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In this episode of the KWL Podcast, we were joined by Skye MacKinnon, best-selling author of over seventy romance novels. She also publishes children's books under the pen name Isla Wynter. She loves to help other indie authors succeed and had much great advice to share about self-publishing during our conversation! We spoke to Skye about her writing journey, how she started writing full-time, writing under multiple pen names, publishing wide, working with other authors, translating her books, and much more! Plus, listen to Skye's previous appearance on the KWL Podcast here. Learn more about Skye on her website.

On a Monday edition of Hot Takes, Eric Goodman and Troy Renck discuss the Broncos going through another week of OTAs. Who needs Nix to have a great season more: Sean Payton, Davis Webb or Nix himself? A chat about the MLB Hall of Fame and steroid use. Connor McDavid won the Ted Lindsay Award for the fifth time, given to the Most Outstanding Player. Why didn't Nathan MacKinnon finish in the Top-3? And what does this say about how other players view MacKinnon? The guys finish the podcast by getting into the Avs shakeup in the front office, with GM Chris MacFarland going to Nashville. Tune in to another episode of Hot Takes with Eric Goodman and Troy Renck! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Running form has often focused on concepts like cadence and footstrike to create change and improve efficiency. But a "top down" approach - focusing on the arms, torso, and cues - is an innovative and accessible way to become a stronger, healthier runner. Paul Mackinnon is a former semi-pro hockey player who has become an expert on gait retraining. He's is from Melbourne, Australia and has worked with many high level athletes over the years to improve their running form. My discussion with Paul is a masterclass on form. Despite this being a complex topic, his ideas are easy to grasp and  have made me rethink some commonly held concepts about running technique. Some of the topics we discuss on the episode include: Paul's "top down" approach to thinking about running form and technique 3 of the most common problem areas for runners How your arms create lift in your running The underestimated torso - why we need to focus here first The impact of running shoes on form Form cues that help reinforce proper form Why the "don't fix what isn't broken" mentality may not be the best way to approach running technique The importance of body awareness to create change in your form This week's episode can help runners learn how to improve their form at any stage of the game.  Enjoy! Links & Resources from the Show: Learn more about Paul and how to improve your running technique Follow Paul on Instagram and Facebook Watch Pauls videos on YouTube and Vimeo Download our cheat sheet on form cues Read more on running form and efficiency [NOTE: this conversation was previously published in 2023] Thanks Boulderthon! Boulderthon is a top 10 race in America according to USA Today and one of the best fall marathons according to Runner's World. With a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon, Boulderthon offers an amazing fall destination race weekend right at the foothills of the Rockies. Use code STRENGTH20 for $20 off the marathon or half marathon. Join me in Boulder, one of the top running destinations in the country, on September 27th, to experience the tight knit running community here, race on the epic streets of Boulder, and finish on historic Pearl Street. While I live in Denver, I travel to boulder probably once a week to run. It's arguably one of the best running locations in the United States. There'll probably be cool and crisp fall weather for racing fast, too. And don't worry, Boulderthon is a BQ-eligible, USA Track & Field Sanctioned Event. Boulderthon is on track to sell out again this year so don't miss out. Use code STRENGTH20 to save $20 on the marathon or half-marathon here and I hope to see you in Boulder this fall. Thank you LMNT! A big thanks to LMNT for their support of this episode! They make electrolyte drinks for athletes and low-carb folks with no sugar, artificial ingredients, or colors. They are offering a free gift with your purchase at LMNT. And this does NOT have to be your first purchase. You'll get a sample pack with every flavor so you can try them all before deciding what you like best. And DOUBLE big news! Their newest flavor Lemonade Salt is now permanently available (it's now my favorite). They're also offering 12oz cans of sparkling LMNT water that has half the sodium concentration of a packet. Check them out. LMNT's products have some of the highest sodium concentrations that you can find. Anybody who runs a lot knows that sodium, as well as other electrolytes like magnesium and potassium, are essential to our performance and how we feel throughout the day. LMNT is my favorite way to hydrate. I'm now in the habit of giving away boxes of LMNT at group runs around Denver and Boulder and everyone loves this stuff. Boost your performance and your recovery with LMNT. They're the exclusive hydration partner to Team USA Weightlifting and quite a few professional baseball, hockey, and basketball teams are on regular subscriptions. So check out LMNT to get a free sampler pack and get your hydration optimized for the upcoming season.

In this episode with Melanie MacKinnon, we discuss the new graduate mindset in Physiotherapy. We explore:·  Factors that affect success for new graduates·  Core beliefs and values of Physiotherapy·  How to prevent burnout in new graduates·  Emotional intelligence and how to find your purpose within Physiotherapy·  Managing new graduates expectations within clinical practice

May 28, 2026 ~ Neil MacKinnon, President Central Michigan University joins Paul W. Smith live from the Mackinac Policy Conference. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In hour one, Dover and Cecil start the show, reacting to the Avalanche getting swept by Vegas last night. After an amazing regular season, the Avs' season ends embarrassingly in the conference finals. How did they get here? What did their body language say after they went down in that game? Their sense of urgency didn’t come until the final two minutes of the game. Why? Has this window closed, or is it still open so long as you have Makar and MacKinnon? We listen and react to some of the players audio.  

On a Wednesday edition of Hot Takes, Eric and Troy react to the Colorado Avalanche getting swept out of the Western Conference Finals by the Vegas Golden Knights. How disappointing is this for the Avs, who were considered the best team in the NHL virtually all season? How did Vegas manage to keep the high-powered Avalanche in check? What happened to MacKinnon, Necas and Nelson? Where does this series rank among all-time disappointments in Denver sports history? Plus, what changes do the Avs need to make this offseason? Should Jared Bednar be the coach of the team for the 2026-27 season? Check out a LOADED show of Hot Takes with Eric Goodman & Troy Renck! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Keleten még csak a negyedik meccs következik, miközben a túloldalt már a seprűk is előkerültek, miután a Vegas Golden Knights négy meccsen búcsúztatta az alapszakasz győztes Colorado Avalanche csapatát. Barna, Miki és Szabi megnézték, hogy mi lehetett MacKinnonék összeomlásának az oka, illetve hogyan juthat döntőbe a Montreal Canadiens miközben alig több, mint tíz lövést átlagol.

0:00 - It's win or go home tonight. How will the Avs respond? Will they rise to the challenge?17:16 - Vic shared some heartfelt memories of the late great Ezio Lombardi. He truly lived the American Dream. Rest in peace a North Denver legend.After that, do we think Nathan MacKinnon will be able to rally and play tonight? Even if he plays in a very limited capacity, can a hobbled MacKinnon be a difference-maker?33:27 - Oh, by the way...do you care about combined No-Hitters at all? Oh, by the way...Bryce Harper posted a video of himself brushing his teeth, and his method for applying toothpaste is truly insane. Oh, by the way...a dog in Scottsbluff, Nebraska accidentally shot someone with a shotgun. Yeah, you read that right.

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For the second hour of Stokely and Evans with Mark Schlereth, they recap a great game 1 of the NBA’s western conference finals and their takeaways from it as Nuggets fans. The guys and Paul Bissonette call out some of the Avs’ underachievers. They talk Stoke through some of his social anxiety. What’s Trending? PK Subban has high praise for Nathan MacKinnon, a familiar face has become a big time playmaker, OKC may have met their kryptonite, Stink doesn’t know how to use a thermostat, and a story right out of Tin Cup.  

0:00 - Lots of people in the NHL World are saying that Nathan MacKinnon is on some sort of revenge tour right now because of the Olympics loss. His silver medal and that stoat plushie are fueling him on a reign of terror through the NHL playoffs. Brett says that narrative is false. MacKinnon is motivated because he's MacKinnon. If he won a gold medal with Canada, you're saying he'd be less motivated to win Lord Stanley again?16:02 - The Nuggets are probably going to let Valanciunas go. They STILL need a backup center. Or...do they? If they keep going through backup center candidates year after year and can't find a viable option, maybe that's because they don't need one. Their Jokic-based system doesn't require one. 32:35 - Oh, by the way...Jaxon Smith-Njigba received his Offensive Player of the Year award in the mail, and it was riddled with errors. The NFL doesn't proofread, I guess. Oh, by the way...Seattle is investing MILLIONS of dollars in solar-powered bathrooms around the city for the World Cup. Oh, by the way...Brett got got! Or he almost got got, depending on who you ask.

