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Welcome to the final episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer's Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20's. In today's episode, we discuss the character creation process and get into some really good fanfic for our characters! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Games/Tools discussed this episode: DIE RPG: DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417563/DIE-The-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ Pasión de las Pasiones: Website: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409558/Pasion-de-las-Pasiones?affiliate_id=1601603 Fiasco Website: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/fiasco DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/335287/fiasco?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L9IiYb Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:18 - Reintroductions 00:10:32 - D20 for your thoughts? 00:14:17 - What makes for great character creation? 00:16:34 - What story do these character sheets tell us? 00:27:47 - How does character creation in Flabbergasted stack up to other games? 00:37:07 - How does this process set up expectations for play? 00:43:17 - Flaws and strengths 00:49:11 - Fanfic! 00:59:04 - Take it up a level! 01:08:14 - Final Thoughts 01:11:29 - Episode Closer 01:13:47 - Call to Action 01:23:06 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So, you've been thinking about the expat life, specifically about moving to Portugal. It's a dream many share, drawn by the allure of living abroad and the promise of sun-soaked days in Europe. But while Portugal is a top choice for many looking to embrace living in Europe, due to many recent changes to aspects of living in Portugal that have created an allure drawing in people from around the world... it's worth noting that the European continent is vast, with a myriad of experiences waiting just around the corner. Moving abroad is a big decision, and while the charm of Portugal is undeniable, there's a whole world of "living abroad" experiences in Europe that might just resonate with your expat dreams and match what you might be looking for equally or even better than moving to Portugal. From bustling cities that blend cultures seamlessly to coastal havens that echo the Mediterranean lifestyle, there's so much to explore when considering moving to Europe. The expat life is about more than just a destination; it's about finding a place that aligns with your vision of life, culture, and community. Whether you're drawn to the idea of living in Europe for its rich history, diverse cultures, or the promise of new adventures, it's worth looking around a bit before settling on one final location. While the journey might start with the idea to move to Portugal, let the allure of living abroad guide you to explore other hidden gems in Europe. Dive deeper into the world of moving abroad, and you might just discover that the perfect European destination for your expat life is somewhere you hadn't even considered yet. In this living abroad expat podcast episode of Not Your Average Globetrotter, hosted by Rafael Di Furia, we'll explore alternatives to the popular choice of Portugal and dive deep into the nuances of expat life across the continent. If you find my videos helpful, entertaining and/or if you feel as if I've helped you save time, headaches, or legal fees, please consider making a monthly pledge on Patreon and becoming a monthly patron to help make more videos like this possible:
On this week's Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim join host Vago Muradian to discuss what's next now that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's budget deal failed twice this week, outlook for government shutdown and NDAA, how China is spinning Washington's dysfunction, Senate circumvents Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blanket hold on military promotions to confirm top Pentagon military leaders, talks between National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Want Yi in Malta, latest indictment against Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, Poland's decision to halt military aid to Ukraine unless Kyiv suspends grain exports, support for Ukraine in Washington and beyond, US decision to give Iran $6 billion to free five American hostages, Bibi Netanyahu's meeting with President Biden and invitation to visit White House, implications of surrender of Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and ramifications of Canada's disclosure that India killed a Canadian Sikh activist on Canadian soil and New Delhi's reaction.
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The podcast episode featured a guest named Anit, who has been sober for eight years. He is currently 47 years old and resides in Hove, East Sussex. Anit's journey to sobriety began during a holiday to Malta in 2015 when he had a realization, with the help of a bartender at his hotel, that he had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Upon returning from his trip, he made the courageous decision to quit drinking.Over the course of several years of sobriety, Anit also adopted a vegan lifestyle. He is known for being warm, open, and wise about the effects of his past drinking habits and his path to sobriety. For those interested in connecting with him, his Instagram handle is @crouchingciderhiddenwagon.In this podcast episode, Anit likely shared his personal story, insights into his journey to sobriety, the impact of alcohol on his life, and how he embraced a vegan lifestyle. His experiences and wisdom could serve as an inspiration to others facing similar challenges.
#Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan drives out the Armenian Army soldiers and secures its territory. Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan Ambassador to the United Kingdom https://news.yahoo.com/talks-opened-future-nagorno-karabakh-084454039.html 1941 Malta
Malta, München, Brandenburg: Lea schreibt Jetset aktuell sehr groß und tingelt in der Weltgeschichte umher, während Verena im Gym in die Liga der Cool Kids aufgestiegen ist. Und es gibt einen Grund zu feiern, denn Verenas Mann hat Geburtstag und Lea sorgt nach eigener Aussage für das beste Geschenk (neben Verena natürlich). Bei so viel Feiermotivation fällt es den beiden auch nicht schwer, in Zukunft eine Checkliste zu führen und den besten Club der Welt zu finden. Denn: Spoiler, das Berghain ist nicht mehr auf Platz 1! Auf die Säfte, fertig, los. Der heutige Deep Dive lässt Verenas Magen laut grummeln und Leas Augen leuchten. Anstatt um ausgiebige Brunches, leckere Snacks und gemütliche Abendessen, geht es um das genaue Gegenteil: den Verzicht oder besser gesagt, das Fasten. Annemarie Heyl ist Gründerin von Kale & Me und setzt mit ihrem Unternehmen seit 2014 auf Saftkuren. Und das alles aus regionaler Produktion. Über die Hälfte der Deutschen hat schon einmal gefastet, sei es Süßes, Alkohol oder Fleisch. Aber: Was ist Fasten eigentlich genau? Welche verschiedenen Arten gibt es? Annemarie erklärt, welche Vorteile schon kurze Kuren haben können, wie oft sie fastet und warum Fasten genauso zu einem ganzheitlichen Self Care-Ansatz zählen sollte, wie Meditation oder Yoga. Außerdem: Warum sollte man besonders beim Fasten immer wieder neu kalibrieren und auf sich selbst und den eigenen Körper hören? Und: Wie schafft man es, ein schwieriges Thema nachhaltig mit Wohlfühleffekten und Spaß aufzuladen? Ein großer Punkt: die Community. Vom 18. bis zum 24. September findet außerdem die Woche der Demenz statt, die nicht nur wichtig ist, um über die Krankheit aufzuklären, sondern Betroffenen und Angehörigen einen Raum zu geben und Verständnis zu zeigen. Bewerbt euch hier für den German Start Up Award 2024 Hier kommt ihr zu den Fast & Curious Circles Mit dem Code LEAFASTET15 bekommt ihr 15% bei Kale&Me Hier findet ihr unsere aktuellen Werbepartner 00:00:41 Im “Catchup” sprechen Lea und Verena heute über den besten Club der Welt, Bundestagsanhörungen und zukünftige Aufsichtsräte. 00:12:38 Im “Deep dive” lernen die beiden mehr über das Fasten und Annemarie Heyl, die Gründerin von Kale & Me. 00:41:31 Bei “Was bewegt uns” sprechen die beiden über die Woche der Demenz. 00:49:37 In der Kategorie “Empfehlung der Woche” stellt Verena ihr neues must-read Buch vor. 00:50:58 Und das letzte Wort hat heute Lea.
