Podcast appearances and mentions of mike booth

TIMESTAMP0:00 Intro Music0:18 Intro1:16: No open beverages2:25 How have we been?7:55 What have we been playing?8:00 Golf with Friends11:25 Buckshot Roulette and Fast Food Store Simulator22:10 #darkquest4 (Review code provided by #Keymailer)37:32 Octopath Traveller 0 (Review code provided Square Enix Australia)42:04 Sectori54:00 Elden Ring: Neightreign – The Forsaken Hollows (Review code provided by Bandai Namco […]

The 5th Annual Ferret Awards Nomination Form - https://forms.gle/5oeGZRV7T8AAYYLE9Welcome to another episode of Ferret64! In This week's episode I talk about my first impressions of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond on the Ninendo Switch 2, the new beat em up Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Elden Ring Nightreign's Forsaken Hollows DLC, an Alien Isolation inspired game called ROUTINE, and more!This weeks news! Nexflix buys Warner Bros. Discovery for 82 Billion Dollars, The Game Awards has a cryptic statue in the desert, The plagiarism by Bungie's Marathon has been resolved, Bad Robot Games is partnering with PlayStation and Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth! And more! Finally, what's coming soon? A new PS2 era inspired Starship Troopers game, Romeo is a Dead Man gets a release date, a new Carmageddon game, Styx is back with Blades of Greed, and so much more! Thank you for listening and enjoy the episode!Timestamps -00:00 Intro02:18 Metroid Prime 4 Beyond (First Impressions)17:54 Marvel Cosmic Invasion (First Impressions)23:42 Elden Ring Nightreign The Forsaken Hollows (First Impressions)32:43 Routine (Review)48:56 Call of Duty Vanguard (Review)54:09 Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare - Reflex Edition (Review)58:26 Warner Bros. Discovery bought by Netflix1:03:03 Cryptic Game Awards Statue1:05:23 Bungie's Marathon Plagiarism Resolved1:07:23 Mina the Hollower 'make-or-break' for Yacht Club Games1:10:07 Bad Robot Games x PlayStation1:12:40 Coming Soon (StarShip Troopers, Romeo Is a Dead Man, Carmageddon Rogue Shift, Styx Blades of Greed, +More)1:26:21 ClosingTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yemmytheferretTwitter: https://twitter.com/YemmyTheFerretBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yemmytheferret.bsky.socialJoin my Discord: https://discord.gg/b9NaNgp

In today's Daily Fix:PlayStation and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Games have announced a new multiplayer game as part of the companies' partnership. While PlayStation's multiplayer-centric offerings have not hit as of late (except Helldivers 2), there is hope that this game will find an audience considering it's being helmed by Left 4 Dead's Mike Booth. In other news, Amazon's Tomb Raider series is not only rebooting the live-action Lara Croft adventures, but will "reinvent the franchise on a massive scale" by connecting the show to the games in a "unified storytelling universe." Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge is showrunning, and the series is expected to go into production early next year. And finally, Creative Assembly hosted a 25th Anniversary showcase, featuring new Total War projects, including the next mainline historical game: Total War: Medieval 3. A new game engine, Warcore, will also power new entries on console for the first time.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we add to our Portal and Portal 2 discussion with an interview with Chet Faliszek. We cover tons of Valve time. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:45 Interview 1:09:15 Break  1:09:45 Outro Issues covered: text-based football, all the early computers, programming for the first time, committing fraud, the first zombie game and losing it all, campaign finance reform, getting an opportunity to practice your shtick, selling gray market games, dissing games you're selling, going back and forth with Valve, petting the dog, thanking yourself for being awesome, the Crab Cracker, walking out, diving in on a team, thinking everyone is smarter than you, iterating on Team Fortress and finding its identity, archetypes/stereotypes, multiplayer silhouettes, game lineages, iterating dialogue systems, pushing against the need for a story and being challenged, not having QA and dealing with cert, avoiding the bureaucracy, picking the vibe, negativity with a replacement, symphonies vs rock and roll, DNFing the bugs, a split code base, supporting the player story, playing with friends vs strangers, replaying the game in different roles, tasks vs moving through a space, having three of everything, moments that stick with you, wanting to play the game, getting roped into Portal 2, splitting responsibilities and not commenting on the other, living a little outside the space, playing couch co-op via over the Internet, game face and social cues, being excited about the song, bodies in the space, shipping all the time, shipping hardware and making an ecosystem, iterating and learning, letting the community support and learn from a game, a great storyteller, the logistics of starting up a company, helping each other out, islands, shifting strategy to console.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Erik Wolpaw, Valve, Bossa Studios, Vertigo Games, Kimberly Voll, Stray Bombay, The Anacrusis, Heath Kit, Stratomatic Football/Baseball, TRS-80, Timex Sinclair, Vic 20, Commodore 64, Amiga, PET, Nintendo, Brandon Lee, Project Zomboid, Zombieworld, Open Secrets, Old Man Murray, Computer Shopper, Myth: The Forgotten Lords, Ultima Online, UGO, Penny Arcade, Pointless Waste of Time, Jason Pargin (aka David Wong), Team Fortress (series), Day of Defeat, Half-Life (series/episodes), Scott Lynch, Gabe Newell, Left 4 Dead, Turtle Rock Studios, Mike Booth, Portal, Overwatch, Elan Ruskin, Crystal Dynamics, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, World War Z, Brad Pitt, Counterstrike, Reed Knight, Jay Pinkerton, Mark Laidlaw, Ellen McLain, The New York Times, The National, Thom Yorke, Kim Swift, The Sock Puppet, Steam Link, A View to a Kill, Far Cry 2, Spelunky, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: TBA! Links: Exile, Vilify... with sock puppet Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp YouTube  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Send us a textIn this episode of Bench Boost, host Mike Booth is joined by R&D Chemists Liv Forbes and Madeline Gozzi to answer technical support questions straight from graduate students in the lab. From tackling the stubborn insolubility of silver chloride to mastering rapid zeolite digestion with the UniSolv method, the team breaks down the chemistry and offers practical, lab-ready solutions.Key topics include:Why silver chloride resists dissolution — and how excess chloride shifts the equilibriumPractical digestion strategies for stabilizing silver in solutionAn overview of the UniSolv method for fast, five-minute zeolite digestionBest practices for preparing blanks and standards in matrix-matched conditions

Send us a textIn this episode of Bench Boost, host Mike Booth is joined by R&D Chemists Liv Forbes and Madeline Gozzi to unpack two common technical support questions. From concerns about the radioactivity of uranium and thorium standards to troubleshooting unstable tin recoveries in food analysis, the team shares practical solutions and clear explanations you can bring back to your lab.Key topics include:Radioactivity levels of uranium and thorium standards — why they're safe to handleHow bottle size and concentration impact measured activityWhy tin shows instability in certain food matricesPractical digestion and stabilization strategies to improve Sn results

