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The teachers and students have all gone home for the summer. When the students return in the Fall, we will begin putting together some new material for you. We anticipate new episodes to be released in December and plan to have a more regular release schedule.  While you wait, I thought I'd share some messages that were originally shared to our staff as video messages or newsletters sometime in the last three years.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  Please take a minute to rate, and leave a review or simply tell a friend about our show. We look forward to the feedback as it will help us improve. It's very much appreciated.   Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Early Sun” by Crowander and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Licence. Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.

The teachers and students have all gone home for the summer. When the students return in the Fall, we will begin putting together some new material for you. We anticipate new episodes to be released in December and plan to have a more regular release schedule.  While you wait, I thought I'd share some messages that were originally shared to our staff as video messages or newsletters sometime in the last three years.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  Please take a minute to rate, and leave a review or simply tell a friend about our show. We look forward to the feedback as it will help us improve. It's very much appreciated.   Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Early Sun” by Crowander and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Licence. Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.

We had a wonderful conversation with Lisa Loeb on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, music, sacrifices, she told some amazing stories to a whole lot more.We also talked about her musical project Together Apart. Her eyewear line - lisaloebeyewear.com and her Camp Lisa Foundation - lisaloeb.com/camp-lisaDallas native Lisa Loeb is a 2018 GRAMMY Award-winning singer songwriter, touring musician and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling Number 1 hit song “Stay (I Missed You)” from the film Reality Bites. A trailblazing independent artist, Lisa was the first pop musician to have a Number 1 single while not signed to a recording contract. She followed that remarkable feat with several hit singles and six albums, two which were certified gold.Lisa is also well known to parents and kids for her five children's albums and two illustrated children's books with music.  Lisa recently collaborated to develop and write the children's musical "Camp Kappawanna," which debuted at New York City's Atlantic Theater Company.  Inspired by her own love of summer camp, in 2008, Lisa started The Camp Lisa Foundation, which sends underserved kids to summer camp.  In 2015, The American Camp Association of New England named Lisa Loeb as their Camp Champions Honoree with a gala celebration at Fenway Park.Over the last three years, Lisa has released three children's albums that are exclusively available with Amazon.  In January 2018, her family friendly album, “Feel What U Feel,” won the Grammy for Best Children's Album, along with rave reviews and The Parents Choice Award.   Among other shows, Lisa provides voice talent for the animated series “Creative Galaxy” and composes the original songs for the Emmy nominated, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” series.  Her songs from the series make up a soundtrack album that was released in June of 2018 exclusively with Amazon.Often recognized for her iconic cat-eyed glasses, Lisa redefines how women accessorize with her own eyewear line.  As an entrepreneur, Lisa oversees the business and eyewear design of Lisa Loeb Eyewear.  It's an ever-growing collection, available at optical shops as well as Costco, where women's styles and children's frames are available.  As an actor, Lisa's recent film and television appearances include “AP Bio,” John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight," "About a Boy," "Hot Tub Time Machine 2," "King of The Nerds," and Sprout Channel's "Sunny Side Up Show” (now “Sprout House” on Universal Kids).  You might have also heard her voice on commercials including Alfa Romeo, Foster Farms Chicken and Chili's.A recent personal honor for Lisa was being asked by editor, Will Shortz, to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of The New York Times crossword by creating an original puzzle with pro, Doug Peterson.   Other recent highlights and appearances include contributing a cover version of “All the Young Dudes” for Howard Stern's David Bowie Special on Sirius XM, leading a kids' songwriting workshop in Sydney, Australia with AMP, and a two-week residency at the legendary Carlyle Hotel in New York.  Last Spring, Lisa exclusively released through Rolling Stone her cover of Bright Eyes' 'First Day of my Life,' which she recorded after performing for a friend's wedding a decade ago. And in July, she released the new track 'Love Never Dies,' an original song she wrote and recorded as a theme song to accompany acclaimed author James Patterson's latest novel, "Sophia, Princess Among Beasts."Earlier this year, Lisa released her 15th studio album, A Simple Trick to Happiness, including 11 original tracks.  When she is not at home in Los Angeles with her husband, Roey, two children, Lyla and Emet, and her cat, Sweetie McGee, Lisa enjoys performing all over the world and entertaining audiences of all ages.

We're leaving New England and heading west this week to talk with teacher, author, and all around activity enthusiast Hayley Diep.This year on March 8th, not coincidentally International Women's Day, Hayley released her first book, an illustrated kid's story called If You Give a Girl a Bike. The book takes you along on a fun romp with the main character and her two friends as they try new things, fail, learn, and try again - which all starts when a girl is given a bike. If the littles in your life have ever been obsessed with Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Moose a Muffin, you can probably guess what the girls are still doing at the end of their adventurous day.Hayley's journey to being a published author was hardly a straight, flowy line, though - more like an off-camber rock garden that had to be powered through. But just like her protagonist, Hayley didn't let a few setbacks keep her down; she just picked herself up, regrouped, and tried  a new line.I love Hayley's story; it's not too hard to see where the inspiration for her tenacious main character came from!You can follow Hayley's bike, surf and climbing adventures on Instagram @hayleydiepwrites, or on Facebook through her If You Give a Girl a Bike page. You might also want to check out Braden Hallett's work (the book's illustrator) at bradenhallett.com.Finally, school is starting soon, I hope you'll think about picking up a few copies of If You Give a Girl a Bike and donating them to your local elementary or public libraries! Head over to hayleydiep.com, order there and throw a little extra toward one of her charity partners.HayleyDiep.com - buy a book, or get great resources for self-publishingSome other links from our conversation:Ingram SparkRebecca RuschAll Mountain BrothersMelanin Basecamp‘Mountain Bike Sam' - @mtbikesamanthaStorytime with Mr. Limata (in addition to his book reviews and live story times he hosts on Facebook, Mr. Limata has assembled an amazing linktree of social justice and literacy links - check it out!)Wendy Eliot on Guides Gone Wild - more fun climbing inspo!

The teachers and students have all gone home for the summer. When the students return in the Fall, we will begin putting together some new material for you. We anticipate new episodes to be released in December and plan to have a more regular release schedule.  While you wait, I thought I'd share some messages that were originally shared to our staff as video messages or newsletters sometime in the last three years.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  Please take a minute to rate, and leave a review or simply tell a friend about our show. We look forward to the feedback as it will help us improve. It's very much appreciated.   Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Early Sun” by Crowander and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Licence. Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.  

#458: In today's episode, we'll talk about what the kid's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has to teach us about finances. To learn more about the show, please visit https://mappedoutmoney.com

The teachers and students have all gone home for the summer. When the students return in the Fall, we will begin putting together some new material for you. We anticipate new episodes to be released in December and plan to have a more regular release schedule.  While you wait, I thought I'd share some messages that were originally shared to our staff as video messages or newsletters sometime in the last three years.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  Please take a minute to rate, and leave a review or simply tell a friend about our show. We look forward to the feedback as it will help us improve. It's very much appreciated.   Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Trapper John” by Lobo Loco and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Licence. Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.  

Today's episode is an audio retelling of the classic Cinderella tale, in which her feet are a size 87, and she can't go to the royal ball because she is a safety hazard.  This script was originally designed to be performed by students from our Summer School program. However, due to the heat wave in our area, students were kept home.  As they say in show business, the show must go on. Staff members from our Summer School program stepped up to flex their acting muscles.  Fun fact: There are thousands of different versions of this story throughout the world. The earliest known version of this story about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt was written around 7 BC and AD 23.  Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Sound effects were found at freesound.org  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Adventure” by Alexander Nakarada and is used by a Creative Commons License.  This script and others like it can be found at thebestclass.org. This script was taken from the 1997 childrens book, Cinderella Bigfoot (Happily Ever Laughter) written by Mike Thaler and published by Cartwheel Books. This book and, and others like it, can be found at mikethaler.com. We want to thank Mr. Thaler for generously permitting us to use his material.  A big shout out goes to Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Johann, Ms. Perea, Imani Larez, Mrs. Trainor, Ms. Jenks, and Mr. Sanchez for lending their theatrical talents to this episode.  Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.

The teachers and students have all gone home for the summer. When the students return in the Fall, we will begin putting together some new material for you. We anticipate new episodes to be released in December and plan to have a more regular release schedule.  While you wait, I thought I'd share some messages that were originally shared to our staff as video messages or newsletters sometime in the last three years.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  Please take a minute to rate, and leave a review or simply tell a friend about our show. We look forward to the feedback as it will help us improve. It's very much appreciated.   Visit masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Early Sun” by Crowander and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Licence. Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.  

She just ran her 200th marathon. This 51-year-old mom of 6 is the latest guest on the Run The Race podcast, which we hope you subscribe to! After hearing me sing a WV favorite for the new segment "Stuck in My Head," (3:30) check out my brief race recap for the unique Hatfield McCoy Marathon in Kentucky and West Virginia, which included climbing 3600 feet of mountains/hills, my toughest road marathon and slowest so far. (8:00) At that race, I met Michelle Walker of Indiana, who has 3 sons and 3 daughters, and has run a 26.2 mile race now 200 times in the last 15 years, completing a marathon in all 50 states and 7 continents. Impressive! Later in the episode, we hear how close she was when the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon (10:40) Why does she run so much? (13:27) And how has running changed her life and motherhood? Michelle has 3 key pieces of advice for other runners you'll want to hear. (18:15) Juggling running with life is hard enough, but has wisdom for parents about how she does it with kids that are now ages 12-26. Marathons have become sort of a family affair. (26:41) Michelle also tells stories about traveling the USA and world, giving us some of her favorite places and races! And it's not cheap. (33:20) Faith in God is also the most important thing in this mom's life. She opens up about how that's connected to her family and her running, especially how she incorporates it during those last 6 miles of every marathon. (37:07) She also describes what it was like crossing the finish line at the 2013 Boston Marathon, just 20 minutes before the bombing there. (40:43) Getting faster continues to be her goal. Michelle gives some keys for speed. (46:29) She's also an author hoping to inspire others, releasing a book in 2017 titled "If You Give a Mom a Marathon: Six Kids and a Run Around the World." Check it out. (48:13) We wrap up our chat with her future goals, including 5 full Ironmans this year. (54:15) Our "Parting Gift" is mom-inspired from the Bible and I give a closing Prayer. Thanks for listening! And tell your friends about the #RunTheRace podcast. Also, write a quick review about it. For more info, go to www.wtvm.com/podcast/.

She’s a NASA Astrophysicist who’s no stranger to public speaking.  She’s talked about her passion for all things space and science from the Library of Congress all the way to ComicCon.Today, she works at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, studies how stars and black holes form in distant galaxies and how those processes change over time. She’s also the Deputy Project Scientist For Communication for the James Webb Space Telescope, and Associate Director Of The Astrophysics Science Division.In addition to all of that, this former Southerner and amazing woman is also, in her own words, a “pilot, yogini, home brewer, Great Dane mom, and Pearl Jam super fan girl.”Please welcome, the super cool, and forgive the pun... out of this world... Dr. Amber Straughn!------------Books we referenced on the show:1) "The Three Body Problem" by Cixin Liu2) "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff3) "A People’s History of the United States" by Howard Zinn------------If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Straughn, the James Webb Space Telescope or NASA, check out these links:1)  Amber's Website and her social media is @astraughnomer2)  The James Webb Space Telescope3)  NASA's website------------To sign up for the Moonbird email newsletter, click here!Want to start your own podcast?! Use my affiliate link with Buzzsprout and you get a $20 Amazon Gift Card after signing up! They host this show and we love them! Click here to get started!If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here.Follow Daniel and the Memories of a Moonbird Podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/moonbirdpodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memoriesofamoonbird/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MemoriesofaMoonBird/YouTube: http://bit.ly/MoonbirdYouTubePinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/memoriesofamoonbird/#moonbird #podcast #podcasting #Entertainment #entertainer #EntertainmentIndustry #movies #tv #DanielScherl #memoriesofamoonbird #amber #amberstraughn #astraughnomer #NASA #JamesWebb #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #arkansas #astronomy #astrophysics #astrophysicist #telescope #explore #space #outerspace #spaceprogram * Memories of a Moonbird is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.  I may get commissions for purchases made through links at no cost to you whatsoever, and I thank you in advance!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/moonbird)

In today's episode, I sit down with Mrs. Trainor's 5th grade classroom for a quick Q and A. Today's question is, “What is something that makes a person smile?”  Although this seems like a simple questions, the students in Mrs. Trainor's class reminded me of the power of a good joke, a hug, a compliment, a sense of belonging, a helping hand, and a gift.  Visit www.masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  A big shout out goes to Mrs. Trainor and her 5th grade class for taking time out of their day to talk with me.  Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then: Be responsible. Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.

Today's episode is an audio retelling of a classic English fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk.  Trouble ensues when Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into an enormous beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant. Fun fact: Researchers suggest this story can trace its origins back to a story called The Boy Steals Ogre's Treasure written nearly 5000 years ago!  Visit www.masd209.org for news, announcements, upcoming events and resources related to the Mount Adams School District and links to our show. If you have suggestions for future episodes, drop me a line at rmccracken@masd209.org.  Sound effects were found at freesound.org  Our intro and outro music is “Helix Nebula” by Anamanaguchi and is licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Creative Commons License.  The background music used during the performance was “Over the Water, Humans Gather” by Doctor Turtle and is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons License.  This royalty-free play by Ruth Landowne-Giordano is part of a fantastic collection of plays for kids and teens published by Drama Notebook. This script, and others like it, can be found at www.dramanotebook.com. A big shout out goes to Ms. Johann, Mrs. Redlin, and Mrs. Ritchie and their amazing third graders at Harrah Elementary for lending their theatrical talents to this episode.  Join us next time for another episode of If You Give a Principal a Podcast.  Until then, Be responsible, Be safe and, most of all, Be kind.

