-one clients when COVID pushed her to start teaching virtual classes for her hypermobile community, and her first course launch sold just two units. Today, Jill and Melissa unpack how she went from that discouraging first launch to building a massive, loyal following. They dig into the strategy behind her growth: giving away expertise generously instead of gatekeeping it, speaking directly to the exact struggles her audience faces, and staying deeply protective of a community that's often been dismissed by traditional medicine. Jill also highlights a lesson too many entrepreneurs skip once they find success—Melissa has never stopped investing in her own business education, from FBA to Legacy to an ongoing mastermind—proving that sustained growth comes from continuous learning, not resting on an audience you've already built.     Connect with Melissa! https://www.instagram.com/dr.melissakoehl.pt/   Join FBA! jillfitprograms.com/fba-2026     Jill is a fitness professional and business coach who effectively made the transition from training clients in person and having no time to build anything else to training clients online and actually being more successful. Today, Jill helps other coaches to do the same.   Connect with me! Instagram: @jillfit | @fitbizu Facebook: @jillfit Website: jillfit.com

Nemours Children's Hospital violated the Florida Civil Rights Act for classifying employees by religious beliefs. Constitutional expert, lawyer, author, pastor, and founder of Liberty Counsel Mat Staver discusses the important topics of the day with co-hosts and guests that impact life, liberty, and family. To stay informed and get involved, visit LC.org. 

Dan Salganik, Founder and CEO of VisualFizz, helps established B2B companies plug all the holes in your marketing through integrated, outcome-focused strategies. Driven by a desire for freedom, travel, and creative expression, Dan built a fully remote agency that allows him to explore the world while helping clients create distinctive campaigns, strengthen their marketing capabilities, and generate long-term customer value. In this conversation, Dan introduces The Growth System 4 Tracks Framework—Brand & Digital Foundations, Staff Augmentation, Transformation, Transition & Expansion, and RevOps Growth Inflection. He explains how companies can select and combine these tracks to strengthen their foundations, expand internal capabilities, support acquisitions and geographic growth, and align marketing with sales. Dan also discusses growing through quality rather than speed, building larger client relationships through trust, and shifting VisualFizz from commoditized services toward solutions focused on business outcomes. He shares how identifying small gaps across the customer journey can improve efficiency, strengthen retention, and create sustainable revenue growth. — Plug All the Holes in Your Marketing with Dan Salganik  Good day, listeners. Steve Preda here with The Management Blueprint, and my guest today is Dan Salganik, the Founder and CEO of VisualFizz, a company that empowers industry-leading brands to maximize their potential with effective marketing strategies and custom-tailored campaigns. Dan, welcome to the show.  Yeah, thanks for having me, Steve. I really appreciate it.  It’s great to have you, and I’d like to learn about your personal ‘Why’ and how you’re manifesting it in VisualFizz.  Wow, that’s a big question to start with. I’ll start with my kind of goal for a little bit of freedom, which is funny because the more you grow, the less freedom you have. But for many years, I started VisualFizz because of a need to travel and to have freedom to do what I want. I’m a very expressive person, and after working at a number of agencies and finding things they do wrong, and also being a big traveler, I actually decided to launch VisualFizz almost 10 years ago, which is crazy to me.  And ultimately, we’ve seen this company grow quite a bit in that time. But I built it out to have the ability to travel, to do the things I want, to build a team, to build also campaigns that are fun and they’re unique and build customer value. So you started with a great question, and there’s so many reasons why—my kind of personal philosophies and why I manage and run and grow VisualFizz—but I think travel, freedom, and the ability to see creative campaigns at scale are just a few of them.  So I saw on your website that one of your goals is to travel at least 100 days a year. So is this business travel? Is this personal? Is this a combination?  I’d say almost no business travel counts, right? Because then you’re just doing business. I love business, but that’s totally separate. It’s personal travel. Basically, every single year, yeah, for almost 10 years, I have spent about a little less than a third of the year traveling, and some years a lot more. And so, being a remote company—and pre-COVID we were remote—we’ve built this style and methodology and processes, everything around being a fully remote company or an organization. And so, yeah, I do 30-day trips. I do two-week trips. I do two-, three-month trips.  But for me, it's always very important that work doesn't slow down. But you're going to regret working your whole life.Share on X I like the phrase, “You don’t die with your money.” It doesn’t come with you, but what you do have is experiences that you can remember and memories and everything—photos and things like that. And you’re not going to want to cherish your photo when you’re at a nursing home of you working in front of a computer. It’s going to be you with friends and family, enjoying the world and eating well and drinking well and seeing sights and exploring history and things like that.  Yeah. My dad, he was a doctor. He worked very hard all his life, and he always told us when we were kids that he was going to retire at 60 and travel around the world with my mom. And then when he was 60 years old, he had this opportunity to run this hospital, and one thing led to another, and he turned 70, and then he no longer wanted to travel.  And he literally said, “Oh, I wish we traveled more while we were young because now I don’t want to travel.” So that kind of resonates with me, what you say. It’s great that you have this awareness and you make it happen. So when you travel, do you run your business remotely?  