Adam chats to new Southside Flyers coach Sam Mackinnon about their recent signings, and his goals for the team this season.Unwrapped is presented by C2C Sport. Get 10% exclusive discount on your initial order, use code PICKROLL on the checkout page at c2csport.com.au. Valid for custom orders. Contact sales@c2csport.com or call 02 6581 1558 if you need help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

0:00 - Nathan MacKinnon caught up with the TNT crew after the game and answered the two burning questions on everyone's minds: how's his nose, and why was he swimming in a hotel pool with flippers?11:49 - Cale Makar got a bit banged up during the game last night, but he returned. But it looked like his arm/shoulder area was still bothering him. In his postgame presser, Coach Bednar said "Cale's is...okay." All the internet detectives are analyzing his tone of voice to try and determine if Cale truly IS okay. I guess we're playing this Zapruder film game again.Also in his postgame presser, Bedsie was asked about the Cup or Bust expectations with this team. He said it puts a lot of pressure on the team, but he wouldn't have it any other way.29:58 - Oh, by the way...we already have the NFL Thanksgiving slate. In addition to packed Turkey Day lineup, it looks like the NFL is scheduling games on Thanksgiving Eve (Wednesday) AND Black Friday. Oh, by the way...Golfer Garrick Higgo was late to his tee time at the PGA Championship and received a two stroke penalty for it. Amateur hour! Oh, by the way...De'Von Achane just got PAID. Does this start to reset the RB market a bit? 

What's going on in Leaf land, will the NFL bubble ever burst, the Avalanche are one step closer to the Cup, the Wild and Quinn Hughes and Auston Matthews.

TSN's Mike Johnson on the breaking news that the Oilers fired Kris Knoblauch, is Bruce Cassidy a fit in EDM, the Avalanche beating the Wild, MacKinnon's tying goal, centre ice will be a popular position this off-season, and the Sabres and Habs.

00:00 High Five: Bednar on injuries, Landeskog on Game 5, Hynes on injuries, EJ on MacKinnon swimming, NFL notes.

0:00 - ONE. MORE. WIN. That's all the Avs need to punch their ticket to the Western Conference Final. They beat the Wild last night in Game 4 and looked COMPLETELY different from Game 3. Much improved. Way more focused & bought in. 14:48 - Josh Manson got in a scuffle with Michael McCarron last night. He rammed his stick into the side of McCarron's head/neck area. DURING THE GAME, in an intermission interview, McCarron said Manson's a dirty player. Again, he said that DURING THE GAME. That's crazy! He doubled down on the dirtiness in his postgame comments. And honestly. GOOD. You need a pest that gets in your opponent's head.33:08 - MacKinnon caught a slapshot right in the face. Stopped that puck with his nose. Next period, he was back in the game. Even got the game-sealing empty-net goal. Hockey players are truly built different. After that, we learned today that the first Monday Night Football game of the season is scheduled for September 14 between...the Broncos and the Chiefs! Hell yeah, brother. What a way to start the season. But, Brett said this is an indication of something larger...

The proposed privately-backed NZ20 competition will be readjusted for a 2028 launch instead, NZ Cricket confirmed. Organisers have pushed back the launch by a full year, abandoning plans to mark out their run-up in January 2027. NZ20 establishment committee chair Don Mackinnon says it's a shared decision between the organisation and NZ Cricket - and it's important to get things right. "Unfortunately, the window that we've got for January '27 is just too tight, particularly with the other commitments that we've locked in for test cricket. So it makes good sense." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 3 of The Drive, Zach and Will break down the Avalanche's win in Game 2 last night to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the series over the Wild. What were the guy's biggest takeaways from the game? Have the Avs shown they can play any style of hockey and be the better team? What was the best goal of the night for the Avs? We give Nathan MacKinnon his credit after an outstanding performance in last night's game. Is MacKinnon playing the best hockey of his career? We hear from Jared Bednar and his thoughts on MacKinnon and all he brings to the team. The guys debate whether trading Jamal Murray is the best way for the Nuggets to overhaul their roster this offseason. Will the Nuggets "run it back" with most of their same team from last season? We react to Nuggets legend Dan Issel's comments on the changes coming to the Nuggets this offseason. Was allowing Tim Connely to leave the organization the biggest mistake the Nuggets have made in a decade?

