Podcast appearances and mentions of kathy kennedy

Last week, we attended the UK Fan Event for The Mandalorian and Grogu, where we caught the first twenty minutes of the movie. In addition to sharing our spoiler-free thoughts on that footage and the event - which featured a Q&A with Kathy Kennedy, Jon Favreau, Sigourney Weaver, and Pedro Pascal - we dive into the latest Ahsoka season two updates and the recent Star Wars Celebration ticket situation. PLUS We also answer some ace Patreon questions!Support the show via Patreon at patreon.com/starwarssessions from as little as £2/$2/€2 a month and get loads of BONUS EPISODES! Find Star Wars Sessions on Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Contact us at hellothere@starwarssessions.co.ukIntro background music by Kfir Ochaion - remixed by Star Wars Sessions.For everything Sessions, head to starwarssessions.co.ukFor GALAXYPALOOZA news and updates, head to galaxypalooza.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your school taxes are going up! More on St. Patrick's Day! Plus, a fundraiser for Cuba.

Dan and Kenton discuss the recent #StarWars news that #KathleenKennedy is stepping down as head of Lucasfilm. What does this mean for the future of the franchise?Follow the Nerds on TikTok:⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@danwatchesmovies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kentonlarsen

Pop Break's Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.Here's the format of the show:New Series Spotlight Rewind – Alex, Bill, and Josh check back in on all the series they covered in their New Series Spotlight segment this year to see which shows they actually kept up with and which fell by the wayside.News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh discuss the single story that they each believe was the biggest for the world of TV this past year. Bill & Josh both agreed that the Paramount-SkyDance merger was the biggest news story of the year, while Alex made the outside the box case that Kathy Kennedy defiantly declaring to Deadline that she wasn't retiring from Lucasfilm was actually the biggest story⁠.Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, and Josh check in on the standings for the past year of who won the most months in streaming before giving their own picks for who won the year, where they all agreed that Netflix, HBO Max, and AppleTV had incredible years, but who won the year and who was their most improved streamer? Tune in to find out!The Beast Series of 2025 – Bill, Josh, and Alex each give their favorite series of the year, and two honorable mentions, which you can check out below!Bill's Series of the Year - Andor (Daredevil: Born Again, Nautilus)Josh's Series of the Year - Severance (Andor, Alien: Earth)Alex's Series of the Year - Pluribus (Adolescence, Andor)Finally, the hosts close out 2025 by circling back to their Most Anticipated Series of 2025 from this past January to see how their collective optimism and enthusiasm paid off.

Kathy Kennedy fills in for Jim Toth and talks to Harry Siemens/ag reporter/how is harvest going with the warm/dry weather? Hal Anderson joins the show and Shannon Terrell/finance expert at Nerd Wallet Canada/Thanksgiving costs-how to save and Andrew Enns/ Executive Vice-President, Central Canada at Leger/caregiving invisibility

Check out my interview with Kathy Kennedy of "Connecting Winnipeg" on 680 CJOB, released Wednesday, August 27th, 2015 at 10:33 a.m. somewhere on this site: https://globalnews.ca/radio/cjob/ Check out JOE PROUX's bandcamp account and window shop here: www.bandcamp.com/joeproulx www.linktr.ee/themanitobamoneyshotpodcast www.patreon.com/ronaldgeorgemoore

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This is a special edition of conscient roundtable featuring Aaron Lui-Rosenbaum, Barry Truax, Jacek Smolicki (for more on Jacek's work also see conscient e113 part 1 and e133 part 2)  Kathy Kennedy, Lindsey French, Natalie Dusek, Sabine Breitsameter (all see conscient e175) Vincent Andrisani and myself. We are part of the Sonic Research Group out of Simon Fraser University (for more from this group see episodes 157 and 170). This time our topic was ‘low technology' or low tech in the sense of what do we do when we have less energy and technology, which is coming and how does it relate to our field of acoustic ecology. Being a research group, we pondered 3 questions :  How can we continue our work in acoustic ecology in a world with less energy and in perpetual crisis, including the climate emergency, the depletion of non-renewable resources, loss of biodiversity and so on ?What role can artistic practice in acoustic ecology play in the transition towards sustainability? What steps can we take now to prepare a better future for generations of acoustic ecologists to come? The group shared some convincing answers and some new questions. You'll find a set of resource links in the episode now (below). Resource ListAI's impact on energy and water usageAlexis Zeigler –  Living Without Fossil Fuels: How Living Energy Farm Created a Comfortable Off-Grid Lifestyleclimate amnesia : canada's cultural moment and the climate emergency are one and the sameDecomposed : The Political Ecology of MusicHow to Build a Low-tech InternetMusic, Soundscape and Acoustic SustainabilityPeter Strack – 2000-Watt Society: The Realities of Living a Lower Energy LifestyleRegenerative Energy CommunitiesSun ThinkingTrapped by Industrialism: Civilization's Daily Resource Demands *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHey conscient listeners, I've been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). It's my way to give back.In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish free ‘a calm presence' Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tik Tok, YouTube and Substack.Share what you like, etcI am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on July 8, 2025

Peter & Jason breakdown the latest coming and going in a galaxy far far away with talking points including:- A new collaboration showcasing the legendary storytelling of Star Wars with the magic of Coca-Cola has been announced.- Ming-Na Wen talks Fennec Shand return and status for The Mandalorian & Grogu movie.- Dave Filoni & Carrie Beck to co head Lucasfilm after Kathy Kennedy steps down.Follow us:Patreonhttps://patreon.com/StarBoresX (twitter)https://twitter.com/BoresStarTikTokhttp://tiktok.com/@starborespodcastInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/starborespodcast/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmtO6_i6WBBlVIm2h0V-qwFaceBookhttps://www.facebook.com/StarBoresPodcast

Peter & Jason breakdown the latest coming and going in a galaxy far far away with talking points including:- The Mandalorian & Grogu coming to Millennium Falcon Smugglers Run at Disney Parks + BDX Droids.- The Mandalorian Season 4 written.- Kathy Kennedy talks Lucasfilm's future.- Star Wars celebration Japan panel announcements.- New Hasbro figure reveals.- Rick McCallum talks shelved Star Wars Underworld series.Follow us:Patreonhttps://patreon.com/StarBoresX (twitter)https://twitter.com/BoresStarTikTokhttp://tiktok.com/@starborespodcastInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/starborespodcast/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmtO6_i6WBBlVIm2h0V-qwFaceBookhttps://www.facebook.com/StarBoresPodcast

Holly is joined by Max Frey to talk about the new Andor trailer, Deadline's Kathy Kennedy interview and their list of favorite jackets in the Star Wars galaxy.

The trailer for Andor season 2 is here and it delivered quite the punch. Cassian, Mothma, Luthen, and Saw are ready to fight as Orson Krennic oversees the Death Star construction and any unexpected parties.Lucasfilm also revealed the release schedule and it breaks the norm for previous releases.After a week or unsubstantial rumors regarding Kathleen Kennedy's future on Lucasfilm, the president of LFL speaks with Deadline to set the record straight and gives some updates on various projects.Oti https://twitter.com/EPEstarGuarsBad Wolf Broadcast https://twitter.com/BadWolf_fniLink Tree: https://t.co/QiW944JnUG?amp

Don't call it a comeback. This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Pamela Anderson, star of Baywatch and Barb Wire, sit down with Alex Godfrey to tell him about how Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl has given her a second chance in Hollywood. [23:46 - 38:29 approx] Our other interview sees Mickey 17 (out next Friday, fact fans!) star Naomi Ackie talk to Helen O'Hara about working with Bong Joon Ho and multiple Robert Pattinsons, and coming to terms with fame. [1:05:30 - 1:19:50 approx] And both Alex and Helen are also in the podbooth this week, joining Chris Hewitt and James Dyer to talk about the greatest movie monkeys, take an impromptu Kathy Kennedy quiz, and review The Last Showgirl and Sky Cinema Original, Fight Or Flight. And the team also bid a sad farewell to some souls who left us far too soon this week — Michelle Trachtenberg, Roberto Orci, and the great Gene Hackman, who passed away along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa. A full Hackman tribute will appear in next week's podcast, but for now, the team recommend the movies they would watch as a tribute to his Gene-ius. [Episode 657]

We're mashing together two of our favorite things: wrestling and Star Wars! We preview the upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber event with predictions and side bets so you can be prepped and ready for Saturday night. Then, we give your thoughts on the first season of Star Wars Skeleton Crew. Also, we react to the Andor season 2 trailer, Kathy Kennedy's retirement, and some Russo brothers news in this episode's Week In Geek!   FULL VIDEO EPISODES! That's right folks, you can see our bright smiling idiotic faces in full color on our YouTube channel. Full episodes available as well as clips.   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's the Andor season 2 trailer so you can watch along - Kathleen Kennedy updates: Will she step down? - Will she really? - Did she ruin Star Wars for a generation? - Russo Brothers Tease Very Radical New 'Avengers' Films - Uncle Corny previews Elimination Chamber   ...AND ANOTHER THING: The Man They Call Tim suggests watching WWE's new show "LFG" on A&E Uncle Todd suggests watching "Sly Lives! (aka The Burden Of Black Genius)" on Hulu or Disney+   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy YouTube - http://youtube.com/@freerangeidiocy

Greg Mackling and Kathy Kennedy (in for Brett Megarry today) talk a CJOB exclusive with Richard Cloutier, how non-profits are affected by the postal strike, a chat with Brett Fitz and an update from Fill the Freightliner!!

M&M hosted the Grace Hospital Foundation gala last night / Jets / KK on the Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo... jackpot nearing $750K! (1:40); Brett couldn't remember how to put on his tie! What's a wardrobe issue you've had? (9:00); Mortgage rates & the looming decision from the Bank of Canada (17:30); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - John Shannon (25:25); BOC interest rate cut / Jets are 6-0... How do you handle a winning streak? Rich & Julie will be exploring this today on The News between 3pm-6pm (36:50); KK! Kathy Kennedy on the HUGE jackpot for Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo! (40:30); Listener is concerned the Jets have JINXED the Bombers...(48:25).    

Guest Hosts Lauren McNabb & Kathy Kennedy talk scams, was something to good to be true? and All Elite Wrestling star, Winnipeg's Chris Jericho joins the show to talk about the new documentary, "The Death Tour" that Chris will be making a Winnipeg appearance for on August 15th!

Lauren McNabb and Kathy Kennedy are filling in for Brett and Greg and they chat about the Olympics, Perseid Meteor Shower tonight, conflict in the Middle East and Subscription madness!

On this edition of the Art in action interview series we hear from sound artist, vocalist and community cultural workers Kathy Kennedy. Kathy has been active for many years building community and creating space for vocal works that speak to the emotional landscapes of our time. Kathy's work has particularly focused on creating space for voices that advocate for gender equality and Feminist movements. Learn more about Kathy's work at: https://kathykennedy.ca Music on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains. Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.

Peter, Kat and Iain break down the latest coming and going in a galaxy far far away. Talking points include Kathy Kennedy's comments on the upcoming Rey's new Jedi order film. Adam Driver while promoting his new film Ferrari talks Ben Solo's over all character arc and the planning of the sequel trilogy. Both Hayden Christensen and Joel Edgerton talk reprising their roles of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader and Owen Lars respectively. Hasbro making more cuts due to poor sales and what we want as Star Wars fan who collect toys plus what the guys have been reading lately!