100%. My business runs with my laptop, and if I’m lucky, I have a second monitor with me. Actually, nowadays I travel with a second monitor even on a flight, if I have to take a flight.But I have a second monitor with me. I have my laptop. My business comes with me. That’s number one.  So I might switch my hours a little bit. I might change things around, but I’ve got a great team. I delegate. It’s interesting because in the early days, it was hard to travel because we didn’t have a lot of clients, so we didn’t have a lot of money. Still don’t have a lot of money, but we didn’t have nearly as much when I started the company. Nowadays, we’re a growing business, and it’s great. So finally—it’s the whole dilemma. It’s like we’re finally growing. We’ve got a real business. I can pay myself a real wage.  But you can’t leave the business for too long because then you have other issues. But it’s a good balance between the two, and I always do bring my laptop no matter where I go. You never know what happens. But if I’m truly taking time off, which is very, very hard, I give my wife my cellphone. I either don’t take my laptop or I put my laptop away in the safe, and I don’t touch technology. Because honestly, it’s very easy to get distracted.  It is super easy to get distracted. So let’s talk about frameworks because this is what the podcast is about. So tell me a framework that you have developed or you picked up somewhere that allows you to do something better than other people, whether it’s more effective, whether it’s bigger impact, whether it’s more organized, whether it’s generating an insight that can be explained in three to five steps.  I love that. Actually, this is really great timing because we just built a brand-new framework, and I just soft-launched it to the world. We had a big event last week, and it’s called the Growth System. And it’s for our soft launch called VF3, VisualFizz 3.0. We’ve scaled up. This is kind of our software reboot. There's four tracks. It's a track system, so it's similar to a framework, and they're driven by the following.Share on X Let me actually backtrack a little bit.  It’s developed for mid-market and enterprise B2B companies, especially companies that have been around for a long time, hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, but have something that’s broken or maybe needs improvement, et cetera. And so they come to us, and instead of saying, “Oh, I think you need SEO. I think you need paid search,” it’s solutions-focused, not services. The services come after. And there’s four tracks that are built off of. Each track can take three months, six months, 12 months, two years, et cetera. It just depends on the business.  The first one being the brand and the digital foundation. Many of my clients come from boring industries, my favorite. They need to rebuild. They came in understanding there’s private equity money, there’s new competition coming up, this, that, and the other. It’s a new brand, rebrand, or brand infrastructure, and then web infrastructure, all focused on sales. So everything here is focused on RevOps, sales, et cetera.  The second one, track, is staff augmentation, capability accelerator. It’s helping brands that are really great at something and really not great at another thing, or have a very expensive team internally where they feel that they can outsource to an agency for a large discounted price, for lack of a better word to put it. An example is we took over the tech arm of one of our clients, saved them about 50% in their budget, doubled their capacity, have a full team, 100% uptime, things like that.  The third, the one that I'm probably most excited about, is transformation, transition, and expansion which is all about mergers and acquisitions, national expansion, franchising, scaling locations, things of that natureShare on X and how to ensure that those are done accordingly, kind of symbiotically, consolidated properly. And the way I put it is, you’re spending $50 million or whatever you’re spending to buy a company, spend half a percent or a percent of that purchase value on the marketing, on the consolidation of brands, on sales materials, HR communication, kind of that side as it pertains to marketing.  And the final one is RevOps, growth inflection. We come in, we look through the CRM, we work with the sales teams, we audit the sales teams, we do interviews with the sales teams, and we make sure that marketing and sales are not oil and water. We combine them, we develop everything, we focus on lifetime customer value, post-sales transactions, and really driven towards long-term growth and revenue, basically generation. So a little bit longer than the few sentences you asked me for, so I apologize. But this is the future framework that VisualFizz will be built upon and scale upon for the future.Share on X Like, we’re just launching this as we speak. My website’s in progress right now.  Yeah. I love it. So the big picture is that you fix the foundations, then you give them people who can actually execute, then you transition. Does the transition mean that from staff augmentation, you transition to their own team? Or what does—  No, not necessarily. They don’t have to go one after the other, and that’s something I’m trying to work around communication-wise. You might start with brand infrastructure and go straight into demand gen, RevOps. Because we need to scale now. Or you might say, “Hey, VisualFizz, why don’t you just take over our SEO department fully?” Or it’s a little bit of both.  I’ve talked to a lot of mid-market and larger, a couple quite large billion-dollar-plus companies that said, “You know what? I don’t need a new website, but I really need to understand how we focus on communication with our sales teams,” or, “We do need visual improvements for our brand. We don’t need the new website.” So you can pick and choose a little bit. My goal is to not have to do that, but there’s not a linear step that you have to take between one, two, three, and four. It’s really, “Hey, we need to scale. I do $500 million today.  I want to buy three locations across the United States. This is what I’m looking at. My goal in five years is $750 million. How do I get there, VisualFizz?” And we lay out year one, two, three, four, and five, what we do, and how we plan to scale alongside the company.  