Troy Renck and Bruce Haertl dive into the Colorado Avalanche taking a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Wild with a 5-2 victory last night in Game 2. Nathan MacKinnon led the charge for the Avs with another three-point night. Scott Wedgewood had a nice bounce back game between the pipes and the Avalanche also scored two goals on the power play. Are the Wild the best team the Avs will face the rest of the way? What's up with Wild fans complaining about the physicality? And what will Minnesota's plan be with their goalies the rest of the series? Troy Renck and Bruce Haertl break it all down on a snowy Wednesday edition of Hot Takes! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How is the German market different to English speaking markets, and why might it be worth looking into translation? What are the best ways to translate, self-publish and market your books in German? With Skye MacKinnon. In the intro, thoughts on feeling empty after a book, and the benefits of SubStack for authors [Stark Reflections; Wish I'd Known Then]; AI-Assisted Artisan Author webinars 16 and 23 May. This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket, which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Check it out at www.PublisherRocket.com This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Skye MacKinnon is the award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books across romance and children's books under multiple pen names, most of which are also available in German, which is her bestselling market. Her latest book for authors is Self-Publishing in German: How to Translate, Publish and Market Your Books. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why the German-speaking market is much bigger than just Germany, and which genres sell best there Title protection laws, the Impressum, and translator copyright How to find and vet human translators, and what a quality translation actually costs The current state of AI translation for fiction, and why quality assurance passes are essential Distribution decisions: the Tolino Alliance, Skoobe, libraries, and why IngramSpark doesn't work in Germany Marketing in German: BookDeals, LovelyBooks, ads, BookTok, and why pre-orders matter even more You can find Skye SkyeMacKinnon.com and her children's books at IslaWynter.com. Transcript of the interview with Skye MacKinnon Jo: Skye MacKinnon is the award-winning, USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books across romance and children's books under multiple pen names, most of which are also available in German, which is her bestselling market. Her latest book for authors is Self-Publishing in German: How to Translate, Publish and Market Your Books. Welcome, Skye. Skye: Hi. Thank you so much for having me. Jo: This is such an interesting topic. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Skye: I've always loved writing, but I was always told, “Well, you can't be an author. Get a proper job.” So I became a journalist and did that for a few years, but there was always that love of creative writing. At some point when I was getting more active on social media, I was following some other indie authors and realised they're just like me. They're not special people. I had always pictured authors as these mythical beings high up above the rest of us. That gave me the courage to put out my own book. I self-published from the start, never even looked into trad publishing, and that was in 2017. I was really lucky because my first series totally hit it off. I was able to quit my job a year later and I have been a full-time author ever since. I started with romance and then, by accident, got into children's books. Which has been great fun. I don't even have children myself, but it's just that palette cleanser in between. Writing about cute animals and unicorns and just bringing some fun into everything. Nowadays I have about five or six pen names, depending on how you count, across genres, although most of it is romance, and that's my bread and butter really. Jo: Yes, I'm certainly one of those people who wish I could write romance. It always just seems to be the most profitable market in any language, I guess. Let's get into the book. It's a fantastic book. I've been through it myself. It's really packed full of everything you need, so we can't cover everything. Let's start by considering the German language in general. Why is German a good language market to consider expanding into? And for anyone who might not realise, why is it more than Germany? Skye: Well, Germans love to read, and depending on the statistic that you look at, they're generally seen as the third largest book market in the world after English and Mandarin Chinese. So it's a huge market, even though you think of Germany as a small little country in Europe. As you said, it's much more than Germany. Yes, you've got about 83 million people in Germany, but then you've also got Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, parts of Belgium, Luxembourg, and even Italy. So if you look at the whole footprint on the map, it is much bigger than just the one country. A lot of young people there still read and go to bookshops. There's a huge bookshop culture. You will find, if you go to a high street there, way more bookshops than you do here in the UK, for example. There's demand for quality and for really gorgeous books. They have been way ahead of the curve when it comes to special editions and sprayed edges, and they also like translations. I found one statistic where about two thirds of all newly released titles in German are actual translations. Readers are used to translations, but until a few years ago it was all trad-published translations. So this transition is coming now. It's coming very, very fast, especially with AI. They generally are very open to translations as long as the quality is there. Jo: So what about specific genres then? Obviously we mentioned romance there, and romance is not just one genre anymore. Whatever they're writing— How can somebody tell if it's worth expanding into German? How do we do this? It takes time and effort and money, potentially. Skye: It can take a lot of money, so it is worth doing research. There's one easy way, which is just looking at your current sales and looking at how many books you're selling in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at the moment in English. That can give you an indication of which of your books might be already quite popular there. Sometimes it's quite surprising. A lot of my books sell very differently in German than they do in English. I've got one series that did okay in English, and I almost didn't translate it. The German version is, I think, my second bestselling series in German and has completely surprised me. So sometimes it's worth just experimenting a bit. Otherwise, obviously as you said, romance is doing really well. There are a few surprises though. I had a chat with Draft2Digital and they gave me lots of information from their statistics, and they said about 40% of all the western title sales on Draft2Digital are actually in Germany, which is just a huge percentage. Jo: In English? Skye: Across languages. Jo: Mm-hmm. Skye: Germans, to be fair, they love their westerns. My dad in Germany, he has been watching westerns for I don't know how many decades. It is one of those things that is just really popular there. Another thing is anything that is set in other countries and really has the location as almost like a character. There's lots of Cornwall, Scotland, different islands, but also mountains and cities. So if your book is set in, even in New York City, if it has a clear setting—if it's not just that it could be any city—then that's a good one to think about translating. In general, most genres can do well. There's a few where you have to be a bit careful. Second World War books, for example. If you have a book that portrays every single German as a Nazi and as evil, it might not do as well in Germany. So some common sense when it comes to historical books. Otherwise, just look at German retailers, look at what is selling there—and not just Amazon. Places like Thalia, which is part of the Tolino Alliance, and they have about 40% of the market. So it's really important to look at them too, and not just at Amazon. Jo: We'll come back to the distribution in a minute. There are some important differences between the German market and the US/UK market. Obviously we're talking about a different language, but of course there are a few things that are different that some people might not think about. So give us a few of those things that people definitely need to think about. Skye: Okay, so even before you start publishing, you need to be aware that title protection is a thing in Germany. Your book can't have the same title as an already published book. That is a law that is basically there to avoid readers being confused. So if you had five books with the same title, readers might not realise which book is by which author. You have to do your research and check if anyone else is using your title. There are some exceptions—if it's a completely different category, so if there's a children's book with that title but you write spicy romance, then the chance that the reader gets confused is much lower. Quite often you can then contact either the author or the publisher and ask, “Can I get written permission to use that title?” I did that for one of my series and it was totally fine. Just be sure to get it in writing, because if your book suddenly becomes a huge bestseller, they might reconsider. So title protection is an important one. You need to research that before you publish. One thing that people sometimes get confused about is reusing their English title. That's totally fine because it's your own title. So if your English title hasn't been used and you want to keep that same title, that works. It's just about other people's books where you can't use those titles. Another important legal bit is the Impressum. It's the copyright page. To be fair, websites that are targeting German readers or a German audience have to have that Impressum. It's usually on page two of the book, and it has things like your legal name, your address, and then the usual things like the translator's name, cover design, and other things you would usually put on a copyright page. The problem is that technically you need to put your legal name in there unless you have a limited company, in which case you can also put the business name there, and your address. A lot of people obviously don't want to do that for privacy reasons, especially romance authors where it's sometimes a bit sketchy when it comes to some readers who get a bit too obsessed. There are services where you can pay a monthly or yearly fee and then use their address. It's a bit of a legal grey zone, but a lot of German authors are doing it because—especially as indie authors—we don't always want to put our legal address out there. Jo: Just for people listening, I use my accountant's address. That's quite common. I mean, you have to share your address on your email for anti-spam laws and all that kind of thing. As you say, there are ways to use other addresses. That just needs to happen. What else then do we need to think about? Skye: There are things about the translator. A lot of things that people are sometimes scared about is when they hear that there is a copyright issue with translators and they think, “Oh, my translator has the copyright. I can't do anything.” Actually, the translator is seen as an author—almost like a co-author of the translation in German law—because, to be fair, it's not just putting one word into another. Translation is quite a creative job, especially when it's fiction. It is a very creative job where the translator has to put a lot of their own creativity into it. So in German law, they're recognised as the creator of that translation and therefore have certain rights. But you as the author, as soon as you have a contract with your translator—which is why you always, always, always have to have a contract—you get the usage rights. This means it's exactly the same as with your English books. You can do with them what you want. You can get audiobooks, you can do print books, you can do whatever you want in different formats. It just needs to be clear in a contract that the translator is giving you the usage rights of that translation. That's something that people sometimes find a bit scary, but actually it's really simple. Translations have been done for so long. It's a normal thing. It's just called slightly different. It has to be set out in a contract. Jo: Just on that, that's when the translator themselves is in Germany, because if they are based somewhere else, still doing a German translation, that's not necessary. So that's something else for people to consider. Skye: Yes, definitely. To be fair— I would always try to get a translator based in the country. I mean, I'm a native German speaker, but I've been in Scotland for so long now that I am not confident enough to translate my own books anymore because I'm not surrounded by German 24/7 and my grammar is slightly off and I don't have that up-to-date, modern lingo. So if it's a translator who's only just moved somewhere else or a few years, that's fine. But if it's someone who's been in the US or UK or somewhere else for 20 years, I would be a bit more hesitant. That's just a personal perspective on that. One other thing that's different is Sie and du. There are two different kinds of “you” when you talk to someone. There's the formal Sie, which you use basically amongst adults, in business contexts. But even my German grandma—she had a friend and they used the formal Sie for about 10 years as friends because in German etiquette, the older person has to offer the younger person the informal du, and they never did that for some reason. We found it hilarious as kids that they were still using the formal Sie as really good friends. So there's an entire culture there that people who haven't been to Germany or haven't lived there for a while just find a bit difficult, because there are so many different unwritten rules about when you use Sie and when you use the informal du. It's weakened a bit over the years and nowadays even strangers would sometimes use the informal du depending on the context. It really depends. A good translator will usually handle that themselves. They will find a scene where, for example, especially in romance, you meet as strangers in the beginning, so you use the formal Sie, and then at some point that formality turns to informality. The translator will usually choose that moment and add a little extra scene or a sentence where they either offer it to each other or they just naturally switch into it. But then there might be an internal little monologue of, “Oh, he just used the informal du—I guess we're at that stage,” or, “I really appreciate that.” Just to make it more natural, because that's something I quite often see with AI translation where that doesn't happen, and readers get confused. Why did they just switch from Sie to du without any kind of acknowledgement of that? Jo: This is the same in Spanish and other languages, I imagine. Skye: Yes, French as well. Italian too, I think. A lot of European languages have this. Jo: I think that's something that English speakers just don't get. It is a really interesting moment. I guess that might not happen so much in other genres—that really is a thing in romance. I