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Join us for a conversation with the James Beard Award-winning duo behind the new book, The Cocktail Sessions: Toby Maloney, award-winning bartender, and acclaimed author Emma Janzen. Toby draws on decades behind the bar to break down the fundamentals of classic cocktails, from the Daiquiri and Old Fashioned to the Negroni and beyond, revealing how small adjustments in balance, texture, temperature, and technique can transform an everyday staple into something truly memorable. Emma brings her signature clarity and storytelling to the discussion, explaining how their collaborative process distills professional wisdom into pages that feel like sitting down for a session with a master bartender. Together, they explore why there is no single right way to make a great Martini or Mai Tai, and how home enthusiasts can learn to trust their own palates. Tune in for a masterclass in classic cocktails that is equal parts education, inspiration, and pure joy. Link to book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757701/the-classic-cocktail-sessions-by-toby-maloney-and-emma-janzen/ Free Perfect Puree Samples: https://perfectpuree.com/bal ____________________________________ Join us every Monday as acclaimed bartender, Erick Castro, interviews some of the bar industry's top talents from around the world, including bartenders, distillers & authors. If you love cocktails & spirits then this award-winning podcast is just for you. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: Get early access to episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, special content and more: https://www.patreon.com/BartenderAtLarge WATCH OUR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/bartenderatlarge FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: Erick Castro: www.instagram.com/HungryBartender Bartender at Large: www.instagram.com/BartenderAtLarge FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK: Erick Castro: https://www.tiktok.com/@hungrybartender?_t=ZT-8uBekAKOGwU&_r=1 Bartender at Large: www.tiktok.com/BartenderAtLarge

Mazel morons! This week, we're back at you with the original recipe and we're coming in hot. From millennial parents sipping Mai Tais in the dugout , to a Knicks away game and a suite full of Hasidic Jews, we're recapping our Mother's days and thoughts on etiquette across the board. Plus, we're getting real about the Zepbound blues and consulting a cheese witch to read our future in a block of cheddar. What are ya nuts? Love ya! Write us! goodguyspodcast1@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram and TikTok!  Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Produced by Dear Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Text us about this show.Just like the episode title says, Brian Witkin is indeed a music industry swiss army knife. He's the CEO of the San Diego based Pacific Records label, leader of award winning Hawaiian music band Slack Key 'Ohana, a record producer, an entertainment and music attorney, an Ovation endorsed guitarist, and a columnist. He's also one of the friendliest guys you could ever meet. His boundless energy and enthusiasm permeates everything he's involved in. The music he makes with Slack Key 'Ohana is a wonderful mix of Hawaiian slack key and mainland Americana that goes down as easy as a Mai Tai. Enjoy this fun and lively discussion with Brian Witkin.Read Brian's Music and the Law column here.All Slack Key 'Ohana songs on this episode used with the permission of Brian A. Witkin."Slack Key 'Ohana" performed by Slack Key 'Ohanawritten by Brian Witkin© 2021 Pacific Records."Hawaiian Cowboy" performed by Slack Key 'Ohana with Billy F. Gibbons and George Kahumoku, Jr.written by Brian Witkin© 2024 Pacific Records."Slack Key Blues (instrumental)" performed by Slack Key 'Ohana with Rand Andersonwritten by Brian Witkin and Rand Anderson© 2025 Pacific Records.Melody Audiology LLCAudiology services for all. Specializing in music industry professionals and hearing conservation.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showVisit Into The Music at https://intothemusicpodcast.com!Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intothemusic E-mail us at intothemusic@newprojectx.comYouTubeFacebookInstagramINTO THE MUSIC is a production of Project X Productions.Host/producer: Rob MarnochaVoiceovers: Brad BordiniRecording, engineering, and post production: Rob MarnochaOpening theme: "Aerostar" by Los Straitjackets* (℗2013 Yep Roc Records)Closing theme: "Close to Champaign" by Los Straitjackets* (℗1999 Yep Roc Records)*Used with permission of Eddie Angel of Los StraitjacketsThis podcast copyright ©2026 by Project X Productions. All rights reserved....

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Caldo sonoro cocinado con discos y singles favoritos entre las novedades que hemos presentado en el mes de abril.Playlist;SHORTY’S SWINGIN’ COCONUTS “The call of Tangaroa” (Mai Tai in Hi-Fi pt.2 EP)JIM JONES ALL STARS “I’m on fire” (Cat fight)AL DUAL “Revolution”MIKE SANCHEZ and DREW DAVIES RHYTHM QUARTET “Lydia” (Hey now!, 2025)DOCTOR VELVET “Road to nowhere” (New breed, 2025)BRAD MARINO “Voodoo” (Agent of chaos)MARC VALENTINE “Temporary buzz” (Uncommon side effects)RUBY and THE CLUMSY DOLLIES “Mad” (New and improved)SICK SHOOTERS “Heartbreaker soulshaker” (Super sonic rock saga)IGUANA DEATH CULT “Reckless running” (Guns out)JACK WHITE “GOD and the broken ribs”JON SPENCER “Knock em out”DENIZ TEK “The beat” (The Beat)THE WAVES “Summer breeze” (Summer of sunshine, 2025)RADIO DAYS “Bang Bang”TAMI NEILSON “Are you sure”LAUREL AITKEN and THE MIGHTY MEGATONS “Angel baby” (Love and understanding)PALMYRA DELRAN and “Hold tight”A.J. FULLERTON and LAUREN FRIHAUF “I don’t want to grow up”Escuchar audio

Hoy te ofrecemos una gran variedad de cócteles con sabores a surf, garage, exótica, country punk o rhythm n’ blues. El primero es un Mai Tai en alta fidelidad servido por los californianos Shorty’s Swingin’ Coconuts, seguido por nuevos y próximos lanzamientos del sello de New Jersey, Hi-Tide Recordings. Tito Ramírez se alía con los holandeses Doctor Velvet y Mike Sanchez con el saxofonista Drew Davies, y nos llegan estupendas novedades flequilludas desde Melbourne, Tesalónica o Betxí.Playlist;(sintonía) SHORTY’S SWINGIN’ COCONUTS “Theme from Star Trek” (Mai Tai in Hi-Fi, Pt. II” EP)SHORTY’S SWINGIN’ COCONUTS “Dance girl dance” (Mai Tai in Hi-Fi, Pt. II” EP)THE BABALOONEYS “Soup surfer” (Goin’ for it)I. JEZIAK and THE SURFERS “The swell”THE VOLCANICS “Spin out” (In 3-D)GOONS “Rob, cheat, steal” (Never go back)THE UNTAMED YOUTH “The harem” (Git up and go)TIKIYAKI and THE HAWAIIAN BRASS “Let’s go for a ride” (Weekend in Waikiki)MAGIC SANDS “Hawai’i Kai” (Limon y Sal)DOCTOR VELVET “City jungle” (New breed)DOCTOR VELVET feat TITO RAMIREZ “Camino hacia ningún lugar”MIKE SANCHEZ with THE DREW DAVIES RHYTHM COMBO “Hey now” (Hey now)THE GNOMES “Magic man”THE SENCES “Best friend” (Can’t beat the Sences)LOS ALTRAGOS “Lo mejor de ti” (Necios y engreídos)JABATO “Vagabundo” (Guateque Taboo)OLD LADY “Good money, good time” (Tears around last call)JENNY DON’T and THE SPURS “Flying high”Escuchar audio

In Episode 267 of The Industry Podcast, we sit down with Jess Long, bartender at the acclaimed Atwater Cocktail Club in Montreal, to trace her journey from hostessing at a busy Toronto restaurant, to pulling shots at Starbucks, to bartending her way through Australia and Southeast Asia — and ultimately landing in one of Canada's most celebrated cocktail scenes. Jess opens up about how Starbucks secretly made her a better bartender, why tiki bars are the ultimate creative training ground, and how a zero-waste philosophy at Le Mal Necessaire completely changed the way she builds cocktails. She also talks mentorship, the pre- and post-COVID shift in bar culture, her cocktail-to-go business during the pandemic, and the moment a milk-punch Mai Tai that looked like a glass of water earned her first menu placement. Whether you're behind the bar or dreaming about it, this episode is packed with insight, laughs, and more than a few surprising twists — including a 24/7 Australian nightclub, a blue cheese vodka cocktail, and a Waldorf salad that somehow became a drink. Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen — and if you're in Montreal, go find Jess at Atwater Cocktail Club. @atwatercocktailclub atwatercocktailclub.com A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and cocktail lovers alike and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out! Contact the host Kypp Saunders by email at kyppsaunders@gmail.com for products from Elora Distilling, Malivoire Winery and Terroir Wine Imports. Links kyppsaunders@gmail.com @sugarrunbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

Weldie and Andrew babble about transfer portal activity for both the men's and women's teams, ideas for boosting attendance, switching from whiskey to gin, "Dogs Playing Poker," the NCHC schedule, and Mount Finger. Give it a listen! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro, final whiskey tasting, gin and rum thoughts 19:00 Transfer portal recap, roster thoughts - Men's team 50:00 Thoughts on boosting attendance 1:01:00 NCHC schedule out 1:10:00 Transfer portal recap, roster thoughts - Women's team 1:26:00 Receipts of all the in-season bets and predictions

Road Trip! Kalani, Starshine, Sunshine and friends visit Old Tony's on the pier in Redondo Beach, then off to Tiki Kai, one of LA's newest tiki bars. Plus we try a canned mai tai from Post Meridiem. Followed up by conversation about Beach Life music festival, dead relatives, rum recommendations and more.

