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This week we are building Jonas Taylor from from The Meg for D&D. ⁠ Character Sheet

The show kicks off with Levi previewing the onslaught of fall TV premieres headed your way. From returning favorites like Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay, to decade-spanning competitions like season 45 of Survivor, your DVR is about to get a major workout. We also get Levi's hot takes on the new Bachelor seasons (will he commit to recapping the "Golden Bachelor" spinoff?) and the highly-anticipated gameshow Snake in the Grass hosted by David Spade. But the premiere Levi is most excited for is season 2 of Press Your Luck with the "gorgeous" Elizabeth Banks. Get your whistles ready!After whetting your appetite for fall TV, the podcast takes a hard news turn as Levi dives into some of the most absurd recent headlines. First up is the unbelievable saga of the U.S. military losing complete control of a $100 million fighter jet during a routine test flight. Levi breaks down the ridiculousness of the world's most advanced military misplacing an incredibly expensive piece of equipment for several hours before it eventually crashed landed. The best part? The first eyewitness account of the rogue jet came from a random civilian named Randolph who described hearing "a screeching and a whistling" before a loud boom. Randolph's interview immediately goes viral. The news gets even more bizarre as Levi reads a handwritten letter sent to TMZ straight from Joe Exotic's prison cell. The Tiger King star dishes on his latest relationship drama after splitting from his boyfriend Seth. The letter is peak Joe Exotic, questioning why anyone would spread rumors about him and Seth breaking up, while also declaring "someone more mature" will be in his life soon. Levi reads the full letter in Exotic's voice for an absolutely hilarious segment. In more celebrity breakup news, Levi covers the "messy situation" unfolding between Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner. Things have gotten so bad that Taylor Swift is now hanging out with Sophie in what is surely an epic gossip fest over wine. But it turns out Joe might be preventing Sophie from taking their kids back to her native England. Can their divorce get any more complicated?After thoroughly summarizing the chaos surrounding Joe Exotic and these high-profile celebrity splits, Levi switches gears to close out the podcast with some lighter news. In what he describes as a "produce catastrophe," Levi reports that Shawn Mendes accidentally dropped an entire bag of groceries in his driveway. The video of a flustered Shawn chasing after rolling potatoes is the perfect palate cleanser after so much drama. From Fall TV insights to celebrity relationship meltdowns and viral moments, this episode of What Are We Doing has it all. Levi's passionate delivery and humorous injected commentary keeps this informal podcast feeling like you're just chatting with a friend about the latest headlines. That's the magic of What Are We Doing - it feels fun, fresh and unexpected while still keeping you up-to-date on news and pop culture. Hit subscribe and smash the like button to join the ride for episode 109! ___ ✅ REPURPOSE YOUR VIDEOS - Upload to 1 service & we'll handle the rest. Distribute your podcast, clips, shorts, reels, TikTok, and more with Repurpose-io Sign up today: https://wawdpod.com/repurpose ✅ 17 Hats - 50% OFF YOUR YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION Save time & run your business the smart way! https://wawdpod.com/17hats --- --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-doing-pod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/what-are-we-doing-pod/support

This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡️ Fangirl Nonsense: Jungkook and 3Racha of Stray Kids perform at Global Citizen. Keke Palmer is a multi-talented entertainer. Troye Sivan is giving us A-list pop star energy.  ⚡  Taylor Swift attends a Kansas City Chiefs game in support of Travis Kelce. This comes after several weeks of Travis Kelce publicly shooting his shot at a date with Taylor Swift. Is this finally Taylor' s”You Belong with Me” moment?  ⚡  A judge rules that Sophie Turner and Joe Joans' children must remain in New York after Sophie sues Joe for withholding the children's passports. This comes as the first action we've seen from Sophie after the news of their divorce broke. Sophie Turner was also spotted in New York with our favorite girl boss Taylor Swift.  Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal!  Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Check out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News you Need for Friday, September 22, 2023 Strike updates, Cavs released conceptual plans to build a new practice facility in downtown Cleveland, Browns vs Titans at home this weekend, Sophie Turner sued Joe Jonas, Taylor Swift's concert documentary projected to have a massive debut weekend and DWTS may be delayed.

This week Patsy and Ashes dive into the Hadal Zone to bring you their thoughts on Jonas Taylor from The Meg franchise, including both the books and films! From his swarthy British charm to his real-life swimming and diving skills, they cover what makes Jason Statham's portrayal so much different than that of the character depicted in the books. Not only that, they give you their picks for characters that changed drastically with little to no reason or explanation from one depiction to the next, even within the same franchise! They also give you battle results, and a juicy preview of things to come, including a tease for something BIG! All this and more on this week's episode! Find out more at https://throwdown-thursday.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/throwdown-thursday/ec889283-6a6b-4861-ba0d-7b06bf6628de

A short, spoiler free review on The Meg 2: The Trench, followed by a post viewing discussion. Directed by, Ben Wheatley, starring Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Shuya Sophia Cai, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Skyler Samuels. Jason Statham returns as Jonas Taylor along with a few favorites from the last film, this time they're battling more than one Meg and more than one threat.   Rated: PG-13 REEL-View Rating: ⭐️ 6/10 Length of film: 1hr 56m Time Stamps for this episode:  0m 0s - 4m 10s Spoiler Free 5m 30s - 10m 16s *Spoiler Alert* Viewable In: Theatres TRANSCRIPTION IN PROCESS Show Notes: ·         Intro music by QubeSounds / Outro Music by Alex_MakeMusic – ⁠Pixaby⁠   ·         Promotion: ⁠Newsly⁠ use promo code REELF for a free one-month premium subscription   ·         Contact me by ⁠email⁠ or message me on X ⁠@reelfilmpkc⁠   ·         Check out the ⁠REEL Film Reviewed Website⁠ for episode releases, episode transcriptions, exclusive Merch from the REEL Merch online store, upcoming films, advertising opportunities, and much more, thank you for supporting!   ·         Subscribe to REEL Film Reviewed⁠ for exclusive access to all episodes and membership benefits such as live chats with me and REEL Merch discounts   ·         Read magazine interviews with host Kris Chaney, connect with me, and ⁠see how you can support⁠ the show!

A sequel to the 2018 surprise hit and based on the 1999 novel, “The Trench”, by Steve Alten. This film was directed by Ben Wheatley and sees Jason Statham return along with Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy & Sophia Cai from the previous film with newcomers Wu Jing, Sienna Guillory, Skylar Sammuels, Melissanthi Mahut & Sergio Peris - Menchanta. The film takes place 5 years after the event of the previous film, Jonas Taylor has been help with environmental problems at sea as well as help with new to explore the Mariana Trench. Despite their good intentions, Jonas and his team uncover a nefarious plot to use and exploit the Trench for its natural resources for a profit. Things go from bad to worse when a trio of Megalodon sharks escape the trench and head for sea. Now, Jonas and his team must stop this rogue operation as well as the sharks from getting to the local beaches of Asian islands. This film hit theaters, August 4, 2023 and had been receiving positive feedback as well a decent box office run.

OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the Day - 18th July 2023Sizzling Samachar: ‘Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire' to release in over 5000 locations overseas; Ben Wheatley to expand the ‘Meg' franchise after the third film; Christopher Nolan will not direct any more superhero filmsWelcome to Sizzling samachar your daily dose of entertainment news. I'm your host Nikhil. Top stories first.‘Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire' to release in over 5000 locations overseas Bahubali star Prabhas is set to star in the highly-anticipated Telugu film Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire. The film recently released its first-look trailer and reportedly broke viewership records amassing over 100 million views within hours of its release. It has now been revealed that the film will be released in over 5000 overseas locations, including 1979 locations in North America. The makers have claimed that this marks an all-time record for any Indian release. The action thriller directed by Prashanth Neel also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan among others in prominent roles.  Ben Wheatley to expand the ‘Meg' franchise after the third film Meg 2: The Trench, the sequel to the 2018 sci-fi thriller film The Meg, is set to release in theatres on August 4th this year. Jason Statham reprises his role as Jonas Taylor, the man who is tasked with stopping a Megalodon shark that is wreaking havoc across the oceans. Director Ben Wheatley has confirmed that he is already in discussions for a third film, as he believes that the franchise has a rich world to explore. And fans of blood-curdling thrillers would like to strongly concur with this.   Christopher Nolan will not direct any more superhero filmsChristopher Nolan's highly-anticipated film Oppenheimer is set to release in theatres this weekend. Nolan revealed during the media trailer for the film that he will never helm a TV project. When quizzed about potentially directing a superhero film in the future, the celebrated filmmaker replied with a firm “no'. The news will be disheartening for superhero fans as Nolan is credited with The Dark Knight trilogy, which is considered by many as the best superhero franchise of all time.  However, Nolan refused to provide a definitive answer as to whether he will direct a Star Wars film in the future. Let's just say we can't get enough of Nolan's works on the big screen. 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'  announces streaming release date on Disney+DC co-head James Gunn's final Marvel project was the blockbuster hit Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The film was recently released on video-on-demand across the globe and it appears it is heading to Disney+  soon. Amidst a series of lacklustre releases from both Marvel and DC in recent years, the third entry of the Guardians of the Galaxy was a universal success. It has been revealed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will premiere on August 2 on Disney+ and on Disney+ Hotstar in India.Taylor Sheridan's 'Special Ops: Lioness' is based on a true storyActor and filmmaker Taylor Sheridan, who is best known for helming Wind River and creating the Yellowstone franchise, is set to release his next major TV series. Titled Special Ops: Lioness, the series stars Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldana in the lead, along with Academy Award-winners Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman. The series is based on a real-life U.S. military program and revolves around a female marine raider who is roped in by the CIA to befriend the daughter of a terrorist in order to carry out his assassination. Special Ops: Lioness will premiere on July 23 on Paramount+ and simultaneously on JioCinema in India.'Heartstopper' Season 2 reveals first look images of upcoming seasonThe critically-acclaimed coming-of-age Netflix romantic drama series, Heartstopper has released first-look images of its second season, thus revealing the final cast. The show's plot revolves around teens Nick and Charlie who realise that their friendship could be something more. The new images for the second season feature new cast members along with returning cast members of the hit TV show. The acclaimed British series is helmed by Alice Oseman, and it is based on Oseman's novel of the same name. Heartstopper Season 2 will premiere on Netflix on August 3. Well that's all we have for this episode , until the next one it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten by Ryan GomezListen to more OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the Day podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

Welcome to OTTplay Sizzling samachar of the day , news from the world of movies and entertainment. I'm your host NikhilNews first up,Ryan Murphy announces a unique Netflix documentary on Andy WarholRyan Murphy's latest project, a documentary on artist and filmmaker, Andy Warhol, will feature the use of artificial intelligence to recreate the life of the iconic artist. The six-part documentary is titled The Andy Warhol Diaries and will have director Andrew Rossi also involved in the project.Upcoming dark comedy titled, Chariot, starring John Malkovich, acquired by Saban filmsSaban Films has secured the rights for the upcoming Adam Sigal's dark comedy, Chariot. The film stars John Malkovich, as a doctor who oversees the reincarnation of individuals. The story revolves around a young man named Mann, who has a chance encounter with a woman he loved in his previous life, which causes a glitch in the reincarnation process. The film is expected to release in theaters later this year. NFL legend Tom Brady to produce comedy film for Paramount The recently retired NFL legend, Tom Brady, is set to appear in and produce a comedy film for Paramount Pictures. Titled ‘80 for Brady', the film will feature Hollywood legends Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field. The film is set to be an American football themed road trip movie.  Upcoming series Immigrant adds Dan Stevens to its cast, while Renfield also adds a new cast member British actor Dan Stevens, popular for his roles in Downton Abbey and Legion, has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series Immigrant. Kumail Nanjiani stars as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, and the plot revolves around the creation of the male dance venue Chippendale. In other casting news, the upcoming horror comedy film starring Nicholas Hoult, and Nicholas Cage about Dracula's former sidekick, Renfield, has added Black and Blue star, James Moses Black. The film also stars Awkwafina and Ben Schwartz and is directed by Chris McKay.Skyler Samuels, Sienna Guillory, and Sergio Peris-Mencheta joins Meg 2The sequel to the 2018 monster action film, Meg, has added Skyler Samuels, Sienna Guillory, and Sergio Peris-Mencheta to its ensemble. The film titled Meg 2: The Trench will feature Jason Statham's character Jonas Taylor returning to face the prehistoric giant shark, the Megalodon. Ben Wheatley will direct the project. Malayalam actors Lal and Lena to make their OTT debutsVeteran Malayalam actor Lal is set to debut on OTT in the Netflix series titled Soup, produced by McGuffin productions. He joins a host of Malayalam actors and actresses who have recently signed on for various OTT releases. Actress Lena is also set to make her OTT debut this year on a major streaming platform, sources have confirmed OTTplay. Well that's the OTTplay Sizzling Samachar of the day , I shall be back again with a brand new podcast pretty soon until then it's your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poocho

