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Fake countdown timers, staged waitlists, closed doors that mysteriously reopen the moment someone hesitates. These tactics work in the short term, and they quietly wreck your retention in the long term.In this episode, I dive into a bit of a hot-button topic for me: how to use urgency and scarcity in your membership marketing without crossing into these manipulative tactics that give this whole area a bad name.I break down why the closed-door model gives you the worst of both worlds, what real, ethical urgency actually looks like, and a simple test you can run on any deadline before you publish it.If you've ever wondered whether the "urgency" in your marketing is doing more harm than good, I'm here for you.In this episode:Why the closed-door model gives membership owners the worst of both worldsHow fake scarcity and staged waitlists quietly destroy member trustWhy positioning your membership as a painkiller, not a vitamin, is the real source of urgencyWhich legitimate urgency levers (launches, price increases, live events, capped bonuses) you're probably not using yetThe simple "day-after test" for checking whether any deadline you're using is actually realWant a tool that tells you exactly which of those legitimate levers fits your situation right now? Grab the free Urgency Lever Decision Tree.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your growth and retention strategy are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Someone has a raging headache, they don't need a countdown timer to convince them to buy a painkiller.""The right kind of members, the members who are prone to sticking around long term, they don't need countdown timers and fake scarcity to panic them into joining.""If you have a deadline that actually exists, if the offer genuinely ends and goes away, if the bonus is genuinely limited, then there's nothing manipulative about leaning into it.""People who respond to pressure are more likely to crack under it once they actually get in there."You might also find useful:Using Urgency to Promote an Evergreen Membership SiteEverything You Know About Scarcity Marketing is WrongAvoid the Lie of Scarcity Marketing for MembershipsThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

AI might be saving you time, but if you don’t know what to do with that time, it’s not worth much. In this Quick Win, I’m joined by Dom Price, who spent 12 years as the Work Futurist at Atlassian. Dom shares a powerful reminder: saving time with AI is meaningless unless you know how to reinvest that time intentionally. After watching organisations roll out sophisticated AI tools without upgrading the human system around them, Dom explains why people often use their newfound hours poorly - and how a single, deliberate question can transform the return you get from AI. Dom and I discuss: Why organisations focus on AI tools but forget the human system that actually uses them The surprising behaviour Dom saw when teams became “35 percent more productive” - including a huge spike in meetings What happens when people gain time but aren’t guided on how to use it The small mindset shift that helps you reinvest saved time more wisely The reflection question that turns AI gains into genuine value: What’s the most valuable thing I can do with this time? KEY QUOTES “I don’t care what you saved. I care what you did with it.” “Take a moment before filling that space. Ask yourself: what’s the most valuable thing I can do with this time?” Connect with Dom Price on Instagram, LinkedIn and his website. Listen to the full conversation with Dom here. My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/ Connect with me on the socials: Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amanthai) If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au Credits: Host: Amantha Imber Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If your membership signups have slowed down, your first instinct is probably to look at your sales page, your emails, or your pricing.Nine times out of ten, that's not where the problem actually lies.In this episode, I break down why stalled signups are almost always an audience growth problem in disguise, and I share seven proven strategies for keeping new people flowing into your world even after your membership is up and running.In this episode:Why stalled membership sales are almost always an audience growth problem, not a sales problemThe three core levers for growing your audience, and why they work best combinedHow to build a brand and content strategy that reaches people at every stage of the buyer journey, not just oneHow to repurpose your content so more of your audience actually sees itA repeatable framework for landing guest spots, collaborations, and other borrowed-audience opportunitiesWant the CLEAR framework as a ready-to-use template? Grab the free Collaboration Outreach Swipes, which includes the fill-in-the-blank pitch email, a leverage currency worksheet, and a pre-outreach checklist.And if you want a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"It is almost always the audience growth that is the main culprit.""Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room.""Paid ads should amplify and accelerate what's already working organically. It's not a fix for a broken system.""Go in there and be a valuable member. Share useful tips, generously answer questions, contribute to discussions."You might also find useful:The 3 Pillars of Exponential Membership GrowthGrowing Your Membership with Joint Venture PromotionsUnderstanding the Customer Journey with Kenda Macdonald4 Tactics for Accelerating the Growth of Your Membership AudienceThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Jude Hill  Jude is a Life After Loss Mentor, Transformational Energy Healer, and Grief Coach, helping women rebuild their lives and truly thrive after loss and adversity. She is a mum of four, including two children in spirit. Jude brings deep compassion and lived experience to her work. She is the founder of Sadness to Sunshine, where she supports women navigating grief, identity shifts, and life’s most challenging transitions. Through a unique blend of energy healing, intuitive guidance, and practical support, Jude holds a compassionate, grounded space where women feel seen, heard, and understood. She empowers women to reconnect with themselves, guiding them to discover hope and healing, helping them move from surviving to thriving, and enabling them to live life fully again. She is also the creator of several heart-led online communities for women seeking real connection, support, and transformation. Key Quote “Adam didn’t get the chance to live, so I’ve gotta do my best to live.” — Jude Hill Jude’s Top Tips     Take care of your emotional health — whatever way works for you, whether that’s energy healing or something else, so you don’t fall into overeating or undereating.     Move in whatever way feels good — even just a 10-minute walk round the block, or dancing round the house on your own.     Drink plenty of water — staying hydrated helps everything, including flushing through emotions if you’re doing any kind of energy work. Jude’s Book Sadness to Sunshine: Empowering you to transform your life and be happy, a compassionate guide for bereaved parents — available on Jude’s website. Resources Mentioned Light After Loss Sisterhood — membership for bereaved mothers Bereavement Support Circle Thrive Together Circle — women’s empowerment community Connect with Jude Hill Facebook Profile: facebook.com/judesmary.kay Instagram: instagram.com/judehillenergyhealer LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/judehill YouTube: youtube.com/@SadnessToSunshine Website sadnesstosunshine.com The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Connect with us on social media https://www.instagram.com/FabulouslyKeto1 https://twitter.com/FabulouslyKeto https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FabulouslyKeto Music by Bob Collum Recommend a guest We would love to know if you have a favourite guest you would like us to interview. Let us know who you would like to hear of if you have a particular topic you would like us to cover. https://fabulouslyketo.com/recommend-a-guest We sometimes get a small commission on some of the links, this goes towards the costs of producing the podcast.

This episode kicks off a new regular feature on the show: Ask Mike, where I pull real questions straight from our monthly member Q&A archive inside Membership Academy and share the answers with you.First up is a question about drip feeding content. A membership owner running a diet and lifestyle site wanted to know if releasing their courses gradually, rather than giving members full access, would help improve retention.My answer might surprise you, because drip feeding as a retention tactic isn't actually the fix most people think it is. The real issue is almost always something else entirely.If you've ever wondered whether locking up your content on a schedule would keep people around longer, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why drip feeding content to force people to stay is the wrong way to think about retentionWhat to check first before you even consider a drip feed strategy (onboarding and offboarding)How to build a step-by-step content pathway that gives members a reason to stick aroundWhy too many live calls can actually make members feel like they're failingHow milestones, rituals, and habits keep people engaged without artificial gatesIf you want a wider view of where the gaps in your membership strategy actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck will help you find them fast.And if you're looking to get your questions answered by me in our next Membership Academy Q&A, you can join Membership Academy here to be part of the conversation.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"I'm not a big fan of just arbitrarily drip feeding content as a means of prolonging someone's membership.""Nine times out of 10, people drop off because they never really get started the right way.""If you give them that path, you don't need to drip feed because you're telling them exactly what to do and when you are laying out the journey for them.""I think members should stay members and stay subscribed because they're getting something from it."You might also find useful:Is Your Member Onboarding Missing These 3 Vital Things?21 Quick Tips For Improving Member RetentionHow to Identify Your Membership Drop-Off PointsThe 5 Key Stages of the Member LifecycleThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Cricket betting has become one of the fastest growing betting markets in the world. In Episode 106, I sit down with journalist, author and cricket betting expert Ed Hawkins to explore why more serious bettors are turning their attention to the sport.Drawing on more than 20 years covering cricket and betting markets, Ed explains why bookmakers continue to make pricing mistakes, the betting markets he believes offer the biggest edge, and why understanding pitch conditions is often more important than following recent form.We also discuss the rapid growth of franchise cricket around the world, how the CricStats VIP service identifies value alongside Richard Mann and Paul Krishnamurty, and why discipline remains one of the most underrated skills in profitable betting.If you've read our recent CricStats review in SBC Magazine Issue 166, this conversation provides an excellent opportunity to hear directly from one of the people behind the service. With an SBC membership, you can also save up to £200 on a CricStats subscription, making it an ideal time to explore one of our highest rated cricket betting services.Whether you're an experienced cricket bettor or someone looking to explore a growing market, this episode offers plenty of practical insights into finding value where others aren't looking.KEY TALKING POINTSEd Hawkins' journey from Racing Post journalist to one of cricket betting's most respected analystsWhy cricket continues to offer value despite the explosion in data and analyticsHow bookmakers still make regular pricing mistakes in cricket marketsWhy pitch reports and playing conditions are often the biggest edge for bettorsThe balance between statistics, cricket knowledge and market pricingWhy Top Run Scorer, Player Performance and Sixes markets offer consistent opportunitiesWhy recent form can be overrated in T20 cricket bettingThe importance of discipline and knowing when not to place a betHow the CricStatz VIP team works together to identify value betsWhy the service only quotes realistic, widely available pricesThe rapid growth of franchise cricket and what it means for bettorsWhy some emerging cricket leagues are avoided because of integrity concernsHow Test cricket creates unique opportunities for in play bettingThe future of cricket betting and where Ed believes the biggest opportunities still existSupport The PodcastYou can support the SBC Podcast by visiting our podcast sponsor, Matchbook. Get 150 days commission free via this link: https://welcome.matchbook.com/SBC150Resources & MentionsEd Hawkins on X: https://x.com/cricketbettingCrickStatz: https://telegram.cricstatz.ai/Read our full CricStatz review in SBC Magazine Issue 166SBC members can save up to £200 on a CricStatz subscriptionSmart Betting Club: https://smartbettingclub.com/Key Quotes"The bookmakers do not have the resources to spend enough time on cricket. I think you get plenty of mistakes in cricket prices.""The pitch report is absolutely vital. I wouldn't be betting heavily on a game unless I was convinced I knew what the wicket was like.""Cricket is about failing the majority of the time. The trick is working out when someone is going to hit their sweet spot.""Good form doesn't necessarily exist in T20 cricket.""Cricket never stops. There's almost always another game tomorrow.""The growth of franchise leagues means there are betting opportunities almost every day of the year.""Years ago you could only really bet on match odds or Top Batsman. Now you've got player runs, player performances, wicket markets and total runs.""The money swirling around cricket betting is still absolutely huge." "The Indian betting market is so vast that it props up everything else."

Exchanging the Familiar for the Faithful | Mark 1:16–20; Mark 2:13–17 | Pastor Charlie GrimesWe love what is familiar. We love predictability. In fact, our culture trains us to anchor our entire identity and security in the daily grind—especially our careers. But when we pour our whole lives into our jobs and routines, trying to find ultimate meaning there, we end up exhausted, stressed, and stuck in a rut.Is there a higher calling that supersedes the cultural default of finding our worth in our work, status, or comfort zone?In Part 2 of our series through the Gospel of Mark, "Follow the Leader," Pastor Charlie Grimes walks through Mark 1:16–20 and Mark 2:13–17 to unpack Jesus' invitation to ordinary fishermen and a scandalous tax collector. Jesus doesn't call people who have it all figured out, nor does He ask us to stay where it's safe. Following the Leader requires us to exchange what is familiar for what is faithful.In this episode, you'll discover:Why Jesus doesn't erase your background, but redirects your skills for Kingdom impact.How to step off the safety net of self-made security and trust God's divine provision.The difference between self-righteous, clean-cut religion and the radical, open-armed grace of Jesus.What it means to live as citizens of the Kingdom of God right in the middle of everyday life.

Aaron Kemp sits at an unusual intersection. He holds a doctorate in cybersecurity, spent years in DoD classified environments running SCI and SAP facilities, and now leads KPMG's quantum research practice — where he's a co-author on a recent hybrid QML paper with Kipu Quantum and IBM. He's also the lead author of KPMG's Q-PREP framework, which pushes enterprises to treat post-quantum cryptography migration as an operational risk problem right now.If you've wondered how quantum actually lands inside a Fortune 200 boardroom — not the hype cycle version, but the "what do you actually tell the CFO" version — this episode maps that territory honestly. It's also useful listening if you're trying to understand the emerging talent gap, why the quiet in enterprise research publications may itself be a signal, and how a firm known for audit and advisory ends up doing multispectral analysis of chestnut trees on IBM quantum processors.What We Get IntoWhy KPMG split quantum into distinct practices — PQC, sensing, optimization, and research — and what that structural choice signals about market timingHow a PBS documentary about the American chestnut tree led to a peer-reviewed quantum ML paper with Kipu Quantum and IBMThe honest case for a 3% accuracy gain over classical ResNet-50 baselines — and why Aaron treats it as a positive-sum signal rather than a victory lapWhy "what makes a good quantum problem" remains the most important question in the field, and how KPMG's client base shapes their answerThe seven-step Q-PREP framework for post-quantum cryptography readiness, and why step one — knowing what you actually have — is the hardest stepHow data-centric thinking (not cryptography-centric thinking) reframes the PQC migration challengeWhy the quiet in enterprise research publications from major financial institutions may itself be a market signalThe talent bottleneck: ~16,500 quantum researchers on the planet against a coming wave of enterprise demandHow AI tooling is compressing quantum research timelines, and what that means for who can enter the fieldWhy the compute stack of the next decade will be heterogeneous — quantum, neuromorphic, thermodynamic, and mechanical computing all coexistingResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationDr. Aaron Kemp — KPMG People Profile — Official bio covering Aaron's DoD/classified cybersecurity background and current role as US Quantum Leader.Papers & ResearcharXiv:2602.18350 — Quantum-enhanced satellite image classification — The peer-reviewed KPMG/Kipu Quantum/IBM paper Aaron co-authored, demonstrating hybrid quantum-classical accuracy gains on IBM processors.From Theory to Impact: Real-World Results in Quantum Machine Learning — KPMG's editorial summary of the satellite imagery research, framed for enterprise readers.From Theory to Impact — Full Technical Report (PDF) — The detailed technical companion walking through the hybrid pipeline step by step.PQC & Enterprise FrameworksQ-PREP: Seven Steps to Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness (PDF) — KPMG's prescriptive PQC migration framework, with Aaron as lead author.The Quantum Threat Is No Longer Theoretical (PDF) — Aaron's board-level brief on Q-Day urgency.Prepare Now for Quantum Cyber Risk (KPMG Board Leadership Center) — Aaron's article for corporate directors, originally in NACD Directorship Online.Related Coverage & CommentaryKipu Quantum: Quantum-Enhanced AI Deployable in Production — Announcement of the production framework that removes quantum hardware from the inference loop; Aaron quoted as enterprise champion.KPMG's Seven Steps Build Quantum Resilience for Businesses (Quantum Zeitgeist) — Third-party coverage of Q-PREP.A Framework Can Tell You What to Do. It Cannot Tell You What You Have. (Qtonic Substack) — A critical response arguing that advisory frameworks don't solve the underlying cryptographic inventory problem — useful counterpoint reading.Key Quotes & InsightsOn the 3% accuracy gain: "It's a positive game… we did a 12–15 week sprint, and to at least meet classical was our goal when we started. So when we actually did get three percent, it was repeatable. That was, to me, okay — there's something there."On the real PQC problem: "We don't have a cryptographic problem. We have a data problem. None of these organizations know where their data flows."On cybersecurity as a discipline: "Cybersecurity is probably the worst career field ever because perfect cybersecurity has no ROI — because nothing happens."On enterprise timing: Insight: Aaron frames the quiet in financial services quantum research publications as a market signal — organizations may have stopped sharing because they're moving from research toward competitive advantage.On the talent gap: "There's 16,500 quantum researchers on the planet… Fortune 200 will hire 16,000." A single tier of enterprise demand could exhaust the global talent pool.Related EpisodesEpisode 14: A Hybrid NISQ-Classical Solution Architecture with Harry Buhrman — Foundational thinking on hybrid quantum-classical architectures relevant to the Kipu/KPMG/IBM approach.Episode 38: Quantum Machine Learning with Jessica Pointing — A rigorous look at the tradeoffs and open questions in QML that frame Aaron's satellite imagery results.Episode 81: Quantum LDPC error correction with Larry Cohen and Paul Webster — Directly relevant to the compressing resource estimates for breaking RSA that shape PQC urgency.Episode 86: Quantum Advantage Achieved with Dominik Hangleiter — A theorist's careful framing of what advantage claims should and shouldn't mean.Episode 40: Integrating Quantum Computers and Classical Supercomputers with Martin Schultz — Useful context on the heterogeneous compute future Aaron and Sebastian discuss at the end of the episode.Stay in the EcosystemSubscribe on