In this week’s In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss the future of work in the agentic AI world. You will discover how artificial intelligence will impact your career. You will explore the hidden reasons behind the upcoming leadership crisis. You will learn actionable strategies to protect your job from automation. You will build essential skills to succeed in this new era. 00:00 – Introduction 01:38 – Katie discusses automated task generation 02:51 – Katie reveals the hidden leadership crisis 04:43 – Chris examines the billion-dollar startup 08:18 – Chris reimagines corporate structures 09:40 – Katie explores cognitive overload 17:20 – Chris highlights the macroeconomic threat 20:46 – Katie shares strategies for self-starters 25:05 – Chris details an entrepreneurial mindset 28:34 – Call to action Watch this episode to take control of your career and outsmart the algorithms. Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-ai-impact-on-employment-2026.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn: In this week’s In Ear Insights, METR says only the senior will survive. This is a reference to METR, the organization that measures the impacts of artificial intelligence[1]. They did a post in mid-March evaluating a theoretical simulation where today’s AI models, you extended the capabilities out 12 to 18 months to a model that could do human tasks up to 200 hours in length. Christopher S. Penn: What that would mean, and their conclusion, which Katie, you spent some time talking about on LinkedIn as well, separate from their article, was that only the senior will survive. Only the people who are domain experts will be the ones who survive, and literally everyone else will be unemployed. We’ve also seen this in economic data. Christopher S. Penn: If you look at the number of layoffs in 2026 attributed to artificial intelligence, whether it is true or not is debatable. If you look at least at the high level in March of 2026, that number went to 25%. A lot of tech companies doing layoffs, which is where that comes from. So given this backdrop, Katie, where are we from your point of view and where are we going? Katie Robbert: I mean, we’re definitely seeing it play out. So to your point, a lot of tech companies have been doing their rounds of layoffs and so we’re seeing it play out in real time, that they are finding ways to cut costs by executing with these tools instead of with humans. Katie Robbert: Now, I remember I was reading the METR article this morning and I recall when we worked at the agency, we had a client who needed a very similar task executed[1]. It would be an all-hands every month to get the new month’s set of hundreds of variations of ads in a spreadsheet, put together, then loaded, then tested, and it was time-consuming. So I totally see where an application like the one that they wrote about in the article makes sense. Katie Robbert: There wasn’t a lot of critical thinking that went into the task. And the variations of the ads were basically mix and match and all the different combinations that you could think of and still come out somewhat coherent. And so I totally respect using the tools for tasks like that. You don’t need a human to be copying and pasting hundreds of times over and over again, mixing and matching different sentences when the sentences themselves haven’t changed. Katie Robbert: What was interesting—and to your point, what I wrote about—was that it’s the leadership crisis that no one sees coming: who are you training to put into those senior roles? So today only the senior staff will survive. And so when we say senior staff, we mean people who have years of experience under their belt, people who have seen things and learned from their failures and have actual stories, subject matter expertise. Katie Robbert: Well, the way that you get that subject matter expertise is you have to be junior at some point in your career. I was a junior at one point, believe it or not. Chris was a junior at some point in his career. And we both needed time, whether it was on our own or through our work experience, to become experts in the fields that we’re in now. Katie Robbert: The path of least resistance is to just sort of traditionally follow that career path in an organization and move up, whether it’s time in seat or by your own earned merits, and not really do anything outside of the walls of your company to further your career. Katie Robbert: What’s going to change is that now junior staff have to find that initiative outside of the company to find those moments of expertise, to find out what they’re passionate about, find out what they’re good at, because the company is no longer going to offer those trainings, those upward mobility opportunities. Katie Robbert: So that’s sort of where I see things. That’s great. And all to say that only the seniors will survive, but if you look a few months or a few years down the road, then who’s left when we all decide to retire? Christopher S. Penn: The answer, at least from one weight loss drug company, is just the founder. This was a fascinating story that was in the news over the weekend. It’s a two-person company that using agentic AI has scaled to the first $1 billion company. Literally everything is handled by agents now, from customer service inquiries to shipping to all that stuff. Christopher S. Penn: And in the article, it said this was an 18-month journey. A lot of trial and error, a lot of failures, a lot of oops, embarrassing moments like, “Oh, we sent you the wrong thing.” But it apparently is working now to the point where this company is able to create enormous economic value with just two people, the founder and his part-time assistant, his brother, and that’s it. Christopher S. Penn: And by your traditional measures of success, that is working. So the question—I completely agree with you. This is a massive leadership crisis in the brewing. However, the question is, what should companies look like? Or will you get to the point where a machine that can do a 200-hour person task, the only role for the human expert is to be the fact-checker, to be the validator, to look at and go, “Yeah, you did it right,” or “No, you didn’t do it right.” Christopher S. Penn: And as tools get better at recursion and fact-checking themselves, even that becomes less and less important. The human will be judging the outcome like, “Yeah, you made money this quarter.” Katie Robbert: So the question is, what should companies look like? I think that’s the wrong question because I mean, look at our company. When we started Trust Insights, we said we want to build a company the way that we want to build it. Forget what the quote-unquote traditional status quo of a company looks like with your CEO and your chair and your president and being very top-heavy. Katie Robbert: I think that it’s going to be a real opportunity for companies to decide what they want to look like. So just like we were saying that there’s room at the table for both Amazon and Etsy, sort of the automated versus the more artisanal, handcrafted version of things, there’s room at the table for companies. Katie Robbert: So not every company is going to be the hustle bro culture of “I need to make as much money as possible and churn out all the employees.” Not every company is going to feel like they need to operate that way. And that’s okay. That does not mean that they are failing. Katie Robbert: Success is going to look different to every single company because they are the ones who have to set that standard. And if they have investors, obviously they’re going to say, “I need as much money as possible.” But guess what? Trust Insights doesn’t have investors. So we still have control over deciding what success looks like for us. Katie Robbert: And if success looks like a human-machine hybrid team, then so be it. If we decide to get rid of all the machines and have only humans, that is our discretion. We can make those decisions. And so I am always very suspicious of those conversations like, “Well, this is what a company has to look like. This is what success has to look like. This is what a team has to look like.” Katie Robbert: Says who? Get out of here. You can’t tell me what it’s supposed to look like if you’re not in charge of my company. Get out. Christopher S. Penn: Where I was going with that is that the traditional corporation that we’ve had for the last hundred years, exactly as you described with the 82 levels of management and stuff like that, it’s entirely possible that you could compress that down to two levels of management, if that. You have executives and you have people who do work. Christopher S. Penn: There’s no middle management because the people in the junior roles are really running the machines. The rest of the hierarchy is the machines. When I look at Trust Insights and what has happened just in 2026, and I look at the way that you in particular have been using agentic AI to do literally 20x the work that you used to… Christopher S. Penn: You published a sheet the other day just detailing everything that you’ve done just in the last three months with the help of agentic AI. And it is actually probably close to 100x what we’ve done. Obviously, it is our company; we can do it that way. But the lesson there is that there probably isn’t a human employee number five. Christopher S. Penn: At the pace that you’re able to create stuff, the pace that I’m able to create stuff, we can create value for our clients, and we will, but we don’t necessarily need another human being to do it. Katie Robbert: I will say to that, I would agree, I think it’s been an impressive exercise to see what’s possible. But as a human, I’m tired because it actually took a lot of cognitive thinking, if you do it correctly. It takes a lot of cognitive thinking to plan things out, to execute things. Yes, the machine is pattern-matching faster than I can as a human. Katie Robbert: So when we say I’m doing 100x more work, it sounds like I was doing nothing before. But once I really think through something, it comes together. It’s the thinking through things that takes me a little bit longer. I’m not one to just throw something against the wall to see if it sticks. I really want to make sure I’ve really explored it. Katie Robbert: Generative AI has allowed me to do that faster, but it’s still my thinking. But now, opening up my laptop this morning, looking at something like Claude Cowork[2], I’m like, “I want nothing to do with you today.” I am just burnt out, but I’m burnt out already. Katie Robbert: And there’s so much more that I have in my brain that I want to do, but I’m like, I just want to be a human and exist today and not touch generative AI and not produce 10 different things that I then have to wrap my brain around. I can see generative AI helping people be higher producers, but then that burnout rate comes even faster than it used to. Katie Robbert: So I think that there’s a definite risk. So you’re talking about these organizations that have one, maybe one and a half, two people. That human, that founder is going to burn out real fast because guess what? Even though the machines are doing the work, it’s still on your shoulders. Christopher S. Penn: It is. Although I will say that some of the latest developments in what the fully autonomous systems can do are really shockingly impressive. Where there’s even less of that, it still requires good planning. So that part is the same. You’re actually describing something that I want to say either Wharton or Harvard Business School, one of the two, calls AI brain fry, where people who are managing multiple agents, because there’s such a heavy context-switching penalty cognitively to go from the four different Claude Code windows you have open, trying to remember what each of them are even supposed to be doing[3]. Christopher S. Penn: It is extremely taxing. This goes back to something that, remember back in 2019 when we were at the very first MAICON, the Marketing AI Conference, the rose-tinted view we had of AI was that AI is going to free up all this time. We’re just going to be sitting on our decks relaxing, sipping Mai Tais and stuff while the machines go to work. Christopher S. Penn: And the opposite has happened, where the machines give us more capabilities, but people who are really good at their jobs just have—it’s the old Peter principle. Work expands to fill the capacity given to it. Katie Robbert: Guilty. Christopher S. Penn: And that’s where we are. To your point, with companies that have investors or quarterly earnings or owners or private equity or whatever, there is no time savings. None. Instead, you can do 10x more. Great. Do 10x more. Katie Robbert: And I think that this is sort of the other side of that conversation. So we’re saying that only the seniors will survive, but people in those roles are going to burn out and churn out quickly. So who’s there to replace them? You can say, sure, autonomous AI, but guess what? A human still needs to set it up, program it, come up with the plan. Katie Robbert: You’re going to tell me, “Oh, AI can do that for you.” Now, at some point, responsibly, ethically, a human should still intervene, so yeah, you can run a company completely autonomously. It’s probably going to go sideways. You’re going to have a lot of those oopsies, I didn’t mean that moments. Brand reputation is probably going to dip a bit. Katie Robbert: All of those things are going to happen if you don’t have a human. But those things happen with humans anyway. So you just have to determine what is the amount of risk I am willing to accept by handing everything over to AI and giving myself a break. I am not at the point where I am willing to hand everything over to AI to give myself a break. Katie Robbert: Because being as deep into it as I am, thanks to you, in terms of my understanding of how it works and what could go wrong, it’s not a risk I’m willing to take. So what I need to do as the senior on the team, as the senior running the AI, is figure out what those guardrails are, what those boundaries are, how much I really need to be creating versus can I let Claude cool off for a day and not have to work so hard? Katie Robbert: I don’t have to churn every day. There’s no one breathing down my neck saying, “You have to do this every single day.” I got on a roll and I was like, “Let me just get a bunch of stuff done.” And now I’m like, I can’t keep up with that pace. Christopher S. Penn: It’s interesting because I feel sort of the opposite. Katie Robbert: I know. Christopher S. Penn: I feel like I’m not doing enough. Perpetually. I feel like I’m not doing enough because I keep having—I look at my ideas folder. My ideas folder is literally hundreds of things long. “Wow, I need to speed up here.” Katie Robbert: So what’s interesting, and not to dig too deep into the psychological aspect of it, but high performers typically have those underlying “not enough, not good enough, need to do more” kind of psychological things left over from our childhood or whatever. These are just broad strokes. Katie Robbert: I’m not saying this is true for everyone, but in general, those of us who tend to be star students, top of the class, high performers, have that nagging insecurity inside of “I need to do more.” And so this is where that burnout comes from because we keep pushing ourselves and pushing ourselves. Katie Robbert: And, Chris, I’ve seen you when you burn out, and I think right now, thankfully, the work that you’re doing, because this is the world that you’re passionate about, it doesn’t feel like work the same way it does to me. Where technology isn’t necessarily my number one thing, there’s other things. But for you, you’re all in. You’ve been waiting for this moment. Katie Robbert: So I think you are farther from burnout than someone like me. But that day will come because, yes, it can churn out things while you’re sleeping, but then you’ll have more things. “I want to do this. I want to do this.” It’s going to keep you up later. It’s going to get you up earlier. Katie Robbert: It’s like, “Well, how many concurrent machines can I run? Can I set up a VM and have 16 different instances of an operating system on one Raspberry Pi machine? Oh, Raspberry Pis are really inexpensive. Can I set up a whole army of them on my back shelf behind me?” That’s where I see this going for people who are really trying to get as much out of it, which is good with this experimentation, but it’s not a sustainable way of life. Christopher S. Penn: It is not. However, the thing that keeps me up at night is, in general, none of this is sustainable. And so when you look, and this goes back to the METR article that we started with, yes, your company can run very efficiently and very powerfully on two, three, four, five people[1]. And you can sustain that as a company. Christopher S. Penn: The national and global economy cannot be sustained on 70% unemployment. That is correct. That is a recipe for disaster. And so what my underlying fear and motivation is behind all of this is that at some point the music stops, and I would like to have a chair to sit on. Christopher S. Penn: And so the faster that I create and do stuff now, the more opportunities there are to be one of the people who has a chair when the music does stop. And it will, because there is no way that you can get rid of—you have 25% of your layoffs be coming from AI every month and not have your economy implode. Katie Robbert: And I’ve thought about this as well. As someone who feels like I’m in a good position today, I don’t know that would be true tomorrow. If for whatever reason, Trust Insights folded, who’s going to hire me? Who’s going to pay me? Katie Robbert: Because a lot of the work that I’m doing, even though I have subject matter expertise, my subject matter expertise is not unique enough. Other people can do what I do. Other people are CEOs. Other people have operations and project management backgrounds. Other people work in change management. Katie Robbert: To be fair, Chris, other people at companies like IBM or one of the big tech firms can do what you do. So you’re not impervious either. And I think that’s something that—I hear what you’re saying. So even today, if the seniors survive, what happens to us tomorrow? Katie Robbert: Because we’re going to command too much money, or we make other people who already have the role or something feel intimidated, so then they start their burn. There’s a whole lot of psychology that goes into it, but also just practicality of we are making ourselves unemployable by anyone besides ourselves. Christopher S. Penn: Yes. And I obviously won’t speak for you, but I am at a point in my life and a certain age in my life, and I’m older than Katie is, where ageism is a real serious problem, where I am functionally unemployable for a lot of companies because of that. Christopher S. Penn: And so in terms of what do we do about this, what are the “so what” of this? Because it is a serious problem. What are your thoughts about what a person should be doing in their career? Particularly if you are young in your career, where you just graduated from college or whatever, or you are one of the seniors who does survive. Christopher S. Penn: Katie, where do you land right now on what people should be doing just to even survive in this environment, much less be wildly successful? Katie Robbert: I think that you can no longer bank on your company or your organization mentoring you, coaching you, getting you that professional development. They might still. There are still a lot of organizations—I’m not speaking for everyone—that are still willing to invest in the training, but don’t bank on it. Katie Robbert: Seek it out on your own. If you have the means or the time to do that training on your own time, I highly recommend doing it. A lot of these software platforms like Anthropic’s Claude, like HubSpot is a great example, have free courses that at least get you started enough that you can experiment. Katie Robbert: A lot of them have student-level fees. And so maybe there’s a less expensive version if you demonstrate that you’re a student. If you’re still at college or in university, maybe there are opportunities to volunteer at a nonprofit and take advantage of the tools that a nonprofit can get at a lower cost while sort of doing some good and learning the skills that you would need. Katie Robbert: So there’s a lot of different ways. Again, it goes back to that critical thinking. You have to get creative around what that learning looks like. Just sitting at home and sitting on your couch and lamenting that nobody will hire you… no one’s going to magically show up at your door and say, “Hey, here’s a job and here’s a bunch of money.” Katie Robbert: You have to take initiative. I think I could be wrong because I’ve never been in this position. Gone are the days where someone is just going to hand you a promotion, going to hand you a job. I’ve never in my life been in that position. I’ve always had to fight for what I wanted. I’ve always had to work for it. Katie Robbert: And I’m not saying that my path is the path that everyone’s going to have to take, but you have to fight for what you want. You have to take that initiative. Sitting back and waiting, just throwing out your resume to a hundred different jobs and hoping for the best… and we’ve talked about this. Katie Robbert: I mean, gosh, Chris, we’ve been talking about this for years. We could probably go back to old podcast episodes or YouTube episodes. Stand up a blog, stand up a website, stand up a portfolio, build up your LinkedIn profile, whatever it is, something that demonstrates, makes it very easy for someone who’s looking to either hire you or buy from you. Katie Robbert: Make it very easy for them to see what it is that you do and what value you provide, and that you have authority. Start somewhere, start a very small Substack. Start your LinkedIn newsletter. Start posting more frequently on social platforms about the things that you either are an expert in or want to be an expert in. Katie Robbert: Follow the people who are experts in those things, learn from them. This is not new advice. New tech just highlights existing problems. If you are not currently doing these things, then you’re already behind. Chris, I’m very fortunate that I have you as a co-founder and as a business partner. Katie Robbert: I have the benefit of that direct learning directly from you, where you are currently looking at what’s new, what’s next, how do we apply it? I’m at a serious advantage because I have direct access to you. Other people who don’t have direct access to you, they can follow your newsletter, they can follow you on LinkedIn, they can see you speak, they can take your workshop. Katie Robbert: There’s a lot of different ways they can learn from you. You are someone who is constantly trying to learn. So you are looking at what’s happening with these companies. Who do I need to follow? Who do I need to learn from? What are they talking about? What are the academics talking about? What are the latest studies? Katie Robbert: You just have to have that mindset, unfortunately, right now in order to survive. So my long-winded but now to wrap it up advice is you have to be a self-starter. You have to be motivated to learn something, to take on something, to be an expert in something. It doesn’t have to be everything. Pick one thing. Christopher S. Penn: I would echo that and add on. There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. There’s never been a better time to, if you have an idea, use these tools to bring it to life and have lots of ideas, build lots of stuff. Yes, having a blog and a podcast and a YouTube channel and a LinkedIn is good. Christopher S. Penn: But also make stuff. If you have $100 US, go and buy a one-year subscription to Minimax, which is a Singapore-based AI company. Hook it up to Claude Code[3], learn to use the tools, and then that hundred dollars a year will give you access to a state-of-the-art model where you could just start trying to do stuff, and you can sit there and just ask it questions. Christopher S. Penn: It’s like, “Hey, I saw this idea on LinkedIn that I thought was stupid. Can we do a better version of that somehow?” I literally have that running in one window right now. I saw this post this morning. I’m like, “That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen,” but I can see where the idea could have gone. Christopher S. Penn: I’m like, “Let’s try doing this my way.” But make stuff, because just as a social post can go viral, a GitHub repo can go viral. But guess what? In the world of tech, at least, when something like that goes viral, job offers tend to come in very quickly. Christopher S. Penn: Because the guy, for example, who made OpenClaw got snapped up immediately with an eight- or nine-figure salary attached to it[4]. Because people are like, “I want that in my portfolio.” So is that sustainable? No. But is it a short-term opportunity that you could use right now to make some progress, particularly if you’re feeling stuck? Yes, it is. Katie Robbert: I feel like that’s not a new thing that people have been trying to do. “Let me build a website, let me build a widget, let me go on Shark Tank. Let me get someone to buy the thing that I created.” Again, that’s not new. So take a look at what people have been doing, how they’re doing it. Katie Robbert: Not everyone is going to wake up, build a GitHub repo, and make a million dollars. Let’s just be clear, let’s just set the expectations. You can make a good living. You can make a comfortable living. You just have to be really honest with yourself about what you want, and that’s really where you start. Christopher S. Penn: And I think, Katie, your point is sort of the macro point. Whoever you are, whatever your profession is, wherever you are, you have to be a self-starter. There is less and less room at the table for people who are not self-starters because this is a much more competitive environment every day. Christopher S. Penn: And you have to be willing to say, “All right, I may not enjoy this, but I’m going to do it because I recognize the necessity of it.” Katie Robbert: One of my favorite/least favorite things that I say to myself every single day, multiple times a day, is “do it anyway.” Yep, do it anyway. Christopher S. Penn: Like the sneaker says, just do it. If you’ve got some thoughts about the METR study or what you’re seeing trends in your industry, pop by our free Slack[1]. Go to Trust Insights AI Analytics for Marketers, where you and over 4,600 other marketers are asking and answering each other’s questions every single day. Christopher S. Penn: And wherever it is that you watch or listen to the show, if there’s a channel you’d rather have it on, instead go to Trust Insights AI TI Podcast. You can find us at all the places fine podcasts are served. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you on the next one. Speaker 3: Want to know more about Trust Insights? Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm specializing in leveraging data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to empower businesses with actionable insights. Speaker 3: Founded in 2017 by Katie Robbert and Christopher S. 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Ever get seduced by the dream of sipping Mai Tais on the beach while your course prints cash? Spoiler: that's a mirage. This year, I risked everything—divorce fallout, wiping my savings, betting it all on one launch. My team's paychecks, my comfort zone, my millionaire status… all on the line. And it taught me one brutal truth: an online biz is a real business. Bare-minimum effort won't cut it. Today on the podcast, it's Spicy Brandon time. I'm calling out the biggest misconceptions, the phases of growth, and exactly what it takes to go from zero to a million (and beyond). Listen in and discover: • Why treating your biz like a hobby keeps you stuck  • How relentless content testing should dictate your offer  • The different challenges from $0–$100K, $100–250K, 250–500K, and up  • The risks you'll face—financial, emotional, reputational  • How I rebuilt from zero this year and why leaning into risk wins If you need a swift kick in the booty and the raw truth bomb, this episode's for you. Find me on: IG: @iambrandonlucero Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmBrandonLucero  Website: https://www.brandonlucero.com 