Send us a textIn this episode of Bench Boost, host Mike Booth sits down with R&D Chemists Liv Forbes and Madeline Gozzi to dive into real-world technical support questions from the lab. From the tricky behavior of mercury in cannabis matrices to the best way to store custom blend standards, the team shares practical advice and insights you can apply directly to your work.Key topics include:Challenges in mercury analysis on ICP-MS — washout, volatilization, and matrix effectsPractical troubleshooting tips for improving accuracy with mercury standardsStorage guidelines for custom blends, including when refrigeration is helpfulHow TCT packaging extends stability and shelf life of standards

Send us a textNickel is common across many sample types, but prepping and testing it isn't always straightforward.In this episode, Liv Forbes joins Mike Booth to walk through Inorganic Ventures' sample preparation strategies for nickel, covering dissolution tips for metals, alloys, oxides, ores, and organic matrices. They also dig into the challenges of ICP-MS analysis, including isobaric and polyatomic interferences, and share how to reduce contamination risks during sample handling.For labs working with nickel in alloys, catalysts, or environmental samples, this one's packed with practical advice you can apply right away.

The sunshine and the first day of qualifying have arrived on the Isle of Man for Day 3 and just in time for our very special episode. Chris and Lee take to the stage once again, with special guests Jonny Heginbotham and Mike Booth to discuss everything around the amazing charity work of TORQ. With amazing support to all those in the racing world and honouring the memory of Dan Kneen, the inspiring and amazing work TORQ and The Dan Kneen Charitable Foundation do is the main talking point at the Trackside Bar today. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts. www.iomttraces.com is the place for all the latest TT news and features, and search for @TTRacesOfficial for all our social channels.Note: This episode features some mentions of graphic themes and injury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And just like that, the 2025 TT is here. Chris and Lee and back on the Isle of Man for our first daily episode. However, in this year's preview episode, the TT podcast is introducing a new spin. We'll be recording each episode live on stage in the fan park with huge guests featuring throughout. We will be bringing you the latest gossip and news straight from the paddock as well as some brand new features. In this episode, Chris and Lee are joined by the TT legend: Mike Booth - discussing potential outcomes and trajectories the riders may face at the TT over the next 2 weeks, as well as making those all important podium predictions. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts. www.iomttraces.com is the place for all the latest TT news and features, and search for @TTRacesOfficial for all our social channels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textThis episode takes a fun detour into the world of chemistry conspiracy theories! Mike Booth explores the science behind chemtrails vs. contrails and explains how you could actually test for elements like aluminum, barium, lead, and lithium in air samples using ICP-OES and ICP-MS. Learn practical tips for sample collection, how to avoid common interferences, and why trace analysis requires extra care with contamination control.

The new seasons is just days away and that can mean only one thing – it's time for the Brunton Bugle 24/25 Season League Two Preview and Predictions!All four lads are in for this episode of the Bugle and as you'd expect, there's a lot to cram into over two hours, including:

A tribute to Rodger Fox. Special thanks to Pete France, Alex Griffith, Jono Sawyer, Joseph Anderson, and Mike Booth for their heartfelt contributions to the show.

Like many others around the Motu we are in shock due to the premature death of the great Rodger Fox, and welcome former Rodger Fox Big Band alumni Mike Booth and Mike Young to the studio to share their memories of his work as an educator and musician. Other musicians to share their reminiscences electronnically include Godfrey de Grut, Vanesssa McGowan, Cam Allen and Neil Watson. RIP Rog!

It's official - statistically, this is United's worst ever season in terms of number of defeats. And there's still one game to go...!In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee is joined by Mike Booth and Adam Tiffen (@adamtiffen18 on Twitter) to reflect on that 3-1 loss to Wycombe Wanderers in the last home game of the season - a miserable way to finish things off for the Blues at Brunton Park for 23/24, with plenty of discussion about some underwhelming individual performances.That's followed by a look ahead to this weekend's trip to Derby County for the final home game of the campaign - including a great chat with Jake from the excellent Rams Talk podcast about how their nerves are holding up as they look to get the point that will secure them automatic promotion.On top of that, there's a news round-up and the usual Ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Adam Tiffen in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------The Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch is proud to be once again sponsoring the Brunton Bugle Podcast for the 2023-24 Season.As part of this sponsorship, they will be providing some useful info for us to share ahead of each away trip in terms of pubs, public transport changes, places to eat etc.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, Jacksonville, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