It's been 25 years since Mankind and Undertaker stepped through the curtain for one of most iconic professional wrestling matches of all time - Hell In A Cell at 1998's King of the Ring PPV. To commemorate this occasion, we're going to be rewatching the match and providing our own commentary to what has become an indelible part of each man's career. Use the link below to watch along with us! Also, we talk about the new Ahsoka trailer, what's coming up in season 2 of Andor, and whether Kathy Kennedy is on the hot seat in The Week In Geek!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Yup, Tim was right - Waylon Jennings was the voice of The Dukes Of Hazzard - Here's the new Ahsoka trailer - Andor Season 2 will return to a familiar location - Kathleen Kennedy possibly on the way out? - Here's a link to the 1998 King of the Ring PPV on Peacock to watch along   ...AND ANOTHER THING: The Man They Call Tim recommends watching Succession on Max Uncle Todd advises you to watch If These Walls Could Sing on Disney+   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy YouTube - http://youtube.com/@freerangeidiocy

In Episode 146 of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast,  Nate, Jake, and Chris dive deep into the latest Star Wars news and rumors. An Ahsoka star sheds light on the precise timeline of the highly anticipated show, giving us a clearer picture of when it is set within the post-Return of the Jedi era. And discover why Lars Mikkelson, the voice actor for Grand Admiral Thrawn, needed to tweak his delivery for the live-action portrayal of the character and learn why he thinks the writing of the Ahsoka series is so phenomenal.In an unsurprising turn of events, rumors swirl about the future of the Lucasfilm boss, Kathleen Kennedy with whispers of potential consequences following a lower-performing box office for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The Geeks dissect the situation and discuss whether they believe there are any real  implications for the Star Wars franchise and Kennedy's future with Disney in her role. Also, Netflix is succeeding where Disney has struggled—to swiftly deliver a Star Wars film. Explore the fascinating journey of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon and its transformation from a rejected Lucasfilm pitch to a highly anticipated Netflix release later this year.Lastly, the hosts reflect on The High Republic publishing initiative a few years into its launch. They delve into a discussion on its success and impact within the Star Wars universe, determining whether it soared to new heights or faced challenges akin to a stormtrooper's aim. Don't miss out on this packed episode of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, brimming with exclusive revelations, in-depth analysis, and thrilling rumors that will leave you craving more. Tune in now and may the Force be with you, always!

We review THE MANDALORIAN season 3 with new behind-the-scenes info and interviews with the cast and crew via DISNEY GALLERY. We have highlights from Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Doug Chaing, Jack Black and more! We look ahead to the upcoming STAR WARS film featuring Daisy Ridley as Kathy Kennedy claims Rey made "a promise to Luke Skywalker" and we try to figure out exactly what the hell she's talking about. Plus, listener feedback about Dark Siders escaping death, the potential of a live action Capt. Rex in AHSOKA and more! Get ad-free shows, bonus podcasts, full show video and more with RFR on Patreon: www.patreon.com/rebelforceradio 

This week, fans learned we will be getting three new STAR WARS films over the course of a year and a half starting in May 2026. We look closely at the schedule and break it all down. A surprise video game was announced this week - STAR WARS OUTLAWS. We review the trailer, the characters, and the visuals. Listener voicemail triggers speculation about the upcoming AHSOKA series, we review interview highlight clips featuring Kathy Kennedy on the future films, and Diego Luna talking ANDOR with OBI-WAN KENOBI's Hayden Christensen and more!

Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" kicked off with host Paul Pacelli detailing a proposal to let cities and towns participate in a state-sponsored pilot program for new traffic enforcement cameras (0:36). Milford/Orange GOP State Rep. Kathy Kennedy joined us to chat about that camera proposal and other proposed "Vision Zero" safety policies (11:51). Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Analyst Jake Denton updated us on the continuing controversy over TikTok (22:30). Image Credit: Getty Images

In episode 127 of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate, Jake and Chris break down the 12th and final episode of the first season of the Andor TV series in this spoiler special. They do a deep dive into the trap being sprung for Cassian Andor, discuss the stirring performances by Fiona Shaw, Diego Luna Stellan Skarsgard, Genevieve O'Reilly, Joplin Sibtain, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, and more. Plus, Tony Gilroy shares his insights on the inspiring crowd and band scenes that led to the spark of rebellion on Ferrix. Plus, the Geeks discuss the recent move by Disney to remove CEO Bob Chapek and replace him with the former CEO Bob Iger, along with how that might impact Star Wars content in the future. They also delve into the rumors that Kathy Kennedy's exit may be coming soon as a result of the CEO shakeup, (it's just a rumor though). Check it all out in this episode of The Force Geeks podcast!***Be warned, there is a couple of F-bombs dropped early on in the podcast, however it is back to our usually tame language after that.***

In episode 123 of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate, Jake and Chris break down the Eighth episode of the Andor TV series in this spoiler special. Plus, they dive into all six of the new Tales of the Jedi shorts from creative powerhouse, Dave Filoni. There is so much to love about all this Star Wars content. The Geeks break down all the important plot points for Andor and examine the further exposition for the stories of two Jedi that walked away from the Order.Plus, the Geeks discuss the recent rumors that Damon Lindelof is secretly working on a script for the next Star Wars movie and who else is said to be involved. Check it all out in this episode of The Force Geeks podcast!

Fresh off our first ever tie in The Real or The Jabroni, Uncle Todd has talked The Man They Call Tim into a double-or-nothing situation with our fan theory predictions for the new Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series premiering on Disney+ this Friday! Which theories will turn out to be true? Which ones won't happen under any circumstances? Most importantly, which idiot is going to take home TWO bottles of bourbon when this thing is all said and done?! Start the journey with us!  Also... We talk about all the news from Kevin Feige and Kathy Kennedy, the multiverse rumor that refuses to die, and our respects to a design icon.   LINKS OF INTEREST: - So much Kevin Feige news right now that he gets his own section in The Week In Geek! - We're not saying Kathy Kennedy might've been jealous of Feige's news dump, but she released a whole lotta info as well - The rumor that just won't die, even though we now know it wasn't true at all... Tom Cruise as Tony Stark - RIP Colin Cantwell, designer of the iconic Death Star in A New Hope - Link to some Kenobi fan theories on Looper.com - Link to other fan theories on ScreenRant.com   ...AND ANOTHER THING: The Man They Call Tim recommends watching the new documentary George Carlin's American Dream on HBO Uncle Todd keeps the George Carlin love going by imploring you to watch his Back In Town stand-up special   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Twitter - http://twitter.com/freerangeidiocy  Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy

We're talking latest Star Wars news at clown school y'all. Join us! #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ChristopherLloyd - Mando season 3 set photos - Christopher Lloyd cast in Mando season 3 - Kathy Kennedy and George Lucas win big award! - First look at Jedi: Fallen Order sequel coming in May! -- FOLLOW! Instagram: throughimperialeyespod Twitter: @imperialeyespod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXWRZZyJNtQvCoKiO2dGVCg Anchor: anchor.fm/throughimperialeyes -- Follow Braydon! IG: braydonleadbetter Twitter: @braydathalon Follow Jackson! IG: quackson_scalene, daleen_photography Twitter: @quacksonscalene -- Leave us a voice message and your message might be discussed on the show! - anchor.fm/throughimperialeyes/message -- This episode of Through Imperial Eyes was sponsored by Anchor. Download the free Anchor app: anchor.fm/app --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/throughimperialeyes/support

In episode 87 of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate, Jake, and DailySuperhero.com Founder Daniel Wolf break down the latest TV spots for The Book of Boba Fett. They also share has has joined the cast of the upcoming Ahsoka series. Plus, you'll want to check out how The Today Show's Al Roker lost his mind and gushed about the Grogu balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Geeks also examine an interview that Lucasfilm head Kathy Kennedy gave to Empire Magazine in which she hints at more stories to be told with the characters from the Sequel Trilogy. They play another round of Star Wars Rumors: Legit or Excrement (but they use a different word for 'Excrement' that rhymes with 'sit')  focused on what rumors are circulating involving Star Wars. Check it all out in this episode of The Force Geeks!***There is some swearing rumors segment at the end being called what it is, so be warned.***

Peter and Jason break down all the latest coming and going in a galaxy far far away. Talking points include the new UCS Lego AT-AT, Hasbro / Haslab RANCOR, Upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series news including Book Of Boba Fett / Ahsoka / The Mandalorian S3 / Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kathy Kennedy's 3 year contract extension as Lucasfilm President. Jason also gives us a round up of his MCM Birmingham comic con experience.

In episode 86 of The Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate, and Chris Ridlon break down the news of the live-action Sabine Wren casting for the upcoming Ahsoka series. They also discuss the latest news that Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron movie isn't just delayed but, according to a report from a Hollywood insider, it's shelved permanently. And that's not the only film project in limbo now. Also, Disney quietly re-upped Lucasfilm head Kathy Kennedy's contract through 2024 and the Geeks have some thoughts on that subject.Plus, Nate and Chris look at the recent Disney+ Day teaser for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series with confirmation that Inquisitors are part of the show and what we learned from the brief look at what is to come. They play another round of Star Wars Rumors: Legit or Excrement (but they use a different word for 'Excrement' that rhymes with 'sit')  focused on what rumors are circulating involving Star Wars. Check it all out in this episode of The Force Geeks!***A little more swearing than usual with the new segment at the end being called what it is and some adult language from some soundbites. So be warned.***

Brad and Sarah are joined by Savanna and Brian from The Dorky Diva Show (@DorkyDivaShow) to celebrate Kathy Kennedy's birthday! We discuss her early beginnings in Hollywood with Spielberg on 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' forming a partnership with her husband Frank Marshall, and later becoming handpicked by George to take on the LFL mantle in 2012. Plus, our favorite Kennedy-produced films! The Adventures of Zolan Dart: https://www.thedorkydivashowpresents.com/ The Dorky Diva: http://www.thedorkydiva.com/ The Interesting Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-interesting-podcast-with-brian-ballance/id1153512193 "She Did That" Shirt: https://thedorkydiva.bigcartel.com/product/kathy-is-queen Vanity Fair article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/kathleen-kennedy-hollywood-producer Friends of the Force is a Star Wars podcast aimed at finding joy in fandom through collaborative in-depth discussions and interviews. New episodes every Monday! Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Anchor, and more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/FriendsOfForce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendsoftheforce/?hl=en Website: http://www.friendsoftheforcepod.com YouTube: https://bit.ly/36w7bsd Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/friendsoftheforce Email us: https://www.friendsoftheforcepodcast@gmail.com Thank you to all of our Patrons, including our Luminous Beings: Adam, Anna, Bryan, Cheryl, Huong, Jessi, Levi, Lucy, Neil, Saberbouquet, and T. #StarWars #StarWarsPodcast

Happy 75th Anniversary CJOB! (1:06); Greg's message and thank you to listeners (9:12); Kevin 'The Lizard' Wallace - former technical producer for Charles Adler, and former program director of CJOB (12:42); What was your best ever birthday party? (19:25); Doug Brown on the CFL talking to the XFL (25:20); A message from Charles Adler (32:26); Barry Burns, former CJOB news anchor (35:17); One year ago today, a global pandemic was declared. Tristan Field-Jones looks at how the dominoes started to fall once the NBA suspended its season (38:59); KK! Kathy Kennedy, current host on CJOB (46:40); Contest winner, and a special 'hazy' surprise from Dorothy Dobbie and some interesting plants...(51:08); Larry Updike, former morning host, and Brian Barkley, former traffic guy (and essentially Larry's co-host) (54:41). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another weekend in the winter wonderland (1:06); Did you fill out the province's EngageMB survey on the potential loosening of restrictions? (9:50); The go-to things that make us laugh! (16:35); Reaction to Premier Brian Pallister's flippant comment about mental health (26:34); It's Blue Monday, 'the most depressing day of the year' (33:55); CROCS are popular again. More toes are being stubbed at home. How are the health of your feet if you're working from home? (43:33)  Weekly visit with Bob Irving, who reveals something interesting about his baseball card collection (50:13); Kathy Kennedy on LOTTERY LUNACY (1:02:37).

