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Matt, Thomas, and jD are joined by friend of the podcast, TV graphs own, Jamie Burwood. Before her conversation with Thomas, Matt and jD go through some Cheri Oteri trivia. Enjoy. Transcript:Track 2:[0:43] Thank you so much, Doug DeNance. It is a great pleasure to be joining you all here outside the SNL Hall of Fame. If you wouldn't mind, as you cross the threshold, please take advantage of the mat out front and wipe those feet. The SNL Hall of Fame podcast is a weekly affair where each episode we take a deep dive into the career of a former cast member, host, musical guest, or writer, and add them to the ballot for your consideration. Consideration once the nominees have been announced we turn to you the listener to vote for the most deserving and help determine who will be enshrined for perpetuity in the hall and that's how we play the game it's just that simple this week we are joined by our friend jamie burwood to discuss the bona fides of sherry o terry but before we do that we are going to talk to our friend matt ardill and matt i've got a question for you my friend.Track 3:[1:44] Are you ready because i've got two words for you sherry o terry matt what have you got well sherry o terry is five foot five foot two born september 19th 1962 in what i what appears to be a snl hotbed upper derby pennsylvania the hometown of tina fey yeah so water there yeah yeah it's just i i guess there's something about that suburban experience that uh makes you crave uh making people laugh um or at least distracting yourself from being there uh she grew up around music her father was a nashville record producer and worked at amn records before joining the groundlings she earned 92 acting credits six writing credits five producer credits and four soundtrack credits um yeah she has played everything from uh the sidekick of inspector gadget to an animated tooth fairy uh she she is one of the uh folks from snl to go on to broadway having starred in the production of Musical the Musical.Track 3:[3:06] And is a friend of Paul Reuben's, playing husband and wife on an episode of Ally McBeal. Went on to be nominated for the Best Dance Sequence at MTV's Movie Awards and the Teen Choice Award for Best Comedian. Well, that's some cool stuff so far. Anything else on Terry O'Terry? No she's kept it pretty private she's one of those uh snl folks who's gone on to uh just just uh step back and and enjoy the show well we ask you to do the same step back and enjoy the show as we head to our friend thomas senna thomas take it away, All right.Track 4:[4:17] Guys. Thank you so much. You're so excited for this episode. Hello, and welcome to the SNL Hall of Fame conversation portion of the episode. Today, I am joined by an amazing guest, a mainstay at the SNL Hall of Fame, for sure. He's been advocated for a lot of great SNL, current SNL Hall of Famers, actually. So, like, what, Will Ferrell? Jamie, how many people have you gotten into the SNL Hall of Fame? I think you're on a pretty good run. I'm trying to think. We've definitely done quite a few episodes. I'd have to look to see what the actual track record is to know the percentage. Yeah, Will Ferrell got in. Yeah, and you were on for Molly? I was on for Molly. I don't think she got in, though. Did she? Well, Molly's a new inductee. Oh, okay. In the latest. Yes. All right. So Molly got in. Christopher Walken.Track 4:[5:09] Yes, that was my episode. So you're on a pretty good hot streak. Okay, okay. I think. Nice. So I think you're the perfect person to come on and chat about Sherry O'Terry. But I'm going to formally welcome you, Jamie Burwood. Welcome back to the SNL Hall of Fame. How are you doing? How have you been? I'm doing good. It's great to be back here this summer. Yeah, just having a good start to the summer, doing some beach time coming up. But yeah, it's been great. Happy to be here. Yeah, beach time for all of us. That's what this summer is about. It's beach time 2024. So I'm glad you're partaking as well. Is there anything you'd like to plug up top before we get started here? Talking about Sherry? Yeah, I feel like TV show graphs is still my go-to account on TV.Track 4:[6:03] Twitter, Instagram, all of the places, tvshowgraphs.com. Yeah, it has the whole library of a lot of the TV-related data deep dives I've done in the past, exploring a few new topics coming up soon. So hopefully as some of the summer travel slows down, there'll be some new stuff up there soon. But yeah, otherwise I kind of have just been chilling the last few months. So enjoying the start of the summer.Track 4:[6:27] Well, I think you've earned it. Your graphs and the website, side that's like quite the rabbit hole like a true tv fan could spend a lot of time going down that rabbit hole it's pretty cool so you you deserve it any sort of break you get you definitely deserve it jamie so today our nominee like i mentioned sherry o'terry right in your will house jamie like i said you've covered the air a few times here on the snl hall of fame and of course today talking about um somebody who's beloved to us sherry o'terry uh jamie for What was it about Sherry O'Terry that may have first got your attention when you saw her? Yeah, I feel like the zaniness and how memorable her characters are. I feel like she's somebody that, in my opinion, doesn't get talked about enough. And in some ways, she is well-recognized. She has her best of collection. I feel like people do acknowledge her role in that era of SNL and just how important it is. But there's just something really captivating about her wackiness and the way that she commits to all of these characters that she does. And I think for me, that was really what drew me in. Like, there's just something about watching a sketch with her where you can't quite look away in a good way, I think.Track 4:[7:47] Yeah, no, I agree. I agree. And I think sometimes, maybe sometimes I feel like I might throw around the term underrated or underappreciated a lot. But I honestly think in Sherry's case, it fits. And I have, I guess there are theories floating out there as to why she might be underappreciated. But if you actually look at her work, look at the type of performer that she was, I do think she probably should be talked about more and be held in higher regard than she is. So I really do think there's something to that, Jamie. It's not just like throwing out there like, oh, she's a little underappreciated. Like with Sherry O'Terry, I truly, truly think she is. So neither of us say that lightly. Absolutely. Yeah, I feel like she's somebody who...Track 4:[8:32] Just her role in that era, I hope that people recognize. And just, we've talked a little bit in the past in some of the earlier episodes, but just the role that she had in showing how funny female comedians on SNL can be. And just this willingness to go all out and commit fully. And I don't think she's the only one in her cast who does that. I feel like Molly, Will, many others embody that. But there's something to me special about Sherry in just the way that she went all in on things. And she's somebody who you could put her alongside Will Ferrell. And I would argue she doesn't get overshadowed. They match each other. And the chemistry just builds upon each other.Track 4:[9:19] And I feel like she had this knack for kind of elevating some of these sketches where she was working alongside other greats, other Hall of Famers. And she not only holds her own but just makes things so much better yeah i mean when you're trying to revive snl and we've talked about this before prior to season 21 they did almost a full house cleaning like molly was a carryover norm was a carryover there may be a few care but it was pretty much cleaning house from season 20 to season 21 and sherry i always thought crucial like almost a performer like that's necessary for the revival remind people just like how just how much that season 21 cast just revived this show yeah absolutely i feel like it was just a shift in a different kind of comedy at a time where the show really needed it right like it was away from that kind of like meaner vibe which had its time and place on the show but i feel like there were just aspects that were starting to feel a little bit tired, starting to feel not really keeping up with what people wanted to see. And I feel like the tone of the show really shifted into this very, like.Track 4:[10:40] Character centric we got lots of the great greatest of all time in my opinion recurring sketches recurring characters in this era and i feel like sherry in particular really embodied that kind of character actress character comedian and just not being afraid to be be silly and people responded to that really well i think and i think that was a big part of why why that era is remembered so fondly yeah i think it toward the end there it got exhausting just like there's a lot of that mean comedy a lot of the bad boy quote-unquote stuff and then we entered a stage you're right of like character driven a lot of goofy like a lot of goofball kind of comedy was very refreshing and sherry was such such a vital part of that as far as her path to snl cliff's notes not a ton honestly sherry seems a little private uh not a ton of known about her personal life she's from philadelphia the philadelphia area moved to la in her 20s she's a groundling so she did a lot of quality sketch training before starting at snl her audition was really great i don't know if you had a chance to see it it's on youtube uh so i encourage everyone to check that out but the her audition was like eight minutes and and what she showed in her audition she did three characters that ended up on the show but right away you can see like why Lorne and everybody else who saw that edition were like, we got to have Sherry. So I don't know, Jamie, if you've ever seen the audition. I haven't.Track 4:[12:08] Yeah, I do like them. I haven't watched hers. If I haven't, it's definitely been a while, so I'll have to go back and do that. Yeah, it's really fun. So she had a great audition. You could see why she got chosen for the cast. So she starts off 1995, season 21, Sherry O'Terry, Will Ferrell, the rest of the crew. So I want to get into it. like.Track 4:[12:30] What characters or sketches, Jamie, do you go to when you think about Sherry O'Terry? Yeah, so let me talk about a few characters because I feel like, honestly, most of my favorite Sherry sketches are around some of her well-known characters. And there are a few that are not, which we can talk about, too. But I feel like for me, a few of the ones that stand out, Rita Delvecchio, that like grouchy Philadelphia is the vibe woman who just is, I don't know if mean is the right word, but just that typical like kind of street smart lady.Track 4:[13:11] She's kind of like a little grumpy, but she's pretty likable at the same time. She's kind of that old lady who does who's like no nonsense she doesn't take any crap from the name especially the neighborhood kids i'm going on the porch for five minutes a piece the first one who calls me gets my slipper okay you kids got the whole street to play ball on but you're gonna play in front of my house that's okay because i keep it now okay i keep it it's mine now all right have your mother come get it i hear you smart ass but there's something very likable about her jamie like it's almost do you get the sense when you watch her do rita del vacchio that it's like a one-woman play it is i just for some for some reason that character in particular and like she does all sorts of different brands of like out there characters but for some reason like that what i just feel like is a connection and just work she does it so well and And the writing in most of the ones that she's done for her, I feel like, have been really solid. I feel like they tend to incorporate the host in a really fun way. Just kind of showing her amidst the neighborhood, I feel like.Track 4:[14:23] You then see kind of the host pop up and either like the neighbor or a kid or like all of these different like characters amidst her life. And it always just like feels really natural. Like I'm always happy when one of those sketches pops up in an episode. I'm like, Oh, we get to spend some time with Rhea. This is great. Yeah, no, it's amazing world building. And sometimes you're right. They'll, they'll work in the host and everything. And every now and then a character will come by a lot of times. It's just her standing there a lot of times by her front door, just like yelling at a neighbor. And she's and sherry's doing this such a good job of filling in the other person's dialogue there so it's just her on the screen but she's doing such a good job of making it a conversation.Track 4:[15:04] That only on screen only she's taking part in like she's so skilled at that and the whole role building this is something that she auditioned with she had this character sherry started building this whole world uh at the groundlings that that's just such a testament to her her talents is like a creative mind i think absolutely yeah i love the one with the the screen door and like the kids who are coming up to the screen door repeatedly that one always sticks sticks with me for some reason and you're right that is another example where it's like yes you have kids coming up to the door but she is like owning the comedy in each of those scenes and is having her like wild reactions to each one of those people coming up so completely yeah yeah and And she even made, in that particular installment, she even made kind of a boring host, Steve Forbes, like a very boring host. She actually made him, incorporated him really well into the sketch. She ended up stealing one of the kids' money that was coming up to take donations. She ended up taking the money and all of that. Yeah, that was a really great one with Steve Forbes. She puts a lot of love into that character. I think that's a great first choice.Track 4:[16:08] Yeah, she definitely does. And then I feel like for my second choice, and there's so many. But I just love Nadine and in terms of like when I was in high school and this era was I was in high school in the early 2000s ish so right around this era um there the whole like Simadown now, catchphrase was huge like I just remember friends I don't even know like when people first started saying it. I don't even think I really realized where it was coming from. And just like people embodying this character that she did on SNL only to like later recognize that connection. Excuse me, excuse me. My husband's been in a motorcycle accident. I think he broke his wrist. Yeah, I can't move it. It's swelling up really badly. Okay, everybody simmer down now.Track 4:[17:06] Listen, I would love to simmer down now, but you see my wrist is shattered. So I would encourage I encourage you to admit me now. Sir, your sass is unappreciated here. So before your obelisk becomes shattered, I suggest you fill out these forms and have a seat and then simmer down. That's correct. I love all of the Nadine sketches. I feel like the one with Garth Brooks is probably my favorite, like returning things at the desk there for the name of the store. But to me, that's a classic one and just, it's so fun. It's so fun. Yeah, yeah, I love it. You're right. That whole, the Simudan now, like just totally spread like wildfire. Always like people used to always do the impression where she's trying to start the car. Yes.Track 4:[17:59] Yeah, like, and then it goes Simudan. Yeah, there's all kinds of like different ways you could say Simudan now if you want to get creative. That definitely stuck. She only did it three times. Yep. And it caught on so well. Yeah, I also love the line, like Donna Summer and how does her name appear in the phone book, like Summer, Donna, like that, that to me is just great, great writing, great delivery, so much. Yeah, all those strained ways to make the connection to Simma down now. I love it.Track 4:[18:30] There's two, Jamie, that kind of when I think of Sherry O'Terry, I really connect with. And I'm going to talk about the one that she did the most, Barbara Walters. Yeah. She did that one 21 times, I think, last summer when the SNN, our friends at the SNN, did their character countdown. I believe Barbara Walters ended up on the list for good reason. I think that this is her best character. And something that Sherry said that she worked really hard at, she studied Barbara Walters quite a bit when she found out she was doing this. And there's been Barbara Walters impressions done on the show before. I think this is the quintessential one. What do you what do you say about her Barbara Walters? It's so good and like I Have heard that Sherry somebody who's nervous about like the impression aspect of the show coming in right and it's Not necessarily what you like maybe think of right away with her But this is I agree one of the all-time best things that she did over her time in the show I feel like it's a perfect example to me of an impression that like I.Track 4:[19:36] Is very, like, draws from the real person very well, but then also, like, plays things up in a way that gives it a life of its own so that it's not just, like, purely a copycat, but, like, becomes funny in its own right. Fidel Castro and I were roommates my freshman year in college. And girlfriends, let me tell you, he may be brilliant, he may be stubborn, but what I remember most is that he had some funky B.O. Whenever I see Fidel Castro, I just think he looks like an extra from MASH. I mean, you know what I mean? With that hat. Don't look at me.Track 4:[20:17] I just love any of the like VIEW segments where she popped up. I feel like those were always just a good time and just like meant for comedy, meant for parody. It was great. Yeah, I loved the VIEW one specifically when she would get mad at Debbie Martinopoulos. And she would do things like she one time she told her to go get in the cage that was a classic moment for me when she's like enough she's like go get get in the cage go now and then debbie monotonopoulos would just go do it and and this is just how she would kind of erupt at her you that was so funny and then she would uh reference like casually spending time with famous people and historical figures like i was in the hot tub with fidel castro when i found out that or just like the name dropping is wonderful.Track 4:[21:05] This Barbara Walters was one that could be used in so many different settings, Jamie. I give points for that. If you develop a character or do an impression, and it could be used on a talk show or weekend update, or this is such a versatile character.Track 4:[21:20] I agree. And again, it speaks to the theme of when she pops up and you're excited to see that character. And i think it's one that i don't think anyone could really get sick of or maybe somebody could but i certainly did not get sick of this one ever like i could see this every episode in her era and be happy with that yeah so this might be like if i was going to show one person an example of why i love sherry it might actually be her barbara walters like like this one makes me so happy for sure like amongst many that make me so happy and i'm sure that make you so happy you know like what what's what what's another character that people just can't miss for sherry yeah i feel like colette reardon is one that we should talk about the prescription pill addict lipstick smeared on the face and this is true for a lot of sherry's characters but i feel like there's just like an aesthetic to like the character she commits to and like a lot of times in similar outfits, makeup, just like you, you see that person and you're like, okay, I get what this is trying to be. And then Sherry just.Track 4:[22:36] It to to another level it's a good thing that the phone's on the fritz because sometimes i gots to shoot methadrine so i can fire up my toro leaf blower to clean my front lawn falls a bitch dick i don't care how you slice it methadrine you ever try a rake.Track 4:[22:57] Oh really any poop after five hours of methadrine fueled leaf blowing i get kind of confused and start making long distance phone calls i don't know how many of the um of the clut sketches there were i know she appeared a few times maybe on weekend update and then a few standalone sketches maybe like five okay yeah yeah yeah it felt like more honestly such a lived-in character yeah i feel like super memorable one um there was one where i.Track 4:[23:28] Feel like a phone is involved like you have pills coming out of the phone and she's trying to eat the pills which amazing physical comedy just this type of character i feel like she does really well and not in a hateful way like it's a character that you kind of have to like walk that fine line with right because it's like a little bit of a extreme scenario but you come away just being like oh my gosh this character is fabulous and and laughing all over well that's one thing that you know when i had john schneider on for the kristen wigg episode and we talked about when she would do characters uh and impressions that she didn't come at it in a mean way so we used as an example like target lady for kristen and wig that could have been done mean but you can tell there was love put into that and i think somebody like colette you know she she's whacked out on all these pills and and her hair's messed up messy lipstick she's always trying to hit on whoever and uh but like there's still an element of just like she sounds it seems like sherry has love for that character she's not trying to.Track 4:[24:36] To totally be mean to those kind of people or whatever. It's just like they almost... All of our characters almost seem likable, even as wacky as they are. That's such a gift, I think. It is. It really is. I feel like it's...Track 4:[24:51] You kind of see the other level of some of these characters and you watch them and you laugh, but you also just are like, oh, I want to spend time in this world and with this person and just see what antics they're up to. And she did that so well. Yeah, absolutely. This is one of the prime examples to me of a comparison that I've made with Sherry. Kind of think she always reminded me of Mike Myers on screen.Track 4:[25:16] Like just her energy. energy uh if she was in a sketch she was best as the the focus the focal point of the sketch she and mike both like every now and then they would kind of play the straight character the background but that's not what they did if it was a mike myers sketcher it was a sherry o'terry sketch i think or maybe she had a co-pilot and will ferrell sometimes or molly or something but she has this she had this mike myers energy about her that i see pop up in characters like Colette I don't know if I'm off base if we love to make comparisons as SNL fans but Mike Myers and Sherry Oteri was always one that that struck me yeah I can definitely see that like the the leadership in the like just like you said sure you could put her in a background role but it's it's almost a waste like you you want to see her in that that spotlight and I I feel like she has that kind of like magnetic quality yeah for sure um well what's uh what's another what's next on your list yeah i feel like we gotta talk spartan cheerleaders we talked okay during the episode but i again i feel like if you ask people on the street about sherry especially like more a casual fan or someone who.Track 4:[26:35] Maybe not like dedicated to this era as much but that, recurring sketch I feel like is just cemented into pop culture history in a really cool way and I feel like whenever I go back and watch some of these it, am impressed at just how her and Will feed off of each other. It almost feels like improv in some ways. Like, oh, yeah, as much as they're like, the writing is great, not to discount that, like, it just feels like they are in the moment just having fun as two performers, just like.Track 4:[27:11] Each going off of each other. And it, there's just an energy to these ones to me that I feel like is hard to top yeah you're right and i think no that's actually a credit to the writing that doesn't discount in any way i think paula pell who helped them write these was probably the third spartan cheerleader in these in these sketches like she did an amazing job but you're right like like uh showcasing sherry's talents unreal physical performer.Track 4:[27:36] She the way sometimes that she would just leap into will ferrell's arms and they would she would do this weird pose and or will ferrell would just like carry her around in a weird way like sherry Sherry was just fearless, such an amazing, fearless performer. I hope that when people see the cheerleader sketches, they're just not focused on Will, because Sherry's arguably topping his performance in this, honestly. I always thought Sherry was the better performer in these sketches specifically. I agree, actually. And I'm not sure how that dynamic played out in terms of, like, Like, was Will tempering in, like, letting her really be the super zany? And, I mean, he was pretty zany, too, so it's all relative. But I feel like that's the thing that surprises me the most re-watching these is, like, everyone knows, like, Will Ferrell. He's huge. He's, like, had such a big career. People think, okay, Spartan Triller is him. But you watch these and you're like, oh, my gosh, Sherry was killing it. And, again, not only, like, matching him but in some cases, like, going beyond. And that's really cool because I think, again, not everybody...Track 4:[28:46] Thinks of that but when you watch it it's there it really is oh my god ariana can you believe summer's over already i know craig i already missed my summer job at kenny rogers roasters i'm still getting the newsletter though.Track 4:[29:03] Well i'm glad my lifeguarding job is over i did not enjoy taking off my shirt no no craig tomorrow morning we are going to be real spartan cheerleaders this has got to be our year, It was an awesome idea to practice all night. Yeah, and my parents will never know I'm gone. I put my brother's blow-up doll underneath my sheets. Oh. Yeah, she would do these little things as Ariana, like, to give the character neurosis. Like, if it was a little sigh or nervous laughter or something like that, she was very expressive in her face and just the little, like, breaths that she would take. Like, something as a sketch performer, I always admire when I notice those little things, those little small beats that you know sherry thought about does naturally whatever but they're out there and uh yeah this is um if if not barbara walters maybe the cheer maybe ariana the cheerleader uh could be up there as far as like the quintessential sherry especially physically like as a physical performer i'll put ariana right up there and then one other recurring her in character that I want to make sure we talk about. And I think we only got this one a handful of times, but Althea, the little child who in one sketch is on a plane and another is on a bus, Sherry just going full-on annoying.Track 4:[30:27] Child in her layers of pink jackets and clothing and just embodying that... Hyper, chaotic, says-anything kid. I especially love the one with Chevy Chase as the pilot. I feel like to me that's the one that stands out. Dr. Burke, we're going to visit my Aunt Jane in Colorado, where it's called. My Aunt Jane has a life partner. Her name is Judy. They're not married. They're life partners. Life partners! Life partners! Althea, Althea, come on out. Watch the controls now. With my nose will any flight attendant please report to the cockpit any flight attendant please report to the cockpit run to the cockpit.Track 4:[31:21] That's the one actually uh the althea on a plane she actually auditioned with that too so that's like part of her audition really yeah she had the cap and everything like the whole the glasses like it was fully formed in the audition like it didn't seem like they changed much at all from the audition to to the air it does feel like one that like i feel like there's certain characters where they feel like okay this person like cared to develop this and it has that kind of like personal touch and i can absolutely see that with this one right it just seems like a character that she knows that she can embody very naturally um yeah this is just a really fun And I feel like, especially in the plane one with Chevy, the deadpan-ness of his character and the annoying.Track 4:[32:11] Just chattering away child of her character is just, it's such a fun, fun match and made for an awesome sketch. Yeah, for sure. and she would say things like not just weird things as a child but she would say like really precocious like things that like an adult would say or maybe she's repeating what an adult told her but but she would kind of like surprise the audience a little bit or the person she was interacting with by saying something really mature and adult like something beyond like you shouldn't know that or you shouldn't be saying that that's kind of interesting that you're saying that so i like that layer to this character it's a really fun one agreed yeah no i i feel like this is one that just feels very like true to sherry and like everything that she embodies yeah there was a uh along the lines i think of like the colette or alfea there was a one-off i don't know if you had a chance to see this one um her name's roberta it was sherry did this like in the the sixth episode of her first season. So she played somebody named Roberta and it was this dad work colleague who invited herself over to Thanksgiving dinner.Track 4:[33:22] So it was just very weird energy. She was very inappropriate. I'm surprised this actually wasn't a recurring character because this happened really early on in Sherry's career. But she just said these weird things that she thought were just normal, but everybody at the table was like, Oh my gosh, I think, I want to say Jennifer Aniston was in the sketch. But y'all should go look up Roberta because it's like a spiritual cousin to somebody like Colette or Althea or even Rita, like one of these just crazy characters. So I wanted to throw out that a one-off. Oh, that's so exciting. Are Sarah jetting off to Paris? Have you ever been to Scranton?Track 4:[34:06] Nope. Don't count it out. The beauty of the skyline alone made me do a double take. I stayed at the airport Ramada. Ooh, Ramada. It was funny because they hadn't washed the sheets. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. How is that funny? You didn't let me complete the tale. Oh, wow. The other one-off one that I love is with John Goodman playing Adele as the, like, flirty office character. Character just like basically coming in kind of dressed in her like scantily clad outfit um, saying things that are very obvious innuendo and then like going the next mile of explaining every little thing like this this one to me is just like really funny and again great great writing and like all of the different like innuendos that they throw out there, but she super committed, just like very physically on every person in the sketch. It was a fun one. Yeah. Well, this boy's got one thing in his pants that I'd like to wrap my sweaty little mitts around. I'm talking about putting my hands on your penis.Track 4:[35:33] Yes, and again, there's no confusion there. Adele, we got it. Thanks. Well, speaking of getting it, I'm gonna head over to the old icebox and get my oyster platter.Track 4:[35:48] What you looking at, fellas? this is a broke yeah she's totally owning the room in that too like like the office like she's just kind of making her way going to uh everybody i think i remember at one point she um says something suggestive to rachel dratch yes and rachel dratch is like i'm just an intern, i'm just a temp yeah why are you doing this and so yeah yeah that was a really funny one yeah that probably could have been a recurring character yeah as well i could have seen like obvious innuendo lady or yeah like in different settings like we had the office setting and put her in other like various professional worlds i feel like would have been yeah for sure uh there's what if so i i think i said something like she puts a lot of love like it doesn't seem like she, dislikes her any of her characters if there was one where she it was more so making fun of a type and maybe you could sense like there's some sort of meanness underneath the surface it was with the morning latte one yeah oh yeah we gotta talk about that yeah yeah morning latte she and will the dynamic duo again they first did this and i think in season 23 and then they just did a run of them uh famous ones with like chris farley was in a was in a really famous one just a lot of like hyper dumb energy jamie i love these ones yeah these these are great i feel like just that.Track 4:[37:14] Perfect morning talk show shtick and I know we've seen that from like a few cast members over the years but something about this one and this pairing we talked a little bit about like the improv vibe a little but I get that from this as well I'm just like two great people sitting down having fun I know Sherry has mentioned this as like one of her favorite recurring sketches at at some point and it it does just feel like fun fun riffing and just a little bit different from some of her other characters um in a way that's that's kind of fun like yeah crazy but like in a in a different way and more of that like contain talk show still weird but different kind of weird, yeah they're just so funny like they were uninformed about what was going on in the world So we're recording this the day after Joe Biden announced he was stepping down as the Democratic nominee. This is something that the morning latte people would be surprised by the following morning. Or they'd be like, did you hear that Joe Biden? They would just say it with such surprise because they don't follow the news, but they're supposed to be talking about a part of this morning show. They have terrible taste in movies. Cass, how was your weekend? Did you and Eli finally see Good Will Hunting? No, I did something even better. We saw Spice World. Ooh.Track 4:[38:41] That's supposed to be good. Frank, have you seen Spice World yet? I don't know what that is. Oh, well, I'll tell you. You know what I found myself saying after I saw this film? Move over, hard day's night. No kidding. Yes. No, I'm saying these gals are fabulous. That's what I've heard. Yeah, they have got more talent than anything out of Britain or England. Wow. Wow. Wow. Do you like when sketches have like, familiar beats within the sketch how is that for you as a viewer i i do really like that actually i feel like they're i don't know if it's like the comfort or just the style of i don't mind that at all as long as the the jokes are there to kind of hold it up still i i like that and i feel like for this one in particular there was something about that just like kind of.Track 4:[39:31] Sim like i don't know if that's the right word but just like not quite there a little bit like like you said, in their own worlds, combining that with the talk show format was enough to me. Sometimes you don't have to try to reinvent the wheel or do something crazy. It worked because the performers were great. And I think that's a testament to Sherry and to the cast. For sure. They would always involve their producer. So a lot of times the host would play. So John Goodman, Chris Farley, they would involve the producer. I love the bit where Will would say a word and sherry would interrupt him and confidently give a definition that was wrong and she would just say it so confidently like and of course that means this and then will would say no like i just i yeah i love those beats they did a perfect caricature of those cheesy morning show i was part of a morning zoo radio show so i can kind of relate a little bit to that this is something you don't think it's talked about enough and maybe within like snl fan community sure but like i I feel like there needs to be just, like, a giant reel of all of these, like, just great quotes and great moments from this. I feel like it holds up. And sure, some of the pop culture stuff is very much a relic of the time, but the jokes and the...Track 4:[40:48] Dim-wittedness of these characters and how funny that can be i think does really hold up yeah yeah absolutely go back and like deep dive like binge on these morning lattes i found some on tiktok so i googled search and then they came up on tiktok a lot i've been seeing that more and more for snl clips like and i'm i'm not a big tiktoker but i am like okay this is this is kind of refreshing to me that like that's out there in another way for people to kind of discover moments from the show's years past. Yeah, I don't know the TikToks very well, but if they have a lot of SNL sketches, I'll probably visit a lot more. Yeah.Track 4:[41:26] She did another, we talked about the Barbara Walters impression. She did another impression that really stood out to me, but I want to give the floor to you. I want to see if our brains align with maybe the next one that's on your mind. I'm just kind of curious. A little experiment here, Jamie. So what do you got for us next? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, my, this one's probably going to be, I think the only other one I had for a recurring that I definitely wanted to talk about was Zimmerman's. Okay. I don't think that's what yours is, because you were saying yours is an impression, right? Yeah, exactly. But I want to hear your thoughts on the Zimmerman's, though. Oh, I mean, the Zimmerman's, gosh, so, so fun. So we have her and Chris Kattan as this like super always breaking out into very inappropriate over-the-top sexual moments and just like can't keep their hands off of each other and, these are just so funny to me like going from the like sexually charged madness to nothingness and to often like blaming the other person in the room like the other couple or whoever else is around in the sketch for like, oh, you guys are inappropriate, or oh, how dare you, like, I feel like that, that in some cases was like the, the conclusion, but the...Track 4:[42:46] Just these moments of like kind of like one upmanship of the just how over the top like sexual energy how much they can bring to the table was just so genius so fun to watch and to re-watch like i feel like if folks haven't revisited these in a while they to me really hold up in terms of the the physical comedy and like just some of the moments and just how some stuff that i'm actually like okay you got that on on tv i know obviously it's late at night and that's the business of snl but um yeah some pretty like vulgar stuff i feel like they got in there which which was fun they did i know it was pretty risque and chris katan's a cast member who i've had a mixed kind of relationship as a viewer with i wasn't always the biggest chris katan fan but i think sherry brought some good parts of chris katan out in these sketches they have a a similar energy so i can see how their kind of energies play off each other well even though i think i really think sherry's a much better sketch performer than chris katan had better snl career but i think she brought out the good parts of chris katan yeah in these that's why i do like watching these agreed yeah i feel like that was a pairing that i enjoyed.Track 4:[43:58] Seeing and i have a similar kind of thing with chris katan of like different doses or different moments is like the right amount for me but i do feel like there's a little bit of a a parallel to me i do hear them sometimes get talked about in like similar conversations and just as some parallels i think with with the roles they played um and just their like relationship with the show itself but this one to me is just like taking those parallels and.Track 4:[44:29] Like putting it to good use because there could be a world where and sometimes this did happen like both of them was too much for one sketch but this is like you're pairing them romantically and like telling them to just go all at it and have fun with it and it it works yeah no i completely agree this is worth a deep dive for a lot of snl fans this is fun a fun revisit and it captures the era a lot because we were talking about like goofball sketches coming off the heels of of not so goofball maybe more mean stuff like yeah so this is like a good example of kind of that goofball energy she did an impression that.Track 4:[45:05] Judge judy oh yeah yeah i really really love she played judge judy like perfectly no nonsense tough lady um fun interplay between her and tracy morgan as the bailiff uh so i really enjoyed her judge duty judy i thought it did great justice to the real judge judy hey hey hey hey look at me look at me i'll take a pig to the butcher when i want to eat baloney. Got it? Hey, got me? Hot judge, cold cuts. All right, Miss Diamond, what sort of training do you have? What's your background as a clown? I never took no courses, but my mother really encouraged me. Whenever the circus came to town, she would drop me off and leave me there for a few days.Track 4:[45:49] Did your mother teach you how to make those disgusting animal balloons? No, they are my own design, tight ass. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey i'm the only tight ass in this courtroom it's right here right here okay yeah i gotta go back in and watch because that's what i i didn't watch for my my rewatch here but i remember yeah from from years past so um yeah if that one is available easily i'll i'll revisit that one again i think that a lot of them are on tiktok so like just the little beats like she came up with little sayings that were funny she would say things like i'll take a pig to the butcher or when I want to eat bologna or I'll grind the organ when I want the monkey to dance and just like these little Judge Judy-isms. Judge Judy actually came on as herself one time and I thought that was pretty fun. Like sometimes I'm hit or miss on like when the actual person comes on. But I think Sherry...Track 4:[46:43] Sherry reacted pretty funny to the real Judge Judy. And she kind of interjected sometimes. And Judge Judy would tell her to go away. And so I thought that was fun. So I think Judge Judy, she did about five of them. I think so. So I think it's worth a revisit for Sherry O'Terry. Another really good impression, I think, Judge Judy. So Jamie, post-SNL, Sherry O'Terry. So not a ton. So she did guest appearances here and there. She was in Shrek the Third, Grown Ups 2. who I'm a big Curb Your Enthusiasm fan, so she was in a memorable episode of Curb for me. A lot of voice acting for animated shows. She was in Scary Movie, the first one, but she never found a project to lead. So do you think it was like a missed opportunity by studios or did something about her style not translate post-SNL? Yeah, it's an interesting one. I feel like her comedy on the show was very much going all in on these zany wacky characters and I could see that leading to a situation of how do we actually take this and put this in more of a film or TV, outside of sketch comedy role I think that, is part of it I know she's talked a little bit about how she.Track 4:[48:02] On SNL it was about comedy first as opposed to like acting outside of sketch comedy and how people have a tendency to kind of like then put you in that lane and i i think that that may be part of it she's someone who like when she does pop up though i always really enjoy seeing her and like curb is a perfect example she's great on that um she had a guest star yeah exactly yeah she popped in on crazy ex-girlfriend which is one of my my favorite shows like was was happy to see her there um so I I'm okay with that and I don't know what like her goals are like what she wants or wanted from her career but I am okay that some cast members aren't like.Track 4:[48:51] Blockbuster every month kind of vibe that that's not the direction their career took like i.Track 4:[48:58] Like seeing her when she has pop up i hope we continue to see those little bits and pieces and i do love her in the comedy roles and and i don't know if that's again what she wants or if she's wanting to was wanting to expand beyond that but i'm happy having her pop up in some of these great shows from time to time no i completely agree like they're not all going to be will ferrell and just take the like be a blockbuster movie star it's not gonna happen with every uh cast member so i'm completely with you i think the thing that maybe is more unfortunate that's impacted her legacy on snl amongst fans is i don't think she's come back to snl yeah like really at all since she left the show in 2000 and i think that kind of sucks jamie i think that's unfortunate i don't know particular reasons why i've kind of heard maybe some stuff But I don't know about you, but I think we're missing out on like Sherry O'Terry not coming back to the show. Agreed. I feel like she's less integrated to like the click of SNL where you see, okay, this person has a show. They're going to bring in all their SNL friends. And you just see this kind of world.Track 4:[50:05] And there can be many reasons for that. Again, I know there are like different theories of like, oh, she was tough to work with or this and that. And, like, I personally have kind of tried to give her the benefit of the doubt among that kind of discourse just because I don't know what happens. I haven't – nothing that's been horrible where I'm like, oh, my gosh, we cannot talk about this person in the history of SNL. I feel like she is somebody who –.Track 4:[50:34] Again, is not super connected with, like, some of the other folks in the show, and I don't know why, and I don't even know that, like, I could. There may be valid reasons for that. There may be invalid reasons. I don't know. I guess what I will say is, like, it's a bummer in the sense of, like, I would love to see her come and host, and she would be a phenomenal host.Track 4:[50:54] So if those circumstances change and she does become more integrated and we get to see more of her in that context that would be an amazing bonus but also if it's a situation where she did her time and that was a period in her life and now she's doing other things i'm okay with that too but yeah yeah the more sherry the better yeah right i know and i don't want to it's hard to speak to like the dynamics between her and her cast members because we weren't there we don't know one thing that she has said though she said she was nervous a lot around the office and she said she would get really nervous before sketches she was nervous during the week so she said she was like this ball of nerves yeah when she was at snl she craved the approval from lorn she really did she she told a story about how norm had to kind of talk her down before a sketch or something like like she just was always just this ball of nerves and maybe she was so nervous that like it kind of prevented her from forging those tight bonds and because i would love like we see dratch come back we see molly shannon we you know sherry o'terry was such a significant arguably bigger than like a dratch or somebody like that but i mean do you think like her not coming back has hurt her legacy a little bit i think it it makes her maybe less known or less talked about in like the fabric of the history of the show to me it doesn't change the like legacy of of what she did for the years and the seasons that she was on the show and doesn't diminish the work.Track 4:[52:23] It maybe contributes to this kind of underrated vibe that comes across because I feel like.Track 4:[52:31] As a result of not being in some of those places, she does get talked about less. And so then when she is talked about, it's like, oh, wait, don't forget about Sherry. She was amazing, too, and also part of redefining this era. So I think that's where I see the connection. Yeah, I'm with that. I think our discussion here hopefully has caused people to go back and remember and just kind of say, like, oh, yeah, Sherry Oteri, she actually was that great. So hopefully this can go towards serving that. So now's the time, part of the show, where you kind of speak to the voters, you speak to the audience, you're speaking to the water cooler.Track 4:[53:08] And, I don't know, Jamie, tell them, why should SNL fans still hold Sherry in high regard as a great cast member? Absolutely, yeah. So Sherry was part of this crucial era of redefining SNL, saving SNL, really showing folks a new way that SNL can be funny. I feel like she was a trailblazer for female comedians on the show. I feel like she paved the way for a lot of the greats that we saw in years to come alongside her cast. I feel like the timing that she had, her ability to excel and really own these character-based sketches was phenomenal. She had this incredible ability to do over-the-top, crazy, fun characters so well, which were so important to that era of the show and what it was all about. Out and I think she really deserves her credit and and props for for that role that she played so I absolutely think that Sherry should be remembered as one of the greats and for playing a critical role in in SNL's history.Track 2:[54:37] So there's that thank you so much thomas and welcome back jamie burwood really great to hear your voice extolling the virtues of sherry o terry i gotta tell you when thomas started to talk about impressions that Sherry O'Terry was part of. And he mentioned Barbara Walters. I was immediately taken back. And I just think that character really exemplifies a lot of what she was capable of and able to do. It's silly, but it's on the mark. And it's a lot of fun. Let's take a listen.Track 5:[55:40] Good morning, I'm Meredith Vieira, and welcome to The View. We've got a fabulous show today, right ladies? Oh, we certainly do, Meredith. We certainly do. Okay, let's take a look at the news. Paula Jones went face-to-face with President Clinton today. He gave his deposition regarding her sexual harassment suit. Now, Star, you're a lawyer. Yes, I am. Now, President Clinton allegedly exposed himself to Ms. Jones and allegedly asked for sex and allegedly Ms. Jones said no, which disappointed the president, allegedly. You know, I was paired with Paula Jones in a three-legged race at Larry King's Fourth of July barbecue bash. And she assured me that President Clinton's member had more twists and turns than the curly fries at Arby's. It's true. Well, I just don't understand what the big deal is. I mean, if a guy whips it out, you just have to be assertive and say, like, hey, don't whip it out, you know?Track 5:[56:41] You're very young, Debbie. Very, very young. All right, this next story is amazing. Chicago physicist Richard Seed wants to open a clinic that would clone human babies. Amazing, right? Now, allegedly, he's going to clone a baby by the year 2000, and what this means is that he's going to take a baby and using signs, he'll make an identical baby to that baby really, really soon. Mm-hmm. You know, there are three people that I would clone. Albert Einstein, Diana, Princess of Where's, and Hugh Downs, my co-host this week on 2020. Well, if I had a clone, I'd make out with myself.Track 5:[57:31] I'm just kidding. Do not speak again. Our guest today is a big star. She is one of the big actresses in the world, allegedly. Please welcome my girl, Glenn Close. Hey!Track 5:[57:58] You are strong and inspirational, and you are one of the whitest women I've ever seen.Track 5:[58:06] I'm delighted to be here. Glenn, you have done so much. Acted in award-winning films. Performed on Broadway. Only one question remains. What do you think of me? Well, Barbara, I admire you tremendously. I've always thought that you would... Oh, you know what I have to ask you about? I want to ask you about that scene in the big chair where you let your husband get that other lady pregnant. Mm, I could not do that. Because I am a do-right woman, and I have to have me a do-right man. Yes. We know that about you, Star. That's done in a nutshell. That's done in a nutshell. Oh, Glenn, I have a question about John Malkovich. What's that? He is so sexy. Ugh. Oh. What's the question? Oh, speaking of questions, it's time for the question of the day. Okay. Today's question comes from Marlene Kimball of Tulsa, Oklahoma. And, Glenn, this question should be really good for you. If you could change one thing about your face, what would it be? Well, nothing. This face has served me very well. Well, I think women need to embrace the uniqueness of their flaws. Wouldn't you all agree?Track 5:[59:31] I don't go in for plastic surgery. If I could change one thing about my face, which is allegedly very big, I would tell those doctors to suck some of this fat out of my neck.Track 5:[59:42] Well, thank you, Glenn, for coming by. That's it? Oh, my God. You know what I just realized? You're the mean lady from 101 Dalmatians. Cruella de Vil. Yeah, now I know who you are. You're evil. Stand over there! Go! Stand over there! Quicker! Stick around. In our next segment, we'll be talking about female circumcision with Naomi Judge.Track 2:[1:00:11] Oh, man. Yeah, that brings back some memories. That's like the original View cast that they were parodying there. And allegedly, I will say, Sherry O'Terry has a path to the SNL Hall of Fame. I believe it. Not a first ballot Hall of Famer, I don't think. We'll get more on the water cooler this week and see what Joe and Shari have to say.Track 2:[1:00:41] Next week, we are discussing Garrett Morris with our friend Darren Patterson, and it should be another great, great episode for you all. Now, that's what I've got for you this week. So, if you would do me a favor, and as you're leaving and walk past the Weekend Update exhibit, turn out the lights, because the SNL Hall of Fame is now closed.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/snlhof/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for its 25th anniversary. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is the American version of the British game show of the same name. It debuted on ABC on August 16, 1999. The show entered daily syndication in 2002, before returning to primetime in 2020.  In the original format of the show, one contestant must correctly answer questions of increasing monetary value to reach the million-dollar question. The contestant has lifelines, special forms of assistance such as a phone call with a friend or asking the studio audience. Currently, contestants are celebrities playing for charity. The original host was TV legend Regis Philbin. Others hosts include Meredith Vieira, Cedric the Entertainer, Terry Crews, Chris Harrison, and the incumbent host Jimmy Kimmel. The primetime version of the show won two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Game Show. Regis won once for Outstanding Game Show Host while Meredith Vieira won twice. Aaron and Josh talk about their experiences with Who Want to Be a Millionaire before going into the game's hosts, varying formats, and legacy. For another game show, you can listen to Josh and Aaron discuss Match Game with special guest Allison Lips. New episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire are available on ABC.com