was just thinking about some of my thrillers. They may never have time to get to du. Skye: But then sometimes using du can also be a rude thing. So if you have an antagonist who really doesn't like your protagonist, they might just use du as a rude sort of address. Again, that's something that English speakers just wouldn't understand or even think of because we just have the one “you.” Jo: We just have the one. Jo: It's the tone. Of course, it's the tone. Skye: Exactly, yes. Jo: Okay, well let's get into the actual translation of the books themselves. Over the years I've worked with lots of humans. I've also licensed my rights. I've used different AI tools. I mean, there are tons, but as we record this— What are the options that are available for translations? Give us some tips on working with humans and finding humans. Because it can be super pricey. And of course most of us will never know about the quality until we publish it. Skye: Oh, yes, definitely a note on that. I found that quite often you will already have German people on your newsletter list or on your social media, and most of them will be super happy to give you some feedback on your translation. That's something I've used a lot. Not for German, because I speak the language, but when I did French and Italian translations. My French is—well, it used to be quite okay. It is passable at best now. So I would never feel confident enough to rate a translation. So I asked my newsletter list, “Are there any French people here who would be happy to read the book? I'll send you a free copy at the end, and some swag.” There were a surprising number of people who got back to me. The same applies to German and other languages, because if you don't speak the language, you sometimes lack the confidence of knowing if this is any good. Getting some reader feedback is super helpful. For finding human translators, the easiest of course is word of mouth, and I'm a big fan of that because you get instant feedback on whether someone is good or not and whether it's easy to work with them. Then there are freelancer platforms. Reedsy is one where everyone is vetted, so that's pretty good. But there are tons of other ones like Upwork and Fiverr, though there you have to do all the vetting yourself, so that takes a lot more time and effort. There are also more and more agencies—translator agencies who specialise in doing indie book translations. There's Literary Queens, there's Valentine Translations, there are tons of them. Then there's also, which I think a lot of authors ignore or don't know about, translation databases. There are two databases for German translators, for example, where you can search and you can usually narrow it down to whether you want literary translators, what kind of fiction or nonfiction you want. An important thing is that a literary translator is very different from a standard translator who translates birth certificates or formal documents. You want someone who has experience with fiction if you write fiction. Someone who knows about adding drama through language. Sometimes, for example, when you have an action scene, you might have shorter sentences. If you have someone who doesn't know about stuff like that, they might just think, “Oh, in German it sounds really nice to have this really long sentence.” Those little nuances are where having an experienced literary translator is a big bonus. There are some platforms that do royalty-split translations that have been quite popular in the past. Most of them I wouldn't really recommend because you just don't get those professional translators there. You usually get people who speak the language but don't really have much experience. So you might end up with a pretty bad translation, or people might just be using AI translations without telling you. If you use a human translator, always, always get a sample, because yes, they might have amazing credentials, but until they've actually translated one of your books or a scene from your book, you don't really know how good they are. I like to always use, if I write romance, a slightly sexy scene, because sex seems to show you if someone can translate or not. It's just what I've found, because if it sounds absolutely awkward or more like mechanical rather than an emotional, spicy thing, then that's a clear point for me to say, “No, thank you. I'll look for someone else.” Action scenes, sexy scenes, really emotional ones, dialogue that has a bit of colloquial language or humour—those are good scenes to choose as a sample because that really shows you if a translator can do their job or not. Then, again, have some German people from your list give you feedback on that. Also, if you work with human translators, always try to make sure that they will be available for your entire series. And not even just a series—if you have lots of books, try to grab that translator, lock them in your basement, and never let them go, because you want their style for all your books. Just like you have a style as an author, translators have a style and that will always shine through, as much as they try to be as close to your original. A bit of their style will always come through. It helps to have the same translator for at least the same series, preferably for as many of your books as possible. You really want to tell them in the beginning, “This series has nine books. I want you to do all of these, even if we only do a few of them at the beginning. Are you available to do the rest later?” Because you don't want to end up having to find a new translator in the middle of the series. That gives you a whole lot of extra work with trying to have a world bible that explains which words get translated and which get left as the original, and stuff like that. When it comes to non-human translation, it's very different because of course you don't need to do all that vetting. Tools have different capabilities and abilities, but in the end, if you put your book into a translation tool, you will always get a slightly different output. So it's not quite the same where you need an entire vetting process. Jo: Just on the human translation, I think I'd be right in saying that every single author in the world would love to have the best human translator translating their book, whatever genre it is. That would just be amazing for all of us. But let's face it, that's extremely expensive. So if I've got, let's say, a 70,000-word thriller, how much money are we talking about? An approximate number, so people know what that might be. Skye: Usually it goes by the word, but by the target language word count. Although it depends on the translator, traditional translators usually go by the target language because that's what they actually produce as their output. The average at the moment is anything from about seven to nine euro cents per word as the medium price. You will find cheaper people. You can go up as high as you want really. I have definitely seen translators who charge 15 cents and above per word, but those will usually be the ones who have worked with a lot of trad publishers who are used to being paid like that. Although even in trad publishing, the rates are going down. With more and more authors wanting translations, I think in general rates are going down. Good for us, not so good for the translators. You're definitely looking at thousands, even if you translate novellas. Then it depends—some translators have editing included, sometimes they don't. A lot of them will have arrangements with other translators where they give the translation to another translator for them to edit it. Sometimes that's included in the price, sometimes it's extra. Always make sure it gets edited, because just like when we write a book, it will never be exactly perfect. I say that as someone who writes very clean because I have a journalism background, so I'm used to writing really fast and clean for deadlines, but there will always be a few typos that just wriggle their way in. Typos are evil like that. It's the same with translations. Jo: So we are probably looking at 2,000 to 10,000 pounds, dollars, euros. We are talking about quite a lot, and this is the main reason I think that now, with AI becoming a lot better, people are looking at this. Originally—and I don't even know, probably eight years now since I did my first, might even be a decade or more—I did at some point do a version in DeepL, which was an early AI translation tool. This was nonfiction, and then paid an editor, a German editor, to then edit that in German. Those books still get good reviews. But now people are looking at options like GlobeScribe and ScribeShadow, or even just using Claude or ChatGPT. I'm actually working at the moment on a Claude Code pipeline through lots of different QA passes. That's been really interesting for me, because I can say, “Okay, now you are a reader who likes these kinds of books. Read it for that.” And because we can now put really big books in, I can actually get a lot of really interesting feedback. So I feel like there's a lot of potential with AI—potential for good stuff, potential for bad stuff too. So talk a bit about that and what to watch out for with AI. Skye: Okay, so I'm very much pro-AI and I use AI in lots of different things in my business, just to preface that. However, with translations, I'm still a bit wary, just because I have seen a lot of bad AI translations. To be fair, I've experimented with it myself for one of my other pen names. It was readable. It was definitely readable. It had sometimes beautiful, gorgeous prose. Really. But there were, occasionally—quite often even—bits where I stumbled as a native speaker. It's readable and, if I just need a little quick book in between, I would be mostly happy with that. I would read it. It's the same as some of the early KU days where you found a lot of bad quality writing, but you just wanted to read it because the story was pretty good or because you were reading it in KU and so it didn't really matter that much. There is that spectrum of quality where you have the, “Yes, it's good enough to read,” but, “Is it good enough to be up to your standards?” That's a decision that everyone has to make for themselves. If they want the same quality that they put into their English book, or if they're fine with just offering that book to a new audience because maybe you wouldn't be able to do it otherwise. I totally see that. Translation is so expensive. I don't even know how much I have spent on translations over the past few years. I'm lucky that most of my books make it back within the first weeks or months. I've never had a book that didn't make its money back, but I have heard a lot of people where that's not the case. It is a lot of investment and I would never tell someone to go into debt or anything to do translations. Do it when you're at a time where you can afford it, or where you can also afford the loss if it doesn't work out. Now, AI has changed that slightly because it now opens it up to almost anyone. Some of the AI translation tools are a few hundred pounds, but if you do it in Claude or ChatGPT or something where you already have a subscription, it can actually be quite cheap. You can do it for a few dollars or pounds. I love, by the way, having someone in the UK. I'm so used to automatically saying everything in dollars, but actually I should be using pounds. I think if you know what you're doing—and you clearly do, with your several passes, you know what you're doing with AI—but if someone just puts their book into Claude or ChatGPT or some random tool, it might just not be good enough. Jo: Let's say it won't be good enough if you just do that. We know that. You have to have QA passes—quality assurance. You have to have rules per genre. There are ways of doing it. It's kind of like you have to get to know how translation works. It's a process. It's not just a translation, like you put something in Google Translate or a menu or something, because we do care. I think that's really important. Skye: Yes. I think if you don't know how AI works—that you need detailed prompts, that you need a style guide, that you need all that extra material and not just your book, all those rules—then please don't do it. If you value your German readers—and I think sometimes when I see people just churn out those translations without doing any quality control, using exactly the same cover or even just putting a German flag on it or something—I really feel bad for German readers because they're not being valued as having the same sort of value to us as authors as our English-speaking readers. Maybe I'm a bit biased there because I read in multiple languages. I want to be able to get the same sort of quality in all languages. I want the author to think of me as being special because I'm their reader and I'm their customer. I think we are on the way where AI translation can be almost autonomous. I would personally always have a human look over it. I know what I'm doing, and I'm almost happy with my translation system that I've built now in AI, but it still needs that human touch for a few things. It still needs me to tell the AI, for example, “This is where we switch from Sie to du.” This is where I need to keep certain words in. For example, I write a lot of Scottish books, and so words like “glen” or “loch”—they are words I want to stay the same in my German translation. I don't want to translate it to the German equivalent of “lake” because that just misses that Scottish context. Things like that need instruction. A human translator will usually know that and chat to you about which words you want to keep and which ones you want translated. AI just needs our guidance, our helping hand, and if we don't know enough about the target language, we just miss knowing that. Now, a lot of tools do it all for you basically, and they set up all these rules. I think many of them are at a very advanced stage now. But AI isn't perfect and it likes to hallucinate, it likes to add random things. So I will always still have a human touch at the end, even if it's just a quick edit. A lot of people think that they just need a proofread after an AI translation, but AI doesn't really make typos—or not to an extent that humans do. So proofreading isn't really what's needed for an AI translation. It is actual editing where you go for the style, the phrasing, and sometimes the context. There's one example I always like to give. I have an alien romance where they go on a honeymoon, and because he's an alien and she's human, he misunderstands and thinks she wants to go to an actual moon. So it's a little pun in the book. It doesn't work in German at all because the word “honeymoon” has nothing to do with moons or planets in German. An AI would probably just try to translate that in a way that's quite close to the original. But my German translator, she had to come up with several different ways of fixing that issue, because humour is hard. It's hard even for humans to get the humour translated in a way that is still funny but also culturally appropriate. If you have a book that is full of puns, it gets harder with AI. I am not saying it's impossible, but it needs a lot of handholding. Jo: Yes, I think humour is hard to translate in general, isn't it? Let's move on to the distribution, because again, having done quite a lot of different languages over the years, I do use Amazon KU for my books in German and Italian and Spanish and some French. So I haven't gone wide in terms of ebook and print or audio, in fact, because