United's slow-lingering death in League One is over, as defeat at Northampton finally confirms what we've all known for a while - it's back to League Two next season.In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike review the 2-0 loss at the Cobblers as relegation is confirmed for the Blues - with the game itself being pretty dire, it's more of an initial reflection on what has gone wrong this season (which we'll get more in-depth on in a later episode).That's followed by a look back on the midweek win at Cheltenham and some of the positives to come out of that (along with thoughts on what United can get out of the remaining fixtures).We then look ahead to the penultimate home game of the season this weekend against Blackpool - including a chat with Nick from the excellent Seasiders Podcast about how their campaign has gone.As usual, the episode is wrapped up with the ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So near, yet so far - United miss out on their first home win since New Year's Day as Stevenage equalise with the last kick of the game - but surely there's plenty of positives to take from the performance overall?In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike reflect on the 2-2 draw against Stevenage - plenty of talk about Daniel Butterworth's recent upturn in form, debate about the penalty decision and a robust discussion about Simmo's substitution policy.We also look ahead to the Easter weekend clashes with Peterborough United and Lincoln City, including a "Behind Enemy Lines" chat with Charlie from the excellent "Stacey West" Lincoln City blog and pod, where he tells us about the interesting back story of their gaffer Michael Skubala.Alongside those bits, there is a news round-up and the usual ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies that there was no preview for the Shrewsbury game - we were unable to find a time where two of us could record ahead of the match! Instead, here's a three-game review episode for you all to "enjoy" (we use the term very loosely!).In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike look back on the three consecutive defeats against Charlton Athletic, Barnsley and Shrewsbury Town - three performances that got progressively worse over the space of seven days.Plenty of reflection on the games and the season itself - where do United go from here, with relegation almost inevitable?Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The losing run is over! and we finally have a CLEAN SHEET! What kind of witchcraft is this?!In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee is joined by Mike Booth and Adam Tiffen (@adamtiffen18 on Twitter) to reflect on the last two fixtures - a 2-1 defeat at Bristol Rovers with a slightly more encouraging performance, and a battling 1-0 win at Burton Albion. Is this an end to the rot that United have faced since New Year, or just a false dawn?That's followed by a look ahead to this weekend's home clash with Reading - including a chat with Alex from the excellent Elm Park Royals podcast, as the Royals prepare for their first visit to Brunton Park since the early 1980s.On top of that, there's a news round-up and the usual Ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Adam Tiffen in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------The Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch is proud to be once again sponsoring the Brunton Bugle Podcast for the 2023-24 Season.As part of this sponsorship, they will be providing some useful info for us to share ahead of each away trip in terms of pubs, public transport changes, places to eat etc.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, Jacksonville, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The transfer window has slammed shut and there's been a fair bit of change in United's squad, but will it be enough to help drag the team away from the relegation zone?In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle (recorded before Georgie Kelly and Max Kilsby's transfers were announced), Lee is joined by Mike Booth and Dan MacLennan to discuss the departures of Owen Moxon and Joe Garner, before looking back on the comprehensive defeat to Bolton Wanderers last weekend.That's followed by a look ahead to this weekend's trip to the capital to face in-form Leyton Orient - we speak to Paul from the Orient Outlook Podcast ahead of this one, discussing how they've adapted to life in the third tier after promotion last season and their long-term hopes for the club.On top of that, there's the usual news round-up and an ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Dan MacLennan in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------The Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch is proud to be once again sponsoring the Brunton Bugle Podcast for the 2023-24 Season.As part of this sponsorship, they will be providing some useful info for us to share ahead of each away trip in terms of pubs, public transport changes, places to eat etc.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, Jacksonville, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DISCLAIMER - This episode was recorded on Thursday night, before we knew the Cheltenham game was postponed. The preview section has been removed as a result!The Cheltenham game has fallen victim to the icy conditions that are currently hitting much of the country, but there's still plenty of stuff for the lads to talk about as they reflect on back-to-back defeats against two promotion contenders.In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle there's lots of discussion about those losses against Oxford and Barnsley - the defeat to the U's was pretty disappointing, but was there positives to take out of a hard-working performance against the Tykes?Alongside those bits, there is a quick news round-up where we discuss the departure of striker Ryan Edmondson.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Christmas period is over and United end up with 4 points from a possible twelve - small signs of progress, but it's still going to be a battle to avoid an instant return to League Two this season.In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike reflect on the 2-0 defeat at Wigan infront of over 4,000 travelling Blues, and the New Year's Day 2-1 home win against Port Vale. Are there a few signs that United have what it takes to avoid the drop?And if so, will the new additions make a difference? We discuss the three first signings of the window, and the departure of loanee Luke Plange after his half season spell came to an end.Then there's a look ahead to what will be a huge tie against Exeter City in Devon this weekend.We speak to Grecians fan Sam Parks, who give us the lowdown on why they have slumped so badly having been top at one stage in the early weeks of the season.Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies if there any issues with Mike's audio on this episode - we're looking at some alternative recording solutions!Christmas comes early to Brunton Park as the Piatak Family deliver the present Simmo wanted - a new striker!In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike discuss the reportedly record-signing of striker Luke Armstrong from Harrogate Town, with plenty of chat about what kind of an impact he can have at the club. There's also some chat about the topics that were raised at this week's fans forum at Brunton Park.The lads also look back on last weekend's 2-2 draw with Northampton Town - fair result, or were United robbed of three points by the Cobblers late equaliser?Then there's a look ahead to the first two fixtures of the festive period - massive games against two of the Blues' relegation rivals, Cheltenham Town and Fleetwood Town.Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Marissa chats with admissions specialist Mike Booth to learn more about USU Wendover! Swag Drawing Code: CAROLS Enter USU Swag Drawing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQmAkd09YpaE4TQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about USU Wendover: https://statewide.usu.edu/wendover/

In this episode Marissa chats with admissions specialist Mike Booth to learn more about USU Tooele! Swag Drawing Code: PIE Enter USU Swag Drawing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://usu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eQmAkd09YpaE4TQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about USU Tooele: ⁠ https://statewide.usu.edu/tooele/

Apologies for the poor sound quality on this episode - this issue will be resolved for next week!When is a hammering not a hammering? The scoreline at Reading certainly suggested the Blues got battered by the Royals, but were they the perpetrators of their own downfall by gifting most of the goals to the hosts?In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike look back on that 5-1 defeat at the Select Car Leasing Stadium (terrible name for a ground) and discuss how on earth United managed to lose by such a margin despite matching Reading in terms of chances.Then there's a look ahead to this weekend's trip to the Lancashire seaside where almost 2,000 Blues will be hoping that the Illuminations aren't the only excitement they get from the day. We speak to John from the Seasiders Podcast about how they've coped after relegation last season and why getting rid of the Oyston family ownership of the club four years ago was so important to them.Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dawn of a new era for United as the first game under the ownership of the Piatak Family ends with a battling draw against United - but there's an overwhelmingly positive atmosphere around the ground that leaves you think the future is bright for the Blues.In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee is joined by Mike Booth and Adam Tiffen (@adamtiffen18 on Twitter) to look back on that 1-1 draw with the Addicks - plenty of talk about the efforts on the pitch, but also how good the matchday experience was for fans off the pitch.That's followed by a look ahead to the long midweek trip south to take on Reading, the first fixture between the two clubs in 42 years. We speak to Alex from the Elm Park Royals podcast about the on-going saga that is their ownership (makes you feel very lucky to be in our situation right now!), whether they can beat the drop and what Blues fans can expect on their first visit to the Select Car Leasing Stadium.On top of that, there's a news round-up (including an extensive chat about the Piatak's first press conference) and the usual Ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Adam Tiffen in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------The Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch is proud to be once again sponsoring the Brunton Bugle Podcast for the 2023-24 Season.As part of this sponsorship, they will be providing some useful info for us to share ahead of each away trip in terms of pubs, public transport changes, places to eat etc.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, Jacksonville, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So United suffer their fourth home league defeat of the season against Bristol Rovers and then face the daunting task of keeping out the league's top marksman against Charlton Athletic this weekend... but let's be honest, that's not the main point of discussion is it???In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike unsurprisingly spend most of their time talking about this week's big breaking news - the takeover of club by the Piatak family via Castle Sports Group has been completed! It's felt like the last couple of months have taken forever but the deal is finally done and there's plenty of look forward to - there's some instant reaction to the news including 60 Second Reviews and some of your tweets. We'll be bringing more reaction on the news over the next few weeks, including hopefully an interview with the Tom and Tom II at some point!On top of that, we briefly cover the Bristol Rovers game (wasn't much to talk about anyway!) before looking ahead to this weekend's clash with Charlton Athletic, where a big crowd is expected to celebrate the arrival of our new owners.We also speak to Louis Mendez from the Charlton Live podcast about the ups and downs of following the Addicks over the last few decades, their change of manager this season and their memories of the three occasions where they've been promoted at Brunton Park.Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Sci-Fi Talk episode, host Tony Tellado sits down with filmmaker and writer Mike Booth to discuss his debut novel, Hawk, and the exciting news of it being adapted into an animated series. Mike shares his own writing advice, encouraging aspiring authors to embrace the process of writing a "bad" first draft. As they delve into the world of Hawk, Mike reveals his unexpected journey from filmmaker to successful author and the joy of creating characters that are nothing like himself. They also discuss the diverse group of characters in Hawk and the opportunities for both adventure and comic relief that they bring to the story.Subscribe To Sci-Fi Talk Plus It's Free