Love it. So you basically productized your offering to these four major situations, and they can be implemented piecemeal. You can start anywhere, and you can keep stacking them. That’s super interesting. So let me switch gears here and ask you, what drives growth in your business, in VisualFizz?  For a lot of time, it was the very generic hustle and bustle of just trying to do good. Be a—how do I put it? Being there. Being the fastest to answer the phone, being the fastest to email back, getting the best proposals, because that’s what you do as a small agency. But as you grow, you don’t win on speed, you win on quality. It’s different. As a startup or as a startup who’s interested in an agency, you go fast, fast, fast. But I actually tell clients, “I’m not interested in speed.” That’s why these tracks that I told you, they take a year, two years, three years.  So now the growth is really driven around my clients’ peace of mind and my prospective clients’ peace of mind, knowing that they’re working with a decade-old agency, with team members who’ve predominantly been on our team for five years or more. Almost everybody is senior on my team. What drives growth is not so much quantity, never really has been, but it’s quality. And so my intent is not to win more customers. It’s to win bigger and better customers that are going to allow us for longevity, growth, and longer sales cycles internally. That’s really what drives growth today, is less stress and better clients.  So what does it take to land those larger, better clients?  A lot of work. I think there’s a couple. One is trust. Some clients will start small, and that’s where this whole model came from. I had a lot of clients come to me and say, “Hey, Dan, I need a new website.” And I’m like, “Okay, great, but your brand doesn’t look good.” I respect the brand, and I’m not somebody to say, “Oh, you need to do a $100,000 rebrand,” because some companies really don’t need that. But I say, “Let’s look from the inside out.” And before you go, “Hey, I need a new website,” or, “Oh, I need demand gen. I need paid search ASAP,” I go, “Wait a second. Hold up.  I’m not going to spend $50,000, $100,000 on sending traffic to your website when your brand and website can’t accommodate that.” And so we start small with execution around a brand implementation. That moves into web development. That can take some time. We’re not an AI cloud web builder. Like, it’s just not going to happen. We build proper sites for proper companies. And then moving forward after that, it becomes a marketing campaign. That lasts for years.  So for me, it's really driven around that methodology to work with clients and keep growing them and scaling them.Share on X And as such, we grow because we offer more services, but it’s in lieu of hiring full-time people on their end. And so I have an example with a client where they have no marketing department, not even a director, and they’ve actually had VisualFizz become the entire marketing department, agency of record. But beyond that, just—we are the marketing department. And we probably come at a third of the cost or half the cost of what a true marketing department would cost. So it’s a win-win for both parts.  So are you going to land large clients, or are you landing small clients that you grow into large clients? So how do you actually execute the strategy?  It’s both. Over the years, we’ve really pushed to be B2B-focused, and in doing so, our client size revenue—not for us revenue, but their revenue—has been larger. So maybe back in the day we would land $10, $20 million companies. Now it might be $500 million companies. But the engagement was the same. Same size. And so now it might be the same difference where we land a $300 million company, but we can start small, but there’s more room to scale up over time, kind of what I told you earlier, as we build trust. So it might just be a small engagement.  Like I said, “Hey, let’s just do a brand exercise.” And then it moves into, “Oh wow, you guys actually provided value. The ROI was there. Let’s move into something else.” I’d say our close rate is lower, unfortunately, but our average statement of work or proposal is higher. And so again, it’s quality over quantity. I may lose nine out of 10 because I’m competing against larger companies that do technically have more to offer. But there’s those clients that say, “You know what? I really like the small boutique agency.  I don’t want to go with the 100-person shop. I want to go with the 20-, 25-person shop. I’m going to be a big fish in a small pond versus a mid- to small fish in a big pond. I’m going to go with them.” And so those are the customers that I do win right now, the ones that understand they're going to be my big fish. They're really going to be well taken care of.Share on X And then again, the trust and everything else comes with it later.  Yeah. So what’s one thing that you’re trying to figure out in your business right now?  My pivot. That’s a really tough one. My business has changed a lot in the past year. From a leadership perspective, I’ve become the sole owner of the company, which I wasn’t before. It was a good decision for everyone. I think everyone left happy. And beyond that, it’s really now, how do I build VisualFizz up? One of my biggest challenges that I face, and I think a lot of agencies face, especially when they don’t internalize their problems, is we’ve become very commoditized.  All of our offerings that we have get compared to AI, as well as there’s a lot of offshore agencies that their biggest barrier to entry was their language. And now with AI, that’s no longer a problem because we can all do our work fluently. Smart people, but being a U.S. agency, that was our advantage. We charge what we charge because we’re U.S., and the barrier to entry was high. But now there’s all these other folks, as well as AI, as well as software, as well as everything else.  And so I realized that we can’t rest on the laurels of being a 10-year-old agency. That doesn’t matter to people. What matters is results. And so my biggest challenge right now is, how do I pivot my company from being this commoditized service? Even if they’re good, even if you’re the best, it doesn’t matter because it’s a commodity. You could have the best concrete in the city, but if you get an RFQ and the other guys are five cents cheaper, they’re going to go with them a lot of times. Not always, but a lot of times.  