I have a lot of books and it is hard to go wide in English, let alone in other languages. But you mentioned earlier that Thalia has 40% of the market or something, and that special editions and print books are important. So what are the decisions we have to make around the actual publishing? Skye: In Germany they did a really cool thing, and I wish they'd done that in other countries. When the bookshops saw that Amazon was growing and posing a threat to them—not just with print books but also with ebooks—a lot of the German bookstores got together and they formed the Tolino Alliance. They have big book chains like Thalia, but also I think it was over 1,500 indie bookshops that all got together. They all support this ecosystem for ebooks, which means they all share the same e-readers. They share the same sort of backend for the shops, which made it really easy for them because they didn't all have to develop an ebook system. It saved them a lot of money. It made it really easy to tell readers, “This is the Tolino system. You can get your books at our bookshops, but you can read them on your Tolino e-reader no matter where you get the books from.” The Tolino e-readers are actually the same as Kobo e-readers, just rebranded. They've got that big advantage there—these independent bookshops and book chains all got together. Now it's hard to find numbers because Amazon doesn't really like to share their numbers, but it's about 40% of the German ebook market, which means it rivals Amazon. They have about the same. Then the rest is split by Apple Books, Google Play, and some of the smaller players. So it is a huge chunk of the market. I'm wide with pretty much all my English books. So for me, I looked into KU, but when I saw that I was going to miss out on 60% of the market—even if Amazon has 45%, that's still a big chunk—I decided to go wide. To be fair, I haven't regretted it, because Tolino are amazing to work with. I like to compare them to Kobo because they have a really lovely human team where you can just email them and tell them, “I've got a new release coming up,” and they will put you into different promos and it's all free. Jo: Do you publish direct to Tolino, or do you use Draft2Digital? Skye: Yes, you can publish direct to Tolino and that's actually the best way of doing it. You don't have access to their marketing opportunities if you use a distributor. The Tolino dashboard is annoyingly all in German, but by now every browser has a translating plugin built in. I know lots of authors who don't speak a single word of German who navigate Tolino very successfully. They started with only ebooks in the beginning, and then about two weeks after the first edition of my book on German translations was published, they introduced print books, which meant my book was immediately out of date. I was fuming. But this time they introduced audiobooks a few weeks before my Kickstarter launch for the second edition, so this time the audiobook part is included. I was very happy about that, because it was a pain to just tell everyone, “Well, this book is out now but it's actually missing a big part of how to do print books in Germany.” So Tolino does print, ebooks, and audiobooks. And just because you're in KU with your ebooks doesn't mean you can't publish your print books via Tolino. I highly recommend that, because IngramSpark—which most of us indies use for distribution for print books—doesn't get you into the German bookstores. They used to. Then German stores have fixed price laws where books have to be the same price in all stores, and IngramSpark kept going against that. They kept sending them the wrong prices. So German bookstores at some point just said, “Nope, we've had enough of this. We no longer take books from IngramSpark.” So now Tolino, in my opinion, is the best way of getting your books listed in German online bookstores, but they can also help you get into brick-and-mortar stores. One of my books was featured by them, I think two years ago, and it was in about 300 of their shops all across Germany. It had its own little pedestal and it was amazing. Tolino love working with their indie authors. They also love romance, which is always a bonus because some stores are more prudish than others. It's really easy to work with them. They speak perfect English, so you can do all your communication outside of the dashboard in English. Their audiobooks feature is very new. Until they did that, it was much harder for German audiobook distribution because places like Findaway Voices and other distributors wouldn't get you into the Tolino Alliance stores for audio. That's a big chunk that we were missing out on. I was always looking for ways to get my German audiobooks into those stores, but the German distributors that I found were really difficult to upload to, to be honest. I'm a very technical person, but it challenged even me. I did not like that experience at all. At some point I really just gave up and wanted to throw my computer out of the window. So when Tolino introduced that, I was celebrating internally. The only problem with their distribution at the moment for audio, because it's so new, is that you can't exclude any shops. So it's all or nothing. They will get you into all the different places, including Audible, Spotify—you name it, lots of different streaming services and retailers—but you can't exclude any. So while they don't actually want exclusivity, if you published it yourself at the same time through ACX or Findaway Voices or something else, you would have duplicates, and of course, we try to avoid those. Jo: Is it human narration only, or do they also accept AI narration? Skye: They accept AI narration. The thing with Tolino is that they want everything made very clear. If you publish any books with them that have an AI production aspect, you need to put that into your Impressum. For audiobooks, there's a box to tick to make it clear. Jo: Hmm. Skye: So they are open to it all. You just need to declare it. Jo: Which I think should be true everywhere, to be fair. Skye: Oh, definitely. And a lot of German distributors—while I was researching for this book, one thing I always looked at is, “Do they need you to declare your AI use?” More and more German distributors and retailers now want you to do that. I think that's the way it's going. It's not a judgement thing. I think it's just making it clear to readers. In Germany, it's all about transparency. That's why there are all those laws with GDPR—everyone will have heard about that one by now. But there are lots of other laws where it's all about consumer rights and transparency, and that's one of them. Jo: Is there anything else on the distribution side we need to think about? Skye: One thing I like to highlight is libraries, because that's quite a big thing in Germany too. They love books and bookstores and they love libraries. Some of the ways we get our English books into libraries—like a distributor like Draft2Digital for OverDrive—OverDrive is growing in Germany. There are other systems like Onleihe, just to name one. You can't get into those through, for example, Draft2Digital or PublishDrive or StreetLib. Tolino gets you into those. There are also subscription platforms that are growing. I think it's the same as in the English-speaking market. People love a subscription, and I love them. I just don't like exclusivity. So I very much support any subscription platform that doesn't require me to be exclusive to them. Skoobe is one of them. They used to be an independent platform, and then the Tolino Alliance bought them. So now they're integrated into the Tolino stores. That means it's really prominent. Basically, any time you go to an ebook on, for example, Thalia, it will have a banner there saying, “You can also get this in our subscription.” So it's taken a while to grow, but actually in December I now made more with their subscription programme than I made in book sales. I think three of my books were in their top 10 in December. To be fair, that was a pretty good month. But it definitely shows that it can take a while to grow these subscription platforms, but when you do, it can be really successful and very much worth it. So I highly suggest looking into those sorts of platforms too, not just the standard retailers and the platforms that you're already used to. Jo: Fantastic. So we've now got translations, they're on the various stores, and then just like in English, one of our next challenges is actually marketing the books. Now this becomes another challenge, because one of the reasons I am in KU for foreign languages is because you get the five free days and you can do Amazon ads. I mean, you can do Amazon ads for wide books too, but it's easier to know that there are some options for marketing at all. I don't do email marketing. I don't do social media, so I'm pretty bad at marketing in foreign languages. So what are your suggestions for those who want to do more active marketing in German especially? Or even if we don't speak German, it can't be all the personal stuff. But are there also advertising things like BookBub? What are our options basically? Skye: There are quite a few things. It's not quite as easy as in English, of course, but I think sometimes you have to remember that you already have most of the material for marketing when you've released a book. You will have made graphics in English, you will have written a newsletter, you will have done some social media posts. All that material is already there, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. You can just translate that, and for that, AI translation is really good because it's very quick. You don't have to bother your translator. You can just get that done. That's what I had to remind myself, because in the beginning I did everything from scratch and it took me forever and I was hating it. Then I realised, well, I could just look at the newsletter I wrote three years ago when that book released in English and translate that. That's done within a minute and I can send that out. So remember that you have a lot of content already. There's no BookBub or nothing as big as BookBub. There is a site called BookDeals, which sends out newsletters for both reduced or free books and also for new releases. I use them for pretty much all my new releases, or at least always the first in series. They're nowhere near as big as BookBub, so don't expect miracles, but I generally always break even or a bit more. It's hard to tell, of course, especially if you do several things for a new release. But my instinctive look on this is that it's worth it. BookDeals is the big one. There are a few other promo sites, but to be honest, I've not really found any of them to give me a positive ROI. I experiment with them occasionally and I listed them all in my book just for completeness, but BookDeals is the big one. Then there is LovelyBooks, which is the German Goodreads. Some Germans also use Goodreads, so always make sure to have all your German books listed there. But LovelyBooks is the big one. I love that place because people are so much kinder than on Goodreads. I avoid Goodreads completely. If I need a review, I send my assistant there to look at reviews. I don't go there. It is scary. LovelyBooks—the name is kind of telling. It is a more lovely place. People are generally more friendly. They are probably a bit more critical when they write reviews than they are on retailers, but I have found it really nice to build a community there. You can do these book clubs where you give away a copy of your book, either as print books—or I always do ebooks because I don't want to send books to Germany. Then people discuss the book as a sort of book club and then they review it at the end. I have had great success with that. I've built up a community of readers who will now buy my books too, even if they don't get them for free. I found some beta readers through that. So I love LovelyBooks. The annoying thing again is it's in German. However, their support all speaks English and you can email them with questions. They're really good. Even if you don't plan to run any book clubs or anything like that because you don't speak the language, I would always advise just setting up an author profile there because it makes it easier for your books to be found. You can track reviews, you can track reads, and that just gives you an extra place to get more visibility for free. Ads—there's not much difference compared to what you do for your English-language books. The one thing is with Facebook ads, now because of EU data protection laws, it's much harder to target because people can opt out of ads and targeting. In general, cost-per-click ads are cheaper than in the US or the UK, so that's a bonus. BookTok is big and only growing there. I don't really do social media for my German books because I just don't have the bandwidth. I wish I could, and I know some people who outsource that. In an ideal world, I would have a social media account for every single language, but it's not an ideal world and I just have limited hours in the day. But even just creating an account so that people can tag you, so that people can find you, can already be a good start. One thing that's not maybe a marketing strategy as such, but something I like to highlight, is pre-orders. If you write in series, always, always make sure that the next books in your series are up for pre-order, because— German readers have been burned so many times by authors or even publishers who just translate book one in a series and then stop. They are quite hesitant sometimes to start a new series when they see it's book one of something and they don't see the next book up for pre-order. To be fair, it's similar in English. I always make sure to have a pre-order up for the next book. Because people would just not read the series until it's complete or until they know it will be complete at some point. So always set up a pre-order if you can. Don't set it up when you don't actually know when your translation is being done, or choose a date far in the future. Just make it very clear to your readers that you are intending to translate the entire series, that you're not going to disappoint them, that they're not just wasting their money on a book one only to never find out what happens next. Jo: Fantastic. Well, this is a big decision for people to make, I think, because there's no point in doing one book in German and then not doing anything else, in the same way as doing one book in English or any language. You have to think about investing in an audience. So lots for people to think about. The book is fantastic. It's called Self-Publishing in German. So where can people find you and your books online? Skye: For my author-facing things, just go to SkyeMacKinnon.com/authors, and there you find the book about German translations. You also find more information on what I do. You can book consultations with me. I love doing those one-to-ones, especially about translations, because you can really dive into someone's catalogue and look at what would be a good strategy for someone, rather than just in general. Otherwise, it's SkyeMacKinnon.com for all my romance. If you want adorable children's books, it's IslaWynter.com. That's Wynter with a Y. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Skye. That was great. Skye: Thank you so much for having me.The post Self-Publishing in German: How to Translate, Distribute, and Market Your Books with Skye MacKinnon first appeared on The Creative Penn.