Kathy Kennedy really stepped it up with the announcements this past week!  And not JUST that, but we also have a new episode of The Mandalorian to discuss! Lets get in it!

Ep. 1: "My Mystic Momma" with Kathy KennedyHello babes!! In my very first episode of W.I.T.C.H. I interview the woman that started it all for me, literally and figuratively, my mom!!   We get deep into our spiritual paths and what lead us there, the great beyond, and so much more.  My mom has always been my inspiration and now I hope she can inspire you too!Connect with me in insta: @krystalmooncompanyCOMING SOON: www.krystalmooncompany.com Special thanks to Bree Banuelos and Jason Andrews for the amazing into and outro music!Show Notes:Binaural Beats- https://youtu.be/LFGsZ6ythQQShaman Oaks- https://youtu.be/OHw0pc4nTqwChanneling Erik- https://youtu.be/jaXb6r93IOoLars Muhl- https://youtu.be/ogCcF7cL94kLoving Disclaimer: W.I.T.C.H. is a metaphysically minded, free-thinking, educational and opinion based podcast, meant to provide insight, information, and perspective on the different aspects of spirituality and life. While my guests and I love give advice and recourses that have been helpful for us, please note that this is not intended to be therapy or medical advice, nor is it a replacement for therapy or medical advice. If you need emergency medical or psychological care, please go to the nearest emergency center or call 911. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the show! Support the show (https://pod.fan/witch)

The 501st’s Chris Feehan is back to join the team again this week and as usual is doing a troop to raise money for a good cause. Check out the links on the bottom for info. It seems like Kathy Kennedy is for real out the door, and everyone is excited. Added scene in A New Hope make Mark Hamill happy. A Lucasfilm writer throws some shade on Disney and gets the lawyers on him. On Who’s More OVER this week it’s Savage Oppress vs Ki Adi Mundi. Who gets the nod on this weeks episode? The King of the Wing results are in. Which wing won? The VOC NATION RADIO NETWORK airs live and on-demand audio broadcasts 7 days / week via vocnation.com. VOC NATION features contributors such as Brady Hicks (Pro Wrestling Illustrated), "Voice of Choice" Bruce Wirt (WNJC Philadelphia), Stro Maestro (WCW), Wes Brisco (WWE and TNA Impact), Ken Resnick (WWE and AWA), Shelly Martinez (WWE and TNA Impact), Eli Drake (TNA Impact and NWA), and Kathie Fitz! Plus alums such as Chaz "Mosh" Warrington (WWE), Bobby Fish (WWE), Steve Corino (WWE and ECW), and Petey Williams (TNA Impact), as well as some of the hottest wrestlers, analysts, and broadcasters, reaching beyond their extensive wrestling knowledge to discuss sports, lifestyle, politics, and more! Consistently ranking in the top 1% for downloads (Podomatic) and 5% for live streaming (Stitcher), VOC NATION has been streamed by half a million unique visitors! Discover the network that top-notch wrestling and entertainment stars such as Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Trina Michaels, and Alan Thicke have loved from their first appearances ... and that US Olympic Gold Medalist - and WWE star - Kurt Angle called, "The best talk show that you can hear." It's all here ... on vocnation.com!

Wilderness and Water Campaigner Eric Reder went on 680 CJOB with Kathy Kennedy to talk about brutal cuts to the Conservation and Climate Department in the Manitoba government. Staff are struggling to meet their job requirements with almost half of the staff team cut.

Apparently, we work with THE FLASH! (1:30); Questions surround the Winnipeg Goldeyes as Sam Katz reveals he's working on a baseball deal in Ottawa (7:40); Mayor Brian Bowman wants the province to mandate masks across Manitoba (12:10); Pumpkin Spice KRAFT DINNER? What traditions do you hate with changing seasons? (21:55); It's The Start vs. The News with Rich & Julie after they RUINED our Question of the Day! (31:25); As Montreal talks second wave, the UK says it's already well into it. Restrictions, economic concerns and more (36:10); We ask Kathy Kennedy about a certain pumpkin spiced item (44:00); The surprising costs of working at home (48:15); The winning text on traditions we hate! (54:20).  