This weeks episode is HEARTY angels! We talk about Nick and Priyanka's new baby, Taylor Swift being told that she doesn't write her own songs, & Ye demanding that he gets the final edit on his upcoming documentary "Jeen-Yus," all before sinking our teeth into the latest in the #FreeBritney movement. We look at the release of Jamie Lynn's new book, why fans aren't happy with the timing or the content, and the web of people involved in the world of Britney Spears.As always, a big shout out to Neon - literally the best NZ streaming service - for making this episode of Culture Vulture possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This weeks episode is HEARTY angels! We talk about Nick and Priyanka's new baby, Taylor Swift being told that she doesn't write her own songs, & Ye demanding that he gets the final edit on his upcoming documentary "Jeen-Yus," all before sinking our teeth into the latest in the #FreeBritney movement. We look at the release of Jamie Lynn's new book, why fans aren't happy with the timing or the content, and the web of people involved in the world of Britney Spears.As always, a big shout out to Neon - literally the best NZ streaming service - for making this episode of Culture Vulture possible. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific. With time running out, a visionary oceanographer recruits rescue diver Jonas Taylor to save the crew and the sea itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.Follow Jaida @SoFISHtication-Episode sponsored by Super YakiRemember to RATE & REVIEW!SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | RSSFOLLOW: @Disaster_Pod | @AmandaRTubbs | @JorCru | @JasonHalftonesSPONSORS: Email ads@thatmightbecool.comMORE PODCASTS: www.thatmightbecool.com

Shawnna Sumaoang: Hi, and welcome to the Sales Enablement PRO podcast. I am Shawnna Sumaoang. Sales enablement is a constantly evolving space and we’re here to help professionals stay up to date on the latest trends and best practices so that they can be more effective in their jobs. Today I’m excited to have Jonas and Maria Belen from Algolia join us. I’d love for you to each introduce yourself, your role, and your organization to our audience. Belen, can we start with you? Maria Belen Eglez: Yes. Thanks, Shawnna. It’s a pleasure to be a guest on the podcast again. For the audience, my name is Belen Eglez. I’m the revenue enablement manager for the EMEA region here at Algolia. And this means that I’m responsible for representing the EMEA team in the enablement initiatives we deploy and develop. And I’m also responsible for creating relationships with the managers on this side of the world. A little bit about my background, I started as a BDR for a company called Unbabel that’s based in Lisbon. And I quickly realized that I was spending most of my time training reps, creating collateral, developing messaging, onboarding, and even helping with demos and closing. So, without knowing I was already doing enablement. And about three years ago, I joined this world and started the enablement team and I’ve been growing in the space ever since. SS: Well, I’m glad to have you back Belen. And Jonas? Jonas Taylor: Yes. Absolutely. Thank you for having us. I’m stoked to be here. My name is Jonas Taylor. I am a revenue enablement associate at Algolia. I primarily support North America initiatives in addition to owning a few other programs, mainly around analytics. But I find myself collaborating regularly with Belen on global programs and projects as well. I’ve been at Algolia for a little over two years, so my background’s really similar to Belen’s actually. I also started my career in the world of sales development. I was an early employee in our Atlanta office, starting as an inbound SDR. Then I quickly moved into an outbound enterprise biz dev role. I got to the point of doing onboarding, leading trainings, doing one-on-ones for the team and when I reached the crossroads of what was next in my career enablement was the natural step. As competitive as I am, it’s more fun when the entire team performs, and I have not looked back since. SS: So, I’d love to understand from you both, but Jonas, I’ll send this one over to you first. How do you use analytics to define your sales enablement initiatives? JT: Awesome. That’s a fantastic question. So right now, I think we’re in the process of becoming more proactive and more metric-driven as a team, and it’s an ongoing process. I wouldn’t say that analytics right now is defining our initiatives, but they play a huge role in identifying root causes of pain points and they play a role in measuring success. So, there’s still a big piece of that puzzle. Enablement by nature is cross-functional, it’s a supporting function. So, in our early stages as a team we found that we were always in this state of triage, there were always incoming requests from sales and post-sales teams. We didn’t have an onboarding program when we started. There was a lot of change management that required our attention. There were just so many things being thrown at us and all of this turned into a “we need help with X.” And then, so we as a team, we built it for them. It was strictly transactional and purely output driven. I think we are in a much better place today. It kind of takes it back to analytics. Right now, we’re living by exec priorities and that is so that we are hyper-focused in our programs for this quarter. The analytics piece, this is where we’re regularly looking at things like average deal size, conversion rates, win rates and, you know, a ton of other metrics to help us identify top sellers so that we can recreate these best practices throughout the entire org. So, I think what we’re doing really well right now is we’re starting macro. We’re getting a really nice bird’s eye view of what people are doing, and then we put trends, individuals, and teams under the microscope. From there, we’re able to brainstorm the actual “how to” piece of our programs and our OKR’s. MBE: To build on that, I really want to stress that the way we use data analytics today is to help us spot the areas of where we could or should focus to create a positive impact. And I want to highlight one example of one of Jonas’s wonderful creations which is our Ramp dashboard. This dashboard, for example, allows us to understand if these sessions and content we’ve created for onboarding is really working and setting reps up for success in their roles. So, what we do is we look at a baseline and then we try to optimize over time, and we try to improve against prior onboarding classes. So, kudos for that Jonas. SS: Belen, how do you utilize metrics to proactively advise managers across the revenue teams about how their teams are doing? MBE: Sure. So, the main advantage of being more metric focused is bringing to life the idea of the assistant coach and strategic partner to the leadership. We become the strategic partner with the managers and execs because we help them solve problems. So, this is when the conversation changes and we become pretty proactive instead of being reactive, as Jonas said before, and we get to create a solution together. I think it’s safe to say that most enablement professionals speak a lot about ensuring partnership with frontline managers to ensure this behavioral change with the frontline. But the fact that you’re ideating together with them not only makes it much easier to deploy initiatives and ensure their support, but it also shows us that we are working on programs that matter. And at Algolia we have created a tactical framework to accomplish this and really get to that strategic partner. It’s five simple steps. So, the first step is to state the problem. So, we see that this is happening on the frontline, or we see this insight from the analytics. Then the second step is just to ask and to get to the root of that problem. So, ask why they think this is happening or where do they think this problem, or this behavior is coming from. The third step it’s basically, well, it’s subtle, but it’s super important because as an enablement professional, we aren’t always like the subject matter experts as Jonas said before. So, this third step is mainly asking permission to share our ideas or hypothesis, and then expose these potential solutions but in a way that doesn’t come across like we are telling them how to do their jobs. And this tends to lead to a really healthy discussion where we get to ideate and share ideas like on how to sell that problem. So up to now, we have like, we state the problem, we ask questions and we ask permission to share the ideas. So, the last two steps are to confirm alignment, which is also a crucial step because it states that they are actually seeing value in solving this problem. Like most of the time, we will pinpoint a problem, but they probably won’t think that it’s as important as we thought ourselves it was. So, confirming that they are on board and that this is something that they are willing to actually put energies into solving is huge. The last step is to co-build the solution. So, it’s basically set up the next steps of how we will work together to solve that and basically understand what are the building blocks of that solution to get to where we want to be basically, and ensure that they will be engaged and they will help us in the deployment with the front lines. So, all in all now, like metrics serves as conversation starters and pointers for us to focus our attention. However, this collaboration piece is crucial as it helps us determine the size of the problem or confirm that we are actually dealing with a problem. And then it also helps us align on priorities, which is super important for us knowing that we have to serve about 12 different roles. SS: That’s fantastic. I think that that is a really great framework Belen, so thank you for sharing that with our audience. Jonas, I’d love to hear from you. What are some of the core metrics that you use to demonstrate enablement’s impact on the business? JT: For sure. You know, the easy answer is ramp, sales productivity, sales effectiveness, you know, whatever any of those mean. I think it’s relative to the org but things like and we’re really not entirely in control of any of those metrics. For example, you know, our impact is oftentimes a lagging indicator. So essentially enablement we’re changing human behavior and that’s a very slow change. So, if enablement is working really closely with the frontline managers, it can get really difficult to discern between the cause and effect relationship of the rep’s performance. I really don’t want to take all the credit for hiring a superstar rep and saying that, Oh, well, enablement is the cause for them being really good, when they just may naturally be a really great rep or they might have a really, really awesome manager that’s investing in them as we’re working really closely with those managers. So, obviously we care about time to first deal, win rate, sales velocity, and other essential sales forecasting metrics. But I do think it’s naive to say something like our enablement program or our onboarding program improved the win rate by X percent. Because again, there’s just too many teams and individuals interacting with that metric on a daily basis. So, for us at Algolia, what we’re doing is we ask kind of a better question to ourselves is what we’re asking ourselves constantly, “do our stakeholders see value in what we do, do our stakeholders see value in what enablement does?” For us, we’re looking at usage of tools, both managers and IC’s. We’re looking at training session attendance, completion of LMS materials, and then we correlate that with their performance. So, if you see high performers coming out of your onboarding program, or you notice that your best reps across the rev org are engaged with what enablement is producing, that’s a really good sign that you’re doing something right. SS: Absolutely. I couldn’t agree more. I’ve really enjoyed this conversation with both of you. I have a closing question and I pose this to both of you, but Jonas, maybe we can start with you. As your team has such a massive scope as you’ve guys have mentioned across 12 different revenue roles, how do you make sure that you’re tracking and able to impact the metrics that really matter? JT: Yeah. So, from an ongoing standpoint, the first step for us is to define the metrics that we, enablement, have complete control over. We can control onboarding to some extent, we can control engagement with collateral by, you know, constantly nudging people and having an effective like internal comm strategy. We can control training attendance, we can, you know, somewhat control usage and adoption of tools. We really want to have conviction around the metrics that we’re tracking with other teams and the metrics that we’re reporting on. So, the first step being, define those that we own, and then we’re regularly monitoring these. Next, we determine what is good and what’s not good. So, the whole point of enablement is to enable people to be the best that they can be. So, we need to form a profile from an individual rep performance perspective of what is good, and constantly work towards that and leverage these insights in our conversations with managers. When it comes to prioritizing initiatives and building out programs, that’s when we shift to objective key results and top-down priorities coming from execs. We’re tracking metrics that we’re being held accountable for or held to, and we’re prioritizing these and we’re using these to our advantage as well. So, we try not to take on new projects that don’t align to our quarterly OKR’s as a team. In short, we take a holistic approach to metrics. It’s a combination of quantitative data and qualitative observations. Data can only tell so much of the story by itself, but it compliments very well by regular conversations with the front lines and their managers. So, it’s much easier to get to the why behind the numbers and behind any metrics that we’re tracking when we’re constantly interacting with managers and the front lines, kind of always investing in that partnership there. MBE: Yeah. So, to Jonas’s point, we know which are the metrics that matter based on the priorities of the business. To give you an idea, if the execs are saying that they want to focus on improving win rates, well, this is the metric that we will have to be looking at and all our initiatives will be linked to that metric. But just to give you another example, let’s say we want to ensure we confirm that champion on each of the deals. Well, then that means that we are going to be looking at Salesforce contact roles, we will deploy training on how to identify and test the champion, we will interview the front lines on tactics that they use to do that, amongst other ideas. But to boil it down, I think that the fun part about revenue enablement is understanding where we can drive the most impact for the revenue org at that point in time. Sometimes that does mean that we have to cater a little bit more to a specific role for a month or a quarter if that’s where we can create the most impact. However, we often have prioritization discussions and ultimately if the priority is just as important as the current one, we don’t necessarily want to be the hero and spread ourselves too thin because we will lose quality of our work. So, that opens up another discussion of capacity and headcount, and we use metrics as a way to support our prioritization. SS: It sounds like you guys are doing a fantastic job. Thank you so much for joining us today, I really enjoyed our time. To our audience, thanks for listening. For more insights, tips, and expertise from sales enablement leaders, visit salesenablement.pro. If there’s something you’d like to share or a topic you’d like to learn more about, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you.