This week we're talking to Carl Newman of Canadian indie rock institution The New Pornographers. The band's 10th album is titled The Former Site Of and it might be their most synth-forward record to date. Carl and I discuss that topic, among many others including how lyrically this album is different from their previous nine. We also talk mandolins, tiki bars, and payphones, plus memorable New York City shows, and we finally get to the bottom of whether The New Pornographers are indie sleaze or not. The answer may surprise you!   This is a fun one and keep an ear out for Carl's dog Banjo making an appearance in the background of this one.   -- Credits: Hosted & produced by Bill Pearis Mixed and mastered by Nick Gray Theme music by Michael Silverstein

THE FANTASTIC POUR Brett welcomes The Irredeemable Shag to the Fantasti-Lounge for a new edition of the Fantastic Pour! We talk Robin (Tim Drake), enjoy an Amaretto Mai Tai and read Robin #14. Join us in the Fantasti-Lounge as Shag puts his best foot forward to discuss Florida humidity, Batman costumes, Dragon Con drinking, the best Robin, And much, much more! Secret Pour-igins: Amaretto Cocktail: No Shoes, No Service Ingredients (per drink) 2 oz spiced rum 1 oz Amaretto 1/2 oz trip sec or Cointreau 1/2 oz lime juice 2 oz Pineapple Juice Splash of grenadine Instructions Add ingredients (except grenadine) in shaker. Add ice Shake well Strain in Collins glass filled with ice Top with splash of grenadine Garnish with lime wheel Comic: Robin vol.2 #14, DC Comics, 1995 Have a question or comment? E-MAIL: fwpodcasts@gmail.com You can find The Fantastic Pour on these platforms: Apple Podcasts Amazon Music Spotify The Fantastic Pour podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Fire & Water website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Fire & Water Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Fire & Water on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fireandwaterpodcast Fire & Water on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fwpodcasts.bsky.social Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Brett can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/imagine8design/ and Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/imagine8design.bsky.social

10 days and counting! The brothers take their one and only crack at predicting the Opening Day roster. Will the Bryce Eldridge make the team? Will the Giants have a bullpen? Will a Giants great make a triumphant return from the past? The author of this blurb says "no, no, and no!" But the brothers disagree!On the cocktail side of things today Matthew is drinking his version of a Mai Tai while Ben is drinking an Orang & Black Old Fashioned. Recipes below.Matthew's Mai Tai1 1/2 oz Jamaican Rum3/4 oz Orange Curacao3/4 oz Lime Juice1/2 oz Orgeat1/4 oz Smith & Cross or XayamacaAdd first 4 above to shaker w/ crushed ice. Shake 3 seconds. Dump contents into double rocks glass. Float OP rum on top. Garnish with mint bouquetOrange & Black Old Fasioned2 oz Bourbon (Elijah Craig Small Batch)1/2 oz Orange liqueur (Cointreau)2 dashes of Angostura bittersOrange twist for the garnishCombine the bourbon, orange liqueur and bitters in a mixing glass with ice and stir to desired dilution. Strain into a rocks glass over a single large chunk of ice. Express the orange twist over the glass, rub around the rim and drop in the glass.#doitforginny

SEASON 4 EPISODE 69: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is not qualified to continue as commander in chief. Not for another five minutes. He has to resign at least that role, immediately. Trump is personally LOSING THE WAR IN IRAN. Trump is personally TURNING IRAN into INSTANT PROCESSED VIETNAM. Never mind the politics, never mind his assault on democracy, never mind his instability, never mind his corruption, never mind the details: Just MILITARILY. Just MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL KILL AMERICAN TROOPS - Trump is NOT qualified to continue as commander in chief and he needs to resign AT LEAST his command TODAY. A week ago Trump mocked England for trying to join the war after he 'won it.' Now Trump is BEGGING England and half a dozen other countries to send ships to save him from this disaster at the Strait of Hormuz. A week ago Trump insisted Iran would NEVER CLOSE the Strait of Hormuz. Now it turns out the Iranians directly WARNED HIM they would close the Strait of Hormuz - warned him in 2019. Because it’s not just a ten dollar gallon of gas that’s coming, it’s a ten dollar STRAWBERRY. Because a third of the world’s fertilizer goes through the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping is down ooh just 97-point-4 percent. Trump is the Commander-in-Creep. Trump is the Commander-in-Cheap. Trump is the Commander-A-Sleep. He needs to turn military command over to somebody else. Because Iran could never in a million years harm this country as much as Trump is harming it right now. THE GOOD NEWS: Dick Durbin has inadvertently produced the succinct message for all Democrats and everybody else opposing Trump and the Republicans' attempt to disembowel our elections, the bill they call with bitter irony 'The Save Act.' As he explains in less than a minute, it will disenfranchise roughly 10 percent of all American voters - and generally speaking the poorer ones. This is the line we must take, and sell. Just when you thought Democratic Senators weren't worth the proverbial price of the oil required to burn them in hell. Thank you, Senator Durbin. B-Block (30:00) SPORTSBALLCENTER: How could a team retire the uniform number of a former player they had to fire as manager because of his personal moral failings ON THE FIELD OF PLAY? And yet the New York Mets are doing exactly that. (35:00) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Cornelius Rudd warns you of the upcoming 'Raptor.' The CBS tire fire produces hilariously bad stories about David Ellison (and Epstein), Tony Dokoupil (and a new job somewhere else), Joe Rogan, and Jeff Shell (about to get fired from yet another network presidency). And then we have one of the greatest name mistakes of all time when Brian Kilmeade gets Markwayne Mullin's stupid first name completely wrong, Pilgrim. C-Block (46:00) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: I'm making a special request for your help finding a home for two bonded senior Malteses, apparent survivors of a puppy mill, named Mai Tai and Soraya. (49:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: And at the opposite end of the moral spectrum, there's the upcoming 25th anniversary of the day Rupert Murdoch fired me from Fox for following the exact instructions his office gave me. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MONDAY HR 4 Nerdy News with Ryan. Firefly coming back? No Buffy rebot. Razzie Awards. Ice Cube wins big. News From The Headlines Access Hollywood says goodbye.

MONDAY HR 4 Nerdy News with Ryan. Firefly coming back? No Buffy rebot. Razzie Awards. Ice Cube wins big. News From The Headlines Access Hollywood says goodbye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dave and Scott welcome back Chris D'Amico to talk about the sold out show his band Suit and Mai Tai performed. Scott talks about his experience opening with his band The Smokin' Jackets and some behind the scenes stories! We also chat about The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the state of popular music today! https://www.suitandmaitai.com/ https://www.thesmokinjackets.com/