It's hard to believe, and I feel so blessed that I am kicking off my fifth year with Rappaport to the Rescue on Pet Life Radio. My first guest who joins us every year at this time is the TV legend Meredith Vieira. And as always, animal trainer extraordinaire Bill Berloni will be part of this very special anniversary show. EPISODE NOTES: Kicking Off Year Five with the One and Only Meredith Vieira!

Haines sits down with executive producer Brian Teta to discuss their existence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who she sees as the Mount Rushmore of 'The View' co-hosts and how she made the leap from behind the camera producer to on-air personality. Plus, she shares her Thanksgiving plans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haines sits down with executive producer Brian Teta to discuss their existence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who she sees as the Mount Rushmore of 'The View' co-hosts and how she made the leap from behind the camera producer to on-air personality. Plus, she shares her Thanksgiving plans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The WGA strike may be coming to its conclusion. But SAG still holds strong, A.I. lurks in the shadows and moviemaking ain't what it used to be. So producers Evan Astrowksy and Craig Perry, as well as entertainment lawyer Rose Meade Hart, sit down to talk shop. Craig Perry As a partner at Zide/Perry Entertainment, Craig Perry, produced Universal's American Pie franchise; New Line Cinema's Final Destination franchise; Warner Bros' Cats & Dogs franchise; and Sony Pictures' Little Black Book and The Big Hit. Currently, Craig is a partner at Practical Pictures, a feature film and television production company.Recently, Practical Pictures produced Universal's Breaking In, starring Gabrielle Union, directed by James McTeigue and produced in partnership with Will Packer Productions. Prior to that, it produced the hit Australian family comedy Oddball. Craig also served as Vice President of Development for Scott Rudin Productions, and Director Of Development for Silver Pictures. He was an Associate Producer on The First Wives Club, and developed such films as Rules Of Engagement, Sleepy Hollow, A Simple Plan, The Truman Show, In & Out, Ransom, Clueless, Lethal Weapon 3, Executive Decision, Richie Rich and Demolition Man. Craig was recently an adjunct professor at Syracuse University Los Angeles, teaching the Art and Business of Production. IMDB Rose Meade Hart Media, tech attorney, and advisor, Rose Meade Hart structures and negotiates profitable relationships across multiple media sectors, including Film, Tech, TV, Social Media, and Music. Rose understands producers and solves problems at the pace of production. She has served as counsel to numerous independent feature films, series and distributors. In addition to production, her work includes advising executives, client groups, and in-house attorneys at major media companies on various strategic, legal and business affairs matters. Rose served as a C-suite executive of startup OTT digital television network IconicTV, which included 3 of the 100 Google-funded premium YouTube channels in $100 mil. initiative, where brokered deals with talent such as JAY-Z, J-Lo, Wisin Y Yandel, Daddy Yankee, and Meredith Vieira. She was also a key exec on AT&T's hit digital series @SummerBreak (earning 1+ billion views in less than 5 years). Throughout her illustrious career she has represented many influential clients including Chappelle's Show, Frank Sinatra: 80 Years My Way TV Special, Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, BBC America, Turner Broadcasting, IFC and many more. LinkedIn Twitter Evan Astrowsky Evan is a seasoned film and commercial producer with ad agency , production company and film producing expertise. After graduating NYU Film School as the Lew Wasserman Fellow Evan went on to produce 10+ independently produced feature films including Cabin Fever, Fanboys, Ironclad, The Lazarus Project, and Mini's First Time. Evan now finds himself firmly in the brand world where he has produced commercials for companies like Microsoft, Bud Light, Chevy, Verizon and Oracle. Evan is part of the ‘abled-disabled' community in LA where he lives with wife and two kids. IMDB Instagram Twitter How I Got Greenlit Instagram X Podlink Credits Alex Keledjian, Host Ryan Gibson, Host Pete Musto, Producer/Editor Jeremiah Tittle, Producer Experience more of How I Got Greenlit via ncpodcasts.com For guest inquiries, sponsorships, and all other magnificent concerns, please reach How I Got Greenlit via howIgotgreenlit@gmail.com For inquiries and more information on Next Chapter Podcasts info@ncpodcasts.com New episodes go live every Tuesday. Please subscribe, rate & review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Sokoler, Senior Footage Producer, joins Susan and Ben to discuss Look Who's Back, a 2015 satirical comedy. David shares what it's like having a career as a senior footage producer at The Problem with Jon Stewart. He discusses where his role fits into the show's production process, how selling vegetables on Cape Cod led to him working for Meredith Vieira, and creating his own video storytelling company, Hiro Stories. He also shares the saga of herding a donkey, alpaca, llama, mini zebra, and camel from the street, through 30 Rock. David plays our “Joke's On You” game. Follow David on Instagram and Twitter @sokodavid or IMDb. Find out more about Hiro Stories at hirostories.com Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help us reach more listeners. Find out about our guests and upcoming events by following us at Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, contribute to our Patreon, or shop at lifeinthecredits.com. Life in Our Credits Hosts: Susan Swarner and Ben Blohm Executive Producer: Michelle Levin Logo Art: Melissa Durkin Music Composer and Performer: Steve Trowbridge