Miranda Massie is the Director and founder of the Climate Museum in New York City. The Climate Museum uses the power of arts and cultural programming to create an ongoing and progressive conversation surrounding the climate crisis. Her institution is committed to inspiring climate activism through art. The work she and her crew does invites people to recognize their own ability to act on climate change. It's an advocacy museum, she says, where they hope their audience will take action, to consider themselves as climate ambassadors who actively engaged in climate change action. Miranda says that appealing to a rationalist perspective doesn't work. That's actually how she found her way to creating the Climate Museum. It was 2012 and Hurricane Sandy was wreaking havoc on New York City. She lives in the city, so she watched as the effects of climate change were brought to her front door. Before that, she had understood climate change on a rational level, but faced with the destruction caused by the hurricane she was compelled — emotionally — by the urgency and the challenges of the climate crisis. So, she made a radical shift, she quit her job as an attorney and created the Climate Museum. Her mission then as it is now, was a deep civic shift toward climate dialogue across people's personal and professional lives. A ubiquitous understanding and acceptance of the crisis that will lead to meaningful climate policy. In this Chatter Marks series, Cody and co-host Dr. Sandro Debono talk to museum directors and knowledge holders about what museums around the world are doing to adapt and react to climate change. Dr. Debono is a museum thinker from the Mediterranean island of Malta. He works with museums to help them strategize around possible futures.
Miranda Massie is the Director and founder of the Climate Museum in New York City. The Climate Museum uses the power of arts and cultural programming to create an ongoing and progressive conversation surrounding the climate crisis. Her institution is committed to inspiring climate activism through art. The work she and her crew does invites people to recognize their own ability to act on climate change. It's an advocacy museum, she says, where they hope their audience will take action, to consider themselves as climate ambassadors who actively engaged in climate change action. Miranda says that appealing to a rationalist perspective doesn't work. That's actually how she found her way to creating the Climate Museum. It was 2012 and Hurricane Sandy was wreaking havoc on New York City. She lives in the city, so she watched as the effects of climate change were brought to her front door. Before that, she had understood climate change on a rational level, but faced with the destruction caused by the hurricane she was compelled — emotionally — by the urgency and the challenges of the climate crisis. So, she made a radical shift, she quit her job as an attorney and created the Climate Museum. Her mission then as it is now, was a deep civic shift toward climate dialogue across people's personal and professional lives. A ubiquitous understanding and acceptance of the crisis that will lead to meaningful climate policy. In this Chatter Marks series, Cody and co-host Dr. Sandro Debono talk to museum directors and knowledge holders about what museums around the world are doing to adapt and react to climate change. Dr. Debono is a museum thinker from the Mediterranean island of Malta. He works with museums to help them strategize around possible futures.
The guy on the island- God directed Paul through a storm on the sea to the island of Malta, where a ministry to the island natives awaited him. The storms of life are sometimes God's way of preparing for the work ahead.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held multiple rounds of meetings with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Malta.
Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is up slightly at $27,203 Eth is up slightly at $1,653 BNB is up slightly at $219 HKMA issues warnings to crypto firms crypto influencer and former lawyer Joseph Lam arrested in connection with JPEX. Malta's Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is making changes to its rulebook for crypto companies to align with MiCA Whale makes bets on Eth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
APAC stocks were mostly lower following last Friday's declines on Wall St and with the region cautious in holiday-thinned trade.Evergrande shares slumped by more than 20% after some of its wealth management employees were detained by Chinese authorities.European equity futures are indicative of a softer open with Euro Stoxx 50 future -0.1% after the cash market closed up 0.4% on Friday.DXY and EUR/USD were contained on 105 and 1.06 handles respectively, antipodeans marginally outperform.US National Security Adviser Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Malta over the weekend in a pre-unannounced meetingLooking ahead, highlights include US NAHB Housing Market Index, Bundesbank Monthly Report, remarks from Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister, ECB de Guindos & Panetta.Read the full report covering Equities, Forex, Fixed Income, Commodites and more on Newsquawk
Welcome to the second episode of our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer's Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20's. In today's episode, we finish making our characters and create a really amazing social club that ties all of our characters together! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2023-daytons-own-3-day-tabletop-convention Our Final Gathering Actual Play: https://youtu.be/lyjAzPTsb5A Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Games/Tools discussed this episode: DIE RPG: DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417563/DIE-The-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ Pasión de las Pasiones: Website: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409558/Pasion-de-las-Pasiones?affiliate_id=1601603 Fiasco Website: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/fiasco DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/335287/fiasco?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L9IiYb Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:22 - Recap 00:01:54 - Character Traits and Scene Cues 00:12:28 - Money and its purpose 00:15:26 - Final character details 00:16:37 - Nicknames 00:18:29 - Let's make a social club! - Club Theme 00:20:43 - Picking the name 00:23:05 - Description and location of the club 00:25:21 - Club Slogan 00:26:46 - Rivals 00:28:33 - Public Challenge 00:31:09 - Big Trouble 00:34:24 - Club Rooms 00:36:33 - Club Roles 00:39:23 - Additional Club Members 00:44:37 - Club Renown 00:47:02 - Episode Closer 00:50:38 - Call to Action 01:00:19 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tore is back, and her first half guest today is Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes. The recent public interviews, and the big events foreshadowing the future. Taking the 40k foot view. How Satan sometimes gets in. 1871 was a very busy year. The Treaty of Washington, settling international disputes, and today. DC is not a part of the USA. Trump's queen optics. CNN performs planned psychological operations. Even today, the constitution is attacked. Speaking truth makes for growing empowerment. A Malta tan. Liberals live in either tomorrowland or fantasyland. It's hard to learn how they think. EO 13848 and the constant renewals. Obot formed the CISA gang. Our military monitored 2020. It looks like others are pulling strings. A review discussion of predictive analytics. Poor Jill had to change her shoe color. All impeachments get approved by who? Watch them try for candidate age exclusion. Thank the courageous Trump supporters. Impeachment, corruption and swamp creature thinking. Our 32.9 trillion debt. The Bushes have been trimmed. In the forest, all we can see are trees. Tore tapped by FBI and sued by Biden. War factions and foreign intel operating on US soil. Start a conversation to plant seeds. We are actually winning, but we must keep listening to our president and always trust ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 274 Steve Payne pt 1 England to Malta on a motorboat Quick bio: I was born on the south coast of England, but moved to London as soon as I could. After a few silly jobs, I decided to become a photographer. I had cards printed up before I even owned a camera. Started out working for the music press and ended up working for The Evening Standard, London's newspaper, but I slowly slipped back into the music industry and ended up directing a bunch of live concert videos. Then I got invited to do a couple of jobs in Los Angeles and fell in love with the place ….. so I stayed ….. for 27 years. I returned to the UK to look after my elderly mother, after she had floated off into the ether, I had some choices to make. To be honest, I didn't see a great future in the slowly declining United Kingdom, so I bought a boat and headed south. I wasn't even sure where I was aiming for, but Malta kept creeping into the conversation. After two wonderful years travelling on the rivers and canals of France, then around the coast of France, Italy and Sicily, I ended up in Malta. It's been quite an adventure. You might wanna take a look at a couple of my videos or background. https://youtu.be/p6wYIuzic5I https://youtu.be/Nbsc4DLozCw https://youtu.be/7xW7FlIkuCE Please Consider supporting the podcast in Patreon If you have ideas for future podcasts or comments please drop me a note! and PLEASE rate my podcast in iTunes and perhaps write a note. link https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sailing-in-the-mediterranean/id566678892?mt=2 https://www.medsailor.com/ If you're interested in my sailing instructional audio series here are the links: Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Keelboat Certification Lessons for the ASA 101 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/Eiig Sailing! Learn to Sail: Basic Coastal Cruising; Lessons for the ASA 103 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/PvOYK Sailing! Learn To Sail: Bareboat Cruising Certification Lessons for the ASA 104 Exam https://gumroad.com/l/bwXh Sailing in the Mediterranean Website https://www.medsailor.com If you would like to be a guest or have suggestions for future episodes or if you would like Franz to be a speaker at your Sailing Club or fundraiser please feel free to contact me. ©2020 Franz Amussen all rights reserved medsailor.com
It's natural to not like competition, but having it is key for successful entrepreneurs. In this episode of the Class E Podcast, we talked with Fred Cary, a serial entrepreneur and thought leader who has over thirty years of experience. Cary discusses the various successful companies he has taken to the next level and shares how his current company, Idea Pros, provides anyone a path into the entrepreneurial world. He also encourages entrepreneurs to view failure and competition as good things in their ventures. Guest: Fred Cary Host: Mary Sturgill Producer: Isabella Martinez '24 TRANSCRIPT MARY: Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Class E Podcast. I am your host Mary Sturgill. As you all know, this is the podcast that's brought to you through a partnership between the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and the Communication Studies Department here at Furman University. Our hope with these podcasts is to share the story of innovative and entrepreneurial thinkers in hopes of inspiring you. And today we welcome, serial entrepreneur and thought leader with over thirty years of experience in that space, Fred Cary, has created transformational strategies that have resulted in billions of dollars in corporate value, and these stories cross boundaries. He's built high-growth businesses in finance and software, mobile technologies, data, retail, consumer products and E-commerce and probably a lot more. Through all of that, he's acquired of course thousands of lessons along the way that he is now going to share with us and he's sharing in his latest venture Idea Pros, which is an entrepreneurial startup services company. Fred, welcome to the show. FRED: Well, thank you so much. I'm not sure I'm gonna I'm going to share thousands of lessons but we'll hit some of the big ones. MARY: We'll share what we can with the time we have. So you have a… just to give everybody a little bit of background on you, you have a background in law with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Harvard and you have an MBA in business from the University of Liverpool. But I suspect that your history with entrepreneurship started kind of way before long, way before you did any of that stuff. What sparked innovation and entrepreneurship for you? FRED: The fact that I didn't fit the mold. I always felt kind of like an outsider from the way that my childhood and teenage friends approached what they thought was going to be their adult life. And the way that I did it, I was always all over the place. And I was always thinking about how to do things the different way, in a more unusual way, than my friends were. So that's really… by 21 I knew I could never work for anybody else. MARY: So you knew at that point that you were just going to create whatever you needed to create at that point in time to work for yourself? FRED: Absolutely. MARY: Yeah. You've… we've listed briefly some of the ventures that you've had. What I'd like you to do, just to give everybody a little bit of background, can you go… take us through some of those, just briefly, maybe your favorites and briefly talk about what they are and where you took them. FRED: My favorite companies? MARY: Yes, yeah. FRED: Historically? MARY: Yeah. FRED: Ok. So I think one of my favorites was Boxlot. And the reason for that is it was a company that was going to be a disaster. We started in 1998. And we were chasing eBay. eBay was literally a year ahead of us with their app and well, their website mostly at that point, and we just couldn't catch up. We had an auction website, we did better auctions than they did, much finer quality things than they did. And we ended up being just a distant second that we couldn't change. We had a lot of money that had already been invested in us. And it was time to either shut the doors down or figure something else out. And we had to make a really, really big pivot. I don't like quitting, and so, our pivot became let's be a technology company. The reason was a lot of the underlying technology needed for options, reverse bidding, bitter buy, accepting multiple bids, automated bidding increments, and a lot of that technology didn't exist. And so we turned ourselves into a technology company and re-sparked everything and all the biggest companies in the world started using our technology. And we ended up getting an agreement 18 months later for $125 million acquisition of our company which it was something that should have been in the assets. So I think that's a good one for me. MARY: Yeah, that's huge. FRED: Yeah. Another one's Imagine Communications. When HD first started penetrating American households, the cable industry was in really bad shape because the cable that would go to the home would only support one megabit of data and they needed back then 1.5 megabits to deliver an HD signal. And so it was going to be disaster for the cable industry. We came up with a technology that we approached the cable companies with our proposed technology and they said if you can make it we'll buy it and my engineers said, “You're crazy. We can't make it.” But we did. And nine months later, we came up with a technology that could in different residential communities that actually took their infrastructure and we quadrupled their throughput. So instead of only being able to handle one standard definition signal, they were able to deliver to HD and one standard using all the same infrastructure they had in place. So that company now, Imagine Communications, does probably $750 million a year in revenue and you know, it started from an idea that couldn't happen. MARY: Right, that people thought just wasn't possible at the time. Yeah, that's amazing. And then what would be your third one? FRED: Well, my third one is IdeaPros, the company I'm in right now. It's the hardest even though I brought a couple of companies public, it's the hardest I've ever worked really. And it's because we become co-founders with entrepreneurs and it's expensive to work with us. It's not cheap at all, but the entrepreneurs that we're about ready to go out and spend 100, 200, 300, $500,000 to build an app, build a company, do all the engineering for physical products, we approach them or they approach us most likely to be the co founder and they will pay us an upfront fee, a fixed fee of around, it's around $100,000 and they give us 30% of the company we're going to form together and then we do everything. We do all the heavy lifting from research and competitive analysis, customer profiling, branding, naming, positioning, development of the website, development of the app, development of the physical product, engineering, and all the way through marketing and then launching while we're training the entrepreneur how to really, really be experienced in a year period of time. So that's been very, very fruitful. I've had 100,000 applications in the last two years. We've taken 400 companies and we have about 24 of them that we think are going to be worth around $100 million dollars each. So $2.4 billion worth of value right there. So that's been very rewarding and very stressful at the same time. MARY: Yeah, I bet so because I mean, I know, and you probably experienced this in your own journey that, you know, you have this great idea, but sometimes, a lot of times, you don't necessarily have the skills that it takes to make that idea into a company or a viable company, right? And you guys seem like you're providing that for some of the idea people. FRED: You know, when I was a kid, the rich people were the doctors and lawyers and the businesses down the street and the movie stars, the athletes…now when people think about wealth, it's about entrepreneurs. When you have social media, it makes it look easy, but if you look at the underlying data, literally 94% of the multimillionaires and billionaires are entrepreneurs, went to really great schools, over 60% of them got advanced degrees from those schools. They know how to be an insider, they know how to play that insider game. And the rest of us the 95% of us, including me, we were all outsiders. We don't know the rules. We don't have the connections. We don't know what we're supposed to build and that's why the biggest cause of failure for new companies in America is that entrepreneurs build something there's no demand for. How crazy is that? You think the number one thing would be not enough money. The number one thing is that you built something that nobody wants. Your mother won't even buy it and that's really devastating to think all those dreams crushed. And so we started Idea Pros to really turn those outsiders into insights. MARY: Yeah, so that's what I was gonna say is you're taking those outsiders and giving them the path to get on the inside. FRED: Exactly. MARY: Yeah. Yeah. I love that. So can you talk about a couple of the companies that you're working with? FRED: Yeah. And I have to be careful because I'm just launching in semi secret mode. But we have one company that is, it's an app company. It's basically if you think of it as Uber for the construction industry, and it's called Grunt. You can find them at trygrunt.com. And basically, what it is is this, this founder came from the construction industry, always breaking tools, running out of supplies, and they need to go off the job site and you waste the day, waste a couple days and a couple of people that are going out there for hours. And with Grunt, you can place orders for whatever you want. Grunt drivers pick it up, deliver it to your site within an hour and in some cases two depending on how many places they need to go to. And so it really sells a major problem for the industry. On top of that, we're trying to make Grunt drivers sexy, you know? I can't tell you the number of guys in their 20s and 30s that probably hate delivering groceries to grandma at 8 o'clock at night. You know, it's not a very compelling side hustle. Be able to tell your girlfriend you're gonna go out and pick up some lumber and that's part of what you do in the first place. We want to make it like UPS when UPS first started coming out their drivers with the sexy shorts and everything was a big spin on things. And so we're doing the same thing with Grunt to try to make it a side hustle that you can be proud of doing if you fit that profile. MARY: Yeah, and that's actually… I agree that's so much needed. I volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, and it was my job to get that project… get them all the materials we needed for whatever project on site and it does take a lot of time away if you're not prepared for that. FRED: Yeah, yeah, anything can happen. You get there and then it's the wrong, the wrong thing. MARY: Absolutely. FRED: So, we're gonna do really, really well with that. There's another one that talking about kind of, Habitat for Humanity and things like that, there's another one called Exhale. Exhale is a web based solution. Our partner has been in health care for many years, and she's dealt with people with lung issues. And insurance companies only cover you when you get to stage four lung disease, which is insane to me. It's like okay, we're gonna help you die. Stages one, two, and three is where people really really need the help and it's not covered. So we built this company called Exhale. It's all… hundreds of videos, advice on how to eat, how to sleep, the types of exercises you do, you have groups. You put it all together and she's launched. She's doing really, really well. There's a lot of doctor groups that are signing up with her. She actually got picked to be on the board of the National Board of Directors for the American Lung Association, because of this work. So that's been a really noble work that's's really really taken off so that I think that's another good example. MARY: Yeah, absolutely. What are some of the criteria that you look for? Because I'm sure some people have come to you, they've had the money. But you've looked at… you've done your due diligence and you look at them and you just don't think this is viable. What are some of the things that you're looking for? FRED: You know, I was the first person doing this and so I've made a ton of mistakes, speaking of thousands of lessons. When we first started, we were really mostly interested in the idea and of course, the capital you had contributed or my model didn't work. If you don't have skin in the game, you're not as motivated as if you do. That's one lesson that I learned historically. So now, the entrepreneurs are actually even more important than the idea, because we can take an idea as long as it's a decent idea, we can take it and we can massage it and we can turn it into a great idea but you can't turn somebody into a great entrepreneur, if they don't have the heart if they don't have the grit and determination, not able to accept failure as a step towards success. If you don't have those things, you're not going to make it no matter how great of an idea we turn this into. So ultimately, obviously, got to be able to fit the financial profile. But then the very next step is are you somebody who's not going to quit? And if you got those two things going, now let's take a look at your idea. And let's see what that real market need is and whether or not this thing can go in and become a dominant player in that space. Those are the things that we look for in that order. MARY: What's one of the problems that you wish that you discovered in any of your processes in any of your companies that you wish someone had told you beforehand? FRED: Um, well, I think the most obvious one is things never work out the way you intend. And everything's gonna take twice as long and cost twice as much. And that's just the way it is, you know, and we have, we as entrepreneurs, we look at things and we see that there's a real need, and we believe that the world is going to come running towards us with this new great solution. And it's really, really a long process. I mean, if you look, everybody talks about Elon Musk and, and Tesla and everything. Number one, he wasn't the founder of Tesla, it's two other guys that did it. But number two, the first electric car 1890. MARY: Right. FRED: 1890. MARY: I literally just read that the other day. FRED: Oh you did? MARY: Yeah. FRED: I got my facts. So, the reality is that things take a long time and just because you're first doesn't mean you're ever gonna make it. And sometimes, I think the second lesson I learned is sometimes it's good not to be first. If you're second, third, fourth, you're making something but you're making it better because you've had the first ones go in there and crash and burn and try to do things but not do it well. And now you have a market demand, you have people who have penetrated the market, you have customers that are screaming about that one star component of the solution, and you can make that one-star thing, your five-star thing. So I would say don't be afraid of competition and understand that things take a really long time. So don't be afraid of failure either. MARY: I think a lot of times and correct me if I'm wrong, because you probably know more about this world than I do, but I think venture capitalists sometimes look at the competition aspect of it. Is there competition in the marketplace already? And that kind of almost contradicts what you just said about it's okay to be the second or third company. FRED: Yeah, well, you know, if they were worried about that, they would have never taken HelloFresh after Blue Apron or Lyft after Uber. There's always room for more than one. And if you look at, for example, the food delivery apps, there are at least a half dozen… ones that are doing really, really well. MARY: Oh, yeah. FRED: So venture capital, there's no venture capital firm that would give a dime to Quicken. When Quicken first started, he literally went door to door to every venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. Now over 240 of them, not one would give him a penny. They thought it was a stupid idea. Of course, after he really started kicking butt everybody wanted to give money at that. MARY: Of course. FRED: One thing you have to understand or the audience needs to understand about venture capital or any other type of investor, they don't know everything. A lot of times they haven't even ever started their own company. Some of them are just finance people, and bankers, and they are theoretically inclined, as opposed to being able to really find that target market and understand that there's an opportunity so don't be discouraged. If you can't find money in one place, go find it somewhere else. Because eventually you'll get it. Yeah, venture capital…To me, somebody comes in right away and says, “Hey, I have no competition. It's awesome.” If you have no competition, there's no demand, right? Because competition fills a demand that is generated by consumers or whoever the ultimate customer is. And if there's no demand and you're doing something so revolutionary that you have to actually build a demand where none existed before, then that's billions of dollars probably to get there. I mean, people..I use the example of the first car you know, somebody could argue that there was no competition when the first car came out, but the competition was horses. You know, that the issue was transportation. And so the demand was there for to be transported. You just had a different way of transporting people. And you're going to compete against that horse in the beginning. Cars were actually slower in some cases than horses and buggies. So, there's always competition and if there isn't, you know, you're gonna be one of those that fail because you created something that there is no demand for. MARY: Yeah, I think that's a very good point. Let's see, do you have and I kind of feel like you do, just from our conversation, do you have kind of an entrepreneurial philosophy of entrepreneurism? FRED: Well, my first philosophy is, don't. MARY: That's what everybody says. FRED: Look, if you want to be an entrepreneur, you need to understand it's a lifelong struggle,no matter how far along you get. I mean, Elon Musk with SpaceX, he was one rocket failure away from losing everything that he had after he'd already had a couple of successes. A big payday for PayPal. And yet, still having those issues, problems with testing, problems with Twitter. There are always fires. And if you're not comfortable wearing a fire suit, you shouldn't be an entrepreneur. But if you are, then I think for me, the kind of mantra for entrepreneurship is be comfortable with pain. Because you know that in the end, you can help a whole lot of people. Whatever it is that you're doing, if you're doing it for the right reason, with the right purpose, the right determination that you're a potentially a world changer, and you can't change the world without hurting yourself. And as long as you're willing to do that, and do things for the greater good, you're going to be able to make it no matter what you're trying to do. MARY: I think that's a great mindset to be in because I think you're going to be more prosperous if you're in the mindset that I'm doing a greater good, rather than I'm going to make money. The money is going to come. FRED: Yeah, yeah. And I say that all the time too. Don't chase the money, chase your dreams. Make it a reality and as long as you have your dream and be really strategic about how you take that dream and actualize it. When you can actualize your dream, the money will follow. It's as simple as that because doing it the right way, doing the research, understanding what the real need is, and being able to deliver on that need results in capital coming your way. But when you're focused instead on the dollar, you end up being like the Enron's of the world and no matter how big you get the corruption of chasing the dollar can take you down really, really hard. MARY: And fast. You know a lot of people create business ventures obviously we talked about, that they're not always successful. Is there another piece of information that you're thinking or advice maybe that you're thinking that people need to understand or know that they might not know? FRED: Oh, yeah, we don't know anything when we start a business, you know? When I talk about that… literally the way that we approach entrepreneurship, nobody would do that in something like sports. Can you imagine if I wanted to hire you as my coach for a sports team, and you're asking me like, right, well, what sport is it? And I tell you, I don't know. Do you have any competitors? I don't have any clue. But I think I'm the only one. And well how big is this sport? I don't know, what are the rules? I don't know. How do you get all of the spectators to root for you? I don't have a clue. Right? But that's how we go into entrepreneurship. We don't know the market. We don't know the market size. We don't know the growth. We don't know the holes in the market that we can exploit. We don't know what those personas really want and how to take them not only as customers but as passionate advocates of a brand. So what I would say to our entrepreneurs or want to be entrepreneurs, you need to do your homework. Think about it. That you're a coach of a sports team. DO you know all the rules? Do you know all the competitors? Do you know how to win? And if you don't know those things, you gotta get them. You know, I have on my website a free resource. It's called the insider checklist. And you can just go to ideapros.com and download it. As I said, it's absolutely free and it gives you seven points, seven highlights of the things you need to consider when you're starting any business. And then on top of that, for the next seven days, you get an email from me, and each day that email will cover one of those seven points and cover it in a lot greater detail and there's an embedded of 20 minute or so video on that subject from me. And so by the end of the seventh day, you'll not only know all those seven points, but you really get in depth knowledge about them. They're a critical foundation for anything that you want to do as an entrepreneur. MARY: Do you recommend that people do that before they approach you as far as becoming partners with you? FRED: Yeah, oh, yeah. You know, you need to understand what it's all about. And if somebody wanted to be my partner… Excuse me, that was a lingering allergy cough. But if somebody wants to be my partner, I would definitely suggest going through those things first. And you know, one of the things that we did…Idea Pros ended up becoming a drinking out of a firehose. There was just so much incredible demand. And I only had this one holding solution. But now we have a lot of things that are really inexpensive like I have master classes on purpose-driven entrepreneurship, we have things… for $1,800, we have a program that will take your idea and completely… everything I said about the market research and everything, will completely dissect that idea. Look at all these things you need to be looking at. Give you back a 40-page report on exactly what that market is, how you should exploit it, who your personas are, and how to go out and raise capital and you're going to need to go further up that food chain. So we do have a whole lot of things. If any of your audience wants to reach me or learn more…my executive assistant is not in the room because she always kills me when I say this, but you can write to me directly fred@ideapros.com and I'm happy to kind of steer anybody where they need to go. MARY: Yeah, and you can check that out on Fred's website as well - ideapros.com. Fred, you've talked about the videos a little bit. Am I mistaken, don't you have a TV show like on YouTube? FRED: Um, we actually have a TV show coming up. It's not, it's not out there yet. But, I do have over half a million followers on Instagram and I provide advice on personal development entrepreneurship every single day. I encourage you to go there. It's official fred cary, C-A-R-Y. And that is… I put my heart into that. I never have a script, I never have bullet points and never know what the heck I'm going to be saying. I'll just start talking and I'll put it down there but I think you could spend a minute a day on just going and seeing what I'm saying today, it will give you a good foundation to be a better person and be a better leader. MARY: That's… how important do you think social media is now for companies for startups? FRED: For a startup, well most startups, it's critical. Your persona is represented digitally nowadays. You don't have a real storefront. You have digital storefronts, and everything that you do is measured by what is seen online whether it's your website, whether it's your blog posts, whether it's your LinkedIn or Instagram or Facebook or YouTube channels. Everything you do is what you're being measured by. And so if people look at you… Suppose you're a web development company and you go to your website, your website doesn't look great, or you have that copyright 2021 on there and instead of 2023. You know, these little things, that's how people would look at you in the real world before. And so social media, in the sense that it is addressing your customer base, it's critically important. You always want to have what you believe is your persona. It's the clear representation of your company and your belief system is projected in everything that you do online. MARY: When you say persona, you're talking about brand? FRED: Yeah, yeah, your brand. People think your brand is what you write down. Your brand is what people, your customers think of you. And so you can have, you can say your brand is this or that or whatever it is and write it on all the walls in your office and make every employee chant it when they walk in in the morning. But that's not your brand. Your brand is how you're perceived by your public, by your audience, by your customers. That's what your brand is. So that's why it's so important - social media and otherwise, every engagement with your audience. It's really important that what you want your brand to be is projected in such a way that your audience believes that as well. MARY: Yeah, I just finished ghost-writing a book for a local businessman and so I'm totally stealing this from him. FRED: Let's tell his name. MARY: I'm not sure he wants me to, but I'll ask him first. But he says perception is reality. So it's going along with exactly what you're saying that how your audience or your customer base perceives you or the community that you're in perceives you is the reality of the situation. FRED: Yeah, and you're, you know, no matter what you want that to be, you're never gonna get unanimity. You're never gonna get 100% of people buying into it. I mean, even in what I do, you know, but look at venture capital. Venture capital, 90% of their bets fail. MARY: Right. FRED: I'm trying to make my percentages way higher than that. But even so, let's suppose I have a 25% failure rate. That means 25% of my clients, my customers, my partners, probably think Fred is…you know, they don't feel that highly of me because their dreams have not been able to be met. So trying to manage your brand essence is very difficult when you can never make everybody happy. So you really have to make sure that what you're doing affects the most people so that you can curate. A lot of people don't like Apple, but their brand is very, very powerful and their brand… they do that in everything they do. You know they start with their why as much greater speakers than I did a really good review on but they start with their why and everything that they do, you know, at the end is we just happen to sell iPhones and computers, but that's the last part of the statement. They don't lead with that. They lead with the essence of being different or thinking differently, in creating unusual things. And you can see how powerful their brand is because if I told you that, I just heard that tomorrow Apple is releasing its first ever electric toothbrush. I wouldn't have to say another word. Not true at all. But you would know it's going to be sleek. It's going to have Bluetooth, it's going to tell you whether you're brushing right. It's going to crash and break into little pieces as other stuff does. But you're going to know the essence of… what this thing…you have it, you're imagining it in your head because they've done such a great job of creating their brand imagery for you. And that's what you need to strive for. MARY: Yeah, and that's branded loyalty. Because Apple customers are super loyal. FRED: I argue they're prisoners. Both of my daughters have Apple and I have Apple stock. MARY: Well, that's good. I'm an Apple girl all the way. I call myself gadget girl all the time because I have so many gadgets and most of them are Apple. And Apple did not pay me for that little plug there either. FRED: Nor did they pay me for that toothbrush. If it comes out, you guys are my witnesses. MARY: If they come up with it, yeah. You heard here first folks. Fred's idea. Fred, what is next for you? And maybe Idea Pros, or maybe you want to separate that into you personally or Idea Pros. Fred: Well, with Idea Pros, we still have a long journey ahead of us because as I started this company, previously, we only had this kind of flagship product. You know, all in co-founder. And there are a whole lot of entrepreneurs who need help at some level. Once you decide to be an entrepreneur, even if you fail miserably your first time, and you go back to corporate America, you're going to come back out. And so, we want to create this kind of umbrella that really addresses entrepreneurship from the very nucleus all the way through larger companies that need strategic consulting advice. So, they're a lot of programs, a lot of new solutions, that we're building with Idea Pros, and that's gonna keep me busy for a while. We're out raising capital right now and what hopes to be our last round before we think about going public within the next couple of years. But so, that's a big journey, but I think one of the big things for me personally is finding a way to balance my life a little bit. You know, I tell everybody else to do it and I do spend the first hour of the day or more trying to take care of me, working out, mediating, things like that. I'm working 10, 12 hours a day, working on the weekends, and I gotta find a way to calm down and relax a little bit. Maybe make, you know, three months out of the year working out of Italy. MARY: Oh, that's a great idea. I just went to Malta and I worked from Malta when I was there so I think it's a fabulous idea. FRED: Yeah, yeah. MARY: Well, Fred, thank you so much for this great conversation. I've just thoroughly enjoyed it. FRED: Thank you. I did as well. And I'm looking forward to crossing your path again. MARY: Yeah absolutely, We need to get you to come speak at Furman. FRED: I would love to do that. I think if you can educate people early enough…one of our partners, client partners, actually they had double MBAs, from prestigious schools…so she came and decided to work with us and she said the first six months of working with me, she learned more than both of those programs together, so I'm happy to speak to young people and try to let them know what they're getting into and let them know how to deal with the fires ahead. MARY: Alright, listeners remember if you or someone you know is an entrepreneur or just has an idea that they've been thinking about launching, our Greenville Starts program is a great place to learn what you need to know and to make some of the connections that you're gonna need that can help you make your venture happen. The Fall cohort is full though, I will tell you, but you can get on the list for the Spring cohort and all you have to do is go to the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship website and go, I think it's the very first thing that pops up and put yourself on that list so you can get into that cohort. We've had some fabulous launches from that group. That does it for this episode of the Class E Podcast. Remember this is the podcast that's brought to you through a partnership between the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Communication Studies department here at Furman University. Remember you can catch the podcast two ways now wherever you listen to your podcasts and also we have a brand new YouTube channel where you can watch the podcast. So you can go to YouTube and check that out as well of course, it's just under the Class E Podcast channel. 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We get caught up on September 2023 Eurovision Headlines, of which there are a surprising amount. We already have an artist, details on multiple selection processes, and more than 2 dozen countries ready to party in Malmö, Sweden. Efficiency Summary Belgium selects Mustii (1:02) Christer Bjorkman and Per Blankens join the production team (3:07) The EBU debates AI (6:53) Show Business: Patreon and the Great American Pop Culture Quiz (9:16) National Selections: United Kingdom, Switzerland, Malta, Cyprus, Ukraine, Germany (10:21) 2023 Streaming Stats (18:12) Cosa sta facendo Maneskin: VMA Bingo Edition (20:26) Photo by Mattias Diesel on Unsplash Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Our next episode will be about Noes on Camp.