Drive Bean & Olive and Bean & Olive Grown-up by Andrea Mowry Lolabean Yarn Co. Pinto Bean Bean & Olive (pink) Forgiveness (grey) Calming (blue) Black Mountain Yarn Shop Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio DK - Rock Creek Park (teal)   Vanilla Sock - Patons Kroy - Fern Rose Jaquards Boston Jen's Patreon Page for Down Cellar Studio Trip Planning I talk about planning for The Knit Girllls Stash Dash, Down Cellar Studio Splash Pad Party and other Summertime Make-alongs Stephen West - Painting Honeycombs Shawl Dragonfly Fibers - Dragon Sock - Dr. Frankenstein (May 2013 club colorway) Kate stepped away from Dragonfly in 2019. In 2020, Amy from Canon Hand Dyes and Lisa from White Birch Fiber Arts bought the business Knit Style Yarns - Trendy Sock Minis - Party at the Mansion   Penny by Tin Can Knits La Bien Aimée - Merino DK - Aimée's Sweater Tina Tse - Wavelength La Bien Aimée - Merino DK - Autumn à Rhinebeck Neighborhood Fiber Co. - Studio DK - Observatory Circle Road Trips Stitches at Home - May 15/16 and May 22/23, 2021 Vogue Virtual Knitting Live - May 13-16, 2021 Fridays with Felicia Keynote with Clara Parkes After Hours with Kristy Glass - Chelsea & Sue from Legacy Fiber Artz, Jasmin & Gigi of the Knitmore Girls, and Helen & Aleah - mother/daughter design duo Indie Spotlight - May 14-16 Guest Podcasters/Vloggers - Knitmores, Caleisha from Quirky Monday Podcast Designer Spotlight Panels - Saturday & Sunday Dear Scratch Live with Jessica and Karen from Scratch Supply Co./Make Good Podcast Your Mileage May Vary I discuss various knitting trends that started to emerge while I was on the sidelines - mohair, minis, and speckled yarn Backseat Drivers The twins share a joke from the Spark Shorts Purl (Disney+) and talk a little about an episode of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Amazon Prime) Come Find me on the Interwebs Instagram - ndjen04 Spotify - Commuter Knitter Podcast Twitter - @CommuterKnitter Facebook - Commuter Knitter Email - commuterknitter@gmail.com Show notes - http://commuterknitter.com

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The Beginning of Self Brain Surgery! If you're struggling, stuck, sick of the sameness, and can't seem to get moving in your life, the first place to look is inside your own head. Friend, I implore you to understand how important it is to learn how to master your thought life! It's like the old children's book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. When you change your mind, You improve how your brain works When you improve how your brain works, You improve your neurochemistry When you improve your neurochemistry You improve your mood When you improve your mood You improve your outlook When you improve your outlook You improve your confidence When you improve your confidence And on and on it goes: When you change your mind, you change your life. You can have more happiness More opportunity Better relationships Healthier finances Everything changes, when you learn the art of self brain surgery, and how to change your mind.   (Originally YST067, January 2018. NOTE: Some links mentioned in the older part of this episode may not be functioning, and the newsletter comes on Sundays now, not Monday as mentioned)

  Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode is a short presentation by members of the Mt. Adams School District Dream Makers. The Dream Makers is a youth coalition that started in 2007 when a group of students, under the guidance of school counselors, saw an opportunity to make a difference in their community within the Yakama Reservation.  Dream Makers provides a place for students in the Mt. Adams School District to discuss their problems concerning family, school, poverty, substance abuse, and suicide.  In this episode, titled “Medicine Safety”, we meet Samantha Skunk - a magenta skunk - and her friend Solomon the Parrot.  In this story, Samantha has tried medicine that wasn't hers and it has caused her to turn from her beautiful unique magenta color to a sickly green. Solomon leads Samantha to return to her original color by following his advice and agreeing to help others learn to be safe around medicine. Core learning points of this presentation are:  Someone else's medicine might be bad for you, Never give yourself medicine; and, If you find medicine – tell an adult. The Samantha Skunk Program uses Samantha Skunk and her friends to present a positive message on health. The stories are designed to be taught primarily at the Pre-k through 2nd grade level and address issues related to prescription and medicine safety, smoking, and lung health and exercise.  Each story is normally taught by members of our Harrah Elementary Dream Makers in brightly colored, full-body costumes. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we have adapted this presentation as an audio presentation.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  In today's episode, with the help of Ms. Jenks' second grade class, we thought we'd try something new. In the first half of this episode, Ms. Jenks' students and I explore the question “What sounds or noises do you love?” and in the second half of the episode, the students and I explore the question, “What sounds or noises do you not love?”  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

Devanand Janki is an award winning Director-Choreographer based in New York City. His credits include, Off-B’way: Zanna, Don’t! (Winner Lortel, Callaway and GLAAD Awards), Junie B. Jones (Lortel nomination.), Henry and Mudge (Lortel nom.), The Yellow Brick Road (Callaway Nom.), Skippyjon Jones (Lortel Nom.), This One Girl’s Story, Cupid and Psyche, Love and Real Estate and Romantic Poetry. The All Star Broadway concerts for the Actors Fund: Hair, Funny Girl, Dreamgirls (Assoc.) and Seth Rudestky’s Broadway 101. Lincoln Center: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Babes in Toylandand Anything Goes in concert (Choreo. Assist.); 9 years as Artistic Assoc. for BC/EFA’s Broadway Bares. Regional Theatre: The Wings of Ikarus Jackson , Barrio Grrrl! (Kennedy Center), Rent, The Rocky Horror Show (Hangar Theatre) Disney’s Aladdin (Chicago Shakespeare), Asphalt Beach, Full Monty, Scarlet Pimpernel, Man of La Mancha. TYA tours: Martha Speaks, Nate the Great, If You Give a Pig Pancake, The Berenstain Bears and The Jack Sprat Low Fat World Tour at the Wharton Center. As a performer Dev has appeared on Broadway in Cats, Miss Saigon, The King and I and Side Show and tours of West Side Story and A Chorus Line. He is the Artistic Director of Live & In Color which develops new plays and musicals for diverse artists.

In Episode 146, “If You Give a Fan a Cookie,” Flourish and Elizabeth consider the Snyder Cut: What happens when fans demand something…and they get it? Topics discussed include the inherent conservatism of (some parts of) fandom, whether the Snyder Cut was worth the financial gamble, and how it might impact fans’ expectations in the future. They also respond to a pair of listener letters about the “Fanfiction & Source Material Mini-Survey.”

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode is a short presentation by members of the Mt. Adams School District Dream Makers. The Dream Makers is a youth coalition that started in 2007 when a group of students, under the guidance of school counselors, saw an opportunity to make a difference in their community within the Yakama Reservation.  Dream Makers provides a place for students in the Mt. Adams School District to discuss their problems concerning family, school, poverty, substance abuse, and suicide.  In this episode, titled “Smoking Stinks”, we will meet Samantha Skunk - a magenta skunk - and her friend Solomon the Parrot, as Samantha deals with the unfortunate side effects of smoking. The Samantha Skunk Program uses Samantha Skunk and her friends to present a positive message on health. The stories are designed to be taught primarily at the Pre-k through 2nd grade level and address issues related to prescription and medicine safety, smoking, and lung health and exercise.  Each story is normally taught by members of our Harrah Elementary Dream Makers in brightly colored, full-body costumes. Due to COVID-19 restrictions we have adapted this presentation as an audio presentation.  Each episode is recorded and produced by yours truly.  Our intro and outro music is Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi The music used during the performance was Testing by Ketsa All audio content is used under the Creative Commons license  The content of today's performance was used with permission from Dover Youth to Youth - a youth empowerment program based out of Dover, New Hampshire taking on the threat of alcohol and drug abuse.  A big shout out goes to Danielle Watkins and her Harrah Elementary Dream Makers crew for lending their theatrical talents to this episode. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

Today I read, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff! I hope you enjoy it! If YOU would like to choose the next book to be read on the Gumdrop Readers Podcast then you can send me an email including your name, age, and book request! Ask an adult to help you send it over to; gumdropreaders@gmail.com. You can check me out on Facebook @ "Gumdrop Readers Podcast" and on Instagram @ "gumdrop_readers" Thanks for listening!

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode is the second part of a two part series originally created with the purpose of being shared with our staff as part of a recent professional development session regarding Social and Emotional Learning and equity in education.  The resulting conversations were too good not to share and reflected the type of content we hoped to capture when we set out to create this podcast.  Our guest today is Francisco Xavier Tzintzun. He is a 2020 White Swan High School graduate. During his time at White Swan, he created the district's first Gender Sexuality Alliance. The goals of the alliance is to:  ...provide an opportunity for participants to increase their breadth and depth of LGBTQ+ vocabulary.  ...increase participant exposure and knowledge of a variety of terminology.  ...to emphasize how powerful language is.  ...clear up any misconceptions or questions about terminology or common phrases. Francisco is on track to graduate from the University of Washington in 2024 with a degree in Business with a focus on Entrepreneurship. Francisco is a talented photographer and filmmaker and is unapologetic about his inability to turn down a good tamale.  This episode was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were maintained as all participants joined from the safe confines of their homes, offices, classrooms, or cars via Zoom. We apologize ahead of time for any audio irregularities caused by bandwidth limitations.  A big shout out goes to Cesar Hernandez, DeeDee Gasseling, and Hayley storm for making this interview a reality. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.  

Grandma Susan reads some favorite preschool books: Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See?, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode was originally created with the purpose of being shared with our staff as part of a recent professional development session regarding Social and Emotional Learning and equity in education.  The resulting conversation was too good not to share and reflected the type of content we hoped to capture when we set out to create this podcast.  Our guest today is Alex Craig. Alex is a self-described movie buff and a 2011 White Swan High School graduate.  He graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2016 with a Bachelors Degree in Visual Communication Design with an emphasis on print design and web design.  He is currently the program director for the First Nations MESA Program at Heritage University in Toppenish, Washington.  Up First Nations MESA engages high school, middle school and elementary schools in the Yakima Valley in math and science-based activities to prepare underrepresented students for STEM based careers.  This episode was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were maintained as all participants joined from the safe confines of their homes, offices, classrooms, or cars via Zoom. We apologize ahead of time for any audio irregularities caused by bandwidth limitations.  A big shout out goes to Cesar Hernandez, DeeDee Gasseling, and Hayley storm for making this interview happen.  We do want to let you know this episode does contain a singular reference of a word used as a term of abuse and disparagement towards members of the LGBTQ+ community that may be disturbing or triggering to some. Although we do not condone the use of these terms, we felt it was appropriate in the context of this discussion.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.       

In this episode, we share an episode of the brand new a16z Live podcast feed called “It’s Time to Heal”—a live conversation on audio/drop in chat app Clubhouse every Monday at 5pm PT, covering the latest trends and future of bio and healthcare with special guests and entrepreneurs, hosted by a16z bio partners Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde, Vijay Pande, and Julie Yoo. Last week, a16z Bio General Partners and a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen talked with guest Nihkil Krishnan, comedian and author known for his Out-of-Pocket Substack newsletter and Slack community for healthcare builders, award winning children’s book, If You Give a Mouse Metformin, and past endeavors at TrialSpark and as healthcare analyst CB Insights. The conversation is all about the things that make you go “hmmm” in healthcare—the stuff we're all thinking but don't talk about, the places where exciting and surprising things are happening, and the places where you have to wonder why it works that way.

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode takes a look at our current effort to improve teaching and learning at Harrah Elementary.  Through a series of state and federal accountability measures, schools in Washington State are identified for three tiers of support.   Foundational (Tier 1) Targeted (Tier 2)  Comprehensive (Tier 3)  Harrah Elementary has been identified as a Tier 3 or Comprehensive school. Schools at this level are in need of the most intensive supports, including coaching, priority access to professional development opportunities, and additional funding, among others. Our guests today are the members of our Instructional Leadership Team. The ILT is composed of  teacher representatives from each grade level, Special Education teachers, support staff, specialists, and administrators.  What you will hear is a candid and unguarded conversation between this team of professionals as they discuss their experiences - good and bad -  navigating the school improvement process.  This episode was recorded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were maintained as all participants joined from the safe confines of their homes, offices, classrooms, or cars via Zoom. We apologize ahead of time for any audio irregularities caused by bandwidth limitations.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

#284: In today's episode, we'll talk about what the kid's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has to teach us about finances. To learn more about the show, please visit https://mappedoutmoney.com 

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  Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Today's episode takes a little different approach. Your host today is Dallas Wilson, the Computer Science teacher at Harrah Elementary. Her guest today is Gracie Ermi, a Software engineer from Seattle.  In addition to being a knitting and outdoors enthusiast, Gracie is a software engineer that develops and builds machine learning technology that saves endangered wildlife and preserves ocean biodiversity. She works for Vulcan Inc. in Seattle, where they've developed artificial intelligence models that help scientists count and study elephants in their natural habitats. They have also developed a machine learning model for the Global FinPrint Project that helps identify oceanic species. Her work saves researchers' time in interpreting and collecting data, so that they can work more efficiently! Gracie hopes that her work can inspire others, especially women and girls, to pursue computer science as a way to create change in their communities and in the world. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a a podcast.

Devanand Janki is an award-winning director-choreographer based in New York City. His credits include Off-B’way: Zanna, Don’t! (Winner Lortel, Callaway and GLAAD Awards), Junie B. Jones, Henry and Mudge, and The Yellow Brick Road. The All Star Broadway concerts for the Actors Fund: Hair, Funny Girl, Dreamgirls (Assoc.) and Seth Rudestky’s Broadway 101. Lincoln Center: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Babes in Toyland, and Anything Goes in concert (Choreo. Assist.); 9 years as Artistic Assoc. for BC/EFA’s Broadway Bares. Regional Theatre: Little Girl Blue - The Nina Simone Musical (George Street Playhouse), The Wings of Ikarus Jackson , Barrio Grrrl! (Kennedy Center), Rent, Xanadu, Rocky Horror Show (Hangar Theatre) Disney’s Aladdin (Chicago Shakespeare), Asphalt Beach,The Full Monty, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Man of La Mancha. TYA tours: Martha Speaks, Nate the Great, If You Give a Pig Pancake, and The Berenstain Bears. He is Director of the Musical Theatre Division at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. As a performer Dev has appeared on Broadway in Cats, Miss Saigon, The King and I, and Side Show and tours of West Side Story and A Chorus Line. He is the Artistic Director of Live & In Color, which develops new plays and musicals that celebrate diversity.  TheatreInColor.org  https://stellaadler.com/profiles/devanand-janki/ https://liveandincolor.org/ https://www.playbill.com/person/devanand-n-janki-vault-0000002750

As if the world wasn't scary enough right now, the Halloween season is back in full force at Fire and Water Records. That means it's time once more for A Very Daly Halloween! Join the brothers Neil and Ryan Daly as they discuss seven more horror themed songs from their annual Halloween playlists, plus six TV specials that celebrate the most macabre holiday. Track list: “Devil Inside" by INXS "Bad Things" by Jace Everett "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell "A Nightmare on My Street" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince "Remains of the Day" by Danny Elfman "Mz. Hyde" by Halestorm "The Kill" by 30 Seconds to Mars Plus sound clips from six spooktacular TV Specials: Garfield's Halloween Adventure It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown "If You Give a Mouse a Pumpkin" from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad "Pinkeye" from South Park Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Or subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Support FIRE AND WATER RECORDS and the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Additional music this episode: “Trick or Treat for Halloween” by The Mellowmen; "Main Title (A Nightmare on Elm Street)" by Charles Bernstein. Thanks for listening and Happy Holidays!