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As a past contestant from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Phil Barth shares his journey through getting on the game show, chasing down his goal, and now helping others achieve their dream. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at 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. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe.In this episode you will learn about:The journey through Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Become obsessed with your goalWhy right people to support you matters The value in celebrating winsHow to see yourself to successFind the next thing, even if it's something smallBIO:Expert in Stress Management, Goal Achievement. I recovered from a heart attack by a daily social media practice.As a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, speaker, and author, Phil Barth is a man who specializes in goal achievement. His journey began when he found success by trying something different and surrounding him self with the right people. He now helps other fry chickens and overcome their barriers to success.Episode References/Links:Phil Barth's WebsiteSorta Best Seller book :)  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox.Be It Till You See It Podcast SurveyUse this link to get your Toe Sox!ResourcesWatch the Be It Till You See It podcast on YouTube!Lesley Logan websiteBe It Till You See It PodcastOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley LoganOnline Pilates Classes by Lesley Logan on YouTubeProfitable PilatesSocial MediaInstagramFacebookLinkedInEpisode Transcript:Lesley Logan  Okay loves. So, I can't get really nostalgic about certain things. And I grew up watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune with my family. And then obviously, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which is going to bring us into our guest this week. And it's not because I want to talk about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on the show. But I actually want to talk about someone's journey to achieving their big ass goals. And I think that sometimes we can get a little, a little like in the weeds with things or we can also maybe not actually push ourselves to actually go for the things we think. We've just started to listen to other people or ourselves and think it's never gonna happen to us. And so our guests, Phil Barth, he actually had a goal. He got curious about something, decided to do it. And then he worked his ass off for several years to make it happen. And I just wanted to share his journey, what he learned along the way, what he did after and what he's doing now. And I think it's so fun to hear stories like this because hopefully you can picture yourself in in the same situation with whatever it is you're going after. And so, now let's listen to Phil Barth story.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 guests 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.All right, Be It babes. Oh, I'm really excited about this. Because our guest today he is, will he'll tell you his story. But when I saw what he has accomplished his life, I was like, "Oh, I've watched that show." I like ... and so I was like taking it out of memory lane. And I I just like I have to talk to him. Because first of all, not only has he accomplished a lot, but he has learned so much along the journey. And I wanted to share that with you all because I think sometimes we get so obsessed with the goal, we forget that the journey has a lot to teach us. So Phil Barth, thank you so much for getting on the Be It pod. Can you tell everyone who you are and what you do?Phil Barth  Sure. As you mentioned, my name is Phil Barth. I am a speaker author. That's that's my side gig gig. I still work in the computer world, in the IT world as a as a geek, basically. It's this the show you're talking about was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. I'm sure we'll get into that. But you probably don't remember the episode but but that's okay. Yeah.Lesley Logan  That would be hard. There was a lot and ...Phil Barth  Oh, I know, right?Lesley Logan  It's still on. I think it's still on.Phil Barth  It is still on. And what I've seen now they don't do it for millionaire but some game shows. I don't know why you do this, except for the game show nerds like myself. They're putting episodes out on I believe it's Amazon Prime video. So you can see old episodes of the 70s game show Match Game and and and there's a couple more. So who knows someday I might be out on Amazon Prime.Lesley Logan  That's amazing. You have to put that on your on your your, you know your resume.Phil Barth  I totally will. That's all there here's, here's the link. Go check it out.Lesley Logan  I love that so much. I would tell people like when I was getting started and doing commercials and everything like, oh, I'm gonna dro... I was in a Dropbox ad, which is true. It was not ever on TV. It was only an add on on the internet, though. So but who knows? It's they have it forever. So it could be used in different ways.Phil Barth  Still count. It actually count.Lesley Logan  So okay, so first of all, like what got you into even being wanting to do the show? Like, I feel like we have to go back a second.Phil Barth  Yeah. Yeah. Good idea. So it was the show came out August of 99. And I had read articles and papers, "Oh, that's interesting." And so August of 99, I remember I'm at the Marriott in Stanford. And I walk into my room I'm like, "Oh, it's almost time for that show I read about." So I turned it on. And I'm watching it, I'm thinking. "You know, I can try to do this." Because it's multiple choice, right? You always have a guess. Jeopardy, I sit there watch the games ... How they know that.Lesley Logan  I know. I can only watch teen Jeopardy and even then I get a half ...Phil Barth  I only watch the first half before the questions get too difficult and like, I'm out here. But but I was like I can do that. And that was the thought right? And then at the end, they said, "Hey, if you want to be a contestant on millionaire, dialed this 800 number. Well, that's easy enough. So I dialed, in every night they had a, an audition, basically, three questions, you had to put things in order from oldest to newest, newest to oldest, east to west, whatever. And if you got them, right, you went into a drawing for one of 10 spots on the show. Now, every night 200,000 people were calling in. So the odds are one and 20,000. (Lesley: Yeah.) But that that didn't stop me, right. All of a sudden, I had this, I had this vision that I'm gonna be on that show. And I know part of it was because my grandmother loved the show from the start. And when she passed away, like, oh, you know, this would be a great way to remember my grandmother, great. But if it had been who wants to be 100 air, I don't think I would have ... had that drive. Right. (Lesley: Right.) There was that promise of riches. And the other thing that happened was, of course, I watched the show every single day, because that's part of I wanted to see myself in that in that hot seat. So how ...Lesley Logan  That's such, that's such an interesting thing, because I would think people would watch it just to like, get used to the question, but you are also picturing yourself being in the chair. Yes.Phil Barth  Exactly. So one night, I'm watching it, and somebody wants $250,000 and quit at the half million dollar question. I knew every single question, including the half million dollar question on that particular set. And I'm like, holy cow, now I can really see myself you know, doing the backstroke and all these dollar bills and so on. Right. So ...Lesley Logan  I love that you visualize, you're gonna swim in the money.Phil Barth  Throwing the dollar bills. Right. So so I, it became an obsession and I when I speak on this subject, you know, I say there's a fine line between being obsessed with something. I forgot the other half of it, (Lesley: You mean, passionate.) that's it. Thank you. Fine line between passionate and obsession, right. And obsession is got a bad rap, you know, your, your obsession, you're going to, you're going to be put it they're gonna have to put a restraining order on you, blah, blah, blah. But if you're really obsessed with something, and you cross over that line, there are payoffs when you make it your goal. People call it a bolhag, big ol hairy. Look, I call them big ol hairy ass goals. Other people ... (Lesley: Yes.) nicer name for a, but that's what it is. Right? It is your bolhag, you want it so bad. And so I watch the show every day, every time there was a phone audition to call in. I, I was in there, right. And then eventually, I never passed on the phone, I never passed the audition, never made it to the finals to get on the show. So the next thing that happened was they had in city audition. So I auditioned in Chicago, and failed. And then I drove to Indianapolis for an audition and failed. And I always tell the story of on the way home, I stopped at Taco Bell. I don't recommend this for anyone, and had a Taco Bell Grande burrito and a Mountain Dew to fuel me on the way home. And I got home at two in the morning and threw up the Taco Bell. And (Lesley: Yeah.) so in my mind, it's like, well, I have suffered for the cause they're going to give me the, I'm gonna get the little card in the mail that says, "You made it." (Lesley: Yeah.) That's not how it worked.Lesley Logan  We don't need to, we don't have to suffer for the cause to get the car. We don't have to. (Phil: No, no.) Quickly to interrupt. I just want to say like, (Phil: Sure) I think I think correct, there is a there is a downside to obsession that can be a little bit but like if you're obsessed with a goal, and that isn't that is something that you that isn't going to hurt anybody else. It's just awesome for you. (Phil: Right.) Like there is a difference. I think sometimes people are more of a bystander in their own goal. They're they're passionate, they like it, that it would be nice to have it. But there's the jumping over that line to be like so focused on it to actually drive to two different cities to do in person. You make me think of the kids who did like American Idol. And they edition like seven times, you know?Phil Barth  You're right. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. And, and you're going after it. And so when I did finally, there was a space of time between the Indianapolis and the next audition, which was in Cleveland, Ohio. And I learned, right, I went up to Google wasn't huge back then. But there were message boards, etc. And so I was like, "I'm gonna find out what people are doing to pass this audition. Because obviously, what I'm doing isn't working." And so I spent some time, I investigate and learn. And what I learned was a couple things. The first thing they do with any Who Wants to Be a Millionaire audition is they give you a set of questions, multiple choice questions, all of which have already played on the show. So I was able to pass the test because I just remembered what I had watched. Then they take you into another room those who pass the test, and they give you an audition form, which is a bunch of small, small answer questions as a question types and a pencil. And so what I learned was just because they give you a pencil doesn't mean you have to use the pencil. So in Cleveland, I came there with a red marker, a highlighter, a four color pen, etc. And I dropped them on the table when they did it. And the guy sitting next to me, looked at that, looked at this pencil, they literally ah shit. Yes, and you cannot borrow my stuff. Right? So what ... And the second thing is you write on their what you want them to know about you. So when in between questions when Meredith Vieira is asking you a human interest story type question, you've got something that will play. And so I wrote that in red ink. And the producer comes in looks at the red ink, asked me about question, we have a great conversation. Two weeks later, I got the card in the mail, you're in the contestant pool. And I want to put on the show.Lesley Logan  That, so first of all, this is okay. So you did something different than what they were suggesting. And everyone I think you need to it doesn't matter what you're trying to do. This is very key a couple times I can think about it in my own life is one, we were trying to get a global entry card. And, you know, and Brad, the way he filled out the applications, he did all of our stuff in all caps. So we went in for the interview, they knew we were together. So like they did. They're like, "Oh, you guys are together." They liked it the whole thing. Here you guys go. It was like really this interesting thing. He's like Brad's a guy, always do it all caps, because it'll stand out amongst the list of people when they're going through. So if you're filling out some online, you can do all caps, it's not going to affect anything. The other thing that I did was when I got my, when I got my first commercial, I had done zero auditions. I had done zero classes, I just went and the only thing that I did was I heard of them ordering lunch, as I was walking in to, to do the audition. And I just said, "Oh, that place has really great waffles." Just so happened. I knew the place. I just it just and I know it's lunchtime, but like, who doesn't want to have a waffle? So anyways, I got a call back, you guys, I cannot cook, I booked a commercial being a chef. Because they liked the conversation. And so sometimes we are, you get a little like, you get too much in the weeds of something you forget that like actually, there's a you got to get through the door first. And to get to that door, you've got to be different. You got to do something differently than everyone else. This is so cool. Red ink, I love it.Phil Barth  Absolutely. Yeah, I love that story. You gotta be a little different. The other thing and this goes right into the keynote is you got to have a way I call it a frying the chicken, right? There's all these voices inside, but you can't do it, all the answer the other one and 20,000 ... And you got to fry him, you got to have ways to just get that the voices inside. If you can't calm the voices and, and the negativity, the fear, the negativity and the self doubt inside of you, you're not going to be able to get there. And so I had to do that. And I've done that in multiple things. You know, I was afraid to ask my wife out on a first date. And I had to calm that down. And oh, you're gonna get friends on ... And and what I tell people is, there's a bigger chicken that you need to worry about than anything you're putting yourself out there. And that chicken is regret. You're lying on your deathbed and it didn't happen. You know, I couldn't, I shouldn't, I wouldn't. Right. (Lesley: Yeah.) I didn't give it my best. And that's the thing you need to be afraid of. Be afraid of having regrets at the end. And when you put it in that way, it's like, okay, that's a way worse thing to avoid bigger chicken. That's a turkey ... (Lesley: Yeah.) Right. (Lesley: Yeah.) I need to be afraid of that. I need to take care of those chickens that are holding me back from doing my best and hitting that goal.Lesley Logan  Oh my gosh, I want to take a step back but I love this. It's like you, you're talking about talk getting the voices down because it can be your own, or it could be others and like wanting 20,000 to me sounds very doable. It's like it's way different than a lottery. Like I would never, I don't play the lottery because it's like, even when it gets really big. It's like it's one in a 500,000 person chance. Like, I could get struck by a plane first. Like, I'm not gonna bring it on myself, but like, truly, so I but when I'm 20,000 sounds doable. But yes, it's your voice or the people around you because you're gonna have those negative people, like I'm sure as you're studying, and you're not getting further, I'm sure you had other people in your life where like, "You're gonna keep going, Phil, like, like this, let this go."Phil Barth  And the thing was, I told everybody, you know, you need, you need to at least have an accountability partner for whatever you're doing. And that was, of course, my wife. But I told everybody I'm like, and again, that was I didn't want to have to go back to everybody later and say, "Well, I quit." And into your point, some of the people were kind of like, "Oh, okay, that's nice." You know, patting you on the head. It's like, okay, I know, you're someone I can't count on if I'm gonna go all out for this. And other people, like, "How can I help you?" Right. And it was really good and then I had somebody ... you know. Everybody talked about those wild goals that could have. You did it. And it was like I could tell and believe you, but you did. (Lesley: Yeah.) And so yeah, I had this whole army of people, I felt like they were all behind me. But you're right. Some of them like ... right. But but you gotta know. Right. Who's gonna who's really got your back?Lesley Logan  I think that's so key if you and like, also being really kind yourself to protect yourself I'm going to those people who don't when you've got something going on. And I think it can we can slip into this like, out of habit. Well, I always go to my sister about things so I'm gonna go but if your sister not, not my sister, but other people's sisters might be like, the person who says the thing that you are most afraid of like, aren't you? Like, aren't you afraid to like wasting your time, like that was a waste of money like whatever and like you can go oh, you know, so you you haven't built a muscle up yet to protect your your vision, your dream, your goal, you really have to make sure you are clear on who you're telling it to.Phil Barth  Exactly, exactly. And a lot of times, people I don't want to sound sinister, but there's some people who don't want to see you get ahead, because then it makes them look bad, right? Oh, you did this and I never had the nerve, right? So they're gonna pull you back down. I want to pull you back down to my level so that I don't have to do anything big. (Lesley: Yeah.) So you just need to ignore those people and say, you know, I'm going to find the people that are going to help pull me up.Lesley Logan  I love that. So what happens next? You put the reading. You got the call back. How did it .. Well, I'm sure our listeners like, "Did he get on the show?"Phil Barth  Oh, yes, he did. Yeah. So it was summer when I got the, "Hey, you're going into contest the pool." And it was November. And I remember I was working out at the Y. And I didn't have a cell phone. This is pre cellphone days. That's how long ago was. And my wife called the Y and said he needs to call the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant lineback. They want him in New York. And like the Y's like, "Holy cow!". And so they come and find me. And I tried calling them back. And eventually, I connected with them. And they said yeah, here's the here's where where you gonna fly. They flew you up at the time, they put you in the hotel. And here's how it's all gonna work. And it's cool to come walking off the plane and have somebody with Mr. Barth on the ... "Your limo is ready, sir." Yes. (Lesley: That's so fun.) I know, right. And so yeah, you spend a couple of days there because they shoot four episodes per day when they're shooting. So the first day, you're just in the greenroom. And they're telling you, look, unless we got a run of people who crap out, you're not gonna get on today, but we just need to have enough contestants so that we can shoot the four shows. (Lesley: Right.) So first day, yeah, you just back there, you're making friends, basically. Second day, they okay, here's the order. And a new group comes in because just in case we all crap out. And so one at a time in the greenroom is like two buildings away. They, they don't want any cheating. Right. (Lesley: Wow) So you're in the greenroom. And all you're doing is talking or watching the show. And what happens is, you've very quickly made friends of these people that you're in the room together with, and so you see somebody that you're like, I think it's seeing no, no, no, don't say it, don't say you're gonna go home with $1,000. The final answer like oh, man, right? Or, or somebody else gets six figure payoff. You're like, Oh, that is so cool for this person.Lesley Logan  Yeah. That's so fun.Phil