Episode Summary:What does it really mean to be prepared? Is preparedness about stockpiling supplies, building bunkers, and expecting the worst—or is it something much simpler? In a world where convenience has made many people dependent on systems they rarely think about, how can we build the confidence, capability, and resilience to care for ourselves and the people we love when life becomes unpredictable?In this compelling episode of Apogee Strong, host Matt Beaudreau sits down with survival instructor and preparedness expert Kevin Estela to redefine what readiness truly means. Rather than promoting fear or worst-case scenarios, Kevin shares a practical philosophy centered on developing everyday skills, cultivating awareness, and becoming the kind of person who can confidently respond to challenges instead of waiting for someone else to solve them.Kevin Estela is a survival instructor, author, and lifelong student of preparedness. A former high school history teacher turned professional outdoorsman, he has field-tested survival gear across multiple continents, authored two respected books on wilderness skills, and has appeared as a guest on hundreds of podcasts. Through years of teaching outdoorsmen, military personnel, families, and everyday citizens, Kevin has developed a practical approach to preparedness rooted in capability rather than fear. His message is simple: readiness isn't about building bunkers or expecting disaster—it's about quietly developing the skills, mindset, and confidence to take care of yourself and those who depend on you.Key Quotes:"Readiness is more important than preparedness because readiness requires awareness, preparedness, and willingness.""Every single day you can measure yourself against the version of yourself from the previous day.""You don't need to become an expert overnight, but you do need a path of self-improvement."Key Takeaways:Readiness is built on three essential pillars. Kevin explains that true readiness isn't simply owning the right equipment—it requires awareness of your surroundings, preparedness through practical skills and tools, and the willingness to act when circumstances demand it. Developing all three creates confidence that extends far beyond survival situations.Commit to becoming better every day. Inspired by lessons from his father and the philosophy of the "24-hour clone," Kevin encourages listeners to measure progress against yesterday's version of themselves. Small, consistent improvements in knowledge, physical ability, relationships, and mindset compound into extraordinary capability over time.Preparation starts with practical everyday habits. Instead of focusing on extreme scenarios, Kevin recommends beginning with simple, accessible steps like carrying a flashlight, learning first aid, organizing emergency supplies, storing clean water, and developing skills that solve common problems. Small habits practiced consistently build confidence and resilience.Conclusion:Preparedness isn't about living in fear—it's about living with confidence. Throughout this conversation, Kevin Estela reframes survival as a lifestyle of continuous learning, personal responsibility, and quiet competence rather than extreme preparedness. By embracing lifelong growth, developing practical skills, and cultivating awareness, willingness, and discipline, anyone can become more capable of handling life's unexpected challenges. Whether it's carrying the right everyday tools, preparing your family for emergencies, or simply striving to become a better version of yourself each day, Kevin reminds us that readiness is ultimately measured not by what we own, but by who we become. 

Have you ever decided to get back to fitness—picking up a light set of dumbbells, going for a short walk, or following a simple 10-minute video—only to end up in a severe pain flare-up two days later?When your back seizes, your neck locks, or your knees throb after doing everything "right," it's easy to feel betrayed by your own body. But the problem isn't your joints, your muscles, or your willpower. The problem is that your brain is relying on an outdated map.In this episode of The Somatic Strength Collective, Mandy Ryle breaks down the neuroscience of the somatosensory cortex (your brain's internal GPS). You'll discover why standard stretching and PT exercises often fail when the brain lacks a clear map, how decades of chronic stress and over-functioning lead to "sensory amnesia," and why somatic movement is the key to exercising without triggering pain flares.⏱️ Key Timestamps:00:23 – The Midlife Fitness Catch-22: Why scaling back still results in pain flares02:05 – Moving from intellectual understanding to true cellular embodiment06:02 – The Somatosensory Cortex: Understanding your brain's internal GPS09:30 – Sensory Amnesia & "Smudged" Maps: How stress and pain blur your brain's perception17:44 – The "Driving in a Blizzard" Analogy: Why pain is a protective output, not structural failure21:28 – What Somatic Movement IS (and isn't): 3D printing new body maps with slow awareness28:35 – Client Case Study: How "Leah" re-mapped her chronic knee pain and returned to an active life34:40 – Free Resource: Download The Perimenopause Roadmap for Moving Beyond Pain

If you've been dealing with shooting, burning, or aching discomfort through your lower back, hip, glute, or down the back of your leg, you've probably been told it's "sciatica"—and your immediate instinct was likely to yank on your hamstrings or aggressively stretch your piriformis.But what if deep stretching is actually making your sciatic pain worse?In this special experiential episode of The Somatic Strength Collective, we are dispelling one of the most widely misunderstood pain conditions in midlife. Nerves don't want to be aggressively pulled or strained; they need room to glide and slide freely through surrounding tissues.Grab a comfortable spot on a yoga mat or carpeted floor as Mandy Ryle guides you through a gentle, restorative somatic practice blending somatic education, nerve mobilization, and gentle breathwork. You'll learn how slow, non-judgmental movement acts like a 3D printer for your brain's internal map, allowing both physical bracing and emotional residue to melt away.Access this practice on YouTube if you prefer video guidance: https://youtu.be/FxyJUvU5vAk⏱️ Key Timestamps:00:00 – The Sciatica Trap: Why aggressive stretching isn't fixing your leg pain02:50 – Tissues vs. Nervous System: Understanding nerve mobility & sensitivity05:55 – Guided Breathwork: Establishing baseline neural safety before moving09:07 – Sensory 3D Printing: How slow micro-movements restore muted body maps11:55 – Nerve Mobilization: Safe, gentle nerve gliding for sciatic relief20:52 – Moving Without an Agenda: Releasing physical bracing & emotional residue26:56 – Continuing Your Practice: Accessing guided resets inside the Collective App

Episode Summary:Are today's schools preparing young people for life—or simply preparing them to pass tests? While students spend years learning math, science, and history, many graduate without the practical skills needed to build meaningful relationships, communicate effectively, develop resilience, or lead with confidence. What if the greatest predictors of success aren't academic subjects, but the life skills that rarely make it into the classroom?In this inspiring episode of Apogee Strong, host Matt Beaudreau sits down with entrepreneur and youth mentor Rob Heller to discuss why teaching life skills is more important than ever and how parents, educators, and mentors can intentionally prepare the next generation for success.Rob Heller is the founder of Boost Youth Alliance, an organization dedicated to equipping young people with the essential life skills they need to thrive in every area of life. The idea for Boost began more than two decades ago when Rob searched for a program that could reinforce the values and practical skills he wanted his teenage son to learn. After discovering that no such program existed, he created one himself. Beyond his work with Boost, Rob is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple businesses, spending years mentoring young professionals and teaching the very skills that helped them succeed in both business and life.Throughout the conversation, Rob explains why success is built on teachable skills rather than fixed personality traits, introduces his "three-legged stool" framework of people skills, character, and a healthy mindset, and discusses how smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the challenges young people face today. Together, Matt and Rob explore why curiosity, resilience, communication, and genuine human connection remain some of the greatest competitive advantages in an increasingly digital world.Key Quotes:"Life is skill-based. The more skills you develop, the better your life becomes." "You need all three legs to be strong—people skills, character, and a healthy mindset.""In an AI world, these human skills are more crucial than ever."Key Takeaways:Success is built on teachable skills, not fixed traits. Communication, confidence, resilience, and leadership aren't qualities you're born with—they're skills that improve through consistent practice and intentional effort.Develop all three pillars of personal growth. Rob's "three-legged stool" framework—people skills, strong character, and a healthy mindset—provides a practical blueprint for succeeding in relationships, careers, and life. Neglecting any one of these areas creates an unstable foundation.Technology should never replace human connection. While AI and smartphones continue to transform society, genuine curiosity, meaningful conversations, empathy, and interpersonal communication remain some of the most valuable and irreplaceable skills anyone can develop.Practice creates confidence. Whether it's interviewing for a job, speaking with new people, or learning to lead, growth comes from repetition. Improvement happens by showing up, making mistakes, receiving feedback, and trying again.Conclusion:Academic knowledge is important, but it's only part of the equation for a successful life. In this conversation, Rob Heller reminds us that the qualities employers value most—and the traits that lead to meaningful relationships and personal fulfillment—are skills that can be intentionally taught and practiced. By developing strong people skills, building unwavering character, cultivating a resilient mindset, and staying curious about the world and those around us, young people can gain a lasting advantage in an ever-changing world. As technology continues to evolve, the ability to connect with others, lead with integrity, and continually grow will remain the foundation of lifelong success.

In this episode, I break down the buyer awareness journey, a five-stage framework from Eugene Schwartz's Breakthrough Advertising that maps how someone moves from having no idea they have a problem to being ready to buy.I focus on the very first stage, problem unaware, because it's the biggest, cheapest, and least competitive audience available to you right now (and it's also the one most membership owners have no idea how to market to!).We cover what symptom-first marketing actually sounds like, why diagnostic content and case studies build trust faster than any sales page, and the mistakes that will lose this audience the second you make them.If you're tired of marketing that only seems to work on people who were already going to buy, this episode is for you.In this episode:What the buyer awareness journey is and why every stage needs a different kind of marketingWhy the problem unaware audience is the biggest and least competitive one you're not talking toHow to reframe your messaging from problem aware to symptom aware, in your audience's own wordsWhy diagnostic content, quizzes, and case studies build trust faster than sales copyThe mistakes that make problem unaware people tune you out immediatelyWant the exact questions to help your audience name their own problem? Grab the free Symptom Discovery Question Bank, full of ready-to-use prompts for your email list, quizzes, and social posts.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Your job at this stage isn't to sell the solution, it's to give a name to the problem.""When you accurately diagnose and correctly name a problem that someone didn't even realize they had, you instantly become a trusted authority in their eyes.""This is someone who understands me better than I understand myself.""That market is saturated, it's expensive to acquire from, it's full of price-centered comparison shoppers."You might also find useful:Understanding the Customer Journey with Kenda MacdonaldBusting The Most Common Membership Marketing Myths9 Membership Marketing Tactics That'll Get You More MembersThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Episode Summary:How do you build a family that thrives long after you're gone? What separates families that simply function from those that create lasting values, traditions, and resilience across generations? In a world filled with competing influences, how can parents intentionally shape the mental models their children carry into adulthood instead of allowing society to define them?In this thought-provoking episode of Apogee Strong, host Matt Beaudreau sits down with renowned systems scientists Dr. Derek Cabrera and Dr. Laura Cabrera to explore how systems thinking can transform the way we lead our families, raise our children, and build a legacy that endures.Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera are systems scientists and co-founders of the Cabrera Research Lab, an NSF- and USDA-sponsored research organization dedicated to advancing the science of systems thinking. After serving on the faculty at Cornell University from 2005 to 2026, they developed the groundbreaking DSRP Theory and the Six Moves, a practical framework that teaches people how to think more clearly, solve complex problems, and make better decisions. They are the award-winning authors of Systems Thinking Made Simple and hosts of the Cabrera Lab Podcast, ranked among the top 1% of podcasts worldwide. Today, they continue their research while living in Montana with their children and dogs.Throughout the conversation, Derek and Laura explain how every family operates as a living system, why understanding relationships is more important than solving isolated problems, and how parents can intentionally create shared mental models that shape family culture for generations. They unpack the Six Moves of systems thinking, discuss why perspective and relationships are the foundation of better decision-making, and share how these principles have influenced their own marriage, parenting, and personal growth.Key Quotes:"We live in systems, so we should learn to think in a way that aligns with how systems actually work.""We shouldn't simply trust our thinking—we should test it against reality.""The family is the first and greatest classroom every child will ever have."Key Takeaways:Think in systems, not isolated problems. Every family, business, and organization is a system made up of interconnected relationships. Lasting solutions come from understanding how those relationships influence one another rather than treating each challenge as a separate issue.Build shared mental models intentionally. Strong family cultures are created when parents clearly define their values, language, traditions, and expectations. The more aligned a family's mental models are, the stronger and more resilient the family system becomes.Master the Six Moves to improve your thinking. Learning to make clear distinctions, zoom in and out, understand relationships, and consider multiple perspectives provides practical tools for making better decisions at home, at work, and in everyday life.Conclusion:Building a lasting family legacy requires more than good intentions—it requires intentional thinking. Throughout this conversation, Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera demonstrate that the strongest families are built by understanding the systems that shape everyday life, creating shared mental models, and continually refining the way we think, communicate, and solve problems together. By applying the Six Moves of systems thinking, parents can strengthen relationships, navigate challenges with greater clarity, and establish a family culture rooted in shared values rather than assumptions. Whether you're leading a household, a business, or a community, the quality of your thinking ultimately shapes the quality of your relationships—and the legacy you leave behind. 

Nobody builds a rocket just to let it sit in a hangar—it was made to launch!

Barak Bussel is one of the few people operating simultaneously at three levels of the quantum stack: deploying private capital into hardware and software companies through 7i Capital, chairing the strategic board of a major university quantum center, and helping stand up the physical infrastructure — a 700,000 square foot research park on the site of the former Westside Pavilion — meant to convene academia, industry, national labs, and startups in one place. He is also a physicist by training, which changes the kind of diligence questions he asks.We recorded this at the KPMG Tech and Innovation Symposium in Deer Valley, only weeks after the most consequential stretch of quantum news in years: Oratomic's $300M Series A (the largest first institutional round in quantum history, with 7i in the syndicate), a Google Quantum AI paper cutting Shor's algorithm resource estimates to around 500,000 physical qubits on superconducting hardware, and two June 2026 White House executive orders on quantum innovation and post-quantum cryptography. If you want to understand how a serious investor is actually pricing risk, timelines, and ecosystem-building in this moment, this is the conversation.What We Get IntoWhy 7i backed Oratomic's aggressive "no intermediate product, straight to fault tolerance" strategy, and how Barak thinks about betting on teams versus theses in deep techHow recent architecture and QLDPC error correction advances have compressed physical-to-logical qubit ratios, and what that means for near-term resource estimates for Shor's algorithmWhy a lesser-noticed April 2026 Google Quantum AI paper on quantum-assisted memory reduction for classical AI workloads may matter as much as the Shor's-focused headlinesWhat "patient capital" actually looks like when a connector problem eats two years of a portfolio company's roadmapThe Bell Labs template as a serious operating model for the UCLA Research Park: convening academia, industry, government, and startups in a single physical footprintThe historical resonance of UCLA sending the first ARPANET packet in 1969 and what that suggests about where quantum networking work should be anchoredHow Kedma's error mitigation work with IBM's Heron II and RIKEN pushed a 51-qubit Ising model simulation to the edge of what's classically tractableHow Barak reads the June 2026 executive orders and the federal role — enabling infrastructure rather than picking winners — against the scale of Chinese government fundingResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationsBarak Bussel bio — UCLA CQSE Strategic Board — Official page covering Barak's role as Board Chair and his physics and venture background.7i Capital — Barak's deep tech venture firm, investing across quantum, AI, semiconductors, cybersecurity, robotics, clean energy, and space.UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE) — The multidisciplinary center Barak chairs, spanning physics and engineering research.Barak Bussel on LinkedIn — Where Barak has publicly flagged the Oratomic investment and the June 2026 executive orders.The Oratomic Round and Recent BreakthroughsOratomic raises $300M Series A — The Quantum Insider — Confirms 7i Capital in the syndicate for the largest-ever first institutional round in quantum computing.Oratomic Series A deep dive — Quantum Computing Report — Technical breakdown of the reconfigurable neutral-atom architecture and full investor syndicate.Oratomic's "no intermediate product" strategy — MLQ.ai — Analysis of Oratomic's bet against the QuEra/Pasqal early-revenue playbook.QEDMA raises $26M Series A — Quantum Zeitgeist — 7i portfolio company Kedma's error mitigation round with IBM participation, referenced in Barak's Ising model results.Policy and Market ContextWhite House EO: "Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation" — One of the two June 22, 2026 executive orders Barak discusses.Sidley Austin analysis of the June 2026 quantum EOs — Legal explainer covering both the innovation EO and the post-quantum cryptography mandate.Cloudflare on the accelerated post-quantum timeline — Notes that Q-Day estimates have moved in response to Google and Oratomic breakthroughs.PitchBook Q2 2026 Quantum Computing Funding Report — Record 2025 VC totals and Q1 2026 liquidity data relevant to Barak's exit thesis.UCLA Research Park and Regional EcosystemUCLA launches SoCal Quantum Alliance — The regional coalition Barak references, with founding members including Caltech, JPL, Boeing, IBM, and Cisco.Quantum Innovation Hub at the UCLA Research Park — Preview of the 40,000 square foot lab space and the broader research park vision Barak describes.Quantum Innovation Hub Director appointment — Prof. Jason Petta named to lead the QIH, one of the founding anchors of the research park.Key Quotes & InsightsOn patient capital in hardware: "You're producing a new chip… all of a sudden a year and a half has passed." Barak's example of a photonics company that spent two years solving a flex connector problem is a useful ground truth for anyone modeling quantum hardware timelines.On the role of universities: Industry has scale — the ability to throw 500 engineers at a problem. Academia brings "the quiet depth to think very deeply about a problem over an extended period of time, two or three generations ahead."On resource estimates: The gap between the original 20-million-qubit Shor's estimates and the recent Google Quantum AI paper suggesting ~500,000 physical qubits on superconducting hardware, plus Oratomic's neutral-atom approach at the ten-thousand-qubit scale, represents a genuine compression of the fault-tolerance horizon.On the underappreciated Google paper: An April 8 paper on using quantum processors to reduce memory requirements for massive classical data sets is, in Barak's view, the first rigorous demonstration that quantum could bend the exponential curve of AI compute demand.On government's role: "Typically in the U.S., government is not the best at picking the winners and losers in the marketplace. But it's great at enabling." The El Segund...