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What is up? Thank you for hanging out with us. Once again. It’s money night. It is time for the it in the D show. This is episode three 58 broadcasting live from our quarantine homes. This is Bob, the sales guy that is Dave. The geek Randy. I do the Twitters is doing the Twitter, his finest online it in the D dot comma. Do us a favor. Give us a like on the socials and subscribe to us everywhere. Fine. Podcasts are sold. Yeah. So, Hey everybody, I’m again, this is usually where we talk about our events and we’re still not having any, so moving right along Chicka boom, Chicka, boom. He’s a looking, I do not anticipate in August of any, even if it is outdoors.     Yeah. It’s yeah. I mean, looking at everything going on. I mean, I’m keeping an honestly, I’m keeping a closer eye on what’s going on, what door what’s going to go on with schools right now, more than anything else. Um, but it’s uh, yeah, I I’m, let’s just say, yeah, it’s not looking good. No, but the show must go on. And now we are joining where luckily joined. We were, we had him scheduled out right. When the suitors were still open. We had to come. I think this was back in March or April. Oh, that’s right. Yeah. Yeah. And he’s shot me a note and said, Hey, I still want me on. I said, yeah, it’s not a bad time. So, uh, we’re joined by the, uh, the illustrious one. Mr. Pat Garrity. How you doing, sir? Great. Thanks for having me on the show today. Yeah. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it now. Um, before we get into it, now, you’re the VP of engineering at blue Mira operations, operations. I oversee product marketing sales. Got it. I mean, do everything, whatever needs to get them Every, uh, every once in a while we run into, I run into someone at an event. They basically takes over my LinkedIn feed and I like to congratulate you on my LinkedIn feed. That’s great to hear. Hey, it’s not, you can attribute that. Not to me too, is a amazing, she does content marketing for, for a, I almost said duo, but blue Mira. Um, and, uh, yeah, it’s been amazing. The work that she does and also like our security team is creating a ton of the content as well, and trying to make useful stuff for people, uh, in the security industry. So, so you’re just putting it all out there, trying to look important and smart is what you’re saying. You’re not actually creating any of it. You’re just, Yeah, I can’t, you know, some bit idea wise, um, pointing people in the right direction, but yeah, the team, the team is truly the ones working on that and publishing some cool stuff and some free tools and whatnot. That’s awesome. So one of the reasons I was intrigued about having you on the show is a, that I think blue mirror is doing some very cool stuff. And B you kind of have a long history with, uh, you know, with duo, which is kind of a, one of the big, big wind stories. And, you know, and see, I want to talk about what everyone is. Is there a shift in security focus with, with everybody working from home now and, you know, you can kind of reassess your place in the world. So I guess let’s start there if your, your, your company X, and you’ve got half your company or all your company working from home, and you can kind of sit back and look at your, I guess, security strategy. Are you changing right now? Or are you simplifying, are you getting more complex? What what’s on everybody’s mind right now? Yes, sir. Certainly simplifying, um, is one of the big themes. I think everyone had these ideas of three to five year cloud migrations, um, moving from on premise to cloud. We see that everywhere. Uh, it’s essentially accelerated adoption of all of that. And the reality is, is, Oh man, we didn’t have security controls in place. And any on any of those things, we weren’t set up for remote work. And now all of a sudden our VPN, you know, has a thousand people on it concurrently smoke. Yeah. Yeah. So, so even, you know, I look at it, it’s like even a lot of people still don’t have two factor authentication deployed. I mean, as simple as that, uh, very effective control, right? So it’s accelerated a ton of the security market. That’s set up to address a lot of those needs. What’s the, uh, just real quick, like to IFA, whatever, if somebody wants to jump in and you know, what are you gonna look at? You’re gonna look at Microsoft. You don’t look at duo. What’s a, I mean, that’s kind of, what’s on my top of mind. What’s on yours. Yeah. So, so being former duo, um, I could say that, that I might be a little bit biased, but I can tell you, yeah, I can tell you as well, now that I left you, I’m using a lot of other products. Um, and what I can tell you is they work effective, but they’re not as reliable or user friendly. And so I, you know, there’s some products, I’m not gonna name names that like they’re inconsistent and popping your log in up. You get frustrated as a user. Um, and so I can, I can with confidence, say like duo by far has user experience down on the MFA side. The other thing I’d say from an access security side is they have some really strong controls around access control, as it relates to corporate owned devices and BYOB devices, where now they have an agent that can be installed to posture that device. That’s a really important thing to make sure things are up to date encrypted. And that there’s a screen lock, especially when we’re talking about someone using their home computer and making sure it’s not windows XP. Cause the reality is there’s still a lot of people running windows XP. Um, so yeah, those are the things I think of from an access security perspective. And then what’s interesting is I spent most of my time on the two FAA side and, and protection, right? Preventative security measures. The other side is, well, how do we detect someone at bypasses? Those which happens everywhere. Um, in, in, you know, the detection response market is one, if you look at SIM, for example, it’s complicated, it’s difficult to deploy. And to be honest, most organizations don’t have a good working detection response capability. So, uh, yeah, for me, I just saw the opportunity to actually extend some of the, you know, philosophy of what I learned and did at duo with Doug and Jonno and others and apply it to a different part of the market that really hasn’t solved. Um, what I consider to be democratizing security or bringing it to be accessible to organizations of any size. Right. Yeah. I was just gonna say, I mean, you know, and I know Bob touched on this a little bit, but I think that’s probably the biggest, I would think the biggest concern that people have right now, at least from a corporate security perspective is okay. We, we have completely stood everything on its ear and now you’ve got, you know, more and more of the workforce working at home. How, how do you, you know, make that shift? I mean, I know there are a lot of companies that, you know, we’re kind of banging their hands and chews on the table saying, you know, we’re, everybody’s coming back to the office and now they’re kind of leaning, you know, they’re kind of laxing off on that a little bit. Um, you know, you’re seeing, you know, the, just the ripple effect of, you know, Hey, the, the court, the, uh, excuse me, the, um, commercial real estate market is already starting to feel it a little bit as businesses are giving up their office space and looking to sell buildings cause they don’t want them or need them anymore. Uh, so I mean, what are, I guess, you know, what are the quick hits from a, from a corporate security standpoint, as you know, they get pushed into that scramble. Yeah. So first off, I would say from a shift in market perspective, one thing to consider is people’s preferences now that they’ve worked from home is to work from home. So work from home is not, is not going away. I’m not going into a office, whether there’s covert or not, I’ll tell you, you know, maybe I might consider every once every other week or a few times a week, but yeah, we proven that out. And another thing is, as people realize they’re more productive working from home and corporations realize that as well for good or bad. Right. Um, uh, and so yeah, there is the aspect of making sure that your people have enough time to take care of themselves. They get offline, all those sorts of things. Um, but yeah, really from a security perspective, it’s making sure that they have a secure connection in a secure device. Our number one, um, you know, so I, when I look at that, it’s, it’s, Hey, let’s make sure we have certificates in place. We have encryption in place from a connectivity perspective. Like you shouldn’t be already peeing into, uh, your company’s, um, windows servers directly, but you know, how many people, But a lot of people are. Yup. Yeah. If you have already, you know, windows already, peer SMB enable, then it’s accessible publicly. Like that’s a bad, no, no, that’s the number one way ransomware is deployed. Um, and so yeah, just getting the fundamentals of like making sure that you have secure access, whether it’s to a, uh, or whether it’s to a cloud application and then layering on number one, uh, user controls and then device controls to make sure you have that. So, uh, two factor authentication, absolutely key, no questions asked, um, pro preferably you use a hardened credentials. So something like YouTube, Fido, web authen push based authentication. Let me, let me take a step back just for, you know, cause we do, we do get our demographic. Isn’t always as techie as we think it is. Um, so, so for those of you who are watching, listening, whatever, and aren’t familiar with two factor authentication, so that’s, you know, it can be as simple as, Hey, I’m logging into my Facebook account and Facebook shoots me a text message that I then have to, you know, with a code that I then have to enter, you know, this is okay. Yeah. This is me. Um, there are other apps, you know, like the ones that duo hat or that a lot of other places have where, you know, you try to, you know, log into your Gmail account and an app pops up on your phone and says, Hey, is this you, you know, you’ve already verified that this device is yours. The phone that you’re on, you know, is this you attempting this login on this other device? Yes or no. And you can block it that way. So that’s that two factor authentic. That’s, that’s, what’s meant by two FAA or two factor authentication. Sorry. Yeah. Hey, thanks for telling me, you know, sometimes I overlook, uh, uh, you know, I’ve been in this industry a long time. Oh dude, we all, we, all, all of us turned into Charlie Brown’s teacher at one time. We were all want, want, want, want, want, want, we all do it. Yeah. And then when you have like engineering or product teams, right. That’s where I’d say Harding credential, which is still doing two factor, but using something like a physical hardware key that you take into your laptop, um, that, that, you know, really can’t get stolen. And isn’t fishable is, is a key thing. And those RSA keys, I miss those, those, Oh God, the rolling, the rolling six or what was it? An eight to eight or nine digit. Yeah. I, our RSA is why I went to duo. I had to deploy it for customers and it was so difficult. And when Doug, I met him at a meet up one day and he shows me this push based authentication, then I go home and I’m an account executive at that time. And I installed it on my windows, computer, and it’s done. And So Pat, Pat, let me ask you a question. This has been driving me nuts. Dave, you can attest to this for probably, probably as long as you’ve known me for as long as MFA has come out. Okay. This is gonna be the, uh, the, the debit card conversation. Yes. Hasn’t visa and MasterCard enabled MFA because how many purchases you make a day, maybe four or five. Right. And if I’m at the gas station, I’m buying $55. Why can’t I get a push note to my phone saying, is this you, or do you authorize this and say, yes. And then you just eliminated the entire credit card stealing industry overnight. Like why? Yeah. I, I assume there’s somebody smart in those companies that have, that are looking at this shit, but I can’t imagine why they’re not doing well. And like you said, we’ve about this on the show before, You know, what do you do if you’re in a place where, you know, you have no connectivity or, you know, the cell connection’s bad. And so you can’t get that pop up when you’re trying to make the purchase at the grocery store, by the hunting cabin up North that, you know, has one cell tower, every a hundred miles. You know what I mean? It’s there’s, there are practical that you bring cat. Oh, but they don’t want you to have cash anymore. Ooh. You see where I’m going with this? Okay. Yeah. And I have a lot of experience in the space, so I moved to Europe for a year. Right. And that’s what they do is chip and pin for everything. It’s more about government regulation than anything. Number one, the government mandates in Europe because they know that that eliminates fraud. Um, the, the tough thing in the U S right, is like, well, now I got to switch out all my point of sales systems. I gotta switch out credit card processing. So naturally the, you know, the, the companies push back on it. But I think what we saw with home Depot and their breach and target, that was really the start of the shift where it was like, Oh wow. This stuff just makes sense. Right. Like, And at least one of those, I think at least the target one didn’t they come through the point of sale system. Yeah. They ended up fault. It was default passwords. There was one of two default passwords. Yeah, yeah, Yeah. A combination of a POS. And then I think they originally got in through the OT system, like the HVAC system into the environment. Right. Which is so crazy. I mean, that’s stuff that nobody even thinks about. Like, Hey yeah, my nest cam is on my wireless network and it might be vulnerable who knew. Yep. And that was, you know, in 2012 I joined duo that was in 2013 and the CEO got fired. And literally if you go into target state and you buy a target and you get a target credit card chip and pin, every single one of them. Right. Like Interesting. Someone in Wyoming right now is looking, is watching you right now through your nest cam, just so you know. Uh, no, no, they’re not, well, actually they’re well through my Logitech cam. Yes. But not through my nest cam. Those are the studios, those almost always watching you and that well, and that’s, and that’s the funny thing, you know, and you know, I, I don’t, I don’t, I don’t want to get into a huge political thing about it, but like, everybody’s all, you know, conspiracy theory about, you know, there’s going to be a chip in the vaccine that comes out and all that stuff. And it’s, you know, dude, what, like, what do you think, what privacy do you think you still have as you’re posting your rage on your cell phone, that tracks you everywhere. You go to Facebook, which track not only tracks, but sells all the data they have about you everywhere you go. It really, what, what, what would that even matter? Like what I like the meme, it is, I hope the chip has a Doritos. Cause I like exactly. I’m pulling for Doritos. If everybody has to get a chip, I want it. And not even cool ranch. I want fiery nacho that’s that’s what I want. So I guess talk to me why the move to blue Mira, I guess duo obviously duo got bought by Cisco, Uh, to, to either fanfare or to booze. Um, you don’t have to say which side you were on. That’s I understand. Oh, no, I’ll talk about it openly. Um, no, I didn’t, you know, Cisco is a great company. Um, what I think is really cool is that acquisition at duo, um, was a great thing for, I’d say all of the employees, um, it opened up a ton of opportunity for everyone, uh, even myself. Right. Um, I got to go lead Cisco’s zero trust, got to go get a us landed, uh, top rate in the quadrant for that. Um, at Forrester, you know, they’re, they’re wave stuff Quick. Do you hear the, you hear that? That’s the phone ringing, that’s your Cisco rep calling? Cause it’s the end of July. I need their quarter last weekend. That’s why my buddy’s on vacation. All right. I was wondering maybe I, maybe I said that and no. Um, but yeah, they’re, they’re an incredible company, right? And you, you know, they typically grow by acquisition is the reality, right? Um, in duo was a great fit. They’ve made a ton of great acquisitions in the cloud space. Not only insecurity, but umbrella, you know, starting with Sourcefire then umbrella, uh, then duo those are going to be the bigger note, more notable ones, but they also acquired companies like Meraki a WebEx, um, like it or not. That’s always a joke. Um, uh, Yeah, it works. It’s a very usable tool is the reality. And it provides a service that, that, um, that people love. And so, you know, you look at Cisco and what they’ve done to transform from this like networking switch company. Right. Um, and I, and I went through CCNA Academy in high school. I sold Cisco when I was a sales rep back in the day, Hubs and routers and blinking lights, man. That’s that’s, that’s what they were the one thing that gets me about Cisco though, to this day, that route and switches 50% of their, their sales and an 80% margin. And they like don’t want to acknowledge it anymore. Cause they want to call themselves a software and a security company. It’s like, I can see you won’t, you know, I work for Cisco too. So it’s like, you know, that was half of our life was routing switch, but like no one wanted to call us around switch company by mine. Well, I think they’re, you know, they’re optimizing for future where that’s not the case. Right. Uh, and it’s still gonna make up a large portion of their revenue is the reality. But the other, yeah, the other side, I would say with Cisco is genuinely there’s, there’s a lot of great people, a great leadership. You’ve seen a leadership turnover and it’s a completely new leadership team. That’s from SAS companies. And I see that with my friends at duo, they’ve all kind of moved in and slotted into other positions and helping Cisco transform. And so you look at people like Pete Baker, head of creative at duo now taking on brand for Cisco security and simplifying it down so people can understand, uh, and buy and consume more easily and effectively. And that, you know, when, when you look at Cisco and see them number of line, they have, it’s really hard to navigate. That’s why you need a full time se that just builds bonds, bills of materials, right. Duo praying that Cisco treats them like Dell treated VMware kind of like let them do their thing. Yeah. They, they they’ve let both led duo do their thing as well as has embraced. Like you guys have a great culture, let’s insert you in even at a much higher level. Um, and so yeah, that’s, you know, really, really exciting to see. And everyone I know there, you know, everyone that I know there is really happy with the opportunities that they’ve been able to get from that acquisition. So it’s good. So Talk to me about blue marrow, where did, uh, where did you guys all come from? Yeah, so, um, the original founders, um, Matt and Steve, um, they spun out a networks group, a small, um, boutique security provider out of Ann Arbor and essentially like what they were, what they realized after doing red team testing and blue team and all this fun stuff, which I’m not, you know, that’s not my background, but red team is basically penetration testing. Trying to break in blue team is essentially trying to detect what’d I say, Oh, sorry. Oh man. Um, so much, so many jokes in security. Um, but yeah, the, the, you know, so they, they were like, well, every, every pen test is pretty much red in the major area was detection. People don’t have detection capabilities. So they started by creating, um, a platform to do effective detection of basic attacks. Right. And then started building on that. And what ended up happening is their focus was detection and response, but in reality, it ended up also being assumed. Um, and so it wasn’t, it wasn’t like let’s go build a SIM. It was, let’s go build effective detection response. That’s really easy and effective to use that scales. And then it also ended up collecting logs, uh, and, and, uh, being the centralization SIM function as well. And so by nature, the way that, that evolved ended up into this really easy to use and deploy product that did actually the function that it was supposed to do. And then as a result and ended up meeting this requirement of log aggregation and sin, um, in, in reporting and all that fun stuff that you get into when you get into compliance. And so, yeah, at first I was looking at, from an investment perspective, I’m like a managed service provider, reseller into building a SAS product is a really tough pivot. Most people don’t do that well or effectively. Uh, and so I spent time about a year with Steve and I’ve known Steve for 10 years just getting to know the company from an investment perspective, advising them for no cost, no investment. And that’s normally how my relationships developed with companies, uh, whether I’m investing or considering making, uh, making a move. Um, and yeah, I saw this opportunity where I was like, Oh, wow, well, your is you guys have a great engineering team and great product. And you have customers that love you, but nobody, absolutely nobody knows who you are. Uh, and so that’s, that’s kind of the function I came on and go to market is how do we tailor the product, the message, um, and the go to market. So people first off know who the company is and what they do. Um, and that that’s, you know, for me, it was an opportunity to go build again, which I love doing. Um, uh, that’s really where my passion is in there, that I saw that opportunity there and, uh, to kind of bring a lot of what I learned from duo. Um, and then I get emotional. Um, but then yeah, be able to, to make the impact and build this into something that essentially democratize a security and another area of the security in it space is, you know, is just where my passion is. So, uh, yeah, it’s, it’s been amazing and fun. I mean, COVID certainly throws a rent, you know, threw a wrench for a little while. Uh, I joined in January. And so when you build all your pipeline, for instance, in sales, higher education, or I’m sorry, healthcare higher education and, um, government in Michigan, like in Michigan, uh, that was, that was like the first to get hardest impact, right. Pivot. But that allowed us to spend the time. We literally just stopped focusing on sales at that point and just honed in on let’s get our marketing right. And our go to market. And that’s why you see us on your LinkedIn feed every, every two minutes, Two and a half minutes. Yeah. So the, I mean the SIM space is to say it’s convoluted. It’s kind of an understatement. You’ll have you have, you know, bear log vendors, like alien vault that get bought by 18 T you have the [inaudible] vendors that think that their shit don’t stink because they do machine learning. And then you have the Splunks that charge throw 14 kazillion dollars just for a POC. I mean, where, where did you guys see that you fit into this whole mess of a, of a vendor space? Well, yeah, first off I’m no different than when I went to duo. Everyone was like, why wouldn’t you go to a two factor authentication company and security, nobody cares about security. That’s this was 2012. Right. Uh, wow. That changed. Um, but two factor authentication. You had RSA Vasco, Jamal. I mean, I could name 50 vendors at the time. Why would you go into the payer space that saturated? Well, the reality is, is like, yeah, nobody uses it because it’s a barrier and it’s hard to use and it’s difficult. Yeah. Cause if nobody’s doing it right, why not try to make it right? Yeah. Yeah. And so, so what I saw with Doug was a minimum viable product with customers. Right. Uh, and, and I can’t attribute to what Doug and John own built, um, from a foundational perspective. Right. A big part in helping them scale. Uh, but, uh, yeah, it was a shift in market and everyone told me, don’t go to this company. You’re like, you’re, you’re stupid. I mean, CEOs, advisors, friends, I, I don’t know a single person that said do this. Um, I think, um, similarly with Lumira everyone’s like, why would you get in the SIM space? Like everyone hates him. There’s a hundred different vendors out there. Nobody does it really, that well, or effectively requires tons of tons of expertise and tons of it and the security resources to deploy it effectively. Yeah. And it’s expensive. And so, um, I’m not going to say that some of these products don’t work really well, but they only work really well. If you have the team resources and expertise to actually get them deployed. And in what I saw in blue mirror is, Oh, wow. An it guy that was here for a year, um, maybe has two to three years of experience just deployed in about four hours, uh, without any support or help, like that’s democratizing security. Oh. And we can deliver it at a cost point. That’s reasonable. I’m not going to say we’re cheaper necessarily. Most, some products, you know, it is commoditized. But so it was two factor when I joined duo. Um, and so that’s, that’s really the, the play here in joining blue Mira in our go to market. And what we’re doing is really helping organizations of any size. And typically our customers, you know, end up in the range of between 520 500 employees. We have some that are more than that. And we have some that are less than that, but yeah, to be able to, in a couple hours have full detection and response capabilities, um, without having to go to training or hire someone who has expertise, like that’s just not something in the market today. And I, you know, that kind of dovetails in with, you know, the, the conversation we were getting into a little bit where it’s good, that you don’t need to try to find somebody with a lot of skills and expertise available because well, there are none in the market right now. They’re, they’re all booked. Yes. And the other thing with that is the reality that yeah, most of the people in these roles now are coming in junior. They have some it skills and no security experience. And so even, even from a product perspective, we provide the detection alert, right. So, Hey, this is the problem. And then we provide a playbook on what to do. Here’s the PowerShell script to go run on this host, here’s the information you need to do. Here’s how to do the blockbuster automatically do it. So that’s the thing is actually servicing of what to do, helps those people actually learn a new skill as well. Uh, which is pretty unique if you think about it, cause you’re actually training your people through product, um, which is pretty, pretty impactful and useful to most organizations. Yeah. I mean, and you’ve seen, you’ve seen that model come up a lot lately where, you know, whether it’s, uh, you know, our buddies over at Detroit labs that couldn’t find app developers the way they wanted to. And so they started, you know, their apprentice program, uh, you know, to basically grow their own talent, uh, you know, CBI, uh, and a couple other Security companies started doing the exact same thing because of this shortage of talent. All right. Let’s just go ahead and start bringing in people that might be green and don’t have the skill set, but then we can build them and mold them exactly how we want them to be. Yup. And that’s I, and that’s a great approach because then you can’t, you also can make them into what you need. Right. And you have to reward them over time. Right. But, um, it’s, it’s great. I think also from a people perspective, I’m a, I’m a big fan of bringing people in with lower skill sets and, and upleveling them essentially, and molding them in, into what you need from an organizational perspective. It’s kind of supposed to be your job as an organizational leader. That’s, that’s what you’re supposed to be doing. But most, most, most organizations, that’s just not right. So quiet. This is outside of my wheelhouse for sure. It is too. I am more, uh, I’m a BI my day job is a e-learning developer. Okay. So you’re a coder. Uh, yeah. And I would say more client and customer support and documentation and heartsy technical writer, Randy. That’s not a bad thing. Yeah. But when I say technical writer, people think I write like RFPs or spectrum, things like that. And I write customer documentation. So yeah. Documentation is valuable. The other thing I say, No, those developers aren’t going to write it. Yeah. Yeah. The most important thing about that. So I can really appreciate what you do. Like number one, I got to the company and all their documentation was behind Zendesk and I’m like, you’re immediately creating a barrier to entry. Right? Let’s get all this on the website and publicly accessible. Number one, it makes it easier for customers to access number two, all the benefits of SEO from all your documentation. So when someone Google searches for something like Apollo Alto SIM, even though one doesn’t exist, guess who they find, it’s not rocket science. Right. So things, things like that from, um, a tweak, you know, perspective technical writing is, uh, is highly underrated. Um, uh, you know, from my perspective. So how soon before a, so everybody realized cloud the word cloud was, was marketing bullshit about just someone else’s someone else’s computer. Yeah. Zero trust gonna take that same, uh, get kicked to the curb because if you look at it, what zero trust is, it’s, you know, identity access with two factor authentication. It’s, it’s really this isn’t rocket science. Right. Well, did we, you know, we talked about that, you know, Oh, it’s, it’s the cloud. So it’s shared web hosting from the early nineties. Right. And going in and going back even further. It’s, it’s, it’s getting time booked on the that’s that’s all I kind of laugh because, you know, zero trust, depending on who you asked means a hundred different things. And my, when I was building the go to market, but joke was like, we might as well just insert the word security. Right. Uh, that’s really what zero trust is, is it’s a modern security model. Um, and so it’s applying controls, like access control with two factor authentication. Um, depending on how deep you get into it, though, some of the things get really complicated. Like micro-segmentation, um, it’s not, and there’s products that are starting to even make that a little bit easier, but like, yeah, most organizations I interact with on a daily basis still aren’t segmenting their network, let alone doing micro-segmentation