And so my intention is what I said earlier: focus on the solutions and focus on the outcomes within our system that I’m building, because I think customers are going to care more to hear, “Hey, I’m not Dan who offers SEO services for you forever. I’m Dan and VisualFizz who take your company from $75 million to $100 million in the next year.” Like, that’s what I think drives their interest. But my challenge is, how do I prove that model out? Because it’s not a standard model that people know yet. It’s not been drilled down like the agency model has been for so many years. It’s new.  And do you feel like you can control the client’s business? You’re so good that you can control their growth, you can make them grow?  No. I would be overzealous and confident to say that I can do that. But the thing I can do is I could help work alongside them to do our best to get there, right? And I’ll give you a couple examples because, I mean, it’s all in the case studies. I took one company with my team from $150 million to $350 million with them, with them, to then have a merger of equals, and now they’re probably worth half a billion, $600 million, something like that.  And then another company, at a certain time during the—I’m going to kind of keep it vague—from $700 million to $800 million to $900 million. But that wasn’t VisualFizz. That was the economy. But it’s about finding opportunities and holes within your client ecosystem that help. So, for example, I saw a hole in what they were currently doing. Their brand was totally off, so we worked on that first. But after that, you could have a pretty website, it might return, but what happened after that is I found a hole saying, “There is so much demand for this product right now.  There’s a big gorilla in the room, a massive, massive company, and there’s you guys, maybe third, fourth, fifth, whatever. But no one’s running paid ads, for example, because it’s a commodity. And why would you run paid ads for commodities?” We did that, and the return on ad spend and return on investment on that has been exponential. Just to get us on the top of that list, it’s an obvious statement, but that coupled with a good-quality website, all the sales materials, trackability, CRM improvements, da da da da da, the list goes on.  I can’t control if the economy goes poorly, if another war breaks out. I’m a nobody. But what I can do with my team is identify little holes that eventually do integrate sales teams better, save time, save money.Share on X Well, that too. Saving time of the sales teams means they could contact more people. And then when they win a sale, that’s it, right? Sales team got their commission. What I like to think about is, okay, well, what happens after we close that deal? Most agencies stop at conversion. My intent is, I have a document I’ve made.  It’s 25 points. We stop at point 20. Sales team takes over from 20 to 24, and we start again at 25 with that same client we already won. So we could take them from whatever they were, $500,000 to $2 million for our customer. So, okay, that was a very long tangent, but gives you an idea of what I think I can control. But no, I can’t control company revenue. I don’t have that much power.  Yeah. No, the only reason I ask this is because if you’re selling an outcome-based approach, then they will ask you, “Okay, show me the outcome that you’re going to deliver for us.” And it is really hard to deliver that and to control that, or it’s impossible even. However, I really like this concept of plugging all the little holes in the bucket, right?  There’s a lot. Yeah. If you plug that, then they’re not going to lose their customers, and they’re going to grow naturally without even having to add on the top. So if you had a magic wand then and you could fix one thing in your business in the next 12 months, what would that be? Agencies are such hard businesses, as you probably know, right? I would probably ideally like to fix the sales pipeline, which is obvious. Anybody would. But I’m only one person. It’s a small team, and I do manage. I’m a pretty active founder and owner and a CEO. And candidly, I’m not an outbound salesperson. I’m good at understanding people’s needs and the marketing world, but I’m not out there speaking at events every day. I’m not out there kissing babies and waving around and winning clients.  There are people who are really good at that, loud people who have a great social presence, like the Gary Vees of the world and the Neil Patels. They’re great at this thing. I’m okay. But what I am good at, and what my team is good at, is being knowledgeable about our clients’ needs and how to, again, figure out those challenges, plug the holes, and be useful. We’re not like a vanity agency. We don’t sell pretty little things. So sometimes it’s hard to say that we’re the agency for them when they don’t have the pretty little thing. So for me, what I would wave my wand around and say is, if I could have a really strong sales team member who works beside me, and again, I could hire somebody.  I know this. But I haven’t seen the best success with outside salespeople helping, like SDRs, et cetera, because no one sells the agency work like the agency owner until you get to a certain size, until you get to 100 people or whatever, and you deal with different challenges. So having somebody who understands the business and can find the leads when we need them, because I know that once we get them in the door, it’s pretty—it’s not crazy complicated to win that work.  But getting them at the right time to understand what we’re offering and, let’s say, speed up the sales process, which right now is very slow for most agencies. I’ve talked to a lot of owners. It’s a very slow sales cycle. That would be what I’d do, at least for now.  So who’s an ideal client? I mean, you mentioned that there are some small ones that you grow. You mentioned that you used to maybe shoot for $10 million to $50 million. Now it’s $300 million to $500 million. So what’s an ideal client that would find VisualFizz to be in their sweet spot?  