Ken Bunn, Vice President of Claims at Builders Mutual Insurance Company, joins hosts James Benham and Rob Galbraith to explore how a construction only Southeast insurer built its claims department from scratch, why the AI tools that stick are the ones adjusters never have to think about, and what it takes to keep training junior adjusters into seniors.Ken's path ran through 18 years at Nationwide, rotating between claims leadership, field training, and IT program management, before Builders Mutual asked him to build a claims department that didn't exist yet. Twelve years later, the company has grown from roughly 200 million to 650 million in revenue, and Ken still leads much of the original team he brought over from an outsourced TPA.In this episode:• Why Builders Mutual pulled its claims department in-house, and how they kept close to 30 of the original 40 people they brought over. • The predictive AI models that worked exactly as designed and still failed to stick. • The unglamorous automation, document routing, indexing, and med record summaries, that actually delivered the ROI. • Ken's leadership philosophy for change management with no formal program at all. • Why work comp rate softening may be hitting a floor as catastrophic claims costs climb. Key Quotes:"You can't work on an assembly line and do brain surgery at the same time.""It's not going to solve all your problems. It's going to help.""There might be something wrong when your claims adjusters are the happiest people in the room.""Be real. Tell people what's going to happen and why you're doing it.""Pick and choose your tools well so they inform the adjuster, not just replace them."

Mark Ennis Mark Ennis is a health coach from Ireland specializing in helping individuals achieve a longer, healthier life through the power of a carnivore and keto lifestyle. After struggling with both anorexia and obesity, Mark discovered the life-changing benefits of this approach and now dedicates himself to guiding others on their journey to health and happiness. Passionate about making a lasting impact, he empowers clients to overcome challenges, achieve their goals, and live their best lives. Mark’s mission is to inspire positive change and share the knowledge that transformed his own life. Key Quote “You get one shot in life. It could all end tomorrow. Nobody’s going to care whether you were in the best shape of your life — live it to the max.” — Mark Ennis Mark’s Top Tips     Go in with the right attitude. Know why you’re doing this before you start — if it’s a short-term fix, it won’t work. This has to be for the long haul.     Don’t rush the process. You’re doing this for the rest of your life, so what’s the rush? It doesn’t matter if it takes longer than three months to get there.     Don’t take life too seriously. You only get one shot — surround yourself with people who are winning and get rid of negative energy wherever you find it. Mark’s Product/Giveaway Mark has a free giveaway for listeners: 5 Steps to Reclaim Your Energy and Health with Keto-Carnivore, available at: fitnessbeyondtime01.com Resources Mentioned Mark references several people who influenced his approach: Dr Kiltz, Dr Shawn Baker, Ken Berry, and Sally Norton. Connect with Mark Ennis Instagram: @fitnessbeyondtime01 Website: fitnessbeyondtime01.com The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Connect with us on social media https://www.instagram.com/FabulouslyKeto1 https://twitter.com/FabulouslyKeto https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FabulouslyKeto Music by Bob Collum Recommend a guest We would love to know if you have a favourite guest you would like us to interview. Let us know who you would like to hear of if you have a particular topic you would like us to cover. https://fabulouslyketo.com/recommend-a-guest We sometimes get a small commission on some of the links, this goes towards the costs of producing the podcast.

Every piece of marketing you write is making a choice, whether you realize it or not. You're either talking about the pain your members are running from, or the future they're running towards. Most membership owners never actually decide which one they're doing. They just default to whatever feels natural and end up leaning hard on one side without realizing it.In this episode I break down push positioning and pull positioning: what each one does, why push converts faster but pull retains better, and why the type of member you attract, and what they'll pay, depends on which one dominates your marketing.This isn't about picking a side. It's about using both deliberately, in the right order, so your marketing gets attention without filling your membership with the wrong kind of members.If you've never actually audited whether your sales page, your emails, and your social content are leaning push or pull, this episode is for you.In this episode:What's the difference between push positioning and pull positioning, and why does most marketing lean on one without meaning to?Why does push positioning convert faster, and why does it also carry a higher risk of refunds and churn?What makes pull positioning better for retention and community health, even though it's harder to write?How should you combine both, and in what order, to get attention without attracting the wrong members?Why does the type of positioning you use affect who joins and how much they're willing to pay?Want to work through your own push and pull positioning? Grab the free Membership Messaging Workbook at membershipgeeks.com/484. It walks you through mapping the pain your members are running from and the destination they're running to, then shows you how to blend both into positioning you can actually use.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Push positioning focuses on the things that people are running away from. Pull positioning focuses on what people are running to.""I quite often talk about the notion of being a painkiller rather than a vitamin. Needling on those pain points can really work.""Pull positioning is generally better for long-term retention and community health. Push positioning is typically better for short-term conversions.""Lead with what they're escaping to get their attention and to kind of light a fire under them to propel them into action, but anchor your offering firmly around what they're moving towards."You might also find useful:9 Reasons Why People Aren't Joining Your Membership SiteDo's and Don'ts of Marketing a Membership Website9 Membership Marketing Tactics That'll Get You More MembersCompeting With Established Memberships In Your MarketThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Lantz sits down with longtime friend Lyle Wells, president of Integris Leadership and a veteran executive coach who spends his days serving senior pastors, global nonprofit leaders, and CEOs. Lyle has been fired twice, coached college basketball, trained for ministry without the Greek and Hebrew, and been married to his wife Rhonda for nearly 37 years — and he brings all of it into a conversation about why leadership was never meant to be a marathon.The conversation moves from date nights and daily diversions to burnout, identity, and what it really means to hold your purpose tightly while holding your position loosely. Lyle unpacks the four roles he plays in every coaching relationship, why 80% of the leaders who call him are "stuck" rather than "struggling," and how uniqueness and eliteness can restore a leader's sense of aliveness. It's a conversation about rhythm — going out and coming in — and why ending well matters as much as starting well.Key Quotes"Life is a series of sprints, not marathons.""My tank is my responsibility. It's not my wife's job to fill it, and it's not my elders' job either.""Hold your purpose tightly. Choke the heck out of that thing. But hold your positions loosely.""We're really good at starting things. We're usually really bad at ending them — and ending well is just as important as starting well.""Struggling means we're wrestling. Stuck means hope is being lost.""Leadership is never meant to be harvested. It's only meant to be multiplied.""If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."--Coach Lantz Howard www.lantzhoward.comDownload Champion Husband Playbook: How to have More Peace, Passion, and Power in Your Marriage www.championhusband.com

In this episode of the Lead Ministry Podcast, Josh Denhart and Bill Van Kirk wrap the July Conflict series with ten practical rules every ministry leader needs when conflict shows up at the door. They explore the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking, offering ministry leaders a working playbook for handling the hard conversations they'd rather avoid. If you've ever felt unprepared for the relational fallout that comes with leadership, this episode will equip and inspire you with ten field-tested principles you can put into practice this week. Key Topics CoveredAct quickly and lead with the benefit of the doubt – the first two rules that change everything.Make it right, not being right – why winning the argument can cost you the relationship.Peacekeeper vs. peacemaker – the difference that defines the kind of leader you'll become. Key Quote"There's a difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking. Peacemakers take initiative, do the hard work, and choose humility." Scripture ReferencesMatthew 5:9 – "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."Proverbs 15:1 – "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." TakeawayConflict is not the enemy — disunity is. Lead with humility, address tension early, talk to the person not about them, and trust that God is using every hard conversation to grow you into someone who looks more like Him. Call to ActionWe hope this episode encourages and equips you. Share it with a friend and stay tuned for more resources each week. Stay Connected for More ResourcesVisit our website: http://leadministry.comFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeadVolunteersFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadvolunteers

jD convenes the expert panel to dissect "700 Ft Ceiling," the song that lands like a baseball bat to the face right in the middle of Trouble at the Henhouse.The conversation starts warm — everyone's summertime Hip pick, from "Membership" to "Morning Moon" to "Summer's Killing Us" — before turning to the puzzle at the centre of the track: what exactly is a 700-foot ceiling? (Aviation term. Lowest layer of broken or overcast cloud sitting 700 feet above ground.)The panel unpacks Gord's habit of collecting phrases for their sound rather than their meaning, the wintery outdoor-rink imagery, and the Lou Reed-flat melody that barely distinguishes verse from chorus.Things get spicy on placement. Tracy calls it filler and skips it. Mikk and Jamie agree the song detonates a gorgeous opening run — "Gift Shop," "Springtime in Vienna," "Ahead by a Century," "Don't Wake Daddy," "Flamenco" — and kicks off what Jamie dubs the album's weird second half alongside "Butts Wigglin'" and "Coconut Cream." The Kids in the Hall theory gets floated. So does the grunge theory. Everyone concedes it hit much harder live than it ever did on record.Then the episode's real gift: Mick and Jamie tell the story of renting the Bathhouse for a weekend — sleeping in the studio, playing pool while spinning We Are the Same on vinyl, Billy Ray wandering in at 10pm with stories, engineer Niles behind the board, Gord's training bike still parked where he left it. Once-in-a-lifetime stuff, told well.Next week's shuffle: "Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park" from In Between Evolution.Key Quotes"It's like an alarm clock goes off." — Mik, on where the song lands on the album"It is like a baseball bat in the face." — jD"Think about how many shows they played after 2004 that they did not play this song. That's why it ranks low. Guys, I'm telling it like it is." — Jamie"I think this is kind of Gord's secret talent — he listens better than everybody." — Mik"He says '700-foot ceiling' like four times, but the second or third time it's '700 and sinking,' which is just cool." — Jamie"It kind of felt very lived in. There was nothing you couldn't touch, nothing you couldn't sit on." — Mik, on the Bathhouse"I'll get emotional if I talk about it." — Jamie, on being shown the band's jam space"Well, I know what we forgot to do this week. We forgot to listen to the goddamn song." — jDTale of the Tape — Trouble at the HenhouseReleased May 7, 1996 — the band's first simultaneous Canada/USA releaseWinner, 1997 Juno Award for Album of the YearRecord 5 of 13Self-produced with Mark Vreeken — the only time the band worked without an outside producerRecorded at the Bathhouse"700 Ft Ceiling" live stats (via The Hip Base and setlist.fm)Played live 130 times — 3 times as an opener, 7 times as an encoreFirst played October 21, 1995Last played November 27, 2004 (retired; not performed on the final tour)Ranked #76 in the Tragically Hip Top 169 countdown — did not crack the Top 40This week's poll: 47% / 47% split, with 6% "tolerating" it.Songs & Albums MentionedTragically Hip songs700 Ft Ceiling · Membership · Morning Moon · Coffee Girl · The Depression Suite · Summer's Killing Us · You're Not the Ocean · Ahead by a Century · Gift Shop · Springtime in Vienna · Don't Wake Daddy · Flamenco · Butts Wigglin' · Apartment Song · Coconut Cream · Let's Stay Engaged · Sherpa · Put It Off · New Orleans Is Sinking · Little Bones · Titanic Terrarium · Emergency · FireworksTragically Hip albumsTrouble at the Henhouse · Day for Night · Fully Completely · Road Apples · Phantom Power · We Are the Same · In Between Evolution · Live Between UsOther referencesKids in the Hall: Brain Candy — source of "Butts Wigglin'"Rick Beato's interview with Billy Joel — the "vowel movements" idea Joel credits to Keith RichardsGrunge-era touchstones: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, CreedLou Reed — Tracy's comparison for Gord's vocal delivery on this trackIt's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken — the stage adaptation, seen in Hamilton, now touringTom Green's interview with Paul Langlois, filmed in the Bathhouse jam spacePeople MentionedGord Downie · Paul LangloisBilly Ray — Bathhouse caretaker and keeper of the storiesNiles Spencer — Bathhouse engineerMark Vreeken — co-producer, Trouble at the HenhousePatrick Downey — filming Billy Ray for the documentaryGreg — JD's co-host on the earlier podcast seriesLinks & PlugsKingston weekend events — Friday mixer at a pub · live record listening party August 21 at 4:30 at a pub · Sunday brunch at Morrison's. Email jd@tthpods.com to get on the list.Mik Perlus — Ragged Islands — Mick's EP, recorded over three days at the Bathhouse. Includes a cover of "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken." Available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other streaming services. Named for East Ragged Islands, Nova Scotia.Jamie — Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish — with English and Russian supertitles. Recently ran at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto (roughly 17,000 attendees during Jamie's run). Coming to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, February 13 – March 14, 2027.The Hip Handbook — JD's new AI-built discography and stats tool, debuting on this episode for the Tale of the Tape.The Hip Museum / Museum After Dark — referenced for the grunge angle and album background.Next Week"Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park" from In Between Evolution.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tthtop40/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode outlines the objectives of the IPS Deprogram, a think tank focused on media deconstructionism and the establishment of a perspective called Realville. The speaker argues that mainstream and alternative news cycles are part of a singular psychological warfare apparatus designed to manipulate public reactions through staged events. Central to this theory is predictive programming, where government entities allegedly use Hollywood films to subconsciously prepare the population for future social and political shifts. The text explores the concept of Mind War, a military doctrine shifting the battlefield from physical locations to human consciousness through information control. Finally, the narrative examines various pop culture symbols and historical events, suggesting they are interconnected scripts used to maintain societal management and neutralize dissent.5 Key Quotes from the Architect of Realville"We're talking about media Gnostics. Media Gnosticism versus mainstream and alternative beliefs, which are both part of the establishment.""The ground you're fighting over... is not a hill or a city. It's inside of your head. Your consciousness is the battlefield.""If it's a breaking news event, and it's some kind of a staged psyop, it's not breaking news, only to you.""Shooting people the old dumb way to win a war is no longer necessary... It's more effective to overwhelm the enemy with argument and make them align with your side voluntarily.""We live in a metaverse dominant society. And it's the fake events that get the attention, dominate the news cycle, and steer us down a predetermined path."5 Essential Talking PointsThe Transition from Psyop to Mind War: Traditional physical warfare is being replaced by a more sophisticated "Mind War" strategy designed to capture human consciousness. This approach aims to achieve total victory without firing a shot by using psychological, informational, and environmental levels to make target populations voluntarily align with the aggressor's side.Media Gnosticism as Cognitive Deprogramming: The sources promote the concept of "Media Gnosticism"—becoming an informed disbeliever who rejects both mainstream and alternative media narratives. This involves breaking out of the "Westworld Syndrome" of the daily news cycle to recognize a long-term continuity of staged events, transitioning from a "believer" to a "knower".Entertainment as a Tool for Predictive Programming: Major motion pictures and entertainment are viewed as conduits for "predictive programming," which the government uses to prepare the public for future psychological operations (psyops). High-profile directors are characterized as "metascripters" who embed symbols and themes in their films—such as Christopher Nolan's connection to nuclear subtext or James Cameron's recurring "sinking of the West" motifs—to preemptively shape public perception.The Establishment of "Realville" and the Off-World Perspective: "Realville" is presented as an intellectual colony for those who have adopted an "off-world stage perspective," functioning as a think tank for media deconstructionism. The goal is to provide a "mental immune system" patch that inoculates individuals against "government mind viruses" and the constant reactivity of the "mediated worldview".Systemic Triangulation and the Illusion of Choice: The power structure maintains control through "narcissistic triangulation," a tactic that keeps the population divided and fighting over fake events. By favoring the mainstream and scapegoating the alternative, the system ensures that citizens remain "trapped on the wrong side of the screen," following a predetermined script while the real agenda is built behind them.Superchats https://ko-fi.com/timozman

Dave Mac Dave Mac is the host of the No Carb Life YouTube channel. He’s conducted over 1,900 interviews with people reversing chronic illness with a carnivore diet, and has personally followed the carnivore diet for nearly four years. Key Quote “I’ve interviewed people that have reversed or seen improvements with glaucoma. And a gentleman that was legally blind — after doing carnivore for a while — he saw his daughter for the first time in 10 years.” — Dave Mac Dave’s Top Tips     Take it one day at a time. Don’t project into the future or think about how you’ll manage it for a year — just focus on getting through today without carbs.     If you slip up, don’t beat yourself up — get straight back on track. Beating yourself up just makes it harder to get back on the wagon; treat a slip as past and move on immediately.     Don’t try to do everything at once. Trying to start carnivore, OMAD, and extended fasting all on day one sets you up to fail. Just focus on carnivore first — the fasting side tends to happen naturally once you’re fat-adapted. Resources Mentioned Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution: The No-Hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss Plan That Really Works! by Dr Robert C. Atkins Connect with Dave Mac Twitter: https://x.com/realzerocarb Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/realdavemac Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/402056965521416 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/real.davemac/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@zerocarb The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Connect with us on social media https://www.instagram.com/FabulouslyKeto1 https://twitter.com/FabulouslyKeto https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FabulouslyKeto Music by Bob Collum Recommend a guest We would love to know if you have a favourite guest you would like us to interview. Let us know who you would like to hear of if you have a particular topic you would like us to cover. https://fabulouslyketo.com/recommend-a-guest We sometimes get a small commission on some of the links, this goes towards the costs of producing the podcast.

