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What’s in a name? Apparently everything to President Trump, who has been changing the names of buildings, mountains and bodies of water. His latest executive order has renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America and one mapping company has refused to follow suit. Mapquest did not follow Google and Apple Maps, and instead tweeted that it would not change the name. That has led to hundreds of thousands of downloads and renewed interest in the 3 decades old company.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew is excited to reconnect with his and Luke's former colleague on the radio tomorrow. Luke is enjoying his new iPod more than he thought he might. And they're both trying to use MapQuest after Google Maps (once again) fails to have any integrity under the Trump regime.
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A top republican is calling to find a new defense secretary, urging Trump to fire Pete Hegseth after he continues to force out top military leaders. Plus, MapQuest refuses to go along with Trump's order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
American sailors on a historic deployment at sea in the Middle East made their first port visit today. Parts of Texas are reeling from a tropical storm system's torrential downpour. We have details on Tiger Woods' plea deal in his DUI case. It was a big primary night for Democratic incumbents in Massachusetts. Plus, why a navigation app from the 90s is having a massive moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Topics discussed on today's show: Cat Like Jimothy, Dancing: Go Out or Pulled Our, Face Your Fears, Angeles Sold, Crooked Jess, Butt-Sniffer, Dyson Toothbrush, Brain News, Lindsay Clancy Trail, Wheel of Fortune Voice, Mapquest in the News, Steak n Shake, Detecting AI, Dollar Store Turn On, No Sexual Desire Wives, Pop History Quiz, Jaime Pressley, Music News, Sports News, There I Said It, I'm Out, Texts To The Show, and Apologies.
The MapQuest app just shot to the top of the App Store for navigation, right after defying President Trump's Lake Ontario name-change order. Anna Wintour, who runs the Met Gala, apparently knew all about antisemitic designer John Galliano, who just had to drop out as the event's main MC. Rent in Manhattan? It's now over $5,000 a month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The MapQuest app just shot to the top of the U.S. App Store for navigation, right after defying President Trump's Lake Ontario order. Anna Wintour, who runs the Met Gala, apparently knew all about antisemitic designer John Galliano, who just had to drop out as the event's main MC. Rent in Manhattan? It's now over $5,000 a month. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Fox News columnist Liz Peek. He asks Liz what she thinks will happen now that President Trump has talked to oil executives about bringing prices down. She says as long as the war in Iran goes on, don't expect energy prices to drop. Liz also has a new column out on Gavin Newsom, and she says he's really pushing for a nationwide billionaire tax lately.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tiger Woods is about to lose his license for five years after a DUI plea deal. The judge wasn't happy and gave him a pretty stern warning about his driving. Is it possible that “no bail, no jail” from past administrations is what led a suspect to go on a stabbing spree? ICE has kicked out thousands of illegal criminals in a sweep across New York. Mark tries to figure out why people are so freaked out by data centers. Mediaite is apparently mad that President Trump changed the name from Lake America to Lake Ontario. Iran and the U.S. traded strikes again yesterday, and these two just keep going at it. Remember Rich Dad Poor Dad? The author, Robert Kiyosaki, is now $1.2 billion in debt. The MapQuest app just shot to the top of the U.S. App Store for navigation, right after defying President Trump's Lake Ontario order. Anna Wintour, who runs the Met Gala, apparently knew all about antisemitic designer John Galliano, who just had to drop out as the event's main MC. Rent in Manhattan? It's now over $5,000 a month. Mark interviews Fox News columnist Liz Peek. He asks Liz what she thinks will happen now that President Trump has talked to oil executives about bringing prices down. She says as long as the war in Iran goes on, don't expect energy prices to drop. Liz also has a new column out on Gavin Newsom, and she says he's really pushing for a nationwide billionaire tax lately. Most Republicans are skipping the midterm convention over the next few weeks. Meghan Markle and Harry are house hunting again, this time looking for a place where they can set up a TV studio. Mark talks about how tough it probably is to work for Meghan Markle and what her interview process is like. Apple and all the other streaming services have hiked up their prices a ton over the past five years. The US Open is going on in the tri-state area until September 13th. Congress passed a bill to keep the government funded until about December. Mark interviews author Ann Coulter. Ann shares her take on whether Republicans will win the midterms, and she's not too optimistic. The war in Iran is making stuff like gas prices even harder to deal with. And what's with all the street and bridge name changes lately? Ann says we shouldn't name things after politicians.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meta settled the massive lawsuit from most of the states about kids and their platforms. We discuss what that means for them, and for you. New iPhones are coming next week and plenty of other tech to get caught up on! Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com INTRO (00:00) Apple Event September 9th - Surprise and Shine (03:25) MAIN TOPIC: Meta settles with states (08:30) Meta agrees to settle social media addiction claims with states for up to $18 billion Meta wants YouTube and TikTok to join in DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: iOS 27: AI Images in Apple Notes (16:10) JUST THE HEADLINES: (25:35) Tim Cook and John Ternus host Pikachu at Apple Park Kalshi dishes out its first-ever lifetime ban to George Santos New York City 911 system missed 1,700 calls due to software update Roblox is cracking down on games that reward kids for doomscrolling Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts Scientists turn plastic waste into edible cookies Chatbot conversations can become evidence in court LISTENER MAIL: Nate - I saw an Insta360 X6 on TikTok Shop for $160, is that for real? (27:50) WITHIN REACH! Dave is leading 12-9, Round 23, Dave goes first (32:05) TAKES: China is secretly fueling America's data center rage (39:45) BONUS ODD TAKE: Rename Lake Ontario with MapQuest (45:30) PICKS OF THE WEEK: Dave: Charging Station for Apple Multiple Devices - 3 in 1 Foldable Magnetic Wireless Charger Dock - Travel Charging Pad for iPhone 17 16 15 14 13 12 Pro Max Plus Watch & Airpods (49:05) Nate: Propane Tank Gauge Level Indicator, Gas Grill Gauge for 5-40lbs Propane Tank, Upgraded 3 Temperatures Scale, Color-Coded Propane Gauge for Grill, Heater, Fryer, Camper (53:40)
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Send us Fan MailMySpace made you pick a top eight and live with the consequences, AIM away messages were basically therapy, and if you missed one turn on your MapQuest printout your whole night was over. We're throwing it back to the early 2000s with a full nostalgia panel: me, Mike Bono, with Tony, D Frank, and Mister, digging into the decade that flipped the world from analog to digital in real time.We talk about where we were when the 2000s started, what it felt like to remember pre 9/11 and then adjust to everything after, and how fast tech changed our day-to-day lives. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter show up mid-decade, but the real heartbeat is MySpace, AOL Instant Messenger, and that early internet feeling of discovery. We also relive the price-per-text era, pagers and Nextel chirps, the indestructible Nokia brick, and how wild it is that the iPhone doesn't arrive until 2007.Then we run the whole 2000s pop culture gauntlet: favorite music and artists, the baggy jeans and Timberlands era, classic TV from Sopranos Sundays to The Office, and why 2000s comedy movies felt like the last time the whole theater laughed together. We close with the bigger question: did we trade something real when social life moved onto our phones?If you're into 2000s nostalgia, pop culture history, and the analog-to-digital transition, hit play, subscribe, and share this with someone who still remembers Snake and TRL. What's the one 2000s thing you'd bring back tomorrow?All music brought to you by former guest of the show SpeedoSubscribe for exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1530455/support Support the showFollow us on all social mediaX: @mikebonocomedyInstagram: @mikebonocomedy@tiktok: @mikebono_comedianFacebook: @mikebonocomedy
The digital maps platform MapQuest has soared to the top of Apple's App Store rankings after refusing to adhere to President Donald Trump's order to change Lake Ontario's name to Lake America, even as its larger rivals Google Maps and Apple Maps have chosen to do so. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/02/mapquest-tops-app-store-download-charts-after-defying-trump-on-lake-ontario/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this edition of 28 Trends Later, Jack and Miles discuss Mapquest becoming the number 1 app thanks to Trump, the Tupac Shakur murder case, a new mononym drop: Mylie, the ‘Shark Tank’-esque SBA reality show (feat. Nicki Minaj & Dean Cain), CBC vs. 9/11 and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
#923: Tim Cook's time as the head honcho at Apple has come to an official close. A look back on his career and what to expect from John Ternus. MapQuest refuses to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” and it somehow helps it shoot up to the top app in navigation. Syracuse University is facing an enrollment crisis and it's hurting their budget books. Toby talks about the trend of AI note takers that have escaped the office and into everyday conversations. Finally, the FTC faces off against Amazon over pricing claims. Learn more at https://go.amex/morningbrew Come to our trivia night! https://mbdtrivianight-september2026.splashthat.com/ Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Industrial Talk is onsite at PowerGen and talking to Ted Pardee, CRO at Kognitiv Spark about "Augmented Reality hands-free connected worker solution". Ted Pardee from Kognitiv Spark discussed augmented reality's role in power generation at PowerGen in San Antonio. He highlighted the technology's potential to enhance efficiency and problem-solving by enabling remote expert guidance through headsets. Pardee emphasized the importance of leveraging AI and AR to address the skilled labor shortage and the "gray tsunami" of retiring experts. He noted that while Microsoft exited the AR headset market, numerous manufacturers now offer durable, intrinsically safe devices. Pardee also mentioned the integration of AR with existing systems and the development of disconnected worker solutions for low-bandwidth areas. Outline Introduction and Welcome to Industrial Talk Scott introduces the episode of Industrial Talk, sponsored by the Propane Education and Research Council, highlighting their commitment to safety training and innovative propane-powered technology.Scott praises industry professionals for their bravery, innovation, and problem-solving skills, celebrating them as heroes.The podcast is broadcasting from PowerGen in San Antonio, Texas, where industry professionals gather to discuss solutions for power generation. Introduction of Ted Pardee and Kognitiv Spark Scott introduces Ted Pardee, the guest, and his company, Kognitiv Spark, which focuses on augmented reality technology.Ted Pardee shares his first impression of PowerGen, describing it as an incredible conference with a large number of vendors and attendees.Ted emphasizes the importance of presenting new technologies to make businesses more efficient and solve problems.Ted provides a brief background on his career, highlighting his experience in the software business for over 30 years, including selling enterprise asset management software in the 1990s. Evolution of Technology and Augmented Reality Ted discusses the evolution of technology from mainframe to client-server to the web, and now to the mobile world.He explains how augmented reality technology, combined with AI, will revolutionize business operations by providing workers with headsets that connect them with experts remotely.Ted provides examples of how augmented reality can be used in various industries, including power generation and medical fields.He shares a personal anecdote about using MapQuest in the past, contrasting it with the current reliance on mobile devices. Application of Augmented Reality in Power Generation Ted describes how augmented reality headsets can help experts remotely assist workers in solving problems, especially in remote locations.He explains how the technology can be used in asset management, allowing experts to guide workers through