at an application level. Right, right. I see that face. It’s like, what’s, what’s micro-segmentation um, and that’s kind of, the point is zero. Trust has all these principles that are pretty complicated in, in difficult to comprehend or understand what I’m supposed to do. Um, and so it’s all about making those things simpler and easy to understand. Well, cause when we got introduced to it from the guy that invented F five or that founded a fi, and then we started seeing, so he built a called tempered networks. He started built, he built the zero trust product. And then we started seeing, like, Cisco says, we’ve got zero trust in. Then they say, we’ve got zero trust. And all of a sudden it’s like, everyone is kind of glommed onto that, that phrase. And it’s like, and everyone was doing it different. And then finally it was like, all right, put up all the breaks through that. What the hell is it now? It’s all about the enterprise paradigm spot. That’s that’s that’s, that’s what it’s all about. And synergies don’t forget synergies. They pivot, they pivoted you have to pivot. You have to pivot the synergies to, to change the enterprise paradigms. Yeah. That’s why it’s like insert the word secure zero trust is at its core. There’s two things. There is real zero trust. And then there’s the marketing term, zero trust. And essentially the whole market. If you went to RSA conference or black hat, every single booth said the word zero trust on top of it. Yeah. Look, we’re differentiating ourselves. Just like everyone else. Yeah. Great. That’s why I used to wear Hawaiian shirts to the punk bar. All you guys were in black, your conformance, I’m the one that’s. And fundamentally like there are some things you can look up. John kinder VOC originally was, is known as like the founder or, you know, I don’t know what you call them with zero trust. Um, Wendy neither, uh, is, is a great promoter of zero trust and talks about it in simple terms. Um, uh, chase Cunningham at Forester and Forester has a framework for zero trust, which is pretty pragmatic. Um, uh, they do a pretty good job and the Gardner has zero trust for networks, which is a component. Um, cause zero trust came out of Forester. So there’s a little bit of a budding heads in regards to analyst as well. Um, but yeah, those are some different resources like to learn more about zero trust in general, that is pragmatic. And under more understandable, I’d say I’m just happy. A fog computing never took off. I heard it. I cringed and I cringe all the way through until it’s. I think it’s inevitable death. Um, if you, you never heard it I’d take it. No. Is it on the blockchain? No. Some engineer at Cisco was like doing a tweener product. That was, it was, it’s not quite, it’s not quite on ground or on prem. It’s not quite in the cloud. So it’s the fog. No, I think it was just hybrid it like, you know, it was a mixture of, I think that’s what it was. I’ll have to Google it afterwards. It’s like completely lost frame of, but thank God. It never took off. Like they were trying to push it for like a quarter and then it died because everybody like said, I need a couple people mentioned it on sales calls and they got the middle finger. So I’m like, all right, yup. Not doing that. That’s talking about that. Yeah. The number, you know, the number one thing that people in product marketing, marketing and building companies do is they don’t talk to the customer. And so they end up building things that don’t make sense to them. They end up building technology that doesn’t work within their environment. It’s not rocket science, I’ll talk to sales. They don’t talk to the sales guys either. They just look at sales data. Okay. This shit sold. We must’ve worked. Yeah. And that is, that’s one of the keys and why duo was so successful and similar a blue Mira is like all our engineers and our product teams and our leadership team and sales. Like we’re all working together, interacting with customers on calls. And when you get that, when you get that synergy going, is that one of your words? It really changes that dynamic because like the engineering team’s like, Oh wow, sales actually is valuable to us. You know? And then the other thing I’d say is the power of saying no. Um, you know, I’m, I’m acting as se right now for our sales team and in a ton of different roles. Right. Um, but we’re okay with saying, Hey, we don’t have integration for you right now. We’re going to do that down the road. We’ll come back to you. But focus on the customers, you know, you can drive and be helped be successful in that’s another, you know, another thing that more product companies need to do is focus more on what’s aligned with what they have today versus just selling stuff. That’s not on the truck. Yeah. And that was always, everybody got excited about, you know, Ooh, this is a, you know, all of the problem was too, you would talk to customers and they want to know your roadmap. Right. So as soon as they see something, 2024, and they’re like, I want that. And you’re like, well, shit, that’s not on the truck, you know, but then that’s what they want. And God knows it would never get delivered until you can have it then maybe right Guy now, and then you can refresh then. Right. So that’s, that’s the first thing I do in any conversation about futures. Hey, here’s when we plan to deliver, but I can’t promise that, uh, and I, at duo, we, there was only one contract we ever signed in lifetime of the company that was pending on doing a feature and it was strategic to our business. Right. It ended up being our Epic integration and that’s it, nothing else. Um, and so the, you know, being able to stand by that and live by that is, um, uh, you know, pretty important principle to build a good product. Sure. So what have you been watching? Uh, during the, during the quarantine? Uh, my wife liked to watch like tra trashy reality TV. Uh, sometimes it’s good to, you know, watch other people. Um, yeah, I’m trying to think anything else. That’s Things are weird, but at least I’m not them. Supermarkets. Sweet kind of changed my life. I am not Joe exotic. I am not anybody affiliated with him. My life as weird as my life gets I’m I’m doing all right. I’m good. Yeah. My, my hair doesn’t look like that. Marcy Darcy chick from a supermarket sweep, right. I’m not fighting international customs over my 90 day. Fiance. What I find about the security industry though, is like companies have tried to like get those commercials almost of those people. And I think that’s sometimes funny. It’s like, what does Joe exotic have to do with like endpoint detection? Right. Um, it’s kind of crazy. I can relate to it and go, I know that guy, that must be a good, that guy uses a Cisco router. I hope that’s not how people are making product decisions. Holy, how that’s almost, almost exclusively how that’s going. I’m quite sure. Michael Jordan eats McDonald’s so that must be a good dude. I can’t dude. I used to subscribe to, I used to keep a subscription to CIO magazine just because I knew my CIO subscribed to it. And so I wanted to be ready for whatever dumb ass article he’d read that month. That was going to be the flavor of the week that I was going to have to be prepared to shoot down, you know, in the next meeting that we were going into. Yeah. It is some, a lot of it is pay to play. Right. Um, a lot of those publications, it’s like, that’s essentially what you’re doing for viewers. Yeah. Hey, you buy a big enough ad you. Yeah. We’ll do a seven page spread on how phenomenal your product is. Sure. What did I have? The one thing that blew our mind, Dana and I got, it was like a top 10, whatever. And you got to go to Vegas and go on the stage. You get your award, but it was like 2,500 bucks a head or something. It was like five grand. And it’s like, wait a minute. So all these hassles that put this little trophy on their website, they just paid for it. Like, And it’s like Silicon Valley review. Like these are like, did you, uh, did you, did you just get the one on via LinkedIn the other day? That’s I wanted to, I wondered if you got that too. And it was bringing yeah. Yeah. It was like, I like the email I got today from the sales guy at one of the magazines. He’s like, Hey, we’re going to do an article on blue Mira. We really like what you’re doing. Uh, Oh. And by the way, we have this offer where if you want to pay you, can, you have rights to publicize that you were in the article. Right. And I was like, Hey, that’s great. We’ll be in the article. But like, I don’t have the budget and I’m not going to pay for this. Right. And immediately he’s like, Oh, sorry, have a great day. He responded back. I’m like, You have to pay to publicize that you were in this article. How does, how does that work? Like, wait, what do you, how many people read? So I give you the content. And then I have to pay you to tell people that I gave you the kid. They did. JTFO if you realize that how many publications in town are by full page ad three months later. Oh, Hey, no rhymes with train. So, I mean, I was going to make a joke about that earlier, Patrick. I’m like, you know how soon before you guys cut the $300,000 check the gardener to get in their quadrant. Oh. So at duo, we never did the quadrants. And the reality is, is you don’t really feel like there is a newer space. I think with one of them, like XDR, which has extended detection and response. That’s, that’s probably more the area we’re in. So you don’t fit in like as an, as a company, that’s doing something different. You don’t fit in quadrant, old technology fits in quadrant. Right. So, uh, the desire to be in quadrant necessarily in a lot of cases, isn’t that high at this stage, because you’re just saying I copied everyone else and I’m not as good as them. Um, it is essentially, and I’m not really innovating. So like, yeah. I think there’s a balance, right? Like yes. In my, do I have conversations at times? Yes. Uh, actively. Yeah. Um, we’re not in the pay to play game. Um, uh, right now at a later stage, you get into that, uh, when you, you know, when you go raise a hundred million dollars, I think people are wise to it though. I think people are wise to it. Um, I worked for a SAS vendor that was in the [inaudible] space and, uh, they were, they were the farthest rights, but they weren’t top. Right. So like all their marketing was, you know, and how much did you pay for that? You know what I mean? And, uh, and everybody would, that’s the first thing they say, like, I’m farthest, right? They’re like, yeah. So what everybody pays, you know, it held no credence at the customer site. You had to prove out your POC and have a decent price. And then they, you know, What I, what I can tell you is like, uh, chase Cunningham, run on the Forester, zero wave. He runs a legit program, like, uh, the best I’ve seen from an analyst perspective, um, uh, where he’s really getting hands on and diving in pretty deep. And most analysts really reality is, is they never get hands on product, never touch anything. And they have, you know, they have some expertise, but like not, not necessarily deep hands on. And so they’re not necessarily the best to say what product actually is the most effective either. Um, uh, from my experience as well. That’s not reflective of all analysts, but I think a significant part of them. Right. Yeah. Yeah. So I guess let’s paint a picture who your perfect customer, obviously you gave us the, the seat size, right. 500 seats to 2,500 could be a little bigger. It could be a little smaller. Um, do they have SOC analysts on site? Are they hiring a third party to monitor the log files? I guess paint me a picture of, uh, you know, are they, are they fed up and overpaying on, on vendor X or are they new to this game? Like what’s the, is there a perfect, is there a perfect vendor? Perfect. Yeah. That’s yeah. That’s a great question. Um, typically, you know, it’s going to be an organization that might have anywhere between one and 20 people in it. And believe me, I, you know, I was, there’s a company that has 150 locations and has two people on it. That’s, that’s crazy. Uh, I don’t know. I don’t know how they do it. Right. Um, they have it titles, right. And then we have customers that might have anywhere from zero to five people in it, security, um, uh, are security focused. Right. Um, and so, you know, that’s really the demographic of where we’re playing most. What I see is we’re starting to go up market now into these larger customers because the tools are too complicated. They’re overwhelming. It’s not giving the analysts what they need, and they’re spending tons of time tuning and tweaking the existing products. And essentially like, you know, some of my friends have teams of people that have literally are sitting there three or four people responding to false positives all day long. Um, and so that, that’s a real reality. So by nature, what’s nice. And it’s organic for us is we’re getting pulled into larger size companies that do have SOC, uh, that have a more established or sophisticated SOC because those people go and leave because they can make a ton more money somewhere else. Cause that’s the security industry, um, likely a bigger company or a tech company or something of that nature. And now I don’t have anybody to do the work they did before. And the existing tool set doesn’t work for the team that they brought on. Um, and so, yeah, that, that’s one interesting thing. And it happened at duo duo. His target market was zero to 500 when I started. And then we got pulled up to the point where we had 50% of the hospital systems in the U S using the product and every higher, higher education across the U S um, so yeah, that, you know, that’s, you know, where we, where we fit in right now and where we’re best is that, you know, 500 to 5,000, in some cases to even a hundred, a hundred a user organizations. Um, and then in some cases into the five to 15,000 companies, depending on the environment need Cool. Anything else you got for us? We’ll uh, if not, we’ll, we’ll cut you loose, but yeah, this has been a, there’s been a great convo. We’ve been, uh, we’ve been typically just talking about COVID for like the last three months. So it’s, it’s nice to talk about geek stuff again. Well, I was laughing because I think earlier you were talking about like, uh, the school aspect. Um, and I don’t know if you know this, my dad’s a teacher, uh, while you wouldn’t know that, but I think that unions are actually gonna force the issue and shut down the schools, regardless of what they want to do. Uh, teachers don’t want to be a sitting duck and put their lives Sarah’s um, Well, not only that, but just liability. Sure. Yeah. Um, and so I think the reality is, is like most kids are not going to go back to school. So, um, you know, enjoy the time with them. I’m trying to plan ahead for winter right now, because all this stuff you’re going to want when it gets called, it’s going to be sold out. Uh, so you probably should start thinking about that now Paper by all the toilet paper. Well, I’m insulating my garage putting a heater in, but that’s not like heaters are probably going to be out of stock. Went through. It would be my guess. Yeah, Well, no. I mean, that’s, that’s, I mean, that’s, that’s a huge thing. I mean, like, you know, my niece is a teacher and I’ve got a bunch of buddies and friends that are teachers and, you know, as confused and worried and, you know, freaked out and feeling uninformed as parents are, don’t have any illusions that they are not in the exact same boat, if not worse than you are, because you’re worried about your kid or kids. And going back to school, they’re worried about how am I going to handle a classroom full of kids? You know? I mean, it’s, yeah. It’s imagine the first week of parent drop off and then times that by about 35 million and that’s what it’s going to be like, I’ve always said, hell is an elementary school parking lot. So yeah, there’s no always, always Patrick Oracle, where can we find you online? Obviously Patrick Garrity at LinkedIn. And unless you want your, uh, hit the unfollow button, unless you want your feed filled with all your Oh no, I connect to almost everyone that seems reasonable. Uh, Patrick M Garrity on LinkedIn, you can connect to me, uh, blue mirror.com. Uh, yeah. PLU and my RA. Yes. Blu M I R a. You guys ready to start? Blu E M E R a Oh, Oh. There’s like a hundred different spellings. And this is one of the things when I was looking at coming to the company, I was like, Hey, what are you guys willing to change the name of the company? Um, and the founders were, um, however reality is, is like, Hey, the name works, uh, it’s combination of blue team and Mira, which is, um, vision and stance. Um, and so the idea is right, uh, you know, vision into real, real threats within your environment. So, uh, we decided to roll with it. Uh, I’m embracing it. And it’s a, it’s a lot of fun, but yeah, you, haven’t got to, I think a lot of the domains already registered, um, from what I’ve seen, but there’s about a hundred different variations. Oh, for sure. You gotta have the.co you gotta have the.com. It’s where it’s at Or the.io these days. Anyway, Patrick has been a great convo. We’d definitely love to have you back in the, in the future, but we definitely appreciate shedding some light on the, uh, security industry and about a blue mirror. So, yeah. Thanks for, uh, appreciate hanging out with us if you want. We usually hit, uh, topics of the week. If you want to hang out, you’re more than welcome to chime in. Uh, we usually all our pop culture, crap and all our stories we read. So you’re more than welcome to hang out or, or you can drop off and we’ll, uh, we’ll see, on the other side, Yeah. I’ll stick around for a little bit. Awesome. So, um, the bomb got dropped Dave, and that you can mock me till the year to the C I like admitting things when I’m wrong. And this was, I couldn’t have been more wrong. My whole life is flipped upside down. And see, I thought, I thought you were trying to claim that you were having a Mandela effect a moment with this one. So I sat and watched, um, Randy, I sat and watched Saturday night, Rocky, one 76, Rocky. And if you ever sit and watched it today, it’s kind of a trash film and throw it absolutely is it’s garbage polys. It makes no sense. It’s kind of weird with poly going you ball and my sister, which the weird movie, take it to the zoo. Yeah. I thought Rocky one at the end, and then he didn’t win. And I was like, what kind of bullshit is this? Like my whole, like, literally for my adult life, I thought Rocky one at the end. Cause, cause if he had one, there wouldn’t, there would be no need for Rocky to rematch. But like, literally I’m watching this and I’m like, you just yelled at Adrian and I’m like, wait a minute, lady. Literally, I was like, and I couldn’t go to bed for like another hour after that until like three in the morning, because I was freaking dumbfounded about that stupid movie. Now I’m going to get mocked for the rest of my life about that one godfather. I mean, that, that, that was a damn shame that you made it as old as you did and had never seen the godfather. I mean, that’s, I still don’t understand how you made that work. Uh, if it wasn’t for what’s going on. I think in Portland and Seattle and Chicago and Baltimore, we would, the whole news would be freaking out about UFOs. Um, it’s, it’s it, if you’re looking for it, it’s UFO galore. Like they have the, the one is the GI Joe cube that keeps going in and out of the sun. So yeah, the Borg, uh, that, that are apparently coming at us out there, we’re coming at ya and I’m still, I’m still half convinced. That’s like a burnt out pixel in one of the telescopes that’s pointed out it. But, but I mean, it’s, it’s a better story if it’s the Borg coming to get us. Cause you know what, at point in 2020, why The hell? Not because, I mean, if you look at the photos and the way they look, I mean, it does, it looks like the Borg cube coming out of the sun and they said it’s what 350 something times bigger than the earth. Uh, I lose my geek red. What is the word? I didn’t Google the Borg D start trying to watch star Trek the next generation. No, thank God I did. All right. I’m I’m glad I asked that question. No. Okay. So yeah. Corner of your gift card. That’s fine, Dude. I’m not even a star Trek fan and I know who the Beauregard like, but With me it was the GI Joe energy cubes or, or Transformers, the energy on cubes. Yeah. Same thing. Yeah. But yeah, so there’s that, I mean, you know, the Pentagon says they’re declassifying stuff and throwing it out there. And all I know is what a great time for Hulu to have just added all the seasons and the movies of the X files. Cause you know, now who needed sleep, why not? Do you watch the Fourcade videos from Mars? Yes. For the 4k pictures. And one of the ones I watched, it was interesting because they’re like, well, you know, a lot of people ask us why not videos? Why send pictures? It was like for one, cause we can only transmit in 32 K and we can only transmit to two megabit per second. Um, like for two hours a day or something when it lines up properly. Um, and for one the other one is they don’t change the pictures. Don’t change, nothing changes. So like what video wouldn’t matter. Cause the picture is the same. Right? Well, so, and it’s funny cause now I’m envisioning a whole bunch of nerds at like mission control and NASA kind of like us on like a 1989 dial up waiting for like Pamela Anderson’s boob to load like that’s, that’s kinda cool. The one, the funny thing was, is they showed the two dead rovers. One of them fell into like a sand trap and got stuck in died. And then the other one got hit with like a sand storm and literally froze to death. And so like there’s showing like the carcass of these rovers and like taking pictures of it. Um, It’s a thing, but I dude, I’m, I’m here for it. You know? I’ve I’ve I, I hope that the, you know, maybe somebody, they finally come out, just go, yeah, they’ve been here the whole time. They we’ve known the whole time. That’s how it’s going to be. Cool. I’ve watched each and ancient aliens enough to know that they’re here. They’ve been here forever. I’ve I’ve always said, if you, you know, you just, just do the math. It is an extremely egotistical point of view to think that with all the stars and all the planets and all the, everything across the entire universe, that we’re the only ones that, that showed up that had a brain. I can do it. And like I said, people it’s just been, it’s been an avoidance thing. Like we, I truly believe like we are the Jehovah’s witnesses of the universe because we keep like knocking on people’s doors going, Hey, are you home? Hey, do you have a minute to talk? Hey, we’re here. We just like to have a word with you and say, I would avoid us too. Did, um, Did you see, uh, the meme of the week, by the way? Uh, that, uh, the next Halloween movie is, is going? Yeah. So the next Halloween movie is going to be about Michael Myers being confused that no one’s on the streets to kill and then meeting some angry black lady yelling at him for wearing a mask. Yeah. I think that’d be a, if you’d call that Halloween 20, 20 Kenny powers, if you’re listening, you wrote the last one that was kind of a trash. That should be a South park. That should, that should be the episode. South park comes back with Dude. And I don’t want to talk about masks anymore. Cause I’m so tired of it, but what the hell is wrong with people? But like if it gotta be, where do you want me to start? Some guys stabbed somebody because they told him he wasn’t like, is this how far we got like people, people don’t understand that private businesses have private. I have rights. Yeah, no, absolutely. This is they think, they think Menards is a public park. Yeah. Yeah, no, you, you, you do not have a right to go into a store. You don’t, that’s not how that works. Get me is even the employees don’t understand it because like, if you’re filming me and I work at dairy queen and like I have every, you can’t, I can’t ever right to film you and the employees don’t even understand it. Or like actually no, you don’t. This is private business. Yeah. Okay. Well, and one of the points, like one party recording is only permissible. If you believe that there is the commission of a crime happening. Yeah. And that’s only in like half the States, like most States are Michigan. Michigan is like that. Yeah. There’s a lady that was wearing a mask at a dog park. There was a couple having lunch without masks. So we’re eating and she walks over and maces them in the face and then walks away. And like people think that this is, Well, then people wanted to yell at Rick flair because he wasn’t wearing a mask while he was driving, driving. Like I thought you’re not supposed to, you don’t need to like, I don’t, I don’t get it. Like I, I’m not gonna, I’m not gonna, I look cyanide at people that are wearing masks while they’re driving by themselves, in their car with a mask on I’m like, are, are you that worried about making yourself sick? Like what, what what’s going on? We saw a guy today with one driving and I was like, come on, man. Like, I guess good on you. But I mean, I get it. And maybe, maybe, I mean, if that’s your way of never forgetting to put it on, is that you just don’t take it off. Good for you. You know, me personally, I, you know, do they’re not, especially what like hot, humid days like today. Um, no, they’re not comfortable to be wearing, so yeah. As soon as I get in the car that effort’s coming off, um, you know, and I’m breathing in as much nice cold freezing areas. Again, I did buy one, by the way, I found it on Etsy. Um, somebody’s making crown Royal bags and putting a filter in them and making BA masks. Oh dude, that started the bartending memes page. Somebody was selling those like the second week of March. Oh, crown. Cause it was like, Oh my God. Yeah. I finally found a use for all these damn crown Royal bags that I’ve got laying around. Speaking of buying stupid shit on the internet. Um, for some reason, you know, how my feed comes across and like, I need to have that shirt. So I go and buy that shirt and it was like an eight, $9 tee shirt. And I was like $4, $3 shipping. Right. And my wife goes, you got something from Poland today. And I go, what? And it’s an envelope and it’s all in Polish, every everything that’s written and transcribed on the, on the envelope. And I open it up and it’s my guy named t-shirt from Facebook. And I go to like, maybe Dude, a lot of them, a lot of them are coming from overseas printing companies. Like, and, and that’s sort of like, that’s one of the things to keep in mind because I’ve clicked through a few of those t-shirt ads and be careful and make sure you’re reading the ad or the pages that you land on after you click the ad. Because a lot of them are saying basically, Hey, this is the equivalent of a Kickstarter. And if we get enough orders, we’re going to print these. Not that, you know, we actually have them in, they’re in stock and they’re ready to ship. And our estimated ship date currently is like two months from now. If, if I had to do a Kickstarter for a super friends, t-shirt, I’m going to send them a better my shit. I swear to God. Um, by the way, um, I’m so mad at trader Joe’s right now. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Like, is it not, is it funny or is it not funny? So like, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, trader Joe’s has like some, some, uh, some Mexican food, frozen food, You know, they have like, you know, Asian food and it’s, you know, their brand, their in house brand is trader Ming’s. Uh, their, their, their Mexican food is trader Jose. Uh, and then what’s the other one, uh, trader Giotto, uh, for the Italian, for the Italian section. Um, and, and, and they’re changing them all or just eliminating them, But who looked at those and got angry to everyone, like, Oh, they thought it was either cute or they didn’t care. Like as chef Boyer, deacon The chef with the Mo like, is it like, is that going to have to go away now? Cause, cause it’s spelled not right, because it’s a stereotypical Italian guide, whatever I Cracker jacks named after a person though, it doesn’t matter. So as aunt Jemima was named after her person. Oh, and you know what, we did not shoot this did not make the list. Cause I forgot to email it to you, but I totally want to talk about this whole thing at Blake’s. Um, so Blake’s, uh, the, the place up in, I think it’s our made up, um, got all lit up. Oh yeah, I do. They’re phenomenal. Um, you know, and you know, you go Apple picking. I mean, it’s like a fall, you know, cider and donuts. I mean, like that’s a tradition around here got all lit up, uh, because they canceled, uh, an or requested somebody cancel an event on them. Um, social media then blew up, um, all over them, uh, because they were like, Oh, well you just hate Trump and she’s a Trump and that’s why you canceled the event. And I’m never shopping there again and rubber era without reading, of course, without reading anything. Uh, yeah. And so, you know, one of the, one of the family members actually put out a video, uh, that described the situation. So basically this lady wanted to hold. She told them she wanted to hold like a private, uh, event, like a private little fundraiser thing and everything was going to, you know, it was going to be small, tight, whatever, and then started posting on Facebook. Uh, she creates the event, you know, basically makes it look like Blake’s as a sponsor of the event. Um, and announces that it’s going to be a public rally with speakers and it’s going to be this, that, and the other thing. And so, no, Blake’s, didn’t cancel the event because it was a, a Republican holding the event. Blake’s canceled the event because you told them you were having a small event and then announced that you were having a huge event. And that is not something Blake’s is comfortable supporting or hosting at this time. I honestly hope people read and, and realize that that was the story because obviously, you know, I’m going to point in my life now where I’m, I’m looking at eight different sources of five before I even make an emotional judgment. It’s take, you know, the analogy that I gave somebody I’m like, look, dude, like, you know, Know, cause we do, you know, we’ve got a couple of the studios open now. Um, and I said, you know, I said, if I tell somebody and they agree that, Hey, there’s the capacity in the studios right now is for period. End of story. Anything above that, you’re bringing people in