In this episode, I'm tackling one of the most misread signals in your cancellation data - people leaving saying that they "didn't have time"Most membership owners write that off. Busy people, can't be helped. But in a lot of cases, that's not what's going on at all. When a member says they didn't have time or weren't using the membership enough, what they're often really saying is that it felt too big, too hard to navigate, or too overwhelming to start. They froze. And members who freeze, fade - and eventually cancel.What looks like a time problem is almost always an overwhelm problem. And unlike time, overwhelm is something you can do something about.If members are leaving and you're not sure why - or if "I didn't have time" keeps showing up in your cancellation surveys - this episode is for you.In this episode:The five distinct sources of overwhelm hitting your members - and why most owners only spot one of themWhy "value overwhelm" (subscriber remorse) is the sneakiest retention killer of allHow NBA (Next Best Action) works and why it's the most powerful single change you can make to your membership experienceWhy your annual content audit is often worth more than any new content you could createHow to shift from "here's everything you could do" to "here's what I'd recommend" - and why that shift mattersIf you want to score your membership against all five sources of overwhelm - and get a clear picture of where to focus first - grab the free Member Experience Review at membershipgeeks.com/483. It's a self-audit that walks you through each source with scoring and built-in action guidance.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership are across growth and retention, the free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"In a lot of cases, what your members are saying is they were just overwhelmed. Your membership felt too big, too busy, too hard to navigate, too much for them to consume. They didn't know where to start, they didn't know what to do next. So they didn't make any progress at all. And when that happens, they just fade away and then they cancel.""Too often we equate volume with value. But your members didn't join because you have the largest content library. They joined to make progress, to move forward. But if the path to progress feels unclear, you've got a big problem.""By reminding them that they're only using 5%, 10%, they start to feel a little bit ripped off and they end up canceling.""Everything in your membership that doesn't serve a clear and current purpose is just noise. And noise is one of the biggest drivers of overwhelm that there is."You might also find useful:How To Reduce Overwhelm In Your MembershipWhat Most Membership Owners Get Wrong About ContentHow to Ensure You're Delivering Results for Your Members21 Quick Tips For Improving Member RetentionThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Ben Castanon became Unitary Foundation's first CEO in February 2026, after roughly four years with the organization as Chief of Staff and then COO. He came into quantum from an unusual direction — leadership roles at Pioneer Works, the Brooklyn arts-and-science center — and that background shows in how he thinks about scaffolding communities, funding public goods, and borrowing what works from other fields.This conversation matters now because Unitary Foundation sits at an inflection point. It has scaled from a microgrant program (the "Unitary Fund") into a foundation with a global developer community, corporate members including NVIDIA and IBM, an active compiler collection, a benchmarking initiative, and an annual open-source survey that increasingly serves as the field's ground truth. If you care about how quantum computing actually gets built — not just who wins the hardware race — this episode lays out the infrastructure argument clearly.What You'll LearnWhy Ben argues quantum open source falls into a structural funding gap between academia (chasing novel papers) and venture capital (chasing profitable businesses), and what philanthropy has to do about itWhat "public goods" and "digital commons" actually look like in quantum — from benchmarking to compilation to error mitigation toolingHow to interpret the 2025 QOSS Survey finding that ~40% of full-time quantum OSS contributors are unpaid, and why Ben sees it as both an opportunity and a warningHow Unitary Foundation is experimenting with continuous compensation for contributors via bounty programs and pilots with Merit SystemsWhy corporate members like NVIDIA and IBM invest in a vendor-neutral nonprofit — and how governance keeps the "open" in open sourceWhat a healthy pipeline from first-time contributor to sustained open-source maintainer would look like, and why Ben wants an endowment behind itWhy Ben resists top-down definitions of the "open substrate" and prefers to let the community surface bottlenecksThe long-term vision: a "Linux moment" for quantum, and what it would take to install it before proprietary stacks lock inResources & LinksGuest & OrganizationAnnouncing Our New CEO — Unitary Foundation — The February 2026 announcement of Ben as UF's first CEO, with the full arc from Chief of Staff to COO to CEO.Ben Castanon on LinkedIn — Ben's professional history, including his Pioneer Works tenure and current UF work.Unitary Foundation — The organization's homepage and hub for grants, tools, membership, and community.Papers & Reports2025 Quantum Open Source Software Survey Results — The fourth annual QOSS survey, including the finding that ~40% of full-time contributors are unpaid.The Young and the Relentless — The Quantum Insider — Independent coverage of the QOSS survey's demographic findings.Celebrating Over 100 Microgrants — Impact report: 420+ citing papers, 3 startups, 1 nonprofit, and 400+ OSS contributors funded.Tools & ProgramsUnitary Compiler Collection (UCC) — The frontend-agnostic quantum compiler collection Ben references as a candidate for the open substrate.UCC on GitHub — The active repo, supporting Qiskit, Cirq, PyTKET, and OpenQASM 2/3.unitaryHACK 2026 — The sixth annual bug-bounty hackathon, one of UF's core mechanisms for compensating open-source contributors.EcosystemNVIDIA Joins Unitary Foundation as Core Member — The May 2026 announcement referenced in the conversation.Announcing Unitary Foundation (Rebrand) — Context on why "Unitary Fund" became "Unitary Foundation."Key Quotes & InsightsOn the structural gap: There are "third spaces" where projects don't fit the incentives of either a startup or an academic lab — but where the whole ecosystem benefits. Benchmarking is the clearest example.On unpaid contributors: "We've developed the field to a place where we're starting to hit up against the classic open source community issues." The volunteer surge is real — but so is the risk of losing those contributors to better-paying fields if UF can't convert enthusiasm into compensation.On why big companies join: A functional field needs people to hire. Ben's argument to corporate members is partly workforce development — thousands of developers getting on-the-job training on neutral, community-owned tools.On the substrate: Ben resists top-down definitions of what belongs in the open substrate. "It's much better to have all of the practitioners giving voice to what open tools they need."On his long-term ambition: Build a philanthropic endowment that funds the microgrant pipeline in perpetuity — because "I don't see that as ever becoming a resource that is not of use."Related EpisodesQuantum Open Source with Will Zeng and Ziyaad Bhorat — The direct companion to this episode, unpacking the white paper co-authored with Ben on why quantum OSS is structurally underfunded.Quantum Error Mitigation using Mitiq with Misty Wahl — A deeper look at Mitiq, one of UF's flagship open-source tools.Quantum Education and Community Building with Olivia Lanes — A parallel view on developer community and workforce development in quantum.Careers in Quantum with Anastasia Marchenkova — Relevant context on where quantum developers actually end up.Stay in the EcosystemSubscribe to The New Quantum Era on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or Amazon Music.Sign up for the newsletter at newquantumera.com for episode notes, essays, and follow-ups.Follow along on LinkedIn and Bluesky.If you're building open-source quantum tools — or want to support the people who are — start at unitary.foundation....

Most membership owners treat their marketing like a straight line with a finish line at the end. Get the traffic. Build the list. Make the sale. Done. But that model is fundamentally broken for subscription businesses, because the sale isn't the end - it's the beginning.The membership marketing flywheel flips that thinking completely. Instead of treating new members as the end product, it treats your existing members as the fuel that powers your growth. It's a cycle - not a funnel - and once you understand how it works, it changes how you think about every decision you make in your membership business.In this episode, I break down the three stages of the membership marketing flywheel: attract, engage, and delight. More importantly, I get specific about what's happening inside each stage, why most memberships stall at the same point, and what you can actually do to keep the flywheel spinning.If you've been pouring effort into traffic and lead generation but struggling to get real momentum, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why treating the sale as a finish line creates a leaky bucket - and what to focus on insteadHow to build an attract stage that brings in the right people, not just more peopleWhat the engage stage actually requires beyond just having an email listWhy the delight stage is where most memberships fall down, and what fixing it unlocksHow happy members become your most powerful marketing asset and fuel every other stageWant a practical framework for mapping your own flywheel and identifying exactly where it's breaking down? Grab the free Membership Marketing Flywheel Tracker at membershipgeeks.com/482.And if you want a broader view of where the gaps are across your entire membership business, the free Membership Healthcheck gives you a clear picture in about two minutes.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Marketing your membership successfully is not about getting sales at any cost. That's where so many people go wrong. They chase big numbers, they're constantly chasing more traffic, more signups, more leads, and they end up with the wrong kind of people.""I would gladly take 1,000 highly active, highly aligned people on my email list over 100,000 who only subscribed because we were giving away an iPad. The size of your list is irrelevant.""Member advocacy is the secret weapon to the membership marketing flywheel because when a stranger sees a member talking about your membership, that's worth a hundred times more than anything you could say yourself.""Content fuels traffic, traffic fuels leads, leads fuel sales, sales fuel your member experience, member experience fuels retention, retention fuels social proof, and then social proof fuels everything else at the top of the funnel. It's one big cycle."You might also find useful:Discover the 12 Universal Truths of Membership MarketingHow To Use Content Marketing To Sell Your Online MembershipAvoid These 6 Common Member Retention Mistakes9 Membership Marketing Tactics That'll Get You More MembersThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Johannes Galatsanos occupies an unusual dual perch in the quantum ecosystem. As a co-author of the inaugural MIT Quantum Index Report, he's helped map the entire quantum landscape at altitude; as co-founder and CEO of Diffraqtion, he's staked his career on one of its most under-discussed corners: quantum imaging. The company spun out of Saikat Guha's lab at the University of Maryland after more than a decade of DARPA-funded research, emerged from stealth in January 2026 with $4.2M in pre-seed funding, and is now racing toward on-sky telescope demonstrations and a 2028 satellite launch.This episode is for listeners who want a technically honest look at where the "quantum" label is doing real work in a sensor versus where it's shading into sophisticated photonics and analog computing. If you care about how quantum technologies actually reach the world — through markets, contracts, and hardware that ships — this conversation gives you a specific, concrete example to think with.What You'll LearnWhy a conventional camera can lose roughly 95% of the information a photon carries, and what quantum Fisher information theory says about recovering itHow Diffraqtion's device processes light directly in the photonic domain before converting it to electronic information — and why that matters for shot noiseThe honest answer to "is this really quantum?" — including where the technology sits between quantum information theory, photonics, and analog computingWhy a 6U CubeSat with a 10-centimeter aperture can plausibly compete with school-bus-sized observation satellites for specific tasksHow a "diffractive neural network" runs image classification at the speed of light with negligible power consumptionThe difference between Diffraqtion's hard-coded Gen 1 camera and the reprogrammable Gen 2 that can swap algorithms in orbit (canopy detection over the Amazon, ship detection over the Atlantic)Why the Habitable Worlds Observatory needs a coronagraph capability — and how you can build one by processing light rather than blocking itWhat quantum sensing needs from policy, capital, and PR to escape the shadow of quantum computingResources & LinksGuest & CompanyDiffraqtion — Company homepage; describes the technology, NASA/DARPA lineage, and the "quantum eye" framing referenced in the conversation.Johannes Galatsanos on LinkedIn — Recent activity including SmallSat Europe, the NASA Space to Soil Challenge, and GQIG Summit talks on quantum imaging.Papers & ReportsQuantum Index Report 2025 (arXiv) — The preprint of the MIT QIR, co-authored by Galatsanos. Essential reading for anyone trying to see the quantum landscape as a whole.MIT Sloan — New MIT Report Captures State of Quantum Computing — Background on the QIR and Galatsanos's research role at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy.MIT Sloan — Quantum Report Charts Growing Business Interest — Further QIR findings on the growth in corporate quantum mentions.Press & CoverageDiffraqtion Pre-Seed Announcement (PR Newswire) — Official release covering the $4.2M raise, DARPA contract, and founding team.Breaking Defense — DARPA Backs Diffraqtion — The most in-depth interview on the DARPA SBIR contract and programmable light plates.The Quantum Insider — Diffraqtion $4.2M Raise — Investor context including quotes from Chad Rigetti; technical claims on resolution and processing.Payload Space — Diffraqtion Emerges from Stealth — Commercial framing around the 6U CubeSat cost model.Defense One — Quantum Cameras Could Remake Space-Based Intelligence — Policy and defense framing.SponsorCisco Universal Quantum Switch — Outshift by Cisco — Cisco's incubation engine, building a scalable quantum network on open standards and vendor-agnostic architecture.Key Quotes & InsightsOn quantum information loss: "When you do a direct image… you lose something like 95% of information from that photon. So you leave 95% on the table, and the question was: how do you extract that back?"On what "quantum" really means here: Galatsanos is refreshingly candid — the device uses quantum Fisher information theory to set the physical limit and configure the hardware, but the runtime processing is closer to analog photonic computing than to gate-based quantum computing. He describes it as sitting between "quantum 1.0" and quantum sensing.On the frog's-eye analogy: Retinal ganglion cells can process shapes and trajectories faster than the brain — which is why you can catch a baseball or a falling fork before you consciously see it. Diffraqtion is trying to give satellites and robots the same kind of reflex.On the JPEG as a historical artifact: "JPEG was a little bit of a logical step… but now the thought is, forget about it — you don't even need that. The light itself already will tell you." The machine, unlike a human operator, doesn't need an image.On why quantum sensing lags in the discourse: Insight — quantum computing benefits from a single unifying narrative that every vendor can pull on. Quantum sensing has to invent its own story from scratch for each modality, which is a structural PR disadvantage more than a technical one.Related EpisodesEp. 65 — Quantum sensitivity breakthrough with Eli Levenson-Falk — On protocols that push measurements beyond conventional limits; a natural companion to the Fisher information discussion.Ep. 16 — Operating at the Quantum Limit with Dr. Dana Anderson — Infleqtion's CSO on quantum sensing alongside computing; useful context for why sensing is closer to deployment.Ep. 68 — Incubating quantum innovation with Vijoy Pandey of Outshift by Cisco — On quantum networks solving real problems today; a parallel to Diffraqtion's near-term deployment argument.Ep. 63 — A Programming Language for Quantum Simulations with Xiaodi Wu — Also from the University of...