Welcome to our Flabbergasted series! On this series we are joined by the sister duo behind The Wanderer's Tome, Fleur and Chelsea Sciortino, joining us all the way from Malta! Flabbergasted is a comedic TTRPG set in the roaring 20's! In today's episode, we learn about the game, including its interesting history, and dive into the character creation process! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: AcadeCon Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/acadecon-2023-daytons-own-3-day-tabletop-convention Courier's Call Season 3 Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneshotpodcast/skyjacks-couriers-call-season-3 Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Newsletter Signups: https://newsletter.charactercreationcast.com/ Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Games/Tools discussed this episode: DIE RPG: DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417563/DIE-The-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=1601603 Website: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ Pasión de las Pasiones: Website: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409558/Pasion-de-las-Pasiones?affiliate_id=1601603 Fiasco Website: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/fiasco DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/335287/fiasco?affiliate_id=1601603 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L9IiYb Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:15 - Introductions 00:03:42 - What's in a game? - Core Concept 00:05:21 - What is the setting for Flabbergasted? 00:07:22 - What tools do we need to play this game? 00:08:32 - What sort of stories and themes is this game geared towards? 00:11:13 - What do characters do in Flabbergasted? 00:15:11 - What is unique about this game? 00:18:04 - The history of Flabbergasted 00:23:13 - Terms and concepts 00:26:26 - Let's make some people! - Picking Archetypes 00:30:41 - The steps of character creation 00:34:22 - Biographical Information 00:42:12 - Mementoss and Description 00:47:22 - Flaws 00:50:44 - Call to Action 00:56:42 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Evolution Cast Theme: Our Imperfect Place by Strength To Last on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/9966 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creationcast/ Tumblr: https://creationcast.tumblr.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Mastodon: @gingerreckoning@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Mastodon: @lordneptune@dice.camp (https://dice.camp/@lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Georgina Godwin meets bestselling British novelist Lisa Jewell. The Londoner started out working in the pattern room at fashion chain Warehouse but, after taking creative-writing classes, she realised that she wanted to be an author. It was a bet with a friend while on holiday in Malta that pushed her to write the first three chapters of her novel ‘Ralph's Party'. A quarter of a century later, her books have sold 10 million copies and have been translated into 29 languages. She tells us about how ending a coercive marriage in her twenties gave her new clarity, why she loves writing about teenagers and what it's like to be one of the key names at a publishing company. She also introduces us to her latest psychological thriller, ‘None of This Is True', in which a podcaster becomes the subject of her own true-crime show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Zwischen der Meerenge von Tunesien und Italien liegt Malta mit den drei Inseln: Malta, Gozo und Camino. Eigentlich waren alle in der Antike und der Neuzeit herrschenden Völker hier: Karthager, Byzantiner, Araber, Römer... dann Engländer, Italiener und natürlich die Ritter des Malteserordens. Von den antiken Römern stammt das Wort Salär ab, denn die Legionäre wurde mit einem Säckchen Malta-Salz für ihre Dienste entlohnt. Noch heute wird in den Küsten-Salinen das weltweit hochbegehrte Salz gewonnen. Die Italiener ihrerseits hinterließen neben anderem eine Inselköstlichkeit ersten Ranges: die Pastizzi, mit Panna Cotta oder Erbspüree gefüllte Blätterteigtaschen, die man überall auf der Insel frisch kaufen kann. Und wer sich zu allen kulinarischen Highlights auch noch kulturelle Höhenflüge zutraut, in Valettas St. John Co-Cathedral ist eines der berühmtesten Gemälde der Welt zu sehen: "Die Enthauptung des Johannes" von Altmeister Caravaggio - der auch für einige Monate ein Malteser Ritter war - ist schlichtweg atemberaubend. Doch Malta hat noch mehr als all das zu bieten, viel mehr. Peter Kaiser war für ‚Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti‘ unterwegs.
Acts 28 After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Malta. The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold. When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a […]
00:00 - 41:44 - Popeye 41:44 - 1:00:05 - Malcolm in the Middle This week's episode is the first in the recurring series Extended Clip Executive Decision. at the EP level on patreon ($15/mo), you wget to choose the topic for one episode of the podcast. this was chosen by Andrew, whose substack is at the bottom of the info. We're taking a trip to Malta this week, to visit Popeye Village. Robert Altman, Robert Evans, Robin Williams, and Shelley Duvall bring the sailor cartoon to life in this massive, controversial 1980 musical production. We talk about Evans as conquerer, Altman making the film his own, production design, and more. Then, on MITM (41:44), Malcolm gushes about Seven Beauties, JT checks out Frontier Marshall, and Eddie describes the artistic ambitions and connections of his cross-country road trip until the zoom connection pooped out. donate to the show to get a bonus episode every week and make the studio as perfect as it can be. daddy needs a new tv. https://www.patreon.com/Extended_Clip Executive Producer Andrew's blog: https://slouchingtowardsmcdonaldland.substack.com/
EPISODE 1694: In this special episode of KEEN ON from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to Benedikt Franke, the CEO of the Munich Security Conference, about the geo-political significance of today's AI revolution Benedikt Franke is Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). Before working at the MSC, he was the representative for strategy issues for the CSU national leadership and before that he was personal advisor to the former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan. Benedikt Franke holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge and a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He regularly publishes on foreign and security policy issues and sits on a number of relevant committees such as the Board of Trustees of the International Charlemagne Prize Committee and the International Commission of the CSU. In his (limited) free time he is active as a special ambassador for the Sovereign Order of Malta. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your emotional health matters as you join God in His work among the nations. There are four proven biblical keys to receive your emotional healing and use to minister to others. Using these keys will help you to stay emotional healthy as you serve others.
It's Tuesday of Ordinary Time, Proper 17 in the Church Calendar. September 5, 2023. Our general order and lectionary comes from the Book of Common Prayer Daily Office. We'll sing “I Believe” by Amanda Cook, Jason Ingram, Jonathan Helser, Melissa Helser, and Steffany Gretzinger and we'll include a prayer of confession. We'll read Psalms 26 and 28 followed by the Gloria Patri. Our Scripture lesson is James 2:14-26 . We'll say the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Collect of the Day. We'll then have a time of prompted prayer. If you have a prayer request please submit it here. Sign up here for the email list. Morning Prayer and Worship is a production of Steady Stream Ministries, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. Thank you for giving to support this ministry. You can go here to find out more. Join our Facebook group here! Would you like to be a guest reader on a future podcast episode? Go to benwardmusic.com/readers and find out more! Photo: Dancing in the water - Valletta, Malta, Giuseppe Milo Proper 17 - Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
Chef Richard Sandoval was and still is an instrumental force in the proliferation and elevation of Latin American cuisine across the globe. Born and raised in Mexico City—and once an aspiring professional tennis player—his journey into the world of culinary delights began early, setting the stage for a lifetime of epicurean exploration. In this week's episode, Travel That Matters sends you from the vibrant streets of Mexico City to surprising corners of the globe, showcasing Chef Sandoval's adventures in authentic Mexican cuisine. Serbia, Dubai, Malta, Lima, Denver—he takes us on a whirlwind tour of flavors and shares several of his favorite spots worldwide. Don't forget to stick around for the wrap, where Bruce shares why everyone is talking about Mexico City, and why you should consider it for your next travel adventure. A special thanks to Stonestreet Estate Vineyards for sponsoring the show today. Don't forget, listeners of the Master Chef series can receive exclusive access to Stonestreet wines and experiences including some unique sets chosen by Bruce, along with a complimentary Single Vineyard tasting for two at the estate. Head over to Stonestreetwines.com/Travel to access these incredible wines—and don't forget to use code TRAVEL to book your complimentary tasting. Thank you also to the MGallery Cures Marines and The Purist: Retreat and Spa for sponsoring this episode of the Travel That Matters' Master Chef series. To learn more about the The Purist: Retreat and Spa at the MGallery Cures Marines, visit www.lescuresmarines.com. To learn more about Richard Sandoval or any of his many projects, check out: https://www.richardsandoval.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Notes and Links to Dennis Sweeney's Work For Episode 202, Pete welcomes Dennis Sweeney, and the two discuss, among other topics, Dennis' early relationship with books and almost-averse view of nature, some formational and transformational writers and writing, DFW and his outsized footprint, the power of small press poetry and other resonant books for Dennis and his students, as well as salient themes in his poetry collection, like patriarchy, emptiness versus fullness, isolation, change, retreat and escape in the modern world. Dennis James Sweeney is the author of You're the Woods Too and In the Antarctic Circle, as well as four chapbooks of poetry and prose, including Ghost/Home: A Beginner's Guide to Being Haunted. His first book, In the Antarctic Circle, won the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize and was a Debut Poetry Book of 2021 in Poets & Writers, as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Big Other Book Award. His second book, You're the Woods Too, is a Small Press Distribution bestseller and a finalist for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Prize. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Ecotone, Ninth Letter, The New York Times, The Southern Review, and Witness, among others. Formerly a Small Press Editor at Entropy and Assistant Editor at Denver Quarterly, he has an MFA from Oregon State University and a PhD from the University of Denver. His writing has been supported by residencies from Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, I-Park Foundation, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He is the recipient of a Fulbright grant to Malta. Originally from Cincinnati, he lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches at Amherst College. Dennis' Website Buy You're the Woods Too “You're the Woods Too by Dennis James Sweeney Review by Xander Gershberg” for Mayday Magazine At about 2:55, Dennis talks about his early reading and writing, exploring “fantastical” worlds, and At about 4:35, Dennis follows up on some of his early reading experiences, including reading his fellow bandana-wearer David Foster Wallace and he expands on revisionism At about 6:50, Pete shouts out Wallace's amazing “A Supposedly Fun Thing…” and the two discuss maximalism and minimalism and Wallace's place among white male writers who have often been excused for wrongdoing At about 8:00, Dennis talks about how some enjoyable reading differed from Wallace's At about 12:15, Dennis talks about retreat and escape and implications At about 13:00, Dennis shouts out some favorite contemporary writers that thrill and challenge him, including Emilia Gray and her AM PM, Lynn Xu, Sawako Nakayasu, Toni Morrison, and Billy-Ray Belcourt At about 15:00, Dennis discusses Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Petina Gappah, and other writers whose resonates with her students At about 16:25, Dennis responds to Pete's questions about searching for muses At about 18:20, Pete and Dennis discuss changes in life and writing life with the advent of fatherhood At about 20:00, Dennis breaks down the title's pronunciation and origins of the collection At about 22:35, Pete cites Erica Berry's work and asks Dennis about the natural setting of Oregon that inspired his work At about 23:30, Dennis expands on moss and its importance and symbolism while citing Gathering Moss by Robin Kimmerer At about 26:00, Is Dennis a believer in birds not being real?? At about 26:20, Dennis responds to Pete's asking about any individual importance of the varied mosses that title the collection's poems At about 28:40, Pete and Dennis talk about ideas of nature being uncontrollable and the importance of “GREEN” and the use of “we” in the collection At about 31:20, The two discuss the cabin setting for the second poem and beyond and Dennis responds to Pete's thoughts on the pen and its significance At about 34:20, Dennis speaks about ideas of emptiness versus fullness and their myriad meanings At about 38:55, Pete muses on ideas of Paradise and “The Fall” and asks Dennis about ideas of God and spiritual ideas from the collection At about 42:30, The two discuss ideas of travel and men as the exalted travelers and ideas of “theater” and who's telling the stories At about 47:15, Pete poses questions to Dennis about any changes from the retreat charted in the collection At about 50:30, Pete makes yet another “Everlong” reference and compares it to ideas from later poems of Dennis' and finding peace At about 53:50, Dennis discusses exciting new writing he's been working on You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content! NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for Episode 203 with V.V. Ganeshananthan, the author of the novels Brotherless Night, a New York Times Editors' Choice, and Love Marriage, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize and named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post. She also co-hosts the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast on Literary Hub. Brotherless Night is one of the most memorable books Pete has read in years, if not ever. The episode will air on September 12.