You ever go to Vegas for “work” and accidentally turn into a socially awkward casino goblin with access to steak money? Yeah. That's this episode.In Episode 101 of your favorite daily comedy podcast, the crew welcomes KC95's Tim Virgin into the early-morning chaos while Riz breaks down his 48-hour Vegas sprint — which included flying Southwest (girth battle included), getting rescued from a questionable hotel by a hero friend with standards, and discovering that Fremont Street is basically a live-action fever dream with zip lines and Chippendales.But that's just the warm-up.Riz attends a record label convention where Linda Perry performs, AI panels nearly induce a coma, and radio is once again declared “dead” for the 47th straight year. (Spoiler: it's not.) Tim Virgin delivers an intro so epic it basically resurrects the room, and Riz uses his moment on stage to yell at record companies for sending drummers to interviews. Lead singer or we riot.Then comes the emotional rollercoaster:Riz meets Jacob from Sublime… and immediately shuts down like a Windows 98 desktop.He reflects on sitting next to Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on a plane without saying a word.He realizes he may be wildly successful… and still socially broken.And then… redemption.Riz stumbles into a showcase for Barbarians of California (AWOLNATION's side project) and actually loves it. Like, downloads-it-immediately loves it. There's hope, people.Also:Slot machines hit. Twice.$1,200 up.Rib cap steak that changed his life.Four Mai Tais at a tiki bar.Zero regret.One extremely positive Monday.This episode of The Rizzuto Show delivers everything you expect from a daily comedy podcast — celebrity near-misses, industry chaos, gambling wins, sarcastic life advice, and Tim Virgin absolutely thriving in morning radio madness.If you like funny show energy, entertainment gossip, weird news vibes, radio insider stories, and watching grown men try to process their emotions through steak and slot machines… congratulations. You're home.It's the kind of daily comedy podcast that reminds you radio isn't dead — it's just slightly hungover and holding a Mai Tai.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome back to the RPGBOT.Podcast, where today we're talking about Plane of Elysium—the one afterlife that sounds so good the Dungeon Master has to invent mechanics to stop you from moving there permanently. It's paradise. Your needs are met. You're at peace. You're happy. Too happy. In fact, if you stay too long, you might fail a Wisdom save and decide adventuring, heroism, and saving the multiverse are overrated compared to eternal riverfront property and a Mai Tai. And if that sounds suspiciously like quitting D&D to live in a gated community called "Ecstasy," don't worry—we'll explain why enforced happiness, dragon shift-work, and a giant bone spine gate mean Elysium is still absolutely unhinged. Show Notes What Is Elysium? Elysium is the Neutral Good Outer Plane, positioned between the Beastlands and Arborea. It represents true contentment, rest, and fulfillment, rather than law, chaos, or moral absolutism. Souls here aren't punished, tested, or judged—they're finally allowed to relax. The Core Vibe No labor, no scarcity, no stress. Everything you need is provided. Happiness is genuine—unless you're in the gate town, where it absolutely is not. The Four Layers of Elysium Amoria Gentle meadows, forests, and idyllic towns along the River Oceanus. Every settlement somehow has riverfront property. Biomes get weirder the farther you travel from the river (plains, badlands, deserts… for reasons). Eronia Craggy mountains, harsh winters, rugged terrain. Heaven for dwarves, mountain folk, and anyone who thinks Colorado weather is "nice actually." Belierin (Bellerin) The prison layer of heaven, which is a sentence that should worry you. Holds legendary threats that couldn't be killed: hydras, ancient evils, fallen dukes of Hell. Access is restricted—mostly via the River Oceanus. Perfect setup for a level 20 "heaven jailbreak" campaign. Thalassia Endless ocean dotted with heroic islands. Where the best souls go—or where deities personally abduct you before you die because you're just that good. Eternal tropical vacation, sailing, fishing, and zero capitalism. The River Oceanus A holy river that flows through Elysium and beyond. Functions as a major planar highway connecting multiple Upper Planes. Also conveniently Hydra-proof. Who Lives Here? Guardinals (celestial animal-folk with extreme "Narnia energy") Moon Dogs (the best boys; CR 12; hunt evil; deserve all the treats) Phoenixes, because nobody here is trying to harvest them for profit Numerous deities, including Pelor, Lathander, and Shantaea Pathfinder vs. D&D Pathfinder does have an Elysium—but it's functionally closer to D&D's Arborea. Same name, wildly different vibes. The Gate Town: Ecstasy Located in the Outlands, connected to Elysium. Appears joyful, welcoming, and celebratory… because happiness is magically enforced. Suppressed emotions inevitably explode into violence. Ruled by twin dragons: The Lightcaller (gold dragon, daytime ruler) The Night Whisperer (silver dragon, nighttime ruler) Never seen together. Definitely suspicious. Key Locations in Ecstasy Philosopher's Court – a "safe" place to vent grievances that now regularly turns into Fight Club. Revelhome Inn – run by a Lawful Neutral medusa who turns problem guests into garden statues. The Bone Plinth – a giant spine you climb to reach the gate to Elysium, because nothing says "upper plane" like skeletal horror décor. Planar Mechanics Overwhelming Joy (Optional Rule): Fail repeated Wisdom saves and you refuse to leave Elysium. If forcibly removed, you'll do everything possible to return. Fear effects are weakened. Violence is rare—unless you're in Ecstasy, where it's scheduled. Key Takeaways Elysium is D&D's most tempting afterlife—and the one most likely to derail your campaign. It offers true happiness, not moral judgment or endless labor. The layered structure lets every character imagine their perfect heaven. Belierin quietly turns heaven into an endgame boss rush. Ecstasy proves that enforced happiness is way scarier than honest suffering. Overwhelming Joy is a brilliant narrative mechanic for testing player priorities. If your party reaches Elysium and leaves voluntarily, they are either heroes… or liars. Welcome to the RPGBOT Podcast. If you love Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and tabletop RPGs, this is the podcast for you. Support the show for free: Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app. It helps new listeners find the best RPG podcast for D&D and Pathfinder players. Level up your experience: Join us on Patreon to unlock ad-free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT Podcast, chat with us and the community on the RPGBOT Discord, and jump into live-streamed RPG podcast recordings. 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Welcome back to the RPGBOT.Podcast, where today we're talking about Plane of Elysium—the one afterlife that sounds so good the Dungeon Master has to invent mechanics to stop you from moving there permanently. It's paradise. Your needs are met. You're at peace. You're happy. Too happy. In fact, if you stay too long, you might fail a Wisdom save and decide adventuring, heroism, and saving the multiverse are overrated compared to eternal riverfront property and a Mai Tai. And if that sounds suspiciously like quitting D&D to live in a gated community called "Ecstasy," don't worry—we'll explain why enforced happiness, dragon shift-work, and a giant bone spine gate mean Elysium is still absolutely unhinged. Show Notes What Is Elysium? Elysium is the Neutral Good Outer Plane, positioned between the Beastlands and Arborea. It represents true contentment, rest, and fulfillment, rather than law, chaos, or moral absolutism. Souls here aren't punished, tested, or judged—they're finally allowed to relax. The Core Vibe No labor, no scarcity, no stress. Everything you need is provided. Happiness is genuine—unless you're in the gate town, where it absolutely is not. The Four Layers of Elysium Amoria Gentle meadows, forests, and idyllic towns along the River Oceanus. Every settlement somehow has riverfront property. Biomes get weirder the farther you travel from the river (plains, badlands, deserts… for reasons). Eronia Craggy mountains, harsh winters, rugged terrain. Heaven for dwarves, mountain folk, and anyone who thinks Colorado weather is "nice actually." Belierin (Bellerin) The prison layer of heaven, which is a sentence that should worry you. Holds legendary threats that couldn't be killed: hydras, ancient evils, fallen dukes of Hell. Access is restricted—mostly via the River Oceanus. Perfect setup for a level 20 "heaven jailbreak" campaign. Thalassia Endless ocean dotted with heroic islands. Where the best souls go—or where deities personally abduct you before you die because you're just that good. Eternal tropical vacation, sailing, fishing, and zero capitalism. The River Oceanus A holy river that flows through Elysium and beyond. Functions as a major planar highway connecting multiple Upper Planes. Also conveniently Hydra-proof. Who Lives Here? Guardinals (celestial animal-folk with extreme "Narnia energy") Moon Dogs (the best boys; CR 12; hunt evil; deserve all the treats) Phoenixes, because nobody here is trying to harvest them for profit Numerous deities, including Pelor, Lathander, and Shantaea Pathfinder vs. D&D Pathfinder does have an Elysium—but it's functionally closer to D&D's Arborea. Same name, wildly different vibes. The Gate Town: Ecstasy Located in the Outlands, connected to Elysium. Appears joyful, welcoming, and celebratory… because happiness is magically enforced. Suppressed emotions inevitably explode into violence. Ruled by twin dragons: The Lightcaller (gold dragon, daytime ruler) The Night Whisperer (silver dragon, nighttime ruler) Never seen together. Definitely suspicious. Key Locations in Ecstasy Philosopher's Court – a "safe" place to vent grievances that now regularly turns into Fight Club. Revelhome Inn – run by a Lawful Neutral medusa who turns problem guests into garden statues. The Bone Plinth – a giant spine you climb to reach the gate to Elysium, because nothing says "upper plane" like skeletal horror décor. Planar Mechanics Overwhelming Joy (Optional Rule): Fail repeated Wisdom saves and you refuse to leave Elysium. If forcibly removed, you'll do everything possible to return. Fear effects are weakened. Violence is rare—unless you're in Ecstasy, where it's scheduled. Key Takeaways Elysium is D&D's most tempting afterlife—and the one most likely to derail your campaign. It offers true happiness, not moral judgment or endless labor. The layered structure lets every character imagine their perfect heaven. Belierin quietly turns heaven into an endgame boss rush. Ecstasy proves that enforced happiness is way scarier than honest suffering. Overwhelming Joy is a brilliant narrative mechanic for testing player priorities. If your party reaches Elysium and leaves voluntarily, they are either heroes… or liars. Welcome to the RPGBOT Podcast. If you love Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and tabletop RPGs, this is the podcast for you. Support the show for free: Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app. It helps new listeners find the best RPG podcast for D&D and Pathfinder players. Level up your experience: Join us on Patreon to unlock ad-free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT Podcast, chat with us and the community on the RPGBOT Discord, and jump into live-streamed RPG podcast recordings. 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Why can't we run through walls if atoms are mostly empty space? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O'Reilly, and astrophysicist Charles Liu explore force fields, warp drive, invisibility, and quantum physics behind superhero powers.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/superhero-science-startalk-live-with-charles-liu/Thanks to our Patrons Dave, Downtime Coffee, David, Colby Bechtold, Carlo Gomez, Mark Hanley, zach, David Bishop, Danielle Grant, Brian Petrunik, Micheal, Private Name, Dustin Hurtt, O.C, Cris Martinella, Václav Pechman, MrMcMuffinJr, Matthew Reagan, Kellie, Christopher Peffers, Vishal Ahmed, Chris Hodgins, Linda Nguyen, Ben F, Kirk, Charles Spence, Kirk, Zack Fay, Dave Lora, Mark Wilson, David Gaston, Emily Keck, Julian Walker, Samantha, Mikeland, Amy, M Rrr1994, Daniel Carter, Bill Holub, Craig Crawford, Rajkumar Polepaka, Tom Mison, Neil Disney, Tomas fridrik, Kurt Hayes, GA Armistead, Andrew Hagan, Jordan Wagner, Mai Tai, Ross Walker, Jonathan Price, FatDunb'Murican, Ann, Isaac Bicher, Michael Tiberg, Darrell Messer, Jeff Smith, Kimberly V Silver, Joe Jenkins, Phillips Williams, Archie, Andrew Wery, Jacob Hernke, John Ryan, Arthur Forlin, Tom Jenkins, Mario Miranda, Douglas, Heather Jones, Mancheno, Marcus Lowe, Mister Sandman, Brand0n Rs, Raj Sivakumar, Ryne Thornsen, Sean Doyle, BRAD BRIDGEWATER, Paul Bernard, Karl Desfosses, Kody Remer, Greg Scopel, Sriti Jha, Tim Enfinger, Jacob Glanville, Rilee Jensen, David W., Micheal Austin, Carlos Alberto Gonzalez, JOSH SHE-BONG, George, and Geezapouch for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we're joined by whistleblower Talia Jane to pivot into the big bucks and expose medium-to-high ranking members of the Antifa organisation. Enjoy your hippy dippy community radio, suckers, we'll be slurping down Mai Tais on a beach somewhere.

Join Nick Lamagna on The A Game Podcast with his guest Justin Donald, who Entrepreneur Magazine has named the Warren buffet of lifestyle investing.  He is an entrepreneur, investor, educator, #1 best-selling author and podcast host featured on all the major publications and platforms including USA today, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. He started out cutting his teeth in sales through the knife company Cutco (No pun intended) it opened his eyes to the world of entrepreneurship coming from a blue-collar family where he out earned his parents' salary in a summer and things took off from there.  He officially retired for his first time at age 37 and realized sitting back sipping Mai Tai's was not in his DNA and went back to grind mode bigger and better than ever.  He has a wide array of experience in multiple asset classes including mobile home parks, private equity, self-storage, industrial and so many others.   He used these to build generational wealth on buying assets not, jobs that he has found through the relationships he has made with people he can share business and life with. He is now known worldwide through "The Lifestyle Investor" brand, Book, Podcast and Mastermind teaching us all how to take back your life and live on your terms mirroring his incredible achievement of running an 8-figure business on 15 hours a week!  He is a man of family, a man of faith and a wine connoisseur! Check the show links for a special gift from Justin for YOU! Topics for this episode include: ✅ Where should you begin your investor journey? ✅ How the average person can become financially free sooner ✅ How to protect personal relationships if a business deal goes wrong ✅ How to invest like the wealthiest investors ✅ How investors can avoid bad deals and losing money + More! See the show notes to connect with all things Justin!   Connect with Justin: Justin Donald on Facebook Justin Donald on Instagram Justin Donald on Threads Justin Donald On LinkedIn Justin Donald on Youtube Justin Donald on Twitter   Free Bonuses For Listeners: Free Wealth Course for The A Game Podcast Listeners! Free Strategy Session     Connect with The Lifestyle Investor: lifestyleinvestor.com --- Connect with Nick Lamagna www.nicknicknick.com Text Nick (516)540-5733 Connect on ALL Social Media and Podcast Platforms Here FREE Checklist on how to bring more value to your buyers

Welcome back to Sea Stories from the CoastWatchers Club! On this episode, we welcome our new co-host, Travis aka BeachBum Trallis. The three of us and Travis' wife Crystal made the trip down to Ft. Lauderdale in June to visit the Mai Kai Restaurant and Polynesian show. We discuss our drinks we had, food, and the overall feel and decor of the Mai Kai.We also talk about some side adventures we had getting tattoos from Jackie & Nikki at Ghost Signs Florida, then a quick trip to the Bimini Bay Bikini Bar.The cocktails of this episode were a Roy's Rum Barrel & take on a Mai Tai using the Rum Barrel blend.Follow us on Instagram @coastwatchersclub to get more info and to get this week's cocktail recipe so you can try it with us.Music provided by the Hula Girls. Find them on IG @hulagirls and see the lead singer's show called Spike's Breezeway Cocktail Hour.Podcast artwork by Matt Vogtner. Check out his t-shirts and merch at thenutriarodeo.com.Visit us online at coastwatchersclub.com.For sponsorship inquiries, email us at info@coastwatchersclub.com.