#148: In today's episode, we'll talk about what the kid's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has to teach us about finances. To learn more about the show, please visit https://mappedoutmoney.com

We’re Ellie and Traci, two bookish friends who read in every spare minute that we have!  In this episode, we will talk about our favorite read alouds!  Join us at instagram @literally_reading.  What we are Literally Reading: 1:49 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Ellie) 1:59 - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager 3:18 - The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix  3:49 - Atomic Love by Jennie Fields (Traci) What we are Literally Listening To: 5:42 - The Last Guest House by Megan Miranda (Ellie) 6:04 - A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (Ellie) 7:35 - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Traci) 9:56 - Sadie by Courtney Summers Kid Lit Read Alouds: 12:42 - Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon 16:14 - Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin Preschool: 17:43 - Sneeches by Dr. Suess 18:40 - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff 19:14 - Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems 19:29 - Richard Scary Books 20:42 - Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney 21:08 - Peter Spier books: Noah’s Ark, Circus, Jonah, Christmas 22:25 - This is How We Do It by Matt Lamonthe 23:00 - How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen 23:35 - Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman 23:49 - Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark by Jonathan Stutzman  Kinder/1st: 24:33 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 25:40 - Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins 26:26 - Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke  26:27 - Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke 26:40 - Julia’s House Moves On by Ben Hatke 27:03 - We Don’t Eat our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins 27:59 - Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg 28:53 - Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban 29:45 - The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak  30:45 - Penny by Kevin Henkes 30:50 - Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 30:52 - Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes  31:54 - Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel 32:40 - Mouse and Mole by Wong Yee 32:43 - Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant  Early Elementary:  33:23 - Gooney Bird-Greene by Lois Lowry 33:58 - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 34:26 - Half Magic by Edward Eager  35:10 - Freckle Juice by Judy Blume 35:34 - My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett 35:49 - Ramona Quimby Books by Beverly Cleary  35:52 - The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary 36:02 - Matilda by Roald Dahl 36:04 - James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl 36:06 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Community Recommendations: The Penderwicks  Where the Sidewalk Ends  The Lion & the Mouse  Pippi Longstocking! Baa Baa Smart Sheep  The Berenstain Bear books Smithsonian - The Animal Box  Kid Reading Goals: 39:16 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Traci) 41:11 - Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (Ellie) 41:12 - Beatrice Zinker Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes (Ellie)

Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, If You Give a Moose a Muffin follows in the footsteps of the earlier books in the series and is to be considered an absolute delight. The step-by-step progression leading to the already-guessed eventual end brings you all the way back to the beginning of the story. Truly a pleasure to kiddos and those who are reading to them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nona-reads0/message

Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, If You Give a Moose a Muffin follows in the footsteps of the earlier books in the series and is to be considered an absolute delight. The step-by-step progression and then the eventual end which brings you all the way back to the beginning it's a pleasure to kiddos and those who are reading to them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nona-reads0/message

Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, If You Give a Pig a Pancake follows in the footsteps of the earlier books in the series and is to be considered an absolute delight. The step-by-step progression and then the eventual end which brings you all the way back to the beginning it's a pleasure to kiddos and those who are reading to them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nona-reads0/message

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken. Our guests today are three members of the Harrah Elementary teaching staff: Veteran and current 4th grade teacher, Mr. Guy Galland First year Special Education Teacher, Mr. Emery Lohrasbi Retiring teacher and current librarian, Mrs. Sonya Merz On this episode, my guests and I talk about their journey to becoming an educator, changes in education, and the Cougar/Husky rivalry. Along the way we'll hear from some of Mrs. Merz's friends and colleagues as they celebrate her nearly 30 years in education! If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener, thanks for coming back. So, put up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an absolute delight when it comes to children's book. The step-by-step progression and then the eventual end which brings you all the way back to the beginning it's a pleasure to young adult. Beware, though, as you will end up wanting to be all of the rest of the series. Now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nona-reads0/message

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Our guests today are three members of the Harrah Elementary teaching staff:  Gloria Widener, Vice Principal, DeeDee Gasseling, Social-Emotional Learning teacher, and Cesar Hernandez, Counselor.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

What happens if you give a furry little rodent a cookie? Well, probably a little more than you bargained for.... Grab your own copy below to follow along! If You Give a Mouse a Cookie And please be sure to check out [QuaranTeen Math](www.quaranteenmath.com) Tutoring to help your teen survive the end of the school year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-bookmarked-podcast/support

Grandma Susan reads If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Take a Mouse to School, Stone Soup, and The Quiltmaker's Gift

How to Decide the 'Best' Way to Use Your Stimulus Check by Julia Glum Do you remember that children’s book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?" The gist is that there’s a boy who — as you might guess from the title — gives a mouse a cookie. It sets off a whole chain of events. The mouse eats the cookie, which makes him want a glass of milk, which makes him want a straw, which makes him want a mirror to check his milk mustache, and so on.

To celebrate our new status as Aunt & Uncle Bookworm, we’re sharing some of our favorite picture books. As always, we’re also discussing our recent favorite reads and recommending some stuff to watch, listen to, or follow. Connect with us on social media to let us know which picture books you loved as a kid, which books your kids love,  or which picture books you like to give as gifts! Email us here Follow us here Sign up for Libro.fm here Shop this episode here Books mentioned: The Conquest of Gaul by Caesar Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel If You Give A Moose A Muffin by Laura Numeroff Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin and John Archambault Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guarino Miss Lollipop’s Lion by Judy Varga  A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza Buster Catches a Cold by Hisako Madokoro Chris Evans reading If You Give a Dog a Donut Great kid lit gift giver: @definitelyra Shakespeare with @sirpatstew Letterkenny on Hulu

Today we will be reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffre Numeroff. Hope you guys enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story83/support

Special Report Covid Coffee Chronicles Creativity and Covid-19 Episode 63 Ember Goods Address: 422 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98501 Phone: (360) 338-0315 Welcome to Covid Coffee Chronicles episode 63 Creativity and Covid 19 Today we are talking to Login and Bonita Smith, and Nick and Jessica Terell. They are the owners of Ember Goods Coffee store in Olympia WA. We last interviewed Nick and Bonita on season 2 episode 56 If You Give a Mouse a Hairdryer. This week we have all four of the owners present on a conference call to update us on how they are surviving the pandemic. With Nick's talent as an accomplished woodworker, and professional photographers Login and Bonita, they transformed a dark and dingy tattoo parlor into a Pacific Northwest inspired  original one of a kind store. This location draws artisans of all types. Think of a scaled down community centered REI with leather couches, local art, books, and beauty products including beard wax! I purchased Bawston & Tucker Solid Cologne  while we were there but I am sadly running out! OK guys are you listening?  I am running out! As far as their clothing line goes, soft, comfortable and stylish with a North Woods flair, what else could you ask for!  Can you tell I love this store? Now how about the coffee! Small batch roasted in Morton WA. Whatever the specialty drink you may want, they will make it for you. Don’t leave without trying my favorite beverage, with turmeric,ginger, honey, cinnamon, clove,hemp milk and espresso. We tried to weedle the recipe out of them, but trade secrets and all no such luck. Currently you can’t come in to order your favorite drink but you can still support Ember Goods. In order to keep their business afloat Ember Goods enlisted the help of  Kickstarter to raise money. Within a range of pledges the public could receive everything from coffee beans, merchandise, art, photo and wedding shoots, night stays at an adorable B & B,and even  a day spent in Nick’s wood shop learning how to make his signature piece. Fortunately with 207 donors they have now reached their goal.  So now you need to go to https://www.Embergoods.com and  check out their available products/merchandise and coffee for online orders. When this pandemic is over stop in and say hi to Logan,Bonita, Nick and Jessica, from the Cross Country Coffee Roadshow. And did I mention I am running out of my Bawston & Tucker Solid Cologne?  

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the best way to breathe during heavy lifts, how to balance cardio and running with the MAPS Anywhere program, whether body fat percentage can decrease without actually losing fat, and how to program the deadlift and squat as we age. The hidden meaning behind the book ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'. (6:38) Disciplining children and effective strategies to try today. (11:12) Adam recommends the Flip Side Newsletter. (20:56) The value of money and what it represents. (23:06) The Stockdale Paradox, handling outcomes that come your way & MORE. (26:03) The brick and mortar gym model and the COVID-19 impact. (31:45) Fun Facts with Justin. (39:53) How Mind Pump uses Ned to combat their anxiety. (42:07) The fake news surrounding the coronavirus. (49:05) #Quah question #1 – What is the best way to breathe during your heavy lifts? (52:32) #Quah question #2 – What's a good way to balance cardio and running with the MAPS Anywhere program? (59:00) #Quah question #3 – Can your body fat percentage decrease without actually losing fat? (1:04:54) #Quah question #4 – As we get into our 40s and 50s, how would you program the deadlift and squat and is one better for us as we age? (1:10:47) Related Links/Products Mentioned April Promotion: MAPS Prime/Prime Pro ½ off! **Code “PRIME50” at checkout** Special Promotion: MAPS Anywhere ½ off!! **Code “WHITE50” at checkout** If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Book by Laura Numeroff How a Classic Children's Book Got Hijacked by the Culture Wars Love & Logic® Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting From Birth to Six Years – Book by Jim Fay The Flip Side Proposal: You Get A $2,000 Stimulus Check Every Month Stockdale Paradox: Why confronting reality is vital to success A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Reflection: Ten Years of Reflections – Book by James B. Stockdale Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't – Book by Jim C. Collins 24 Hour Fitness reportedly considers bankruptcy options as the coronavirus pandemic continues to squeeze gyms across the US Mind Pump #842: The Steve Jobs of Fitness- Mark Mastrov Apple TV's New Series “Home” Is a Must-Watch for Design Lovers Visit NED for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! Beaches, Parks Reopen In Santa Cruz County Visit Vuori Clothing for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! Mind Pump Webinar Mind Pump Free Resources People Mentioned Andrew Yang (@andrewyang2020) Instagram

Jane Dennis-Moore reads her paper If You Give a Kid a Camera: Participatory Visual Literacy in the LLC https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-dennis-moore.html

This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about the pros and cons of virus tracking, health data tracking, robot cooks, and word choice Rehanging a door == [If You Give a Mouse a Cookie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IfYouGiveaMouseaCookie) Instacart (https://instacart.com/) Sam’s Club (https://www.samsclub.com/) Radiolab Dispatch (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/dispatch-numbers) Viewer mail: Adam Fuhrer says… Hey David, just wanted to say thanks for mentioning colors.lol (https://colors.lol/) on your podcast. Love the show! Hope you're doing well. Apple and Google detail bold and ambitious plan to track COVID-19 at scale (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/apple-and-google-detail-bold-and-ambitious-plan-to-track-covid-19-at-scale/) Singapore introduces contact tracing app to slow coronavirus spread (https://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-introduces-contact-tracing-app-to-slow-coronavirus-spread/) GoodRx Shares My Prescriptions With Third Parties—and It's Perfectly Legal (https://gizmodo.com/goodrx-shares-my-prescriptions-with-third-parties-and-i-1841772965) Making French fries sucks. This robot does it for $3 an hour with no breaks (https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-27/flippy-fast-food-restaurant-robot-arm) The Meritocracy Trap (https://www.themeritocracytrap.com/) 'Would you be willing?': words to turn a conversation around (and those to avoid) (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/04/would-you-be-willing-words-turn-conversation-around) Nonviolent Communication (https://nonviolentcommunication.com/) Cutting Room Floor * IMissTheOffice (https://imisstheoffice.eu/): an ambient noise generator specializing in recreating the pre-coronavirus audial world of fluorescent lights, watercooler conversation, and beeping office electronics * Amazon Dating (https://amazondating.co/) * Best motto ever: Allegheny Shredders (https://twitter.com/lifewinning/status/778728396499013634) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! * Adam Fuhrer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfuhrer/) for colors.lol (https://colors.lol/)

Jeff Bennett is one of the most prolific and steadiest working voiceover actors in the last 30 years. With over two thousand credits to his name, he's voiced such fan favorites as Johnny Bravo, Petrie in The Land Before Time, Kowalski in The Penguins of Madagascar, Pip in Enchanted and The Man In the Yellow Hat in Curious George, as well as the classic Mr. Smee in Jake and The Neverland Pirates.  He can currently be heard as Jonathan and Cagey in Disney's Puppy Dog Pals, Bump Bumperman in Blaze and The Monster Machines for Nickelodeon, Dr. Wexler in Lego City Adventures, and Dog in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created during a time of quarantine in the global Coronavirus pandemic, A Moment Of Your Time's mission is to provide a space for expression, collaboration, community and solidarity. In this time of isolation, we may have to be apart but let's create together. “A Moment for Kids”, a sub-series of” A Moment Of Your Time”, features pieces to share with your children to lift their (and your!) spirits, explain some complicated matters, and brighten everyone's days.  The sub-series could not have been made possible without the generous help of Mike Young and Splash Entertainment. Thank you for donating your time and creativity to help ease the minds of children in this complicated time. For more on Splash Entertainment visit https://www.splashentertainment.comA Moment for Kids Submit your piece: https://www.curtco.com/amomentofyourtime Concept by Jenny Curtis Theme music by Chris Porter Learn More: https://www.curtco.com/amomentofyourtime And Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amoytpodcast A CurtCo Media Production https://www.curtco.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If You Give a Mouse a Hair Dryer Ember Goods Coffee Shop 422 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98501 Olympia is the state capitol of Washington, and the perfect place to visit or live if you are looking for a community with everything, maybe not right this moment with the nationwide pandemic, but travel will be back! For right now you get to take a virtual armchair journey with us continuing up the PCH. A very laid back vibe, and total acceptance of every type of individual.  this is where we found Ember Goods in downtown Olympia. Logan and Bonita,our first two guests are now married, and we at the roadshow would love to think we had something to do with this. We did not but it's a good story!  This couple, with the assistance of a dear friend and co-owner Nick Terrel, turned a tattoo parlor, with a very bad reputation into one of the most unique retail/coffee shops we found on the PCH . Photography, wood working, and retail skills combined, with a desire to fill a space with local artisans, makes your perfect next coffee stop. A very eclectic space that offers up northwoods type clothing, homemade sweaters, gifts, and personal products like local beard wax. How did these two delightful people meet? Which one was shooting a wedding, and which one was a guest when their star crossed eyes met? The rest one might say “is history”, until someone decided to move to Thailand. In the movies when the man professes his love, there is a "standard" reply and then there's a Bonita response. There may be moments in life that cements a woman’s love for her partner, Logan and mice, you will just have to listen!  Excellence in coffee, you bet! (don't leave without trying the turmeric,ginger, honey with cinnamon, clove and a shot of espresso) Trivia question. Who was the yo-yo champion of Washington two years running? And why wouldn’t the judges allow him to use his Stradivarius yo-yo? Our next guest Evan is an "extrovert without a stop button". How did she suddenly become a recluse while in college?. What did coffee have to do with it? Evan Sterbick's story will make you feel good all over. She has discovered her passion, and is now “feeding Olympia” Discover why making good food equals making good memories. She has an explanation for why teaching people how to cook good things during bad times can solve many problems. With confidence, knowledge, and love for other people, this young woman will go far, and  change many lives, Paraprofessional and English major Joe Kinder took a job he never thought he would. Not his major, what drew him to this position. He now works with special education children and you can  definitely understand why he is good at his job. He had an epiphany the first time he entered the teachers lounge and has acted on it ever since. This man’s personal experience has led him to a career that in years to come will have people saying, “if it weren’t for Joe Kinder... Check out this weeks Spotify Playlist for all the songs from our guests.  Special Thank you for the bonus musical suggestions from Evan Sterbick. https://bit.ly/EmberGoods Remember if you have a question,or topic you want us to follow up on from this week, or any other episode of the CCCRS,we are happy to try to get that done in the segment we call Free Refills. Just leave us a message at our web-page https://crosscountrycoffeeroadshow.com/ or email directly: https://crosscountrycoffeeroadshow.com/contact/ Stayed tuned for new episodes of Covid Coffee Chronicles stating later this week!. Stay well, keep your distance, wash your hands, laugh occasionally and we will all get through this together. Dan and Linda McGarry Cross Country Coffee Roadshow

If You Give a Dog a Cookie, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Listen and read along or draw your own pictures.

