Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan foltz

Twin Peaks originally ran for two seasons on ABC from 1990 to 1991. A running joke on the show was that FBI agent Dale Cooper, the protagonist, really liked coffee and cherry pie. He was always complimenting establishments on their coffee and cherry pie, while recommending them to other people. To an audience in the early 1990s, this must have been very funny. But the humor of a guy really liking coffee was lost on me watching in 2025.In the 2017 remake of Twin Peaks on Showtime (spoilers beginning here), Dale Cooper returns in a catatonic form. This Zombie Cooper really likes coffee and cherry pie. Whenever we arrived at a moment where his old self comes out after he has seen coffee or cherry pie, I would feel this sense of anticipation and enjoy the predictable punchline. Man likes coffee is not funny to me. But a character I've grown to know and love returning after a quarter century in a different form – and liking coffee – is a thought that brings me overwhelming joy.“The past is a foreign country.” With the invention of TV and movies, we can visually and audibly experience the kinds of situations and jokes people once found funny, what they feared, how they expected the sexes to relate to one another, and more. Even if previous eras put less emphasis on realism in art, we at least learn what was expected from individuals in terms of ideals, prototypes, and norms. Becoming familiar with characters living in one culture and watching what they are like in another, through the passage of time, can be a surreal experience. Of course, all of us who were alive in 1990 and are still here today have had to adjust to new social realities, but in real life the shift is so gradual that its shock is diluted throughout countless small experiences reminding us that the past is always incrementally slipping away. Only through fiction can we fully experience getting to know characters living in one generation and then suddenly seeing what they are like in the next. The fact that this premise is so interesting is why you'll often see novels, shows, and movies about an individual waking up from a coma, or in a variation of that theme, people living in a foreign country and then coming back, which is the premise of the King of the Hill remake. This is part of the appeal of the Twin Peaks story. Tyler Tone originally convinced me to get into this universe, and he now joins me to discuss the series, with a particular focus on The Return. We spend time on the aesthetic shift between the original and the remake. As argued by Jonathan Foltz, the story is much more thematically and geographically sprawling than the original, reflecting what has happened to American culture since the early 1990s.The first series offered an idealized vision of small-town America – albeit with a dark underbelly – while the 2017 series feels haunted by economic decay, addiction, and disconnection. We reflect on how Twin Peaks originally brought tens of millions together on network television, while The Return premiered on a premium TV channel and streaming service with orders of magnitude fewer viewers.The conversation begins with a discussion of the subplots and character arcs, before getting into larger questions about the series. We reflect on how The Return withholds the Cooper fans expect, offering instead Zombie Cooper as Dougie Jones and the evil Mr. C. I take the fact that we don't get the Cooper we remember until late in the show as a sign that he's too good for the culture we've created. As viewers have come to expect anti-heroes, an unblemished classic hero is difficult to imagine. I talk about how pro wrestling changed over the 1990s, reflecting the larger cultural shift, and the move away from clear cut good guys and bad guys. There is something similar going on with the original Sheriff Truman, who is omnipresent throughout conversations and via his brother and namesake, while never actually showing up. At some point, we also discuss how the original “Bob” really doesn't work in 2017. I guess in 1990, a plausible symbol of evil was a guy who looks like a janitor in a denim outfit? Such a figure is laughable today. Maybe Bob takes whatever form represents evil in a particular cultural context. If so, it's interesting to think how out of place the original character looks from our vantage point. I was hit hard by the storyline with Bobby and Shelly. David Lynch first led us on to believe that they were still together. Then in the middle of what looks like a family discussion, the young criminal comes out and takes Shelly away. Bobby is defeated. The entirety of Shelly's past is seen in a different light. She wasn't a victim of Leo; he was the kind of man she sought out, with her daughter falling into the same patterns. The seeming revelation that something similar happened between Ed and Nora at first compounded the original despair, but their relationship then moves in the opposite direction. Tyler and I speculate on why the two love stories end up differently. We discuss David Lynch's politics. Tyler informs me that he voted for Gary Johnson in 2016. I note that the clearest tell that he was a rightoid is that he didn't cast many nonwhites in the series, except for Asian females. See in particular the scene where the tiny