Shawnna Sumaoang: Hi, and welcome to the Sales Enablement PRO podcast. I am Shawnna Sumaoang. Sales enablement is a constantly evolving space and we’re here to help professionals stay up to date on the latest trends and best practices so that they can be more effective in their jobs. Today I’m excited to have Jonas and Maria Belen from Algolia join us. I’d love for you to each introduce yourself, your role, and your organization to our audience. Belin, can we start with you? Maria Belen Eglez: Yes. Thanks, Shawnna. It’s a pleasure to be a guest on the podcast again. For the audience, my name is Belen Eglez. I’m the revenue enablement manager for the EMEA region here at Algolia. And this means that I’m responsible for representing the EMEA team in the enablement initiatives we deploy and develop. And I’m also responsible for creating relationships with the managers on this side of the world. A little bit about my background, I started as a BDR for a company called Unbabel that’s based in Lisbon. And I quickly realized that I was spending most of my time training reps, creating collateral, developing messaging, onboarding, and even helping with demos and closing. So, without knowing I was already doing enablement. And about three years ago, I joined this world and start the enablement team and I’ve been growing in the space ever since. SS: Well, I’m glad to have you back Belen. And Jonas? Jonas Taylor: Yes. Absolutely. Thank you for having us. I’m stoked to be here. My name is Jonas Taylor. I am a revenue enablement associate at Algolia. I primarily support North America initiatives in addition to owning a few other programs, mainly around analytics. But I find myself collaborating regularly with Belen on global programs and projects as well. I’ve been at Algolia for a little over two years, so my background’s really similar to Belen’s actually. I also started my career in the world of sales development. I was an early employee in our Atlanta office, starting as an inbound SDR. Then I quickly moved into an outbound enterprise biz dev role. I got to the point of doing onboarding, leading trainings, doing one-on-ones for the team and when I reached the crossroads of what was next in my career enablement was the natural step. As competitive as I am, it’s more fun when the entire team performs, and I have not looked back since. SS: Well I’m excited to have you both join us so thank you so much. And it’s very interesting how you both come from such similar backgrounds yet at different companies. So, I’d love to dive in now that you guys are both at Algolia. What does the revenue enablement function look like there? How is it structured to support teams across the entire revenue organization? Belen, if I can pass this to you first, I’d love to. MBE: Sure. Well, our enablement team is quite unique, I believe, for a team of about 150 reps in the Rev Org. We are three enablement practitioners. So, Lish heads the global team and focuses on exec alignment, the North America team, and I myself focus on the EMEA team and Jonas does the balance between both and is our analytics mastermind. And in terms of structure, given the size of the team on both sides of the globe, it made sense for us to create regional roles to accommodate the three main time zones, the majority of the team working. In practice, each of us usually own a specific initiative worldwide. As an organization, it is in our best interest to ensure that we get consistency across our six regions and that we are able to share the best practices that are working with every member of the team, regardless of their location. This helps us to project a brand image that it’s unified and create a successful repeatable process. Being the owner doesn’t mean that we can’t collaborate with each other, of course, or provide feedback or share ideas. It just means that we are responsible for collaborating with all the relevant stakeholders and delivering on time. And this is extremely important because it ensures that when we launch an initiative it actually resonates with both regions. JT: To echo Belen’s points, there’s only three of us at Algolia and we’re supporting like 10+ different revenue roles: AE, SDR, SEs, SAs, CSM, renewals, partners, support. There’s plenty of them. We’re ultimately responsible for really the enablement of all customer-facing roles. This is a massive scope of work and the function itself includes a lot of different styles of work so we’re doing onboarding content management, ongoing trainings, development frameworks. It’s really easy to get lost in the initiatives and all of the tasks. So, in terms of structure, we’ve adopted a quasi-program management model. As Belen said, we’re collaboratively working on different programs. But we do it in a way that it caters to each of our individual skill sets and strengths. But at the end of the day, there’s always an owner for everything and that’s guaranteeing accountability. When it comes to prioritization, we utilize the Eisenhower matrix, which is basically a grid in four quadrants, and it helps us decide and prioritize tasks by urgency versus importance. This compliments where we are right now as a team, we’re maturing and we’re becoming more metric-driven. So, in addition to the Eisenhower matrix OKR’s, objective key results, those are our North Star. When we’re designing programs with a metric in mind, it’s a lot easier to focus and then ensure bandwidth across the entire rev org. SS: I think those are fabulous ways of tracking to make sure that teams are aligned on priorities and are marching towards the same goals. I want to switch gears a little bit though, because you guys do refer to your organization as revenue enablement. And from your perspective, how does that differ from sales enablement and what do you see as the core responsibilities of revenue enablement? MBE: So, in my opinion, everything changes. The scope, the responsibilities, the skill. And this is mainly because we not only focused on the sales rep, but actually the entire rev org both pre and post-sales. So, I think the key here is that we get to be the agents of change for the entire organization. We partner with the C-suite, with the front-line managers, and the main idea is to improve performance and get alignment across the board. If we were to draw a picture with all the teams in the rev org, enablement would be kind of like the cord that ties each of these teams together and allows for communication to flow. One analogy we always use is that the sales teams selling, right, it’s like a team sport. And I like to say that enablement is kind of like the assistant coach. It is our responsibility to understand each role to the court, how they impact the sales cycle, their responsibilities, we have to democratize best practices, create better synergies, and eventually lay down the path to this successful repeatable process, I mentioned before, to achieve sustained growth and our CEO, Bernadette shares this sentiment with us. Finally, in practical terms, I think we need to play devil’s advocate and make sure that every initiative that we launch is relatable to each of the teams and adds value to them, that they are able to act on it as soon as the program is launched. Jonas, I don’t know if you want to add something. JT: Yeah, absolutely. Yes, for sure. The primary difference is the scope. So, take sales enablement, for example, and multiply those responsibilities and roles that you’re supporting by X, that’s what we do. We’re supporting an entire customer-facing org and that’s not to say that sales enablement or revenue enablement is like harder than the other. But if you want to accelerate revenue enablement, you have to be really, really good at engaging your SMEs, your subject matter experts. I’ve never been a CSM, I’ve never been an SE, I’ve never been an SA, but we’re supporting these roles and we’re enabling these roles. And so, to be good at this, I think you really need to have a level of like intellectual humility. So being able to say, hey, I don’t know how to do something, but I know that I am good at engaging people and connecting people to the people that do know how to do it. So, it’s super important to leverage your managers and reps that are really good at what they’re doing. So, when you’re partnering with them to utilize their expertise or mastery of a subject, it makes it much easier to build revenue