This week Patsy takes the reigns while Ashes is recovering from either Space Plague or Wine Flu to chat with author Sam Miserendino about his Addicted Animal series of books, including "IF You Give a Bunny a Beer", "If You Give a Bear a Bong" and the upcoming "If You Give a Kitty a Cocktail". Sam provides insight into his writing process, some other great ideas he's got, and more! Plus Ashes is able to recover enough for the final segment to tell you about the bundle of joy that just came into her life! All this, plus battle results and a NEW contest!

In the popular story, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie…, we read about a little mouse who jumps from activity to activity all day long. It’s humorous to read, but sometimes it hits a little close to home when we think about how we sometimes do the exact same thing. But we don’t have to live this way. Today we will show you simple strategies to get your life in order so you never have to be in fire-fighting mode again. https://LearnDoBecome.com/episode80   Have you attended our free training, "How to Finally Stop Drowning in Piles"? We'll show you four simple steps to get out of any pile and create a life of peace and order! https://LearnDoBecome.com/STEP   And make sure to subscribe to all our podcasts. More details can be found at https://LearnDoBecome.com/Radio

What challenges do you think you'd face as part of the adaption if you could acclimate a story of yours into any other medium, what would it be and why? Bryan and H. Claire Taylor are feeling very grateful to be able to talk to all the listeners every week whether it be diving deep into some big controversy or diving deeper into ideas relating to self-publishing. This week’s Happy Books Review Winner is Ethan Jones. Thank you to our featured Patrons - Removed, A Curse upon the Saints, and If You Give a Guy a Beer. Tickets are available for Self Publishing Live. The Top Tips of the week include how to get the most out of any author conference, why scheduling time to write is so important, and how getting your books into a library can create a domino effect. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how you can hire the right person for the job using self-publishing service providers, why self-publishing is also learning publishing and marketing for yourself, how to get books in the mail that you might have never considered, how learning to master ads will help you not suck at marketing, and where you can find a new documentary about self-publishing. Question of the Week: If you could adapt a story of yours into any other medium, what would it be and why? What challenges do you think you'd face as part of the translation?

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In today’s “Show About Everything,” (which is a walk on the weird sci-fi wild side that isn’t a part of her normal schema at all), Chryssy provides her own version of evolutionary theory based on nothing more than what she dreams up when she observes the world.We have a really robust discussion about FEAR this episode, and all the ways it gets in our way and keeps us from following our hearts.All that mush aside, we get down with the doomsday clock and some “live forever” theorizing. Prepare for your mind to be stretched and twisted and blown. Or maybe just prepare to laugh at the nonsensical nature of a few of the things that made the rounds in Chryssy’s brain this week.There’s a couple reminders to take care of yourself and a gentle nudge (mostly for Chryssy) that you can’t just SAY you engage in healthy practices, you actually have to engage in those things.We suggest you read and watch some kid stuff – The Magic School Bus is on Netflix these days and Amazon will yield you a copy of “If You Give a Mouse A Cookie.” They’ve also got some great anthologies of Charles Schultz’s Class Peanuts comics. While you putting anthologies in your shopping cart, add something by Mary Oliver. Since it’s a shopping spree, pick up Paolo Coelho’s “The Pilgrimage,” and if you want some extra fantasy (Wait?, Or is he serious?), grab “The Alchemist,” as well. May as well round out this binge with some old episodes of Seinfeld, too.Learn more about today’s topics here:https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html (Mary Oliver, The Summer Day)https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/23/doomsday-clock/ (Doomsday Clock, 100 seconds to midnight)https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/06/the-universe-is-14-billion-years-old-but-visible-universe-is-92-billion-light-years-wide.html%3famp (How Old Is The Universe?)Also highly recommended, a (Chryssy’s Cursory) Google search on “human evolution” and then one more on “living forever”. Have fun down the rabbit hole, kids! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Stacy, Minh, Meka, Kristin, and Natalia discuss the joys of holiday-themed romance novels. Books mentioned in this episode are: Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas Kate Hardy, Mistletoe Proposal on the Children's Ward Sarah Morgan, Moonlight Over Manhattan Lauren Royal, Chase Family Recipes: A Historical Cookbook and a Chase Family Christmas Johanna Lindsey: The Present Nora Roberts, Harlequin Historical Christmas Stories 1990 and Gabriel's Angel Poppy Alexander, 25 Days 'til Christmas Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway, The Lady Most Willing Jodi Thomas, Ransom Canyon Lisa Harris, Christmas Witness Pursuit RaeAnne Thayne, Coming Home for Christmas Debbie Macomber, The Perfect Christmas and A Mrs. Miracle Christmas Jana Aston, If You Give a Jerk a Gingerbread Marina Adair, Kissing Under the Mistletoe You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro.