girl is put on the ground and crawls on the floor. Relatedly, there's the fact that the Twin Peaks universe caters to the male gaze as a more general matter. This appears to be the role of Tammy, who serves as the sidekick to Lynch himself. As mentioned in my review of that film with Rob, I've always thought that the point of Mulholland Drive was to put two beautiful actresses in sex scenes together. We spend some time on the Dr. Jacoby storyline. To me, it's interesting that the two people who we see enjoying his show are Nadine and Jerry. All three of these individuals are B characters throughout the series. Are those the ones who get into paranoid right-wing politics? Tyler questions whether Dr. Amp is actually right-coded, but I think I convince him by pointing to the shovel scam and the Americana iconography. It is true there are some more left-wing critiques in his rants, and this shows Lynch being ahead of his time, given the MAGA-MAHA convergence we have witnessed. Ben Horne makes occasional appearances to show us how men have changed. Before, he had sex with his subordinates. Now he doesn't. Not because he's afraid of being cancelled, but because that's not what we expect from older men in positions of power anymore. He's kind of dead inside, compared to the energetic and jovial character he was a quarter-century ago, so this really doesn't seem like a celebration of the feminization of the world. And then there's Audrey. I was in shock watching her first appearance. You can see the same facial expressions, patterns of speech, tics and eccentricities. But what was cute or could even make a man fall in love with a woman in her twenties – the frivolity, indecisiveness, arbitrary and fierce passions – is unsettling in one who is deep into middle age. Only the mole remains unblemished as a commemoration of the past. Shelly in contrast is still beautiful, and it seems like Lynch made Audrey look particularly bad to drive the point home. People talk about her storyline, and much of The Return, as an assault on the concept of nostalgia, but here the lessons are heightened as we're reminded of one of the cruelest facts of human existence: women age. After exhausting some of the main subplots – I don't think we could've gotten to all of them, even with much more time – we move on to larger themes. The show, we agree, is less about solving mysteries than about resisting the very idea of resolution. Tyler emphasizes that he doesn't particularly like the idea of worrying about plot details, but rather seeks to experience the director's larger vision. He mentions the four and a half hour YouTube video that seeks to explain the series, which I'm just starting to get through. I ask about the significance of the episode centered around the detonation of the atom bomb. Tyler argues that we shouldn't think about this as a scientific explanation of the main plot, but rather see nuclear weapons as a symbol of man becoming alienated from his nature and losing control. We talk about nuclear weapons as the symbol of man-made danger versus AI, with me arguing that the latter is much more depressing as the crowning achievement that might destroy us. Nuclear weapons are cool. They're just machines that are doing more of the thing that machines do, that is rearranging matter. AI cuts to the core of who we are, and while there will be a lot of great applications going forward, it is also drowning the world in slop. Fine, slop is not Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but I don't know, I find slop worse. This is the technological version of hating pronouns more than genocide, even though I've become so polarized against MAGA liars that I can't even hate pronouns all that much anymore. And of course, if you listen to Eliezer, AI is much more dangerous than nuclear weapons anyway.We close the conversation by discussing the final episodes, particularly Cooper's surreal re-entry into an altered timeline. Does he really believe he can save Laura Palmer? Was the lesson that he was being too hubristic, or something else? Tyler presents a popular theory that the ending was, despite all appearances, a happy one. I like having that out there as a possibility. Regardless, if there's one rule of watching Twin Peaks, it is to remember that the point is not narrative closure. The show is a reflection, telling us who we are and what we've become. I don't think the reality of our modern culture is as dark as Lynch believed it was. But we can't lie to ourselves and say we haven't lost something. And we cannot find redemption in nostalgia in a world where rapid societal changes are constantly making a mockery of what we have loved. This is a public episode. 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Finding the right people to invest in your company, particularly start-up ones, is a pretty tedious and time-consuming endeavor to accomplish. But thanks to Pitch Investors Live, every business can take advantage of this online platform that's very much like Shark Tank combined with Tinder. John Livesay interviews Pitch Investors Live Co-founder, Jonathan Foltz, to share how he and his friends started this groundbreaking project. He also looks back on his childhood and how his falling short of being a basketball player pushed him to pursue a career in entrepreneurship.