Barth  Yeah, eventually, it's like, you're up, right? And you're actually in the behind the scenes, because they don't know when the person in the hot seat is going to stop. So they bring you out and you talk with Meredith Vieira. And this is where the be it till you see it really, really helped me because I saw myself in the hot seat, looking at the questions, answering the questions, and, and being able to do this, and I over and over and over again. I practice that. And so what happened was, I mean, I think you could really get freaked out, right? If you stopped to think that a million people are gonna watch a show. And this is real money, etc. You can get freaked out. So what I did was before each question, she's asking it and the cameras on her, I closed my eyes for a second. And the thought was, as soon as I open my eyes, this is just like the practice at home. There's me, there's a question, there's nobody else. And it helped and it calm me down. And so I got on a roll. I needed the all I asked the audience like 4000 I think. Made it all the way to 32,000. And every time this was this was where you know, fate, lend the hand. Every time the question came up. I knew the answer before I saw the choices. It just happened to be stuff I knew. I was like, yes. So it was over two days. Because so it's like, Okay, we're done with this show. You run to the dressing room, change your clothes, come back and it's a new day, because you got a new outfit on obviously.Lesley Logan  Right. Right. Same audience. Same, yes. That's all it's, y'all this is how the sausage is made.Phil Barth  This is it, right. Guess what, it was not the next day. But we came you know come ... and I had the $32,000 question which I got. And I had two lifelines for the $64,000 question. It was a free guess. Here's the backstory. When I was in high school, I was on a, we had a quiz team that played other people in the Toledo, Greater Toledo, Ohio area. And all year long my senior year, the advisor said, this team is really good. But we need somebody who knows Greek mythology, you both need to know Greek mythology, and I'm a senior in high school, give me a break. So I didn't study it. And we still made it to the final four. There was never a Greek mythology question. So I showed him right. You know, you know, you know, right now, what the subject was for the $64,000 question is.Lesley Logan  Oh, my God. Ah, no. And so you're done. You didn't have anything ...Phil Barth  I, I had two lifelines. I not only didn't know Greek mythology, and that was the question. I hadn't made any friends who knew Greek mythology in ... in the 20 years. And so I took a guess. The phone friend didn't know it. 50 50 gave me a 50 50 shot, right. There were two I guess the wrong one because it was a free guess. Yeah. I walked out with $32,000.Lesley Logan  Right. And also like, that's more than most people because if like most people did drop out, they didn't make it past that 1000. And so like, all of your stuff, I think, obviously really helped you. I do have this question, though. Because I always wondered, do they do that music and lighting like in there on you like ... like, you know what I mean? Like, that's all I remember, like, oh my God, the stress of that.Phil Barth  100%, 100%. And that's why I close my eyes. And here's the deal. And I just remember thinking this like holy cow. At $64,000 they take it down a notch. I mean, you can see nothing, but you and Meredith Vieira. I was like, I'm thinking as the question goes, holy crap, it got really dark in here because they don't want any kind of signals from the audience all the game shows, gamble's and all that 64 grand is concerning real money and it is (Lesley: Yeah.) and so it got it gets really dark and the music is there and and the horn when it goes off. It's all that's all how it is.Lesley Logan  Oh my goodness. So okay, devastation that you missed that question, but you did get 32,000 which is like amazing. So after all this time, imagine at least over a year of your life like getting preparing yourself to be on this show. What happens next like, did you have like a hangover from like that? Like all the expectations that you had for it? Did you move on to another thing like what like what what ended up being the next thing for you?Phil Barth  I love that question. I know the answer ... that's an wesome question. (Lesley: Thank you.) So immediate ... immediate disappointment for if only I'd say Greek mythology, right. And, and when I called because my that quiz team advisor was one of my four different possibilities. He said, I would have laughed at you for 30 seconds. I don't know Greek mythology. I just told you you needed to learn it. But anyway, disappointment, right? Disappointment, and like, Oh, crap, I beat myself up. My wife comes back and she goes, we just got $32,000. Like, oh, yeah, I guess I don't need to be disappointed. Right. So so yeah, there's that. It was actually a three year quest, from 99 till 2002. So there is that like, Oh, what am I going to do next for a little bit? And what happened was a while later, a friend of mine came into my office at work, he said, "Hey, you want to run a triathlon with me?" I'm like, "Hey, you want to go get drug checked?" But I did it ...Lesley Logan  You did triathlon after that. You got you just like moved on to a new thing.Phil Barth  Eventually, the new thing presented itself and and it was a mini triathlon. Yeah. (Lesley: That's good.) 6 miles, 6 miles of running. Yeah. It is nothing. Six miles ... six miles running, 18 bike. But but yeah, and so it's like in the back of your mind. Okay. I have had a couple of really big ideas. Number one, asking my wife out what it was nervous as hell. Number two, the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Okay, I'm gonna try a triathlon and, and so yeah, eventually, your next bolhag presents itself. Now what I tell people is, you may not find the bolhag right then. So look for a low hag or some little hairy ass goals ... (Lesley: Yeah.) And make those little checkmarks and get a victory log, write it down, put it in there. We, a couple of years ago, I got frustrated with my favorite football team. But if they do every year, the Cleveland Browns. But anyway, you know, they were in the middle of a suck streak. And I said this year is going to be different. And you know, normally I make it through the first half of the first game and it was different. I made it through the first quarter. It's just like, no. And so I told my wife, I said, "Look, every Sunday from here on out, I'm not going to watch football." She's like, "Right." I said, "No, I'm not. Every Sunday afternoon, we're going to have a little project and we're going to do something together in some way make our house, our family, whatever better." So a whole series of low hags and I need to tell you, and this was 2019. So again, fates gonna play ... We painted, the repainted the basement, and then I build a home office just because I wanted to have a home office in the basement. I'm upstairs right now but I have a home office in the basement. (Lesley: Yeah.) Pre pandemic, we just happened to put together a nice home office in the basement ...Lesley Logan  That is amazing.Phil Barth  But I mean, every ... every week, it was this little, little thing. It's just checking off obviously, that is so cool.Lesley Logan  I think that's amazing. Because I think people get a little upset, like, they are down on themselves when they can't think of what they want to do in a year when they can't think of what they want to be in 10 years. Like, there's some people just like, have this block around it. And like, I have to figure this out. And it's like, like something like, like, I gotta find my purpose isn't it's like, what if you like, if it's that hard? And if it stresses you out that much? What if you just found something small to do? Like, what if you figure what would want to do in a month? And what if you figure (Phil: I love it) so that's so cool. And I love you guys did that. Also way good timing for that. But I just really think that like what a great point to make because it can be tricky. If you're if you're listening to this right now. And you're like in a valley right now. And you're like, I don't really know what my next thing is, it's like, well, then just pick a little thing that really interests you and try it out. Like I think we forget that we can try things on for size. You know what I mean?(Phil: Oh, absolutely.) Like we forget, you used to go to the store, used to load up a dressing room and used to try things on, come out, look at it and see if you liked it. Like you used to do that. Now we're like, I gotta buy it online, it comes to me and I better like ... ship it back. (Phil: Right. Right. Yeah.) So I think we forget that, that that's an option. I love that so much. So, um, so I also want to highlight your wife celebrated with you. Because I think a lot of times we do get disappointed in what we worked so hard on if it doesn't meet the things we want it. But if you have someone around you to help celebrate, it really does make it easier to move on to your next thing.Phil Barth  Yeah, and somebody to support you because it took a fair amount of time to do all the studying and everything I wanted to do and she supported me all the way. And, and the day of the Cleveland audition, I was getting ready to drive and she said, "You know what? I'm not gonna go." I've I've tried this what why am I gonna fish and said, "Get in the car and go, it's your dream, go get it." And you know, that was the final push. So ...Lesley Logan  That's why we need, what's why we really do need to have a few good people around us to remind us because we can get in our own way. You just it's so easy to to get in your own way. I love that so much. So so what are you, so now that the little, you did the low hags? What are you working on right now? Like, what are you being it till you see it right now? What's that look like?Phil Barth  A book. I wrote the we ... I don't know if we can talk about the book. But I wrote a book we call it a best sort of selling book. It's called Great Things Happen Every Day. And and it's best sort of selling because we put it out on Amazon, we put it out on the free Kindle book list. And in five days, it 1000s of copies. Right. And I remember waking up I was in Seattle and I looked at my phone. I was like holy crap. I did over 1000 free copies yesterday. Right? And so I went and that just blew me away when it went to number one on the bestseller list of free Kindle books about stress management. And I said, is that a best seller? You know, Kindle says yes. But my bank says no, because I earned sold 1000s of copies or in zeros of dollars. So I say it's the best sort of selling ... (Lesley: I love that so much.) Yeah, everybody say their best selling author, I'm a best source on international because somebody in Canada took when to international best sort of selling author, right? You go, but then I thought about it was like, okay, 1000s of people have taken this book and the book was to help people with their stress. Holy crap. That's a win. Right? (Lesley: It's a win.) It didn't get me a new convertible, but it's a win. (Lesley: Yeah.) And so the new one, the next one is another book, and it's going to be called Fry Your Chickens. And it's about it's what we've been talking about, and how to calm those voices inside. Find your bolhag, try some low hags etc, and just how to get the life you deserve. And I hope this one is a best seller. But hey, if I'm a two time international best selling author, and a few 1000 people read it. I'm good with that.Lesley Logan  You know what I think? There was I'm trying to think of the author. But it's not coming to my mind right now. But she got so famous off this one book. And she had written all these other books before. And everyone's like, "Oh my god, this is the best book." I can't like, "This is amazing." Like, "How did you even get to writing this best selling book?" And she's like, "Well, I wrote four other books that very few people bought." (Phil: Yeah.) Like, she's like I have, they're actually selling really well now because people like this book, but like I've been, I didn't just this isn't my first rodeo like (Phil: Right.) I have other ones. So I do I do love that. I think um, you know, it's, it's so hard to no matter how old we are or what we've gone through. It's so hard to remind yourself that like, no one's an overnight success. It's 10 years of work that got them to where it is. And you know what? I think when you say your best sort of selling author actually makes people listen ... Like, wait, what did you just say? So that's so cool. Okay, I can talk to you more. I mean, I would love like I mean obviously just to get to stress, but we'll definitely make sure our people can hear where they can buy your book in just a moment. All right, Phil. So where can people find you, follow you get your amazing, best sort of selling book?Phil Barth  So easiest places, just go to www.philbarth.com. I love the website. All I did was write a check. So it's good if I had developed it. I know I mean ... but no. But philbarth.com. It's also available on Amazon. And those are the easiest ways I'm on Facebook, ... like for a second? But but all of the links come off at philbarth.com.Lesley Logan  Perfect. That's so easy. And then is that where the people can find your book?Phil Barth  Yes, yeah, it'll take you to the Amazon page, to get it. Or philbarthbooks.com will take you right to my author page.Lesley Logan  Wonderful. Thank you so much. Okay, before I let you go. Bold, executable, intrinsic, targeted steps people can take to be it till they see it. What do you have for us?Phil Barth  Okay, so, so here's the, here's the ones. And everybody talks about having a bucket list and you need to. But you also need to have and it was an Irish guy that introduced it to me. And he always say that you need to have a bucket list. Things that you no longer want that are not serving you, things you no longer want to be, things you no longer want to do, things you no longer want to have. And if you don't like that, where you can call it a chuckit list because I have a whiteboard in my home office. And I get the big ol volcano drawn. And then I just list, here are the things that I'm going to chuck into the volcano. (Lesley: Oh, I love this.) You need to make room for what's on the bucket list. And for the next bolhag so that you can throw yourself at that one and not spend time and everybody knows the things they do that it's like you look at it and I go too, right. It is playing this game on my phone really taking me to where I need to be and nothing wrong with an occasional game. But but what are you going to get rid of what is no longer serving you so that you can focus on the bolhag? That's the biggest one. The second one is, and this goes for stress. This goes for goals. You need to start your day right. There's there's a study done by Harvard University, Sean Achor, Google the study, they divided people into two groups, those who started their day with negative news, versus those who started the day with solution focused news. Three minutes was all it took, 27% more likely the people with the bad news, 27% more likely to have a bad day. If you want to get after your bo hag, you need to start your day off positively. You know, pet the dogs, enjoy a cup of coffee and read a book, meditate, little exercise, yoga, something at the start of the day to get yourself off on the right foot. And you're going to be after that. Bo Hag every time.Lesley Logan  I love that. That's such an interesting, I forgot about that study. That's such a great reminder. Because I do I do agree. Like I think you can even even if you're like but I need to listen to the news. It's like okay, great. But before you hit play, take three to five minutes to listen to something really good. So that you already have like, something in there to combat that stuff because it's so important to be informed. But sometimes that information can actually make you make decisions about your bolhag that the news has nothing to do with.Phil Barth  Exactly. 100%Lesley Logan  So you're such an amazing storyteller. I can't wait to read your next book, Fry Your Chicken. I will say this, you should look up there's a bird, it's a bird in New Zealand. It's an extinct that looks almost like an ostrich dinosaur and it can be the big bird that you're trying to like picture like, so I'll you've got to find it because when I was in New Zealand I went to the bird thing in Wellington, sorry for my New Zealanders you're like, "Lesley it's called this." It's a it's a sanctuary, it's amazing. I went this tour and they show this prehistoric bird that I'm so sad is gone because it's pretty ugly, but it looks really fucking cool.Phil Barth  I'm gonna totally look that up.Lesley Logan  Yeah, you can just for pictures, just for people to pick their, to pick the thing that they want to fry the chickens to get towards.Phil Barth  You can fry this bird is already extinct. It's a bummer that it's extinct but you don't really frying it but it doesn't gives you the visualization. I pulled stork out of the ... I guess ostrich is also pretty big bird.Lesley Logan  Yes, there are big birds and they run very fast everyone, their eggs are very pretty. (Phil: I love it.) Anyways, a fun fact that I know. Well Phil, thank you so much for being on the podcast. Everyone how are you going to use these tips in your life? Please share them with Phil, share with the @be_it_pod. Let us know and do us a huge favor. 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This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by John Wood Sweet, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and author.The two discuss his book The Sewing Girls Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America and how narrative nonfiction helps us, the reader, get a glimpse into the past in ways we may have never thought were possible.Related Episodes:Episode 191: Mathew Pearl on Narrative Non-Fiction and The Taking of Jemima BooneEpisode 166: Picturing Frederick DouglassLinks:John Wood SweetSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:John Wood Sweet is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and former director of UNC's Program in Sexuality Studies. He graduated from Amherst College (summa cum laude) and earned his Ph.D. in History at Princeton University. His first book, Bodies Politic: Negotiating Race in the American North, was a finalist for the Frederick Douglass Prize. He has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, and his work has been supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, the National Humanities Center, the Institute for Arts and Humanities at UNC, the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale, the McNeil Center at Penn, and the Center for Global Studies in Culture, Power, and History at Johns Hopkins. About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internaI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Dr. Nathaniel Taylor, the Editor and Publisher of The American Genealogist. As a former medieval and modern history professor, Dr. Taylor's genealogical research spans from medieval Spain all the way to colonial New England and Virginia. Through this, Dr. Taylor has become an expert in heraldry.The two discuss what heraldry means, how to learn about its customs and traditions, and how Dr. Taylor's knowledge of heraldry has helped him in his genealogy work. Related Episodes:Episode 185: Genealogy on TikTok with Gwyneth.Stories.Episode 187: Building a Story with the Ancestry.com AppLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Dr. Nathaniel Taylor, FASG, is the Editor and Publisher of The American Genealogist. He taught medieval and modern history at the university level for fifteen years. His genealogical research spans from medieval Spain, France, and Britain to colonial New England and Virginia. He has been a volunteer on the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society since 2006 and has been its Registrar since 2019. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 2011. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island, where he has been active in local historical organizations.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family histI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