We wanted to talk holiday writing—as in, writing ABOUT holidays, not writing during the holidays. So we went strolling through the holly-bedecked halls of the Internet—because, #dominantculture, holiday books as they appear without a more specific web search means Christmas books and specifically, the 250 page equivalent of a bonbon of a Lifetime Christmas movie. We found Natalie Cox, author of the debut romcom Mutts and Mistletoe. And then we found that Natalie Cox is also Betsy Tobin, author of five other novels, co-owner of a bookshop in North London and just generally appearing to live an authorial dream life. So of course we invited her on to talk about not just holiday writing, but switching genres, the real meaning of “debut” and whether or not owning a bookstore in London is as much fun as it sounds like it would be. Links from the episode (which was itself as much fun as it sounds like it would be) follow.As for writing DURING the holidays, if you’re a supporter, you can check out the Top 5 Hacks for Holiday Writing—and if you’re not, why not? Give yourself a little holiday giftie and us a little holiday boost clicking the button below to support the podcast you love, get weekly #WriterTopFives with actionable advice and occasional bonus #MiniSupporter podcasts for just $7 a month. As always, this episode (and every episode) will appear for all subscribers in your usual podcast listening places, totally free as the #AmWriting Podcast has always been. This shownotes email is free, too, so please—forward it to a friend, and if you haven’t already, join our email list and be on top of it with the shownotes and a transcript every time there’s a new episode. To support the podcast and help it stay free, subscribe to our weekly #WritersTopFive email.LINKS FROM THE PODCAST#AmReading (Watching, Listening)Betsy:Three Women, Lisa Taddeo KJ: Beside Herself, Elizabeth LaBanSarina: Reindeer Falls, Book 1: The Boss Who Stole Christmas, Jana AstonReindeer Falls, Book 2: If You Give a Jerk a Gingerbread, Jana AstonReindeer Falls, Book 3: The One Night Stand Before Christmas, Jana Aston#FaveIndieBookstoreINK@84 Our guest for this episode is Betsy Tobin, aka Natalie Cox. Find more about her at BetsyTobin.co.uk.This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.Find more about Jess here, Sarina here and about KJ here.If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.Transcript (We use an AI service for transcription, and while we do clean it up a bit, some errors are the price of admission here. We hope it’s still helpful.)KJ:                                        00:02                    Hey there listeners, it's KJ. What with Jess starting in on a new project lately, we've been talking a lot about nonfiction and research. If that's your kind of work, our sponsor, Author Accelerator can help and you don't have to go all in with full on book coaching if you're not ready. Check out their new four week long nonfiction framework program that will help you nail down your structure before you start to write, or after your writing and realizing, dang, this thing needs a backbone. Authors of self-help, how-to, and academic texts will find the shape of their books, create a working one page summary that helps reveal that shape at a glance, and develop a flexible table of contents to guide you through the drafting and revision process. You can find a lot more, including previews of much of the material, by going to authoraccelerator.com/nonfictionframework. Is it recording?Jess:                                     01:00                    Now it's recording.KJ:                                        01:01                    Yay.Jess:                                     01:02                    Go ahead.KJ:                                        01:03                    This is the part where I stare blankly at the microphone and try to remember what I'm supposed to be doing.Jess:                                     01:07                    Alright, let's start over.KJ:                                        01:08                    Awkward pause and I'm going to rustle some papers.Jess:                                     01:11                    Okay.KJ:                                        01:11                    Now, one, two, three. Hey, I'm KJ Dell'Antonia and this is #AmWriting. #AmWriting is our weekly podcast about writing all the things - fiction, nonfiction, book proposals, essays, pitches, and as we say every week, this is the podcast about getting the work done.Sarina:                                 01:40                    And I'm Sarina Bowen, the author of 30 plus romance novels. And you can find more of me at sarinabowen.com. I am KJ Dell'Antonia, author of a novel coming out next summer. Also of How To Be a Happier Parent, former lead editor of the Motherlode blog at the New York Times and all of the other things that I say every week. And our usual cohost, Jess Lahey, is missing this week. Sarina and I are soloing, but we have a guest. In fact, you could argue that we have three guests. We are going to talk today with Betsy Tobin, who is the author of five books of literary fiction/mystery/I'm not even quite sure how to describe it. Natalie Cox, the author of a new romcom, which is called Mutts and Mistletoe, it's a holiday theme and it is incredibly fun. And the co-owner of the Ink@84 bookstore bar cafe in North London. Conveniently, however, all of these guests are wrapped up into the same person. It's just going to make it much easier to ask questions.Sarina:                                 02:52                    Of course. So welcome, Betsy.Betsy:                                  02:54                    Gosh, with an intro like that it's going to be hard not to disappoint. I'll do my best. I'll do my best to be three people in one. Thank you very much. And also 30 books, my goodness. Respect, Sarina. That's amazing, respect.KJ:                                        03:08                    So I'm going to just own it all for our listeners (as we do every week) which is that originally we thought, you know what would be really fun? It'd be fun to talk to somebody who wrote a book with a holiday theme. Because have you ever written a book with a holiday theme?Sarina:                                 03:27                    Undeveloped, but barely.KJ:                                        03:29                    Right, but barely. I've written many an essay with the holiday theme, and many a gift guide with a holiday theme, many a freelance thing, but I've not done a book. So that was our original thought. So we, we sort of went looking around to see who would be interesting and came across Natalie Cox's debut romcom author of Mutts and Mistletoe. And reached out to her only to discover that she is scarcely a debut author at all. So while I hope to get to the use of the holiday and the trope and the fun that is all involved in that, we really want to start with, Betsy, get us to this point. Walk us through if you don't mind.Betsy:                                  04:17                    How did I start writing?KJ:                                        04:19                    Yeah, how did you start writing? Let's start there.Betsy:                                  04:23                    My very first foray into writing was that I took an evening class in journalism and the teacher told me that my style was too literary. And he really sort of slightly took the wind out of my sails. I was in my mid-twenties and I thought this might be a great career. So I went and did an autobiographical essay writing course and the very first exercise that that teacher set was to write a brief story about your life that incorporated a lie and try to make the juncture between the lie and the truth totally seamless. And I thought that was a really fantastic exercise.KJ:                                        05:19                    That is an interesting exercise. And one I've never heard.Betsy:                                  05:23                    Yeah. I mean, one that it would never have occurred to me to write fiction. And I didn't really grow up in a family where there were any kind of artists or people working in creative industries. We were kind of quite rational type people. And I thought I was going to have a career in a rational kind of occupation. And I don't think I would've had the courage to write fiction until he set this exercise. And immediately I just found it incredibly liberating, because you could make it all up. And to be honest, that was it, I mean I just never looked back from there. I started writing short fiction. I went and did an MFA. I did work briefly when I first moved to London as a reporter. Eventually I was really rubbish at it. I wasn't thick-skinned enough.Betsy:                                  06:13                    And I knew it was just a matter of time before I kind of was able to get myself in a position to write fiction. So that's kind of how it happened. I thought initially I would write plays and scripts. But I struggled early on with the pacing of longer format prose fiction. I wrote a lot of short stories and it was a mystery to me how you pace a novel and then suddenly I kind of cracked it in one go where I wrote something and I looked at it and I thought, 'Oh my goodness, this is not a short story. This is a novel.' And I remember, cause I left the first, like eight or nine pages lying on my desk and my husband kind of wandered by and read it and he sort of came to me and he said, 'You know, what is this?' And I said, 'I'm not sure, but I think it's a novel.' And he said, 'I think it's a novel, too.' And that was my first book, Bone House, which did very well. It sold in the U.S., and the UK, and abroad, and was optioned for film.KJ:                                        07:13                    And that was what, about 2008?Betsy:                                  07:16                    Gosh, no, it was published in more like 2000.KJ:                                        07:23                    I was on Amazon and saw probably what is the latest edition.Betsy:                                  07:27                    That could be, yeah. And I kind of never looked back from there. It did well. I mean it wasn't a bestseller. I've never had what I would say was a huge rating success. I've had critical successes. That book was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize, unfortunately up against Zadie Smith, who has since gone on to glittering careers.Betsy:                                  07:50                    But yeah, it kind of put me on the map as a writer. It got me an agent. I wrote another historical novel after that. Then I wrote a third book was mythic/historical. I kind of turned to myth and I looked at the Norse body of literature.KJ:                                        08:11                    How much time is it taking?Betsy:                                  08:12                    So for literary fiction, I would say three years for me. That's definitely what it takes for me to write a novel. And you need about a year where the idea is bubbling along and gestating. And also those novels were very heavily researched, all of them actually. So it took quite a long time to be able to start writing. Although research is something that I use all the way through the writing process. I'm a great fan of using it as a kickstarter for creativity. Anytime somebody comes to me saying they've got writer's block that's probably my single biggest tip is just, you know, plunge yourself into some research on the background of what you're writing. And it's those tiny details that you uncover that will kickstart your creativity and get you going again. So yeah, I eventually wrote five novels.KJ:                                        09:08                    And the fifth one was a bit of a departure too...Betsy:                                  09:11                    That was a comic novel. It was the first thing I'd written based on my own kind of personal history a little bit...KJ:                                        09:22                    So that one is called Things We Couldn't Explain.Betsy:                                  09:26                    That one's called Things We Couldn't Explain. When I first started writing in the UK, I'd only lived over here for about five years and I didn't feel comfortable writing about contemporary Britain. And equally, I was starting to feel a little bit out of touch with the U.S. So I ended up setting my first novel in the distant past. And I felt like that was a middle ground where my readership and I would be on the same sort of footing. We'd all be kind of equally unfamiliar with the terrain.KJ:                                        10:00                    I had never thought of that. Although, you know, Sarina sets her books kind of around here and somewhere else that she's lived. And the novel that I've got coming out is set where I grew up and I'm just now doing one for living around here. And I've lived here for about 10 years and I had the same thought. Can I really? You know, I ended up writing about a newcomer to the area because that felt better. People don't really talk about that, how hard it is.Betsy:                                  10:27                    You have to feel comfortable in the skin of your novel. And then the setting is the skin. And if you're not comfortable sitting in the skin of it, you just won't approach it with confidence. I wrote a lot about identity and displacement in my literary fiction for years. That was kind of a theme that just cropped up over, and over, and over. My fourth novel, Crimson China, was about illegal Chinese migrants living in the UK and I think it is because I was a displaced person. And so I was struggling with that sense of identity and belonging and what happens to your sense of identity when you're taken out of the place of your birth and taken away from your family, and your friends, and the culture that you know. So that was a really big theme for me. And the novel that is set in Ohio was the only thing I'd ever written that was really tapped into my own background. So it was quite close to my heart, actually. So this segues deeply into the holiday issue, because that fifth novel came out in November. And the publisher I was with at the time was very, very big on digital publishing. It was sort of the heyday of digital and digital has come off the boil a bit since then in more recent years. But at the time, she was convinced that there was a lot of money to be made with eBooks. She did a lot of other much, much more commercial fiction and I watched her commercial fiction authors soar right past me in the digital charts that November, December, particularly with the holiday books. While my book kind of languished somewhere in the high tens of thousands in the rankings.KJ:                                        12:23                    Tell me when this was.Betsy:                                  12:25                    This would have been probably about five, six years ago.KJ:                                        12:32                    Right. I think Things We Couldn't Explain was 2014. So you already have sort of a fun commercial read, but it's just not doing what you hoped it would do.Betsy:                                  12:47                    No, and what I would say is My first impulse for writing a holiday book was envy. I absolutely, you know, had envy of watching all of these holiday books, many of which frankly, I read some, I wasn't very impressed. My daughter and I were big fans of romcom. She's in her kind of mid twenties. We looked at each other and we said, 'We could do this, we could do so much better.' And of course it's not, it's deceptively difficult to get it right. And we were far too overconfident, but that said, we did sit down and we came up with a concept which was the doggy, the canine rom-com concept. And we set out to do it and I wrote it. She helped me with some of the plotting. She's a great sort of reality check for me as a writer. She sees through the holes in everything, really - plot, character, theme. So I use her as a sounding board a lot for my writing.KJ:                                        13:52                    How old is your daughter?Betsy:                                  13:52                    She's in her mid twenties nowKJ:                                        13:57                    As is the main character in Mutts and Mistletoe.Betsy:                                  14:00                    Yes, exactly. So yeah, so we sat down to that and then I wrote about 50 pages of it. And then I got very interested in the idea of opening the bookshop and I shelved that book and really for the next three years did nothing but find and open the shop, which really sucked up kinda 200% of my energy. And when the shop was up and running for I would say two and a half years probably, I was ready to go back to writing. And I went back to this 50 pages that I had written, which really I had just done on a lark. It was nothing more than a lark. And I honestly thought I would probably self-publish it myself, digitally only. And I mentioned it to my agent. I have a wonderful UK agent who I'm very loyal to, I've been with from the beginning. And she said, 'Show it to me.' And I knew she didn't really handle that sort of material normally, but I sent it to her and the agency read it, they all loved it. They were like, 'You must write this.' So I did. I wrote that over the next say year, it probably didn't take me more than about another six to nine months to finish. And that was how Mutts was born. It's done really well, it won romantic comedy of the year here in the UK, and it's sold all over really, all over Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia. I never dreamed that it would be as successful as it's been.Betsy:                                  15:57                    You know, literary fiction is incredibly laborious. You agonize over every word, every sentence, every phrasing. You know, Mutts and Mistletoe, you're basically trying to get all the elements that you normally tackle as a writer - story, character, setting. But you're basically also just trying to make it really funny. And so it's just such a laugh, you know, I just giggle all the way through writing this stuff. And you look at every page and you think, how can I make this more funny and what would be funnier, and that's really the challenge is kind of just keeping the jokes coming. I don't think you have a joke in every paragraph, but you just have to put your funny hat on and just wear it while you're writing. And it's a joy to be honest, compared to the other form.KJ:                                        16:56                    But you also have a really strong structure.Betsy:                                  17:02                    I think you have to absolutely. You have to adhere, with all writing. You have to play by the rules. I mean, there's meta fiction and some writers can bend the rules, but for most readers we need to have the elements. You have to have your ducks in line, you have to have a strong story, you have to have a strong starting proposition with a protagonist that has a problem or a need, and they're gonna they have to have an arc. All the rules adhere, there's no bending of the rules for any of this stuff. You can't take shortcuts. And I know this because I've tried to do things in a more freestyle manner and where it all just didn't work because you didn't follow the rules. And I think even a seasoned writer can fall at that hurdle if you don't pay attention. I think character is totally the single biggest driver of making compelling read. I think characters drive all good stories. And yeah, you have to have a kind of structure, ideally a kind of three act structure, and you have to have a character who learns or grows or changes. I'm a great believer in happy endings. You know, I think audiences want those.KJ:                                        18:43                    Well, you have those things very cleanly. Many writers have those things but have a lot of noise around them. And in your case, I think you found them very cleanly and it made me wonder if you had a structure that you sort of wrote around or if that just came naturally to you.Betsy:                                  19:05                    I'm not a great one for planning out all the story in advance, I guess the phrase a pants writer.Sarina:                                 19:17                    Oh yes, we use that phrase.Betsy:                                  19:19                    I think I probably am a pants writer. It's not necessarily something I recommend. What I would say is that as much as I'm somebody who doesn't plan everything in advance, I'm utterly meticulous about writing and rewriting. And to be honest, most of my published work, most pages have been edited a hundred times.KJ:                                        19:51                    Wow.Sarina:                                 19:51                    Wow.Betsy:                                  19:52                    Yeah. And I know that sounds obsessive, but that's the sort of writer I am.KJ:                                        19:57                    No, it sounds great. I'm a noisy writer to use the metaphor or whatever that I was just using, which is there tends to be a lot of stuff around my bones and I need to have less stuff around my bones. And it's kinda reassuring to hear that you're peeling stuff away as opposed to never putting it down, which certainly sounds like a simpler way to do it to me. But unfortunately I can't get there.Betsy:                                  20:19                    I mean, I think it means that you won't produce work as fast if you're that fastidious. And I think in commercial fiction the industry demands a certain pace of writers. And I think I'm not able to meet that pace. I'm sure my publishers would say that. But that's just me. I'm afraid I just can't not do it the way I want to do it. And I'm not prepared to put a sentence out until it's perfect.Sarina:                                 20:47                    One thing you said about characters really stuck with me. Because a few minutes ago you were saying you have to really turn on the funny and you know, be funny on every page if you're writing a comedy. But that's so much harder if you don't have a character who can give that to you through all of her flaws and misperceptions of the world, then you just have to spontaneously be funny. Whereas if you have a character who is really set in her ways, then the comedy is easier to find because it's...Betsy:                                  21:20                    Absolutely, it has to be character driven. All the comedy has to be character driven and situation driven. It's not like you're making jokes leap off the page in and of themselves. You're pulling the comic material out of your characters and what's happening to them. It's like you're birthing it.Sarina:                                 21:38                    I had a couple of questions for you about this book specifically. So one is, did you ever just get sick of Christmas, you know, when you were editing the hundredth time in August or whatever where you're just like, 'Ugh'?Betsy:                                  21:54                    I dunno, I mean, I think one of the things - my character is this kind of Scrooge-like character and part of her journey is that she has to learn to love Christmas. So I was able to kind of feed both sides of that debate. It's a book that serves both Christmas lovers and Christmas haters, I think. For that reason. So it was quite amusing to kind of look at the dark side of the holidays. It amused me anyway. To be honest, Christmas became a setting, right? So, yes, it has fantastic comic potential. It has all these iconic tropes and symbols. But really what it was, was a setting and that's how you have to approach it was that you're going to set your novel in a biscuit factory. There's going to be all kinds of comedy that flows from the shop floor. In that way, Christmas was the biscuit factory setting for this. There are writers who make their career out of holiday books. Gosh, more power to them. They're the ones that you should probably be putting that question to are the ones that are writing them year, after year, after year. I'm not writing a holiday book at the moment. I wouldn't rule one out again though, cause I didn't even plumb all the depths of the comic possibilities for Christmas with that first one. I think it's rich terrain for comedy, so I could see me going back to it.Sarina:                                 23:34                    So then my other question involves just a really practical thing about about writing a holiday book. So my first published book, practically another lifetime ago, is a winter-themed cookbook and it is very winter-themed. The sales for that book (it's 10 years old now) they look like a sign wave on the author portal. They peak right at Christmas and then they bucket in July. And I'm just curious if fiction is expected to do the same thing or not.Betsy:                                  24:12                    It absolutely does the same thing. But that's the other beauty of writing seasonal stuff is that there's a readily identifiable market for it, which is why publishers love it. And you know, your cookbook might have died a very quick death decades ago or years ago, had you not had that seasonal hook that brings it back and makes it relevant again in the marketplace each year. I'm a great believer in, you know, I don't believe the world owes us a living as writers. And I think we have to write stuff that people want to read. So I'm sort of quite business minded as a writer. And and I think you need to do the publisher's job for them a little bit when you want to sell a prospective title because you have to be able to identify what the market's going to be. So yeah, I think whereas novels, (and I know this because I'm a book seller) the shelf life of a hardback is something like six weeks to three months. And after that they get sent back. And the shelf life of a paperback is 18 months. And after that, you know, unless you're a bestseller, or a prize winner, or an evergreen your book will be gone. And you know, that's just the reality. Whereas seasonal titles, actually, I think there is an upswing year after year for the best ones.KJ:                                        25:49                    So, wait. Do you put them in a box in the shop and put them aside or do you send them back and then get some new ones?Betsy:                                  25:56                    We send them back when we get new ones. We're ruthless.KJ:                                        26:00                    Isn't that funny - you're both the author who's like, 'No, hold on to my book and the bookseller who's like, 'Nope, sorry.'Betsy:                                  26:08                    It's awful. Authors don't want to know how much gets sent back. I don't know if the retail industry works quite the same way in the U.S. but books are one of the only areas of retail that are full sale or return or at least partial sale or return. You know, that doesn't happen in the clothing industry, right? The stores don't get to send the merchandise back if it doesn't sell. And so yeah, we are ruthless about culling titles that languish on our shelves.KJ:                                        26:42                    Do you think that's part of why you're going back in for another romcom or do you think it has more to do with sort of where you are in life and what you want to write or is it some combination therein and that it would be hard to tease out?Betsy:                                  26:55                    I think it has to do with the fact that I have a two book deal with Orion in the UK and I'm contracted to produce another one. Also, I have the pressure of my agents saying to me, 'Gosh, we have these 12 foreign publishers...', So I was under pressure, both because I'm legally obliged to write one for Orion, but in fact Orion gave me the opportunity to segue into more comic literary fiction last year. And it was really my agent who said, 'Gosh, you know, we've got these 12 publishers queued up.' Mutts is only coming out for the first time in all those markets cause it took a year to translate it. So they're the ones that are going to come knocking on our door in January or February saying, 'Oh, what about the next one?'KJ:                                        27:52                    When was the decision made to write Mutts under a new name?Betsy:                                  27:56                    Do you mean Natalie?KJ:                                        28:00                    Yeah.Betsy:                                  28:01                    Right, sorry. Okay. At the point of sale for publication, the agents, I said to them, 'What about my brand?' And they said, 'We'll sell you as a debut.' And that is what goes on in the industry. I don't know that it's the best thing. I don't know necessarily that it did me any favors as an author, but publishers of course are always looking for debuts. There's an absolute mystique in the industry about making the next big discovery. So it's easier for agents to sell debuts. So I was sold as a debut romcom writer with the caveat that it was a pseudonym for someone who had written in another genre. So publishers at the point of bidding were told that I was an existing writer.Betsy:                                  29:02                    They weren't told who I was, but I was sold as a debut. Does that make sense?KJ:                                        29:10                    Yes, it does. It's a crazy system.Betsy:                                  29:12                    It is crazy indeed. So now I have fiendish social media cause I have social media under Betsy, and I have social media under Natalie, and I also do all the social media for the bookshop. So I'm constantly toggling between Facebook and Instagram and Twitter on all three accounts and kind of posting the wrong thing from the wrong account and getting into trouble. So that's what ended up with, I don't know how desirable it is for me as a writer. One thing I would say is that this has a different title in Britain than it does in the U.S. and that is something I will never repeat again because that was even more of a nightmare publishing two...KJ:                                        29:56                    What is it called in Britain?Betsy:                                  29:57                    So in Britain, we have a really famous dog charity rescue charity, a nationwide adoption center called The Dog's Trust. And their motto is 'Dogs are for life, not just for Christmas.' It's very, very famous. It's a famous enough charity that pretty much everyone knows that line dogs life. And so my editor from day one was determined to call it Not Just for Christmas. And of course it's not a title that works at all well in the U.S., it doesn't play in America. It's not a title I wanted particularly, but it certainly works very well in this territory. I I was worried about it elsewhere and I was worried about the idea of books going out with different titles. The same book going out and it was a bit of a problem, I had kind of angry readers saying...KJ:                                        30:56                    I have as a reader, bought the same book twice.Betsy:                                  30:58                    Yes, exactly.KJ:                                        31:00                    Because I liked it so much one of the times and I thought, 'Oh, it's a different one.'Betsy:                                  31:05                    Yeah. I had irate readers kind of emailing me saying 'Who would do that?' And it didn't help that Amazon in the U.S. had both editions up. Anyway, it was a nightmare. So that's how I ended up as Natalie Cox. Gosh, Natalie was the name of my old dog, so that was a nod towards her. And Natalie's three syllables and I knew I needed a really short three letter surname for the cover. So it was either Dicks or Cox. Fox was taken. I actually did try Fox. My publisher said there was some other writer publishing under that name. So yeah, that's how I ended up with Natalie Cox.KJ:                                        32:02                    And the next one will be Natalie Cox.Betsy:                                  32:03                    Yes, this is a romcom under Natalie Cox, absolutely. And it also involves a very large dog. It's a similar kind of book, similar voice, similar tone. It's about a woman who's fed up with her life, she's got a list of problems, and she just wants to run away from it all until someone steals her identity. And then she wants her life back.KJ:                                        32:28                    Oh, that's good.Betsy:                                  32:34                    So I'm busily beavering away at that at the moment. I'm hoping to deliver that in the spring. So we will see. I do like dogs, I'm a big dog fan. I definitely discovered that almost like Christmas, there's almost an identifiable readership of people who want books about dogs.KJ:                                        32:54                    There absolutely is.Sarina:                                 32:55                    Yes, that is true. In fact, in 2017, one of my publishers said, 'These are the pitches we want next from you. It has to be dogs, or Alaska, or cowboys.'Betsy:                                  33:08                    Oh my God, that is hilarious. All three of those are great!KJ:                                        33:13                    An Alaskan cowboy dog would just walk us straight.Betsy:                                  33:19                    Oh, I would love to write any of those, that sounds fantastic. So did you write that? Did you write that book back then?Sarina:                                 33:37                    No, I didn't because I just didn't want to. And it was also said to me like this, 'This is what Walmart wants.'Betsy:                                  33:47                    Oh wow. Okay.Sarina:                                 33:48                    And I thought, you know what...I didn't want to plan my life that way.Betsy:                                  33:54                    No, and I agree. While I did make that comment about not writing in a vacuum and understanding what the market is for your books, I don't think you should let the tail wag the dog.KJ:                                        34:06                    Well, there's a difference.Sarina:                                 34:07                    Yeah. There's a difference between having an eye on it and letting it run your life. Also, you mentioned digital and so that made me curious. And as a bookseller, I bet this is something you keep an eye on, but is the digital sales ratio of your romcom higher than your literary fiction?Betsy:                                  34:29                    Well, I haven't looked at the figures, but broadly I would say yes. I mean, the thing about digital is we have pretty good understanding of what digital reading habits are now. And they do tend to be in certain genres - so mystery and commercial women's fiction, particularly romance, romance and mystery I'd say are probably two of the biggest consumers of digital. And you know, these are people who are super fans, they're veracious readers, they're constantly looking for new sources of supply, they need to source their books cheaply because they're reading so much. So gosh, what was the question?Sarina:                                 35:18                    I was just curious. So I'm very familiar with this concept because I'm about 98% digital. Or actually, if I put audio in there it wouldn't be 98 it would be more like 85. But also where is the line? So I have friends who do sort of book club women's fiction who are running at about 50/50 digital. And I was just sort of thinking that your book also looks like that midpoint between something that would be strictly a romance and a commercial women's fiction.Betsy:                                  35:55                    Well, what I would say in the U.S. for the Natalie Cox book, is that they have not pushed it digitally at all and they've priced it very, very high because I think they really want to shift paper copies. And so I've looked at my digital numbers and they're incredibly low. I would say below 5%. I mean I think that this title has legs digitally and I assume that they will eventually tap into that and market it digitally and price it to sell digitally. But at the moment they're still not doing that. In fact, I can't see from here what the digital prices in the U.S. are.KJ:                                        36:38                    It's $14.99 I think. It's quite high. And I just want to say it was super fun, I had a totally fun evening read. And I honestly wouldn't have done it if I did not also want to read it.Betsy:                                  37:31                    You totally could've winged it.KJ:                                        37:44                    But I wanted to read it.Betsy:                              