Encouraging signs for the Blues this week - an impressive performance but loss at table-toppers Portsmouth, followed by a dominant home win over in-form Burton Albion at Brunton Park - are Simmo's boys finally starting to find their feet in League One?In this week's episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee is joined by Mike Booth and a second appearance for newbie Adam Tiffen (@adamtiffen18 on Twitter) to look back on the loss at Pompey and the win over the Brewers. Plenty of talk about the tweak in formation to 4-2-3-1, Danny Butterworth's encouraging performances and Joe Garner rolling back the years.That's followed by a look ahead to this weekend's trip south to take on Cambridge United - we speak to Jack from the Under The Abbey Stand podcast ahead of the game, with lots of talk about how they have coped with the loss of key attacking players this summer, how impressive the job their manager Mark Bonner has done and how Jack ended up supporting the U's despite originally hailing from the Great Border City!On top of that, there's a news round-up and the usual Ex-Blues update.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Adam Tiffen in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------The Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch is proud to be once again sponsoring the Brunton Bugle Podcast for the 2023-24 Season.As part of this sponsorship, they will be providing some useful info for us to share ahead of each away trip in terms of pubs, public transport changes, places to eat etc.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, Jacksonville, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Friday y'all and we're wondering if the UAW is getting close to a tentative deal with GM. We're also talking about Toyota's big charging standard shift, as well as a new wearable tow truck from CrocsWe're not getting excited just yet, but there seems to be a glimmer of hope as Mike Booth, vice president of the union's GM department, commented, “All the pieces are there, we just have to glue it together.” at a rally on Thursday.The company and union are in discussions about pensions and healthcare benefits for retirees. Booth mentioned the union's desire for a secure pension, but they're willing to discuss terms provided there's a robust plan to safeguard members. "People might potentially have a comfortable retirement with a set contribution plan," he added.Meanwhile, Stellantis, Ford, and GM, are laying off 270 more workers in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana due to the UAW's ongoing strike. Stellantis will idle 100 UAW members at its Toledo plant. GM announced 20 layoffs across Ohio and Indiana, while Ford will lay off 150 at its Sterling Axle Plant. Affected workers might not receive unemployment benefits, but the union pledges $500 weekly from its strike fund.Ford has the most laid off workers at 2700, GM is at 2350 and Stellantis 1520The last domino may have fallen as Toyota announced yesterday its decision to adopt Tesla's electric-vehicle charging technology from 2025. Joining the ranks of Ford, GM, and Nissan, Toyota's move signals a major industry shift towards the NACS standard, potentially sidelining the rival Combined Charging System CCS for goodStarting 2025 NACS ports will be featured in select Toyota and Lexus EVs, including an upcoming Toyota crossover manufactured in Kentucky.Current Toyota and Lexus vehicle owners using the CCS system will receive adapters for NACS charging compatibility in 2025.What's better than a Pixar film named "Cars"? How about footwear inspired by its beloved characters? Crocs is driving into the spotlight once again, unveiling a Mater-inspired clog, following their previous hit, the Lightning McQueen design.The Mater clog, released Tuesday on Crocs' website, has design elements such as Mater's smiling face, engine details, and a towing hook on the backstraps.Initially selling for $59, the custom “Cars” crocs are already fetching twice as much on resale sites like StockXHosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle MountsierGet the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email ASOTU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/automotivestateoftheunion

United put in a decent performance against promotion-hopefuls Derby County at Brunton Park but still find themselves on the end of a defeat - but that's not the big talking point from the weekend!In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike look review the 2-0 loss to the Rams - plenty of praise for Jordan Gibson's performance, but are there questions again over the goalkeeper position?We also look ahead to the trip south to face Wycombe Wanderers this weekend, including a chat with George who runs the Wycombe Way twitter account - including topics such as losing their long-serving gaffer Gareth Ainstworth last season, how former long-serving player Matt Bloomfield has done as his replacement and what it's like to have American owners.Which brings us on nicely to the main topic for Blues fans right now - the Piatak/Castle Sports Group takeover of the club. We look back on the historic CUOSC members' meeting with the Piatak family at the weekend, covering the main points raised - and as we record, the result from the members vote comes in!Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Only two shots on target... but a 2-2 draw earns United a point (undeservedly so, if you as Steve Evans) at early pace-setters Stevenage.In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike look back on the game in Hertfordshire - with a lot of talk about Jokkul Andresson's excellent performance, Joe Garner's 150th career goal and a potential burgeoning partnership between Kayode and Maguire in attack.We then look ahead to the weekend trip to Sincil Bank to take on Lincoln City - can the Blues end the Imps' five-game unbeaten run in the league? We chat with Ben from the Stacey West Podcast, with plenty of talk about Lincoln's rise from non-league football in recent seasons, how Lukas Jensen is getting on at the club and whether they can keep up that good start and challenge for a play-off place.There's also a lengthy discussion about this week's statement from the Castle Sports Group/Piatak Family about their potential takeover of the club - is it time for United fans to start getting excited, or will that Purepay debt continue to cause issues?Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