TSN Hockey Analyst Mike Johnson joined OverDrive to discuss Connor McDavid's injury status, the Oilers' series and the potential changes to the roster, the Ducks' strength in the series, the Penguins making a comeback to the Flyers, the Ted Lindsay Award finalists and Nathan MacKinnon on the list and more.

In hour 4 of The Drive, Zach and Phil take a deep dive into the Nuggets after their game 5 win over the Timberwolves last night. We give Spencer Jones his credit after stepping up in game 5 in the absence of Aaron Gordon. The guys also speak to Cam Johnson's performance, which featured a quick trigger when shooting, attacking the hoop, and assisting more than in any game in this series so far. We react to David Adelman's snippy responses in his post-game press conference from yesterday. Have the Nuggets waited too long to show their fight? We react to Nathan MacKinnon not being named as a finalist for the NHL's Ted Lindsay Award. Will this fuel MacKinnon even more to go out and win the Stanley Cup Finals? We wrap up the show with DenverSports.com's Aniello Piro joining the show to discuss David Adelman's odd antics in the Nuggets' postgame press conference. 

In hour 2 of The Drive, Zach and Phil break down two more Broncos draft picks from over the weekend. Today we take a deep dive into 4th and 5th round picks, Kage Casey and Justin Joly. How will Casey develop with the Broncos on the offensive line with all the depth they already have? Should we expect anything from either Casey or Joly in their rookie seasons? We pivot back to the Nuggets and discuss if we fully bought back into the Nuggets after winning game 5 or if last night was a result of Anthony Edwards being out with an injury. Are the Nuggets finally showing the heart and fight they needed in games 2-4? Today's "Three Count" features our reaction to the video of Garrett Bolles changing a random Denver civilian's tire on the highway, the Rockies starting a series against the NL Central leading Reds tonight, and an update on the NBA playoffs. We react to Nathan MacKinnon not being named as a finalist for the NHL's Ted Lindsay Award. Will this fuel MacKinnon even more to go out and win the Stanley Cup Finals?

The OG crowd favorite is back in its newest form. The Santa Cruz Nomad—the bike that defined the big mountain enduro category—is new and improved. The lightest it's ever been, while still utilizing the tried-and-true VPP platform, this version delivers its best ride yet. In this episode, Hannah sits down with Josh Kissner, Kiran, MacKinnon, and Peter Mueller-Wille—the product, suspension, and engineering minds behind the bike—to dig into the incremental changes that add up to a noticeably superior ride quality. Questions or comments? Email podcast@santacruzbicycles.com Thanks for listening!

0:00 - The Clippers lost to the Warriors in the Play-In Tournament last night. And with that loss, their 2026 first round draft pick becomes a lottery pick. And who owns the rights to the Clippers 2026 first round pick? THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. Incredible. You can bring up Russell Wilson, DeShaun Watson, Herschel Walker, whatever. Doesn't matter. The OKC-Clippers SGA trade is now officially the WORST trade in all of sports history. Not NBA history. SPORTS history!Also, Tyson Barrie chilled in studio with Kreckman and Lindahl to promote his new beer Chilly Ones. And he brought a good friend of his with him. A man by the name of Nathan MacKinnon. Heard of him? Nate (Kreckman) & Andy asked Nate (MacKinnon) the one question that's been burning in our minds for months: what the hell was up with that stuffed animal at the Olympics?14:26 - We just can't keep him away! Tyson Barrie joined us in studio today! We started off by asking him about Chilly Ones. How tough is it to promote your brand and get the word out? Why did they decide to make a 3% beer? Has he been dialed in to the NHL season? How often does he watch the Avalanche?33:43 - Tyson Barrie hung out with us for another segment. In honor of Coach Bednar taking a puck in the face, we asked Tyson what goes through your head when you chuck your body in front of a flying puck on defense. Does he miss his playing days? If the Avs gave him a call, would he lace em up again?

Hour 1 of The Drive kicks off with Zach and Phil cross-talking with Dover and Cecil. The guys discuss the beginnings of their radio careers, learning how to fill time on air, and getting over not liking the sound of their voice. Zach and Phil discuss if Zach is a Coloradoan yet and all the great things Denver and Colorado have to provide. We react to the Avalanche's record setting win last night in Calgary as they tied the franchise record for road wins in a season with 29. Will Colorado's road success translate to the playoffs? We also dive into Marty Necas's achievement of reaching 100 points in a season for the first time in his career and joins MacKinnon as two Avs score 100+ points in a season for the fourth time ever. With the NFL Draft 8 days away, we react to ESPN's Mel Kiper's latest mock draft which has the Broncos selecting a defensive tackle out of Florida. Do the Broncos need extra depth at defensive line after the departure of John Franklin-Meyers? 

In hour 3 of The Drive, Zach and Phil try to guess how the odds makers are pricing the Nuggets and Timberwolves game one. We try to guess Jokic's point total, who will have the most threes in the game, and much more. We react to the Avalanche's record setting win last night in Calgary as they tied the franchise record for road wins in a season with 29. Will Colorado's road success translate to the playoffs? We also dive into Marty Necas's achievement of reaching 100 points in a season for the first time in his career and joins MacKinnon as two Avs score 100+ points in a season for the fourth time ever. How do the guys feel about being behind both SGA and Victor Wembanyama in ESPN's rankings of the most impactful players in the NBA playoffs? With the NFL Draft 8 days away, we react to ESPN's Mel Kiper's latest mock draft which has the Broncos selecting a defensive tackle out of Florida. Do the Broncos need extra depth at defensive line after the departure of John Franklin-Meyers? 