要是你给狗狗一块甜甜圈，它将想要一些苹果汁；当你给了它苹果汁，它会把他喝光。然后，它要求自己再做一些，所以它必须出去摘苹果；它在苹果树上朝你投掷苹果，这让它想到了玩棒球；为了玩棒球，你必须去帮它找球和手套，当然了，它还需要一个棒球棒。Laura Numeroff这本书延续了If You Give...系列的风格，用前后关联的事件和叙述故事。这种结构上的重复和内容上的连贯是孩子们最喜爱的形式。

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken.  Our guest today is the current superintendent of our very own Mt. Adams School District. He is entering his 4th year as the district superintendent.   In June of 2016, he received a unanimous vote from the Mt. Adams school board to become the next Superintendent and is now entering his 4th year.   Prior to becoming the Mt. Adams School District Superintendent, Mr. Guaglianone ...started as a high school teacher in California in 1981. ..was Cal State Bakersfield's College of Education dean.  ...served as superintendent at Linns Valley-Poso Flat School District in California  ...was an interim superintendent at Elk Hills School District in California in 2009 ...was vice president for strategic planning, provost and chief academic at Heritage University in Toppenish, Washington.  Please welcome Dr. Curt Guaglianone.  If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listener thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.

During this episode of the Lab Coat Agents Podcast, hosts Tristan Ahumada and Nick Baldwin speak with Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First. In his book, Mike challenges the myth that profit comes last. Learn about his brilliant behavioral cash management system that enables you to pay yourself first and achieve greater organizational efficiency. This conversation will change how you look at business profitability and how you can create more wealth.   Episode Highlights:  People are focusing too much on gross commission without considering what they’re actually bringing home. The words we use around profitability often associate profit with being last or at the end. There’s a lot of emphasis being placed on hustle and grind. The goal instead should be efficiency. How can you drive better results by leveraging what you have? Leveraging is the new hustle. There are always resources around you that can be leveraged. Tristan asks which step in Clockwork is the hardest to implement. Mike explains how every company has a big promise it makes to customers. Once a company figures out that big promise, they can focus on their core competency in fulfilling that promise. In Profit First, Mike describes five foundational accounts. The first account is the income account, which is a depository only. The second account is the profit account, which functions as a reward for investing in a business. The third account is for owner’s compensation. The fourth account is for taxes. The fifth account is operating expenses. Sales minus profit equals expenses. Profit First describes a behavioral cash management system.  Take profit first. Then your money will tell you what you have left to run the business. There’s a difference between making money and taking money. Money does facilitate happiness to a certain degree because it amplifies our ability to do things. It makes things more accessible. Setting up behavioral intercepts is easier than changing habits. Mike describes examples of small behavioral intercepts he uses in his personal life. He’s clear on the outcomes and impact he wants to have. Whatever we feel called to in the moment that drives us, that's purpose, and I think that's a tool to be leveraged. They discuss how Profit First can be analogous to personal health case studies. Questions dictate outcomes. Mike encourages people to ask absurd questions and challenge standard notions. Thinking outside the box is how you’ll outpace your industry. They discuss a case study in Profit First about cost reduction.  Mike describes a case study about increasing margins.  You need to hire a personal assistant yesterday. They discuss opportunity costs associated with administrative tasks. Mike’s next book will be Fix This Next.  Once you pinpoint your challenge, then you can go for resources. Mike recommends some useful books.    3 Key Points: People hesitate to pay themselves first because they’ve been conditioned to think they have to work harder and hustle. When a company identifies the biggest promise it is making, then it can focus on the core competency that helps them deliver that promise. Setting up behavioral intercepts is easier than changing habits.   Resources Mentioned: LCA Marketing Center: LCAmarketingcenter.com Lab Coat Agents: LabCoatAgents.com Mike Michalowicz website, Twitter, Facebook, podcast, Instagram, YouTube Profit First (book) Clockwork (book) The Pumpkin Plan (book) The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur (book) Fix This Next (book) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (book) Never Lose a Customer Again (book) The E Myth (book)   Connect with Lab Coat Agents: Lab Coat Agents on Facebook Lab Coat Agents on Twitter Lab Coat Agents on Instagram Lab Coat Agents Facebook Group

In this episode we interview Dr. Laura Happe about her new book "If You Give an Ox an Oxy". In this episode Laura describes what motivated her to write a book about drug addiction that has a targeted audience of those under 18 and why she feels it is an important topic that needs to be talked about.

Have you been watching the buzz that we’ve been creating? Listen in on my thoughts about what we’re doing and why. On today’s episode Russell recounts how an announcement he’s making on Clickfunnels’ 5 year birthday got so much buzz. Here are some of the exciting things you will hear in this episode: How so many rumors about an upcoming announcement came from a simple two minute video. What some of the rumors going around about Clickfunnels 5 year birthday announcement are. And how studying the story of P.T. Barnum helped Russell see why creating buzz would be a better way to make announcements. So listen here to see how so much buzz was created around this announcement, and don’t forget to watch Facebook Live on Monday to find out what the announcement actually is. ---Transcript--- What’s up everybody? Good morning, good morning. This is Russell Brunson and I want to welcome you back to the Marketing Secrets podcast. Today I’m going to be reading the second half of the Traffic Secrets book. Alright, so I’m not actually reading it on this podcast. That’d be the longest podcast of all time. But I finished the Traffic Secrets book, did I tell you this already? We’re back from Fiji, and right before we went to Fiji we submitted the final manuscript to the publisher and then they have their editors go through and then send it back to us and we have to do our last edit. And then next Friday, a week from today, I have to submit it and at that point I can never touch it again. So I was kind of freaking out about it because when I read the Dotcom Secrets, and Expert Secrets books, when I finished those, after I got done I went and I remember I recorded the audio versions of them. And as I was recording the audio book versions I found all these mistakes and errors that I hadn’t found even though I read the book like 100 times through. But because I was publishing those through a smaller publisher I was literally able to make the audiobook, make changes, send it to them, and they changed it last minute and then we started printing them. But with this book, the book doesn’t come out until May 5th so it’s like, I don’t know, 7 or 8 months from now, which makes me sad because I want to start selling it tomorrow, because that’s what I do. But we have to wait for forever. So my audiobook I’m probably not going to record until next march or something. At that point it will be too late to make edits and stuff. So I was kind of freaking out, so I thought, I’m going to just do a live reading of it, that way I can read it out loud and I can edit it. So that was the plan. Then I was like, maybe I should invite my traffic team so they can hear my thoughts on traffic to make sure we’re all in alignment. So I invited the traffic team. And then we’re like, wait a minute, if we’re doing this anyway, we might as well record it because who knows, maybe something cool will come from it. So we’re like, if we’re going to record it we should set up a big set, it’s kind of like that book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. So then we set up the big set, and we’re like, this looks amazing. We should sell access to it. So basically for anyone who bought a Funnel Hacking Live ticket by right now, gets to come and listen to me read the Traffic Secrets book live. So I read the first half of it yesterday, it took like 8 hours. It was really tiring and exhausting. But I did it. So we did that first. And then when that was, so then today I’m reading the second half. So that’s what’s been happening over here. And it’s kind of fun actually reading it that way. It’s interesting, as I’m reading it, for the most part I’m liking all of it. There’s a couple parts I’m just like, ugh, this reads really weird. Or I don’t feel it here. Or I’m getting bored reading this part. Or this part was really fun and exciting. You know, there’s definitely different parts. And then it’s also funny because I found things that the editors edit, and I’m like, I don’t like how that was said, or I don’t like how this thing…you know what I mean? So I gotta change this back, or I gotta add in my voice back in here. Anyway, I remember my grandpa, my grandpa was a professor at BYU, a history professor, and he wrote like, I don’t know, 10 different books on like Columbus and all these old history things that he obsesses about. My grandpa obsesses about history like I obsess about marketing. Anyway, I remember him telling me back in the day when I was a kid, he’s like, “Yeah, when you write a book and send it to the publisher, when you get it back from the editor, you won’t even recognize the book, it doesn’t even sound like you anymore.” I remember him saying that and I’m like, that doesn’t make any sense. But then I totally see that. And luckily for me my editors have been really good at, they’ve kept my voice in and for the most part they’re just cleaning up punctuation and things like that, and things that I say, when I’m saying things repetitively. But it’s just funny because there’s some things they keep changing, and I’m like, “I’m not changing that. This part has to stay in the book.” Anyway, so it’s just kind of fun. Anyway, so today’s lesson has nothing to do with what I just talked about. As you may or may not know Clickfunnels is having our 5 year birthday on Monday. So we are making some changes and having some fun things. So we thought well, we need to get people to come on a Facebook live so I can announce these changes. And we thought, we’ll just do a Facebook live, but if we did that, who knows how many people would come on? So we decided, I wanted to make it more of a formal presentation, and there’s some big changes and some updates and some things happening. So I made these, talking about these changes and now we need to get people to show up and be excited for this thing. So how do we stimulate growth and excitement? And it’s fun because I’ve been studying over the last year a lot of P.T. Barnum’s life. And P.T. Barnum, if you haven’t seen the Greatest Showman, the movie is amazing, but if you study P.T. Barnum’s life, he is the king of publicity and shows. In fact, two days before he died, he wrote his own obituary and published it to the newspapers, that he had died and told this whole story. And people messaged, came afterwards like, ‘You’re still alive. Why did you publish your obituary?” and he’s like, “Oh, I thought that the news of my death would help sell tickets to the circus.’ Or something like that. He’s always about creating the buzz and the story and excitement and whatever to be able to sell more tickets, or deliver the message, or whatever the thing might be. So for us we were thinking, how do we cause some noise, get some excitement? Let’s make this not just like, “Hey, Russell’s doing an announcement, you should show up.” Because then no one’s going to show up. Like, we need people to get excited. And what’s happened, it’s been a show. We could write a whole book on what happened. So what happened is initially we’re like, “What if we got people to start rumors? We got people to go post on Facebook, ‘oh did you hear the rumors that CLickfunnels is selling?’ or things are happening.” So we were thinking about that, and it’s not really as good. So instead what we did is when I was in Fiji I recorded a video, and the video if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s on Facebook and YouTube, but it’s me kind of talking about some of these changes. And I’m obviously nervous about it, and I didn’t try to hide that, and I made this very vague, very cryptic announcement. And I talked about what some of the rumors are. Some people have rumors that we’re acquiring a company, some people, some rumors are that we’re selling, we’re going public, or I’m retiring, all these things. And I haven’t been able to tell anyone, but I’m going to tell everyone on Monday. So that’s been kind of the thing. In fact, I think this podcast will probably go live today, so if that’s the case then you know about it now. It’s happening on Monday. So Monday the announcement will happen and I’ll tell you guys about what it is afterwards, and if you’ve been listening to the podcast you have some hints and some updates. One of the big one’s is that this is just one part of a three part announcement. One part we’re announcing right now, one part we’re announcing at Funnel Hacking Live, and one part we’re announcing on my birthday, March 8th.  So these are three big, fun, exciting things that are happening. So anyway, the reason why I’m telling you this is because what’s happening has been crazy. I’ve been watching people online meltdown, I’ve been watching people post on their own page, “What’s happening?” People taking bets, like, “I think Clickfunnels is selling. I think this is happening. I think Russell is doing this. I think this.” And everybody is speculating like crazy. And it’s causing all this buzz. And it’s been insane to me because I’ve been getting text messages from all my friends, people I haven’t heard from in a long time. People texting me, “Good luck on the news. Good luck on this. We’re nervous for you, we’re praying for you.” all these things. Today I got in the car to take my kids to school and I pick up these other kids in the neighborhood, and when the kids jumped into the car, again, these are kids that go to school with my kids, the first thing he asked was, “What’s your announcement that’s happening on Monday?” I’m like, “What, what?” and my kids are like, “What dad? What’s happening?” I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, this has gotten all the way to the neighborhood kids. They’re like, ‘Yeah, my parents were talking about it last night for like 30 minutes trying to speculate what they thought was going to happen.” And it’s like, oh my gosh, this is so cool. So I hope you guys are watching this because there is a real announcement that is happening, there are multiple announcements happening over the next couple of months. But we could have easily just gone and told people, “Hey, we’re making an announcement about blah.” But instead we talked about, we’re making an announcement and it’s not these things. And by talking about what’s it not, we didn’t say it’s not about these things, we said that “people are speculating that it’s about these things, but I’ll tell you exactly what it is.” And by saying that and saying what people are speculating, then it caused people to really speculate, and it’s caused all this controversy and all these people talk9ing about it, and it’s just been one of the most organic. fun, cool promotions we’ve ever done. So it’s got my mind thinking, man I don’t want to ever speak or do a Facebook live or do an announcement without this kind of buzz behind it. How do we craft this, how do we choreograph this, how do we create this when we have a new webinar coming out? Or we have a new thing? How do we make it so we get this kind of buzz behind it? Because it causes it, you know, we get people talking about your business and creating speculation and all these things. It’s really, really fascinating. It’s been crazy. And I’m excited to see on the Facebook live Monday how many people actually show up. I don’t think it’s going to be a few, I think it’s going to be insane amounts of people. Just from the amount of people who have texted me personally, people who I haven’t heard from in years, people who are all in the middle of this. The neighbor kids and their parents talking about it, you know online seeing people posting on their own social profiles, and people you know, just causing this controversy and it’s been really fun to watch, and a really interesting marketing lesson. So for you, I’d start looking at your business like what’s an announcement you could make, or you should make? And then how do you cause the buzz behind that? It also makes me think about that for any new webinar I do, or any new announcement, or any new product, or any new whatever, how do you craft that much engagement?  Stephen Larsen when I was at his Offermind event, he talked a lot about how a lot of people think it’s just the offer, or just the funnel. It’s like, no, those are parts of it. You have to have an amazing offer, you have to have an amazing funnel, but then it’s like, the campaign you create that causes the buzz that pushes people into that funnel. That’s a whole ‘nother art and science, the art of creating campaigns and creating buzz and doing these kind of things. And it’s interesting, if you watch the people that are great at this, I’ve been watching, as I’ve been writing the book and editing the book and things like that, every once in a while my brain has a lot of pain. So I’m like, I gotta take a 20 minute break on something. So I’ll go and I’ll watch different things, things that are short though. So like, for example, I was watching the Connor McGregor/Khabib fight, which all my UFC fighter friends and wrestlers would know this. But it was this big fight that happened a couple of months ago. So I watched that. But I was watching all the pre-stuff that built up to the fight. It wasn’t just two dudes stepped in a ring and started fighting. It was like, no there’s campaigning, and trash talking, and pre-weigh ins, and the stare down, and trash talking. And then after the match there’s Khabib jumping over the side of the cage, and all these things that caused the drama, it’s all the campaign build up that makes us care about this fight. Because if two people just jumped in a ring and started fighting nobody would care, it’s what’s the campaign ahead of time that creates the buzz and makes people want to know what’s happening. So that’s what I want you guys thinking about with your businesses. It’s like, what are the things I can do? A really good book to read, probably the best book to read on this, Joe Vitale wrote this book called, There’s a Customer Born Every Minute, and it’s the life story of P.T. Barnum, through the lens of how he did his marketing. I sent this two years ago to all of the Two Comma Club X students. I was like, “Read this book, you guys. It is so good.” But P.T. Barnum, like I said, he lived back in the early 1900’s and this is before the internet and everything. So he had to go and create this buzz to get people to come to the show. And again, if you watched the Greatest Showman, you saw a glimpse of it. But if you study his life, especially that book, that book is really good, There’s a Customer Born Every Minute, by Joe Vitale.  If you read that book, you’ll see how he created all these things. He called them humbugs. We need to create a humbug, which is like a fake story to cause buzz. And back then they didn’t have FTC, they didn’t have the legal regulations. Most of the stuff that P.T. Barnum did back then would probably be illegal nowadays. But he did these things to create buzz. Stephen Larsen at Offermind was showing, he did this campaign where it was like, I can’t remember what it was, it was like a mermaid-monkey or something. But basically it was like a big fish and a monkey and he took the corpse of it and sewed it together so it looked like it was a monkey mermaid, or something like that. I can’t remember. He put these ads in the newspaper showing the picture of this monkey-mermaid, and it was literally he just took a dead monkey and a dead, huge fish and sewed them together, but used that as publicity to get people to come to the circus and come to his museums, and all these crazy things. So I just want you, I hope you’re watching this campaign. I hope that you’re paying attention. I hope you’re thinking about, what can I do in my business to stimulate growth and controversy and people talking? Because man, this is the best viral, free, organic exposure of anything we’ve ever done. And it all started with a two minute video I filmed in Fiji, telling the story about the rumors people have been throwing around. And if I’m completely honest, there were no rumors. I caused those rumors. So there you go, just for my Marketing Secrets friends, you guys know behind the scenes. I’m the one. There was nobody saying, ‘I wonder if Clickfunnels is getting bought or sold or going public or going, if Russell’s retiring or whatever. None of those things people were saying, but I said, in my video I said, “There’s been whispers of this.” And it was, I was whispering about it with my team. But by putting those things out there, it caused the whispers, it caused the things. Anyway, it’s fun. It’s exciting. I think you guys all are going to enjoy it. So hopefully you’re enjoying the show. Come on Monday, again, depending on when you get this, Monday we’ll be making the first of three big announcements, and they are big announcements, each one progressively bigger. And then there’s one, there’s one thing I can’t tell you guys all yet. Even on these announcements that I’m excited for. But I did buy, just so you know, I bought bootstrap.com, and my next book is going to be called Bootstrap.com and it’s going to be telling the Clickfunnels story. And in that book I’ll be able to tell you the full story. Anyway, there’s reasons I can’t explain it all right now, that will make more sense when you read the book someday. But yeah, that book I’m excited for. It’s going to be my first non-how-to book. It’s going to be just the story, the story of Clickfunnels. How did this come to be? How did all the weird characters meet together to create this thing, and the movement and the ups and the downs and all the stuff?  So how many of you guys are pumped for that book? I’m excited.  Anyway, with that said, I’m going to bounce. I appreciate you guys all for listening. I hope you have a good day, and if you do get this before Monday, I’ll see you on the Monday announcement. And if you get this later, that’s totally cool, my next podcast episode will probably be recorded, or one of the near future ones will be talking about that and what came from it. So we’ll go from there. Thanks everybody and we’ll talk to you soon.