This live stream from the Infinite Plane Society (IPS) outlines a methodology for Metascript Deconstruction, a practice intended to help individuals identify and see through what the speaker describes as manufactured historical events. Central to this view is the concept of the Metascript, a fictional timeline of pre-planned "fake news" events created through the collusion of government, media, and the entertainment industry—collectively termed the psyop entertainment complex. The speaker argues that both mainstream and alternative media function as a "dualopoly" of controlled opposition, designed to trap people in partisan "subplots" like the reported assassination of Charlie Kirk, which the speaker claims was a staged event using special effects like squibs. To escape this, the speaker advocates for a perspective called Realville or "off-world stage," where individuals adopt a stance of informed non-belief, viewing the media not as a source of truth but as a system of "theatrically performed" governance and psychological warfare."History is a collection of stories lies agreed upon.""Essentially the conspiracy theorists are part of the approved conspiracy.""If you pull in that thread the whole sweater is going to come undone.""Deep space is a euphemism for underground infrastructure.""They're not going to take your guns because they already have your minds.""The pill requires the passive acceptance of something handed from an authority... we don't need that dynamic.""We call it the world stage for a reason it is the globe theater and we are seeing theater as a form of governance.""I advocate for the position of the informed non-believer it is far superior to low info believers.""Maybe that black mirror [phone/screen] is quite literally an altar.""They are not mad they are trained to believe because belief can be manipulated and knowledge is dangerous."Key Quotes from the Sources

There's a particular kind of drift that sets in around the middle of the year. The energy of a January reset has worn off, the goals that felt motivating in Q1 are either achieved, abandoned, or quietly deprioritised, and what's left is the question of whether you're still doing this with intention or just doing it because it's what you do.For podcasters, that question is worth sitting with.In this episode, I'm sharing three quotes that came up again and again in client conversations this week, because they're about dreaming and daring, about the purpose a podcast should serve in your life, and about what it means to actually pay attention to who you're becoming as you build.If you've never let yourself imagine how far the show could take you, you'll always be working inside limits you set without realising it.Resources mentioned in this episode:For the full list of links, resources and show notes, please visit:https://www.thepodcastspace.com/podcast/s5-118-three-quotes-that-will-reframe-how-you-think-about-your-podcast-and-where-its-taking-you

In this deeply inspiring and high-frequency episode, Emily is joined by a true star client, soul sister, and recent breakout success story, Makyla Wendroth. Makyla is a Registered Nurse turned psychic medium and Akashic Records practitioner based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. After a decade in healthcare and launching her own successful IV hydration company, Makyla completely shattered her traditional Western medicine programming to build an extraordinary spiritual business that bridges hard science with the unseen. Just two weeks ago, Makyla sat on the floor of her home navigating an intense, heavy season of frustration, static, and energetic blockages. She booked her next 1 on 1 mentorship session with Emily, and what happened next was nothing short of a literal quantum leap. In this raw, celebratory conversation, Emily and Makyla tear down the myths of modern entrepreneurship to show you why absolute, rapid manifestation is entirely an inside energetic job. In This Episode, We Cover: The Strict Doctor: Makyla shares how a small-town doctor ignored her thyroid issues and how she had to find her own answers to heal. The Laundry Room Aha-Moment: Makyla explains the exact moment she learned that your body's health aligns with your energy system. Childhood Memory Gaps: A look at Makyla's birth chart and why her unique astrology sign caused her to forget most of her childhood. A Life-Changing Mistake: The deep story behind Makyla's arm tattoo. She explains how getting arrested at age 18 actually led her to meet her husband and find her dream life. Clearing Out Old Energy: What happens when your vibration rises quickly and why bad habits and heavy attachments try to escape like animals in a sack. Going Viral Overnight: How a deep energy clearing session with Emily helped Makyla's video get over 1 million views and fully book her business in just two weeks. Healing Across Time: A look at amazing science studies showing how sending positive energy can actually fix things that happened in the past. Key Takeaways & Practices The Theme: Good energy matters more than busy actions. The Mantra: "What is meant for me will never miss me. Even if I get off track, the universe is working in my favor to bring me right back to my dream life." The Practice: The Morning Screen Reset. Do not check your phone for texts, emails, or notifications the second you open your eyes. Sleep with your phone in another room, keep it on Do Not Disturb, and don't turn it off until you have meditated, showered, and made your coffee. Take care of your own mind before you let the outside world in. Key Quotes from Makyla "Your body doesn't care what is actually good for you- it just likes what is familiar. If you are stressed or angry all the time, your body gets addicted to those bad feelings. You have to break that cycle with meditation to train your body for peace." — Makyla Wendroth "When we cleared my old self-worth block, I didn't change my business strategy or buy fancy gear. I just reposted old content. The only difference was my energy behind it. The right people will find you when you stop begging them to like you." — Makyla Wendroth Work With Makyla Wendroth Ignite Your Spark (4-Week August Challenge): Feeling flat, heavy, or completely disconnected from your direction? Join Makyla throughout the entire month of August for a powerful live-video intensive designed to clear visibility fog, re-align your daily habits, and locate your fire. Featuring two massive charts and soul-purpose workshops with Lia the Astrologer focusing on your North Node and Chiron placements. Join here: https://www.makylawendroth.com/ignite Special Discount: Use coupon code EMILYTHEMYSTIC at checkout for a juicy $55 listener discount! Enrollment officially activates on July 1st, 2026. Private Akashic Record Readings: Step into Makyla's signature multidimensional consultation field to pull your soul's book and resolve root core traumas. (Currently booking out into December 2026). https://calendly.com/makylawendroth Connect: Explore her content, watch her viral videos, and stay tuned for her upcoming monthly hot-seat membership at https://www.makylawendroth.com/ or on Instagram @makyla.wendroth Expand with Emily the Mystic The Aura Lab: Inspired by Makyla's overnight viral glow-up? Step into our premier 11-week group frequency amplifier beginning July 9th, 2026. Let's clear your visibility traps and build an unforgettable energetic presence. Join The Aura Lab: https://www.emilythemystic.com/auralab Are you ready to claim your timeline magic? Take messy, beautiful action right now: screenshot your player, share it to your stories, and tag @emilythemystic and @makyla.wendroth to tell us your biggest synchronicity this week! The portal is officially closed.

Summary On this episode of Chattinn Cyber, Marc is chattin' with Mike Maletsky, Vice President and Practice Leader for Tech, Cyber, and Crime at Hiscox. Mike begins by discussing his career journey into the insurance industry, explaining that he “fell into” insurance after studying finance but stayed because he found the work intellectually engaging and people-focused. He emphasizes that cyber insurance is about much more than selling policies—it’s about understanding complex risks and helping businesses mitigate them. He also introduces Hiscox’s long-standing focus on serving small businesses, a segment that is often overlooked despite its critical role in the U.S. economy. The conversation then shifts to the cyber threats currently facing small businesses in 2026. Maletsky explains that cyberattacks are no longer isolated incidents affecting only large corporations. According to Hiscox’s Cyber Readiness Report, more than half of small businesses experienced some form of cyberattack within the past year. He discusses how ransomware, phishing campaigns, and cyber extortion continue to evolve, with artificial intelligence dramatically increasing both the sophistication and scale of attacks. Traditional warning signs such as poor grammar and obvious spelling mistakes have largely disappeared, making fraudulent communications increasingly difficult to detect. Looking ahead, Maletsky explores how AI and emerging technologies will reshape cyber risk over the next decade. In the near term, AI is making phishing emails nearly indistinguishable from legitimate communications. In the medium term, increasingly convincing deepfake audio and video could enable highly sophisticated fraud schemes, including executive impersonation. Longer term, developments such as autonomous AI agents and quantum computing could fundamentally alter internet security by challenging today’s encryption standards. At the same time, he notes that cybersecurity professionals are leveraging many of these same technologies to build stronger defenses, creating an ongoing technological arms race between attackers and defenders. The discussion also highlights the wide-ranging impact of cyber incidents beyond financial losses. Maletsky explains that a cyberattack can trigger cascading operational disruptions, including business interruption, regulatory notifications, reputational damage, and customer distrust. Perhaps most importantly, he argues that cyber incidents are fundamentally human events rather than purely technical ones. Employees often experience intense stress during an incident, particularly those responsible for responding to attacks or those who inadvertently initiated a breach through a phishing click. Organizations can suffer from burnout, blame, and deteriorating workplace culture long after technical recovery has been completed. Finally, Maletsky outlines practical steps small businesses can take to improve their cyber resilience. He stresses the importance of ongoing employee awareness training, implementing basic security controls such as multi-factor authentication and reliable backups, and viewing cyber insurance as more than financial protection. Modern cyber insurance increasingly includes preventative services such as phishing simulations, breach coaching, employee education, and risk management resources. He closes by noting that 77% of U.S. small businesses remain underinsured against cyber risk, emphasizing that many companies mistakenly assume cyber insurance is prohibitively expensive when, in reality, coverage is often affordable for even very small organizations. 5 Key Points AI is making cybercrime significantly more effective, especially through highly convincing phishing emails, ransomware operations, and deepfake impersonation attacks. Small businesses are increasingly targeted, with 56% experiencing some form of cyberattack in the previous 12 months according to Hiscox research. The consequences of cyber incidents extend beyond financial losses to include operational disruption, reputational harm, customer notification costs, and employee stress. Employee education, basic cybersecurity controls, and proactive cyber insurance services are among the most effective defenses for smaller organizations. Roughly 77% of U.S. small businesses remain underinsured against cyber threats, representing one of the largest gaps in cyber risk management today. 5 Key Quotes “Cyber is such a unique risk… it’s never one thing.” “A cyber attack is a human event. It’s not a technical one.” “The company’s weakest point is that least-trained employee.” “I don’t need to compete against my competitors. I need to compete against the non-buyers.” “The good news is the good guys also have this technology.” About Our Guest Mike Maletsky is Vice President of Technology E&O/Cyber at Hiscox USA, with more than 18 years of insurance industry experience. He brings a strong technical foundation in underwriting management and professional liability, including cyber insurance, and has deep expertise across both manual and digital distribution channels. Mike has a proven track record of building full-stack new products through digital distribution, with a focus on technology errors and omissions (E&O), excess coverage, and cyber liability. Known for serving as a key bridge in product development workstreams, he effectively connects business and underwriting priorities with technology implementation to drive aligned, successful outcomes. Throughout his career, Mike has demonstrated a commitment to innovation and to delivering forward-looking insurance solutions informed by emerging technologies and industry best practices. Follow Our Guest LinkedIn About Our Host National co-chair of the Cyber Center for Excellence, Marc Schein, CIC,CLCS is also a Risk Management Consultant at Marsh McLennan Agency. He assists clients by customizing comprehensive commercial insurance programs that minimize the burden of financial loss through cost effective transfer of risk. By conducting a Total Cost of Risk (TCoR) assessment, he can determine any gaps in coverage. As part of an effective risk management insurance team, Marc collaborates with senior risk consultants, certified insurance counselors, and expert underwriters to examine the adequacy of existing client programs and develop customized solutions to transfer risk, improve coverage and minimize premiums. Follow Our Host Website | LinkedIn

Mark Byford Mark Byford, the Bowler Hat Farmer, spent eight months and 12,500 miles touring the UK to meet the farmers, growers and producers fighting to bring real food back to our plates. He talks to Jackie about why 72% of our food is now imported, how farmers can turn a loss-making acre into a £30,000 one, and why eating seasonally and buying local could save British farming. Key Quote “We’re at that one minute to midnight. The clock’s either going to go one way or the other. If we don’t wake up very quick, we’re never going to see real food again.” — Mark Byford, The Bowler Hat Farmer About Mark Byford “Hi I’m Mark the Bowler Hat Farmer I’ve spent the past two years traveling from Land’s End to John O’Groats, visiting organic farms across the UK to explore innovative farming strategies. My passion for chemical-free food and sustainability.” Mark’s Top Tips Look after people on the way up, because you’ll need them on the way down. — advice Mark got from his old boss, Victor Kiam. “I’d rather earn 1% of 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own.” — a quote from John Kalench that shaped how Mark thinks about collective change. Find out what makes you tick, then do good with that knowledge — Mark recommends reading The Secret. Watch the film Pay It Forward — Mark calls it the most life-changing film he’s seen; the idea being that doing good for others comes back around. Resources Mentioned The Secret (book): https://amzn.to/4wpzXVx Pay It Forward (film): https://amzn.to/4vLy8SN Casswell’s Eco Green Compost: https://ecogreencompost.co.uk/ MAD (composting consultancy) Caithness Polyrooms: https://caithnesspolyrooms.co.uk/ Organity: https://organity.co.uk/ The Good Food Project: https://www.goodfoodproject.co.uk/ Riverford: https://www.riverford.co.uk/ Roger Meacock (holistic vet): https://naturalhealingsolutions.co.uk/ Sunshine and Green (Greg’s farm) No Farmers No Food (campaign) Connect with Mark Byford Website: foodfindershub.org 2nd Website: fftradio.com Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/thebowlerhatfarmer The Fabulously Keto Diet & Lifestyle Journal: A 12-week journal to support new habits – Jackie Fletcher If you have enjoyed listening to this episode – Leave us a review By leaving us a review on your favourite podcast platform, you help us to be found by others. Connect with us on social media https://www.instagram.com/FabulouslyKeto1 https://twitter.com/FabulouslyKeto https://www.youtube.com/@FabulouslyKeto Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FabulouslyKeto Music by Bob Collum Recommend a guest We would love to know if you have a favourite guest you would like us to interview. Let us know who you would like to hear of if you have a particular topic you would like us to cover. https://fabulouslyketo.com/recommend-a-guest We sometimes get a small commission on some of the links, this goes towards the costs of producing the podcast.

The online business world is in the middle of a trust recession. Influencer fatigue, polished-to-the-point-of-fake marketing, and one too many bad purchases have left your potential members cynical, guarded, and slower to commit than ever before.Your membership is feeling the effects - whether you've noticed it yet or not. And the frustrating irony is that it's the honest operators, the ethical businesses, the people who actually do good work, who are being forced to do more to prove it.The good news is that this is also an opportunity. If you're willing to show up differently, the bar is lower than you think - because most people aren't doing what I'm about to share.If you're wondering why growth has got harder or why conversion feels off, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why the trust recession is directly affecting your membership's growth and conversionHow to upgrade your social proof so it actually builds trust rather than raising eyebrowsWhy your affiliate program might be doing more harm than good - and how to fix itThe case for taking people behind the scenes of your membership before they buyWhich common marketing tactics are actively damaging your credibility - and what to do insteadIf you want to put this into practice straight away, grab the free Social Proof Upgrade Pack at membershipgeeks.com/481 - it includes a self-assessment to score your current testimonials against the trust recession standard, plus ready-to-send scripts and question frameworks for collecting stronger social proof from your members.And for a broader look at where the gaps in your membership are, the free Membership Healthcheck will give you a clear picture in about two minutes.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Trust is in scarce supply. And your membership is probably feeling the effect of that, whether you've noticed it or whether you've connected the dots or not.""If there's any part of your marketing that you're needing to say quietly, that is unethical.""That vulnerability builds so much trust. Hey, just be more human. That's the part that AI can't fake, it can't replicate. Nobody can fake you.""When it comes to a membership, that trust is probably more important than with any other type of business model. People aren't just buying a one-and-done product. They're making a decision about who they want to stick around with and who they want to invest with for months and years to come."You might also find useful:7 Ways to Add Social Proof to Your Membership Sales PageHow to Sell Your Membership Without Sleazy MarketingThe Way You Market Might Be Killing Retention9 Membership Marketing Tactics That'll Get You More MembersThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Send us Fan MailCan you optimize people without treating them like machines?That question sparked a thoughtful conversation between Dr. Linda and Brian Schubring about what healthy leadership really looks like. While organizations naturally want high-performing teams, the goal isn't to squeeze more productivity out of people—it's to create environments where individuals can thrive while helping the organization succeed.In this episode, we explore why the word "optimize" can feel uncomfortable when applied to people, how healthy organizations balance business results with employee well-being, and why culture should be viewed as a long-term investment rather than a short-term metric.In this episode: Why the idea of "optimizing people" can miss the point  The difference between maximizing performance and developing human potential  What the "double bottom line" means for leaders  Why culture grows slowly—but matters tremendously  Practical ways leaders can create healthier, more engaged teams Key Quote: "We want people to be professionally engaged and emotionally healthy." — ~ Brian SchubringIf you'd like to learn more about Leadership Vision and how we help leaders and teams build healthier workplace cultures, visit LeadershipVisionConsulting.com. Support the show-Read the full blog post here!CONTACT USemail: connect@leadershipvisionconsulting.comLinkedIn FacebookLeadership Vision OnlineABOUTThe Leadership Vision Podcast is a weekly show sharing our expertise in discovering, practicing, and implementing a Strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. Contact us to talk to us about helping your team understand the power of Strengths.