The 501st’s Chris Feehan is back to join the team again this week and as usual is doing a troop to raise money for a good cause. Check out the links on the bottom for info. It seems like Kathy Kennedy is for real out the door, and everyone is excited. Added scene in A New Hope make Mark Hamill happy. A Lucasfilm writer throws some shade on Disney and gets the lawyers on him. On Who’s More OVER this week it’s Savage Oppress vs Ki Adi Mundi. Who gets the nod on this weeks episode? The King of the Wing results are in. Which wing won? This will be the goodbye episode as the nFo goes dark this week and moves to patreon. Chris Feehan CureMode@CureMode.com Star Wars virtual bingo for CPNassau https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-bingo-with-cp-nassau-0722-tickets-111661592830 501st Legion’s Empire City Garrison https://www.501ecg.com/ ECG Virtual Troop https://m.facebook.com/ECGVirtualTroop

The 501st’s Chris Feehan is back to join the team again this week and as usual is doing a troop to raise money for a good cause. Check out the links on the bottom for info. It seems like Kathy Kennedy is for real out the door, and everyone is excited. Added scene in A New Hope make Mark Hamill happy. A Lucasfilm writer throws some shade on Disney and gets the lawyers on him. On Who’s More OVER this week it’s Savage Oppress vs Ki Adi Mundi. Who gets the nod on this weeks episode? The King of the Wing results are in. Which wing won? This will be the goodbye episode as the nFo goes dark this week and moves to patreon. Chris FeehanCureMode@CureMode.com Star Wars virtual bingo for CPNassauhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-bingo-with-cp-nassau-0722-tickets-111661592830 501st Legion’s Empire City Garrisonhttps://www.501ecg.com/ECG Virtual Troophttps://m.facebook.com/ECGVirtualTroop