Content Warning: May contain slight body horror (one character is effectively a cyborg).Weave is a storytelling system using tarot-style cards to inform the game; join us for a family-friendly adventure using the Dynama playset of Weave!Featuring Renee Rhodes from Fate and the Fablemaidens as Storyteller, Kyle Devich from Prism Pals as Rem!x, and Aubrey Massey from If You Give a Mouse a Dagger as Clyde. Sound design and editing by Renee Rhodes.IPMFind transcripts on our website:internationalpodcastmonth.com/transcriptsFollow us on Twitter: @podmonthSupport us:Via Ko-FiVia Paypal.meIntro and Outro music is Morning Dew by LiQWYD

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 7-21-2019 - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Fr. Brian by Lourdes Denver

Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body  and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken. Before we get started, I want to thank the students, our guests and our listeners. This was a huge project. To be honest, it was a bigger project than I had anticipated. With that being said, we're already preparing to make this podcast even better next year. We will be back and we will have a line-up of amazing guests! The staff and students have gone home for the summer. Until our return in August, we will have a series of weekly episodes featuring short, but intriguing interviews with some of our very own students. I hope you find some of these students' answers as interesting as I did. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listening, thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast …        

Have you ever read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" or "If You Give A Pig A Party"? If you have, you probably can guess what this episode is about. If you haven't, tune in and learn about setting limits with your customers. Be sure to pick up a copy of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."

Still April, and the forces of our sibling podcast in the Redwall Fandom, If You Give a Mouse a Dagger, came on to talk about both casts, the franchise and laugh about a few common jokes.

  Welcome to If You Give a Principal a Podcast, a podcast production of the Harrah Elementary School Associated Student Body and the Mt. Adams School District. I'm your host, and Principal, at Harrah Elementary, Rob McCracken. This is episode #2.  On today's episode, our team has the honor of speaking with ESD 105 Superintendent Kevin Chase. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show and if you're a returning listening, thanks for coming back. So, pull up a chair and see what happens when you give a principal a podcast.     

In their season finale, Christie and Izzy are joined by their first-ever live audience at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Originally recorded on 2/9/2019, this episode explores the topic of aging from Christie and Izzy's different generational perspectives and celebrates their community of soul sitters with their signature dosage of permission-granting, truth-sharing, and belly laughs.  Special thanks to If You Give a Blonde A Kitchen, BySelena, Yellow Co., and Elise Arndt Yoga!  Follow us on IG:  @fwsspodcast @fromwherechristiesits @fromwhereizzysits and join our Facebook Group for more information on upcoming events in your community.  www.fromwhereshesits.com

This week's episode is sponsored by:           No matter what you need, the barmaids have you covered from head to toe. Face pudding to keep you smiling, Lolo lips keep them kissable, probiotic deodorant for keeping you fresh as a rose, oh for feet’s sake to keep your feet soft and sandal ready, and the Lolo body bar for everything in between. You can find all this - and more! at bar-maids.com   Every hobby needs organization, every project needs a place.  Erin.Lane bags helps you turn your fiber pasttime into neat and organized endeavor.  Our project bags, totes, and needle and notions organizers are everything you need to keep your fiber arts from fraying.   For a total of $60 off, that’s $20 off your first 3 boxes, visit HelloFresh.com/knitmore60 and enter knitmore60   Dreaming of Fall sweater weather? Infinite Twist has you covered with Dyer's Choice Sweater Quantities. Each yarn pack includes 1800 yards of hand-dyed 6-ply Merino in a one-of-a-kind color for $98, and shipping is free! Colors are not repeatable, and when they're gone, they're gone. Check out the colors currently available at infinitetwist.com.   Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works withALL your patterns and is available for apple, android and kindle fire devices. Finish your latest project with a custom label from the Sterling Name Tape Company. They offer both woven and printed labels with a low minimum order that are perfect for hobbyists, crafters, and small businesses. Your label can include a logo, care instructions, content info, or any kind of personal message. Visit clothinglabelsbysterling.com to see options and to place your order. And use coupon code “knitmore” during checkout to get 5% off your first order! That’s clothinglabelsbysterling.com   On the Needles:(0:49) Gigi has gone monogamous, she finished the Russell Street shawl that had been languishing as a UFO.   Jasmin is nearly finished with her Tied Knots hat  out of Jade Sapphire cashmere. Jasmin’s Frozen Hearts sweater is a measure, a little ribbing and a block away from being finished.   Gigi has Vanilla Is The New Black socks on the needles, out of Patons Kroy,  You can get all of the colors of Paton's Kroy from Craftsy  in the "Deep End" colorway. She mentions the Siren books by Mira Grant. (Rolling in the Deep, Into the Drowning Deep) Jasmin has picked up her Viajiante. Gigi read that you can set Perler Beads with the Cricut Easy Press Jasmin is almost done with her Frozen Hearts pullover. She wants to start the Dissent pullover Jasmin mentions the Tale as old as Time cowl.   Events: (17:45) - #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL is ongoing. Jasmin is knitting the Fading Lines from Joji Locatelli. Gigi finished knitting the Vitamin D sweater for her #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL, pulled yarn from Neighborhood Fiber Company. Not quite sure about what pattern - Weinachtsmarkt, Dec. 8: 4-8 PM At Green Planet Yarns  (Andrea’s mom’s Glūhwein !!!) - Stitches West, February 21-24 2019 - Stitches West registration   In Stitches:(22:38) - Jasmin: wool socks, resistance hat, rainbow dots cowl, Bifrost Scarf, Fox hat, seneca pullover, green twist cardigan, Greyhaven BostonJen hat - Gigi : Quynn hat with ear flaps, Knitmore cowl, Christmas socks, wool socks, - Genevieve: coronation sweater. Gryffindor scarf and hat -Rex: Andrew’s woven scarf! Oliver sweater, If You Give a Pig a Pancake Jasmin mentions Beyond Clean -Andrew: Cashmere Andrew’s Watch Cap -Sam: grey cap   Contest:(26:31) - Grinchalong 2018 started Dec 1st. Great prizes. Pictures will be coming Jasmin raves about the New York Times Chocolate Mousse recipe Mother Knows Best:(37:20) Trust your gut feeling. Jasmin mentions the Dissent cardigan   When Knitting Attacks:(45:42) Gigi: Russell Street shawl.  Did decreases on the wrong side.  Tried to drop stitches to fix it. Messed that up, had to frog about 10 rows   Review:(48:56) This week we review: Curls 3 by Hunter Hammersen Also: Curls, Curls 2   Oh, Darn!:(58:20) Intermittent zigzag to fix frayed hems on Sam’s jeans Tossed two pairs of pants where the zipper had separated   And Sew On:(1:02:55) Gigi’s is taking Fashion Design 2 at West Valley College She is posting progress pictures on social media (on Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook as knitmoregirls). Big project was due this past Thursday. Turned it in.  Had extra time, started on the Grinch bags. Trying to set up an assembly line.   Spelling for toile after checking on Dictionary.com

On Episode 36, the Ghouls are talking about a jolly subject - Gifts! Ho Ho Ho! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It's the time of the year when people give you presents, with the intent of making you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Some gifts, you don’t want though, and come with implications, like your soul, or the people you love being killed. Every day we push the button. Find out why you should stop. The ghouls talk the trippy film The Box and the short story/twilight zone episode its based on Button, Button. Also, they talk Needful Things by Stephen King and the amazing Rick & Morty episode inspired by it. Talking Points: Got You Cookie, Give Me Cookie, If You Give a Kat a Cookie, Gift giving, Stress, Gabe Gets Therapy, Yarn Lady, Novetly Pajamas, trash people, price you're paying, H&M, Equivalent Exchange, Button Button, Cameron Diaz, Always the Bridesmaid, James Marsden, The Devil, Rick & Morty, Haunted Items. Check us out on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play!! Rate, Subscribe, Comment. You know the drill. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-ghouls-next-door/support

We're just going to give away the game and break down exactly how this podcast plays out between Kate and Betsy. As you will recall, Bets is a parent of two small children. Kate is not. So when the two sisters read this book, Kate became a full-throated supported of Team Mouse, while Betsy put all of her money down on Team Run-Ragged Kid. Listen and you'll hear how clearly delineated the line is between parents and non-parents. Show Notes: - We were actually able to find the Peanuts strip that referenced this book. And voila. From May 25th, 1995: https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1995/05/25 - Here are the sequels mentioned: If You Give a Moose a Muffin If You Give a Pig a Pancake If You Give a Take a Mouse to the Movies If You Give a Take a Mouse to School If You Give a Pig a Party If You Give a Cat a Cupcake If You Give a Dog a Donut If You Give a Give a Mouse a Brownie "If You Give a Bird a Bundt Cake", Kate's suggestion, is completely up for grabs if anyone wants to write that. - We know you wanted to see it. Here is Michelle Obama reading the book in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZuCPWjCdgY - Here's the post from I'm Here, I'm Queer, What the Hell Do I Read? for If You Give a Gay Mouse a Cookie: https://www.leewind.org/2014/12/if-you-give-gay-mouse-cookie-zine-that.html - Back by popular demand . . . Children's Stories Made Horrific: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: http://the-toast.net/2014/01/08/give-the-mouse-nothing/ - Honestly, we're amazed that in our searching we somehow missed The Toast's fellow piece where the book is interpreted by Ayn Rand: http://the-toast.net/2015/08/11/ayn-rand-gives-a-mouse-nothing/ For the full Show Notes, please visit: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/11/12/fuse-8-n-kate-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-by-laura-joffe-numeroff

For the holiday week, this book is a silly short adult parody.  Heather reads the book to us in classic midweek meltdown format. Stay tuned in the weeks to come for more murder, mayhem, and good ole BFP mischief…Click that SUBSCRIBE and SHARE button for us when you download our episodes! Thanks for all your […] The post Chapter 25: If You Give a Mommy a Glass of Wine by Renee Charytan appeared first on Book Fetish Podcast.