August is over and still no win for United on their return to League One - can that change this weekend?In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike preview the visit of Shrewsbury Town to Brunton Park - it's been a long time since the Blues have beaten Salop at Brunton Park in the league - can they end that run on Saturday?We also chat with Chris from the excellent Salopcast to get the opposition view - we talked about Steve Cotterill's summer departure and the fall-out from that, Matt Taylor's appointment as boss and his start in the hotseat, and of course, how Morgan Feeney has got on since his summer move to Shropshire.Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five games down, and that first win remains elusive - performances have been solid, but is that going to be good enough to help pull us away from trouble this season?In this episode of the Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike get together to review the 1-0 defeat at Port Vale, with a lot of chat about controversial team selection decisions, defensive howlers and not taking chances. Oh and a bit of chat about goats.There's also a quick look at the remaining business United need to carry out this week as the summer transfer window comes to a close - will Simmo finally get that elusive targetman through the door?Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater sit down with Mike Booth for Part 2 of his episode of the TT Podcast.In this second section, Boothy talks about his injury in 2022 and how his life has been since recovering from his leg amputation. Our next episode with Davey Todd is available to watch on TT+ now! Head to ttplus.iomttraces.com to sign up for free. Alternatively, the audio will be available here on this podcast feed at the same time next week, so make sure you hit subscribe and the notification bell to download that episode as soon as it drops.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts.www.iomttraces.com is the place for all the latest TT news and features, and search for @TTRacesOfficial for all our social channels.Music by Calva Louise - latest album ‘Euphoric' out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater return for Series 5 of the TT Podcast. For episode one, the boys are speaking with Mike Booth, following his injury in 2022.Mike talked about his journalistic route into the world of bike riding and how a combination of talent & budget backing are crucial to success in the sport.Part Two of Mike Booth's interview is available to watch on TT+ now! Head to ttplus.iomttraces.com to sign up for free. Alternatively, the second part will be available here on this podcast feed at the same time next week, so make sure you hit subscribe and the notification bell to download that episode as soon as it drops.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts.www.iomttraces.com is the place for all the latest TT news and features, and search for @TTRacesOfficial for all our social channels.Music by Calva Louise - latest album ‘Euphoric' out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wait goes on for a first win of the season for United in League One and while they've not been played off the park by anyone yet, the lack of goal threat remains a worry.In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Lee and Mike look back on the narrow 1-0 loss at Oxford United - while it was a game with very limited goal-mouth action for either side, there was plenty of talking points, particularly when it comes to attack and formations - what kind of forward do the Blues need and is it maybe time to switch from the 3-5-2?That's followed by a full look ahead to the midweek clash with Wigan Athletic, including a chat with Barry from the excellent Progress With Unity podcast - topics covered include their off the field issues in the last decade, Charlie Wyke's return from his heart issues and why a parking favour in the 90s didn't quite work out so well for Barry!Alongside those bits, there is a round-up of the news, including some chat about the US takeover rumours, and the usual ex-Blues section.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 5 of the TT Podcast is finally here. Episode One is with Mike Booth and is available now on TT+ and you can watch it for free by signing up at ttplus.iomttraces.comAlternatively, the episode with Mike Booth will be available right here on this podcast feed next week.Music by Calva Louise - latest album ‘Euphoric' out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a 3,381 days, LEAGUE ONE FOOTBALL is finally returning to Brunton Park - and The Brunton Bugle is here to preview the big game!In this episode, Lee and Mike sit down to give their thoughts on how the season ahead will go for the Blues, alongside some contributions of our regular 60 Second Reviewers.That's followed by a full look ahead to this weekend's clash with Fleetwood Town, including a chat with Ben from Cod's Vlogs on how the Cod Army are shaping up for the campaign, and a return of our "They Played for Both" feature.Alongside there is a round-up of the news, including some chat about the Owen Moxon transfer saga and the three new arrivals since we last recorded.Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Mike Booth in Formby.You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------For the third season in a row, the podcast is being sponsored by Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch.The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's just four days until the new League One campaign gets underway which can mean only one thing - it's time for our Preview and Predictions episode!In this episode of The Brunton Bugle, Dan, Lee and Mike got together to discuss all 23 of United's opponents this season in an almost two-hour long chat!At the end of the episode, we also did our (now infamous) season predictions, if you want to know where not to put your money with the bookies this season.Apologies if the sound quality dips at times in this episode - had countless technical issues with the recording, which we're hoping to iron out for the Fleetwood preview episode!Your host Lee Rooney is in Liverpool and is joined via the wonders of the internet by Dan MacLennan in Carlisle and Mike Booth in Formby. You can find us on Twitter @bruntonbugle, Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback to bruntonbugle@gmail.com.-------------------We're pleased to confirm that Carlisle United Supporters' Club London Branch will be sponsoring the podcast for the third consecutive season! The London Branch is open to all Carlisle United fans across the world - whether you're based in the capital, New York, Timbuktu, Berlin or even Cumbria itself! To find out more, visit their website at www.carlislelondonbranch.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a beautiful Thursday to be in Retail Auto. Today we're discussing the upcoming UAW labor negotiations around EV joint-ventures as well as VW of America CEOs warning to Dealers. We also talk about the insane buzz around the highest paid athlete in the world. In what could be a drawn out fight,  the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union prepares for negotiations with Detroit automakers GM, Ford, and Stellantis. The conflict is regarding pay for 18,000 future workers at their electric-vehicle battery plants. These workers, hired through a myriad of joint ventures, are not covered by existing labor contracts, posing complexities for the UAW in ensuring equitable wages and conditions.The Ultium Cells LLC plant, a joint venture between GM and LG Energy, is an example of the complexity, with the UAW trying to establish a unique deal for its 1,100 workers there who aren't covered by the master labor contract.While UAW aims to put all battery workers under its master contract, manufacturers argue the joint ventures are about accessing battery production and knowledge rather than compensation issues.“The transition from internal combustion to electric has to be a just transition,” said Mike Booth, a UAW vice president who will lead talks with GM this year. “We have to make sure no one is left behind.” As the long anticipated electric microbus readies for release, Volkswagen of America's CEO, Pablo Di Si, warns dealers against price gouging, recognizing the potential for excessive markups, Di Si emphasized the need for a fair pricing system for both consumers and dealers, but has yet to propose a specific solution.The CEO also opposes introducing a First Edition of the ID.Buzz, a common strategy used by automakers to boost demand and dealer profit, as he believes customers should not pay more.“We cannot make a mistake [with] this vehicle with respect to the customer. We cannot have markups.” In an absolute coup for Major League Soccer and Apple, Lionel Messi has announced that he will be joining the American soccer club Inter Miami later this year. The winner of 7 Ballon d'Ors, 4 Champions Leagues and the 2022 World Cup will likely receive a cut of Apple's MLS streaming revenue, Adidas profit-sharing and a chance at club ownership in the future.Apple signed a 10 year / $2.5B streaming deal with MLS, available through Apple TV plus, and Messi's presence makes it much more appealing to a global audience.Ticket prices for Inter Miami's games have skyrocketed by 1,034%, with the lowest tickets for Messi's first potential game with the club jumping from $29 to $339.David Beckham, who famously moved from Europe to MLS in 2007, leads Miami's ownership team. Messi recorded a video when Beckham's ownership was announced in 2018 saying, “Maybe you'll call me in a few years.”Other potential landing spots included a reunion at Barcelona, and Saudi side Al Hilal.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email ASOTU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/automotivestateoftheunion