Kathy Kennedy (0:30); Dave Carlson, Reeve of Emerson-Franklin (7:00); Carolyn Klassen, Conexus Counselling (12:10).

Que ce soit en temps normal ou en temps de crise, il est de ces individus pour lesquels la vie et l’art sont impossible à distinguer. Nous vivons pour l’art et l’art est pour laContinue ReadingÉpisode #17 – Kathy Kennedy

Guest host Kathy Kennedy assembles the Sports Panel to chat about the impact of the Coronavirus (0:06); Allison Mac from Gas Buddy on what lower prices at the pump really means (11:36); Economics professor John McCallum delves into the Dow drop (17:49) & find out about the Inspiration Awards! (28:00)

Guest host Kathy Kennedy chats with Dr. Joel Kettner about everything you need to know about the Coronavirus (0:06); The economic impact of COVID-19 with John McCallum of the U of M (10:01) & find out about the Canadian Engineering Competition (21:08)

Fewer fire halls? The new $150 million plan (1:45); How long do you wait for someone if they're late? (12:09); Vaping concerns on the rise. What are the schools watching for? (17:50); A Canadian quarantined on a ship is not getting paid (26:30); Mayor Brian Bowman stops by to talk about the new fire hall plan (30:24); Nygard...the hits just keep on coming to him, and the company (38:26); Kathy Kennedy pipes in about the vandalism to RCMP digs (46:47); Constable Rob Carver calls in to give a rundown on the vandalism (54:25). 

In the 13th episode of the Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate and Jake discuss the release of The Clone Wars Season 7 on Disney+ as part of a spoiler special (you've been warned if you haven't seen it yet), and they break down what they most enjoyed. And we are getting news about a new movie in the works and who is involved. Plus Baby Yoda toys are revealed at the New York Toy Fair. And even more new rumors swirling about turmoil for Lucasfilm head Kathy Kennedy. And, the guys talk about the impending announcement about Lucasfilm's 'Project Luminous,' which is said to be a major event for Star Wars in general. Hear it all in this latest episode of The Force Geeks!