Finding the right people to invest in your company, particularly start-up ones, is a pretty tedious and time-consuming endeavor to accomplish. But thanks to Pitch Investors Live, every business can take advantage of this online platform that's very much like Shark Tank combined with Tinder. John Livesay interviews Pitch Investors Live Co-founder, Jonathan Foltz, to share how he and his friends started this groundbreaking project. He also looks back on his childhood and how his falling short of being a basketball player pushed him to pursue a career in entrepreneurship. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here's How » Join The Successful Pitch community today: JohnLivesay.com John Livesay Facebook John Livesay Twitter John Livesay LinkedIn John Livesay YouTube

Jonathan Foltz co-founder of Pitch Investors Live and digital age business agency. He has built a 4 million dollar brand in 4 different industries in the last 4 years. He is also the owner of multiple Ecomm brands and has taken one of the brands to 7-figure within a month. ~WHAT YOU’LL LEARN~ Why data is king and what you can do with itImportance of post-purchase funnel500/100 rule of silicon valleyThe mindset to create $1,000+/dayThe story about from the verge of shutting down the company to having a quarter million in sales.~KEY POINTS~ Having tunnel vision and collaboration with the right people helped Jonathan to go from zero to quarter millionShopify's advantage over Amazon because is the ability to install apps like an iPhone based on the services you need.There are three levels of Ecom as per Jonathan- 1. Drop-Shipping. 2. White Labeling 3. Private Labeling2020 is the time where greatest wealth transfer will happen event during a global pandemic.~CONTACT DETAILS~ If you would like to know more about Jonathan - Read his articles on Medium, LinkedIn or you can check out - PITCH Investors Live – The Future of Opportunityhttps://medium.com/@jonathanfoltzhttps://pitchinvestorslive.com/---Click here to Listen, Subscribe, and Review Ecom Exits Podcast on ApplePodcastsThanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to the Ecom Exits Podcast with Nate Ginsburg? Have some feedback you’d like to share? Connect with us on ApplePodcasts and leave us an honest review!Your feedback will not only help us improve the show, but it will help us connect with more high flyers like you.Subscribe to the eCOM EXITS Podcast now

Have you ever dreamed of being on Shark Tank? Do you have an amazing business idea that needs capital to get off of the ground. Today’s show is an interview that Loral did with Jonathan Foltz. Jonathan is the co-founder of PITCH Investors Live. This is a new platform that allows entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to potential investors and sharks. Jonathan sums it up as Shark Tank meets Kickstarter meets online dating all live streamed. This revolutionary new app not only allows regular people to get in front of much sought after investors, but it has the capacity to get your idea in front of regular people who might be interested in investing in you and your idea. Loral is super excited about this new business partnership and her and Jonathan talk about everything involved in pitching and how you can get started with some incredible bonus offers. You can find Jonathan Foltz here: Integrated Health & Wealth Ask Loral Show Notes: [06:01] The app has about 200 to 300 investors in their database. People are even getting deals from people watching in the audience, so there are probably more like 1000 investors. [07:55] The Big Table teaches how to vet deals. [08:19] Sharks are equity investors that also bring their brains and experience to the deal. [09:24] Can you give too much info when pitching a shark? Real sharks are so busy, they aren't going to "steal" your idea. [13:39] An accelerator session is a 30-day trial to learn everything you need to know to get your idea off of the ground. [17:14] Loral gives tips on what you need to pitch properly. Investors also like partners, knowing your market, and how you're going to make money. [18:56] Have a really good story and have numbers that make sense. [20:04] Jonathan shares how he got started with PITCH Investors Live. [22:13] Getting money and strategic partners is always one of the hardest things. Getting cash from investors can accelerate growth. [24:44] Jonathan shares a success story where a guy pitched, got rejected, and then someone from LinkedIn contacted him. Now his company has been acquired. [26:24] People who are just watching the pitch may contact the entrepreneur. The pitches will be available for later viewing. [28:29] To get started, you sign in, and download the app. You can also create a pitch summary and watch other pitches. The live summary allows investors to see them. [30:26] You also get a notification when someone wants to see your pitch. [31:44] You just need to do it. The first pitch will change form many times. [32:12] The 10 Steps to a Perfect Pitch tells you how to construct a pitch. There is a video and PDF version. They also have a one page business plan template. There is also a Pitch Deck PowerPoint type presentation. The accelerator program is a private Facebook group of very hungry entrepreneurs collaborating together. [39:02] There is also a tip feature in the works. [49:50] The whole idea is to offer value and help entrepreneurs get their ideas out into the world. [50:46] Make sure you at least get a patent pending, but don't let it slow you down. You can also have the investors sign an NDA. [54:47] It's important to be concise and get to the point. Be up front if you don't know something. Links and Resources: Loral’s Real Money Talks PITCH Investors Live