The thing with revenue in my industry is it doesn’t matter. If you work with e-commerce or CPGs, it could be a $30 million company with a larger budget than my billion-dollar client. That’s just the nature of it. So the revenue doesn’t matter as much. But I do think half a billion to a billion dollars is a sweet spot. A known company, but one that needs a lot of background work. And so for me, a lot of my clients are in manufacturing, industrial, construction, and logistics, among other similar complementary spaces.  Most of them are 20 to 100 years old, and most of them do not have a fully fleshed-out marketing team. And so I do have a client right now that is my ideal client, and I would love to have 10 of them. They’re a client that doesn’t have a marketing department. They’ve kind of let us become the marketing department. They’re open to our ideas, and they’ve allowed us to really take on the role of the marketing team. And so they have many locations across the country.  They’re in the industrial space. They’re growing. They’re open to our ideas, and they want us to be kind of the people that do the work for them. Everything else comes as it does, right? But the attitude that comes with a good client, that’s my ideal customer profile. But for more of a vanilla answer, I would say half a billion to a billion dollars, looking for growth, boring industries, commodities, service businesses, B2B space, many locations, wants to grow, healthy budget.  Yeah. Yeah. I mean, this is a big difference maker. If you can find someone that trusts you, I always found that it’s so much easier to deliver value to a customer that trusts you than one that second-guesses you, right? So it becomes a win-win if they can trust you.  Yes. And I’ll be honest, the quality of my team’s work, even if it’s not directly shown, because we are a business and we do the work for our clients no matter what. But I’ll tell you just upfront that when my clients respect my team members—because I’ve had people that aren’t very respectful. I’ve had clients who are not nice. A lot of them are great, some of them aren’t. They’re not respectful to my team, and though my team has to do the work no matter what, if the client’s really bad, I talk to them and I tell them, “This is not allowed.”  It’s my team over my client every day. But if they’re just not polite or they second-guess all the time, the team isn’t going to care as much about the project and do as good of work and really go out of their way. They’ll do the work. They’ll check the boxes. They’ll do what they have to do, but they’re not going to think at 10:00 P.M., middle of the night, “Oh my God, what about this idea for this client?” And I’ll tell you, the clients that my teams love, not because they’re nice and they’re pleasant, it’s because they respect one another. They will always go out of their way and come up with new, better ideas because it’s happening top of mind all the time.  And the other ones, they’re trying—and it’s anybody—they’re flushing it out of their system until the next time they’re needed. I don’t want to make it sound like we don’t care about our clients, but at the end of the day, it’s the same thing. You have bad relationships and you have good relationships. You’re going to call your friend who’s nice and wants to hang out with you versus the guy that pushed you on the street. Just makes sense.  Plus, you’re in a creative business, and sometimes you have to take a risk in order to create something really nice. And if they don’t trust you, then you’re not going to take a risk for them. Absolutely.  Exactly.  So that’s fascinating. So if I’m the CEO or CMO of this half-a-billion-dollar industrial company with 20 sites, and we don’t have a marketing team and we really have to get going, where can I find out about you and how can I connect with you?  Well, shoot me an email. I’ll give the easy one. It’s hello@visualfizz.com. Shoot me a LinkedIn request. I mean, any way to get to me is great. I will always take a call, a strategy call. I’m not a pushy sales guy who says you have to sign up right away. If somebody has ideas and just wants to run them by me and say, “Dan, listen, I may need you, I may not, but you’ve got 30 minutes, you’ve got an hour,” I, as much as I can make the time, try to make the time for anyone.  In fact, I was talking to the sales and marketing person at a company for two years. She never ended up even working with us because of budget constraints. I still have an excellent relationship with her. She’s very nice. We would talk probably once a month. So I’m big on just when the timing is right, it will work out. So I’m happy to help.  All right. So if you are one of these companies—industrial, maybe old economy, multi-sites, maybe in the Midwest, who knows where these companies are—a couple hundred million dollars to a billion dollars, and you want a really great marketing team and maybe someone who will fix your digital foundations and build your website, or give you staff, or help you transform, transition, and expand, and build your RevOps and marketing and integrate everything, then reach out to Dan, Dan Salganik, the founder of VisualFizz, and he will take care of you.  And if you enjoyed listening to this show, make sure you follow us on YouTube, give us a review, because every two weeks—sorry, every week—I bring you a couple of exciting entrepreneurs who are building great businesses and share their unique framework with you. So Dan, thank you for coming. Thanks for listening.  Yes. Thanks for having me. I so appreciate it. Important Links: Dan's LinkedIn Dan's website Dan's email: hello@visualfizz.com

In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Gene Valentino sits down with Dr. James Thorp, MD, to discuss the controversies surrounding COVID-19, medical ethics, and the pressures physicians faced during the pandemic.Dr. Thorp shares his perspective on vaccine safety, concerns surrounding pregnancy-related safety signals, and the challenges he says he experienced after opposing COVID-19 vaccination policies.Why were some physicians afraid to speak out? Were important safety concerns overlooked? And what can we learn from the decisions made during the pandemic?This is a must-watch discussion about medical freedom, patient advocacy, accountability, and the future of American healthcare.