On this episode, we welcome back Ben Stubbs, a TCK to South Africa. You'll hear him share about ministry on college campuses, including a really powerful testimony of one of his friends perseverance to encounter God. Ben always shares from the heart and with so much depth. You'll be challenged and encouraged to trust God even when it's hard and it doesn't come on the timeline you expect of Him. This is one of those episodes you don't want to miss!What questions do you have about this episode? How can we help support you or your TCK? We'd love to hear from you! Connect with us HERE.HOSTS: Michelle Ellis, John Michael Caldwell, Nicole CaldwellSONG: Sunscreen by Vic DaviCONNECT WITH US: Instagram | Facebook | Email UsCHAPTERS:0:00 - 0:57 | Introduction0:57 - 3:41 | Getting to Know Ben3:41 - 7:10 | Ministry and Connecting with International Students7:10 - 21:40 | Shiv's Story: A Journey Into Faith21:40 - 24:00 | Building Altars of Faith24:00 - 30:38 | Trusting God's Perspective30:38 - 33:44 | Treasures in Jars of Clay33:44 - 36:57 | TCK Debate36:57 - 39:52 | ClosingSHOW NOTES:20:06 | Jeremiah 29:13 - “If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”21:01 | Revelation 12:11 - “And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”30:18 | Romans 8:28 - “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”30:54 | 2 Corinthians 4:7-9- “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;32:03 | Matthew 5:3 - “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”KEY QUOTES:20:14 | “The mission of God is to be found.”22:24 | “We have to make a life out of just building altars out of the cool things that Jesus does and look back and remember those things.”24:00 | “We have to be able to trust that God has a bigger perspective than we do.”32:17 | “[Jesus] knows that the way toward the best life, the true life, is whenever we lean on him.”Interested in partnering with John Michael & Nicole in prayer, one-time giving, or monthly giving? Do that HERE.COMMON TERMS:TCK - third culture kidMK - missionary kidLAC - Latin America Caribbean

We'd love to hear from you. Send us fan mail!In this 5-part series premiere of From Stuck to Leading, a five-part self-coaching experience on Shedding the Corporate B!tch, executive coach Bernadette Boas opens with the question at the foundation of every coaching engagement she runs: Who are you as a leader when no one is watching? Not your title, not your results, not your LinkedIn profile, but the leader who shows up when the pressure is on, the recognition is absent, and the next five minutes are going to reveal everything about who you actually are.Drawing on 18 years of coaching over 400 executives, Bernadette walks Powerhouses through two diagnostic spotlight questions from her Leadership Gap Diagnostic — a free 25-statement assessment that places leaders in one of four performance tiers. The gap between how you intend to lead and how your leadership actually lands, and the gap between knowing you need to develop and actively closing that gap, are the two fault lines most leaders have never honestly examined.This is the coaching experience designed to change that — without the price tag of private coaching. Download the free Leadership Gap Diagnostic and start the series with your full baseline in hand. What You Will Learn Throughout The Series:•       How to close the gap between the leader you perform and the leader you actually are•       Why self-awareness in leadership is about accuracy, not self-indulgence — and how most executives are overestimating theirs•       The difference between intending to close your leadership gaps and actively doing it•       How one executive went from being passed over for VP to landing the role, at a different company, on her own terms, in 18 months•       How to use the free Leadership Gap Diagnostic to establish your baseline for all five episodes in this series Key Quote: "The leaders who sustain their impact, the ones who lead well under pressure, who earn genuine trust, who grow over decades instead of burning out, they are not the smartest or most talented. They are the ones who know who they are, clearly, honestly, and without the title doing the work for them." — Bernadette Boas Episode Chapters: 00:00:00 — Series Hook: Who Are You When No One Is Watching?00:01:00 — Welcome + Series Introduction: From Stuck to Leading00:02:00 — Bernadette's Story: From Fired to Foundation00:03:00 — How to Use the Leadership Gap Diagnostic00:05:00 — Branded Intro / How the Episode Works00:06:00 — Spotlight Question 1: Do You Know How Your Leadership Actually Lands?00:08:00 — Spotlight Question 2: Are You Actively Closing the Gap?00:10:00 — The Four Leadership Tiers + Diagnostic Reminder00:11:00 — The Identity Question: Returning to Who Are You When No One Is Watching?00:13:00 — What Shaky Leadership Identity Looks Like00:14:00 — Bernadette's Firing Story: The Identity Problem00:16:00 — Client Story: Dana's Path to VP00:18:00 — The I Dare You Challenge00:19:00 — Wrap Up: What to Take Away Today00:20:00 — Series Commitment + Subscribe CTA00:21:00 — Preview of Episode 2: What Are You Avoiding? ABOUT THIS SERIES — From Stuck to Leading: The Five-Part Self-Coaching ConversationEvery other Tuesday, Bernadette Boas asks one coaching question — the same question she asks every private client. Five episodes. Five questions. One complete leadership transformation arc.•       Episode 1 — Who Are You as a Leader When No One Is Watching? [YOU ARE HERE]•       Episode 2 — What Are You Avoiding That's Quietly Costing You Everything? [LINK WHEN LIVE]•       Episode 3 — [Coming every other Tuesday]•       Episode 4 — [Coming every other Tuesday]•       Episode 5 — [Coming every other Tuesday]Subscribe to Shedding the Corporate B!tch on YouTube (@ShedtheCorpBitchTV) or your podcast platform so you never miss an episode in the series.About Bernadette Boas:Bernadette Boas is an executive coach, speaker, author, and founder of Ball of Fire Coaching. With 25+ years in corporate America — including VP and Chief Knowledge Officer roles — and 18 years coaching 400+ executives across Fortune 500 and high-growth organizations, she is the host of Shedding the Corporate B!tch. balloffirecoaching.com | coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall Related Episodes:•       I Got Fired So You Could Lead — The story behind the framework: HERE•       The TIMER Framework Solo Episode: HERE•       Why Your Team Ignores You: HERE Subscribe & Follow:New episodes of the From Stuck to Leading series release every other Tuesday at @ShedtheCorpBitchTV on YouTube. Subscribe and hit the bell so you're notified when Episode 2 drops — it goes deeper on the question every executive has been avoiding. All episodes are also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.Download the free Leadership Gap Diagnostic: tiny.cc/leadershipgapdiagnosticSupport the show

In this episode, I share a strange little tactic for your next membership promo - one that goes against pretty much everything you've been told about sales offers.Instead of giving people the lowest possible barrier to entry with a free trial or a discounted first month, I make the case for going in the complete opposite direction: incentivising new members to commit to a longer initial period of 90 days.I explain why this counterintuitive approach attracts better-fit members, protects you against the riskiest retention window, and makes it far easier to frame your offer around a real outcome people can actually picture.If your usual trials, discounts and bonuses have stopped hitting the mark, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why does asking new members for a longer initial commitment so often outperform free trials and discounted first months?What makes the 90-day window the "Goldilocks zone" - long enough to demand real commitment, short enough that people believe they can achieve something?How does locking members in past the risky first 30 days improve both your retention and the quality of the people you attract?How can you build an onboarding and engagement plan around a single 90-day outcome so the offer genuinely delivers?How could you turn this into a series of 90-day sprints that carry members through every stage of your wider roadmap?Want help turning this tactic into an offer you can actually run? Grab the free 90-Day Offer Planner at membershipgeeks.com/480 - a fill-in-the-blank workbook that takes you from outcome to pricing to the full 90-day pathway.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"The biggest retention risk window in most memberships is the first 30 days.""90 days, I think, hits the sweet spot between requiring people to actually make a commitment to do it properly, but also to realistically believe that they can make meaningful change.""The people who will say yes to a 90-day commitment are the ones who are more likely to be taking things seriously.""Most meaningful change in a membership doesn't happen in month one, it doesn't happen in 30 days."You might also find useful:Should I Charge Monthly Or Annually For My Membership Site?Is Your Member Onboarding Missing These 3 Vital Things?Should I Offer a Trial for My Membership Website?How To Improve Member Retention And Reduce ChurnThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

Daniel Faircloth, PhD is an unusual figure in the quantum ecosystem: a computational electromagnetics engineer who actually helped build trapped-ion hardware before pivoting to the software stack the field was missing. He's a co-author on the 2013 New Journal of Physics paper that demonstrated reliable ion transport through a microfabricated X-junction surface-electrode trap at Georgia Tech Research Institute, and he spent the years afterward inside a defense contractor, IERUS Technologies, building the electromagnetic simulation engine that has now spun out as Nullspace.If you've been following the trapped-ion race — Quantinuum, IonQ, Oxford Ionics, AQT, and the academic groups feeding them — this episode fills in a layer of the story that rarely gets airtime. As the field moves from clever physics demonstrations toward genuinely scaled architectures, the design tools, the file formats, and the iteration loops start to matter as much as the qubits themselves. Listeners interested in quantum engineering, the analog of EDA in semiconductors, or how dual-use defense R&D translates into commercial quantum infrastructure will find a lot to chew on.What We Get IntoWhy the standard "gapless approximation" for ion trap modeling — treating electrodes as polygons on an infinite metal sheet — breaks down well before you're ready to fabricate.How Faircloth's graduate-school question ("can better tools turn a good engineer into a super engineer?") became the design philosophy behind Nullspace ES.What turning an X-junction corner actually requires: two-stage optimization across trap geometry and control voltages, so the ion doesn't get heated out of the trap.Why general-purpose electrostatic solvers struggle with ion trap problems that demand nanometer ion-height precision and millivolt-level shuttling voltage accuracy.The technical leap in Nullspace ES 2025 R1: pairing high-order basis functions with a compression solver to cut memory usage roughly 5× while preserving accuracy.The awkward commercial reality of selling neutral simulation infrastructure to companies that are direct competitors with each other.The "build vs. buy" tension for hardware startups deciding whether to roll their own solver in Python or adopt a purpose-built commercial tool.How the dual-use defense / commercial-quantum positioning shapes Nullspace's roadmap — and where lessons flow in both directions.Where the roadmap might lead: multi-physics, tightly integrated workflows that eliminate the CAD-cleanup and file-format-exchange tax engineers pay today.Resources & LinksGuest & CompanyDaniel Faircloth Bio — Nullspace, Inc. — Background on Daniel's path from GTRI and IERUS to co-founding Nullspace.Nullspace, Inc. — Company homepage covering the Nullspace EM and Nullspace ES product suites.Inside Nullspace: Rethinking Electromagnetic Simulation with Dr. Daniel Faircloth — A longer-form interview on why Daniel rebuilt EM simulation from scratch.Product & Technical ResourcesNullspace ES — Electrostatic Simulation for Quantum Computing — Product page detailing the ion-trap-specific capabilities discussed in the episode.Nullspace ES 2025 R1 Tech Brief — The release notes behind the high-order basis functions and 5× memory reduction Daniel describes.Precision Ion Trap Modeling and Simulation for Quantum Applications — Webinar featuring Oxford Ionics' Curtis Volin demonstrating Nullspace ES on a surface-electrode trap.Papers & Background ReadingReliable Transport Through a Microfabricated X-Junction Surface-Electrode Ion Trap (NJP, 2013) — The GTRI paper Daniel co-authored, including the corner-turning ion transport work referenced in the episode.Daniel Faircloth — ResearchGate profile — Additional EM and ion trap publications from Daniel's GTRI/IERUS years.Company & Funding ContextNullspace Raises $2.5M Seed Round (PR Newswire, Aug 2025) — The seed round led by Fathom Fund with Golden Seeds.Nullspace Raises $2.5M — The Quantum Insider — Quantum-sector framing of the dual-use RF/quantum positioning.Nullspace Inc. Launches as an Engineering Software Company (PR Newswire, Jun 2023) — The spin-out announcement and origin story.Key Quotes & InsightsOn the original product question (paraphrase): If you give powerful EM and optimization tools to a well-trained engineer, can you effectively turn them into a "super engineer" and unlock the kind of creativity that textbook parameterizations can't reach? That question became the through-line from Daniel's graduate work to Nullspace.On why existing tools fall short (paraphrase): The community was trying to shoehorn ion trap design into solvers that were never built for it — gapless approximations, weak optimizers, and accuracy levels that simply don't hold up when you need nanometer ion heights and millivolt shuttling voltages.On corner-turning in an X-junction (Daniel, lightly edited): "If you think of an ion trap as a fancy train track system, the ions are being shuttled around — you need to be able to turn left and turn right as you grow and scale. How do you get the ion to turn but not get heated in that process and lose the ion?"On serving competing customers (paraphrase): A rising tide floats all boats. The better the underlying simulation tools, the more sophisticated the architectures every team can attempt — and the more chances the field has of someone breaking through.On the long-term vision (Daniel): "Being able to provide all of that in an appropriate fidelity, one-stop shop for the designers. I don't want them to have to go to a bunch of different tools and try to kind of piece together dealing with file format exchange issues."Related EpisodesEpisode 91 — Hardware-Faithful Digital Twins for Quantum Computing with Izhar Medalsy — A complementary view of simulation infrastructure, focused on superconducting digital twins.Episode 17 — The Enchilada: Microfabricated Ion Trap Qubits with Daniel Stick — The Sandia pers...

Episode SummaryWhat creates a family where children feel genuinely safe, deeply loved, and prepared for adulthood? Is it protecting them from every hardship—or is it something far more intentional? Many parents pour all of their energy into raising their children, only to discover their marriage has quietly slipped into the background. Others carry wounds from their own childhood and wonder if they're destined to repeat the same patterns. Is it possible to build the family you never had? Can healthy marriages, repaired relationships, and intentional leadership truly change the trajectory of the next generation?In this heartfelt conversation, Matt Beaudreau welcomes Larry and Jessica Hagner for an honest discussion about marriage, parenting, forgiveness, and building a home centered on connection rather than perfection.Guest Bio:Larry Hagner is the founder of The Dad Edge (formerly The Good Dad Project), a globally recognized organization dedicated to helping men become stronger fathers, husbands, and leaders. As the host of The Dad Edge Podcast, bestselling author, and coach, Larry has spent years equipping thousands of families with practical tools for strengthening marriages, improving communication, and raising emotionally healthy children. His teaching is rooted not only in research and experience but also in his personal journey of overcoming childhood trauma and breaking generational cycles to build the family he always wished he had.Joining him is his wife of more than 23 years, Jessica Hagner, who offers the equally valuable perspective of a wife, mother, and parenting partner. Together they have raised four sons while intentionally creating a home built on mutual respect, healthy communication, and unwavering commitment. Jessica shares practical insights into supporting one another through every season of marriage, calling each other forward with love instead of criticism, and presenting a united front that gives children confidence, stability, and security.Throughout this episode, Larry and Jessica reveal why putting your marriage first is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children, how connection must always precede correction, why repairing mistakes strengthens trust instead of weakening authority, and how forgiveness has the power to transform broken family legacies. Whether you're raising toddlers, teenagers, or preparing for parenthood in the future, this conversation offers practical wisdom for creating a family culture that lasts for generations.Key Quotes:"The quality of the relationship doesn't necessarily reside in the harmony—it resides in the repair.""Call your spouse forward instead of tearing them down.""Every relationship goes through harmony, disharmony, and repair."Key Takeaways:Protect your marriage first. A healthy, connected marriage creates the emotional stability children need to feel secure and thrive.Prioritize connection before correction. Strong relationships create the trust necessary for guidance, discipline, and influence.Own your mistakes quickly. Humility, sincere apologies, and healthy repair teach children accountability far more effectively than perfection.Break unhealthy family patterns intentionally. Your upbringing may shape you, but your daily choices determine the legacy you leave your children.Conclusion:Building a strong family isn't about becoming a perfect parent—it's about becoming an intentional one. Larry and Jessica Hagner remind us that lasting families are built through healthy marriages, honest communication, humble leadership, and consistent repair when mistakes happen. By prioritizing connection, modeling forgiveness, and choosing growth over pride, parents can create a home where children feel safe, valued, and equipped to build healthy families of their own. No matter what your upbringing looked like, it's never too late to begin changing your family's story.