What if the harder you try, the more stuck you actually get? I know, sounds backwards, but I learned this lesson the hard way. Picture this: I'm in Hawaii, surrounded by paradise, and instead of enjoying the damn beach, I'm in full-blown meltdown mode over whether I earned my Mai Tai. That was the moment I realized… something had to change. Enter: The Flip Flop Life, my “napkin manifesto” that sat on my hard drive for six years before I finally brought it to life. In this episode, we're diving into: ·       Why perfection and all-or-nothing dieting are making you miserable (not healthy). ·       How to ditch the food police soundtrack running in your head 24/7. ·       The boring (a.k.a. unsexy) basics that actually move the needle, sleep, stress, protein, fiber, consistency. ·       What happens when you finally let it be easy instead of chasing six-week shred promises. This isn't another 30-day quick fix. It's a lifestyle shift for women who are done white knuckling their way through diets, workouts, and “earning their food.” So, if you're ready to trade the mental gymnastics for ease, fun, and actually living your life, welcome to The Flip Flop Life. Ready to join us? Pop into the show notes for details on the open house and waitlist, or DM me to chat. Facebook group Free Resources: https://www.fitgirlmagic.com/freeresources_podcast Website:  http://www.kimbarnesjefferson.com 

Title: Capital Raising is the New Superpower: How to Win in Any Economy with Hunter Thompson Summary: In this episode of the Passive Income Attorney Podcast, host Seth Bradley engages with Hunter Thompson, a prominent figure in the world of passive income investing. They discuss the current economic landscape, including rising interest rates, inflation, and the inverted yield curve, and how these factors impact real estate investments. Hunter shares his entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing the importance of diversification and capital raising in passive investing. The conversation also touches on strategies for navigating the current market and the significance of education and mentorship in achieving financial freedom. Links to watch and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9QZ1WTVLUE Bullet Point Highlights: Passive income allows you to practice when you want, not because you have to. Rising interest rates and inflation are significant factors in real estate investing. Diversification is key to mitigating risks in real estate investments. Capital raising can be a hybrid approach to passive investing. Understanding economic indicators can help predict market trends. Real estate is a hedge against inflation, benefiting from rising rents. Investors should focus on net operating income (NOI) when evaluating properties. Education and mentorship are crucial for success in investing. Speed in decision-making can lead to better investment opportunities. Having a virtual assistant can help manage time effectively.  Transcript: Seth Bradley (00:10.42) What's going on law nation. Welcome to the passive income attorney podcast, the best place for learning about the world of alternative passive investing so that you can practice when you want to and not because you have to. So if you're ready to kick that billable hour to the curb, start by going to attorneybydesign.com to download the freedom blueprint, which will also get you access to partner with us on one of our next passive real estate investments and   We have a live deal right now. It's a 506 C opportunity for accredited investors only with a target preferred return of 15%. Yes, 15%. You heard that right. So jump on that. If you have a chance today, let's talk about when and what to invest in. There's been a lot of chatter about waiting for the right time to jump in over the last, I don't know. I'd say five years or so.   because everyone has their own prediction on when the next 2008 might happen. But well, other than the blip caused by the recent global pandemic, we haven't seen that natural correction yet. And who really knows when that will be? Nobody does. But what we have seen are very strong influences that could impact the real estate market in the very near future. And you know what I'm talking about?   I'm talking about rising interest rates. I'm talking about a highly inflationary environment that we're all feeling combined with, you know, an under supply that's creating a high demand and skyrocketing prices. So with all these different factors culminating right now, what does it all mean? What can we predict after factoring in all these things? Well, you're about to find out.   In this episode, one of my favorite investing personalities, Hunter Thompson shares his expert insights into this economic melting pot that's happening right now and how you can capitalize on it before you get left behind. Hunter is the founder of ACM Capital and who has acquired over $150 million of mobile home parks, self-storage retail office, ATM machines and cryptocurrency assets.   Seth Bradley (02:29.868) Hunter is also the host of the cashflow connections, real estate podcast, which has received over 1 million downloads. He's also wrote raising capital for real estate, which hit number one on Amazon in real estate sales and selling really stoked for this guys. Let's go.   This is the Passive Income Attorney Podcast, where you'll discover the secrets and strategies of to make Start living the good life on your own terms. Now, here's Seth Bradley.   the ultra.   Seth Bradley (02:57.475) y'all   Seth Bradley (03:09.518) Here's your host.   Hunter Thompson, what's going on? Rather welcome to the show.   Hey, thanks a lot. Our honor to on.   Absolutely, man. You're someone I personally look up to a lot and holding high regard in this industry. So super stoked to have you on the show today, man. Thanks again. Absolutely, man. So look, you've been on a ton of podcasts and you know, you're the host of your own successful show, cashflow connections. So I got to ask who's the real Hunter Thompson.   and mutual.   Hunter Thompson (03:38.894) So, I mean, you know, someone asked me like, if I had to say one word that identify it's entrepreneur man. And I think everyone listens to that. That's probably that speaks to them because anybody listened to the show, they take an entrepreneurial approach to reality and to their lives. Like we were not born passive real estate investors, right? In fact, we had to find this stuff out on our own to a large degree. And   A lot of us were kind of taught a lot of myths about investing, you know, save only invest in the stock market. For some reason, dividends can pay off your expenses at some points. Like you have to have a $40 million net worth to do that, you know? And so that feeling of like, man, I may have been lied to about some of the most important things in life kind of inspired me to go down a cool path and, you know, break some rules along the way, but here we are.   Nice. I love it, man. So dive in a little bit deeper. Tell us a little bit about your background and your story, and then we'll jump into it.   Sure, so I think for a lot of people when they talk about real estate and like their history in the space, 2008 is gonna come up. And that's the same for me. But I was very insulated from that risk. So was in college during 2008, but I saw what took place and I had a background as an entrepreneur and a poker player. And so I wasn't really like investing in the stock market, but when 2008 happened, saw flood was in the streets and I heard the quotes from the billionaires that said, that's when you should be buying.   And so I basically went all in on education. I was obsessed with CNBC. Jim Kramer was like the biggest fan of his, just reading everything from Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, all those guys and started to follow financial markets, even dabbled in day trading a bit. And then something happened, started to have success as anybody that did that started in 2008, by the way. But it wasn't really until 2010 that something happened that like completely shifted my perspective.   Hunter Thompson (05:33.194) on everything I had learned up until that point. And people don't talk a lot about 2010, but for me, that was the big moment because after all of this research about quote diversification and hey, you got to get Apple and Johnson and Johnson and also some cash and maybe some gold and these types of things out of nowhere, the European debt crisis happened and it created massive challenges with volatility in the US markets.   And all of sudden everyone was focusing on some obscure economic data point, which was the Greece bond yields and the German bond yields. And it was like, Hey man, all this research I had done never suggested that something as ridiculous and obscure. I'm talking to every single person on CNBC was watching the   German bond yields. And the quote at the time was, if it goes above 7%, the S &P 500 is going to dive. And they were correct. And every day it would go above 7%, below 7%, and the S &P would go up and down and five, like over and over again. And I was like, I've got to find a way that a small firm or myself can conduct due diligence on an asset class that is, the performance is directly tied to supply and demand, not the German bond yields.   And so I was actually not really interested in real estate specifically. I just ended up doing a lot of research on everything that was out there and found real estate was extremely predictable in terms of wealth creation and had the opportunity to create some asymmetric returns. So that's what led us to this conversation today.   Yeah, yeah. So I know your story pretty well. So fill the audience in a little bit, but I know that Jeremy Roll, who's been a guest on our show before, is a mentor of yours and one of the first people kind of got you into the space or got you interested in the space. And he's well known for taking a fully passive approach, right? He's one of these guys that's just fully passive. That's kind of his thing. How have you kind of adapted that approach and made it your own?   Hunter Thompson (07:29.038) So yeah, you're right. going back to like 2010, I moved to California, which is one of the most decimated States in the country in terms of the recession, right? And so that's where I started my real estate career. And so I would go into the networking events, sometimes four or five a week. And it was honestly like going to, mean, it was somber to say the least. People had lost their shirts, people that created $10 million of wealth. If they were all invested in California, some of them are wiped out.   And I found that there was a couple of strategies that really struggled and there's a couple of strategies that didn't struggle. And, you know, some people don't talk about this, the default rate for multifamily apartments, 150 units or more like Fannie Fannie financed 1.5 % during 2008.   I mean, it's just, that's the reality of quality assets with a lot of checks. If you got a lot of checks and they keep coming in because rental income is not really volatile, you just didn't have that big of a problem. So I was very sympathetic to finding out how to do this. And the first person that really introduced to me to this was like you said, Jeremy Roll. And the thesis was this.   I'm very, I want to be focused on diversification. I don't want to be hyper allocated to one particular niche, but if you study economics, you know that in order to have a market advantage, you must be focused on doing one thing better than everyone else. But that is not conducive to building a portfolio that is diversified. Like you probably have interviewed a lot of like, let's say self storage.   Operator that's like all in on cell storage and Florida's the market and everybody knows the demographics are super favorable. got their whole $30 million net worth all in the East coast of Florida. And it's insane. All the baby boomers are moving there. It's amazing. And then once a year when it's hurricane season, they can't sleep for months because they got $30 million on the East coast of Florida. And it's like, man, the East coast of Florida is awesome, but maybe I should have a little bit in Georgia. Maybe I should have a little bit in senior living in Wyoming. You know what I mean? So.   Hunter Thompson (09:33.698) That's the only way to accomplish that from my perspective is to have a diversified passive approach. And I do know Jeremy very well, he doesn't just go to Mexico and drink Mai Tais. I mean, he works 50, 60 hours a week trying to allocate his portfolio appropriately. And I do a similar kind of thing with my portfolio and also have an active side of the business as well, which is where I raise capital for other people's deals.   Yeah. That's the beautiful part about passive investing is you can diversify across different asset classes, different geographies with different sponsors, all that sort of thing so that you can diversify within the realm of real estate or business or whatever it might be. Rather than if you are an active sponsor, you're operating those properties. That market advantage is knowing the market, knowing the market being boots on the ground and knowing all those intricacies rather than, but you know, if you're that person, it's very difficult to diversify.   Perhaps you can pass it invest in somebody else's deals. But again, you're, jumping into the passive investing space. Yeah. So you're very well known as, know, a great capital raiser. Do you consider that a passive approach or is that an active approach?   That's exactly right.   Hunter Thompson (10:44.142) Well, it's a hybrid, right? Because what I do is I still find and aggregate active owner operators in their respective niches. It's just that because I have a little bit of expertise in this and a due diligence process and some economies of scale, because we've invested very significantly over the years and because we have hundreds of investors and thousands of people on our list or tens of thousands on our list, we can do the level of due diligence that most passive investors can't.   even if they knew exactly what to do, it's not economically viable. So I'll you an example. There's a lot of passive investors that listen to the show. And I'm sure that if you had the time and infinite resources, you would want to go visit these properties in person on every single deal. Spend probably a hundred hours on due diligence on each deal. know, not only talk to the sponsors themselves, but their CPAs, their contractors, their property managers. You want to review their software. You want to run criminal checks, background checks.   If you had infinite time and resources, you'd probably do all that stuff. But if you do all that and you're investing 50 grand, your return profile is gonna be deteriorated by that due diligence process. And so I feel like there's need in the space for that extra layer of due diligence, but it's not economically viable unless you're pulling capital together, aggregating investors. And so that's why I founded Asim Capital to do that exact thing. We provide that service and...   usually investors aren't really paying anything out of pocket. We get our economics from the sponsor because we can show up with, hey, $5 million in 30 days, $10 million in 60 days, these types of things. And that's a great skill to have in the business of real estate.   Yeah. And you just laid that out perfectly. You know, why some people ask, why don't you just go straight to the operator to invest in rather than someone who might be mainly a capital raiser or an aggregator of capital. And you just laid that out perfectly. It's, you know, that's an extra layer of due diligence, time, effort, money that you as the passive investor don't have to do. And if you do do it, it just stops making sense. I mean, there's only so much you can do. Even if you take something simple.   Seth Bradley (12:51.022) It's certainly not simple, but something like, you know, looking at a sponsor's underwriting model, there are so many things to look into that and you won't be able to pick that apart. I mean, you just won't from the past investors per second. Even if I go grab somebody sponsors, some sponsors underwriting model and look at it, I don't know what equations they've changed. I'm not going to check a thousand different equations. But what we do bring value wise is that we know these sponsors. It's a really small industry when you get to know everyone in it.   And we know their reputations. know how their deals have gone. We know how they treat their past investors. So that's just an extra level of due diligence that the past investors at the retail level might not be able to do. least not.   Exactly right. That's exactly right. And something else, think that I obviously I've mentioned economics a couple of times in the show. Like this is the lens through which I view the space. And if you are an owner operator, you want to kind of play lip service to economics. So the reality is you've got your head down because you can't adjust your business accordingly. Like if you're a retail owner operator and then retail centers get   closed in 2020 and you cannot go to retail. You can't just go, all right, we're doing hotels now. You can't, I mean, you've built up a business around that, but as a passive investor, you can be nimble and aggregate capital and allocate capital based on your view through the lens of economics or otherwise.   Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, you're not going to if you're a retail operator, you're not going to say in tanks, you're not going to be like, OK, well, retail sucks now. Don't don't invest with me. Forget about it. Exactly. That's the more else you've got to come up with reasons why to invest in. It might not be the best for those investors.   Hunter Thompson (14:29.516) That's exactly right. That's exactly right.   So a lot of our listeners are attorneys, they're doctors, they're W-2s. Is raising capital something they should be interested in getting into? Should they take that next step?   depends. So, I mean, we do a webinar about raising money. And the first thing we say is like, Hey, look, this is like the third slide in the presentation. And I say like, are you actually ready for this responsibility? If not, should leave now because you know, what we talk about is turning on the faucet, turning on that thing. It's like the X factor of every business. And I don't want you to 10 X. I don't know what I'm doing. You know, so it's, take the responsibility very, very seriously. And,   If you haven't done a deal, for example, you shouldn't raise money for a deal. What you should do is go all in on education. And I know you've done just a tremendous job kind of educating your base, but you can go all in. I'll put this, this is like a really powerful way to put this. So in 2010, when I started going to real estate meetings, everyone was saying like, honor, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. I've been in this business for 30 years and never seen anything like it. This is the back the truck up moment. And I was like,   back what truck up? Like, don't know what I'm doing. Like, I don't know what a cap rate is. You know what I mean? But here's the crazy thing. They were absolutely correct. The market dynamics was so favorable that it was probably more favorable than any time in history, especially when it comes to commercial real estate. But four years later, I had developed more confidence, more knowledge, more network that the deals I solved then were better than the deals I saw in 2010. And that is why this game is amazing.   Hunter Thompson (16:05.794) because if you can expand your network and knowledge and confidence faster than even the most pronounced recovery in the history of real estate. And so all those people that if you ever hear someone saying like, now's the opportunity of a lifetime, go all in, like maybe they're right, but it might not be the right time for you. So just take your time, stay away from people that are pushy. The reason this game works is that it works all the time. So you never miss the opportunity of a lifetime. That's the whole point.   Love it, man. Yeah. So they already have the network, right? If you're an attorney or doctor, you probably know other attorneys and doctors. So at least you have that network established of high net worth individuals that you might be able to aggregate some capital with. But you're right. I mean, the education piece is imperative and everybody goes through that learning curve and it takes some time. And there's a lot of responsibilities to come with raising capital and investing in real estate in general. So you've got to make sure that you get that education piece nailed down.   Totally. Actually, do you mind if I, so like something that's been just like on my mind recently is, and so many past investors need to understand is that there's been a lot of discussion around the yield curve inversion and all of that. Do you mind if I talk about that? I'm sure that the lot of listeners are going to be interested. Okay. So recently, you know, there's been a lot of discussion around economic indicators and recessions and such, and what that may mean for us as investors and   Absolutely, let's jump into it.   Hunter Thompson (17:30.328) Part of this is because of the inverted yield curve. And I'll break what that down means just really quickly. So typically speaking, bond yields slope up into the right. If you think of the X axis as time and the Y axis as the yield, you would think that the yields would slope up into the right because the longer the time, the more time risk you're incurring, the higher the return you would want on your bond. So that's typical.   But every now and then there's this economic phenomenon that takes place where short-term bonds can produce higher yields than long-term bonds because people are concerned about short-term risk. And so bonds, the long-term bonds, people flood into the long-term bonds, which reduces the yields and also increase the yields of the short-term bonds. And so this unique phenomenon takes place. And historically speaking, this has been a very good predictor of recessions, typically 18 to 22 months after the inversion.   of the two year and the 10 year bonds. Does that make sense before I go forward? Yeah. Okay. So I think that this is a good indicator of recessions, generally speaking, but I am very bullish about the current environment and I can give you some data as to why, but most importantly, 2008 is a really significant aberration. Recessions do not typically trigger   significant pullbacks in real estate. mean, a 10 % pullback in real estate, especially commercial real estate or multifamily apartments in particular, that is pretty a historic. mean, it takes, you got to look back decades to find these types of examples. And I just want investors to understand that. But we saw something in 2008 that this was confirmed in 2020. That is just a holy crap type of moment, even in the face of that potentially challenging information.   