Huggy Rao is the Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and Henrich Greve is the Rudolf and Valeria Maag Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurship at INSEAD. They are also co-authors of the new book Ctrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy Talk.Greg, Henrich, and Huggy discuss their new book and the language of online conspiracy talk. They describe entering the topic via research on managerial talk, the 1857 Indian mutiny rumor, and pandemic effects on collective action, then the COVID-era “distributed doubt.” Huggy and Henrich define conspiracy theories as elaborate, non-falsifiable narratives where lack of evidence is treated as proof, including “gateway” claims like COVID false positives. Rather than pathologizing believers, they analyze online talk as a social coordination mechanism and cultural toolkit involving bricolage, which is recombining semantically proximate words and narratives, within crowded “rabbit holes.” They propose that platforms shape but don't determine discourse. For managers, they recommend early rumor monitoring, “prebuttals,” and credibility-preserving communication, noting shrinking executive authority and the risks of manufacturing threat for innovation.*unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Why should leaders always get ahead of conspiracy theories?40:18 [Henrich R. Greve]: I think an important thing about leaders and organizations is that, I mean, they have the advantage that often the conspiracy theories are initiated by things that they did, all right? Because in society, events just happen, and so conspiracy theories just burst out of the blue. In firms, there is some sort of leadership initiative, and conspiracy theories can be traced back to it. And so, knowing this, there are certain conversations that have to happen before the initiative, during the initiative, just to make sure that there is understanding spread about why is this happening. So, that's the inoculation phase. And actually, it's a privilege of management that they should know that conspiracy can happen whenever something big and unexplained is announced.Conspiracy theories can create communities11:22 [Hayagreeva “Huggy” Rao]: Conspiracy theories are coordination mechanisms for people to engage in the digital commons, so to speak. You don't have pubs and taverns, but you have microblogs and the like, and that's kind of what people do. They use it as a coordination device to create groups and so on and so forth. But the thing that struck us, and we use this imagery, is they're not exactly paranoid.Great leaders awaken pride, not paranoia44:54 [Hayagreeva “Huggy” Rao]: The real job of leaders, and perhaps I'm oversimplifying grossly, is you actually want to make your employees feel capable. If you want to make them feel capable, peddling conspiracy theories is perhaps not the best kind of first step to start with. Instead, what you want them to do is, how can you have an impact? What is it you can do? Those kinds of things become important. And what all of that leads to is actually awakening pride. But before you awaken pride, you have to show that you care for it.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Spanish FluConspiracy TheoryArrow's Impossibility TheoremCognitive DissonanceConsistencyAnn SwidlerBricolageLevi Strauss Pizzagate Conspiracy TheoryMcCarthyismThe Functions of the ExecutiveMatthew RidgwayGuest Profile:Hayagreeva Rao | Faculty Profile at Stanford Business SchoolHayagreeva Rao | LinkedIn ProfileHuggyRao.comHenrich R. Greve | INSEAD ProfileHenrich R. Greve | LinkedIn ProfileHenrichGreve.comGuest Work:Hayagreeva Rao | Amazon Author PageHenrich R. Greve | Amazon Author PageCtrl+Alt+Doubt: Decoding the Language of Online Conspiracy TalkScaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for LessThe Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things HarderNetwork Advantage: How to Unlock Value From Your Alliances and PartnershipsOrganizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals: A Multiple Goals PerspectiveOrganizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Innovation and ChangeIf you enjoyed this show, here are some other unSILOed episodes you may like:366: Robert Sutton - Dissecting Workplace Friction: A Deep Dive200: Robert Cialdini - The Golden Age of Persuasion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the Events Demystified Podcast (CEO Edition), host Anca Platon Trifan interviews David Peckinpaugh, President and CEO of Maritz and its first non-family CEO, about leading a 132-year-old, fifth-generation family-owned company with a long-term “stewardship” mindset. Peckinpaugh shares his path from hospitality and a DMO role in San Diego to Maritz, and explains how the Tugboat Institute's Evergreen “seven Ps” framework (purpose, people, passion, perseverance, performance, principles, profit) shapes decision-making, including viewing profit as fuel to invest in people and innovation. He discusses Maritz's COVID response, weekly town halls, continued innovation, and preserving leadership, plus an intentional approach to AI aimed at making employees “irreplaceable,” aligned with sustainability goals. The conversation also explores why in-person events remain uniquely human, the difference between personalized and truly personal experiences, and why time is the core currency attendees invest.00:00 Stewardship Over Speed01:11 Welcome And Guest Intro03:30 David's Path Into Events05:50 Why In Person Still Wins07:26 Leading With Stewardship12:21 Evergreen Seven Ps Framework14:10 Profit Fuels Purpose15:12 Decision Filters Under Pressure21:19 AI To Make People Irreplaceable24:17 Human Connection Can't Be Automated25:35 Time Is The Currency27:10 Trust And Loyalty28:52 Personal Versus Personalized30:34 Culture And Seven Ps32:39 COVID Leadership Decisions36:35 Stewardship And Accountability38:38 Mentoring Future CEOs42:14 Legacy Of Stewardship43:35 Authenticity And AI Reading45:55 Closing And Where To ConnectProduced by Tree-Fan Events Production LLCBook Anca for speaking or consulting:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ancaplatontrifan.me/booking-page/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow for more on AI, events, and leadership:LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ancatrifan/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/anca.platon.trifan/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Original podcast music by Fable Score MusicTree-Fan Events is a woman-owned boutique event production agency focused on delivering high-impact experiences through the FIT4EVENTS™ framework.