To kick off this years TT Daily series, and give their predictions ahead of the 2023 Isle of Man TT Races, Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater are joined in the studio by the fastest woman in history around the TT Mountain Course, Jenny Tinmouth and joined down the line by the newest member of the TT broadcast team, 44teeth journalist and former TT competitor, Mike Booth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greater Atlanta Christian School has hired an independent investigator to look into newly surfaced allegations of sexual misconduct against a former teacher who left the school nearly 20 years ago. A graduate recently made an allegation on social media that the teacher abused them when they attended the school in the 1980s. The teacher has not been identified by the school. The investigation will be conducted by Laura Kirschstein from T&M USA LLC, who has experience in conducting similar investigations for independent schools across the nation. The school is asking alumni to come forward with any information about past incidents of sexual misconduct and has provided contact information for the investigator. The school said this is the first time someone has made accusations of sexual misconduct against the former teacher who is the subject of the investigation. Residents in the Buford area of Gwinnett County have been warned to watch for pets or animals that may have rabies after a rabid raccoon was killed in the area earlier this week. Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement officials confirmed the positive result on Friday and urged residents to use caution if they see other animals in the area acting in unusual ways. Rabies is a fatal virus that attacks the central nervous system and is easily transmitted to humans if they encounter a rabid animal. County officials advise pet owners to ensure their pets are current on their rabies vaccinations and to not leave garbage or pet food outside, which can attract wild or stray animals. The North Gwinnett Bulldogs hockey team has won the Division AA state championship for the second year in a row, with a record of 17-3-1 in the 2022-23 season. Coached by Rob Spreadbury, the team defeated the Atlanta Warriors 5-2 in the final at the Ice Forum in Duluth on March 27th. The Bulldogs had to beat the Warriors twice after losing to them in the second round. Three seniors on the team, Camden Schutt, Amanda Spreadbury and Nicholas Pecora, have been with the Bulldogs for five seasons. The team is mostly made up of North Gwinnett students but also includes players from other schools around the county. The Rotary Club of Duluth Car Show is taking place on April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Duluth. It is a free event for the public and will feature cars in all categories. Attendees can vote for their favorite vehicle, and the top three in each category will receive awards. There will also be a people's choice trophy. The event will have announcements and entertainment from Mike Booth, as well as refreshments and shopping at nearby businesses. Proceeds from the event will benefit Operation One Voice, and the fee to enter is $20 per vehicle for preregistration, $25 on the day of the event. A statue of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was unveiled at Rodney Cook Sr. Peace Park in Atlanta over the weekend. The ceremony, entitled World Peace Revival, emphasised King's promotion of peace, with speakers calling on people to take up the pursuit of peace, rather than leaving it to government officials. Amongst the sponsors of the statue were Gwinnett philanthropists Clyde and Sandra Strickland. Although religious in tone, the two-hour ceremony featured calls for inclusivity, with Bernice King emphasizing that justice requires inclusionary decision-making. The park will also feature a global peace institute and peace pantheon, alongside the museum in the house where King lived before he was assassinated in 1968. Oxford Properties has announced the opening of Celadon on Club, a 352-unit luxury apartment community in Lawrenceville, on the site of the former Northwoods Country Club Golf Course. RAM Partners will manage the community, which offers one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts with private balconies and state-of-the-art amenities. Celadon on Club also boasts a TrackMan golf simulator and a trail that connects to Club Drive Park. According to Paul Austin, Development Partner for Georgia & Charlotte of Oxford Properties, Celadon on Club has been designed to feel "exclusive and inviting". Interested parties can visit celadononclub.com to learn more. And, John Bednarowski checks in with us from Augusta National as the Masters Practice rounds have begun. Make sure to tune in all this week for our Masters Coverage presented by Ingles. For more information be sure to visit www.bgpodcastnetwork.com   https://www.lawrencevillega.org/  https://www.foxtheatre.org/  https://guideinc.org/  https://www.psponline.com/  https://www.kiamallofga.com/  https://www.milb.com/gwinnett  https://www.fernbankmuseum.org/  www.atlantagladiators.com        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jon Summers is The Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing, technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. Hailing from California, he collects cars and bikes built with plenty of cheap and fast, and not much reliable. On his show, he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, and motoring travel. J drove some new cars on the Western Automotive Journalists annual test day, #waj, #wajmedia days, #wajmediadays22. Thanks to everyone at the manufacturers, #waj and Page One Automotive for sorting that out. Discussed are: BMW M4 Competition Convertible The new BMW grill with giant kidneys (altho J calls it a Mercedes grill…) BMW I50 M4; range anxiety, and the city car According To J Electra Meccanica Solo Lucid; the drive; meeting the design team Toyota Tundra Capstone; looks like a Lexus drives like a Hellcat; Americans and their trucks Ford Maverick; 21st Century Model T? Not driven, but also discussed is the new Nissan Z car - M has driven his 350Z 170k and crashed a 370Z; comparison with Mustangs. Fleet news: M is considering buying a BMW M2 to replace his Renault Megane RS265; the importance of independent specialist mechanics if you're running second-hand premium cars. J compares V twin sportsbikes, a BMW 1150R, and his most recent acquisition, a Ducati 900 SS/CR and the value of an “Italian Tune Up”. The Isle of Man TT, the deaths, the ethics, and the guy we sponsored, Mike Booth, being seriously injured. Nurburgring and Spa track days remembered. Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission. ===== (Oo---x---oO) ===== The Motoring Podcast Network : Years of racing, wrenching and Motorsports experience brings together a top notch collection of knowledge, stories and information. #everyonehasastory #gtmbreakfix - motoringpodcast.net Check out our membership program and go VIP at: https://www.patreon.com/gtmotorsports Other cool stuff: https://www.gtmotorsports.org/links

Top of the Label is a new semi regular poetry / spoken word Podcast series within the umbrella off Spoken Label hosted by Andy N and Amanda Nicholson featuring a mixture of new and returning friends all returning to read out a piece (sometimes two) each. Part 1 features the following guests: Skylar J Wynter (reading two pieces), Nick Lurvell, Kealan Coady, Lauren Temple (reading two pieces), Mike Booth, Quigley C B, Rich Davenport, Peter Humphreys.