repairs using Teams calls or Kognitiv Spark's remote assistance software.Ted highlights the importance of leveraging technology to protect workers and improve efficiency in industries like oil and gas, chemical plants, and manufacturing.He emphasizes that the technology is still in its early stages but has the potential to revolutionize how work is done in various industries. Durability and Market of Augmented Reality Headsets Ted compares the durability of augmented reality headsets to cell phones, suggesting that if a headset breaks, it can be easily replaced, similar to replacing a broken phone.He explains that the focus should be on the software that runs on the headsets, as the hardware can be replaced.Ted discusses the market for augmented reality headsets, mentioning that there are now many manufacturers, including Microsoft, which has exited the market.He predicts that in the future, there will be a variety of headsets available, each suited to different use cases and industries. Use Cases and Integration with Existing Systems Ted provides a use case for augmented reality in power generation, explaining how it can help ERCOT assess and solve problems quickly during extreme weather conditions.He discusses the integration of augmented reality with existing asset performance management systems, allowing workers to access real-time data and expert guidance.Ted explains how Kognitiv Spark's software has open APIs, making it easy to integrate with other systems and enhance existing solutions.He highlights the potential for augmented reality to improve maintenance efficiency and reduce downtime in various industries. Addressing Skilled Labor Shortage and Knowledge Transfer Ted addresses the issue of the skilled labor shortage and the "gray tsunami," where experienced workers are retiring, leaving a gap in expertise.He explains how augmented reality can help maximize the expertise of experienced workers by allowing them to remotely assist younger workers.Ted provides examples of how companies are using augmented reality to reduce travel for experts and improve efficiency in their operations.He emphasizes the importance of leveraging technology to bridge the gap between experienced workers and the next generation of professionals. Conclusion and Contact Information Ted shares his contact information, encouraging listeners to reach out to him on LinkedIn or through Kognitiv Spark's website.Scott thanks Ted for the conversation and highlights the importance of the work being done by Kognitiv Spark in advancing augmented reality technology.The podcast concludes with a reminder to listeners to visit the Industrial Talk website for more information and to connect with Ted Pardee.Scott reiterates the importance of storytelling and marketing for industry professionals to inspire the next generation and ensure the success of their companies. If interested in being on the Industrial Talk show, simply contact us and let's have a quick conversation. Finally, get your exclusive free access to the Industrial Academy and a series on “Why You Need To Podcast” for Greater Success in 2026. All links designed for keeping you current in this rapidly changing Industrial Market. Learn! Grow! Enjoy! 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Skyrocketing RAM prices put a spotlight on product longevity and repairability, which makes this a particularly apt time for Fairphone to launch its first smartphone sold directly in the United States. Today, David Imel talks to CEO Raymond van Eck about the Fairphone 6+, the company's goals of user-repairability and ethically-sourced materials, and what place AI has in the future of Fairphone. Further reading: Read Tim Cook's final message to Apple staff as CEO Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic Google capitulates in Trump's attempt to rename Lake Ontario. MapQuest downloads surge after refusing to rename Lake Ontario. MapQuest knows this whole thing is ridiculous. Fairphone's latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US The new Fairphone 6 Plus gets a perfect repairability score. The Fairphone 6 no longer feels like a compromise (except in the US) This environmentally conscious smartphone is finally coming to the US Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today's Headlines: This weekend was a mixed bag of news so let's start with good news. Olivia Rodrigo raised $10 million at her Daisy Chain Fields festival for women's charities including Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights, then Melinda French Gates walked onstage and doubled it to $20 million. MapQuest made a surprise comeback to number two in the App Store as a result of Google Maps changing Lake Ontario to Lake America in compliance with US government sources. And back to regularly scheduled craziness, Trump threatened to report Kristen Welker to the FCC for covering his declining approval ratings, because that's how the First Amendment works. Trump is also skipping the 9/11 memorial because he wanted to give a speech and no one has given a speech there since 2012, making him the only living president not attending, and historic Japanese cherry trees gifted in 1912 were quietly bulldozed before official approval to make room for a DC golf course expansion. Sony and Warner Music sued Anthropic Friday night for what they called "one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history," alleging Claude was trained on tens of thousands of copyrighted musical compositions — legal experts say this is a landmark AI copyright case. A federal judge ruled that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is legal to possess privately as long as it doesn't depict a real person, and the FBI quietly dropped its hiring ban on people who have engaged in theft, prostitution, and animal cruelty because Kash Patel drove out enough qualified agents that standards had to go somewhere. IV saline bags were recalled for fiberglass contamination across 14 states, mangoes at select Walmarts were recalled for salmonella, and over 800 people were killed in catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods with 90 Americans among the 2,500 still missing — the US sent $500,000 in aid, which is what a mid-size fundraiser raises in a weekend. And finally, Milo Yiannopoulos was deported back to the UK for an expired visa, which is the only functional thing ICE has done all year. Resources/Articles mentioned: Rolling Stone: Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields Donation to $20 Million Axios: Google Maps switches to "Lake America" as Canada compares change to SNL skit The Hill: Trump promises NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC ‘for rebuke or punishment' NYT: Trump Plans to Mark 9/11 at the Pentagon, Not Ground Zero NBC News: Pete Hegseth is talking about a possible run for president in 2028, sources say People: Dozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump's New Golf Course Makeover: Report Forbes: Medical Saline Recalled Over Potential Fiberglass Contamination FDA: Panorama Produce Recalls Mangoes Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination BBC: Nepal floods latest: Officials 'intensifying' efforts to free hundreds believed trapped in hydropower tunnels Business Standard: US pledges $500,000 aid, WHO extends support to Nepal amid flash floods | World News Axios: Sony, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging "blatant theft" of intellectual property WaPo: Federal judge warns law is being left behind by AI child sex abuse images Axios: Sony, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging "blatant theft" of intellectual property WaPo: Federal judge warns law is being left behind by AI child sex abuse images CBS News: At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired The Guardian: Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK | US immigration Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Attorney General's Office announces new center to track financial crimes The Detour: Tonight's the last post-8 pm sunset of the year Tensions escalate in war with Iran Price of gas continues to hurt Americans' wallets -- could a deal with Venezuela help? Polling: Republicans may face a white married woman problem in the upcoming midterms Disagree Better: Is it still working in 2026? What can we learn about today's housing costs from a 54-year-old checkbook? MapQuest gets a new lease on life… thanks to Lake Ontario (eh, Lake America)
What's old is new again -- MapQuest is back, baby! The app surged to the number 4 position this morning on the Apple App Store. Why? Because they won't rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. People really seem to like their stance, and it shows -- app downloads for MapQuest have spiked over the last few days, with downloads seeing a 128% day-over-day increase since the President's announcement.
In this episode, Bryan Orr sits down with Ty Branaman for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really takes to be a good on-call technician. They open by reminiscing about how dispatch technology has evolved over their careers — from pagers, radio codes, and outdated paper map books to MapQuest, early GPS units, and today's 24-hour dispatch systems. That trip down memory lane sets up the episode's central theme: while the tools have changed, the mindset needed to succeed on call has not. Both hosts agree that being on call can be genuinely enjoyable when a technician learns to embrace the autonomy, the bigger paychecks, and the quieter, less stressful roads that come with nights and weekends. A major thread running through the discussion is self-discipline and long-term thinking. Bryan and Ty encourage younger techs to treat on-call money as an opportunity rather than spending cash — saving and investing overtime pay instead of financing trucks, boats, or other lifestyle upgrades. They share stories about the financial traps of seasonal trade work, the value of staying in a consistent routine even at 2 a.m., and how cutting corners under fatigue is often what leads to injuries or callbacks. Ty compares a disciplined on-call tech to a pilot running through a pre-flight checklist: the process matters just as much in the middle of the night as it does at noon. The conversation also digs into customer relationships and judgment calls in the field. They talk candidly about the difference between genuine emergencies and entitled or overblown complaints, and how companies that over-market "24/7 service" can create unrealistic customer expectations. Bryan shares a story about temporarily misting a struggling condenser to get an elderly client through a brutal heat wave, using it to illustrate the kind of judgment-based, get-them-by fix that defines old-school on-call work — as opposed to always pushing for a full sale. Safety boundaries, cutting corners responsibly, and the excitement of solving unpredictable problems on the fly are all discussed as part of what makes the work rewarding despite its challenges. Finally, Bryan and Ty turn to advice for company owners and service managers. They emphasize building fair, well-communicated on-call rotations, respecting technicians' personal time, and charging appropriately for after-hours work so that both customers and technicians value it. Ty argues that the industry needs to reframe HVAC work as a skilled trade rather than commodity labor, and that companies should be careful not to chase more emergency calls than their technician pool can sustainably handle. The episode closes with reflections on career growth, mentorship, and the kindness that comes from helping teammates cover on-call shifts for one another. Topics Covered The evolution of dispatch: pagers, radio 10-codes, paper map books, and early GPS Why on-call work can be enjoyable: autonomy, higher pay, and quieter roads The hardest part of on-call: getting called back out after coming home Customer expectations, entitlement, and the impact of "24/7 service" marketing Saving and investing on-call earnings instead of overspending on trucks and boats Staying in routine and following checklists even late at night to avoid callbacks Sleep, hydration, and avoiding excess caffeine while working on-call shifts Judgment calls and temporary fixes to get customers through emergencies safely Knowing your personal safety and ethical limits when cutting corners Career paths with less on-call demand: maintenance roles, installation, stationary engineering Reframing HVAC service as a skilled trade rather than commodity labor Building fair, well-communicated on-call rotations to prevent technician burnout Mentorship, teamwork, and covering shifts for coworkers with families Subscribe to Ty's YouTube channel, @love2hvac. Learn more about the work we're doing with Ty at the GRIT Foundation at https://www.thegritfoundation.com/. Have a question that you want us to answer on the podcast? Submit your questions at https://www.speakpipe.com/hvacschool Purchase your tickets or learn more about the 8th Annual HVACR Training Symposium at https://hvacrschool.com/symposium. Subscribe to our podcast on your iPhone or Android. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Check out our handy calculators here or on the HVAC School Mobile App for Apple and Android.
Millennial adulthood is weird. One minute you're worried about bills, back pain, and getting the kids ready for school. The next, you're passionately arguing about whether boneless wings are just overpriced chicken nuggets.Episode 249 of The Heavyweight Collective is intentionally lighter as we step away from the heavy conversations and just hang out. We catch up on work stress, birthdays, parenting, money being tight, and all the little reminders that we're definitely not 25 anymore.Then the debates begin.Are boneless wings actually wings? Does cereal qualify as soup? Does returning your shopping cart reveal something about your character? We get into overrated foods, fast-food hype, inappropriate laughter, and the internet clips that somehow never stop being funny.Then nostalgia takes over as we remember growing up in the '90s and 2000s, MapQuest directions, actual car keys, and the things that once made somebody a "rich kid."Sometimes you don't need another deep conversation. Sometimes you need good people, ridiculous questions, and a reason to laugh.Tap in With US! Thanks for tapping in with The Heavyweight Collective! Make sure you follow, subscribe, and share with someone who needs this convo. Catch us on all socials for clips, updates, and more behind the mic. https://linktr.ee/TheHeavyweightPodcast
Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Unearthing Masada's Mysteries: Noa and the Treasure Map Quest Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/he/episode/2026-08-02-07-38-19-he Story Transcript:He: בבוקר לוהט בקיץ, השמש זרחה מעל מצדה, מבצר עתיק ומרשים הממוקם על מצוק סלעי מול נוף מדברי וים המלח הנוצץ באופק.En: On a blazing summer morning, the sun rose over Masada, an ancient and impressive fortress perched on a rocky cliff facing a desert landscape and the shimmering Dead Sea in the distance.He: נועה, ארכיאולוגית צעירה ונלהבת, עמדה מול האתגר הגדול של חייה.En: Noa, a young and enthusiastic archaeologist, faced the greatest challenge of her life.He: בידיה היה מפת אוצר מסתורית שהיא מצאה בתוך ספר ישן שהגיע לתיק המורשת שלה.En: In her hands was a mysterious treasure map she found inside an old book that arrived in her heritage collection.He: נועת המפתחות בידיה, נועה הרגישה איך חומה המילולי מתרומם מולה כל פעם שפגשה את דיויד ושירה, עמיתיה שלעגו לה.En: Fiddling nervously with her keys, Noa felt how a figurative wall rose before her every time she encountered David and Shira, her colleagues who mocked her.He: הם לא האמינו באמיתות המפה וראוי לציין שמעמד במצדה אינו פשוט להרבה.En: They did not believe in the authenticity of the map, and it's worth noting that the position at Masada is not simple for many.He: היא הייתה נחושה להוכיח אחרת, אך הזמן לא היה בידיה.En: She was determined to prove otherwise, but time was not on her side.He: האתר עמד להיסגר בקרוב לעבודות שימור.En: The site was soon to close for conservation work.He: לא היה מקום לטעויות.En: There was no room for mistakes.He: "הייתי צריכה לצלם ולשלוח תוכניות מסודרות אם את רוצה שנאמין לך בכל זה," אמר דיויד בפנים ספקניות.En: "You should have taken photos and sent structured plans if you want us to believe any of this," David said skeptically.He: אבל נועה לא יכלה לחכות.En: But Noa could not wait.He: היא ידעה שכשיפרצו העבודות, לא תהיה לה גישה שוב.En: She knew that once the work started, she wouldn't have access again.He: בשקט, בזמן שארכיון הארכיאולוגים ישן, כשכולם חיפשו מחסה מהחום, נועה עקבה אחר המפה.En: Quietly, while the archaeologists' archive slept, as everyone sought refuge from the heat, she followed the map.He: ההוראות לקחו אותה למקום לא מתוייר.En: The directions led her to an untouristic location.He: היא הלכה לבד, מביטה מדי פעם סביב לוודא שאף אחד לא רואה.En: She walked alone, occasionally glancing around to ensure no one saw her.He: ראשה היה מלא בשאלות, אבל ליבה ידע שהיא חייבת לנסות.En: Her head was full of questions, but her heart knew she had to try.He: לאחר שעה של חיפושים, היא מצאה פתח חבוי בתוך צלע ההר.En: After an hour of searching, she found a hidden entrance in the mountainside.He: הם זחלה פנימה, והתחל התסובבות מסביב מספר דקות, הקירות נראו מתכוננים לקריסה.En: Crawling inside, she maneuvered for several minutes, the walls seeming ready to collapse.He: הדופק שלה השתולל מפחד וגם מהתרגשות.En: Her pulse raced from fear and excitement.He: בזהירות, היא המביטה בחדר מושך ומרהיב, עם שרידים שנראו כסודות של תקופה מוזהבת.En: Carefully, she entered a captivating and marvelous room, with remnants that appeared to be the secrets of a golden era.He: דקות לפני שנאלצה לסגת חזרה אל האור, נשמעה חריקה מאיימת.En: Just minutes before she had to retreat back to the light, a threatening creak was heard.He: האבן זזה, והמבנה נראה שהחזקתו רופפת.En: The stone moved, and the structure appeared unsteady.He: נועה ידעה שאינה יכולה להתעכב.En: Noa knew she couldn't linger.He: היא מיהרה לצאת, נושאת בידיה כמה עדויות להוכחת המפה.En: She hurried out, carrying in her hands some evidence to prove the map's validity.He: כשהיא חזרה למחנה, היא הראתה את הממצאים לשירה ולדיויד, והלב שלהם נפתח לתמונה ברורה יותר.En: Upon returning to the camp, she showed the findings to Shira and David, and their hearts opened to a clearer picture.He: בעזרת הראיות, המבקרים העקשנים הסכימו לבסוף.En: With the evidence, the stubborn skeptics finally agreed.He: האמינו לה. המפה אכן הייתה אמתית.En: They believed her; the map was indeed genuine.He: מאותו יום, נועה יותר פתוחה להאמין באגדות, מבינה שסיפורי העבר יכולים לשמור סודות חשובים.En: From that day on, Noa was more open to believing in legends, understanding that stories from the past can hold important secrets.He: היא למדה איך לשלב את הסקפטיות שלה עם נכונות להאמין ולחפש את הלא נודע.En: She learned how to combine her skepticism with a willingness to believe and seek the unknown.He: תחת השמש החמה של מצדה, נועה מצאה את האישור שהיא חיפשה והבינה שמשמעות חקירת העבר היא לא רק גילוי עובדות אלא גם להקשיב לקולות של ההיסטוריה המחפשים להישמע.En: Under the hot sun of Masada, Noa found the confirmation she sought and realized that investigating the past is not just about discovering facts but also listening to the voices of history that seek to be heard. Vocabulary Words:blazing: לוהטfortress: מבצרperched: ממוקםenthusiastic: נלהבתarchaeologist: ארכיאולוגיתfigurative: מילוליconservation: שימורskeptically: ספקניותrefuge: מחסהdirections: הוראותuntouristic: לא מתויירmaneuvered: התסובבותremnants: שרידיםmarvelous: מרהיבthreatening: מאיימתcreak: חריקהlinger: להתעכבevidence: עדויותvalidity: אמיתותstubborn: עקשניםskeptics: מבקריםgenuine: אמיתיlegends: אגדותwillingness: נכונותseek: לחפשconfirmation: אישורinvestigating: חקירתfacts: עובדותvoices: קולותheritage: מורשתBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fluent-fiction-hebrew--5818690/support.
SummaryThe Build the Fort Framework is a startup methodology created by Chris Heivly, co-founder of MapQuest, that strips away adult overthinking to return founders to the first-principles instincts that produce successful companies. In this episode of High Octane Leadership, Donald Thompson sits down with Chris, a senior vice president at Techstars who has advised startup ecosystems across four continents, mentored thousands of founders, and helped catalyze more than $75 million in investment capital. The conversation covers what separates founders who win from those who get stuck, why the product you are imagining today is not the one that will make you successful, and what the Build the Fort Framework reveals about customer discovery, community building, and ecosystem design. MapQuest sold for $1.2 billion. Chris Hively has spent every year since teaching founders how to build something that outlasts them.Episode Long DescriptionChris Heivly is the co-founder of MapQuest, the navigation platform acquired for $1.2 billion, and the creator of the Build the Fort Framework, a startup methodology now used across Techstars ecosystems on four continents. As a senior vice president at Techstars, Chris has helped catalyze more than $75 million in investment capital and co-founded Raleigh Durham Startup Week, which grew from 8 volunteers and 400 attendees to 49 volunteer leaders and 1,500 attendees while being designed so that no single person is indispensable to its survival.In this episode of High Octane Leadership, Donald Thompson and Chris Hively dig into the pattern recognition that comes from working with thousands of entrepreneurs across dozens of cities and countries, and why the fundamentals of building a great company have not changed even as the tools around them have. Chris shares why the product you are imagining today is not the one that will make you successful, why great mentorship is peer to peer and never assigned, and why the Build the Fort framework works because it strips away the adult overthinking that kills most ideas before they ever get started. The Build the Fort Framework is a founder methodology that replaces complex startup theory with the same instincts a child uses when building something from nothing: start with what you have, talk to the people around you, and build before you overthink.Donald Thompson and Chris Hively also discuss AI, what it means for founders, and why Chris is more curious about this technology than anything he has seen in decades, and what he and Donald are quietly plotting for the Triangle entrepreneurship community.“Talk to 100 people before you write a single line of code," advises Chris Hively, co-founder of MapQuest and creator of the Build the Fort Framework, drawing on lessons from advising thousands of founders across four continents at Techstars.Key Talking Points:What is the Build the Fort Framework? The Build the Fort Framework is Chris Heivly's startup methodology that replaces complex startup theory with the first-principles instincts most adults have been trained to ignore.Why should founders talk to 100 people before writing code? Talking to 100 potential customers before building anything is the single most important discipline Chris Hively has taught across thousands of founder conversations at Techstars, and most founders still skip it.What is hyper mentorship and why does it outperform assigned mentorship? Hyper mentorship is peer-to-peer, two-directional, and self-selected, and Chris Hively's work across Techstars ecosystems consistently shows it outperforms every formally assigned mentorship program.How do you build a startup ecosystem that outlasts its founders? Raleigh Durham Startup Week grew from 8 volunteers and 400 attendees to 49 volunteer leaders and 1,500 attendees because Chris Hively designed it from the beginning so that no single person is indispensable to its survival.How are founders getting AI wrong? Chris Hively believes founders are applying a powerful new tool to unvalidated ideas, and his answer is the same one the Build the Fort Framework always starts with: talk to 100 people before building anything.Chapter Markers00:00 - Who Is Chris Heivly? MapQuest Co-Founder, Techstars SVP, and Creator of the Build the Fort Framework02:00 - How Does a Geography Major Co-Found a $1.2 Billion Navigation Company? The MapQuest Origin Story04:30 - What Is the Build the Fort Framework and Why Do Most Startup Methodologies Fail Before It?06:30 - Why Every Founder Must Talk to 100 People Before Writing a Single Line of Code08:30 - Why Your Product Idea Today Is Not the One That Will Make You Successful11:00 - The NDA Red Flag: What It Signals to Investors When Founders Ask for One13:00 - The Trough of Disillusionment: Why Fear Stops Founders From Sharing Their Ideas16:00 - Hyper Mentorship vs. Assigned Mentorship: What Actually Works20:00 - Why Vulnerability Is a Leadership Superpower: The Story That Changed Chris Hively's Career24:00 - Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Globally: What Raleigh Durham Gets Right That Most Cities Do Not28:00 - What the Build the Fort Framework Reveals About How Founders Should Actually Think About AI32:00 - How Donald Thompson Built a Fully Functional Website in Eight Hours Using AI Tools as a Non-Developer36:00 - Raleigh Durham Startup Week: 49 Volunteers, 1,500 Attendees, and a Free Event Built to Last42:00 - Why Does Giving First Produce Better Long-Term Business Results? Techstars' Core Philosophy Explained46:00 - How to Connect with Chris Hively and RDU Startup WeekAbout the GuestChris Heivly is the co-founder of MapQuest, the navigation platform that transformed how millions of people find their way and was acquired for $1.2 billion. A self-described zero-to-one builder with career ADD, Chris has spent the decades since MapQuest working at the intersection of entrepreneurship, community building, and ecosystem development. As a senior vice president at Techstars, he has advised startup ecosystems across four continents, mentored thousands of founders, and helped catalyze more than $75 million in investment capital. He is the author of Build the Fort, creator of the Build the Fort newsletter, and co-founder of Raleigh Durham Startup Week, a free four-day entrepreneurship conference that has grown to 1,500 attendees and 49 volunteer leaders. Chris holds open office hours every week and believes that the most important thing any leader can do is give first. As Chris puts it, 'the most important thing any leader can do is give first,' a philosophy he has applied across four continents, thousands of founder conversations, and every ecosystem he has built since MapQuest sold for $1.2 billion.Resources:Published: June 4, 2026 | High Octane Leadership with Donald Thompson, Episode 185Donald Thompson LinkedInDonald's Books: https://donaldthompson.com/books-resources/Donald Thompson's WebsiteChris Heivly LinkedInBuild the Fort Newsletter and Website: hively.comHigh Octane Leadership with Donald Thompson publishes bi-weekly conversations with founders, executives, and operators building at the intersection of performa...
This week on Sasquatch Odyssey, I sit down with Brett from Colorado, a lifelong outdoorsman, avid hunter, and longtime listener who finally decided to send his story in. What unfolds across this conversation is one of those grounded, no-frills encounters that I think hits harder than the big sexy sightings, because Brett isn't trying to sell you anything.He's a guy who grew up in the Colorado mountains, knows what belongs out there, and ran headfirst into something that didn't.Brett's first brush with the unknown happened when he was around 16 or 17 years old, somewhere in 2006 or 2007, while camping at the alpine lakes on the western side of I-25 in southern Colorado. A fire, a friend, a quiet night, and then a sound coming out of the tree line that didn't match anything he had ever heard in those mountains. He describes it as a howl, but a howl with bass to it, something guttural that didn't track as canine. His buddy went pale almost immediately and told him his grandpa had warned him about Bigfoot. That was the first time Brett had ever really heard the word in any serious way, and the wood knocks rolling in from the timber that night did the rest of the work. The bigger story, and the one that has stayed with him for almost twenty years now, happened in the summer of 2009 on a remote stretch of road between Durango and Alamosa. Brett, his now-wife, and his best friend Paul were on a road trip out to California after graduating high school. Somewhere south of the Four Corners, deep in unfamiliar country and lost off the MapQuest directions, a doe ran out in front of the Jeep and refused to leave the road. She kept pace in the headlights for a couple hundred yards, which any hunter will tell you is not normal deer behavior.Then Brett saw it on an embankment off the driver's side. Seven to ten feet tall, black and shaggy, and a pair of eyes he describes as Texas Longhorn orange catching the headlights and then dimming as he passed.His friend Paul, who comes from a Hispanic and Native American family, refused to discuss it for the next ten or fifteen miles down the road. When he finally broke, he confirmed everything Brett had seen, then immediately shut it back down with three words that get to the heart of so much of this phenomenon. We don't talk about him. Paul had been raised to believe that talking about this creature is what brings him around to take children. That cultural weight, that learned silence, is something I've explored on this show many times with Fred from Alaska and others, and Brett's experience puts a fresh face on it.We get into the wood knocks Brett heard up at the alpine lakes and how they compare to what I heard with Todd Standing up in Radium and what I've experienced right here on my own property in North Carolina.Brett describes the sound as more of a hollow whop than a wood-on-wood thud, and we talk through my growing belief, shaped by years of conversations with Doug Hajicek and Tom Powell, that a lot of these knocks are being made with the mouth and hand rather than with sticks or clubs. The simple reality is that you cannot walk into the woods and reliably find a piece of wood solid enough to produce that kind of report. The physics don't work.The conversation moves into eye shine, which is where Brett's hunting background really earns its keep. He breaks down the difference between the green and white shine you get off deer and elk, the yellow on cats and bears, and the quick flash of a mountain lion crossing a road, and then explains why what he saw that night fit none of it. The eyes were steady. They tracked the Jeep without flinching. The creature didn't move, didn't hide, didn't react the way anything in those woods is supposed to react.Brett's read, and I think it's a sharp one, is that the thing was hunting that doe and the Jeep just happened to roll into the middle of it.We spend real time on the question of why people clam up after these encounters, and Brett's answer is honest and uncomfortable. Most of the time it's not culture, it's social pressure. He had this conversation with his own parents after the sighting and got the standard dismissals. Probably a bear. You were tired. It was late. He's watched friends shut down their own stories mid-sentence at a bar because of how the table might react.His framing is one I appreciated. If you are comfortable with who you are, it shouldn't matter whether your best friend believes you. The story is yours either way.There's a moment in this episode I want to call out because it caught me off guard in the best way. Brett pauses the interview to ask me a question, which almost never happens on this show, and he proposes a theory about my own experiences filming My Bigfoot Life out in the Pacific Northwest in the summer of 2024. He suggests that the calm I felt during that night hike, when I was within ten feet of one of these things and chose to chase it up the ridge rather than retreat, is the same conditioned response that kicked in during my sixteen years in law enforcement, including the two times I was shot at on the job with the Atlanta Police Department. The sheepdog reflex. Run toward the danger, not away from it. I had never quite framed it that way myself, and he might be onto something.We close with Brett's confirmation moment, which came years after the sighting when a Native American truck driver from the Four Corners region described the exact same orange eyes on the exact same pass without Brett feeding him a single detail. That kind of independent corroboration, from a man whose culture has been quietly tracking this creature for centuries, is the kind of data point that doesn't show up in a documentary but matters more than most of what does.Brett's encouragement to anyone sitting on a story is the same encouragement I have been giving for years on this show. Send it in. It doesn't have to be five feet away. It doesn't have to come with video. Every account is another data point in a repository we are still building together, and the only way this conversation moves forward is if people stop swallowing what they saw.A huge thank you to Brett for trusting me with his story, for the great questions he turned back on me, and for being exactly the kind of grounded, thoughtful witness this subject needs more of.Email BrianGet Our FREE NewsletterGet Brian's Books Leave Us A VoicemailVisit Our WebsiteBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sasquatch-odyssey--4839697/support.Have you had a Bigfoot encounter, Sasquatch sighting, Dogman experience, or other cryptid or paranormal encounter? We'd love to hear your story. 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We are all set for another Radio Connection Live. We discover Christian Radio is getting expanded in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. We also talk about the new sports lineup coming to FM radio in Los Angeles either later this week or next week, as well as iHeartRadio now integrated in MapQuest?Lots more in the news segment.We also show you the history of CBS news radio as they get ready to sign off forever May 22, and we enjoy the all new WKRP radio that launched this past week in Cincinnati.
Hello folks, if you do or if we just missed our news cast on the podcast or Radio show this week we have it for you right here as a bonus.We normally put these on YouTube but we did receive a message from our converter scene there was too big to upload, so we will be posing as a bonus episode. Some of stories, including this week are Radio training network acquires three new signals, iHeart, and MapQuest joint forces, and a couple radio stations in Hawaii have seized operations. Also we did discover who will be accompanying the all new Los Angeles FM sports radio the fan lineup starting shortly.
What if the biggest thing holding you back is waiting for someone else to say yes? In this powerful solo episode, Lesley Logan continues her permission series and unpacks why so many people second-guess their desires, choices, and next moves. She shares how childhood conditioning, perfectionism, and the need for approval keep people stuck far longer than they realize. From Brené Brown permission slips to boundaries, intuition, and radical responsibility, Lesley offers practical ways to trust in your own intuition. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. 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It's rocky, complicated and cold, and can even be confusing because we have to unlearn and untangle. Lesley Logan 0:10 Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 0:52 Hello, be it, babe. Well, welcome back to our series on permission. On our Tuesday episode. If you missed it, we were talking about like, what is asking for permission? Look like, where does it come from? Why do we do this? I shared some stories. Some of you had sent me some great stories of your own. I love that you're loving that I'm doing this solo episode on this. And please keep sending your questions in your topic requests in, be it pod.com/questions you can also send your wins in there as well. Maybe you have a win that you stopped asking for permission. I'd love to know that. But be it pod.com/questions, is where you can send in all those things. I'm hopeful to have some more different topics. We could do a couple episodes on, just to kind of go deeper on some of these things. I'm hearing our amazing guests give us, BE IT action items on they're like, don't ask permission. Just do it. It's like, well, what the fuck did like you mean, just do it easy. Easy for them to say they weren't raised to put other people's needs before their own. They weren't raised to go, like, to not seek approval from others. They weren't raised to not like, look crazy, right? So they aren't constantly hearing just different things, where people go, oh, you believe she did that? She's so greedy. I mean, they gave, they've they gave the team a locker room on Tuesdays and Thursdays now, they went on Saturdays too? Like, those are things we pick up when we're children and teenagers and young adults. We pick up on these things where people are saying things mostly about women, about when they step outside those traditional roles when they do something against the grain. And I'm not saying you have to go be against the grain. What I am saying is you can't be it till you see it. If you're waiting for someone else's permission to start being it, you have to give it to yourself. But how do we do that? So let me go to my notes, and in my research, I have sources, so we put those in the show notes as well. There's some really great reading in Psychology Today and all these different things, so it's pretty great. Lesley Logan 2:44 Okay, so now we know we are often conditioned to ask for permission, and in the last episode, I do want to highlight, we did talk about the permission gap. We also talked about the signs to close it. So the gap is basically the gap between, like, what we want and what we think people's needs are, and then putting their needs in front of our own. And so we're kind of all and so we're kind of always in the negative for what we need, and then we're asking for permission to give ourselves what those needs are. So, according to Wonder Within, the path to permission is not an easy one. It's rocky, complicated and cold, and can even be confusing because we have to unlearn and untangle. So on Tuesday, I challenged you, I gave you a bunch of different signs, feelings, examples of like, what like, what permission looks like, asking permission looks like. And so hopefully able to explore that and now means we have to unlearn and untangle. If you listen to the series that came out starting in December of 2025 we did a whole habit series we talked about in one of the episodes, all about unraveling a bad habit, and that is in air quotes, and it's really, truly unraveling. It's not breaking it. I was very specific on that, because we do have to unravel. We have to understand, like, what's the prompt? And I will say this unraveling, untangling the habit of asking for permission is advanced habit making, because you have to be aware of yourself asking for permission. It's not the same as I want to build a habit of running around the block in the morning that is very tangible. It's easier for your brain to go, oh, I went around the block this morning, versus catching yourself asking for permission or filling the need to ask for permission, because that's a psychological habit, and you'll have to have that self awareness. So I just want to say it might take longer than you think, okay, but definitely check out that episode. So permission to become to be till you see, it might be the biggest work that we have to do. That's what I believe. After doing all this research, I'm like, oh my God, I feel like I need a permission slip expert. It may include working with a trauma informed therapist, a somatic worker. So even with all the suggestions that I'm about to give you, I want you to understand that if you need extra support, that is okay, okay. It is really, really okay. And I need you to know that it's okay and you're not asking for permission when you hire an expert in trauma or like somatic work or therapy or any kind because. That's actually saying, hi, I need help. That's not you asking for permission, right? Lesley Logan 5:04 Hey, so I told you in the last episode about when I wanted to I thought about becoming a Pilates instructor. Like, I was like, I had this thing, this thought, and I recognize now that I was kind of asking for permission to belong, for permission to fit into the Pilates role. Because, to be honest, at the time, there was not Pilates instructors who did not discover Pilates from dancing. So that felt so weird. Also, I knew I couldn't afford the comprehensive training, so I was gonna start the mat training then save up my money for comprehensive training, which I did a year later. And I remember thinking like, Oh, my God, maybe I can't do it because, like, I can't do the whole thing at the same time. And so I do recall asking for permission, right? I remember being in vintage and basically just saying, Well, tell me what to do. I'll just do whatever you want me to do, which is just me asking for permission so that I can do be the thing that belongs. Because we all want to belong. Sometimes we're just like, hey, just how do I be perfect so I can not get kicked out of this group because we just want to belong. But really, and what they challenged me with is like, Oh no, we're not going to tell you what to do. You're going to figure you've got to feel what you need to do. It's got to be intuitive. It's got to be something that you understand for your body. And oh, my god, that is permission from them to be in my body, which is not something any teacher had given me. All the teachers before had been like, do it like this. You do it like this. And just telling me what to do, and that was kind of my whole life, right, covering perfectious over achiever, lots of people telling me the right thing to do, and just following the checklist and following the path. And so I had a whole adult life. Thank God for Pilates and the curiosity that gave me start going, oh, look at me. Like not checking a box here with a smile on my face. So think about one thing that you have been wanting could be as small as a food craving for today's lunch, or as big as an idea you want to take action on. So you're thinking about it. Got it in your head, what is keeping you from taking the next step?Lesley Logan 6:57 How much permission do you feel you have or don't have. Who decides how much permission you do or don't have? Is it possible that they are irrelevant? In my case, the people that I thought I needed permission from was the world of Pilates, they didn't even know me. They're so irrelevant. They didn't even know me, right? I was giving so much power to a bunch of people I didn't even know existed. So can you give yourself permission? Take a deep breath, right? A deep breath, if you've listened to episode 400 about upper limiting sometimes we get outside of our comfort zone, and then wild things come through worry. Do you feel some worry right now? Worry is a sign of upper limiting to pull you back into your comfort zone, right? Self-deprecating can be so I'll just want to, like go through those questions one more time. So what's something you want to be taking action on or wanting or desiring, no matter how small it is. Okay? So what's keeping you from taking that step or trying that thing or ordering that thing? How much permission do you feel you need you have or don't have for that who decides how much permission you do or don't have, and is it possible that they are relevant. Can you give yourself permission? So Brené Brown gives herself permission slips. It's actually in her book, dare to lead. She said, I give myself permission slips. And they say, I give myself permission to blank. So to make mistakes, to rest. I love this. I think this is a really great way to close that gap and to get rid of the habit of asking for permission is just to give, like literally write yourself permission slips. So if you remember my dear friend Nikole, whose last name is escaping me, sorry, team, she said two episodes, oh my god. Why is it not coming up anyway? So she talked about, in the first episode about all the different post it notes that she put around her house affirmations, and then she'd take them down because people are coming over, because she didn't want any single person to be able to give her any nagging thing that would remove the permission she'd given herself. So maybe you need to put little permission slips everywhere. I give myself permission to try a new outfit today. I give myself permission to make a mistake. I give myself permission to go a different route. I would give myself permission to ask that person for that thing. I give myself permission to rest. I give myself permission to turn off my phone. I give myself permission to not respond. Lesley Logan 9:31 So use clear and powerful language to empower yourself. That's really, really important. Affirmations are really helpful. So this one will start kind of the same way. I give myself permission to be successful. I give myself permission to be authentic. I give myself permission to pursue my dreams, right? So affirmations can also be helpful in also going with what Brené Brown's mission slips are. You can do a meditation. So this meditation is really easy one. You can take your hands, put them on your heart, close your eyes and say, I've got this or you've got this beautiful right, hands on the heart, eyes closed, you've got this beautiful. It's one of Fridays. The episodes I give you as an affirmation, I say it three times. I'm hoping you're saying it out loud with me. I'm giving you a second to do that. I want you to give yourself permission to have that affirmation to be it till you see it. And of course, journaling. Journaling is always a great thing. Look like you'd be surprised what comes out of your head when you journal. I like free writing. If you haven't done the book The Artist's Way, it's 12 weeks of journaling prompts and really will help you peel back the onion of why you're asking for permission in the first place, especially if you go into the book with that in mind, you're going to start to like, answer those questions with those thoughts, and it's going to give you a whole host of information. It's such a great thing to do. You can do it annually. You can do it more often than once, but it's really, really great. I highly recommend it. Lesley Logan 10:59 Okay, so tips for cultivating self-permission. So here's some other tips and tools you can use. So accept 100% responsibility. This is very difficult for some people, because that means responsibility for your own mistakes as well, but acknowledge that you are responsible for your own life, actions and responses. This shifts you from a victim mindset to one of empowerment, removing the blame, shame and guilt game. So what happens when you accept responsibility? It means you cannot you're not asking for cannot. You're not asking permission for people. It also means you can't say, oh, my kids wouldn't let me do Pilates today. Gotta accept 100 responsibility, right, radical responsibility,Lesley Logan 11:31 Another thing. Let go of the need for external approval. Recognize that relying on others for validation can prevent you from trusting your own judgment. I think that's really, really true. I got a medical diagnosis that isn't bad, don't freak out, but it's, it's not great either. And I'm a verbal processor, so I I like to talk about it to kind of, like, understand how I'm feeling, and it's interesting. Like, what I talked about with, like, some people my wife, are like, well, whatever you need, you can recover here. You could do this thing. Brad's like, so you're thinking about doing this. Like, it wasn't, I wasn't asking for permission. I was just, like, talking about it, right? And then I had another friend I was sharing it with, and they were almost talking me out of the thing. I remember going, what the fuck, right? So it made me go, ugh, because I was a little annoyed that she wasn't like, like everybody else. But then I was like, Wait, why do I care what she thinks, right? So it's interesting thing. There's like, just start to recognize when you're relying on the validations of other people and that, and then their lack of validation that causes you to think differently. Now, by the way, it's okay that she has me think differently. It really made me go back and kind of research what she was saying and making sure that, like, I almost got more secure in my decision because of it. So it's also fine to talk things out, but just notice, or maybe what she said could have got me to go, oh, maybe I don't need to do that. Those are all fine things, but just it's a very different thing from getting feedback versus validation. There are two different things. Lesley Logan 12:51 Embrace imperfection and mistakes, so give yourself permission to be human, to be wrong and to learn from what doesn't work. Viewing failures as lessons, not torture, is crucial for growth, and I think this is really, really important. Really important in my journey of just like become a recovering perfectionist and overachiever, it's really helped me to not need permission, because I'm not trying to be perfect to the thing, and I'm allowing myself to learn and ask questions and be a human being who doesn't fail, but actually learns and then makes adjustments along the way. It's kind of like a route right when you're driving, and the map is like, go here. And then it's like, oh, we found a faster route. You didn't go, ugh, MapQuest. You're an asshole. You fucked up the last one. No, you just go, wow, thanks for getting better at what you do. You're just like, look at this app. So great. Like, we don't go, oh, my God, they got it wrong. No, we go, oh, they're like improving every time. Lesley Logan 13:44 Set boundaries. Is vital to give yourself permission to say no to things that don't serve you, even if it makes others uncomfortable, this protects your time and energy for what truly matters to you. Erika Quest, she's been on the pod, we were talking the other day about, like, when people invite us to different things, like, we ask ourselves, is this more, or is it better? But more? Is it better? And if it's just more, then it's probably no, it's better. Gonna make my impact better? Gonna make me a better person? Then, yeah, I'll look into it. Lesley Logan 14:10 Okay, listen to your own intuition. So reconnect with your inner voice and trust your gut feelings. The more you exercise permission muscle, the louder and clearer becomes. I am going to have a whole series on how to listen to your inner voice, so I'm not going to go deeper on that that will be coming up in a few weeks. Hey, be curious, not judgmental. So approach your feelings and experiences with curiosity rather than fear or judgment. Label your emotions to understand them better, which is a gateway to healing and growth. Lesley Logan 14:41 Prioritize self-care and rest. Oh, hi, hello. Give yourself permission to rest, to recharge and enjoy life without guilt. Integrating self-care rituals into your daily routine helps make it a habit. Listen to the habit series so you have even better chance of doing that. But my goodness, you've got to prioritize your self-care so you get rid of that permission gap. And it's not that I'm like, You're not going to help other people or you're not going to care about them. It's just that, like, you can't care about them before your own air mask is on first. Hello. Lesley Logan 15:07 Allow yourself to pivot. Recognize that personal growth involves change. Give yourself permission to change your mind, career or life direction if an old path no longer aligns with your evolving self. I mean, heck, you might have asked for permission to do something and someone talked you out of it, the thing you want to do, and now you're doing the thing that they gave you permission to do. So you're probably going to have to evolve, pivot, change things. And I would say, be nice to yourself. Have grace and space for recognizing that because, my goodness, everything you learn on that path is what's going to make you even better on the path that you're on now. So please be kind. Lesley Logan 15:38 Another way to give yourself permission is, what's the cost of your inaction? What is the cost of doing nothing? What is the cost of not doing the thing you want to do? I want to dive deeper into that, into next week's episode with Dr. Corey. So, definitely be watching out for that interview, because I promise you, it's going to be so good. But I was like, oh my God. Yes, and I'm so glad that we talked about that in her episode. And keep in mind, after years of second guessing, after years of asking permission, for permission, it can be hard to trust yourself and believe you've got this. Lesley Logan 16:10 So consider this permission to be you to be it till you see it. No one but you defines the scope of what's possible, and no one but you can dare to believe that you can be it till you see it. No one but you can define the scope of what's possible, and no one but you can dare to believe that you can be it till you see it. I promise you that you are amazing. You don't need my permission to be it till you see it, but you might need my reminder that you can. And I hope each and every week, you say that to yourself as well. All right, babe, until next time, be it till you see it. Lesley Logan 16:41 That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. 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This is the 250th episode of Lay of The Land, and to mark it, I wanted to do something a little different.Most episodes of this podcast are centered on founder stories — what drives someone to take the very difficult leap of trying to build a company, what problem they feel compelled enough to devote their life to solving, and what they learn along the way. But for this milestone episode, I wanted to step back and talk about the thing that ties these stories together… the community itself. And there was no one I'd rather have for that conversation than Chris Heivly.Chris is a serial entrepreneur, early-stage investor, startup community builder, and the founder of Build The Fort. He's also was a co-founder of MapQuest, a bestselling author, a longtime writer and speaker on entrepreneurship and ecosystem development, and someone whose thinking had a real influence on the direction of Lay of The Land when I was starting it back in 2018… Chris came to Cleveland in 2018 and shared his assessment of our startup community through Techstars and at the City Club, and a lot of what he said stayed with me and this podcast became my own attempt to act on it.Over the last 250 episodes, Lay of The Land has grown into something much bigger than I originally imagined — not just a repository of entrepreneurial stories, but a kind of connective tissue for entrepreneurship in Cleveland: dozens of events, thousands of introductions, new friendships, mentorship relationships, hires, investments, co-founders, and I'm sure many second- and third-order effects I'll never fully know about. So for this episode, it felt worth reflecting more directly on this whole journey and linger on how entrepreneurial communities actually form, what makes them stronger, what gets in their way, and what that has looked like here in Cleveland.In our conversation, Chris and I talk about what he saw when he first came to Cleveland, why density and storytelling mattered so much in his original assessment, why founders have to be at heart of it, why confidence is contagious, why you have to build upon your credible strengths…we talk about the Give First mentality, about mentorship, trust, meaningful connection, the limits of top-down ecosystem design, and how cities actually get better.Chris has spent years studying how startup communities form, evolve, and endure. 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Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS discusses the critical importance of bots and search engines for business discovery. He emphasizes that getting discovered starts with building trust through secure domains, consistent links, and structured content. Favour explains the difference between traditional search engines (Google, Bing) and AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude), noting that while Google remains dominant, AI platforms are rapidly changing how consumers find information. using bot fetches.The conversation highlights the necessity of configuring websites correctly (e.g., HTTPS, WWW redirects) and the enduring value of backlinks and reviews. Favour also touches on the psychology of consumer behavior, explaining how different types of content and even background music can influence purchasing decisions.Who is this for?Business owners, entrepreneurs, and content creators looking to improve their online visibility. It's highly valuable for anyone wanting to understand the technical foundations of SEO, how to build trust with search engines, and how to adapt to the rise of AI-driven search platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.Key Moments & Timestamps00:00 - Intro: Why search engines are your best friends online.01:06 - Favour's background: Helping businesses with strategic technical SEO setups.02:50 - Building trust online: The foundation of discovery through links, tags, and community.05:31 - The importance of internally linking your website to external features.08:08 - Technical SEO basics: Securing your domain, enabling domain privacy, and using HTTPS.21:57 - Why content structure matters more than just the content itself for search engine discovery.29:38 - Real-world example: How a missing "www" configuration prevented a client's website from loading.01:00:32 - The rise of AI search: How ChatGPT and Claude are changing consumer search behavior.01:02:49 - Why backlinks are not dead: AI platforms still pull recommendations from directories like Yelp and MapQuest.01:52:48 - The psychology of marketing: How music tempo (BPM) affects consumer focus and purchasing decisions.FAQsQ: What is the first step to getting discovered on search engines?A: The foundational step is building trust. This starts with securing your website (HTTPS), ensuring your domain privacy and lock are active, and consistently linking your content.Q: Are backlinks still important with the rise of AI search engines?A: Yes. AI platforms like ChatGPT still rely on citations and backlinks from established directories (like Yelp or even MapQuest) to formulate their recommendations.Q: What is the difference between search engines and social media?A: Search engines are intent-driven (fetching, crawling, indexing based on queries), whereas social media is more about immediate engagement. You must document your social media features on your website to connect the two for search engines.Action StepsSecure Your Domain: Verify that your website uses HTTPS and that your domain privacy and lock settings are correctly configured.Check Your Redirects: Ensure that both the "www" and non-"www" versions of your domain correctly lead to your active website without error messages.Document Your Features: If your brand is featured on a podcast, magazine, or social media, create a post on your website linking back to that feature to build semantic trust.Research AI Recommendations: Ask AI platforms (like ChatGPT or Perplexity) for recommendations in your industry to see who is ranking and where the AI is pulling its data from.Optimize for Intent: Structure your website content clearly so that search engine bots can easily crawl, index, and understand the value you provide.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
Public safety, affordability and planning are among the issues front and center for St. Petersburg mayoral hopeful Brandi Gabbard. We sit down with the veteran city council member and talk about her vision for the city.Also, a closer look at the upcoming Legislature special session on redistricting and the safety of school business.Call: 813-755-6562Message: FloridaMatters@wusf.orgWebsite: https://www.wusf.orgSign up for our daily newsletter: https://www.wusf.org/wakeupcall-newsletterFollow us on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WUSFInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wusfpublicmedia/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsN1ZItTKcJ4AGsBIni35gg
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Elise Neel, Global Head of Strategy & Strategic Partnerships at Panasonic Go, shares lessons from leading innovation within large legacy companies and the cultural challenges of driving transformation. She explains how organizations should rethink AI governance and talent, and why roles like the CHRO may become central in the AI era. Key Takeaways: Why leaders must move from simply using AI tools to actively collaborating with them to drive meaningful transformation How access to AI is leveling the playing field, making critical thinking the key differentiator for talent Ways that non-technical professionals can quickly become powerful contributors with the right AI tools and training Why the CHRO role may become one of the most influential positions as organizations integrate AI agents into their workforce How AI could transform product ownership and customer support through intelligent systems that predict maintenance, optimize usage, and improve the overall customer experience Guest Bio: Elise Neel is the Global Head of Strategy & Strategic Partnerships for Panasonic Go, driving business transformation through AI to expand AI-enabled software, hardware, and solutions to 30% of Panasonic's sales by 2035. Previously, Elise was SVP of New Business Innovation at Verizon, where she built a portfolio of nine investment ventures spanning location technology, drones, robotics, and energy transformation while ushering in the 5G era. She also served as CEO of MapQuest and held leadership roles at PlaceIQ, comScore, and InsightExpress. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Show: The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all! Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together. The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API. Music by: Ari Dvorin Produced by: Sam Laliberte
Artificial intelligence is the newest technology people are warning us about. But if you've lived through dial-up internet, MapQuest directions, burning CDs, and the rise of smartphones, you know this isn't your first shift.In this episode, we look at AI through a grounded, midlife lens.We talk about:• Common fears around AI• Environmental and ethical concerns in perspective• How AI can reduce mental load instead of increasing it• Why Gen X and midlife women are uniquely built to adaptTechnology has always changed.What matters is how we respond.AI isn't here to replace your identity.It's a tool.And in midlife, remembering who we are, calm, capable, adaptable, is power.Grab your smoothie or cup of tea, and join the conversation. Let's go!Support the show✨ Midlife Reset Guide (20-Minute Clarity for Women 40+) A simple, calming PDF to help you settle your thoughts and choose your next steps with clarity.https://howtobefitover40.com/products/midlife-reset-guide ✨ Midlife Reset Sessions (Private 45-Minute Clarity Session) A calm, structured reset to help you simplify your week and feel grounded again.https://www.timeforwellnessllc.com/reset-session
Republicans are panicking over potentially losing the senate in the midterms. Virginia Dems are proposing an insane congressional map. An Indiana GOP candidate drops out of the race due to gerrymandering. Trump launches TrumpRx. New polling shows most Americans have turned against ICE. Trump posts a racist video of the Obamas. A new email from Epstein shows him saying he was hanging with “the trump boys”. Host: John Iadarola (@johniadarola) Co-Host: Brett Erlich (@bretterlich) ***** SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE TIKTOK ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport INSTAGRAM ☞ https://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport TWITTER ☞ https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport FACEBOOK ☞ https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT
Annie and Maddy are back on the mic for a brand-new episode of It's About Bravo!They kick things off with That's My Opinion! (0:43), diving into the news of a new OG RHONY spinoff happening off Bravo — and what it could mean for the Housewives universe.Then it's time for this week's recaps:
Microsoft patches Office zero-day vulnerability Indian users targeted by Blackmoon Konni targets blockchain developers Huge thanks to our episode sponsor, Conveyor True story, an infosec team had to give customers MapQuest style directions just to navigate their Trust Center. Spoiler: it didn't reduce follow-up questions and created even more work for everyone involved. With Conveyor's new Trust Center AI Agent, customers get answers instantly and can even upload questionnaires for the Agent to complete. This way, customers find what they need and keep moving, without your team needing to intervene. Learn more at conveyor.com
This week on Anyway...We ask the question, what millennial skill is no longer useful to you? We burn a CD, rewind a mixed tape, and watch a VHS as we travel back to the past. We pass a fortune teller note that spilled tea we eavesdropped on from our corded home phone. And then we print out our Mapquest directions and head home for the holidays. So, if you too were born in the 1900s, then you are in the right place and we're happy to have you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Summary: In this episode of the Solar Maverick Podcast, host Benoy Thanjan jumps to the other side of the mic with Kevin (“Kadro”) and Mike (“Higo”) from Climate Hive. They dig into the massive cost declines in solar and storage, why solar is a technology and not a fuel, and the impact of Let's Share the Sun's recent work in Puerto Rico. The conversation also explores how financing and innovation are accelerating clean energy adoption. Biographies Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, solar developer and consulting firm, and a strategic advisor to multiple cleantech startups. Over his career, Benoy has developed over 100 MWs of solar projects across the U.S., helped launch the first residential solar tax equity funds at Tesla, and brokered $45 million in Renewable Energy Credits (“REC”) transactions. Prior to founding Reneu Energy, Benoy was the Environmental Commodities Trader in Tesla's Project Finance Group, where he managed one of the largest environmental commodities portfolios. He originated REC trades and co-developed a monetization and hedging strategy with senior leadership to enter the East Coast market. As Vice President at Vanguard Energy Partners, Benoy crafted project finance solutions for commercial-scale solar portfolios. His role at Ridgewood Renewable Power, a private equity fund with 125 MWs of U.S. renewable assets, involved evaluating investment opportunities and maximizing returns. He also played a key role in the sale of the firm's renewable portfolio. Earlier in his career, Benoy worked in Energy Structured Finance at Deloitte & Touche and Financial Advisory Services at Ernst & Young, following an internship on the trading floor at D.E. Shaw & Co., a multi billion dollar hedge fund. Benoy holds an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University and a BS in Finance and Economics from NYU Stern, where he was an Alumni Scholar. Kevin Drolet Founder and CEO of ClimateHive Kevin Drolet is a certified marketing and sales expert with over 20 year experience in company growth strategies. He has worked with thousands of companies and managed over 100M in marketing campaigns. Highlights include developing a 4 year student recruitment campaign for UC San Diego elevating the school to the number 2 position in the UC system. He has led and taught hundreds of sales reps nationally in understanding and positioning marketing solutions and sales. His superpower is connector. He founded KDRO Consulting, his second marketing agency, in 2019 to provide fractional CMO services, marketing and business development consultation and coaching programs for renewable energy and climate tech companies. Through storytelling and strategic networking he helps companies attain business opportunity, talent and investment. His mission is to enable climate innovators to become climate impactors. Kevin and his wife Susan live in San Diego CA with their two dogs. Kevin is passionate about climate, learning, coaching and exploring the intersection of human behavior and positive climate impact. Mike Higgins Founder/Partner of ClimateHive Mike Higgins has a 30-year track record of sales success and executive leadership in large companies and startups. He's known for developing customized sales strategies and automation to boost sales engagement, improving efficiency and revenue. His expertise lies in driving revenue growth through people, processes, and infrastructure. Mike has founded 5 companies and sold 3, demonstrating his ability to build and scale businesses. He's experienced in leadership as the former Executive Vice President and COO of MediaNews Group Interactive, overseeing 50 regional markets and leading a 100+ staff in sales, operations, business development, finance, and IT. Recently, Mike served as CoFounder and Chief Revenue Officer at Onemata Corporation and Managing Partner at BrushFire Sales and Top Funnel, working with clients like Time Warner Cable and Home Advisor. He has also held senior roles in MapQuest, Weatherlabs (acquired by Weather Channel/Landmark), Indigo Group (acquired by Bridgeline Digital NASDAQ: BLIN), and TruMeasure (acquired by McClatchy Corp). Mike and his wife, Val, reside in the Rocky Mountain Empire, actively supporting the Colorado Pug Rescue and the Golden Retriever Rescue. Stay Connected: Benoy Thanjan Email: info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn: Benoy Thanjan Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com Website: https://www.solarmaverickpodcast.com Kevin Drolet Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-drolet-3625378/ Website: https://climatehive.co/ Email: kevin@climatehive.co Mike Higgins Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelghiggins/ Website: https://climatehive.co/ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate, review and share the Solar Maverick Podcast so more people can learn how to accelerate the clean energy transition. Join Us for the Winter Solstice Fundraiser! I'm excited to invite you to our Winter Solstice Fundraiser, hosted by Reneu Energy and the Solar Maverick Podcast on Thursday, December 4th from 6–10 PM at Hudson Hall in Jersey City, NJ! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/reneuenergy/1919391 This event brings together clean energy leaders, entrepreneurs, and friends to celebrate the season while raising funds for the Let's Share the Sun Foundation, which installs solar and storage systems for families and communities in need in Puerto Rico. We'll have: -Great food and drinks -Amazing networking with solar and sustainability professionals -Sports memorabilia auctions (with proceeds benefiting Let's Share the Sun) -An inspiring community focused on making an impact through solar energy If you or your company would like to get involved as a sponsor, please message us at info@reneuenergy.com. Reneu Energy Reneu Energy provides expert consulting across solar and storage project development, financing, energy strategy, and environmental commodities. Our team helps clients originate, structure, and execute opportunities in community solar, C&I, utility-scale, and renewable energy credit markets. Email us at info@reneuenergy.com to learn more.
On this episode of Bad Dates, host Joel Kim Booster welcomes Alaska Thunderfuck, Liza Treyger, and Joe Dombrowski to discuss their most iconic dating fiascos. Alaska went so far as to print MapQuest directions but her date had to go and invent ghosting, Liza's date makes the trek to her apartment by longboard but got the wrong idea about negging, and Joe's story takes place in a haunted house with a mannequin picnic, it is not okay.If you've had a bad date you'd like to tell us about, our number is 984-265-3283, and our email is baddatespod@gmail.com, we can't wait to hear all about it! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips. Merch available at SiriusXMStore.com/BadDates. Tickets for our live show 2/01/26 at SF Sketchfest: https://www.ticketmaster.com/sf-sketchfest-presents-bad-dates-with-san-francisco-california-02-01-2026/event/1C00636D18DCF468 Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, Fire Island, Loot Season 3Alaska Thunderfuck: https://alaskathunderfuck.comLiza Treyger: https://www.glittercheese.comJoe Dombrowski: Tour schedule and tickets at TheJoeDombrowski.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Bad Dates ad-free. 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.
Our guest in this episode is Aya Kikimova, a former Microsoft award-winner who managed over $50 million in ad spend before bootstrapping her own digital agency, Leap Engine. Grounded by her family's small business roots, Aya translates elite strategies into practical, ethical marketing for today's entrepreneurs.Aya shares her pragmatic and cautious optimism about AI, balancing its power with a deep concern for the human skills we risk losing, like discernment and resilience. We explore what really matters in an automated world and how to use AI as a tool to enhance our humanity, not replace it.Key points discussed include:* Cultivating emotional intelligence and resilience as the most critical skills for the future.* Using AI to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up human time for genuine connection.* Building trust as the ultimate differentiator in an age of automation.Listen to the podcast to find out more.Innovabiz Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Show Notes from this episode with Aya Kikimova, Leap EngineIt was such a privilege to welcome Aya Kikimova, the founder and CEO of Leap Engine, to the InnovaBuzz podcast. Here is someone who has truly operated at an elite level, managing over $50 million in ad spend and winning awards at Microsoft. Yet, what struck me most about Aya wasn't just her impressive corporate background, but her deep, personal mission that brought her right back to her roots. She bootstrapped her own agency during the pandemic while navigating new motherhood, all to translate those high-level strategies for the small businesses she genuinely loves.Aya's passion for helping “real people” isn't just a marketing line; it's in her DNA. She shared a wonderful story about her grandma's deli, remembering running around behind the counter as a kid. That, combined with watching her mom build a real estate business from scratch, cemented her path. She's driven by a desire for “ethical marketing,” a value that feels more important than ever. It's this grounded, human-centric worldview that made our conversation about, you guessed it, Artificial Intelligence, so fascinating.This is the beginning of the conversation, but the personal reflections—the “why” behind what was said—are where the real journey begins.If you'd like to read the rest of this post, where Aya shares her crucial insights on AI, our loss of human “discernment,” and why emotional resilience is now the most essential skill, I'd love to invite you to become a paid subscriber.A subscription unlocks these full, detailed show notes, but more importantly, it welcomes you into a quieter space. It's where I share my private, 3x-a-week reflections on these conversations about AI, the “behind-the-lens” stories from my photography, and the personal meditations that connect them all.It's a place for the curious, and I'd be honoured to share it with you.The “New Set of Eyes”: Learning from the Next GenerationAlongside her family's business background, Aya's other great driver is her three-year-old daughter. She spoke beautifully about watching her child see the world with “full of wonder.” It's that age of insatiable curiosity, where everything is amazing and new. For Aya, this isn't just a sweet family observation; it's a powerful daily reminder of how we should be approaching the world, especially now.As adults, we think we know so much, but Aya feels it's the opposite: “the more we learn, the more we have to keep learning.” She's consciously “learning from her to adopt that sort of view” and look at the rapid changes around us with a “new set of eyes.” This mindset of constant learning and humility is the perfect lens for tackling the “crazy” pace of technology that's reshaping our lives.The AI Reality Check: When Tech Moves Too FastWe couldn't not talk about AI. Aya put it perfectly: “five years ago, did you ever think that we would have AI so pervasively everywhere? Probably not.” She's seeing its impact firsthand, and she's not just talking about handy tools. She shared how her husband, who is in video and audio production, is in an industry where AI advances are so fast that “some of the jobs are literally being removed.” It's not a far-off-in-the-future concept.She also mentioned a friend, a SaaS founder, who had to “fire a third of their developer workforce because now AI can do all those things.” This is the stark reality that Aya is grappling with. It's exciting and empowering, but it's also “a little bit interesting and scary at the same time.” She's looking at her daughter and genuinely wondering what the job market will even look like when she's of working age.Are We Forgetting How to Think? The Risk of Over-RelianceThis led us to a critical point. Aya voiced a worry I share, that as we rely more on technology, we're losing some of our “essential skills.” She had this brilliant anecdote about the days of MapQuest, when we “used to print out directions” and follow them. Now, she half-joked, “if I don't have my phone, I am lost,” even in a familiar place. We're losing the “grinding through the pain of learning.”The danger is that we're outsourcing our thinking. Kids can just go to ChatGPT for answers. But what happens to the human process of discernment? Of asking, “I need to know, is this true? I don't want somebody else making that decision for me.” Aya fears that “particular skill of discernment is being removed,” and that's a profound risk when AI can “hallucinate” and make things up.A “Big Step Back”: Why Human Skills are More Vital Than EverSo, what's the solution? Aya believes we “need to take... a big step back” and re-learn the basics. She made this powerful statement: “we overestimate the value of AI and underestimate the value of human, human skill and capability.” We're so focused on what AI can do that we're forgetting what we must do.For Aya, the skills that will matter most in the age of AI aren't technical; they're deeply human. She identified emotional intelligence, resilience, and adaptability as the new essentials. It's the ability to be “resilient to this change” and have the mindset that “I can learn anything.” That, she says, “is what is key.” We need to empower humans to be independent of these technologies, should they ever fail.The Practical Path for Small Business: AI as the Helper, Not the HeroThis is where Aya's work at Leap Engine becomes so clear. She brings this philosophy right down to the ground level for her clients—the “dentist offices, your construction companies, plumbing,” and restaurants. For them, AI isn't about replacing their core, human-to-human business. It's about making that human connection easier to deliver.Her strategy is brilliant in its simplicity. Use AI to automate the “bureaucratic repetitive work”—things like appointment scheduling, confirming, billing, and, crucially, asking for Google reviews. By handing those tasks to AI, that business owner or their staff gets “10 hours a week” back. And what do they do with that time? They reinvest it into the human side: dealing with an unsatisfied customer, improving the in-person service, and building that personal relationship.The Final Differentiator: Building TrustUltimately, our conversation came down to one, simple word. When I asked Aya for the number one thing any business can do to differentiate themselves today, her answer wasn't AI. It was trust. In a world full of AI-generated content and automated responses, “ultimately, people want to do business with people... that they trust.”For Aya, this means shifting away from old-school sales funnels and toward delivering education and real value before asking for the sale. It's about building that relationship, proving you're a good, ethical person, and being the human in the loop. The AI is just the tool that clears the decks so you can do that essential human work more effectively.In Summary:Aya Kikimova provides a critical dose of grounded, pragmatic wisdom. She's a champion for using AI to be more efficient, but only as a means to a much more important end: being more human. Her message is a powerful reminder that technology can support our business, but only trust, discernment, and genuine connection can build it.The Buzz - Our Innovation RoundHere are Aya's answers to the questions of our innovation round. Listen to the conversation to get the full scoop.* Most innovative use of AI to enhance human relationships: Using AI to cut bureaucratic, repetitive work, which frees up time to focus on a human-centric service approach where people can connect and build trust.* Best thing to integrate AI and human connection: We developed an AI tool for local SEO that saves 10 hours per client and delivers staggering results (like 32x ROI), which ultimately enhances our client relationships.* Differentiate by leveraging AI: The number one differentiator is building trust; businesses can win by delivering education and value, because people want to do business with people they trust.ActionGoogle “AI courses” and start learning about AI. Start implementing some of these tools in your business, but also learn about the unchecked powers of AI so you can be aware of what might happen and ensure your business is not 100% reliant on it.Reach OutYou can reach out and thank Aya by visiting her website or by finding her on LinkedIn.Links:* Website - LeapEngine* LinkedIn* Facebook* X - @akikimova* Instagram - @leapengine.coCool Things About Aya* She won the Microsoft Platinum Club award, an honor given to the absolute top 0.01% of employees worldwide.* She bootstrapped her agency as a new mom, starting by working just 2-3 hours a day while caring for her infant.* She has built her successful agency on a strict 7-hour workday, proving a counter-narrative to “hustle culture”.VideoThanks for reading Innovabiz Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit innovabiz.substack.com/subscribe
Brim, Mr. Greer and Kim Adragna are back at it again. Apart from all the usual shenanigans, the gang chats about everything pop culture with all the trimmings including how Axl Rose had a major meltdown at a recent show, how a Harvard scientist believes that a Manhattan sized space object could be showing signs of alien maneuvering, and how in the current world environment - it wouldn't be surprising. The crew also chats about Halloween parties and parties in general, Brim's past epic holiday parties, and why he doesn't throw them anymore. The cast talks about how it is way too early for Christmas music and advertising, Sweetbriar's Barn Owl Nebula is still missing, and the major sneaker heist in Florida. They talk about Long Island legendary stores like Utopia, and that they just shut down all the stores - Brim offers a little history about the LI Landmark of the Alternative. The crew also discusses sneaker bongs, when MapQuest and Tomtom's were a thing, and how people don't use maps anymore. The crew chats about entertainment news, opinions and other cool stuff and things. Enjoy.Wherever you listen to podcasts & www.thegrindhouseradio.comhttps://linktr.ee/thegrindhouseradioThe Grindhouse RadioFB: @thegrindhouseradioTW: @therealghradioInstagram: @thegrindhouseradio
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