Welcome back to another episode of the Couple Casuals Podcast!In this episode, Stefano sits down with Canadian constitutional lawyer John Carpay, founder of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, for an in-depth conversation about civil liberties, government power, censorship and the future of freedom in Canada.John shares his journey into constitutional law and explains why he has dedicated much of his career to defending Canadians' Charter rights and freedoms.The conversation dives into:• Canada's COVID-era lockdowns, mandates and restrictions• Justin Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act and the Justice Centre's legal involvement in challenging it• the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal rulings on the Emergencies Act• Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, and concerns surrounding online censorship• Bills C-11, C-18, C-2, C-8, C-9 and C-22 and their potential impact on privacy, surveillance and free expression• hate speech laws and freedom of religion• the debate surrounding “Islamophobia” and criticism of religion• MAID and the expansion of medical assistance in dying• government spending, debt and the growth of government• why independent media and political engagement matterJohn also explains why he believes Canadians need to actively exercise their Charter rights, contact their elected representatives and remain engaged in the democratic process.The episode closes with a powerful conversation about Canadian identity, freedom and why John says he is proud of Canada's heritage of liberty and the rule of law — but deeply concerned about what the country has become today.Grab a casual, lock in, and let's get into it.Host: StefanoInstagram: @drstefohttps://www.instagram.com/drstefo?igs…Guest: John CarpayJustice Centre: https://www.instagram.com/justicecentre?stkn=MXZzZHZ2bWhrNnVjZA==https://www.jccf.ca/This episode is brought to you by Canada First — secure your home with Canada's best home fortification.Visit https://canadafirst.com/ to learn more.Follow Canada First on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/canadafirst.inc?igsh=OGd4YjZ5enV0M2t5CHAPTERS0:00 Intro & Canada First0:32 John Carpay Joins the Podcast3:21 John's Story & Career in Constitutional Law5:35 Why Constitutional Rights & Freedoms Matter7:18 What Happened to Canadian Freedoms During COVID?9:12 The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms11:42 COVID Lockdowns, Mandates & Government Overreach16:10 Where Is the Accountability?17:31 COVID Censorship & Silencing Different Opinions20:19 Justin Trudeau & the Emergencies Act22:17 Justice Centre Wins Again in Federal Court of Appeal23:56 The Freedom Convoy & Ending the Mandates25:13 What Canadians Should Learn From COVID26:51 Can Canadians Still Trust Government?28:14 Canadian Politics & Staying Non-Partisan29:36 Canada's Six Major Censorship & Surveillance Laws31:14 Bill C-11 & Government Control of the Internet32:14 Does the Government Want to Censor Canadians?34:10 Bill C-34: The Safe Social Media Act35:42 Government Spending, Debt & Canada's Future38:10 Could Canada Follow the UK on Free Speech?39:25 Islamophobia, Religion & Government Policing Speech42:34 Is There a Double Standard Against Christianity?45:19 Why Morality Matters in a Free Society46:43 What Actually Qualifies as Hate Speech?50:01 Bill C-9 & Religious Speech52:05 The Charter vs. Hate Speech Laws53:41 MAID & the Expansion of Assisted Suicide57:21 How Can Canadians Fight for Their Country?59:00 Are You Proud to Be Canadian?59:43 Final Message: Don't Give Up1:00:41 Outro

This week Erin's luggage (with her mic) still hasn't been returned to her, but she's sipping on eucalyptus and discussing her appearance on the Scriptnotes podcast! Bryan has symptoms of exhaustion but managed to get a $70 haircut and learned all about the Seventh Day Adventists. Erin is Paul Revere spreading the news from the recent ProPublica study from 2020-2025 showing ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly doubling since the overturning of Roe V. Wade Bryan spins his big gay globe to lead us through Turkey's recent raids on its LGBTQ+ citizens, Hungary making progressive changes, and how here in the U.S. Democrats are failing its trans citizens in this conservative culture war. For all our bonus content visit www.patreon.com/attitudes Sign up for our Discord for episode discussions, watch parties, community and more!

Dr. Michael Leon on Smell Training, Memory, Sleep, Alzheimer's Risk, and Brain Longevity Your sense of smell may reveal more about your brain health than you realize, and stimulating it while you sleep may improve memory, sleep quality, and cognitive function. **Visit https://memoryair.com/ and use code DAVE15 for 15% off. **Host Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. Michael Leon, Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology and Behavior at UC Irvine and one of the world's most cited scientists, to explore why smell may be one of the most overlooked tools for brain health and longevity. Dr. Leon explains why the olfactory system has unusually direct access to the brain's memory and emotional centers, why smell often declines alongside memory after age 60, and why reduced olfactory function has been associated with Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, depression, and increased all-cause mortality. They also discuss how COVID, chronic congestion, pollution, stress, and aging can impair smell without people realizing it. The conversation dives into olfactory enrichment, including research showing major improvements in memory when older adults were exposed to multiple scents during sleep. Dr. Leon explains why novelty matters, how nighttime scent exposure may increase deep sleep and reduce nightmares, and why olfactory stimulation is being studied in dementia, PTSD, depression, and autism. Dave also explores connections between smell, GLP-1 drugs, exercise, rapamycin, spermidine, oxytocin, hormones, mitochondrial function, and other longevity interventions. This is essential listening for anyone interested in memory, sleep, Alzheimer's prevention, brain aging, smell training, dementia, PTSD, autism, longevity, neuroplasticity, biohacking, and protecting cognitive function as you age. You'll Learn: -Why your sense of smell often declines alongside memory -How smell connects directly to the brain's memory and emotional centers -Why poor olfactory function is associated with Alzheimer's risk and mortality -How chronic congestion may affect memory and brain health -What COVID-related smell loss may mean for long-term cognitive health -How olfactory enrichment can stimulate memory centers while you sleep -Why one study reported a 226% improvement in memory in healthy older adults -How scent exposure may increase deep sleep and reduce nightmares -Why novelty and rotating scents appear to matter for neuroplasticity -How smell training is being studied in dementia, depression, PTSD, and autism -Why several longevity interventions are also associated with improved olfaction -How GLP-1 drugs may affect smell, food enjoyment, memory, and emotion -Why professional wine tasters may offer clues about protecting the aging brain Thank you to our sponsors! - KILLSwitch | If you're ready for the best sleep of your life, order now at https://www.switchsupplements.com/ and use code DAVE for 20% off - PredictiveMind™ | Get your Brain Pattern Mapping report at predictivemind.io/dave and use code DAVE for 10% off. - Fatty15 is on a mission to support Healthy Aging for All, including all ages and stages of life. 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As millions turn to Ozempic to lose weight fast, and concerns are mounting over improper use, reports of blindness, life-threatening side effects, and billions in lawsuits are piling up. We look at the risks, the rush to prescribe, and what may be getting missed.Then, as Europe and the U.K. push new online speech rules that could reach American platforms, Jefferey tracks the growing fight over who gets to decide what you can say online.Next, a major new investigation is putting COVID vaccines and military deaths under the microscope. Who joined forces to spark the review?Plus, Dr. Ron Elfenbein helped the government expand access to monoclonal antibodies during COVID. Now, the doctor is facing a prison sentence after he spoke out against the U.S. government's decision to pull the treatment.Finally, just in time for Halloween, the crunchy moms behind Tricked by the Treat are back with brand-new clean treats for your kids, more candy they'll love, and a way to keep the magic of Halloween alive, without the scary ingredients.Guests: Dr. Ron Elfenbein, Jenn Sherry Parry, Alexa Sherry ParryAirdate: September 17, 2026Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-highwire-with-del-bigtree--3620606/support.