which is in 2008, for the first time to this scale, the federal government, know, printed trillions of dollars. And this was basically the Pandora's box, which was open in terms of quantitative easing. And I believe it set the precedent that anytime something catastrophic or borderline catastrophic or could be catastrophic, could happen, they're gonna smash that button. And I've been talking about this for a decade and then 2020 happens.   Hunter Thompson (19:51.252) And boy, were we right. And they smashed the trillion dollar button harder than they've ever smashed it before. The United States government printed about a $6 trillion. Federal governments all around the world, the central banks printed another $4 trillion. So there's 10 trillion extra dollars in the system slushing around the financial sector searching for yield. And I believe   that what's going to happen is that yield, that search is gonna go into the bond markets first, because it's the only place you can place trillions of dollars quickly. And then it's gonna work its way to United States real estate, which I think still is the most favorable risk adjusted investment in the world. And I'm not the only one that thinks that. So imagine this trillion dollar tsunami set to crash on a very limited amount of supply in the United States.   in the wake of enduring an affordable housing crisis in an environment where every bond in the industrialized world is negative, the United States positive interest rates and positive cap rates are here to provide that yield. And this is a crazy, crazy moment. I want to talk about interest rates in a second, but like that tsunami, that visualization of that tsunami, I think is creating a situation where it's like, are you going to surf that tsunami?   Or are you going to sit back and watch that crash and watch equity prices rise without participating?   Yeah. Yeah. So how did the other things kind of layer onto that? I mean, we're not just hearing about the, you know, the inverted yield curve, but also, you know, the interest rates that the feds are hiking up and inflation is through the roof that everybody's feeling the effects of that. I mean, how do all these different factors, you know, what are they resulting? What is the result or, know, what is your prediction of the results?   Hunter Thompson (21:39.278) So first of all, I'm glad you asked this because I'm working on a summit right now where we're having 22 experts in different niches talk about their perspective on this exact topic. And so I'm in the middle of these sessions and like they have been crazy. So if you want to get access to that, it's a free summit, by the way, you can go to 100ktoinvest.com and it's for people that have a hundred thousand dollars to invest. you you want to look at different niches through this economic lens. So someone I just interviewed on my show, Dr. Peter Lindemann talks about this and   very well-known economist. Basically these rising interest rates, dude, this is serious. I mean, this is not some like economic indicator. This is actually happening right now. I know a $40 million deal that just got blown up because the bank basically underwriting changes if the interest rate increases by a hundred basis points, that's significant. But we got to put this in context. So when interest rates rise,   typically it's because of concerns around inflation. And that's the case for now as well. And inflation is typically thought of, or I think I should say, real estate is typically thought of as a hedge against inflation. I mean, you've probably said that a million times, I have too, but I think out of this conversation, you maybe will both start phrasing it slightly differently. It is true that it is a hedge against inflation, but I think that doesn't even come close to stating.   how favorable inflation is for real estate owners. Because when we think about real estate being a hedge against inflation, I think it's like this. We think about the equity prices, the prices of real estate rise proportionally as inflation takes place with is true. But there's something else that's taking place, which is there's a distinction between equity prices and consumer prices. So when consumer prices rise, you have inflation working its way through the monetary system and the consumers feel it.   from top to bottom, right? But in real estate, we trade the assets on a multiple of net income. So I know you bought some multifamily apartments. have I. Most deals look something like this. We're buying from an owner that doesn't know what they're doing for some degree or another. We're going to buy the property, raise rents, cut expenses. We'll probably raise rents by 15 % year one, maybe 8 % year two. And then from that year going forward, we're probably going to track along with inflation. Does that make sense?   Hunter Thompson (24:02.572) Yeah. If you're being conservative. Yeah. So I would expect rents after the business plan is implemented to simply track along with inflation to be conservative. And then expenses will also track along with inflation. Now, most people, when they hear that, they think, it's a wash. You know, the top line is increasing by 5%. The expenses are increasing by 5 % and no one's really going to benefit. But that would only be the case if it was a one-to-one ratio of gross to expenses.   Absolutely.   Hunter Thompson (24:31.98) or net to expenses and it's not. Like most of the assets you and I look at, we're talking about 45 % operating expense ratio and self storage, for example, you can see 35 or even 30 % operating expense ratio. So it's disproportionately impacting the top line compared to the bottom line, because the bottom, the expenses are so much smaller. So the net is actually increasing significantly every year you have five, six, seven, eight,   percent inflation. And I'm sure you've seen a lot of people that say it's really 15. That's even better for owners because the net isn't going to increase, increase and increase. There's one other piece of this inflation discussion that I want to talk about, but it's a little bit confusing. Are you, did I explain that in a way that's clear?   No, that was perfect. Very clear. Complicated subject, very clear.   Okay, good. So it's not just a hedge, right? The hedge is like, sure, the asset values excluding this discussion around NOI. That's the first part. The second part is the NOI situation is very favorable for investors. The third piece though is like this almost no one's talking about this. And I think it's probably the most powerful and conceptually it is the most powerful, which is if I go to buy a $15 million piece of property, I put $5 million down.   I borrowed $10 million. The bank is now on the losing end of basically compounding interest because of inflation. If I borrow $10 million in today's purchase power, by 10 years, if inflation continues at 8 % per year, by 10 years, the purchase power of that $10 million has been cut in half by inflation, meaning the purchase power of the dollars, I will pay them in 10 years,   Hunter Thompson (26:18.104) Half is valuable to me. And it's the same dollar amount that I ended up paying them, but the purchase power has now been cut in half. So what this means is that while there is so much chatter about interest rates rising, the reality is they're net negative in real terms. The bank is paying you to borrow their money, to buy an asset, which value will increase and also in a while will increase and also likely the multiple on which that in a while is.   rated will increase. This is why this is a back the truck moment for these real estate owners. And, you know, that's what we're doing right now. Yeah.   So based on that, do you think when you're looking at different asset classes, the more disproportionate the income is to the expenses, maybe the more favorable that investment looks like nowadays?   Really good question. Um, I do think there's some merit to that, but I gotta say a caveat. So we have some self store, excuse me, some, assisted living properties and those actually are like 70 % operating at expense ratios. So you can hear this and say, Oh, those maybe we're going to get hammered. Senior living is dealing with some challenges because of COVID, but the top line is not increasing at inflation. The top line is increasing at like 10, 15 % nationally. So.   I don't know exactly what's going on, but there's obviously there's more to this conversation than just the inflation discussion, but it isn't the case that we're losing money because of this. It's a challenge because of like move in certain States are still locked down. There's challenges, all that whole thing, but the demographics and everything I think make up for that. But to your point, I think your argument can be made all things being equal. Meaning I think that let's say class A apartments start to make a lot of sense. Self storage start to make a lot of sense.   Hunter Thompson (28:07.234) You can make the argument that new development could even make sense. So that's not something I do and have ever done, but you can start to make that argument for sure.   Yeah. So maybe give us a preview. I don't want to give away the whole thing. I know you've got the a hundred K to invest summit coming up, but what are some of those investments that start making sense in this environment? We've kind of touched on it a little bit, but maybe make it a little bit more clear.   my gosh. I'm so okay. So I'm such a nerd. So I'm like literally nerding out, but let me give you a couple of examples. So we have like a big broad view of things that we're going to talk about because there's a lot of things that I invest in. There's a lot of things that I don't invest in, but generally speaking, when it comes to wealth creation, the summit's broken down into three days, protect, grow and multiply. And like in that order. So protect is like downside protection, focused real estate, know, stabilize multifamily apartments.   sell storage assets, things like that. Then in grow, we're gonna talk about, know, development, maybe something with like real estate and blockchain, you know, the tokenization of real estate, for example. Then in multiply, we're gonna talk about Bitcoin mining. We're gonna talk about Dow funds. We're gonna talk about buying existing businesses. One of our clients owns the company acquisitions.com. And he's gonna come and talk about like buying businesses that are cash flowing. I try to put them on the spot and be like, what sector is your favorite sector right now? He's like,   He's like French Canadian. He's like, I don't really care about the sector. He's like my friend that just bought the company is a billionaire. did yogurt. So I don't want to say that yogurt is the best sector. He's like, he's going big on yogurt, dude. so anyway, it's going to be a cool summit.   Seth Bradley (29:43.284) That's awesome. Yeah. It sounds like it's going to be like really diverse, right? It's not just, okay, a multifamily summit. You're kind of going to give this broad swath of lots of different ways to invest in different risk profiles as well.   Totally. That's what's cool. Okay. So this is what you and I like kind of have in common. Like we can actually be open and honest about our views because of the position that we play. And this is why I don't think I've ever seen a summit quite like it because it wouldn't be good for business if all you did was multifamily and you go, Hey, go invest in Bitcoin mining. So, but you know, we're just trying to do the right thing for the past investors. Like I said, hundred K to invest.com.   Yeah. I love the concept, man. Cause a lot of people are thinking that they're like, okay, well I've got, I've got a hundred K to invest. Like what is the best place to put it? And especially with all these different crazy factors that are going right now, going on right now, that's, that's awesome. Very timely. All right, man. Before we jump into the freedom for let's jump on to one last golden nugget for our listeners. got one.   Yeah. Just go spitball. Cause I have got a bajillion. Okay. didn't know you did the freedom for that. So crazy. do a freedom Friday thing. We're on the same page in so many ways, dude. That's awesome. So, here's a golden nugget for sure. you know, speed beats pretty much everything. So what this means is that, the difference between like college sports and professional sports, basically that everyone's faster. In fact, you can be smaller, but if you're way faster, you can still move up through the ranks from high school to college to professional.   Spitball man.   Hunter Thompson (31:08.832) And the same is true of business. Now, some people might hear that and go, like you're rushing through due diligence. No, it means rush to conduct due diligence, rush to start. But it doesn't mean go quickly and rush through it and do it sloppily. It means get to it. And one of the best ways that I've found to get to it is to find mentors, is to find guides and not try to figure it out on your own. know, of cool things that I've done, you mentioned some.   cool things I've done in this industry. It's awesome, but dude, I didn't make any of this stuff up. That's not my lane. I want to find someone that has done exactly what I want to do. And I want to model it as closely as possible. And by the way, when you do this, you'll find a place where you feel like your gut wants to go right. And they went left. And sometimes you can feel like, okay, now I got to go on my own. I'll you a perfect example. You mentioned Jeremy Rohl. He's a passive investor, right? And there was a moment where I was thinking my skills are not   completely used. Like I've got this excitement about like building websites and marketing and email content, which Jeremy doesn't do, you know? And I'm like, I need to find someone that's done that. I looked left, found someone that went that direction and then model, model, model, model. And I'm sure there's going to be a moment where I have to do the same thing and model, model, model. So I'm never going like, Hmm, how can I use my raw intelligence to figure this out? By the way, if I had done that, you know, I still would have been like struggling to get C's in college. You know what I mean? So like it's all because of just finding good mentors.   Yeah, absolutely. It's a way to accelerate your growth. A lot of people, they'll look and say, look, I don't want to buy this course or this mentor or this coach because it's expensive and it might be expensive, but think about like what people pay for their undergraduate degree or their law degree. I mean, it's ridiculous. And it's a fraction of that.   That's exactly right. probably shouldn't made a joke about making season college, given your audience, but, you know, here's what I can say about your audience in particular. Everybody kind of values things differently. And it's like your audience has a high demand for time. Cause it's what they lack. When I started my career, I had all the time in the world. Nobody cared about anything. I couldn't get my calendar to get filled up, but all of sudden after years of working the skills that I have developed now, the sense is very difficult for me to get 15 minutes.   Hunter Thompson (33:24.342) So when I think about how can I expedite whatever this is, my need for money is low. My need for time is high. So it's like, if I can pay to expedite whatever it is, trust me, you tell me it's $5,000 to get 30, okay, done. I'll get the result in 30 minutes. Boom, here's the five grand. so, but that's a balance, right? So there's a lot of people listening to this right now that are kind of going down this path and perhaps they have a lot of time. So then what the opportunity is, is that's your leverage point.   Find someone that has a high demand for time, low demand for money, and you can exchange.   Yeah, definitely. Most of our listeners definitely don't have time. mean, I'll be like, Hey, make sure you get a workout in or meditate in the morning. Like I don't have 15 minutes. don't have an hour. Billing, Billing 3000 hours a year. It's ridiculous, man. I've been in that world and it's, it's tough to carve out some time. So that's why I passed investing is really the way to go. mean, I did the fix and flips and, and did all that kind of stuff to start out with. And it's just, it's not a good business model for.   So tough.   Seth Bradley (34:23.15) You know, an attorney at a big law firm or a doctor that's running their own practice. It's just really difficult to balance those things. All right, man, let's jump into the freedom for let's go.   Totally.   Hunter Thompson (34:33.454) It's time for the Freedom Form.   What's the best thing you do to keep your mind and body healthy?   you already know. you know, I'm constantly working on, like kind of like athletic inspired things. have a gym. It's probably the most baller thing ever. I'm not like the typical flashy person, but I do have a home gym is pretty dope. and so right now when I'm working on is a 1,000 pound total for the three powerlifting lifts, the squat bench and deadlift. I'm not there yet, but I'll check in maybe in three months and I'll probably be there.   Woo, sounds good, man. With all your success, what is one limiting belief that you've crushed along the way and how did you get past it?   dude. Okay, I'm not gonna do like a 30 minute thing on this one, but you know, I think a lot of people...   Hunter Thompson (35:21.432) get the impression that the higher you go up in the success ladder, the more it's about tactics and strategies and nothing can be further from the truth.   Hunter Thompson (35:35.326) I've paid $50,000 to be in a room with some very successful people. And the reason that room is so exciting is because you start to realize that there is no ceiling. It's a mental thing. It is not the tactics and the strategies that I wanted to learn. I wanted to know what they move like, how they think. And that's a lot of money to pay. But the higher you go up in that ladder,   The smaller, the little tweaks, the, that realization that, I should do that. I can do that. That stuff. It's crazy. Right. Because when you start, you're like, there's a certain point, like at different layers, again, there's a certain point where you go, I'm sick of hearing about this mindset stuff. get it. I just want results. But then you realize later, that's all that's holding me back. So like, that's my thought.   Yeah, it's a lot of money, but at the same time, that's something that sticks with you forever. Once you get over that, not that mindset hurdle, it's with you forever. What's one actual step our listeners can do right now to start creating more freedom.   Totally.   Hunter Thompson (36:40.28) So funny that you have these dude, this is so cool. I've like, respect this so much, cause it's what it's all about. One strategy they can implement. I would say leveraging technology to save time. First eliminating a lot of tasks that you don't need to be doing, but leveraging technology as opposed to people, especially you. And then as you first eliminate, then automate and then delegate. So.   Everyone on here, and this is going to hurt a lot of people, but every single person listening to this right now should have a VA or an assistant of some kind. Like if you're making six figures, it's absolutely inexcusable to not have someone doing some of the tasks that you shouldn't be doing. If you Google the term unique ability by strategic coach and Dan Sullivan, it'll give you some insight in terms of my views on a lot of that stuff.   Perfect. Yeah. Sometimes it's hard to let go, but you got to do it. That's right. Last but not least, how has passive income made your life better?   dude, that pro come on. mean that these are great questions. Okay. I mean it is my whole life. It has made my whole life, but just real quick, a story about this. So a lot of people listening to this show, when you get started in this path, the main goal is to have your passive income exceed your expenses. And that's was my goal when I got into this business as well, until I was at a conference and someone at the back of the stage, back of the room said that they had a cool announcement.   because they had accomplished their number one financial role. And they come up there and of course I assume he's going to say that. And he goes, so I achieved my number one financial goal was that my passive income is now 10 times my expenses. I was like, what? Like mind blown situation. Like I didn't even know that was possible. I didn't know that's legal. Like, what are you talking about? I never heard anyone say a multiple of that. Like, you know, he's probably.   Hunter Thompson (38:27.402) Super frugal guy, by the way, $10,000 a month in expenses, $100,000 a month in passive income tax deferred dude. So that's possible in this game. you keep going.   Love it, man. All right, Hunter, this has been awesome, man. We're going to find out more about you.   Yeah. One thing, 100k to invest.com. That's it. You guys are awesome. Thanks.   That's it. Go check it out. Thanks again, Hunter. Hunter Thompson, ladies and gentlemen, you can see why I like him so much because well, there's a lot of the same ideas that I have. have the same political views. We have a lot in common and well, he's just a lot like me and who doesn't like someone that's like them, right? So anyways, major key, they say the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second best time is now and   The same thing goes for investing. There's no better time for you to take action than right now. There are always opportunities in every part of the cycle. You just have to get educated and make the right moves. All right. If you're ready for a change and ready to take action, partner with us on our next passive real estate deal, which is live right now. Go to passiveincomeattorney.com and join our Esquire passive investor club. All right, kiddos, enjoy the journey.   Hunter Thompson (39:43.544) Thank you for listening to the Passive Income Attorney Podcast with Seth Bradley. Do you want more ideas on how to generate multiple streams of passive income? Then jump over to passiveincomeattorney.com for show notes and resources. Then apply for the private Facebook community by searching for the Passive Income Attorney on Facebook. And we'll see you on the next episode.   Links from the Show and Guest Info and Links: Seth Bradley's Links: https://x.com/sethbradleyesq https://www.youtube.com/@sethbradleyesq www.facebook.com/sethbradleyesq https://www.threads.com/@sethbradleyesq https://www.instagram.com/sethbradleyesq/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethbradleyesq/ https://passiveincomeattorney.com/seth-bradley/ https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/sethbradleyesq https://medium.com/@sethbradleyesq https://www.tiktok.com/@sethbradleyesq?lang=en   Hunter Thompson's Links: https://www.instagram.com/hunterlthompsonofficial/ https://www.threads.com/@hunterlthompsonofficial https://www.facebook.com/hunterlthompsonofficial https://www.linkedin.com/in/hunterlthompsonofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/@hunterlthompsonofficial https://raisingcapital.com/hunterthompson  