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This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Pascal Martine. The two discuss Pascal's collection of wooden stereo photo viewers, both handheld and tabletop, as well as how his collection began out of a love for the nostalgia he had for his childhood Viewmaster. In 2019, he built his own stereo rig in order to take modern stereo photos and then documented his journey on social media.Related Episodes:Episode 173: Cabinet Cards of Broadway and Silver Screen Stars with David ShieldsEpisode 170: Snapshot Cameras in Your Family with Peter DumasLinks:Stereosite.comPascal Martine's InstagramSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Pascal Martine started his stereoscopic journey in late 2016 soon after he spotted a small cardboard viewer at a local antique market. His collection now includes dozens of wooden viewers, both handheld and tabletop, sometimes with their storage furniture, cameras, and developing tools as well as historic documents like catalogs and thousands of glass stereo views. He enjoys restoring viewers, bringing back the original beauty to a viewer or camera that was long forgotten in an attic or basement. After the 2019 ISU congress in Lübeck, Germany Pascal built his own stereo rig and began sharing his photos on Instagram. You can read about his current standard workflow for taking modern stereo photos here and see the results on Instagram. In 2020, he got involved in the Virtual Stereoscopic Community.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times.  Learn more at Maureentaylor.comI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Rick Voight, CEO and Co-founder of Vivid-Pix. Maureen and Rick discuss how he and Vivid-Pix are working with Photo Reminiscence Therapy in order to help individuals with cognitive decline, or memory issues. This process is a way of helping individuals reconnect with their past, with the latest technology from Vivid-Pix.Related Episodes:Episode 126: Passed and Present–Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive with Allison GilbertEpisode 37: What's New with Vivid-Pix RestoreLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:With a few decades of doer and executive experience with Kodak and HP, Rick Voight and Randy Fredlund co-founded Vivid-Pix.  Vivid-Pix designs, creates, and delivers fast, easy, and affordable photo and document improvement software. Since launching in 2012, Vivid-Pix has advanced its product to earn the support of family historians, genealogists, photographers, and business leaders in over 100 countries.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times.  Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple PodcastsI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by New York Times bestselling author, Matthew Pearl. He and Maureen discuss the differences between fiction and non-fiction writing, and how little details from our history can change the course of the stories that we tell.Related Episodes:Episode 189: Historical Fiction Revealed with Carrie Deming of the Dog-Eared BookEpisode 190: Writing Genealogical Crime Mysteries with Nathan Dylan GoodwinLinks:Matthew Pearl's websiteTruly AdventurousSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Matthew Pearl writes both fiction and nonfiction, including The Taking of Jemima Boone. He is co-founder of the digital magazine Truly*Adventurous.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple PodcastsI wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week on We Hate Movies, the guys are ready to go play in the mud one more time as they talk about the FOURTH installment in the beloved, flatulent, animated franchise, Shrek Forever After! Why have a gigantic goose in your fairy tale movie if you're not going to have it lay a golden egg? Why does this movie start like a Cassavetes drama? And did they really pull an It's a Wonderful Life for this fourth film? PLUS: Shrek reviews the film adaptation of Room! Shrek Forever After stars Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrew, John Cleese, Walt Dohrn, Jane Lynch, Craig Robinson, Lake Bell, Kathy Griffin, Mary Kay Place, Kristen Schaal, Meredith Vieira, Larry King, Ryan Seacrest, and Jon Hamm as Brogan; directed by Mike Mitchell. Catch the guys on the road this fall in the U.S.A. AND their Canadian debut in Toronto! Tickets on sale now! Check out the WHM Merch Store -- featuring new MINGO!, WHAT IF Donna?, Mortal Kombat & Bean Dinner designs! Advertise on We Hate Movies via Gumball.fmUnlock Exclusive Content!: http://www.patreon.com/wehatemoviesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by author, genealogist, and educator Nathan Dylan Goodwin. Nathan and Maureen discuss how writing, genealogy, and historical fiction intersect, and what it means to write for each. His successful Forensic Genealogist series features a mystery-solving genealogist Morton Farrier who applies genealogical research techniques to crimes.Related Episodes:Episode 176: Ancestor Trouble with author Maud NewtonEpisode 94: Dead Still: Postmortem Photography and Crime Fiction on Acorn TVLinks:Nathan Dylan GoodwinSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Nathan Dylan Goodwin is a writer, genealogist, and educator. He was born and raised in Hastings, East Sussex. Schooled in the town, he then completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Film, and Television Studies, followed by a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University. A member of the Society of Authors, he has completed a number of local history books about Hastings, as well as several works of fiction, including the acclaimed Forensic Genealogist series, and Mrs. McDougall Investigates and Venator Cold Case series.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at I wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Carrie Deming, the owner of The Dog Eared Book in Palmyra (NY). Carrie and Maureen discuss historical fiction, its rise in popularity, especially on social media, and how there are many different genres of historical fiction that not many know about. It's a great conversation about the fans behind not only historical fiction, but books in general, too. She's created New Book Tuesday on her TikTok channel. Related Episodes:Episode 120: Good Pictures: Amateur Photography and Our FamilyEpisode 118: Eliza Hamilton Revealed with author Susan Holloway ScottLinks:The Dog Eared BookThe Dog Eared Book on TikTokSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Carrie Deming has a life-long passion for books and reading.  In high school, she began working for the Macedon (NY) Public Library.  Her popular TikTok channel has over 82K followers. Carrie created a theme called New Book Tuesday where she profiles new book releases.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please I wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Robin Kall, who has been the host of “Reading with Robin,” for the past two decades. She chronicles “can't miss” authors, and facilitates discussions on some of the most popular books of the present day. She and Maureen decide to dive into one of their shared favorite topics: historical fiction. The two discuss what makes books popular, and why we're drawn to inserting ourselves into these stories, much like we would when looking at an ancestor's photo.Related Episodes: Episode 168: We're All Related with A.J. JacobsEpisode 105: Women in the Dark 1840-1900 with Katherine ManthorneLinks: Reading With Robin Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Robin is a literary influencer, who over the past two decades has built a devoted and passionate following both in her local Rhode Island, online, and wherever there are readers. In addition to her radio talk show, Robin has hosted countless “can't miss” author events including her annual “Summer With Robin” and the more recently minted author series, “The Cardigan Connection” which she hosts with her daughter, Emily. Robin is a graduate of Binghamton University and lives in Rhode Island with her husband and their corgi, Benny.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at I wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Jordan Lundskog, a Product Manager at Ancestry.com. The two discuss using the new story feature in the Ancestry.com app. A partnership with Photomyne allows users to add and edit photos within the app. Jordan explains how it all works and how easy it is to create a story.Related Episodes:Episode 177: Wild about Wildcards with Amy Johnson CrowEpisode 98: Collect Stories with StoryGloryLinks:Ancestry.comSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Jordan Lundskog is a Product Manager at Ancestry focused on finding ways to explore and build tools to help people protect, preserve and enhance memories before they fade away. Jordan has been part of the Ancestry team since 2018. He enjoys finding ways to solve human problems with technology and most recently he has been working on a free set of tools to help anyone upload, enhance, and share photos, stories and other types of media on Ancestry. Prior to Ancestry, Jordan held product management roles at Vivint Solar, PlanSource, and ApplicantPro.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The Taking a DNA test is a fun summer activity for the whole family. You can discover new relatives through MyHeritage DNA, learn about your origins, and expand your family history research. MyHeritage DNA is on sale for $44 if you use the code Photo5 at myheritage.com/DNA. This is a special offer for Photo Detective listeners from August 22 until August 25, 2022. I wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This is an encore episode of “The View.” The co-hosts will return to the Hot Topics table in September for season 26! In honor of the Emmy-award winning daytime talk show's 25 seasons on-air, Joy Behar, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos come together and reminisce about the early days on the show. In Hot Topics, Tara Setmayer guest co-hosts. The panel discusses the latest mass shooting at a hospital in Tulsa, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Gwyneth of Gwyneths.Stories on TikTok. For the past year, Gwyneth has been tackling family history stories by making videos for her followers on the platform. While a relative “newcomer,” to family history, she's found a passion and love for the storytelling she can do through genealogy. Related Episodes:Episode 181: Clothing Care at the New Canaan Historical SocietyEpisode 176: Ancestor Trouble with Maud NewtonLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Gwyneth is a family historian, storyteller, and content creator. Gwyneth uses TikTok to tell family history stories as @gwyneths.stories and takes the audience along on her relatively new journey into genealogy. Gwyneth lives in the UK and has a background in journalism and communications.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.I wanted to remind you all that I run one-on-one Photo Consultations, that help identify photo clues that you may have missed, in order to help you better understand your family history. Not many people realize that the saying is true - and that a photo can tell a million stories. All sessions are recorded, and there's a discount for bulk image sessions. Find out more on my website at https://maureentaylor.com. Support the show