inclusive programs at scale. And that’s what I see. I think that’s what we all see at Algolia is one of the core responsibilities of revenue enablement, and it’s supporting the entire revenue organization, not just sales. So, everything we do is to support the underlying goal of customer-centricity. When we produce better sellers, it naturally creates a better buyer experience. And when we enable other customer-facing teams, customers experience the benefits of having a partner, not just a vendor. SS: Not just a vendor, but a partner. That’s fantastic. Now you mentioned creating a revenue enablement methodology. What are the core components of that methodology blend? MBE: Yes. So when our CRO asked us to train our reps on a methodology, we realized that all of the popular ones out there,  Challenger, SPIN, even MEDDPICC, that’s the one we use, were pretty much focused on the seller or presales in general. But as being revenue enablement, and trying to tie all of these teams together, we couldn’t just focus on a methodology that applied for half of the organization. We needed to have a common umbrella that connected both parts, right? Both pre and post-sales. And that’s how we came up with our custom methodology, which is called C2P2. And C2P2 stands for curiosity, connection, and positive paranoia. These are the three pillars that we use to guide our reps on how to approach each of their interactions with customers and prospects, but also internally with their colleagues and all of these, with the idea to become, as Jonas said before, a more customer-centric organization. So, I’ll briefly explain which of these pillars means. So, curiosity means that reps have to be genuinely interested in what our customers or prospects have to say. It means that we have to do research to prepare for calls, we have to ask better questions so that we can probe and get to the root of their challenges and understand really what it is that they’re trying to achieve. And finally, that we actively listen to what they are telling us and not just like ticking a box of like, oh, okay I asked that question, moving on to the next one. In terms of connection, it’s the ability to create healthy relationships with customers and with the colleagues. And these usually come naturally when you master that curiosity piece, because you need to be really good at delivering information and collaborating with people around you. And finally, we have positive paranoia, and this is more a sentiment of avoiding the “magical thinking” or “happy ears”, right? So many reps in customer-facing roles have this. Basically, positive paranoia is the state of mind that ensures we’re being proactive and we’re testing our assumptions of knowledge. Are we really talking to the champions? Do we really understand the impact we’re doing to the business? Does the customer see their ROI? Right, so many times we hear reps being confident that they are going to close the deal but then it doesn’t happen while positive paranoia addresses that. So, like when I look back, you know, people buy from people and with the recent COVID situation, this is even more important now than ever. We need to develop empathy for our customers and our colleagues as we’re all going through these strange times and the idea behind this methodology reflects that. Of course, we had no idea at the time that a pandemic was underway but their principle around this methodology was to ensure we had this empathy for the buyer and their journey and walk in their shoes. SS: I love that Belen, and I think you’re absolutely right. Empathy is so critical right now. I want to talk a little bit about how you guys went about creating and implementing this new methodology across the entire revenue organization. And Belen, if you don’t mind, I’d love to hand it back to you. MBE: Sure. So, to create this methodology, we contracted an external consultant. Her name is Misha from HumbleGrit Sales. I was super happy because she was my mentor when I first joined enablement. So, I was super happy to work with her and she did an amazing job. She helped us conduct interviews with our rev org, with the individual contributors. So, like with the reps, with the managers, with the execs, and basically, we wanted to understand where we win, where do we lose, and most importantly, the how, right? What are the skills and actions that make us succeed? In the end, we boil it down to those three pillars that I just mentioned. And so, the next step was to ensure that their vocabulary that we chose for the methodology resonated with all the teams and that they all felt that it could be applicable to their roles. So, for deployment, basically what we did, we gathered the global team at our first ever RKO, this is the revenue kickoff. And, this happened this past February, and since then, we’ve created consistency by focusing on a different part of C2P2 every month. So we would relate the topic of interest for that month with a letter or with a pillar and we would make the rep practice applying that skill to that topic. For example, the past April was collaboration between pre and post-sales under the connection pillar. And we talked about how we can better communicate and collaborate to provide not only the best customer experience, but also to find new opportunities for the business. SS: So far, I’d love to hear what has been the impact of implementing this custom methodology. Jonas I’d love to hear from you. JT: Absolutely. The immediate changes in behavior we’ve seen have been super positive. However, it’s a bit too soon to measure the full impact of our new methodology. It’s only been a few months since the revenue kickoff and when you throw in things like COVID-19 in the mix, the data can easily be misinterpreted. However, there are a few trends that we’ve noticed, and we do have some key takeaways as to what we’re seeing right now. I think number one from a quantitative perspective, we’re noticing improvements around talk time ratios and number of discovery questions being asked on calls. We use a call intelligence software to record calls, and these are a few of the metrics that we’re keeping an eye on. So, the methodology acts as a really nice reminder, the soft skills required in sales getting back to the basics, right? Things like active listening, asking follow-up questions to uncover the pain, asking clarifying questions to align on next steps. All of these things are really important and they can easily be overlooked, even though they’re essential to getting information that matters out of your buyers. So, I think that’s number one. Another thing we’ve seen is that there’s been a huge morale boost. So, when you give everyone in the revenue organization a common goal, which in our methodologies case is customer-centricity, it provides alignment around a shared mission to create the best buyer experience possible. This shared sense of purpose has definitely helped with morale, which is super important now in these times of everyone being remote and separated from their colleagues. It’s a really positive thing to be able to say to yourself my role means something and here’s why. You’re part of something bigger than a number. And the third piece that I think Belen did a really good job talking about earlier is that we now have a common language as a team. And so, one piece of our methodology is internal connection. So, we have amazing people from all sorts of sales and SaaS backgrounds, and the fact that we now have standardized criteria for what a champion is, this is huge, you know. We’re in the context of like, I think just enablement in general, as we’re shifting towards this more integrated view of revenue, it’s not just sales. Curiosity isn’t just for salespeople. CSMs need to be more curious in their roles as well to create better relationships with champions while customer-centricity is no longer only for CSMs it’s for everyone. SS: I love that. And I think by that is amazing that you guys found a methodology that works across the revenue organization so kudos to you guys on that. Thank you so much for joining us today, I really enjoyed our time. To our audience, thanks for listening. For more insights, tips, and expertise from sales enablement leaders visit salesenablement.pro. If there’s something you’d like to share or a topic you’d like to learn more about, please let us know, we’d love to hear from you.