0:00 - The Colorado Wagon keeps rolling, even in garbage time! The Avs beat the Flames on the 2nd night of a road back-to-back! MacKinnon reached 53 goals and Marty Nachos recorded his 100th point. Great night all around. The Avalanche are back at Ball tomorrow night to wrap it all up!Moser got back from Calgary super late last night. So we're gonna let him catch a few extra winks of sleep. He'll join us later...hopefully...14:51 - Almost all of the national media is picking the Nuggets to beat the Timberwolves in Round 1. Even friend of the program Nick Wrong is picking the Nuggets! Does that say more about how good the Nuggets are? Or the deficiencies of the Timberwolves?34:12 - Jim Nantz went on Pat McAfee yesterday and said he spotted Bo Nix at the Masters! He was walking around Augusta with Drake Maye. The ankle looks fine, according to Nantz. Nothing predisposed about it! Are we still worried about his ankle? Is that still a concern we should have heading into next season/the forseeable future?

0:00 - Last night in Calgary, the Avs checked every box. No one got hurt. MacKinnon scored a goal. Marty Nachos reached 100 points on the season. And they won the game. All on the 2nd night of a back to back on the road! Good work, boys.13:20 - The Nuggets will have rested for 10 straight days before they play game 1. That's awesome! Rest vs Rust be damned. This team needs to heal all their scrapes and bruises. What's the ideal playoff rotation, assuming everyone is healthy and ready to go?31:45 - Is LIV Golf going belly up? If so, how should the PGA handle it? Should they welcome all those golfers back with open arms?Also, Moser's at home today which means we get a good boy sighting. Moser's dog Rick always makes an apperance when he's broadcasting from his couch. Rick is a Boxer, and a good boi. Moser says he's also dumber than a box of rocks. There's nothing between Rick's ears. And we all love him for it

0:00 - The Avs clinched the Presidents' Trophy last night! They're the top team in the NHL. Should they start resting guys now? Who should sit out these last few games?After that...SGA is still the favorite to win NBA MVP. But Jokic is gaining a ton of momentum from this 10-game win streak. The national media is finally embracing something they should've noticed months again.14:01 - Do gimmicks on the Masters broadcast bring in any new fans? Are any non-golf fans tuning in because of Jason Kelce being on the broadcast? Do stunts like that actually work?The rink mics caught a few crystal clear F-bombs from MacKinnon last night during the Avs game. Now he's gotta go to his bedroom. Two minutes for being bad.29:05 - Oh, by the way...the Padres were awarded an automatic double play after a video review yesterday. Did the Rockies get jobbed? Or was it the right call? Oh, by the way...the Jaguars are moving Travis Hunter to full-time cornerback. He'll play a couple "gadget plays" on offense, but that's it. Oh, by the way...do you like chocolate ice cream or vanilla ice cream? Depending on your answer, you might be able to play QB at Oregon.

0:00 - Guess what?? The Rockies don't suck! They're not winning a World Series this year but they're not incredibly horrible! That's a win. You'll take that every time. Aside from a couple bad innings here and there, they've been incrementally better this year. And that's all you can ask for.After that, Avs PLEASE just win one more game. Beat the Blues tonight, then sit Makar, MacKinnon, Landy, Necas, etc until the playoffs. Bubble wrap your big dogs and get ready for Lord Stanley.14:18 - Congrats to Michigan! They won the Natty yesterday and prevented Dan Hurley from cutting down a 3rd net. But something about the new NIL/Portal landscape of college sports in general is a mystery to Vic. Simply put...why do these big donors give a ton of money to the sports porgrams at all these schools? Ultimately, what's the point?34:27 - Oh, by the way...there's an 81-year-old Dodgers fan. Season ticket holder for 50 years. Doesn't own a smartphone. Doesn't know technology. The Dodgers just announced they don't print physical tickets anymore. They're only digital. What's this guy supposed to do? Oh, by the way...the Las Vegas Aces did their best impression of Kawhi Leonard and his Tree Farm, and the WNBA is investigating. Oh, by the way...in 1919, a Yankees outfielder battled an Ostrich in an eating contest and won.

Parker Kelly had the chance to chat with Conor McGahey on Sunday night during the Avalanche's game against the Blues. Here's the conversation they had about Kelly's 20 goal season and more!

The playoff race is reaching peak chaos as the Wild Card picture tightens across the league! Every game matters, and the tension is at an all-time high as teams fight for every point to keep their postseason dreams alive.San Jose is making waves with Celebrini leading the charge, showing flashes of brilliance that could propel the Sharks back into contention. Quinn Hughes has been making headlines too, reflecting on his former team and adding an extra layer of intrigue to the West's storylines. Meanwhile, in Colorado, Wedgewood has outperformed Blackwood in a tense battle for the crease, proving that goaltending could be the difference-maker in this playoff push.On the individual side, Caufield is chasing MacKinnon for the Rocket, turning every game into a must-watch spectacle. The Atlantic and Eastern Wild Card battles are just as thrilling, with Ottawa and Columbus pushing hard and leaving nothing to chance, as every point feels crucial in the fight for positioning. With stars rising, milestones being hit, and the playoff picture shifting by the day, this is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable finishes in recent memory. Fans won't want to miss a second of the action as the drama, stakes, and unforgettable moments continue to pile up!

Avalanche drop a game to the worst team in the league. And at home to add insult to injury. For the Avalanche Kelly, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Burns, Malinski all find the net. Colorado plays again out in Dallas on April 4th.

Nathan MacKinnon has reached another milestone — but the MVP race might not be over yet.In this episode we break down Nathan MacKinnon hitting the 50-goal mark for the second time in his career, and debate whether it's MacKinnon vs the field in the Hart Trophy race.We also take a hard look at the Los Angeles Kings jumping into a playoff spot — but are they actually built to win when it matters?Plus, we dive into:• Whether Cole Caufield or Connor McDavid can reach 50 goals• Why the Kings' underlying numbers raise major questions• The San Jose Sharks staying alive in the playoff picture• Macklin Celebrini's huge four-point game• Ranking young goalies preparing for their first NHL playoffs• The latest from David Pagnotta's Insider NotebookWith the playoff race tightening and awards races heating up, every result — and every performance — is starting to matter.

In hour 4 of The Drive, Zach and Phil breakdown what they've seen from the annual NFL meetings. We hear from Sean Payton and his thoughts on the changes with Davis Webb taking over play calling. How will Webb and Bo Nix's relationship change as Webb is no longer his position coach but the offensive coordinator? How does Payton have so much confidence in Webb with Webb never having called plays before? What do the guys make of Payton's comments on not trying to win the day but win in general? We preview the Nuggets and Jazz game tonight as the Nuggets go for their 7th straight win. Will they tie their best road record in franchise history and get their 25th road win tonight? We wrap up the show with DenverSports.com's Will Petersen joining the show to preview the Avalanche and Canucks game tonight as Nathan MacKinnon goes for his 50th goal of the season. Will we see MacKinnon rest down the stretch after the Avs lock up the number one seed in the west? 

Send us Fan MailGary invites you to help celebrate 3 years of EYP with some more great music from the world of bagpipes.PlaylistArise and Go with Munlochy Bridge, The Editor's Favourite, Portencross Castle, MacKinnon's Other Rant, Attwood O'Connor's, Dr. Alasdair MacKenzie's, The Lassie's Fashion, The Primrose Lass from Moments of Light Bill Livingstone with Mrs H I MacDonald of Dunach, P/M Donald MacLean, The Bob of Fettercairn, Loch Loskin, Jackie Latin and Willie Cummings' Rant from The Dr Dan Reid Memorial Solo Piping Competition 1997 Triton with Dans un pré and Cumul from Rule of ThreeWillie McCallum with Field of Gold from P/M Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Competition 2000Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band with Blackie MacLeod, Duckin & Divin, New Year in Noosa, Airlie's Big Day and the Foxhunters from Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in Concert Fin Moore and Sarah Hoy with Jimmy mo Mhile-Stòr, The Drover Lads and Dinkie Dorrian's from The Piper and the Maker 2: Celebrating C. Mhairi Hall with Skye from AirsLinksRegistrations for Cairdeas Smallpipes School, July 19th - 24th, VermontPipe Major Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition LivestreamPeople's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Live in Aberdeen ticketsSupport the show

Hour 1 of The Drive kicks off with Zach and Phil cross talking with Dover and Cecil. The guys discuss April Fool's Day and what their biggest takeaways were from Greg Penner speaking at the NFL meetings. Has Penner become "obsessed" with winning with the Broncos? Zach and Phil debate if Nikola Jokic has the same obsessive wiring that Nathan MacKinnon has. We react to the Avalanche unloading on the Flames last night at Ball Arena in a 9-2 blowout. Is the Avs' power play fixed after how well it has looked this month? How concerned are we with Cale Makar not finishing the game last night? We share all the achievements MacKinnon, Necas and Drury made last night with point totals for the season. Zach shares about his incredible experience at the game and all the interactions Gabe Landeskog, Scott Wedgewood and a referee had with his son throughout the game. 