This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Amanda Meeks, Community and Partnerships Manager at Permanent.org. The two discuss Permanent's initiative, Byte4Byte, which provides digital storage grants for non-profits across the country, as well as internationally, to enable them to save and share collections. Any size group can apply for grants and internship support.Related Episodes:Episode 161: Creating a Digital Archive with Permanent.orgEpisode 95: How to Save Your Family Archive on Permanent.orgLinks:Byte4Byte webinarByte4Byte applicationSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Amanda Meeks is Permanent.org's community and partnerships manager prior to that, I worked in academic libraries.She's a professionally trained librarian and an artist as well as an end-of-life doula. One of her primary responsibilities is managing the Byte4byte grant program.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comSupport the show

This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Kathy Amoroso, the Manager of Information Technology at the Maine Historical Society. She also serves as the Outreach Coordinator of the Maine Memory Network (MMN), a collaborative project with historical societies and other historical non-profits across the state. Anyone can access the site, and they encourage users to share their Maine recollections. Kathy and Maureen discuss the different records that MMN has, all of which can inspire your own research.Related Episodes:Episode 84: U.S. Naval Photo Collections: Online Resources You Can UseEpisode 103: Organize, Preserve and Share with Collectionaire.comLinks:Maine Memory NetworkSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Kathy started working at the Maine Historical Society in October 2001 as the Outreach Coordinator of the Maine Memory Network one of the country's first collaborative online museums and archives. Kathy has been with the Society for 20 years involved in managing all things digital, including their four websites, all internal information technology, and audio/video needs, workstation and networking, image rights and reproduction services, and consulting on various projects. She trains contributing partners on how to digitize and catalog their collections and create online exhibits. She has a degree in Communications (video production focus) and Psychology from the University of Miami and training and experience in professional video production, website management, and information design.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple PodcastsSupport the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Melissa Barker, who is known affectionately as The Archive Lady and is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian, currently working at the Houston County Tennessee Archives & Museum. The two discuss how archives and genealogy overlap, how you can preserve your ancestor's heritage through archives, and how sometimes an archive can help you discover something about your ancestor that you never knew.Related Episodes:Episode 56  Disaster Preparedness for the Family ArchiveEpisode 82: Building an Archive for Our TimesLinks:Houston County Historical SocietyA Genealogist in the ArchivesSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 17 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 32 years.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Michael Murphy, Librarian, and Archivist, as well as Charlotte Engel, who is the clothing historian from the New Canaan Historical Society. The two have been making the rounds on TikTok lately for using behind-the-scenes footage to educate their followers more about exhibits and historical clothing. The two also dive into how they care for historical clothing in an effort to preserve it and help educate future generations about the past through clothing.Related Episodes:Episode 127 Beautiful but Deadly: Toxic Fashion and Criminal DressEpisode 91: Suffragists and Suffragettes: Fashion and the VoteLinks:New Canaan Historical SocietySign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guests:Charlotte Engel and Michael Murphy work for the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society in New Canaan, Connecticut. Mike is the Museum's archivist, and Charlotte is the Museum's clothing historian. They work together as part of an ongoing project to digitize the Museum's historic clothing collection.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