This week on Chasin' the Racin' we have "Boothy from 44Teeth" to discuss his first time at the north west, the up and coming TT as well as embarrassing moments and deep discussions. Enjoy!   Powered by Colchester Kawasaki  CLICK BUY DELIVER    Merchandise available: www.chasintheracin.com/merchandise/   SOCIALS Facebook: www.facebook.com/motorbikepod Twitter: www.twitter.com/motorbikepod Instagram: www.instagram.com/motorbikepod Patreon: www.patreon.com/motorbikepod  

A grasslands wildfire that tore through a Colorado ranch sanctuary last weekend burned more than 8,500 acres. The people who were there survived, but the damage is deep. May Ranch, near Lamar, has transformed itself into a sustainable, nationally-recognized conservation location that is home to endangered species, fewer row crops, more wetlands and sanctuaries for endangered species. The wildfire threatens much of that gain. Colorado Sun reporter Mike Booth has the story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun reporters Jen Brown and Mike Booth discuss the fascinating story of airplanes powered by beef fat at the Vail Valley Jet Center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This interview features Dev Sethi, Head of Sports at Instagram. We discuss being separated from his twin in highschool, his side door into sports at YouTube, launching the first sports MCN at Whistle, why NIL is this century's most important breakthrough for athletes, why he left the incredible team at Complex for Instagram, and the metaverse's impact on the personalization of sports.Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow The Come Up on Twitter: @TCUpodEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.com---EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Chris Erwin:Hi, I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders. Dev Sethi:One of the things that I love sharing with the teams that I've managed, and the individuals I've managed and that's important to me is how do you empower those team members' voices, whether you're to 23 and out of college with no work experience, or 35 and have been in social, and digital, or in sports for decades plus, we all see what we do, our industry, what's happening differently than anybody else, and almost by sheer virtue of who you are and the life experiences that we all bring to these jobs. So if I'm, as a manager, as a team leader, able to create an environment or a safe space for people to share, that's how we're going to get better. Chris Erwin:This week's episode features Dev Sethi, Head of Sports at Instagram. So Dev was born in the DC metro area, the first generation immigrants from India. Then in high school, Dev's life journey took a big turn after a traumatic family event and some wise words from a teacher which inspired him to become school president and captain of both the baseball and basketball teams. Dev then went on to Notre Dame, and soon after found a side door into sports media at YouTube's new partnership. He then left to help build digital communities at publishers like Whistle and Complex. But after a heart-to-heart with his mom, Dev reverted course, and returned to big tech as Head of Sports at Instagram. Chris Erwin:Today, Dev is shaping the future of sports fandom. Some highlights of our chat include being separated from his twin in high school, launching the first sports MCN, why NIL is this century's most important breakthrough for athletes, and the metaverse's impact on the personalization of sports. I've known Dev for over five years. He's one of the sharpest and kindest minds in the digital verse, I'm grateful to help share his story. All right, let's get to it. Dev, thanks for being on the podcast. Dev Sethi:Thank you for having me, nice way to spend my Wednesday afternoon. Chris Erwin:Yes. And appreciate it because I think you had some last minute dental work that was just done this morning, is that right? Can you still talk? Dev Sethi:Yeah. I don't know if folks are going to consume this entirely audio or even visual, but got last minute dental work done this morning so part of my mouth is still numb, Chris might see me drool out one of the sides of my mouth. But hopefully, I'm not slurring my speech too badly, and I promise you, if I am, it's because it's because of the Novocaine, it's not because of any other reasons. Oh, here we go. Chris Erwin:Well, Dev, what I can say is I think you sound great, and I don't think many of our listeners will be able to see the video, but you look great as well, as always. So you're good to go for my book. Dev Sethi:Making me blush already. Okay, let's do this thing. Chris Erwin:All right. So with that, Dev, let's rewind a bit and let's talk about where you grew up, your childhood interests and if there may any glimpses into what you were going to do in your sports media career from an early age, in some of our prep chats, you're telling me about growing up in the DC metro area, is that right? Dev Sethi:That is correct. And it's actually where I'm currently based as well, but grew up in Nolan, Virginia, literally adjacent to Washington DC. My parents are immigrants from India and that's where they ultimately ended up settling. So I'm certain that folks that are listening to your podcast can sympathize with me being a long suffering Washington area sports fan, that's basically epitomized my experience being a sports fan in this area, but grew up here and had a great time. It's actually quite a diverse area, and for those who have been to Nolan, Virginia and the DMV overall, it's changed quite a bit since I was a kid, it's virtually night and day how much this area has evolved over time. Chris Erwin:Your early household, growing up, were your parents into sports, immigrating from India? Did they have ties to the US leagues, and sports programs, or international? What was that like? Dev Sethi:Yeah, nothing prior to them arriving on these shores. My father was a sports fan and played sports growing up, but very different sports obviously in his own country than the US. But for certain listeners who I'm certain have had the same experience as I've had, but sports was and is an incredibly powerful way to assimilate into a new place, whether it's a new community, a new state, or let alone a new country. And so my father quickly adopted American sports as an interest, a hobby, an enthusiasm. And again, for those who are familiar with this area as much, there is a thriving Indian community or South Asian community in the DMV. And one of sort of its rallying cries was and is sports. Dev Sethi:And so, I have a lot of great fond childhood memories of going to Washington watch parties, and when you're showing up for Thanksgiving, the guys show up early, because they want to watch all three games on Thanksgiving before anyone starts feasting. And it just really was a big part of my growing up. And I think a great way for my parents to get comfortable in what was then an unknown environment for them, So it's a really big part of, I think, my personal history as well as my parents history. Chris Erwin:And did you have siblings that were also consumers of sports as well? Dev Sethi:I have an older brother who is four years older. He's not in this industry, so he will likely never listen to it so I can trash his athletic gifts. I think he played soccer and basketball but sort of gave it up early-ish in his life to focus on being more of an academic, which is why he's a lot smarter than I am. But I also have a twin brother who is equally a sports junkie, a passionate fan of pretty much all things sports. And he and I played basketball and baseball growing up together, and we were watching sports ourselves. So a very big sports house so I like to joke that I missed out on all the Disney movies like Cinderella and all those kinds of movies Beauty and the Beast, I have watched virtually none of them because on Friday, Saturday and Sundays, we normally have a sporting game on TV. Chris Erwin:I've known you for a few years now. And I don't think I knew that you were a twin. I'm also a twin as well. Did you know that about me? Dev Sethi:I did not know that about you, wow. Identical over fraternal? Chris Erwin:We are fraternal, but we look a lot alike. He took a very different career path than me, he's in the military, 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, ranger qualified, so he's just at a physical level that is well beyond where I'm at. But it's funny, thinking of growing up with him, I grew up in my family, we didn't watch a lot of sports, but we played a lot of sports. My brother and I were very athletic and active growing up. So when you said on Friday, Saturdays and Sundays, you weren't watching Disney movies because you are