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During the month of August, we will be enjoying some summer weather and taking a break from recording new episodes. To satiate your thirst we will be re-releasing the hottest episodes of the year, every week, for you to enjoy with a Mai Tai by the pool like David will be.The last episode of Summer re-release, we are joined by yet another amazing guest at the forefront of marketing and business leadership in Japan, Ricardo Tasca. Ricardo is currently the General Manager and Representative Director of Hill's Colgate (Japan). Ricardo has years of experience leading marketing innovation and success in Japan, Brazil, Mexico and New York. In this episode Ricardo shares some unique experiences of being a leader in the pet care industry in Japan, as well as discussing global trends and innovations in marketing and brand management happening now and in the future.In this episode you will hear:What makes the Japan market uniqueWhat Ricardo sees as emerging trends in the Japanese consumer marketHow the pet care industry is evolving in Japan and globallyThe importance of sustainability to Hill's Pet Nutrition JapanHow investing in R&D helps brands innovate and be competitive in the marketThings mentioned in the episode:Hill's Food, Shelter, & Love Program: https://www.hillspet.com/food-shelter-love/my-shelterAbout Ricardo:Ricardo Tasca is the General Manager and Representative Director of Hill's Colgate (Japan) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hill's Pet Nutrition and Colgate-Palmolive Company. He has held that position since January 1st, 2022. Prior to that, Ricardo served for three years as the Marketing Director of Hill's Colgate (JAPAN) Ltd. From 2016 to 2018, Ricardo served as Associate Director of the Global Marketing and Innovation Team for Hill's Pet Nutrition. Ricardo joined Colgate Palmolive in his native Brazil in 2003 as Assistant Brand Manager. He progressed through positions in Marketing and Retail Marketing, becoming Group Brand Manager for Colgate Toothpaste in 2009. In 2010, Ricardo moved to Colgate Palmolive Mexico, to lead the Latin America Innovation for Mouthwashes and Sensitive Toothpaste. In 2012, moved to Colgate Headquarters in New York as the Marketing Manager of the Global Toothbrushes business, leading global strategy & innovation for key segments of the category. Ricardo holds a degree in Business administration from the FAAP University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Connect with Ricardo:Website: https://www.hillspet.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-tasca-11914418/Connect with David Sweet:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidsweet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/focuscorejp Facebook: :https://www.facebook.com/focuscoreasiaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/focuscorejp/ Website: https://www.japan.focuscoregroup.com/ This podcast was proudly produced by Lisa Yasuda.“Doin' the Uptown

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During the month of August, we will be enjoying some summer weather and taking a break from recording new episodes. To satiate your thirst we will be re-releasing the hottest episodes of the year, every week, for you to enjoy with a Mai Tai by the pool like David will be.In this episode of the FocusCore Podcast, host David Sweet interviews Roop Kaistha, the head of Asia Pacific at AMS, about the evolving landscape of talent acquisition in Asia, particularly in Japan. With nearly two decades of experience, Roop shares her career journey, insights on the challenges and opportunities in talent acquisition, and the importance of relationship-building in recruitment. The latest FocusCore Salary Guide is here: 2025 Salary Guide In this episode you will hear:The importance of being market ready for Asian markets particularly in communication method choicesThe future of hybrid work vs in office only and the challenge of keeping engagement levels up The role of technology and AI in recruitment and some of Roop's favourite toolsThe future trends in recruitment in AsiaParticipate in our 2026 Salary Survey here: 2026 Salary SurveyAbout Roop:Roop brings two decades of experience working across multiple markets, spending the last 15 years in Outsourcing and Talent Acquisition. She has a proven track record in the strategic management of large scale RPOs and MSPs across Asia Pacific. She has held various roles including Solution Design, Implementation, running the Innovation Centre for Asia Pacific and, most recently, as Regional Head of RPO and Professional Services.Roop was appointed as Regional Managing Director of APAC in 2022. She heads the APAC leadership team, driving APAC's growth strategy and business plan objectives. Roop ensures the firm continues to exceed the expectations of clients across Asia, and to deliver further growth in this vital region.Connect with Roop: https://www.weareams.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/roopkaistha/ Connect with David Sweet:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidsweet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/focuscorejp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/focuscoreasiaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/focuscorejp/ Website: https://www.japan.focuscoregroup.com/

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Round 1 – Halekulani: High-proof Bourbon • Lemon juice • Lime juice • Pineapple juice • Demerara syrup • Grenadine • Angostura bitters Round 2 – Mai Tai v. “Rye Tai”: Rum v. Rye • Orange liqueur v. Pineapple juice • Lime juice v. Lemon juice • Simple syrup v. Angostura bitters • Orgeat Round 3 – Painkiller v. “Grainkiller”: High-proof Rum v. Four-Grain Bourbon • Pineapple juice • Orange juice • Cream of Coconut Final Round – Zombie v. “Zombey”: Rum, Aged Rum, and High-proof Rum v. Rye, Four-grain Bourbon, and High-proof Bourbon • Falernum • Grenadine • Pernod • Lime Juice • Don's Mix • Angostura bitters Tangents: Alleah and Anders join us for a trip to the South Pacific! (Or maybe the Caribbean! Or both!) • Scott and Ed are Timon and Pumbaa • Tiki History! • Anders has a dragon tattoo around his “dragon” • Lady Gaga's back! • What the f**k is grenadine? • Tiki Quiskey! • Only Alleah knows Gilligan's first name • What the f**k is orgeat? • Anders really know how to set a scene • Radio, pop-pop? • Scott's the manager, Karen • Trademarked cocktails • #bananafunk • Ed's a mood killer • The Painkiller is Rob Halford's favorite Tiki • Paula is the adult in the room (and an angel) • Anders tells the world to stop drinking shitty rum • The Wrestling Tangent Podcast • What the f**k is falernum? • The Zombie, the Zombey, and the Zombee are completely different drinks • How they figured out how to make old Tiki drinks • Scott's gonna punch Ed in the throat • Ed and Alleah were in 2nd grade in the 1800s • Anders's newest gig: @doho.restaurant! Music Credits: Whiskey on the Mississippi, Secret of Tiki Island, Island Meet and Greet, Bassa Island Game Loop by Kevin MacLeod from https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Kara puts on handcuffs! Carolyn calls a cab! Andy orders a Mai Tai! James Bond returns in For Your Eyes Only! Carolyn Faye Kramer – James Bond Kara Strait – Vivienne Leroux Andy Hoover – Sir Reginald Plumtree Paulo Quiros – DM