Bishop Jim's insightful messages help others find THEIR METRON through M~otivation E~nlightenment T~ranscendence R~enewal O~utreach and N~etworking Learn more: www.bishinthenow.com Follow Jim Swilley on Youtube to see the videos live Sundays at 11:11 am – https://www.youtube.com/bishinthenow In Part 3 of the Seated in Heavenly Places series, delivered on Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice, Bishop Jim Swilley teaches that heaven is not a future destination but a present reality that believers are called to manifest on earth. Using the story of the rich young ruler, reflections on fatherhood, chosen family, and principles from Marcus Aurelius, he challenges listeners to release victimhood, abandon unmet expectations, protect their joy, and embrace their divine identity. The message centers on the idea that fullness of joy is found when we stop allowing past injuries and other people’s limitations to define us and instead recognize that we are already seated in heavenly places. Key Quote “There’s nothing holier than protecting your joy and keeping your joy at the highest level.” — Bishop Jim Swilley Scriptures Referenced Main Text Ephesians 2:6 “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Heaven on Earth Matthew 6:10 “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Binding and Loosing Matthew 18:18 “Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Rich Young Ruler Mark 10:17-31 Hundredfold Family Mark 10:29-30 “There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother… but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time…” Firstborn Among Many Brethren Romans 8:29 The Great I AM John 18:4-6 The Fall Through Misperception Genesis 3:5 Genesis 3:11 Abiding in What Was Heard From the Beginning 1 John 2:24 Kingdom of God Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Soft Answer Proverbs 15:1 Whole Armor of God Ephesians 6:11 Symbolic Allusions Revelation 21:18-21 (streets of gold, gates of pearl, precious stones) Main Takeaways 1. You Are Already Seated in Heavenly Places The foundation of the message is that heaven is not something believers are trying to reach after death. According to Paul, we are already seated in heavenly places. Bishop teaches that heaven is our point of origin, not our destination. Rather than waiting to experience heaven someday, we are called to express heaven through our lives right now. Scripture: Ephesians 2:6 2. Your Purpose Is to Bring Heaven to Earth Bishop emphasized that each person carries a unique expression of heaven that only they can release into the world. When Jesus taught: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” He was teaching believers to become agents of heaven’s influence. You were born to bring something into the earth that did not exist before you arrived. Scripture: Matthew 6:10 3. Stop Comparing Your Journey to Someone Else’s Every person has a unique calling and destiny. Bishop reminded listeners that Jesus was completely original, and believers are called to walk in that same confidence. “Never let the Pharisees in your life shake you.” The goal is not imitation but authenticity. Scripture: Romans 8:29 4. The Rich Young Ruler’s Problem Was Attachment In Mark 10, the rich young ruler asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life. Bishop points out that Jesus was not creating a doctrine about money. Instead, He was exposing the man’s attachment to something he was unwilling to release. Anything we refuse to release can become a barrier to spiritual freedom. Scripture: Mark 10:17-31 5. Chosen Family Is Part of the Kingdom One of the most powerful Father’s Day themes involved Jesus’ promise that those who lose family relationships will receive fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers in return. Bishop explained that many people spend their lives waiting for parents or relatives to become something they were never capable of being. Healing begins when we stop demanding from people what they cannot provide. The Kingdom supplies family in unexpected ways. Scripture: Mark 10:29-30 6. Let Go of Unmet Expectations A major thread throughout the message was learning to release expectations. Whether it’s children, parents, friends, or spouses, constantly expecting others to fulfill emotional needs creates disappointment. Bishop shared personal stories about Father’s Day and choosing gratitude instead of waiting for validation. Joy increases when expectations decrease. 7. Reject the Sense of Injury Quoting Marcus Aurelius, Bishop taught: “Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” This does not mean denying injustice. It means refusing to build an identity around being wounded. Many people continue suffering from events long after the event itself has passed because they continually replay the injury. Freedom begins when we stop identifying as victims. 8. Forgiveness Is About Freedom Forgiveness is not saying someone was right. Forgiveness is refusing to continue paying emotional interest on an old debt. Bishop explained that bitterness often hurts the wounded person more than the original offender. When we forgive, we reclaim our power. 9. Protect Your Holy of Holies Bishop compared the human spirit to the Temple. Not everyone deserves unrestricted access to your inner world. Healthy boundaries are not selfish. Healthy boundaries are stewardship. Some people must be loved from a distance if they continually threaten your peace. Scripture: Ephesians 6:11 10. Joy Is Your Responsibility One of the strongest messages of the morning was that no one else is responsible for your joy. Not your parents. Not your spouse. Not your children. Not your employer. Not society. You are the steward of your own emotional and spiritual environment. Protecting your joy is sacred work. Scripture: Romans 14:17 Father’s Day Application Bishop encouraged listeners to bless their fathers regardless of the complexity of the relationship. Rather than focusing on what was missing, he challenged people to honor the role those relationships played in bringing them to where they are today. “They were part of your journey to get you here. Bless them with a yes.” The message was not about pretending pain never happened. It was about refusing to allow old wounds to determine present joy. Final Thought The heart of this message is that fullness of joy becomes possible when we stop viewing ourselves through the lens of injury and start seeing ourselves through the lens of heaven. You are not trying to get to heaven. You are already seated there. Now the assignment is to bring that reality into every relationship, every challenge, every conversation, and every part of your life. “The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17)

We'd love to hear from you. Send us fan mail!Workplace dispute resolution is one of the least discussed and most costly blindspots in executive leadership. In this episode of Shedding the Corporate B!tch, executive coach Bernadette Boas sits down with Felicia Harris Hoss, of Harris Hoss Mediations & Arbitration, a nationally recognized mediator with 30 years of trial law experience, to break down early dispute resolution and why it is one of the most powerful, underutilized tools available to corporate executives and HR leaders.Felicia explains why less than five percent of filed lawsuits ever reach trial, what that means for how executives should be approaching conflict, and why the decision to mediate early is not a sign of weakness, it is a strategic move that preserves relationships, resources, and reputation. She walks through the four Cs of mediation, the questions every executive should be asking their attorney, and how to shift from a reacting posture to a responding one in any dispute.If you lead people, manage HR concerns, or sit in any seat where workplace conflict can escalate into legal action, this conversation will change how you think about resolution. What You Will Learn• What early dispute resolution (EDR) is and why it is ABA official policy• When to engage a mediator before a lawsuit is filed• Why litigation means surrendering control — and what executives can do instead• The four Cs of mediation: confidentiality, control, creativity, certainty• What questions to ask your attorney about workplace disputes and resolution options• How the respond vs. react mindset shifts negotiation outcomes• What 'winning' actually looks like in a corporate dispute Key Quote"If you go to the courthouse, you pass that baton called control to strangers. — Felicia Harris Hoss" Episode Chapters00:00:00 — The Legal Dispute Already Living in Your Organization 00:02:00 — Why Staying in the Room Changes Everything 00:03:00 — Meet Felicia Harris-Hoss: From Trial Partner to Neutral 00:06:00 — What Mediation Actually Is (And Isn't) 00:09:00 — Workplace Scenarios That Call for a Mediator 00:12:00 — Why Early Mediation — Before Positions Harden 00:13:00 — The Human Cost Behind Every Corporate Lawsuit 00:15:00 — Why Early Mediation Wasn't Working — And What Changed 00:17:00 — Ego, Fear, and the Real Reason Leaders Avoid Resolution 00:18:00 — The Courtroom Hands Control to Strangers 00:21:00 — The Four C's of Mediation: Confidentiality, Control, Creativity, Certainty 00:26:00 — Key Questions Every Leader Should Ask Their Attorney 00:27:00 — What to Know Before You Bring a Dispute to HR 00:31:00 — Why Even Lawyers Get Confirmation Bias 00:32:00 — Respond, Don't React: The Mindset That Changes Outcomes 00:34:00 — Bernadette's Takeaways for Every Leader and HR Professional About the GuestFelicia Harris Hoss, of Harris Hoss Mediations & Arbitration, is a 30-year trial attorney and nationally credentialed mediator who specializes in early dispute resolution for executives, corporations, and complex business conflicts. She co-authored Resolution 500 for the American Bar Association, which was unanimously adopted in 2024, making early dispute resolution official ABA policy. She also helped establish the American Arbitration Association's EDR Mediation Panel.Learn more at HarrisHossPLLC| Connect on LinkedIn HERE Related Episodes Employee Engagement Strategies That Actually Move the Needle with Ian Watts— HEREYour Calendar is Lying - The Timer Leadership Framework— HERESlow Down To Go Fast with Loretta Stagnitto — HERE Subscribe CTAIf this conversation gave you a new way to think about conflict, leadership, and control, subscribe to Shedding the Corporate Bitch on YouTube at @ShedtheCorpBitchTV for new episodes every week. You can also DOWNLOAD our free Leadership Gap Diagnostic and identify where your leadership needs the most attention right now. Support the show

In this episode, I'm tackling one of the biggest mistakes I see membership owners make: treating content as the be-all and end-all of what their membership offers.So many people set out to build the Netflix of their niche, chasing the biggest, most comprehensive library they possibly can. But your members don't join for the volume of content. They join for what that content makes possible.I share why volume and value are not the same thing, the trap of the content treadmill, and the four things every membership owner needs to do to reframe the role content plays in their membership.If your value proposition currently rests on how much content you've got, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why do so many membership owners fall into the trap of trying to build the Netflix of their niche?What's the real difference between volume and value, and why does more content so often mean less?How does the content treadmill quietly erode your member experience?What four shifts will help you reframe the role content plays in your membership?Why can pruning your library add more value than constantly expanding it?Ready to stop confusing volume with value in your own membership? Download the free resource for this episode to audit your content library and reposition your membership around the things that actually keep members subscribed: grab it here.And if you want a quick read on where your membership stands right now, take the free Membership Healthcheck to spot the gaps that are limiting your growth and retention.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Content is the vehicle, not the destination. Members are buying the transformation, the outcome, the result, not the biggest lesson count, not the most hours of videos.""You cannot, as a membership owner, confuse volume with value. More courses, more events, more features, more sections in your community doesn't just instantly equate to more member value. Usually it's the opposite.""Your role is to narrow down the choices, not expand them. To provide clarity, not further confusion."You might also find useful:How Much Content Do You Need to Launch Your Membership?How to Decide Which Content Should Be Free vs Paid12 Types Of Content To Include In Your Membership Site4 Unusual (But Effective) Membership Content StrategiesThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

EeroQ is unusual in two ways. It's the only company in the world commercializing electrons-on-helium qubits, a modality first proposed by Platzman and Dykman in Science in 1999. And it was founded by Nick Farina — a software entrepreneur, not a physicist — who got pulled into the field through a Chicago theater board where he met his future co-founder, then-PhD student Johannes Pollanen.This conversation matters now because EeroQ has had an unusually productive twelve months: a Physical Review X paper demonstrating single-electron control above 1 Kelvin, a January 2026 result on controlling up to a million electrons with fewer than 50 control lines, and — published in Nature Physics on June 15, 2026 — the first demonstration of strong coupling between a microwave photon and a single electron on helium, the cavity-QED readout-and-control link the platform depends on. If you're trying to understand which "second-tier" modalities deserve serious attention — and how a small, capital-light team in Chicago is thinking about scale-first hardware design — this is a useful listen.SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Outshift, Cisco's incubation engine. The need for computational power is rapidly increasing in every sector. From drug discovery to material innovation to complex financial modeling, classical systems are reaching their absolute limits. It's time for a paradigm shift. The answer is a scalable quantum network, built on open standards and vendor-agnostic architecture. By uniting distributed quantum devices, you unlock limitless computational power.Learn more about the Cisco Universal Quantum Switch at Outshift.com.Go deeper with the blog post The switch that quantum networking has been waiting for.What We Get IntoHow a Chicago theater board led to one of the most unique qubit companies in the fieldWhy electrons-on-helium failed in the early 2000s and why circuit QED, dry fridges, and CMOS now make it viableThe physical picture: a thin superfluid helium film coating a CMOS chip, with electrons trapped a few nanometers above the surface by their own image chargeWhy EeroQ pivoted from motional states to spin qubits after Steve Lyon (Princeton) joined as CTO — and the predicted 10+ second coherence times that come with itThe "build a quantum computer in reverse" philosophy: starting from a million-qubit architecture and working back toward two-qubit gatesHow the "Wonder Lake" chip controls 2,432 future qubit sites today, and why that's an engineering milestone rather than a qubit countHonest framing of where EeroQ actually is: no two-qubit gate demonstrated yet, with a tape-out target of ~10,000 qubits by late 2028Why dipole-dipole gates come first and exchange gates come later, borrowing from the spin qubit playbookThe case that scaling — not qubit quality — has been the field's slowest-moving problem over the last decadeResources & LinksGuest & CompanyEeroQ — Company site for the only commercial electron-on-helium quantum hardware effort.EeroQ Publications — Peer-reviewed papers and preprints from the team.Building a Quantum Computer in Reverse (EeroQ Blog, July 2023) — Farina's own articulation of the scale-first design philosophy discussed in the episode.Key PapersKoolstra, Glen, Beysengulov et al., "Strong coupling of a microwave photon to an electron on helium," Nature Physics, June 2026 — First demonstration of strong coupling between a microwave photon and the quantized motional state of a single electron on helium, including observation of vacuum Rabi splitting — establishing the cavity-QED readout link at the heart of EeroQ's architecture. This result was under embargo when the episode was recorded.Castoria et al., "Sensing and Control of Single Trapped Electrons Above 1 Kelvin," Physical Review X (2025) — The 1 K result Nick references; demonstrates charge sensing but not yet coherent spin manipulation.Koolstra et al., "High-impedance Resonators for Strong Coupling to an Electron on Helium," Physical Review Applied (Feb 2025) — The resonator architecture underlying EeroQ's cQED control approach.Electron-on-helium qubit (Wikipedia) — Useful overview including the original 1999 Platzman & Dykman Science proposal and Steve Lyon's 2006 spin-qubit paper in Physical Review A.Press & ContextEeroQ Makes World-First Breakthrough in Electron Qubits Floating on Helium (EeroQ, June 2026) — Company announcement of the Nature Physics strong-coupling result.EeroQ Solves the "Wire Problem" (PRNewswire, Jan 2026) — The million-electrons / fewer-than-50-wires result Nick cites.Individual electrons trapped and controlled above 1 K (Phys.org) — Independent coverage of the PRX paper.EeroQ Achieves Tape-Out of "Wonder Lake" Chip (The Quantum Insider, July 2023) — Background on the 2,432-site CMOS chip discussed in the episode.EcosystemChicago Quantum Exchange — The regional consortium EeroQ benefits from.Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park — The state-backed quantum park anchored in Chicago.Key Quotes & InsightsOn the contrarian thesis: "Scaling is actually the hardest part of building a quantum computer." Nick argues the field has made real strides on gate fidelity, error correction, and algorithms over the last decade — but not nearly enough on the path to hundreds of thousands or millions of qubits.On building in reverse: Rather than starting from a two-qubit gate and "hoping and praying to find ways to scale," EeroQ started by asking what a million-qubit processor would have to look like — which forced the choice of CMOS as the only manufacturing technology humanity has ever used to build features at that scale.On honest status: "We d...

In this episode, I get into something that's becoming more important than ever for membership owners: the ability to actually deliver results.For years, memberships have leaned on giving people more content, more features, more bells and whistles. That was never the right approach, and now AI is exposing it. Members don't want information. They want transformation.I walk through what a results-driven membership actually looks like in practice, from understanding what your members really want, to engineering early wins, to building a culture where progress is recognised and celebrated.If you want your members to stick around for years rather than months, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why content and features are no longer enough to keep members engaged long termThe four membership motivators that drive most memberships, and why knowing yours mattersHow to engineer an early win in the first few weeks of a new member's experienceWhy your members need a clear pathway, not just a content libraryHow to build a results-driven culture by recognising, rewarding, and reinforcing member winsWant a step-by-step framework for engineering a tangible early win for new members in their first 2-3 weeks? Grab the free Early Win Playbook at membershipgeeks.com/478, including worked examples for all four membership motivator types.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"Members don't want information, they want transformation. And all these new AI tools are giving them content, they're giving them info. That's covered. Your membership needs to give them something more.""People don't join memberships to stand still. They join because they have an outcome in mind, they have a problem they need solving, they have a goal they want to reach, a transformation they want to undergo.""At no point should your members be in your membership thinking, what should I do in order to move forward? There should always be clarity through your content, through the way in which you engage with people on the precise step they need to take next. The clearer the path, the more members will actually walk it.""They don't want the stuff. They want the results that the stuff makes possible."You might also find useful:Using Onboarding to Give New Members a Warm WelcomeWhy you need a solid member onboarding process21 Quick Tips For Improving Member RetentionHow to Create an Extraordinary Member ExperienceThank You For ListeningWe really appreciate you choosing to listen to us and for supporting the podcast.We would be eternally grateful if you would consider taking a minute or two to leave an honest review and rating for the show.They're extremely helpful when it comes to reaching our audience and we read each and every one personally!Finally, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to make sure that you never miss an episode.