This week on Mum's The Word, Kelsey Parker is joined by Matthew and Ryan Mackinnon, the couple behind the podcast Daddies Overnight, and their story is unlike anything we've heard before.From building a life together online to suddenly becoming parents through adoption, Matthew and Ryan open up about what it really means to become dads overnight… and why nothing could have prepared them for it.They share the honest reality of choosing adoption over surrogacy, the unexpected challenges that come with both, and the moment that completely changed their perspective on becoming parents.From misconceptions about adoption to the emotional weight of the process, this is a side of parenthood that isn't talked about enough.Kelsey also dives into the emotional complexities of fostering and adoption, including the guilt, the gratitude, and the heartbreaking reality of taking a child from a foster family who loved them deeply.Plus, the trio talk about life now as parents, from surprisingly perfect sleep routines (yes, really) to the moments that make it all worth it, and whether they'd ever do it all again.Expect laughter, honesty, and a powerful reminder that there's no “normal” path into parenthood.Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and join Kelsey, Matthew and Ryan for this eye-opening episode of Mum's The Word.A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

0:00 - The Avalanche lost to the Stars in a shootout last night, but they looked damn good. This may be military grade copium, but they played a hell of a game. Bednar liked the way they played. MacKinnon liked the way they played. But sometimes the hockey gods give the edge to someone else. Hockey has a razor thin margin for error. The Avs and Stars are destined to face each other in a playoff series that comes down to OT in Game 7. Hopefully it's the WCF. Also, it's Day 3 of our annual Moser, Lombardi and Kane Drop tournament! The Round of 64 continues today with the Brett Region! Who will advance to the Round of 32 and keep their hopes alive?14:53 - Brett's a big fan of the show Succession. At one point, Logan Roy says to all of his children, "I love you...but you are not serious people." That's how Kaner feels about the Nuggets. This team is unserious. Forget about any championship aspirations. 32:16 - The NCAA tournament beings today! Games on games on games on games on games! It's madness, as advertised. But is the tournament still as exciting as it used to be? Or has the NIL era altered the landscape too much?

Will Petersen and Richie Carni with Mark Schlereth kick off the third hour speculating and dreaming about a big move that the Broncos could make with all the cap space they’ve been clearing out. They shop around the 30-plus year veteran market for guys they could sign on the cheap. The Nuggets came back to win a major gut check game in San Antonio where they had every excuse to lose. Did they restore hope amongst the fans and among their own team? The guys recap a huge win over the Kraken after they vent about the dumb things the NHL does, like the MacKinnon controversy the other night.  

Ottawa’s playoff push took a hit with a 3–2 loss to Montreal, as Ivan Demidov scored the winner and goalie Dustin Fowler stood tall for the Canadiens. On a night where Linus Ullmark only allowed 3 goals, the fellas argue it’s fair to question the Senators’ goaltending overall, suggesting even league-average numbers might have them comfortably in a playoff spot. In the West, San Jose sits just one point out of a wildcard with Macklin Celebrini already at 90 points in his second season, though concerns remain about the Sharks’ goaltending and defense, especially when compared to a similarly rebuilding Anaheim team. Tuesday also brought controversy when Nathan MacKinnon received a five-minute major for colliding with Oilers goalie Connor Ingram after a lengthy review; Avalanche coach Jared Bednar blamed Darnell Nurse’s initial contact, and Ray agrees the call was excessive—likely a minor at most. Looking ahead to the GM meetings, Ray hopes the league addresses the ongoing confusion around goalie interference and the frustration of lengthy offside reviews on zone entries that occur long before a goal is scored. Then, In Ask Ray and Dregs Anything, we talk about good goalies on bad teams and what the Leafs offseason may look like... is anyone safe?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Steve Dangle Podcast, 00:00 Nick Schmaltz extends in Utah 15:00 The Knies to Montreal saga 28:30 Leafs lose 8 straight 1:02:00 Montreal is good 1:09:00 2026 Draft Lottery Sim 1:15:00 Buffalo is good 1:23:00 The Red Wings and the East Wild Card race 1:29:00 MacKinnon gets ejected for running Ingram 1:36:00 Charlie McAvoy's face 1:38:00 Mark DeRosa is a big dumb dumb Visit this episode's sponsors: For 40 years, Canadians have been rolling and winning great prizes from Tims®. This year, there are two ways to play—in the app and on the cup—and millions of great prizes to be won! Ready to roll? Visit https://www.timhortons.ca/rollup to play now! Go to https://duer.ca/sdp to get 15% off your first order! Our listeners get the Harry's Plus Trial Set for only $10 at http://harrys.com/sdp If you're thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Visit ⁠https://www.betterhelp.com/sdp⁠ today to get 10% off your first month. That's ⁠https://www.betterhelp.com/sdp⁠. Watch all episodes of The Steve Dangle Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk7FZfwCEidkgWpSiHVkYT7HrIzLPXlY Watch clips of The Steve Dangle podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk7FZfwCEieOJuIrqWyZPWSIJtVMCbLz Buy SDP merch https://sdpnshop.ca/ Check out https://sdpn.ca/events to see The Steve Dangle Podcast live! Watch hockey with us! Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk7FZfwCEifCTX0vkKEaGg9otrW4Zl2k Subscribe to the sdpn YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sdpn?sub_confirmation=1Join Subscribe to SDP VIP!: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a0z05HiddEn7k6OGnDprg/join Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/thestevedanglepodcast Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sdpvip/subscribe - Follow us on Twitter: @Steve_Dangle, @AdamWylde, & @JesseBlake Follow us on Instagram: @SteveDangle, @AdamWylde, & @Jesse.Blake Join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/MtTmw9rrz7 For general inquiries email: info@sdpn.ca Reach out to https://www.sdpn.ca/sales to connect with our sales team and discuss the opportunity to integrate your brand within our content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Evans and Mark Schlereth kick off today’s show putting Stoke’s business out on the streets. Is he the new DeHuff? Mike pored through the MacKinnon ejection controversy like the Zapruder film and he gives his breakdown of it. It looks like Maxx Crosby is staying in the AFC West after the Ravens backed out of the trade and the guys discuss the ramifications of the move. JK Dobbins is hearing the injury narrative about him and he’s started firing back, but does he have a leg to stand on? There are fans that are irate at the Broncos for their quiet free agency and Stink agrees with them, pointing out the major issues at TE the Broncos have. Mike and Stink wrap up the first hour sorting through cold remedies for Stoke before coming to the defense of Alex Singleton and the youth the Broncos have developing on offense.  

In the 2nd hour, Dover and Cecil reacted to Nathan MacKinnon getting ejected last night. The guys heard from Jared Bednar on why he hated the call on MacKinnon. What are the local college basketball teams doing in their conference tournaments? Cecil names Dolphins WR, Jaylen Waddle as an option that Broncos should for. Was Bam Adebayo's 83-point legit? 

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Nathan MacKinnon implies Canada was 'better team' despite losing Olympic gold medal to Team USA. MacKinnon missed a key opportunity, while Team USA capitalized on theirs to win gold in Milan. Also liberals upset as the USA hockey team uses Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" as their theme song, Gwen Stefani's religious comments stirs up the left and Mexican forces seized rocket launchers capable of shooting down aircraft during the operation Sunday that killed cartel boss Ruben "Nemesio" Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho". Also with a blizzard bearing down on New York City, socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has offered citizens a chance to make a few extra bucks removing snow, but there is a catch, and it's a doozy: As racist as the Left tells us this is, workers must bring valid ID. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Episode 610 of Spittin' Chiclets, Biz recaps hosting Mintzy and a trip to the Fiesta Bowl. We break down Sweden winning World Juniors, the Devils' meltdown, Winnipeg's struggles, and an unreal MVP race featuring Celebrini, MacKinnon and McDavid. Tune in. You won't want to miss it. Support the Show: Pink Whitney: Take Your Shot with Pink Whitney Amazon Prime: • Prime Monday Night Hockey is available free to Prime members in Canada. Start your free trial: www.primevideo.com • For the full Prime Monday Night Hockey schedule, visit https://www.primevideo.com/salp/nhl.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/schiclets