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Are the American people dead last in the eyes of their own government? Joe dives headfirst into the growing frustration with a political class bowing to special interests and running from accountability. From Congress abruptly cutting town early for recess—leaving key election security measures like the SAVE Act dangling in the balance—to a shocking Arizona story where an HOA seized a veteran homeowner's $475,000 property over a $977 debt, today's show pulls no punches on government overreach, border security, and the system leaving hard-working citizens behind.Joe sits down with constitutional attorney and former Green Beret Commander Ivan Raiklin. Raiklin weighs in on the high-stakes Capitol Hill testimony of Kash Patel, calls for criminal referrals surrounding former DoD officials over COVID-19 military mandates, and offers his expert intelligence analysis on the ongoing legal developments in the J6 pipe bomber investigation.Joe exposes how open borders and elite priorities directly impact everyday families—highlighting alarming congressional testimony from a New York sheriff on transnational gang threats, recent political violence targeting conservative activists on the road, and the national debate over foreign aid spending. Tune in for a raw, uncompromising breakdown of today's biggest headlines and the fight to put Americans first.

Aaron McIntire covers the Federal Reserve's unanimous decision to raise interest rates despite President Trump's public frustration, amid a 31 year low in new home sales. He covers Vice President JD Vance's midterm messaging push, and undercover video obtained by the Daily Wire in which Texas Senate candidate James Talarico's own minister suggests Talarico is softening his positions purely for electoral purposes. Aaron also covers the arrest of Korby Allen Strube, a Kansas man accused of posting antisemitic death threats against Ben Shapiro tied to a Yom Kippur countdown, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles announcing she is cancer free. He covers NFL star Travis Kelce being named a victim in a $35 million Ponzi scheme run by Indian national Siddharth Jawahar, and pushes back on California Governor Gavin Newsom's breezy CNN fly fishing interview reflecting on COVID era lockdowns.

The FBI stops another ISIS-inspired terror plot before it could start – while the bureau's director comes under fire on Capitol Hill, the Trump administration charges a dozen fake daycares for 10 million dollars in fraud – and claws back billions from Covid-era scammers, and a Catholic Family is in a custody battle with the state for their daughter. The reason? Refusing to call her a boy. Reporting from Tim Rice, Mary Margaret Olohan & Megan Basham. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Ep. 3093 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Today's Sponsors: Concerned Women for America - Join CWA's growing army of fighters for truth at https://ConcernedWomen.org/WIRE NetSuite - See how AI is changing everyday work—and how businesses can prepare for what's next. Get NetSuite's free guide, Aligning for the Agentic Era, at https://NetSuite.com/MORNINGWIRE Vanta - Whether you're a fast-growing startup or a global enterprise, Vanta is here to help you automate your security and compliance, and earn and prove trust. Get started today at vanta.com/morningwire - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday's Mark Levin Show, remember all the fearmongering over things like DDT, e-oli, gas lawn mowers, and masks during COVID? Remember when climate change was supposed to cause sea levels to rise? There's a new fearmongering op over AI and data centers, driven by the Communist Chinese and their Democrat cheerleaders like Bernie Sanders. All the lies about data centers -- they use too much water, will cause electricity costs to go up, will kill jobs -- have all been proven false. But Barack Obama and others want to either kill this new industry or want the government to take it over. Bernie Sanders even said AI is more dangerous than nukes! Don't be a sucker. Don't give in to fearmongering. We need this new technology, and America must win the AI race. Republicans have abandoned their focus on affordability and instead shifted their attention to opposing or regulating data centers; they're chasing the latest political issue rather than addressing real concerns. Republicans are allowing Democrats and the media to shape their agenda, affordability remains a major problem and should be a priority. Groundbreaking developments should be left free from government interference because bureaucrats and politicians lack the expertise to direct innovation. Calls for greater regulation are driven by a desire for power and control rather than practical solutions. We need deregulation, limited government involvement, and allowing innovation and technological development to proceed with minimal restrictions. Later, Rep Thomas Massie is siding with Democrats and attempting to undermine the Trump administration during a war with Iran by promoting the impeachment of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Massie's actions were based on the War Powers Act of 1973, which is unconstitutional. The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war but not to conduct it. The president, as commander in chief, has the authority to wage war, while Congress's primary check is its power to withhold funding. Finally, Bill O'Reilly calls in to discuss his new book, Confronting America: What Has to Change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices