Podcast appearances and mentions of jay will

Chris and Taylor review the second season of the crime comedy-drama series Tulsa King created by Taylor Sheridan. The show follows American Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi who is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma to establish criminal operations after serving a 25-year prison sentence. The series stars Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Garrett Hedlund, Dana Delany, Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepotential_podcast/ X: https://x.com/thepotentialpod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepotentialpodcast Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thepotentialpodcast Thanks to our sponsor: AURA Get a 14-day free trial of Aura for individuals, couples and or their family by going to aura.com/potential 

In this episode, we're joined by George Beno, a New York-based film producer whose impressive credits include co-producing Josh Mond's IT DOESN'T MATTER, starring Christopher Abbott and Jay Will, which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and Rachel Wolther's THE FRENCH ITALIAN, featured at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. Beyond producing, George brings a wealth of experience in location management, having worked on major productions like JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (2024) and INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR (2023). We dive into some of George's favorite film moments, including Gaspar Noé's CLIMAX (2018), David Fincher's GONE GIRL (2014), and Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008), exploring what makes these scenes unforgettable. Hosted by Zef Cota

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss "Rob Peace," the 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and starring Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Jay Will, and Mary J. Blige. It is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs. The film follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities.

In this week's episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo is putting out a hit on other shows to discuss “Tulsa King.” The Paramount+ series follows a former Mafia capo exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely misfits. The crime dramedy series stars Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Will, Frank Grillo, and more.  READ MORE: ‘The Old Man': Jeff Bridges & Amy Brenneman Discuss Their Spy Drama, ‘Tron: Ares', ‘Heat' & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] Joining Bingeworthy to discuss season two of the hit series is writer and showrunner, Terence Winter (“The Sopranos,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”). Winter took over the show early in season one's development for creator Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone,” “Wind River”), who was overrun by all things "Yellowstone" and its related projects. After season one rumors began spreading that Sheridan and Winter butted heads over the direction of the series, Winter quit the show, but was ultimately convinced to return for season two. During the interview, Winter cleared the air and explained the situation in his own words.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theplaylist/support

Send us a textPaul is back to review the latest installment in the Alien franchise : "Alien:Romulus", Written and Directed by Fede Alvarez, and starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, and Archie Renaux.Next, Paul reviews "The Instigators", streaming on AppleTV+, starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, directed by Doug Liman.Then, Paul reviews the movie based on the acclaimed bestseller "It Ends With Us", starring Blake Lively, Jenny Slate, and Justin Baldoni, who also directed the film.Next, Paul reviews "The Union", starring Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, and J.K. Simmons, and directed by Julian Farino.Then, Paul reviews "Blink Twice", which is Written and Directed by Zoe Kravitz, and starring Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Adria Arjona, Alia Shawket, Haley Joel Osmond, Christian Slater, and Simon Rex.Next, Paul reviews "Reagan", the new biopic about former actor and President Ronald Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Dillon.Then, Paul reviews "Slingshot", a new sci-fi psychological thriller starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, and Emily Beecham.Next, Paul reviews "The Crow", a remake of the original starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, and Danny Huston.Then, Paul reviews "Borderlands", starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, and Edgar Ramirez.And Lastly, Paul reviews "Rob Peace", based on a true story and Written and Directed by Chiwetal Ejiofor, and starring Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.To listen on Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aaaction-podcast/id1634666134To listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1L78fn3C6RlKKdUihtiLyR?si=f31450db95724290Please make sure to like and subscribe to the Aaaction Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzJFoiUHvdbaHaiIfN37BaQ#aaactionpodcast #podcast #film #movie #moviereview #moviepodcast #newmovie  #amc #amctheatres #alist #amcpass #alien #alienromulus #apple #appletv #mattdamon #theinstigators #itendswithus #blakelively #theunion #netflix #markwahlberg #halleberry #blinktwice #channingtatum #reagan #ronaldreagan #biopic #dennisquaid #slingshot #thecrow #borderlands #robpeace

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Chiwetel Ejiofor's ROB PEACE, starring Jay Will, Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige, and Camila Cabello.Directed, adapted by, and starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 YEARS A SLAVE), ROB PEACE follows the true story of a brilliant young man (Jay Will) torn between his father's shadowed past and his own promising future. Raised by his devoted mother (Academy Award® nominee Mary J. Blige, MUDBOUND), Rob risks everything he has worked for to free his imprisoned father (Ejiofor).ROB PEACE is in theaters now.All of this and more can be found now at www.punchdrunkcritics.com!Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1  Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter:   / pdcmovies  Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook:   / pdcmovies  #RobPeace #camilacabello #moviereview

In this sermon, Pastor James Walden and Jaywill Wilson continue the disciple-making series as part of Missions Month. Jaywill also covers Acts 14: 21-23

Covino is away, so Rich & the crew have Tuesday fun! Now that the NBA season is over.. did the In-Season Tournament matter at all? Jay-Will accidentally breaks some news on TV & that leads to a round-table discussion on JJ Redick! What will his relationship be like with the players? They play a fun game of 'BOSTON MARKET WORKER OR BOSTON CELTICS PLAYER?!' Plus, two NFL story-lines, concerning Sam Darnold & Zach Wilson! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rich Davis & the crew bring the laughs, while Covino is away! Rich has a Grimace update. They talk Celtics, Panthers & meat carving dreams. On the 20th anniversary of the classic movie Dodgeball, the guys & callers share their favorite or most unique P.E. games! Rich tells an embarrassing kickball story. There's another Ohtani bobblehead that's sure to break LA traffic & eBay! Did the In-Season Tournament matter at all? Jay-Will accidentally breaks news on TV & that leads to a round-table discussion on JJ Redick! What will his relationship be like with the players? Plus, they play a fun game of 'BOSTON MARKET WORKER OR BOSTON CELTICS PLAYER?!'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coming up, the brooms and Boston, a Celtics sweep. The Beasts of the East now get rest and then the West's best! Meanwhile, Boston's best gets another crack. We'll tell you why more is at stake for Jayson Tatum than everyone else combined! Plus, the D in Big D stands for desirable duo. Are Luka and Kyrie the best one-two punch in the entire NBA? Jay Will is breaking down the tape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dan Orlovsky, Damien Woody, and Kimberley A. Martin hold it down in Stephen A.'s absence as they debate who is more deserving of the MVP title: Dak Prescott or Jalen Hurts? And, are the Chiefs still the team to beat in the AFC? Jay Williams and Austin Rivers join the show to give their takes on who is the best NBA duo this season. Jay Will gets heated when Rivers calls Dame "second fiddle" to Giannis in Milwaukee. Plus, we react to Juan Soto signing with the Yankees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kendrick Perkins, Jay Williams, and Courtney Cronin hold it down for Stephen A. as they react to LeBron James setting the record straight that he is not retiring and will enter his third decade in the league. The crew debates whether LeBron or Tom Brady has had a better run of dominance in their careers. Freddie Coleman and Mike Tannenbaum join the show to debate if the Dolphins are the most dangerous team in the NFL-if Tua stays healthy. We are still on Harden trade-watch, but should the star feel disrespected by Philly? Victor Wembanyama had some strong words after his Summer League debut, saying the NBA is less physical than Euro league play. Perk and Jay Will might have a problem with that... Babe Ruth set an unbelievable milestone when he hit his 700th career homerun on this date in 1934, which got us thinking... which records across sports are the most unbreakable? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this hour Stephen A Smith is joined by Jay Williams and Brian Windhorst to give the hottest NBA debate. Stephen A turned a lot of heads when discussing Basketball's Mount Rushmore. You don't want to miss Jay Will's and Windy's response to that! Plus should Philly just wanna rock with Embiid as the leader of that offense? This and more on First Take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our ESPN NBA Insider Jay Williams joins The Drive. Jay talks about the difference between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves! Jay Will calls out The Drive about Jamal Murray and their recent comments over the last few weeks. Derek and Jay Will have a coming-of-age moment about why Denver continues to question Jamal Murray. What should the Nuggets expect from the T-Wolves tonight?  Matthew Stockman / StaffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 1 of The Drive starts with the guys talking about Russell Wilson taking a Delta flight this morning! Where was his Private Jet? Why didn't he get another one? Does he have a partnership with Delta? Also, did he take a page out of the Peyton Manning playbook? | The Avs got the win in Game 2 vs the Seattle Kraken. How dirty did Seattle play last night? Did the Avs fall into their mind games? How does Coach Bednar feel about it all? Does Russell Wilson have any stake in the Kraken? | Our ESPN NBA Insider Jay Williams joins The Drive. Jay talks about the difference between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves! Jay Will calls out The Drive about Jamal Murray and their recent comments over the last few weeks. Derek and Jay Will have a coming-of-age moment about why Denver continues to question Jamal Murray. What should the Nuggets expect from the T-Wolves tonight? | Are the Avs being a boring team the catalyst to why the Avs are successful on the road? Is this the case in all sports? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jay Will is back! The guys discussed the Lakers and Clippers going up 1-0 in their respective series. Plus, what are some of the best takeaways from this weekend's NBA action? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Will is back! The guys discussed the Lakers and Clippers going up 1-0 in their respective series. Plus, what are some of the best takeaways from this weekend's NBA action? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Will is back! The guys discussed the Lakers and Clippers going up 1-0 in their respective series. Plus, what are some of the best takeaways from this weekend's NBA action? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Will is back! The guys discussed the Lakers and Clippers going up 1-0 in their respective series. Plus, what are some of the best takeaways from this weekend's NBA action? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay Will is back! The guys discussed the Lakers and Clippers going up 1-0 in their respective series. Plus, what are some of the best takeaways from this weekend's NBA action? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Chjristine Willamson is rejoined by Bart Scott and Tedy Bruschi as they continue to weigh in with their opinions on what is going on in Baltimore and possible what can be the solution to this fiasco. Plus JJ Reddick gives us his top 5 hardest NBA players to guard. Find out who Jay Will believes should be taken off. XFL Houston Roughneck's head coach Wade Phillips joins the show to talk about his journey as head coach with this prolific team. This and more on First Take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BTG Nation the duo is back with Episode 14 "Mr. Sensitive." Tune in as the crew discusses All Star improvements, Jay Will being sensitive, process of winning, and driving in Dubai....AGAIN! Like, Share, and Subscribe! https://linktr.ee/BridginTheGapPodcastFollow on IG: @bridginthegap_podcast TikTok: @bridginthegap.podcastA relationship that began in Alexandria, Virginia USA 15+ years ago centered around basketball has now evolved into a podcast! King and Yates offer a special dynamic as they've seen their relationship grow from coach & player, to family, and now they are international business partners working to build a brand centered around the game that brought them together, basketball!The duo are now in Dubai, United Arab Emirates over 7,000 miles away from family and everything familiar. This podcast serves as a digital diary of sorts. Tune in to hear the arguments, the embarrassing stories, the high IQ basketball talk, & whatever else they want to discuss!If you are in the UAE and have interest in enjoying the American Style of basketball training and more! Head over to Hoopmountain.ae to inquire and follow the brand @hoopmountaindxb on IG!

Chris & Taylor review the crime drama television series "Tulsa King" created by Taylor Sheridan with Terence Winter showrunning for Paramount+.  Dwight "The General" Manfredi is a New York Mafia capo who's just finished serving a 25-year prison sentence. Upon release, his boss sends him to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to establish criminal operations there. Not knowing anyone in the area, the General seeks a new crew to help establish his empire. The series stars Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, A.C. Peterson, Garrett Hedlund, Dana Delany, and Annabella Sciorra.Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepotentialpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepotentialpodcast/?ref=pages_you_manageTwitter: https://twitter.com/thepotentialpodThanks to our sponsors: BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp by going to https://betterhelp.com/potential

We interviewed the cast of Tulsa King (Taylor Sheridan's latest project adding to his growing list of hits) which brings to the small screen the legend, Sylvester Stallone, who plays "The General" that has spent over two decades in prison and comes out with an agenda. Rounding out the cast includes Andrea Savage, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Will, Dana Delany, Max Casella, Vince Piazza, and A.C. Peterson. Hedlund and Will both said they bonded while filming on set, but the atmophere is what made them family. They both gave credit to Stallone for setting the tone on set which trickled down to everyone else. Meanwhile, Delany and Casella whose characters work on a ranch said it was hard work. However, both were spared from Sheridan's "boot camp" that he is famous for. Delany and Casella said they loved working with the horses, but there were a few mishaps on set. Host: Monica Gleberman Editor: Polina Jdanova Social Media Graphic: Jojo -- Synopsis: Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, helping establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet. *Tulsa King will be available to stream on Paramount+ starting on November 13. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @SilenceonSet and Instagram @SilenceonSetPod

In today's episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast hosts Mike DeAngelo, and Rodrigo Perez set their sights on the new mob dramedy from Paramount+, “Tulsa King.” The Sylvester Stallone-led show centers on Dwight “The General” Manfredi, a New York Mafia capo who just completed a 25-year prison sentence and is exiled by his bosses to start his own territory in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The series also stars Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Garrett Hedlund, and Domenick Lombardozzi. Joining our co-host, Rodrigo Perez, to discuss the show is writer/showrunner Terence Winter, who made his name on other famous mobster shows like “The Sopranos” and “Boardwalk Empire,” also writing Martin Scorsese's "Vinyl" series and "The Wolf of Wall Street." The series is created by Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”), who also wrote the pilot episode, but handed over the reins to Winter, who attested that he made the show his own with little outside input - even from Sheridan himself. Winter was super generous with his time and told us everything about the show, but two things stand out. One debunking a report earlier this summer that the show would tie in to "Yellowstone" and telling us just how much freedom he had from Sheridan who let him do what he wanted with the show after he had written the pilot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theplaylist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theplaylist/support

Check us out for another week of The BluntDads! We're excited to chat sports with Dennis Cox of 999 The Fan & WRAL out of Raleigh, NC! We have a possible visit from Matt Rhule and JayWill joins us for Carolina football! 

Seriously, how many holes does a straw have? We're back again with another week of BluntDads conversation! Who is your number one draft pick for cereals? Check out our live draft and see if your favorite made the team? Check out another Commish's column and of course we have JayWill sitting in with us to talk some college football! 

Check us out for another episode of The BluntDads. Fantasy football is in full effect and we're wondering who's going to win the season! What's your favorite athlete of ALL TIME? JayWill is here with us giving us the college football rundown and Commish has the top 31 movies to watch for Halloween! So, why would there be an AutoZone and a McDonald's in the same building? 

Check out another BluntDads Friday.  Week 1 of the fantasy season is over so check out the winners and losers.  We have JayWill back and plenty of random conversation for you! #BluntDads

We're ready to help you kickoff the weekend like the BluntDads would. HOT! We are super excited that football is back and JayWill is keeping up with us this season. Have you ever seen little league parents fight each other? Why do retail customers think it's ok to be rude?  You gotta hear our retail horror stories! And oh yea, how did the crocodile crash the plane? It's a BluntDads Friday!! Let's Go!!

We got football season here! Are you excited? We're kicking off our segment, "Gettin Cocky with JayWill!" Check out our weekly take on college football with a focus on SEC and Gamecock football! Do you still watch awards shows? Best sitcom intro song? Go! Come check us out on a new day. BluntDads Friday!

Patrick Beverley and Jay Williams joins the show to discuss how much blame Draymond Green deserves for the loss. The crew also debates who needs to step up the most to help Steph, and what changes the NBA should make to its Regular Season. Plus, Ice Cube hops on to react to the Celtics game 3 win over the Warriors. He also discusses the Lakers hiring Darvin Ham to be their new head coach. Last the crew debates if Stephen A. could score a basket on Jay Will or JJ Redick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Beverley and Jay Williams joins the show to discuss how much blame Draymond Green deserves for the loss. The crew also debates who needs to step up the most to help Steph, and what changes the NBA should make to its Regular Season. Plus, Ice Cube hops on to react to the Celtics game 3 win over the Warriors. He also discusses the Lakers hiring Darvin Ham to be their new head coach. Last the crew debates if Stephen A. could score a basket on Jay Will or JJ Redick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Captain is out for his anniversary, K.I. Double, Ali, and Keys get AJaxOnDaAPC closer to being a real hero..... Song: Harvest Feat. Jay Will by RF Keys

Episode 12 is here as promised! Commish's Column is back and we're still talking about how X-rated some of these shows are! Does he get his movies from Blockbuster still?  We take a quick dive into some guilty pleasures that we have and also our listeners submitted. You know you have one! We're happy to bring back JayWILL for the Carolina spring game and many more college football talks on the way! Oh yeah, help us settle this.. WHO is THE BEST NINJA TURTLE of ALL TIME? Happy Monday!

On this Church Planting Sunday, JayWill shares a word from Acts 14:21-28. Our sermon discussion questions can be found at rvrsd.org/sgquestions . NOTE: There are no sermon questions for this week.

"To Live and Die in Dixieland" — published in Apex Magazine, issue 130, March 2022. Read it here: https://www.apex-magazine.com/to-live-and-die-in-dixieland Russell Nichols is a speculative fiction writer and endangered journalist. Raised in Richmond, California, he got rid of all his stuff in 2011 to live out of a backpack with his wife, vagabonding all over the world ever since. Look for him at russellnichols.com. JV Hampton Van Sant is a voice actor, tarot reader, and writer living in Western Massachusetts. They can be found on most social media platforms @RedBlaqueGolden. Bee Zelda is your nonbinary busy bee! They play on various podcasts and streams such as The Broadswords, Iron Edda Reforged, Anime Attache, and many more! They are on Twitter @bee_zelda and on Tiktok @beezelda.  Malcolm Ray is a SAG actor and voice actor repped by Stewart Talent. Graduating from Columbia College Chicago, Malcolm has spent nearly a decade in commercial voice-over and being a YouTube personality. He can be heard in various indie projects as well, including The Black Sands, Lackadaisy Cats, Bulletville, and TOME Rpg. This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alyson Grauer. Theme music by Alex White. Music in this episode includes “New Whip” “Godfather's Shoes” and “Gravity Dust” by Jay Will, from Soundstripe.com. Find more from Jay Will on Tiktok and Instagram @ xJWill.  Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

On episode 149 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, and Jay Will take a dive into former NFL quarterback turned activist Colin Kaepernick's Netflix Original Series “Colin In Black & White”, plus former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores ongoing lawsuit against the NFL.

On episode 140 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, and Jay Will, discuss the Chicago Sky winning the 2021 WNBA Championship, the kick-off of the NBA's 75th season, the LA Lakers(particularly Russell Westbrook.) recent struggles, Eastern Conference top teams the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets, the latest with Ben Simmons, plus more!

Brett and Jaxon are usually reading the same book but this Kyrie Irving thing has them going at it like Stephen A and Jay Will. They also discuss astrology, white girls, cucumbers and the politically correct way to refer to unicorns and dinosaurs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On episode 133 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, Clayton, Jay Will, and Leaf from The GOAT Talk Podcast take a dive into all things sports, including Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks winning the 2021 NBA championship, NFL star quarterback Aaron Rodgers' recent controversial falling out with the Green Bay Packers, professional track athlete Sha'Carri Richardson's emergence as a star athlete, WWE Superstar John Cena's return to the world of sports entertainment, plus more!

On episode 130 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, Clayton, and Jay Will, take a dive into the latest in sports, in which they discuss the 2021 NBA Conference Finals, NBA legend Scottie Pippen's current "feud" with Brooklyn Nets superstar, Kevin Durant, Tank Davis' latest victory and continuous path to all-time greatness in professional boxing, and the recent Verzuz battle between "MJ" AKA Bow Wow and "LeBron" AKA Soulja Boy!

On episode 124 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, Jay Will, and first time guest/fellow DMX fan, Breezy, discuss their thoughts on the passing of the late great hip-hop legend, DMX AKA Earl Simmons, and his legacy.

On episode 123 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, Jay Will and first time guest, Denise, piggyback off the recent trending social media controversies surrounding "relationship guru" Derrick Jaxn, the infamous "image consultant" known as Kevin SamueIs, reality TV star Meghan James' take on "cheating respectfully", to discuss relationship and marriage issues, plus more!

Tune in as Host, Dontae Maxwell along with special guest Jay Will dive into some real discussion regarding slavery and the black church. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weareresilient/support

On episode 87 of The Undiluted Podcast, JP, Mike, Jay Will, and Flic discuss their thoughts on the recent riots, looting incidents, racism and violence all across America, which started out as outrage in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis policemen. They also touch on the ongoing shootings in Chicago and more.

On episode 40 of the Undiluted Podcast, JP & Mike, along with guest, Jay Will, discuss the current and previous seasons of AMC's The Walking Dead, the current state/quality of the show, Andrew Lincoln's aka Rick Grimes' controversial exit from the series, and more!

This week we discuss Nikki Baby's lies, Teairra going back to her “angel” ways, Brooke gets back to her messy ways, the ladies are going to London and JayWill is bitter. Plus a geography lesson. Closing Song: Marques Anthony - Bad Company

We discuss Akbar being Akbar, Paris being sorta kind of a real friend, JayWill not being Candy and A1 being mad at the wrong person. Closing Song: Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It

Jay McBain, Global Advisor at Channel Mechanics, joins me, Jen Spencer to discuss shadow channels and the shift from IT buying power, verticalization (or hyperfocused vectorization), the future of the channel and more on this episode of The Allbound Podcast. Jen: Welcome to The Allbound Podcast, I am Jen Spencer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at Allbound. And today, I'm joined by Jay McBain who co-founded the company ChannelEyes, currently serves as Chairman Emeritus of the CompTIA Vendor Advisory Council and Managed Services Community. He is a Board member of the Channel Vanguard Council, the Ziff Davis Leadership Council, and CRN Channel Intelligence Council. In short, this man knows channel. Welcome, Jay. Jay: Thanks, Jen, really appreciate it. Glad to be here. Jen: Absolutely. Well, it's good to have you. And especially, really wanting to get caught up with you and what's going on in your world and I'm sure our listeners are also really interested about five months ago, you took on a free agent status. You said, "Okay, I'm leaving ChannelEyes," which was the channel tech startup that you helped co-found. So catch us up, what's had your attention the last year or so? Jay: Yeah, absolutely. I had spent the last while at ChannelEyes as CEO and they're working on some really interesting stuff around predictive analytics and artificial intelligence. And I think in the next three to five years, most of us in the channel will be using computers to help us do our daily tasks...help us with our daily tasks and get us to the finish line faster. And I think now that the company transitions to a CEO that can better position the company with some of the leading CRM players in the market like Salesforce and Microsoft. And who knows, further down the road, to really make something happen. Jen: Great, great. So what are you focused on right now as a channel professional in your world? Jay: That's a great question and I was at CompTIA last week and probably answered the question at least 100 times so... Jen: I'm sure. I'm sure. Jay: One of the answers is I spent almost 20 years working at IBM and Lenovo in different channel roles including channel chief roles. And they were always Americas based, either North America or full Americas, and I never really got a lot of exposure to Europe and Australia and Asia-Pacific. And what I've decided to do in the last five months is work closely. I've been to Australia and going back again working with a very large telco there, I'm working with this great company in Ireland which is where I'm sitting right now in Ireland. The company is called Channel Mechanics and they've really looked at the channel management space and they've done some really innovative things. So looking internationally but also looking obviously to work with some very interesting challenges, which I'm sure we'll touch on on this podcast. Jen: Great. So let's, dig in to some of that. I've followed a lot of what you've been writing about specifically around channel, something that you previously called out, is that a large number of channel programs that tend to get stuck in the exact same place. And you wield it down to two key conclusions. So one, that some vendors will simply win because their product wins. And then two, that other vendors will win because they know how to influence the channel. So I'd like to know, what do you mean by that? Jay: Yeah, this is one of my kind of personal passions and I think it started when I read the book "Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. He's got this great chapter early on in the book. I think it's chapter 2, about Paul Revere. What a great connector Paul Revere was in 1776 and why that won the day more so than riding a horse through all these towns, and why the other person who left on horseback that night wasn't successful. And this idea of influencers or connectors and super connectors, when I moved to the United States from Canada in 2009, I looked at the market and looked at the millions of people that participate in the channel and I didn't have 15 years to catch up to the relationships that I had in Canada at the time. So I kind of boiled it down and said, "What is this influence and how would you measure it?" And in 2009, I generated a list of the top 100 most influential people in the global channel and I did it again, actually, about 4 months ago on my blog. And seven or eight years had passed and it's interesting to see people have changed positions and everything else. But it's a very analytical numeric way of assigning scores for people's influence. And just to give a quick synopsis is back in 2009, I figured out that there are 16 magazines that channel people read. There's 150 trade shows globally that channel people go to. There's thousands of vendors. There's dozens of distributors. There's bloggers, thought-leaders, associations, analysts. When you look around this web of influencing sites, what people read, where they go, and who they follow, it's across different mediums but they're all available. So I took and read every magazine. I wrote down every name of everyone in the magazines. I went to most of the trade shows in my first year and took note of who the keynote speakers, and the advisory council, and the board members, and all the key people at these events. I did the same for peer groups. I did the same for the associations and analysts. And as I came around, I came to about 1,000 names. But what was more important to me is how visible they were across multiple different communities. In our channel, it's so wide and diverse. But more importantly, it's decentralized. Channel partners don't have the time to go and read 12 magazines. So they tend to focus on one community and at most, maybe two to get their information to reinforce their expertise and to really peer network. And we look at these organizations, there's about 30 of them in North America that they're a part of. And I was really looking at how many people influenced in more of these 30 communities. And really, for me, reach was more important than maybe... that's all I could find out on Google. I couldn't find out how important they were in each community but I could definitely measure their reach. And so, I just added this really simple spreadsheet, and I just started adding check marks beside each name every time I saw them more than once. And after 1,000 names and thousands and thousands of check marks, I just sorted by whoever had the most check marks. And interestingly enough, in 2009, Larry Walsh, who was long time CRN editor, kind of patriarch of the channel, but he ranked number one and I didn't know who Larry Walsh was but I knew I had to go meet him. And then, all the way down the list I wanted to meet. And as I met probably 20 to 30 of the top 100 people, the other 70 came rushing to me. Not because I was important but because they sensed that I was doing this and talking to these important people and maybe I was important. But to a connector, they don't want to be left in the dark. So it's really important to them to know what's going on and to be able to kind of stay on the inside of things. So it was kind of really fascinating and over the last seven or eight years, I've written a lot and I've studied the level of influence that people have in the channel and there's a direct correlation between people having a high influence and carrying their company to great new heights. Jen: I think that holds true, regardless of what sort of industry or what segment of the market you're in, especially from that leadership perspective. I think it's also interesting, we talk to a lot of folks who are not your traditional type of channel organization, not your traditional enterprise IT company. Maybe they're a small or more mid-market size organization, software company, ready to kind of build a channel. A lot of folks are looking at an agency-based program. Upcoming on a future podcast episode, I'm going to be interviewing Pete Caputa from HubSpot who's now at Databox and has assured us that he's building the agency partner program to end all partner programs. And so when I think about influence, I think about an individual like that. So would you say that this concept of influencing the channel is just as strong in the evolution of where channel is going? Is it even more important than ever? I mean, what is your take on it because looking at 2017 compared to 2008, not that much time has gone by but there's been a lot of change in that time period? Jay: Well, there absolutely has, and some of the things I wrote about later last year, I call them shadow channels. But I've got this personal belief that your average vendor, their channel program is going to grow by at least 5X in the next three or four years. And the reason really goes back to the customer buy-in journey. And people at HubSpot know this very, very well but over the last 10 years, 90% of all IT decisions 10 years ago were made in the IT department. Makes sense, CIO. And today, it's flipped completely where 72% of all decisions are made outside of the IT department. It's now the VP of sales and marketing, operations, and finance, and HR, and all the way down the line that are making big technology decisions that are business decisions. And what's happening to traditional vendors is sometimes they're not in the room. Well, most cases, they're not in the room. When a VP of marketing like yourself is making a technology decision, a lot of times you don't have the person who's fixing your printer in the room. Jen: Wait, wait, hold on. Jay, I'm the person who fixes the printer here, so should it be someone else fixing... Jay: Oh. Jen: Just... Jay: That's right. Startup life, you know. Jen: Startup life. Yeah, I know, I'm sorry, I had to insert that. I had to insert that. But no, no, I agree with you 100% what you're saying, right? So I buy technology all the time and we do have someone here who's responsible for overseeing all technology and he has a zero influence on what I choose to buy to run our sales and marketing team. Jay: Right. And so, in the sense of if you put yourself under traditional vendor's space and you're trying to install traditional hardware, like you're selling software or other services, and now you need to get in front of Jen Spencer and, you know, who are you using to influence you. You might have somebody from HubSpot or Marketo in the room. You probably have somebody from your industry in the room that's a tech expert on your industry. In some cases, this could be accountants. They could be legal firms. They could be digital agencies. In your case, it might be a digital agency in the room. You could also have other ISVs in the room that play in ecosystems like a Marketo or HubSpot or Pardot or whichever one you play in. They're going to be in there because they know how to drive more leads for a company specifically like yours. You may have a startup in the room that's built with piece of technology and you're going to be one of their early customers so they want to make sure it succeeds. But you look at the five people in the room and it's not the printer person. It's not the person that installed your phones. So in other words, it's not the IT department. And so, if you're a traditional vendor spending all your time trying to recruit MSPs and solution providers and VARs from days gone by, guess what? You just missed out of a technology decision because your influence isn't in the room when it was made. Jen: Right. Jay: Now put yourself in the shoes of...let's talk VP of marketing and let's talk ambulatory care...healthcare clinic, midsized, 50 doctors, in the Northeast U.S. And in the room with that VP of marketing, again, it's probably that person from Marketo, HubSpot, Pardot, whatever it is, Eloqua, probably somebody that is an expert in healthcare driving leads for midsized clinics who's had success in the past, with five other clinics of the same size and scope. But these five people are different five people than what the IT department would have in the room. And so, you're not talking about routers and PCs, and you're not talking about, traditional licensing and everything else. You're talking about driving more leads or you're talking about a marketing problem. And to be relevant, vendors either a) need to train their current channels to be valuable to the VP of marketing in the clinic, which is less likely to happen. It's more likely that they then have to go and recruit and nurture these five other types of partners, and you call them alliances. You can call them whatever you want but the incentive is different, the way you manage them and measure them is different. The entire relationship is different. But the point is, there's so many more rooms that you have to be influencing now that your channel program is just invariably going to grow. Jen: So, you call these “shadow channels”, and when I think about like shadow marketing, shadow IT, usually, it's a very negative connotation to it. There's work going on that's outside of your viewpoint, that is in most cases negatively-impacting whatever the core function is. But what you just described doesn't sound negative, right? So are these shadow channels, is this the future? Is this a good thing for these organizations? Jay: Yeah, well, there's good and bad. And depending on the audience that I talk to, is which one I'll start with. The good news is businesspeople are now making business decisions around technology. All companies are becoming technology companies and all other professional organizations and industry, association, everything else, are becoming technology-based just because that's the way world works. All 27 industries now are pretty much 27 tech industries depending on agriculture, fisheries, or whatever they do. You know, that's become such a big role. So, the world has changed. And the reason it was called shadow IT or rogue IT is back in the day, where 10%, and then it became 20%, and then 30% of decisions are made by these people who have no idea what's going on with technology and they don't understand security and they don't understand backups and disaster recovery and they're not of the adult in the room which, you know, the CIO or IT department would claim to be. And so they were rogue, they need to be stumped. Well, the fact of the matter...and these are Gardener numbers, by the way, 72% of all the decisions today are now made outside of IT, so it's no longer rogue or shadow. It is literally the new normal. And the prediction by 2020 is that 90% of all decisions will be made outside of IT. So in 10 years, there's been pretty much a 180-degree turn in terms of where the decisions are made. And this isn't changing. And businesspeople are making business technology decisions and that's the way the world should work. It's been a big boom for SaaS companies. And it's been pretty hard for technology companies and hardware companies, specifically, because they're trying to still find their place in these conversations when these decisions are being made outside of their normal feasibility. Jen: It makes perfect sense and it's a good opportunity for consultants, for people like yourself to let you go in and really help some of those organizations along this evolution of the way that channel and selling today, tech buyers today has definitely changed. I want to ask you now about another topic that you've written about, that you spoke about. You talked about channel vectors or vectorization. And you said that verticalization is being replaced by hyperfocused vectorization. So I'm hoping perhaps you can clarify what you mean by that. And then, I want to explore, what today's executive needs to consider as he or she is scooping out plans to grow through channel over the next 5 years, because there are a lot of these organizations that maybe they've hit $10 million in annual recurring revenue and they're looking at, "How do we get to $100?" And they're looking at channel as a way to do that. So what do they need to know from this new vectorization perspective? Jay: Yeah, it's another example of me making up a word and then all of a sudden... Jen: I love it. Jay: It's really good for Google SEO if you actually make up your own word. It's actually pretty cheap, first of all. But all kidding aside, let's go back to the healthcare VP marketing in a midsized clinic. And you're looking at the 5 people in the room and 10 years ago, for an IT provider, it was okay to say, "Hey, I got to move from being a generalist to a specialist." "Well, what are you going to do?" "Hey, well, I'm going to specialize in healthcare." "Well, that's fantastic." So what they do is they go out and read HIPAA and HITECH, and, they get a couple people certified, and they can talk their way out of a paper bag when it comes to patient records and compliancy and even some legal. But again, the world in this journey has changed things for them. So if you're that VP of marketing at a midsized clinic and you have somebody in your office that says, "Hey, I know a lot about healthcare." You're like, "Well, that's great. That's one of the vectors. What would be even better is if you knew not only healthcare but midsized clinics, so the sub-industry. The fact that you put in a solution for a 500-doctor firm probably doesn't have a ton of relevance to me because I don't have those resources. So that's another thing. The fact that you installed in Colorado may not be as relevant as it is in New York because of the different statewide bureaucracy and everything else. I mean, there's just that 50 different systems in 50 different states. So if you start asking these questions, there's actually five vectors. And as a VP of marketing in a midsized clinic, you're not going to ever get that perfect person who has all five. "Listen, I've just done the last five clinics exactly your size, just down the street. I've just done your competitors. They're the guinea pigs. I know exactly what to do. Here's my price. I can get started right away." That would be perfect. That doesn't work. So all you only end up doing is, "If somebody knows healthcare that's better than not knowing healthcare." I put that in quotes, air quotes. But that's one vector. So, flipping it aside, "I want somebody who knows my business. I want somebody who's been successful in my sub-industry. I want to know somebody who's been successful in marketing. I don't care if you put in an accounting app, or I don't care if you put in an IT solution. I need the drive leads. I need you to be focused on my line of business. I need you to be focused on my sub-industry. I need you to focus on my region." So these are the types of things that you push back on. And if you can get two or three out of five, it's much better than just getting that generalist in the room who might have one out of five, or none out of five. Jen: I think that's such a good kind of point to make and maybe even to end on here, because we've talked about how the channel is no longer just a channel. It's no longer just kind of a one-way street or even a two-way street. I mean it is a complete ecosystem. The story you just spun about healthcare IT, about being able to plug in to Salesforce to really put that on steroids to make it work for somebody to do their business, I mean that is absolutely our present and our future of the way that sales ecosystems are growing. And organizations that embrace it, organizations like Salesforce, organizations like Microsoft, that embrace that type of channel environment are reaping the rewards of it, the benefits of that in addition to their partners as well. So I love it. I'm glad you invented the word vectorization. I'll have to start using it. Jay: Great to participate. I've actually wanted to do this since you started. But one of the key things is you asked me to look forward five years. Jen: Yeah, absolutely. Jay: Vendors need to look at the toolset that they're using. And many of the tools that they're currently managing the current triangle of gold and silver and bronze partners they have the same program they built 20 years ago, they need to refresh their tools. If they're going to grow their channel by 5X, they need to seriously look at a tool like GoalBot, take collaboration to a completely different level. They need to look at a tool like Channel Mechanics. They need to look at new, fresh thinking around how to do this because if you try to force-fit your old ecosystem, your old infrastructure into this new world, it's going to be very, very difficult. And many vendors are now realizing that and looking for those right SaaS companies and others to plug together, to kind of manage these new channels, measure these new channels and set these new channels. And in the end grow with these new channels. Jen: Absolutely. I mean, it's that old saying that, "What got you to where you are today may not be what's going to get you to where you want to go tomorrow." And so, I agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. Thank you so much. I'm not going to let you go just yet, though, Jay. So since you said you listened to the podcast, you've been excited about being on it, then I'm going to ask you some other questions. So you already know this is coming. Jay: I know it. Jen: Okay. All right. So, yeah. Well, I'd like to ask some more personal questions just so we can kind of shake things up and get to know a little bit more about you as a person. So first question I want to start with is what's your favorite city? Jay: Oh, that's a good one. I have traveled to 27 countries now. All of that spent on vacation, one of the blogs I write is "Rollerblades and Red Bull," the idea is to get to every country in the world. Right now, it would be tough to say the absolute but I would say Prague. Jen: Prague, awesome. I haven't been there but I've heard amazing things about it. So I heard it's a really beautiful city. Jay: Very, very difficult to rollerblade in, by the way. Jen: Okay, I won't try that, at least not the first time I go. Okay. Question number two, are you an animal lover? Yes or no? Jay: Yes, we have...we just actually...we had two dogs and one cat. And they were all 13 or 14 years old and we lost them all within 6 months. But, we're kind of in that mode now. We've got two young daughters as well I've got two daughters in college. But we're thinking about the family pets now and looking at different breeds so very excited to rescue some new pets. Jen: Oh, good. Well, you have to keep us posted. We love pets at Allbound. Our pets have an Instagram account called "Allbound Critters." So when you do have a new pet join your family, you have to let me know so I can give you guys a shout-out there. Jay: Will do. Jen: Okay, next question for you, Mac or PC? Jay: Well, being a 20-year IBM and Lenovo guy, the answer's going to shock you, I'm 95% Apple. So from iPhones to Watch to the laptop I'm on right now, everything, except for real work, is on an Apple. When I talked about analyzing the thousands of people that run this industry and running all these AI and macros and heavy, heavy lifting, I have one super-powered, liquid-cooled, top-end gaming machine at home that I do serious work on. But everything else is Apple. Jen: Everything else is Apple. All right. All right. There you go. And last question. Let's say I was able to offer you an all-expenses paid trip, where would it be to? Jay: That's a good question. So back to visiting every country in the world, the next, probably Middle Africa. Jen: Oh, what interests you about Middle Africa? Jay: A) that I haven't been there. Jen: Okay, yeah. Jay: I've been to most regions... You know, when I see the weather report that has 50 or 60 cities, most of them...well, almost of them I've been to. So now, I'm in the mode of, "I've got to go to dangerous places now." You can't go to the Middle East. A lot of Africa is off-limits. But it gets much harder to travel once you've knocked off the easy ones. Now you've got to start knocking off ones that have government warnings, or can add a little bit of risk. So that's what entices me about going to Middle Africa and maybe at Uganda, or Kenya, and help build schools or do something good for the world. Jen: Sounds wonderful. Well, thank you so much. Thanks for joining me, for sharing some of your time with us, especially calling in from Ireland where I know it's late at night. If any of our listeners would like to reach out to you personally, what's the best way for them to connect with you? If folks want to talk about going to Kenya with you, or they want to talk about fixing their channel, how should they reach you? Jay: Absolutely. My website, my blog that most of what we've talked about today, is jaymcbain.com. It's jaymcbain.com. There is at least 50 ways on there that you can contact me through every social and my cellphone and everything else. If you just want to hit me with a quick tweet. It's the letter "J" mcbain, M-C-B-A-I-N, so jmcbain. Hit me there and we can go from there. Jen: Perfect. Well, thanks again, Jay. Thanks, everyone else, for tuning in, and catch us next week for an all-new episode of The Allbound Podcast. 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