LIVE Recorded Audio from my First 2 hour set at MAI TAI Manhattan Track List : One Dance (ft. Wizkid & Kyla) Drake For Free (ft. Drake) DJ Khaled Truffle Butter (ft. Drake & Lil Wayne) Nicki Minaj Freek-A-Leek Petey Pablo Goodies (ft. Petey Pablo) Ciara Get Low (ft. Ying Yang Twins) Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Salt Shaker Ying Yang Twins Yeah! (ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris) Usher Big Energy (ft. DJ Khaled) Latto & Mariah Carey Finesse (ft. Cardi B) Bruno Mars Finesse Pheelz x Buju Love Riddim Rotimi Essence (ft. Tems) Wizkid Drogba (Joanna) Afro B Let Me Love You (ft. Justin Bieber) DJ Snake Hymn For The Weekend (Seeb Extended) Coldplay I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Extended) Mike Posner Ah Build Ah Spliff In Arima (DEI MUSICALE DUB) The Writer I'm In Control (ft. Popcaan) AlunaGeorge Middle (ft. Bipolar Sunshine) DJ Snake La Vida Es Un Carnaval Celia Cruz Vivir Mi Vida Marc Anthony Suavemente Elvis Crespo Hey Ma (ft. Camila Cabello) Pitbull & J Blavin Mi Gente (t. Beyonce) J Balvin & Willy William Turn Me On Kevin Lyttle Roll Alison Hinds Get Away Voice x Bad Royale Midnight Cruise ( Olatunji x System32 This One Is For YOU (Bumaye ft. Sherwayne Winchester) Major Lazer Bubble Gyal Bumaye Major Lazer x Konshens Watch Out (Bumaye) Busy Signal & Major Lazer SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (J-Lava Amapiano Mash up) Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Fever (Amapiano Edit) Vybz Kartel Monalisa (ft. Sarz) Lojay Fast Wine (Monalisa Edit) Machel Montano One Wine (Amapiano Remix) Machel Montano & Sean Paul One Piece (Amapiano Roadmix) GBM Nutron & Tano I Like That (Amapiano Roadmix) GBM Nutron Banga (Remix) Kes The Band Take Me Home (J-Lava Amapiano Mash Up) Freetown Collective Under The Influence (Dj Puffy x Doc & Jes Remix) Chris Brown Residuals (Doc & Jes Ama Feels Remix) Chris Brown Foolish Heart (Amapiano Remix) Steve Perry Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Amapiano Remix) Cyndi Lauper Birds Of A Feather (Remix) Billie Eilish Break My Soul (MBlend) Beyoncé x Cabu Water Tyla

The guys make the "Mai Tai for Guys" and think about what it means to be a man these days!GUY TAI RECIPE:1 BEER1oz/30ml LIME JUICE1oz/30ml AMARETTO1oz/30ml TRIPLE SECOptional floater DARK RUMPour ingredients into glass. Drink proudly and unashamed of your normal male urges.Recipe via The Sloppy Boys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode OverviewFresh from claiming Best‑in‑Class Dark Rum at the 2025 ADI competition, Steve Julliar—founder of Evolved Distilling in Los Angeles County—joins host Ronnell Richards for a colorful chat about turning beer‑maker know‑how into medal‑winning spirits. From coffee liqueur to orange cello, Steve's tiki‑worthy lineup channels Caribbean technique through Southern California terroir—proving rum (and flamboyant linen shirts) belong far beyond the tropics.From Brewhouse to StillhouseHow distilling a Belgian Noël beer into schnapps convinced Steve to buy a dormant distillery and “evolve” it into a rum‑focused playground.Translating award‑winning beer recipes into complex grain and cane spirits.Crafting a California‑Caribbean Dark RumMolasses sourced via Louisiana, fermented for “funk,” then aged in ex‑bourbon barrels that previously held maple syrup.Why patience (and 24‑hour-plus rests) coax out grassy, toffee, and candied‑fruit notes judges love.Orange Cello & High‑Octane MimosasHand‑peeled SoCal citrus macerated in neutral spirit, proofed with clarified orange juice for a crystal‑clear, juice‑forward liqueur.Serving tip: skip the OJ—champagne + orange cello = instant brunch bliss.Coffee Liqueur Crowd‑PleaserWhy Evolved's café‑rich bottle is the tasting‑room best‑seller and a bartender favorite.Plans for direct‑to‑consumer shipping this year (sign up on the site for release alerts).What's Next: A Rum‑Meets‑Agave ExperimentSteve's ADI‑floor connection to an agave supplier sparks an upcoming hybrid spirit fermented in 30‑gallon barrels.Lessons for Aspiring DistillersVisualize success, know your strengths, invite staff feedback, learn from mistakes, and celebrate local ingredients.How ADI's supplier network (and competition medals) accelerate product development and market reach.On Creativity & Joy“This industry lets you bottle a piece of yourself—seeing customers smile in the tasting room is the real win.” – Steve JulliarOn Rum's SoCal Potential“Caribbean‑style rum is under‑served in Southern California; we're here to elevate and evangelize it.” – Steve JulliarOn ADI's Value“We met our molasses supplier at last year's conference—and this year I found my agave hookup. ADI is where ideas turn into bottles.” – Steve JulliarShop & Newsletter: Sign up at EvolvedDistilling.com for launch alerts on nationwide DTC shipping (coffee liqueur & orange cello drop first!).Visit the Tasting Room: Check the online calendar for live‑music evenings and new‑release parties.American Distilling Institute: Distilling.com – competitions, supplier network, and membership info.Taste the Champ: Try Evolved Dark Rum neat—or floated on a Mai Tai, Steve's desert‑island choice.Brunch Upgrade: Swap your Sunday OJ for Orange Cello + bubbles and post that “high‑octane mimosa.”Get Connected: Distillers—meet suppliers and buyers at the next ADI conference; enthusiasts—join ADI forums for insider spirits talk.Powered By: American Distilling InstituteHost: Ronnell RichardsGuest: Steve Julliar, Evolved DistillingLocation: Recorded live at ADI National Conference, BaltimoreRate & Review: Help fellow spirits lovers discover Voices of Distilling.Subscribe: Never miss a new episode.Join ADI: Become part of the world's largest craft‑distilling community → Distilling.com/membership.Raise your glass—because every drop has a story, and every voice evolves the craft.In This Episode, You'll LearnKey QuotesAbout Evolved DistillingFounded2022 (reimagined from an older facility)LocationGardena, California (Greater LA)Flagship SpiritsDark Rum (Best‑in‑Class), White Rum, Coffee Liqueur, Orange Cello, “Persephone's” Rye aged in Belgian‑quad barrelsExperiencesJazz & blues nights, cocktail workshops, on‑site tastingsWebsiteEvolvedDistilling.comResources & LinksAction ItemsEpisode CreditsEnjoyed the Show?

This week Jenn and Mal have a couple Mai Tais and talk about friendship. 

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Send us a textRED Episode 305 Siesta Key Daycation to RememberSHOUT-OUTS Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Springtime Surprise races!  We saw the Will Run For Crew, Sherry aka @runsinaskirt, Kelli Bickering @wanderlustandpretzeldust, Jen Kim,  and many other fantastic faces, including Jeff Galloway.  We had major FOMO and hope to return after we are healed and running again!If you want a shout-out for you or someone else you love on the show,  email us at info@runeatdrink.net or call us and leave a message at 941-677-2733RUN This week Aimee took a little “daycation runcation” up to Siesta Key for the 39th Annual Run for the Turtles 5K on the beautiful Siesta Key Beach!!  40th will be next year, and this one is a must-do!  https://runsignup.com/Race/Info/FL/SiestaKey/RunfortheTurtles  EATAimee has been talking about getting Alaskan King Crab again for so long… she did it at Lobster Pot in Siesta Key!  Shout out to Dominick, who was a fantastic server.  The meal was incredible!For more information on their menu, visit https://www.sarasotalobsterpot.com/menu/dinner.DRINK Of course, when you have heard nothing but amazing things about Siesta Key Rum Distillery… you take a free tour, enjoy samples and a great story, and meet new friends, too!  Thanks, Kevin, for the grand tour, and remember… it is not Mai Tai… it is “Your Tai and Our Tai” now!https://www.siestakeyrum.comTHAT'S A WRAP!Thanks to MagicMind for sponsoring this week's show.  Don't forget we have a limited-time offer you can use now that gets you up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one-time purchases with code REDPOD at checkout.  Go to www.magicmind.com or use our discount code, REDPOD, at checkout.Or go to https://www.magicmind.com/REDPOD20.  Support the showTHAT'S A WRAP! Thank you for listening! Because of your support, we are in our eighth year of the podcast! Don't forget to follow us and tell us where to find you next on our website, Facebook, Instagram, and X. Also, check out our store on the website and get some swag, thanks to Pure Creative Apparel. Thanks to www.PodcastMusic.com for providing the music for this episode, too!

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With Charlie Davies (allegedly) sipping Mai Tais on a beach somewhere, Jimmy Conrad and Tony Meola set the scene ahead of next week's Concacaf Nations League Finals! Beginning with the USMNT, the guys discuss the potential recruitment of Luciano Acosta (04:08), Mauricio Pochettino's strong message to Gio Reyna and Tyler Adams (08:55), and who should start at SoFi Stadium (16:58). Then, the focus shifts to the reigning champions' Final Four opponents. Don't underestimate Panama under Thomas Christiansen (25:27). Javier Aguirre's Mexico roster has some surprises, but there's really only one question on everyone's lips - Can Santi Jiménez and Raúl Jiménez play together (30:26)? The guys talk about Canada's development under CIWYW alumnus Jesse Marsch, and whether the Canucks should be consider the favorites (47:39). And finally, is there a way to squeeze Antonee Robinson and Alphonso Davies into the CNL Finals Best XI (59:46)? Call It What You Want is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow the Call It What You Want team on X: @JimmyConrad, @CharlieDavies9, @TMeola1 Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on soccer. For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ You can also watch Call It What You Want on the CBS Sports Golazo Network for free on connected TVs and mobile devices through the CBS Sports app, Pluto TV, and on CBSSports.com as well as Paramount+. Watch UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, EFL, Serie A, Coppa Italia, CONCACAF Nations League, NWSL, Scottish Premiership, Brasileiro, Argentine Primera División, AFC Champion League by subscribing to Paramount+ Sign up to the Golazo newsletter, your ultimate guide to the Beautiful Game as our experts take you beyond the pitch and around the globe with news that matters. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brace yourself as Dave and Reese dive into another episode where they discuss recovering from hangovers, Reese's infamous choke incidents, and Dave's unrelenting grudge against a Brooklyn theater. Oh, and if you've ever wanted to know how Reese ranks a Mai Tai, this is the episode for you!

What lessons can we extract from the acquisition of Simple Mills and majority sale of Spindrift, valued at nearly $1.5 billion combined? The hosts talk about what these better-for-you brands did right and what made them attractive to strategic companies and investors. We also sit down with Marcin Malyszko and Amit Singh, the co-founders of Mission Cocktails, a purpose-driven brand of premium ready-to-serve bottled cocktails. Show notes: 0:25: Las Diego. Big(ish) Food Was Listening. Neighbor's Big Pay Day. Hopped Up. Imposters, Deer & Bears. – John and Ray are heading west. Are you as well? Let them know. Nearly a year after Ray's rant, Simple Mills got its flowers. So did Spindrift, but we still don't have a vending machine. We're happy that hop-infused water is finally getting its due (at least from the New York Times), but less pleased with an oddly-named brand of non-alcoholic spirits. John highlights an animal-themed water, and Mike does the same, but for a ginger beer, before Jacqui praises purple snacks. 27:27: Interview: Marcin Malyszko & Amit Singh, Co-Founders, Mission Cocktails – A brand of premium ready-to-serve cocktails that donates 5% of gross revenue to local food banks, Mission Cocktails launched in 2023 and markets several products, including a Manhattan, a Margarita and a Mai Tai, all packaged in 375 mL glass bottles. The brand is sold in over 500 retail stores, including Gelson's, BevMo, Pavilions and Whole Foods. Marcin and Amit discuss the origins of Mission Cocktails and how their focus on “liquid to lips” and persistent effort to connect with retail executives has helped the brand make significant strides over the past 12 months.  Brands in this episode: Mission Cocktails, Simple Mills, Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Tastykake, Samuel Adams, Peet's Coffee, Stirrings, Partake Brewing, Athletic Brewing Co., Lacroix, HopLark, Hop Wtr, Imposter Beverages, Father's Deer, Liquid Death, Bear & Beaver, Purplesful Snacks

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Do you find yourself constantly asking, "Why do I crave alcohol so much?" In this episode, Annie Grace addresses this question head-on. She shares personal anecdotes, like her experience in Hawaii where she explored the deeper reasons behind her craving for a Mai Tai. Join us to discover how to shift your mindset from fighting cravings to embracing curiosity, and learn how this change can pave the way for a healthier relationship with alcohol. Thank you so much for listening to this episode. If you're ready to see how This Naked Mind can help you on your personal health and wellness journey and wanna learn more. Go to ThisNakedMindpodcast.com to learn more. Again, that's ThisNakedMindpodcast.com. We have all of our free resources, programs, social links, and more available for you there. Plus, if you have your own Naked Life Story, you can submit it there as well. Until next week, stay curious.

Joe met Lisa on a trip to the Bahamas. He saw her sipping a cocktail and asked her what she was drinking. (It was a Mai Tai.) He ordered a Whisky Sour. Then it was on to talking all night. They kissed, they danced, and he told her after a few days that he had never met anyone like her. Now Lisa had a weird feeling: “Uh-oh, I've fallen for this guy…” She thought about him every day when she got home, remembering that perfect moment on the boat trip when he took her hand and pulled her tight to him. But then... he never called…(I know, it's horrible, right?) The truth is, this often happens because of some very simple mistakes we make when it comes to falling in love. In this week's rewind episode, I'll show you how to avoid them...   >> Sign up Now For My Free Weekly Newsletter, The 3 Relationships at ... → http://www.The3Relationships.com >> Order My New Book, "Love Life" at → http:// www.LoveLifeBook.com >> FREE Video Training: "Dating With Results" → http:// http://www.DatingWithResults.com/