When I was a kid, I promised myself that when I became an adult I would have ice cream every day and then I would be completely satisfied. In my teens, I said I’d be satisfied as soon as I had a car of my own. In my twenties, I was going to be satisfied as soon as I got a great job. Time passed. Ice cream was eaten every day in college (my freshman 25), I had my own car (that came with a note, insurance and maintenance costs) and I had a decent job, but satisfied? Not so much. Thinking back on my childhood reminds me of the story, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” Poor mouse. Always getting what he wanted, but always wanting more. It made me think about my own wants and how those desires lead to other wants. This inevitably brings up the question, will I ever be satisfied? I know I'm not the only one in this boat so we've devoted this week to explore, when will enough be enough?...

#158 The delightful Becky Friedman, twice Emmy nominated head writer of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS Kids), is in studio. We talk about her transition from preschool teacher to children’s media creator, her recent west coast migration, the new mom friends search, our babies’ celebrity dopplegangers, Fred Rogers' legacy, our comedic screenwriter husbands named Adam (hers executive produced The Daily Show with John Stewart), the kid games we play while lying down from exhaustion, pregnancy while parenting a toddler, and her journey from intern to head writer of a cultural phenomenon. Of course, I also get to the bottom of important listener questions like: why doesn't Daniel Tiger wear pants and how his mom is so frigging calm? xx Ellie KnausAtomic Moms podcast is supported by Kabrita Gentle Goat Milk Formula. If you’d like to see if Kabrita is right for your family, you can order your trial kit at kabritaUSA.com.Join us on Instagram: @atomicmoms, Facebook, and our PRIVATE Facebook page: click here.GUEST BIO:Becky Friedman is a children's television writer whose work can be seen on such shows as Super Why, Creative Galaxy, Wishenpoof, the Stinky and Dirty Show, and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Most notably, she has been Head Writer for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, for which she received two Emmy nominations, and countless questions about why Daniel doesn't wear pants. Currently she is working as the story editor for the forthcoming animated series Esme and Roy produced by Sesame Workshop. Becky also opined on her love of Marlo Thomas in an essay published in the anthology "When We Were Free to be, Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference it Made." After living in New York City for 15 years, Becky, her husband, and 2.5 year old daughter Meadow just made the leap and moved to Los Angeles, CA...and then decided to add to the chaos of a cross-country move by getting pregnant with baby #2, due in February. Becky tells herself she thrives in chaos. Becky may or may not be correct.Special thanks this week to atomic mamas Angelique for introducing me to our guest, her childhood pal.Also, Lisa B. for all that you do for children with cancer.And...Samantha Midkiff at Art19 (thrilled to learn from a woman in tech) Carla at Kabrita Gentle Goat Milk formula for reaching out about supporting the podcast.Sound engineering: Owen O’Neill Music: Jeremy Turner Additional Show Notes:Fred Rogers 1969 Senate Hearing we shared a clip from. Watch from the beginning!Listen to Jim Beuer’s impersonations - “Nicholson and Joe Pesci at a Golf Course story” - on Howard Stern. Buddy Hackett Mother, Writer, Monster, Maid by Rufi Thorpe

If you give a mouse of a cookie, then he's going to need some milk!  That's a tried and true piece of conditional logic that you can not refute!  From this week's episode, we're also unable to refute the need to have a discussion about kitchen safety and sanitation.  We are, of course, talking about the holiday special - If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie, which open with an considerable amount of "Circus Giggles" and "Mouse Parkour."  Buckle up because we're about to answer the main question from this episode - what if you lived in a world with zero consequences or understanding about money!    Will Dave be able to light his electric kitchen range on fire again?  Will Sean be get into Mouse Voice Over work?  (answers: yes and squeek)  All of this and more on this week's episode of the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast.  If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Check out our Patreon page and become a backer of the show.  You can find our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons 2. Leave a review on iTunes with the following message titled "Cookie Mouse" with the review, "Hey Sean, Dave! I'm concerned about food safety as well but I'm very conflicted after watching this and Ratatouille!" 3. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SaturdayMourningCartoons/ 4. Follow us on twitter @MourningToons 5. Check us out on Instagram @SaturdayMourningCartoons

If you give a mouse of a cookie, then he's going to need some milk!  That's a tried and true piece of conditional logic that you can not refute!  From this week's episode, we're also unable to refute the need to have a discussion about kitchen safety and sanitation.  We are, of course, talking about the holiday special - If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie, which open with an considerable amount of "Circus Giggles" and "Mouse Parkour."  Buckle up because we're about to answer the main question from this episode - what if you lived in a world with zero consequences or understanding about money!    Will Dave be able to light his electric kitchen range on fire again?  Will Sean be get into Mouse Voice Over work?  (answers: yes and squeek)  All of this and more on this week's episode of the Saturday Mourning Cartoons podcast.  If you are digging our show and want to help you out, then you can do so in the following ways: 1. Check out our Patreon page and become a backer of the show.  You can find our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/saturdaymourningcartoons 2. Leave a review on iTunes with the following message titled "Cookie Mouse" with the review, "Hey Sean, Dave! I'm concerned about food safety as well but I'm very conflicted after watching this and Ratatouille!" 3. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SaturdayMourningCartoons/ 4. Follow us on twitter @MourningToons 5. Check us out on Instagram @SaturdayMourningCartoons

How do you know what products to start selling as you get started with your ecommerce business? What criteria should you use to help you sort through the many product options in the marketplace? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott and Chris as they open up and share how sellers like you can learn their process and avoid much of the trial and error that other sellers face. Don’t think of it as a shortcut or a guarantee of success, think of this process as the collected experience and advice of ecommerce sellers who have been in your shoes and genuinely want to help others get their business started in the best way possible. You don’t want to miss this informative episode! Product Discovery The best way to get started on your journey of finding a product that will successfully sell in the marketplace is NOT to run to the latest tool! Instead, Scott and Chris encourage sellers like you to take the time to write out a “Touch List.” You may be tempted to skip this part of the process, don’t! On this episode of The Amazing Seller, the guys break down why it's vital to take the time and write out a touch list. They also explain how you can use Ebay and Amazon to get a sense of which products are trending. If you’d like to get further details on how to use the touch list, Amazon, Ebay, and other helpful tools, make sure to listen to this episode! Product Criteria Once you’ve come up with a list of products you want to look into, you’ve got to dive even deeper to make sure it will perform well on the market. What’s the next step? How do you make sure a product will perform in the way you need it to? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott and Chris walk through what it takes to run a product idea through well thought out criteria. Here is a brief glimpse of Scott’s product criteria. A product that serves a market. A product that retails for $19 - $45 or more. A product that is lightweight and less than 2lbs. A product that has less than 200-300 reviews. A product that sells at least 10 units a day. If you are ready to really dive deep and run your product ideas through Scott’s criteria, make sure to listen to this episode as Scott expands on this list and so much more! How to validate a potential product. Before you pull the trigger and run with a product, it’s important to make sure you’ve validated it to the best of your abilities. Don’t give into the impulse to just wing it! On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott explains what sellers like you need to look for as you prepare to move forward with a potential product. The depth of a product is a really important factor to explore. Scott describes product depth as searching for your product on Amazon and coming up with results showing at least eight different sellers moving ten units a day or more. Don’t miss additional information on product validation, listen to this episode with Scott and Chris to hear more! The 999 Trick Don’t you want to get an idea of how a product is performing in the ecommerce marketplace before diving in head first? Wouldn’t it be great to find out how many products on average sellers in your product category are selling? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott and Chris reveal the “999 trick.” What is the 999 trick? The 999 trick is where you go to a competitor's Amazon listing and you place 999 units of their product in your cart. When you take this step, you will likely get a message telling you that 999 units are not available but it will reveal how many units are available at that time. You should then repeat this exercise over the course of seven days, compile the data, and then create the average of how many units are being sold over the course of a week for that seller. To hear Scott expand on this exercise and why it’s important to the product validation process, listen to this episode! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [4:00] Why you should find products that serve a market. [7:00] Scott gives a brief overview of the three step formula. [9:00] Step #1: Product Discovery. [17:00] Scott and Chris tell a story of product discovery. [27:00] Why using Ebay and Amazon is helpful in validating products. [35:00] Step #2: Product Criteria. What makes a good product? [42:30] Scott breaks down the 10 x 10 x 1 strategy. [45:00] Digg in one level deeper to find products! [49:30] What is the 999 trick? [55:30] Step #3: Product Validation. [1:05:00] Chris provides some closing thoughts. [1:10:00] Scott recaps all three steps. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE www.theamazingseller.com/440 www.theamazingseller.com/workshop If You Give a Mouse a Cookie www.theamazingseller.com/js www.camelcamelcamel.com www.keepa.com Shark Tank

Do you really appreciate the things you get for free? Not often, I don't think so. Personally, I have wasted so many great things because I got them for free. There was no value tied to them. Is your prospect doing this same thing with you? Today, we're talking about VALUE and why you should […] The post TSE 462: If You Give, You Should Get appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Chic Pixel reaches a momentous 50 episodes, and to celebrate the occasion, we do what we do best: talk anime, video games, Japanese lifestyle, and more! Sarah recaps her exciting firsthand experience at Tokyo Game Show 2016 while Anne binge-watches Mob Psycho 100 back in Brisbane. Then, we discuss the hot new Capcom otome game Toraware no… Read More The post Chic Pixel Plus Episode 50 – If You Give a Man a Toothbrush appeared first on Chic Pixel.

Alright, so I get it. I suck at Podcasting. But after my hiatus I am back commemorating my one year New York City anniversary. I also talk about saying a prayer at the end of a comedy show and smoke live on the podcast. (I have a medical condition) Please listen to me talk into … Continue reading If You Give a Mic a Comic #21

The Guests: Lyndol Descant Brooklyn based musician, writer and artist www.Lyndol.com Www.facebook.com/lyndol.descant Lawson Leong brooklyn based stand up comedian http://lawsonleong.com/nice-to-meet-you-comedy-special/ The Books: TO BE RELEASED: “Masters of Trust” by Lyndol Descant, “Hope for the Flowers” by Trina Paulus, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, “1984” by George Orwell, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Numeroff, “Catch 22” by Joseph Heller The Music: “WHALE” by Yellow Ostrich and “Bliss” by Phish Writing: write a poem and carve time to read this week #inkandworm #rfb #writing #teachingchildren #changingideas #formating #chapterbooksforchildren #complexemotions #theuglyduckling #performanceanxiety #perfectionism #creativeprocess #dreams #luciddreaming #processing #writewhatyouwantedtoread #insecurities #music #illustration #multimedia #painting #texas #inspire #inspirebyexample #photography #passion #interrelatedness #brianregan #rereadability #nature #trees #accesspoints #genderroles #sensitivity #appreciationofnature #valueofnature #comedy #shykids #questioningthings #religion #georgecarlin #louisck #billhicks #dougstanhope #laughing #itsfuntobefunny #trying #revenant #singinghearts #poignantcomedy #cellphones #heartofthematter #humancondition #connecting #barfour #themetaphysicalcomedian #lettinggo #wordsinprint #editing #healingthroughlaughter #phish #embracingfailure #risk #wingingit #oneliners #morningpages #dreams #dreamjournaling #luciddreaming #wallpaper #hashtags #ironichashtags #letsreadtogether #margaretatwood #DanielleSteele #mormonromancenovels

In episode #20 I got to break Momoh Pujeh's breakfast taco cherry. We also had one of the podcast's more interesting discussions to date ranging on topics from chicken salad sandwiches to the JFK Assassination to white comics who say the N word on stage. This one got real folks! Please listen, share, and subscribe! … Continue reading If You Give a Mic a Comic #20

  Episode #18 started out as a solo podcast but ended up becoming a discussion with a fantastic comic who has been in the game for over 20 years, appeared on TV too many times to count, and even voiced a video game character. The Greg Wilson and I had a chance to sit down … Continue reading If You Give a Mic a Comic #18

        Episode #17 of If You Give a Mic a Comic was recorded live at The Blind Tiger Comedy Club with George Anthony, Josh Cabaza, Mike Suarez, and Joey McCormick. Please download, share, and subscribe!  

I've been a slacking piece of shit and haven't posted a podcast in a while even though I recorded one last week. Anyway, in episode 16 I run it solo talking about Thanksgiving (like i said recorded last week), getting into a fight at a Grateful Dead concert, and recounting my first 6 months in … Continue reading If You Give a Mic a Comic #16

Brian Kim farted four times on this week's episode of If You Give a Mic a Comic. In addition to his butt talking we also have a discussion about open mics and NBA basketball. Please listen, share, and subscribe!

A Podcast by LiamClick here for a review of If You Give a Mouse a Cookieor use the player below.For more on critical literacy go towww.vivianvasquez.com orwww.clippodcast.com

Join Maria as she speaks with Karen Deerwester, author of The Entitlement-Free Child.  Then, Kathy Kinney, who use to play Mimi on the Drew Carey Show for www.MrsP.com.  Classic children’s stories are brought to life by TV star Kathy Kinney as Mrs. P.  www.MrsP.com is a fun storybook entertainment site that celebrates reading and books. Next, Kadi Prescott, co-founder of www. mentoringmommy.com and Lyss Stern, author of “If You Give a Mom a Martini: 100 Ways to Find 10 Blissful Minutes for Yourself” and creator of Divalysscious Moms (www.divamoms.com)

Did you know there are 10-minute solutions to detoxify the hassles of the day? The smartest Choice Moms learn how to carve out special moments in their day that are all about them. In this June 24 Voice America radio show, host Mikki Morrissette talks about some of those recharging ideas, which run the gamut from quirky to sweet. One special guest is New York City mom Lyss Stern, co-author of "If You Give a Mom a Martini: 100 ways to find 10 blissful minutes for yourself." We'll also hear from Danielle, Choice Mom of four-year-old twins.

Join me and special Guest Lyss Stern, Author of the book "If You Give Mom a Martini" and creator of Divalysscious Moms. We'll be talking about some great Mother's Day Ideas to pamper your mom, or yourself! LYSS STERN is the mother of two young boys and the creator of Divalysscious Moms, New York City’s premier luxury lifestyle company for fabulous moms and tots, with more than 55,000 active members. Her new book, just released by Random House’s Clarkson Potter, is titled If You Give a Mom a Martini…100 Ways to Find 10 Blissful Minutes for Yourself.

Join me and special Guest Lyss Stern, Author of the book "If You Give Mom a Martini" and creator of Divalysscious Moms. We'll be talking about some great Mother's Day Ideas to pamper your mom, or yourself! LYSS STERN is the mother of two young boys and the creator of Divalysscious Moms, New York City’s premier luxury lifestyle company for fabulous moms and tots, with more than 55,000 active members. Her new book, just released by Random House’s Clarkson Potter, is titled If You Give a Mom a Martini…100 Ways to Find 10 Blissful Minutes for Yourself.