Its "Stay Out Of The Water" July, a special event review series where Kevin and John review the, movies that made us fear jumping into the water. This episode has The Reel Movie Guys reviewing "The Meg". When a group of scientist get stuck along the bottom of the Marianas Trench, Jonas Taylor is recruited to save their lives as he is the only one with the ability to save them from such depths. However, the scientist are not alone as they have discovered and released a dangerous creature the world had thought was extinct, the Megalodon!!! **WARNING: SPOILERS ARE REVEALED IN THIS REVIEW** Contact us: Facebook: The Reel Movie Guys Twitter: @TheReelMovieGuy Gmail: TheReelMovieGuys@gmail.com Yahoo Mail: TheReelMovieGuys@yahoo.com The Reel Movie Guys is a group where we talk about everything movies. Real Guys x Reel Movies x Real Thoughts. Don't forget to like, subscribe and share!!!

This week Kevin took the week off to hang with the fam so the guys watch The Meg, Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific. With time running out, a visionary oceanographer recruits rescue diver Jonas Taylor to save the crew and the sea itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. LIsten and Enjoy Links http://cinedump.com http://Collectiontherapy.com VHS Event https://www.facebook.com/events/342248096481023/?ti=icl Trailers Scream:Resurrection The Boys Red Band Onward The Peanut Butter Falcon The Meg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/behindthecounter/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/behindthecounter/support

In episode three, I talk to San Francisco-based artist Lisa Jonas Taylor, who works by day in the field of art and design higher education. Lisa’s studio practice is grounded in various mediums, primarily painting, sculpture, and installation, as well as project-based collaborative work. Her work has been exhibited at Good Mother Gallery and City Limits Gallery, Oakland; Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito; Southern Exposure, Bass & Reiner Gallery, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica; among others. Collaborative work includes a performance by New York based artist Phoebe Osborne, God Sees Everything, part of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Fertile Ground at the Oakland Museum of California. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts and her BFA from CSU Long Beach. Links: For more information about Lisa and her work, please visit her website and Instagram. As always, podcast music is provided by Mr. Neat Beats.