What happens when a team generates a thousand ideas - and kills most of them within minutes? In this Quick Win, I speak with Exploding Kittens co-creator Elan Lee about how he and his team turn chaos into creativity during their quarterly design retreats. Over three intense days, they generate, test, and ruthlessly discard ideas - all without bruising egos. Elan shares how he’s built a culture of trust where killing ideas isn’t failure, it’s focus - and why showing your team it’s safe to let go might be the most powerful leadership move you can make. Elan and I discuss: Inside Exploding Kittens’ quarterly design retreats Why Elan ditched the “yes, and…” rule for “no, kill it” How to create psychological safety in creative chaos The leadership habit that helps teams detach from their ideas Why rejecting ideas fast can unlock better ones KEY QUOTE “All the best ideas start out as terrible ideas - they just need room to evolve.” Explore Elan’s games at explodingkittens.com and connect with him on Instagram, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn. Listen to my full conversation with Elan here. My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/ Connect with me on the socials: Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amanthai) If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work and live, I write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign up for that at https://amantha-imber.ck.page/subscribe Visit https://www.amantha.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes. Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au Credits: Host: Amantha Imber Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why This Episode MattersSabrina Maniscalco is one of the few people in quantum who has lived the full arc: two decades of academic work on open quantum systems and non-Markovian noise at Palermo, Turku, Edinburgh, and Helsinki, followed by founding Algorithmiq with three of her former researchers after an early Qiskit Camp. That trajectory matters now because Algorithmiq just had a landmark stretch — sole winner of the $2M Wellcome Leap Q4Bio prize for a quantum-enabled cancer drug discovery workflow, an €18M Series B, a global HQ move to Milan, and its Tensor Network Error Mitigation (TEM) function landing in IBM's Qiskit Functions catalog.If you're trying to make sense of where quantum software actually creates value before fault tolerance arrives — and what a credible "trajectory to advantage" looks like when paired with real clients in life sciences — this is a grounded, technically specific conversation with someone building it.EPISODE SPONSORThis episode is brought to you by Outshift, Cisco's incubation engine. The need for computational power is rapidly increasing in every sector. From drug discovery to material innovation to complex financial modeling, classical systems are reaching their absolute limits. It's time for a paradigm shift. The answer is a scalable quantum network, built on open standards and vendor-agnostic architecture. By uniting distributed quantum devices, you unlock limitless computational power.Learn more about the Cisco Universal Quantum Switch at Outshift.com.Go deeper with the blog post The switch that quantum networking has been waiting for.What We Get IntoWhy a background in open quantum systems and non-Markovian noise turned out to be unusually well-suited to running algorithms on noisy near-term hardwareThe actual science behind the Q4Bio winning workflow: simulating excited-state dynamics of a photosensitizer drug already in Phase II clinical trials, on up to 100 qubitsHow quantum-boosted DMRG works — and why it gives you a built-in benchmark against the best classical method via the bond dimensionThe tradeoff Sabrina would and wouldn't make between more qubits and lower noise, and why neutral atoms' slower sampling rates matter for chemistryWhy even fault-tolerant algorithms like quantum phase estimation still depend on getting state initialization and measurement rightAlgorithmiq's two-product structure: the Digital Quantum Interface (hardware-agnostic infrastructure) and the life sciences application frameworkHow methods built for chemistry are now opening doors into optimization and GenAI — and why that direction emerged from the work, not from a strategy deckWhat the move from Helsinki to Milan signals about the European quantum ecosystem and Algorithmiq's commercial scale-upHow an active learning pipeline is already proposing novel drug variants for synthesis in Prof. Sherri McFarland's labResources & LinksGuest & CompanyAlgorithmiq — The company Sabrina co-founded with Guillermo García-Pérez, Matteo Rossi, and Boris Sokolov; quantum software for life sciences and chemistry.Sabrina Maniscalco — University of Helsinki Research Portal — Publication record covering open quantum systems, non-Markovian dynamics, and quantum information.Sabrina Maniscalco — AI for Good Bio — Consolidated bio covering academic roles and advisory positions, including IQOQI Austria and CERN's Quantum Technology Initiative.The Q4Bio WinAlgorithmiq Wins $2M Wellcome Leap Q4Bio Prize — Company announcement detailing the photodynamic therapy workflow.Wellcome Leap — Q4Bio Prize Announcement — Funder's perspective on finalists and criteria.IBM Quantum Blog — Q4Bio Finalists — IBM's account of the workflow and quantum-classical integration.Funding & HQ MoveTech.eu — Algorithmiq's €18M Series B and Milan move — Coverage of Italy's largest quantum VC round to date.Quantum Computing Report — Algorithmiq Relocates to Milan — Strategic context including the Q4Bio win and IBM partnership.EU-Startups coverage — Investor lineup and Italy's National Quantum Strategy framing.Quantum Advantage & ToolingIBM Quantum Blog — The Dawn of Quantum Advantage — Includes Algorithmiq's TEM (Tensor Network Error Mitigation) function in the Qiskit Functions catalog.Algorithmiq & IBM Quantum Advantage Tracker — The heterogeneous materials experiment Algorithmiq and IBM put forward as a community benchmark.Silicon Republic interview with Sabrina — Useful prior context on her philosophy of using quantum to simulate quantum systems.Key Quotes & InsightsOn the foundation of the company's approach: "We learned very early what we thought were the bottlenecks of quantum computers — what you really need to worry about if you want to implement computation at scale." A direct line from Qiskit Camp Vermont to Algorithmiq's product strategy.On Q4Bio, in Sabrina's words: "This molecule is already in Phase II clinical trial. So it's not hydrogen. It's a real molecule." A useful counter to the common critique that quantum chemistry demos still live in toy-model land.On quantum-boosted DMRG (insight): In the worst case, the method matches the best classical technique; in the better case, it outperforms it — and the bond dimension tells you which regime you're in. Built-in benchmarking against the classical baseline.On the hardware tradeoff: Asked whether she'd prefer 100 higher-fidelity qubits or 200 noisier ones, Sabrina's answer is "it depends" — and the explanation about why neutral atoms' lower sampling rates limit chemistry use cases is one of the more concrete things you'll hear on platform tradeoffs.On strategy (insight): New verticals at Algorithmiq are ...

Today we're diving into something we use every day - our voice. Most of us are walking around with an unconscious default voice that's been patched together from old stories, childhood wounds, cultural expectations, and whatever got us through the day. But what if that voice isn't really you?Meet Barbara McAfee - voice whisperer, author, singer, and playful catalyst for authentic expression. For more than three decades, Barbara has helped people shed vocal habits shaped by old stories and step into voices that feel truly like home. Through sound, story, character work, and her Five Elements system, she makes voice liberation both profound and ridiculously fun. She's a master voice coach, bestselling author of Full Voice and Vocal Intelligence, and dynamic speaker whose two TEDx talks - including the widely viewed “Bringing Your Full Voice to Life” - have inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Her work has reached leaders, organizations, international educators, community singing movements, and countless individuals through keynotes, retreats, coach trainings, and her beloved Morning Star Singers hospice choir.Barbara, in so many ways, graces us with her presence on The Junkyard Love Podcast to remind us that our voice is the primary way we shape our world.Your voice is the instrument that shapes your expression on the way out. What we really 'mean' is upstream of the voice, and how we express what we really mean is changed by the voice - our life is lived downstream of our ability to express ourselves. Our expressions are interpreted by one another through an infinite number of micro movements, frequencies, rhythms, pheromones, sensory perceptions, biological responses, and so many more - but our voices carry truths even our own conscious perception can't filter out. Barbara shares that our voices are often shaped by past traumas, survival strategies, cultural pressure, and old stuck identities - and she teaches us how to release those unconscious holds in our physical body, allowing the voice to open and flow without restraint. In this back-and-forth conversation, we cover how most of us are unconsciously wearing what Barbara calls a “vocal girdle” - that invisible tightness and restriction we build over years from old wounds, family expectations, and cultural pressure that keeps our voice smaller and safer than it wants to be. She shares how we can gently loosen and remove it through her joyful Five Elements framework (Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Air), by playing with characters and archetypes, and through simple, everyday practices like laughing through the different sounds, voicing your yawns, and reading children's books out loud. We also explore the magic of group singing, the power of pretending to be someone else, code-switching with awareness, and why freeing your voice changes so much more than just how you sound - it changes how you show up in every part of your life.If you've ever felt like your voice doesn't quite match who you really are inside, this conversation is full of heart, laughter, insight, and practical tools you can start using right away - to start speaking with your real voice.Key Topics Covered:Unconscious vocal habits and the “vocal girdle” most of us wearHow childhood experiences and trauma shape our voiceThe Five Elements Framework for vocal freedomPlaying characters and archetypes to access hidden parts of yourselfThe power of group singing and collective connectionPractical daily tools to open and strengthen your voiceCode switching, ego, and authentic flexibilityVoice work for leaders, creatives, and everyday lifeChapter Timestamps (YouTube & Podcast Platforms)00:00 – Why Most People Are Stuck in an Unconscious “Default” Voice00:58 – The “Vocal Girdle”: How Old Wounds and Expectations Restrict Us02:13 – How Childhood Trauma and Family Secrets Shape Your Voice Long-Term04:10 – The Five Elements Framework (Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Air) Explained05:40 – Barbara's Personal Story: Overcoming Fear of Singing Solo08:32 – The Secret Power of Playing Characters and Archetypes13:38 – Ego, “Brain Rats,” and Gently Expanding Beyond Your Comfort Zone22:55 – Practical Voice Tools for Leaders, Presentations, and Difficult Conversations30:29 – The Magic of Group Singing and Deep Human Connection34:05 – Jacob's Wild DJ Story: Unifying Experiences and Collective Flow40:06 – Laugh, Yawn & Read Children's Books: Easy Daily Practices to Open Your Voice46:26 – Code Switching: Shifting Voices Authentically Across Situations55:12 – Why Humans Crave Collective Ecstasy and Group Singing01:01:40 – Barbara's Books, Music, and Life's Work01:12:45 – Current Retreats, Courses, and What's Next for Barbara01:17:01 – Final Wisdom and Closing ReflectionsLearn practical voice exercises and how to speak with more confidence and authenticity.Key Quotes from Barbara“Most of us are using our kind of unconscious default voice that we think is us, but it's not. It's cobbled together with duct tape and popsicle sticks and trauma…”“We're all kind of wearing a vocal girdle.”“Pretending to be somebody else is kind of the secret sauce.”“The parts of my voice I hate the most have the greatest gifts for me.”“Our voice is the primary way we shape our world.”“Singing is like the mycelial connections between trees.”“Laughing is a great way to just open up the different sounds.”Resources & LinksOfficial Website: https://www.barbaramcafee.com/TEDx Talk (Full Voice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze763kgrWGg & https://www.audible.com/pd/Vocal-Intelligence-Audiobook/B0GJ6S1JS3?clientContext=133-8676392-2129631&loginAttempt=true&noChallengeShown=true&srsltid=AfmBOorP30WNp0kMoRLLeUmuQ5u-QS5iM86MSz-MzEmJclaZfpu6Na-h&showMosaicSSOView=true&showAmznLopSignalBanner=trueBooks (on audible, physical copy, or Kindle!): Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence and Vocal Intelligence - https://a.co/d/0hOIWVoz // https://www.audible.com/pd/Vocal-Intelligence-Audiobook/B0GJ6S1JS3?clientContext=133-8676392-2129631&loginAttempt=true&noChallengeShown=true&srsltid=AfmBOorP30WNp0kMoRLLeUmuQ5u-QS5iM86MSz-MzEmJclaZfpu6Na-h&showMosaicSSOView=true&showAmznLopSignalBanner=trueMusic: https://barbaramcafee.bandcamp.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbaramcafeesings/For the most up-to-date Junkyard Love Podcast news, clips, and details: @Jacobfromtheinternet on InstagramPlease subscribe, follow, and like if you enjoyed the show!

What does it take to advise Heads of State, broker back-channel diplomatic deals, and operate inside the world's most complex political environments, all while building a global firm from scratch?In this episode, Julian sits down with Vlada Galan, geopolitical strategist, crisis management expert, and founder of Oracle Advisory Group. Vlada advises Heads of State across five continents, has worked on elections and conflicts in over a dozen countries, and was awarded a medal by the Ukrainian government in 2023 for her work on behalf of her home country.But the bio only tells part of the story. Vlada arrived in America at six years old with her mother, a cardboard sign, and two words of English. Everything she's built—a Harvard master's degree, a multimillion-dollar advisory firm, a career at the highest levels of global power—came entirely from scratch.This is a conversation about what power actually looks like from the inside, what separates the people who own the table from everyone else trying to get a seat at it, and what a Ukrainian immigrant who once knew two words of English learned about success that most people never figure out.— Episode Chapter Big Ideas (timing may not be exact) —0:00 — Intro1:35 — Finland trip: disconnecting in the Arctic Circle7:50 — What do the people who own the table actually have?11:51 — "Everything you need is within yourself”—did she believe it on Day 1?15:06 — Standing outside the private city club: the three A's of overcoming imposter syndrome18:16 — How she found her way into geopolitical consulting22:03 — Why she prefers the harder, less glamorous engagements25:53 — What the first 48 hours of a crisis actually look like28:09 — Track 2 diplomacy: the back-channel work that never makes the news32:20 — Managing personal identity and professional neutrality as a Ukrainian consultant36:30 — The bank governor story: aggression as an asset40:45 — How to be the honest advisor in a room full of yes people43:41 — The most enjoyable part of running her own firm45:05 — How she takes care of herself: weight training, cooking, and real disconnection48:18 — How she determines what's a good fit as a client50:20 — The biggest misconception about her field54:05 — The hardest part of building something from nothing55:23 — Book recommendations57:44 — What would that six-year-old girl on the plane say?— Key Quotes from Vlada Galan — “If you want to hang on for the long term and develop a reputation for actually bringing change and bringing results, be the no person because that is the person in the room that is the most courageous to say what they actually think, no matter what the consequences might be.”"People will test your boundaries. The more you allow them to cross those boundaries and steamroll you, the more they're going to take advantage of that.”"You learn a lot more from losing than you do from winning. That acquiring of knowledge that you actually get from failing is exactly how you become successful."— Connect With Vlada Galan —Website: https://oracleadvisorygroup.com/ Book website: https://success-mentality.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladagalan/— Connect with Julian and Executive Health —LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianhayesii/X — https://x.com/thejulianhayesDon't let your biology become the bottleneck to the enterprise you're building. Book a private call —https://www.executivehealth.io/contactWebsite — https://www.executivehealth.io/***DISCLAIMER: The information shared is not meant to treat or diagnose any condition. This is for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes. The content here is not intended to replace your relationship with your doctor and/or medical practitioner. Consult your provider before making any decisions.

In this episode, I tackle one of the most under-appreciated drivers of retention in any online membership: expectation management.I share why memberships are uniquely unforgiving when it comes to overpromising, and how a mismatch between what you sell and what you deliver will quietly kill your retention long before a cancellation email ever hits your inbox.We'll walk through seven practical ways to set realistic expectations - from the claims you make in your marketing, right through to how you signpost future value for members already inside your community.If you want members who stick around, get results, and rave about your membership rather than resent it, this episode is for you.In this episode:Why managing member expectations matters so much more for memberships than for one-off productsThe danger of "magic beans marketing" and how to sell with confidence without overpromisingWhy being clear about who your membership isn't for will attract better-fit members who stay longerHow showing behind the scenes, tweaking your pricing strategy, and using FAQs can pre-empt misaligned expectationsThe role of signposting future content and events in keeping existing members engaged and reinforcing clarityWant the practical companion to this episode? Grab the free Magic Beans Swap Sheet – a swap table, list of words to retire from your marketing, and a self-edit checklist for your sales page.And if you'd like a wider view of where the gaps in your membership business actually are, our free Membership Healthcheck is built for exactly that.Key Quotes & Takeaways:"One of my favourite things with the online membership model is that there's no place to hide. If you cannot live up to what you promise your audience, they're going to figure that out and they're going to do that pretty quickly.""Don't go out there selling magic beans. Don't make these kind of wild guarantees and promises because of course there's no such thing as a guarantee.""Don't be afraid to put people off joining your membership and to tell them explicitly, this is not for you. Because then you can double down on the people your membership actually is for.""If you set your expectations sky high, there's no way to go after that. But if you've set realistic expectations, then you can wow them a little more. Then you can surprise and delight them."