In the 12th episode of the Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate, Jake, and DailySuperHero.com Founder Daniel Wolf are counting down the days to the release of The Clone Wars Season 7 on Disney+ (it drops this week, Feb. 21) and they break down what they are most looking forward to. And we hear actor Adam Pally tell the story of how he got a little too excited about punching the Baby Yoda puppet as the misguided Imperial Bike Scout on The Mandolorian. Plus more rumors swirling about turmoil for Lucasfilm head Kathy Kennedy. Also, it appears Disney has plans for more Darth Vader in the future. And, the guys take a beat on what the current state of the fandom is now that The Rise of Skywalker has come and gone. Hear it all in this latest episode of The Force Geeks!

In the eleventh episode of the Force Geeks: A Star Wars Podcast, Nate and Jake break down the latest rumors about turmoil for Lucasfilm head Kathy Kennedy, the new Clone Wars Trailer and what storylines we'll see, the delays related to the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series, plus new insight into who Captain Phasma is with a book review of the novel that features her back story. Hear it all in this latest episode of The Force Geeks!

Seems Mackling & Megarry are adopting the Kramer approach to sleeping (1:30); Winnipeg Jets are lowering concession prices - will it make a difference? (8:35); Are you a fan of the 'side sit' at a restaurant? Also, McNabb is surprised to learn how things work at the urinal! (16:20); The outdoor hockey rink in West Broadway is no longer a parking lot, and they're hoping to have it ready to go by the weekend (23:25); Mayor Brian Bowman on budget talks (30:20); Kathy Kennedy, the host of Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo, weighs in on the lengths to which people are going to get a ticket for the record jackpot of $640K (42:00).

In this special episode, which commemorates 4 years of podcast for us, join Mark and Tim as they welcome special guests Johnny (Rogue Won), Josiah (Force Sports Pod), and Sal (Rogue Rebels)! (and maybe a spot for Hawes from Blue Harvest?).  In this episode, we really wanted to send a big, community 'thank you' to everyone involved in creating this last trilogy of Star Wars films, from JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson to Kathy Kennedy and Bob Iger, as well as everyone whose names we don't know but who have still played a part in bringing us these movies.  We hope you enjoy! We'd also like to give a huge shoutout to Podcorn for sponsoring the episode!  You can check them out by going to www.podcorn.com/podcasters!

In this episode of Lean the F*ck Out, we talk with Robin Schorr about her bold move from an accomplished career as a film producer to pursue her deepest passion -- music. Two years into her second act, Robin has already had her music placed on MTV and Free Form. She is proof that it is never too late to follow your heart! Episode Highlights: A bit about Robin’s second act: Deep down, film was never really her love Music was her biggest love but she had never seen a path to a career in it Her daughter was reading The Alchemist - Robin started reading the book out loud to her daughter. Started questioning what her purpose was and whether her life was a lie Started meditating Decided to learn how to play guitar Had always heard melodies Once she started playing the guitar, an explosion of melodies were in her head Had a lightbulb revelation moment while listening to a country song. Realized she could write songs for country artists. She KNEW deep in her heart and in her bones music was her purpose - even though she had never written a song. In 2017 - went to Nashville and there happened to be a workshop during the time she was going. For the next year, she worked on songs for country artists and focusing on the things she learned at Nashville event. You’re not a songwriter til you’ve written 100 songs Find your best co-writers Come to Nashville as much as you can Get good enough at guitar so you can play out and meet alot of people Started writing for country but began wondering where her place was in country music -- especially since it's so male dominated. Keith Hill Quote: “Trust me, I play great female records and we’ve got some right now; they’re just not the lettuce in our salad,” Hill said. “The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. The tomatoes of our salad are the females.” Wrote a pop song in LA as a fluke. Played her song for a film industry colleague and they loved it. Robin spends 2 hours a day reaching out to film connections. Industry outreach. The rest of her time is spent writing music with artists and producers, particularly on music that works for film and TV. Robin has had placements on MTV’s “Teen Mom 2,” Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” and the indie film “Sugar.” Advice for women thinking about leaning out and pursuing their second act: Of course, you have to make sure you’re financially able to live But life is short and particularly while you’re in good health, you have to grab it with every bit of passion and practical hours in the day that you can. Don’t be self deprecating about being female and about your age. Every time you think in this space, instead think about what you love and what you have to say. Carve out the time to do it If you don’t know what it is, read The Alchemist. Robin Schorr Songwriter Robin Schorr was working as a film/tv producer and senior executive in Los Angeles until 2017, when she unexpectedly and totally fell in love with... songwriting! A lifelong passionate music fan, she never dreamed of actually creating music. So as soon as she discovered this deep passion, she has fearlessly pursued songwriting with enormous joy and energy. Robin refuses to believe that it is ever too late to follow your heart, and she is gratefully living by that credo every day. Her first year of writing was spent in Country music because she mistakenly thought that was the only genre of music in which artists didn’t always write their own songs. But when old friends from film heard her music, they started asking her for songs in other genres for their features, trailers, games and series. After a total career pivot, suddenly her old world and new dovetailed in perfect harmony. Now Robin toplines every day with gifted artist/singers and producers to create fully produced tracks in all genres, either based on briefs she has received or on spec, for film, tv, trailers and commercials. Robin’s collaborators are repped by companies from Universal to Lyric House to Resin8. Film highlights: Robin had senior executive jobs for companies including legendary producer Kathy Kennedy of Lucas Film as well as at Disney and Lionsgate Studios, where she worked on films including THE SIXTH SENSE and many more. Schorr was also head of creative production for River Road Entertainment, where they produced Sean Penn's critically acclaimed INTO THE WILD, as well as FOOD INC, the groundbreaking documentary on agribusiness for which Schorr won 2 Emmy Awards. Schorr also worked in music video production with top video/film directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) and received her M.F.A. in Production at UCLA film school. She started her career as a disc jockey in the Bay Area. Music highlights: In country, Robin was a finalist in the Nashville Songstar Songwriting Competition 2018, selected by NSAI as “One To Watch” and she attended NSAI Advanced Song Camp. Her co-written song, “Walk Away” recently was chosen for the Taxi Top 10 in Feb 2019. Since her start writing for sync in just the past year, she has had four placements on MTV’s “Teen Mom 2,” as well as Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” and the indie film “Sugar.” She regularly attends the Durango Songwriter Expo for songwriting and Film/TV and attended the magnificent Hawaii Songwriting Festival for the first time in summer 2018. You can find Robin online at: https://soundcloud.com/user-265966734   Download the FREE Lean the F*ck Out Launch Kit If you are thinking about starting a business or side hustle, check out our Lean the F*ck Out Launch Kit. The kit gives you tools and inspiration to start thinking like a fempreneur and start designing the life you want! You’ll receive a guided meditation to help you figure out your vision, a budget worksheet to see what you need financially to make a go of it, daily practices including printable worksheets and daily affirmations to help you keep your head up when your confidence is waning. Again, it’s free and it’s available at leanthef-ckout.com/launchkit. Music: Sunshine by The Icicles

‘Tis a rather silly episode of our news show this week. We honestly kinda forget we’re talking about Star Wars for a little bit and Blaine seems completely lost. However, we recover in time to discuss The Rise of Skywalker news, Kathy Kennedy, and books about aliens. It’s all light and breezy with Herzog talk this week as we gear up for May the 4th.0:00 - So much silliness5:00 - Your guess is as good as ours8:00 - Rise of Skywalker talk19:00 - It’s over , we have the high ground

Remembering John Candy with Alycia's Restaurant, Kathy Kennedy and Bob Irving (1:15); Rob Carver on a tragic incident in the city (16:20); Obama moderator Michael Burns (23:05); and Jino Distasio on the city budget (28:00)

It's Kathy Kennedy's last day guest hosting for Hal Anderson with The Big Guy all healed up from his hip surgery! Hal is live in studio! We also learn about what's going on in True North Sports & Entertainment and Minister Squires talks parks and fishing.

Hal Anderson's hiatus is almost at an end on the Hal Anderson Afternoons Podcast with guest host Kathy Kennedy. Kathy talks with Dave Spivak and the Dave Spivak Project and Hal's Hit focuses on disgusting food and Superbowl munchies! Eww.... and mmmm.

The Hal Anderson Afternoons Podcast continues with Kathy Kennedy as guest host. Kathy is joined by the king of Canada's king climatologist, David Phillips, and Global News Weather Specialist Mike Koncan. Hal is back! Well, just for a bit... and fortune cookie Wednesday reaches new heights!

Did you know it's cold in Winnipeg? It's January! Kathy Kennedy guest hosts Hal Anderson Afternoons and keeps you cozy with power lifting, hot restaurants and "wink wink" weather! Don't tell her it's cold out! It's warm in her mind.

Kathy Kennedy guest hosts the Hal Anderson Podcast and is joined by Terry Shaw with the Manitoba Trucking Association to discuss changes as the Humboldt Broncos sentencing case is ongoing. Brianne Goertzen the provincial director for the Manitoba Health Coalition says she wants free pills for all and Matt Nye, the Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, live from Florida is asked if the government shutdown in the US is over and the ongoing issues surrounding Roger Stone.

Russell Cabak spoke with Kathy Kennedy after surviving a violent EF-4 tornado that touched down Friday evening near Alonsa, Manitoba.

Hey Geeks! This week we discuss the upcoming Halo television series, Lucasfilm and Kathy Kennedy…AGAIN…. The transition to the digital age

Hey Geeks! This week we discuss the upcoming Halo television series, Lucasfilm and Kathy Kennedy...AGAIN.... The transition to the digital age as Best Buy discontinues the sale of CDs, and then we reminisce about our favorite Midnight launch experiences.  As always thanks for listening and dont forget to find us on all of the Social Media sites Twitter –BridgeGeekdoms Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BridgingtheGeekdoms/ Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/nerdtalkalypsepodcastnetwork Merch - https://teespring.com/nerdtalkalypsenetwork   Theme Music - Dubstep BTG - "Music: www.bensound.com" Bridging the Geekdoms is part of the Nerdtalkalypse Podcast Network --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgingthegeekdoms/support

Hey fellow Geeks, more specifically this episode, Star Wars Fans! This episode Robert discusses the rumor of Disney looking to

Hey fellow Geeks, more specifically this episode, Star Wars Fans! This episode Robert discusses the rumor of Disney looking to replace Kathy Kennedy at Lucasfilm as well as what needs to happen for Star Wars fandom to be fun again.   Thanks for listening and dont forget to find us on all of the Social Media sites Twitter –BridgeGeekdoms Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BridgingtheGeekdoms/ Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/nerdtalkalypsepodcastnetwork Merch - https://teespring.com/nerdtalkalypsenetwork   Theme Music - Dubstep BTG - "Music: www.bensound.com" Bridging the Geekdoms is part of the Nerdtalkalypse Podcast Network --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bridgingthegeekdoms/support

Holy Smokes! "Han Solo" directors Phil Lord and Chris get fired over "Creative Differences" and the Bird Boys return to break down all the speculation and speculate even more. Star Wars Drama, just in time for Summer! Is Star Wars reluctant to take risks or did Kathy Kennedy save a sinking ship?   Thanks for listening hosts@talkingbirdcast.com www.twitter.com/talkingbirdcast www.talkingbirdcast.com www.talkingbirdcast.com/amazon  

In the second hour, Msgr. Schumacher spoke with: Belita Sanders about Jesus' Passion and how it is portrayed for audiences in Manitoba's Passion Play; Kathy Kennedy, State Regent for the North Dakota Catholic Daughters, about the Catholic Daughters and why women should consider joining one of the local courts; and Dr. Bryan Thatcher, founder of the Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy, about Divine Mercy and how we can learn to be more merciful.

Guest host Charles Adler discusses vaping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.