Join Chris & Jeff as they analyze & review The Meg, the 2018 action horror movie directed by Jon Turteltaub & starring Jason Statham. After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. 70-foot shark?! Jason Statham?! 150 million dollar budget?!  Sounds like an instant classic, right?... It's not hard for a big budget shark movie to be fun (Deep Blue Sea obvs), so can a huge budget and Statham's charisma make this the best shark movie ever? Does Statham have a character? Is Rainn Wilson evil? What's Ruby Rose doing? Wait, the explanation for the Megaladon is what?! Most importantly, are the kills any good? SPOILERS BEGIN at 15:44 Watch The Meg on Amazon Support the show with a review on iTunes Would you like to hear more? Visit our Home

After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Also the Rotten Crew breaks down Captain Marvel. Guest: Jake Naked.

The Meg (2018) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

The Meg (2018) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

The Meg (2018) PG-13 | 1h 53min | Action , Horror , Sci-Fi | 10 August 2018 (USA) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Director: Jon Turteltaub Writers: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by) Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson Future World (2018) R | 1h 30min | Sci-Fi | 25 May 2018 (USA) A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung Writers: Jeremy Cheung, Jay Davis Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg The Goonies (1985) PG | 1h 54min | Adventure , Comedy , Family | 7 June 1985 (USA) In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner Writers: Steven Spielberg (story), Chris Columbus (screenplay) Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes

The Meg (2018) PG-13 | 1h 53min | Action , Horror , Sci-Fi | 10 August 2018 (USA) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Director: Jon Turteltaub Writers: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by) Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson Future World (2018) R | 1h 30min | Sci-Fi | 25 May 2018 (USA) A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung Writers: Jeremy Cheung, Jay Davis Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg The Goonies (1985) PG | 1h 54min | Adventure , Comedy , Family | 7 June 1985 (USA) In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner Writers: Steven Spielberg (story), Chris Columbus (screenplay) Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Steve Alten to the show. Steve writes horror/science fiction and his book series MEG releases as a movie on August 11, 2018. See the movie trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udm5jUA-2bs. About my guest: Steve Alten grew up in Philadelphia, earning his Bachelors degree in Physical Education at Penn State University, a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate of Education at Temple University. Steve penned novel he had been thinking about for years and he eventually finished MEG; A Novel of Deep Terror. Steve sold his car to pay for editing fees. On September (Friday) the 13th, 1996, Steve lost his general manager’s job at a wholesale meat plant. Four days later his agent had a two-book, seven figure deal with Bantam Doubleday. About his book: Seven years ago, and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon—prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales—lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. When offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance… but the quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator that the earth has ever known is freed to once-again hunt the surface. This is a copyrighted podcast owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. http://authorsontheair.com

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Main Review: The Meg (2018) A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. Scores -  Jack - 4, Peter - 4.5, Trevor - 3 Overview- 4/10 Check us out on itunes or on our website at www.tsucanshed.com Music: http://www.bensound.com

horror sharks thriller interviews live blogtalkradio podcast Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes Steve Alten to the show. Steve writes horror/science fiction and his book series MEG releases as a movie on August 11, 2018. See the movie trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udm5jUA-2bs. About my guest: Steve Alten grew up in Philadelphia, earning his Bachelors degree in Physical Education at Penn State University, a Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware, and a Doctorate of Education at Temple University. Steve penned novel he had been thinking about for years and he eventually finished MEG; A Novel of Deep Terror. Steve sold his car to pay for editing fees. On September (Friday) the 13th, 1996, Steve lost his general manager’s job at a wholesale meat plant. Four days later his agent had a two-book, seven figure deal with Bantam Doubleday. About his book: Seven years ago, and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr. Jonas Taylor encountered something that changed the course of his life. Once a Navy deep-sea submersible pilot, now a marine paleontologist, Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon—prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales—lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. When offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance… but the quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator that the earth has ever known is freed to once-again hunt the surface. This is a copyrighted podcast owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. http://authorsontheair.com

Jurassic Park IIIPopcorn Talk Network proudly presents a vodcast that offers a glimpse into the movies we love to watch with breakdown and analysis. Join us each week as Ben Begley and Jesse McIntosh breakdown your favorite films, ranging from the classics to the unknown hidden pile of gems; it’s all here under one banner… GUILTY MOVIE PLEASURES! This week, Ben and Jesse riff off of the romantic comedy The Meg (2018). The Meg (2018):A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. Follow Ben on Twitter: @BenBegleyComedy Follow Jesse on Twitter: @ToomuchJesse Rate us and Download on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello Filmy People!We are back from a little break to bring you the latest and greatest in the world of film and fun, this week we review:The Meg: A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.   Festival: After his girlfriend dumps him at graduation, a young man thinks his life is over. His best friend has the perfect solution: three days at a giant music festival.    

Skype of Cthulhu presents a Call of Cthulhu scenario. Assault on the Mountains of Madness by Jason Durall. Published by Modiphius Entertainment.January, 1945The Elder CityA final battle, and the dramatic conclusion to the Assault on the Mountains of Madness.Dramatis Persone: Jim as The Keeper of Arcane Lore;Max as Dave Springsteen & Chris Smith;Randall as Lawrence McCarthy & Jonas Taylor;Sean as Pvt. Harry Gordon & Lt. Popov & Maxwell Wallace;Steve as Pvt. Oliver Cafee.Download

Hosts Phil Svitek (@PhilSvitek), Marisa Serafini (@SerafiniTV) & Demetri Panos (@DMovies1701) discuss The Meg (2018) Review! A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. To download the rundown used during The Meg anatomy, click here: http://audio.afterbuzztv.com/media/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MTN/Meg.pdf   HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http://popcorntalk.com Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepopcorntalk Merch - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/PopcornTalk/ ABOUT POPCORN TALK: Popcorn Talk Network is the online broadcast network with programming dedicated exclusively to movie di --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Answering the big question...should I see this movie? The Meg (Action, Horror, Sci-Fi) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.Director: Jon TurteltaubWriters: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by) Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson - (IMDb) Movies First RSS feed:  https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BIT7197946000 Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly).  Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, PocketCasts, audioBoom, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker etc.For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter and Google+:Facebook - @moviesfirsttwitter - @ moviesfirstGoogle+ -  https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/116201551232774363704/108207704769091029605  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatJQHaVabIvzCLqO16XvSQ  If you're enjoying Movies First, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you.#movies #cinema #entertainment #podcast #reviews #moviesfirst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Skype of Cthulhu presents a Call of Cthulhu scenario. Assault on the Mountains of Madness by Jason Durall. Published by Modiphius Entertainment.January, 1945The Elder CityThe Allied team steps into the mysterious temple at the very heart of the Elder City.Dramatis Persone: Jim as The Keeper of Arcane Lore;Max as Dave Springsteen & Chris Smith;Randall as Lawrence McCarthy & Jonas Taylor;Sean as Pvt. Harry Gordon & Lt. Popov & Maxwell Wallace;Steve as Pvt. Oliver Cafee.Download