Meredith Vieira stops by Studio 1A to co-host with Hoda Kotb! They are chatting with Maya Rudolph about her new show “Loot.” Plus, comedian and actress Kate Berlant previews new special “Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant and John Early.”

If we lived in a just world, Kate Berlant and John Early would be the most famous and successful comedy team on the planet. So that's the reality they manifested for themselves in their new Peacock special ‘Would It Kill You to Laugh?' In this episode, the pair reveal how they got Meredith Vieira to host their emotional reunion after an imagined falling out and look back on their years as “chief collaborators” from the early videos that took off on YouTube to their breakthrough performances in Netflix's ‘The Characters.' Later, Early shares how “surprising” it was to dive deep into Elliott over five seasons of ‘Search Party,' Berlant explains why she had to reel in her comedic instincts on the set of Quentin Tarantino's ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and so much more. Follow Kate Berlant on Twitter @kateberlant and Instagram @kateberlantFollow John Early on Twitter @bejohnce and Instagram @bejohnceFollow Matt Wilstein on Twitter @mattwilsteinFollow The Last Laugh on Instagram @lastlaughpodHighlights from this episode and others a The Daily Beast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump weighs in on Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday, speaks out over the banning of some children's books and discusses being the subject of the new documentary “CIVIL,” which follows him while he represented George Floyd's family. Then, five-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste reflects on his success over the last year and shares what he's looking forward to in the remake of “The Color Purple.” Plus, see the powerful performance from Grammy-winning gospel superstars Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music along with 10-year-old viral sensation Jordan Hollins as we celebrate Juneteenth. Joy Behar gives a preview of the extended look at her epic reunion with fellow original The View co-hosts Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos for a new Hulu original special! Stream “Behind The Table: A View Reunion” now on Hulu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Emma Jolly, a professional genealogist and historical researcher, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She and Maureen dive into British ancestry, and how you can begin your research, or even elevate it for those records you may be missing. She was one of the researchers on an episode of the Wedding Detectives on the BBC.Related Episodes:Episode 31: A World War I ResourceEpisode 132: The Wedding DetectivesLinks:Emma JollyThe Wedding DetectivesSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Emma is a professional genealogist, writer, and historical researcher, based in Edinburgh.Along with being awarded the Russell Finch prize for best History MA dissertation, Emma has attained the IHGS Higher Certificate in Genealogy.She regularly writes for family history publications and is the author of four books as well as contributing to works such as the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Emma is a very active member of several historical societies including the Society of Genealogists and is a member of the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA).About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

It's hard to believe that it's been two years but on this day twenty-four months ago we started Rappaport to the Rescue! And our first guest then was one of the most beloved broadcasters of all time… Meredith Vieira! Well she's back with us again to kick off another super year, to help save animals in need! EPISODE NOTES: It's Our Second Anniversary And Celebrating In Sizzling Style Again With The One And Only Meredith Vieira!

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Nancy Desmond, one of the co-founders of MemoryWeb, a platform dedicated to helping individuals save and store their family photos. In this episode, they discuss how to organize photos before uploading – which makes the process easier and even more fun for those digging into their photo collections. Related Episodes:Episode 134: Unlocking the ShoeboxEpisode 50: Scan Your Photos with Mitch GoldstoneLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Nancy Desmond is a co-founder of MemoryWeb.me a digital photo organizerAbout Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

Meredith Vieira joins Andy Richter to talk about deciding to take a class in broadcast journalism, getting the Today Show, jumping from the news to game shows, and more!

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Lawrence Verria, whose first book The Kissing Sailor, takes a look at an iconic World War II photo and how to identify it. In the perfect intersection between history and photo identification, Maureen and Lawrence discuss this famous photo, and how even a photo icon can leave plenty of mystery, and twists and turns to discover the answers. Related Episodes: Episode 75: One Man's World War I JourneyEpisode 105: Women in the Dark: Female Photographers, 1850-1900Links: Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Lawrence Verria is the Social Studies Department Chair at North Kingstown High School, and Rhode Island's 2000 Teacher of the Year. He will be entering his 40th year teaching United States History and Civics. He is the recipient of the Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Merit Award and Rhode Island College's Evelyn Walsh Prize for excellence in history studies. "The Kissing Sailor" is Verria's first book, co-authored with George Galdorisi. Verria plans to publish his second book, "The Cool Moose: Robert J. Healey Jr., Beyond the Beard.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

In honor of the Emmy-award winning daytime talk show's 25 seasons on-air, Joy Behar, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Debbie Matenopoulos come together and reminisce about the early days on the show. In Hot Topics, Tara Setmayer guest co-hosts. The panel discusses the latest mass shooting at a hospital in Tulsa, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by author Maud Newton – who recently published Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and Reconciliation. She and Maureen dive into what it means to have a skeleton in the closet, or an ancestor who didn't live up to the same standards we do. It's the embarrassing and shameful actions of our ancestors – and what to do about it – that drive this conversation. Or, as we discuss in the episode, “Everybody's family is different and everybody's family has something, even if they don't admit it.”Related Episodes:Episode 22: A Murder Mystery with the Literary DetectiveEpisode 78: A Grandmother's Gift with Gonzalo LuengoLinks:Maud NewtonSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Maud Newton has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, The New York Times Book Review, and Oxford American. She grew up in Miami and graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in English and law.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Tom Butler, an artist whose work may be controversial to some listeners. Tom uses unidentified cabinet cards to create art, often altering the original image to enhance them, which begs the question if he is destroying the image, or creating something even better than before.Related Episodes:Bonus Episode: Stitching on Pictures with Stitchography by EmmaEpisode 153: Ellis Island Immigrant Photo IdentifiedLinks:Sign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:For the last twelve years artist, Tom Butler has been appropriating anonymous Victorian cabinet cards with incorporated personal symbols such as hair, masks, flowers, and geometric abstractions, painted on the surface with gouache. In the process, he attempts to reveal the imagined personalities of the sitters while in the knowledge that he is cloaking them with parts of himself. He also makes self-portraits and uses cabinet cards and found photographs to create collages, sculptures, and rubbings to express both a love of the medium and a critique of photography as a whole.Butler was born in London, England and now lives in Portland ME, USA. He studied at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Chelsea College of Art, UAL, and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. He exhibits internationally and his work can be found in collections such as The British Museum and Soho House.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Support the show

This week, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by Greg Kozlick, who helped reunite a woman with long-lost wedding photos – in the story of a photo reunion that's sure to tug on the heartstrings. Related Episodes:Episode 32: The Man Behind Dead FredBonus: Lost history Discovered in the Recycling with Paul MoarLinks:Returning the SlidesSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Greg Kozlick has a deep passion for photography including portraiture, architectural images, and photojournalism. He is currently a student at Aurora University.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple PodcastsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/photodetective)

This week Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined by David Shields, Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. The two discuss his work with cabinet cards, Motion Picture Photography, and the history of stars of the silver screen as told through images. Related Episodes:Episode 169: How to Spot a Daguerreotype Copy Episode 166: Picturing Frederick DouglassLinks:David Shield collection on PinterestSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:David Shields is the Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is a scholar in three fields: Food Studies, Early American Literary Culture, and Photographic History. He is the author of STILL: American Silent Motion Picture Photography and creator of the Broadway Photographs website: broadway.cas.sc.edu. He is currently the Ritchie Distinguished Research Fellow at the Huntington Library completing a biography of Napoleon Sarony, America's greatest portrait photographer in the 19th century.He is also a collector of photographs and is airing portions of his cabinet card and CDV collection on Pinterest.  About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/photodetective)

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective, is joined this week by Daniel Horowitz, Genealogist for MyHeritage. Daniel visits the podcast to discuss some of MemoryWeb's new features, which are taking the internet by storm, or as he says, are “Cool and controversial all the same time.” With these new features, you can actually hear your ancestor “read” their life story back to you with a voice generated by MyHeritage. In addition, other new features are being developed and introduced in order to help attract new genealogy enthusiasts, as well as other new tools that MyHeritage has recently rolled out.Related Episodes:Episode 74: Big News For Family Photos From MyHeritage.com Episode 78: A Grandmother's Gift with Gonzalo LuengoLinks:Sign up for MyHeritage.comSign up for my newsletter.Watch my YouTube Channel.Like the Photo Detective Facebook Page so you get notified of my Facebook Live videos.Need help organizing your photos? Check out the Essential Photo Organizing Video Course.Need help identifying family photos? Check out the Identifying Family Photographs Online Course.Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.About My Guest:Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for 15 years. He is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects and holds a board-level position at The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Since 2006 Daniel has been working at MyHeritage liaising with genealogy societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing, and attending conferences around the world.About Maureen Taylor:Maureen is a frequent keynote speaker on photo identification, photograph preservation, and family history at historical and genealogical societies, museums, conferences, libraries, and other organizations across the U.S., London, and Canada.  She's the author of several books and hundreds of articles and her television appearances include The View and The Today Show (where she researched and presented a complete family tree for host Meredith Vieira).  She's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, The Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, Germany's top newspaper Der Spiegel, American Spirit, and The New York Times. Maureen was recently a spokesperson and photograph expert for MyHeritage.com, an internationally known family history website, and also writes guidebooks, scholarly articles, and online columns for such media as Smithsonian.com. Learn more at Maureentaylor.comDid you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple PodcastsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/photodetective)

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