Margaret tells us to watch and listen to the dream of time and space, but just what is time and space in Twin Peaks, and how does it play into our experience as viewers and fans 25 years later?. Further reading David Lynch's Late Style by Jonathan Foltz, LA Review of Books Interview with Simon Reynolds, author of Retromania, on time and culture in the digital age Title music by Strangers From Birth (https://strangersfrombirth.bandcamp.com/) Subscribe, rate and review on itunes apple.co/2qDwBOy We are creating additional content for Patreon. Become a patron today www.patreon.com/dianepodcast

Join your host Sean Bradley he discusses many ASPECTS of BALL PYTHONS with some amazing guests!   This weeks guest - Jonathan Foltz - Digital Entrepreneur! http://herplife.com http://reptilewebmasters.com   Join Sean as he invites Jonathan Foltz, former creator of The Breeder’s Circle and now brave entrepreneur to talk about MANY different things.  Much about Axiology and the balance of life!  Where did the Herp Life apparel idea come from and WHAT THE FUCK ELSE?!?  You gotta listen to find out!  Here is a link to one of the axiology resources that Sean has listened to a bit and Jonathan has LIVED BY…   Dr. John Demartini - Polymath extraordinaire!! http://drdemartini.com   Particularly try this page… sign up and try this thing out!  It really opens your eyes to your life, how you spend it and what to focus on to make it better and more fulfilling! http://drdemartini.com/values/     REMEMBER THE BAD ASS NEW COUPON CODE from PerfectPrey.com (linked below with more info) gives the user 5% off the total order before shipping.  “Ballsh!t5”   More details can be found on http://www.ballsht.com or on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ballshtpodcast     SHOW SPONSORS :   Exotics by Nature Company - Sean Bradley, host and producer of The Ballsh!t Podcast!   http://www.exoticsbynature.com   http://www.facebook.com/ebncompany   C-Serpents Reptile & Rack Systems and Hot Box Incubators - Great source for ALL of your assembled rack system needs!!  Hot box incubators are INCREDIBLE and come complete, ready to use!  We use these products at EbN and we proudly endorse them! - http://www.cserpents.com   Perfect Prey - Top quality feeder rodents and insects! Great source for ALL of your prey animal needs!!  Perfect Prey is owned and operated by a fellow Ball Python (ALL SPECIES really lol) professional Jim Galloway who also owns Loxahatchee Herp Hatchery.  Jim knows not only what the discerning hobbyist/professional wants but is sure to EXCEED their expectations!  New flat rate shipping makes supplying your collection with the proper food more cost effective!  Check out the site and if you can tell them you found out on BALLSH!T!! - http://www.perfectprey.com   ReptiChip - Awesome new bedding option for ALL of your reptiles, not just Ball Pythons!  This is a very clean and low-dust form of Coconut husk.  Available from distributors NATIONWIDE you can find more info and availability on the ReptiChip website - http://www.reptichip.com   The Morph Market - REVOLUTIONARY new reptile marketplace designed for the MORPH BUYER!  Ball Pythons, Boa constrictors, Leopard Geckos and MORE!  You must check this site out NOW - http://www.morphmarket.com   We are getting better with our editing and content so PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR FEEDBACK...   Want to participate in the show?!?  Head over to our website http://www.ballsht.com and click the Speakpipe widget on the left side of the screen!  This app will allow you to record a voicemail from your computer or mobile device for us to possibly feature on the show!  Please be sure to tell us YOUR NAME and YOUR BUSINESS NAME, leave a comment or question!  Listen in to EVERY EPISODE and maybe you'll be ON!!   One of the best things about our reptile industry is that we are all family and friends!  We travel around the country to several reptile shows and we would LOVE TO MEET YOU!!    Please stop by the Exotics by Nature Co. booth and SAY HI!!   Check this listing for some of our appearances coming up SOON...   2016 Expo Schedule (subject to change) :   H.E.R.P.S - Lake Charles November 5th&6th, 2016 - Lake Charles, LA Affiliate Link: http://www.facebook.com/HERPShow   Affiliate Link: http://www.herpshow.net/lake-charles-la/   MORE BEING ADDED SOON!!! 

Jonathan Foltz of Breeders Circle, Herp Life and Reptile Webmasters joins for a discussion about Ball Pythons, the market and how social media is changing the face of herpetoculture. Steve Barker will be my co host for this special show. See you in the chat room!  Check out Jon at https://www.facebook.com/breeders.jonathanfoltz www.reptilewebmasters.com https://www.facebook.com/herplife