In Theaters, Friday August 10, 2018The MegA massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With time running out, rescue diver Jonas Taylor must save the crew and the ocean itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.Starring: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff CurtisDirected by: Jon TurteltaubProduced by: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Colin Wilson, Belle AveryScreenplay by: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich HoeberCinematography: Tom SternDistributed by: Warner Bros. PicturesRuntime: 113 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steven Alten "Meg": On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists – Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. With a Ph.D. in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he's never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time. MEG is about to surface. When she does, nothing and no one is going to be safe, and Jonas must face his greatest fear once again.

Steven Alten "Meg": On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean’s deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he’s sure he saw but still can’t prove exists – Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehistoric Meg weighs in at twenty tons and could tear apart a Tyrannosaurus rex in seconds. Written off as a crackpot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Taylor refuses to forget the depths that nearly cost him his life. With a Ph.D. in paleontology under his belt, Taylor spends years theorizing, lecturing, and writing about the possibility that Meg still feeds at the deepest levels of the sea. But it takes an old friend in need to get him to return to the water, and a hotshot female submarine pilot to dare him back into a high-tech miniature sub. Diving deeper than he ever has before, Taylor will face terror like he’s never imagined, and what he finds could turn the tides bloody red until the end of time. MEG is about to surface. When she does, nothing and no one is going to be safe, and Jonas must face his greatest fear once again.

Conor and Eric detail their most anticipated movies of 2018. Most Anticipated Movies: (10:20 mark) Trivia: (39:00 mark) Most Anticipated: Apostle - (Dir. Gareth Evans, Star. Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen and Lucy Boynton (Sing Street) - A man attempts to rescue his sister after she's been kidnapped by a religious cult. Release: 2018 Hold the Dark - (Dir. Jeremy Saulnier, Star. Alexander Skarsgård, Jeffrey Wright, Riley Keough) - After three children are killed by wolves, a writer is hired by the parents of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate their son in the Alaskan wilderness. Release: June 1 on Netflix Parasite - (Dir. Joon-ho Bong, Star. Kang-ho Song) A man is infected with a parasite that changes his world in unforeseen ways. Pros: Joon-ho Bong and Kang-ho Song reunite for the first time since Snowpiercer Release: 2018 (If I’m being honest, I highly doubt it will be out this year) The Predator - (Dir. Shane Black, has one of the strangest casts: Tom Jane, Keegan Michael Key, the little kid from the room (Jacob Tremblay) (Trevante Rhodes (grown up Chiron in Moonlight) Alfie Allen (aka Theon Greyjoy) Yvonne Stahovski, Edward James Olmos and Jake Busey) - A sequel of the 1987 sci-fi film "Predator" Pros: Tom Jane. Cons: There might be some non Tom Jane scenes. Release: September 14 The Meg (Dir. Jon Turtletaub (famed director of National Treasure), Star. Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, going hard after the Chinese market with BingBing Li, Ruby Rose and Cliff Curtis) - After escaping an attack by what he claims was by a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Pros: Everything. Cons: None. I can’t foresee a single thing that could be wrong with a giant shark movie directed by the director of National Treasure starring Jason Statham and Dwight from the Office. Release: Aug 10 Farenheit 451 - (Dir. Ramin Baharani, Star. Michael b. Jordan, Michael Shannon) HBO's adaption of Ray Bradbury's famous novel about fireman who burn books in the future. My favorite book. The cast is great, but nothing about the Pros: Great source material Cons: Hard to translate to screen. Release: May 2018 Creed II - (Dir. Steven Caple Jr., Star. Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson) - Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned light-heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago. Pros: Great momentum from the first film Cons: No Ryan Coogler (Caple is supposed to be a Coogler protégé though) Release: Nov 21 Under the Silver Lake (Dir. David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) Stars Andrew Garfield) – A man becomes obsessed with a kidnapped girl and must rush to save her before it's too late. Pros: David Robert Mitchell’s first movie since It Follows Cons: Looks like one of those movies that could unravel effortlessly Release: June 22 Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25) - They haven’t made a bad star wars film, so this could be good, but I don’t have high hopes. Still, it’s a Star Wars movie so I’ll see it. Avengers: Infinity War (April 27)- Gonna be a huge film with a lot of surprises Incredibles 2 (June 15) - Sequel to one of Eric's favorite Pixar films A Quiet Place (Apr 6) - Well reviewed horror, reminiscent of M. Night's 'Signs'. MI-6 (7/27)- The sixth movie of that Tom Cruise franchise where he runs a lot. The Death of Stalin (releasing now)- From the creator of Veep.

The Meg (2018) PG-13 | 1h 53min | Action , Horror , Sci-Fi | 10 August 2018 (USA) After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Director: Jon Turteltaub Writers: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by) Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson Future World (2018) R | 1h 30min | Sci-Fi | 25 May 2018 (USA) A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother. Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung Writers: Jeremy Cheung, Jay Davis Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg The Goonies (1985) PG | 1h 54min | Adventure , Comedy , Family | 7 June 1985 (USA) In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner Writers: Steven Spielberg (story), Chris Columbus (screenplay) Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes

Episode 51 Notes Join Tom, Joe and Paul as they review the new release, The Meg starring Jason Statham, Bingbing Li and Rainn Wilson. Brief Description: After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. A soggy round of "Alexa Quote of the Show" is played as well. AQofS Rules: Amazon Alexa recites a "famous" quote to a movie, the contestants guess, the name of the movie (1 point), year released (2 points) and the top 3 billed actors in order (1 point each). If all 6 points are earned, a bonus 4 points are rewarded for a round total of 10! Play along and see how you stack up! Rating System (highest to lowest): Opening Weekend | 1st Run | 2nd Run | Stream | Cable TV | Don't Watch Help support the show by using our Amazon link. Show your support with a Movie Zealots Podcast Tee! Facebook | Follow on Twitter @MovieZealots Email us moviezealotspodcast@gmail.com.