consuming, my brother and I, we would get up at 6:00 AM and go hit the basketball courts at like 6:30 or 7:00 on a Saturday. As soon as it was like my parents were up and we were allowed to get out of the house. That was what was fun, was having a twin, you always had someone to play with. Dev Sethi:Yeah. I don't know if I saw those early hours on the weekends very often as a kid, but to your point, having a partner in crime in more ways than one, and someone who literally is an activity partner. It's actually interesting for he and I, and he would attest to this, so growing up, I hated basketball and I loved baseball and he hated baseball and loved basketball. And you'll appreciate this as a twin and with your parents, my dad said, "Well, tough shit. I'm not driving you all to a million different activities, you're going to do these things together." Dev Sethi:And so, we ended up participating in these sports together. And again, the irony of it all is that I love basketball now and played it through high school and then intramurals in college, and he played baseball through high school as well. And so just one of these deals where sort of the forcing function of, "Hey, this is sort of you're a package deal." And parents aren't only chauffeurs, let alone when they've got two the same age that have various interests. But no, we played a ton of sports growing up, and to your point, hit the park and go play pickup together because you already got two out of the five people you need for a team, right? Chris Erwin:It's funny you say that, Dev, because I still give my parents, to this day, flack for not letting me do travel soccer. I was really good. And they were like, "No, Sundays are for going to church and other family activities." And I was like, "I don't need you guys to drive me. I have other other friends' parents that'll drive me." And I could have been this great star, but that's a... I'll leave the rest of that story for my therapist. A question that I have for you is you go to Notre Dame, and did you have an intent of getting into sports media when you were going to school and thinking about when you wanted to graduate or were you thinking about something else? Dev Sethi:I had, and I'm assuming I am like many former and current college students, where I really had no idea what I wanted to do for a living. And sports as a profession, as it were, was nowhere near my radar. The internships that I had in college, I think the closest experience I had to working in sports during college was an internship in SAP's marketing department. And SAP was a sponsor of Ernie Els and Chad Campbell, who were two then prominent golfers me. Ernie Els' just awesome and probably a hall of fame golfer, and that was the closest I got to sort of a sports experience in an internship in college. Dev Sethi:So yeah, to answer your question, I had no aspirations, I had no foresight or vision into how to even break into that. I knew I necessarily wasn't going to go the path of wanting to be an agent or something like that, which would've sort of required a much different kind of education. I really just had the fandom of sports in college and really didn't know what I wanted to do when I graduated. No better illustration than the fact that I was a marketing major but I was also an education minor, because I have a sort of a side, if not hobby, passion around the profession of education and the industry behind education, and it sort of uses a different part of your brain than taking business classes. So I had a number of interests, but really, no direction, I guess, when it came to career stuff at that age. Chris Erwin:So what you just said about your interest in the educational field and that you also, I think, did a minor there at while at Notre Dame, where do you think that stems from? Dev Sethi:I had some very influential grade school teachers growing up who I thought really shaped who I am today, and also, where I am today in terms of just how I've been able to sort of to grow and have somewhat of a tenure in this industry now. But I do think having had such a positive impact from those educators at the high school level. Dev Sethi:It's funny, but the education minor, I needed to take some electives. And I took a course from a relatively new professor at Notre Dame and the course was actually called creativity in the classroom. Whereas you're at business classes that have 50, 60, 150 people in them, and you're using again, on one side of your brain, this class experience was incredibly intimate, it was maybe 12 people, it was focusing on a sort of a unique aspect of education in the classroom. I loved every second of it. And the professor, I thought, crafted the course in a way that wasn't rigid, it actually had a lot of flexibility to who was taking the class. And she was a great listener herself, which I think is, I don't want to say a rare trait for a professor, but I haven't experienced many professors who are nimble in that regard in terms of how they shape their coursework in a semester. Dev Sethi:And so anyways, I fell in love with the experience of taking a class that was so different than what I was normally used to taking. And that basically became, "Hey, well, I took that in the fall. Let me take another education-related course in the spring." And before I knew it, I was getting eligible for a minor, so. Chris Erwin:It's amazing how intersecting with great people in your life, it could be a professor within the educational department that makes you then want to specialize, it could be someone, a founder, CEO at a company that then recruits you to their vision, or someone in the industry that gets you excited about transforming your career. I hear that, that's an important to note is that these little human touches can be so transformational. Are you still in touch with this professor? Dev Sethi:I am. She's actually, really, the only college professor that I remain in touch with, and she still lives around Notre Dame. And so, when I have the occasion to come back and visit, we'll always grab dinner, or drinks, or lunch, or something like that. And I'm very quick to reiterate to her how important and influential she was to my experience, say in the same way an English teacher, who had never actually taught me, was instrumental in how I grew as a person and as a student in high school. And she's actually, now that I'm back in the DC area after a long time away, her and I are actually grabbing lunch next Friday. Chris Erwin:Dev, speaking of this high school teacher which had a big impact on you, there's a bigger story behind this that relates to the expulsion of your twin brother. Why don't you tell us about that? Dev Sethi:Yeah. I think I'm more comfortable telling this story because fortunately, my twin brother's life wasn't totally derailed by this expulsion and he actually works at meta now, which is kind of funny, so we're technically colleagues even though I've no idea what he does for a living. But no, we were juniors in high school and he got kicked out of our high school 10 days into our junior year. And it was under somewhat controversial circumstances. My mother was pretty furious about the circumstances and she wanted me to leave that high school too. Dev Sethi:And it was this teacher, who actually had never taught me before, I had not taken one of her classes. She pulled me aside one day while all this was going down, she said, "Hey, can you come by my class after school for 10 minutes?" I was like, "Sure, why not?" I barely knew her. And she sat me down and she said, "I know this is a tough time for you and your family," yada, yada, yada, "you don't realize this yet, but this could actually end up being one of your biggest blessings in disguise." and what she meant by that. Dev Sethi:And what I discovered and learned after I ended up deciding to stay at that school was, my experience in high school, my personality, just my being at that high school had always been inextricably linked to me and my twin brother. It was always Dev and Raj, it wasn't just Dev or Raj. And she sort of was reiterating, you have a chance to essentially be your own person, and to carve your own path and pursue the things that you may want to do, and not necessarily always have that association. Dev Sethi:And she was dead on. I ended up doing things my junior and senior year that I never would've thought I would've done. I ended up running for and winning high school president, which, if you know my personality at all, that's definitely not me. But sort of threw my hat in the ring, was captain of our baseball and basketball teams, did a number of extracurriculars. And it's funny because by the time I graduated, there were hundreds of students who had no idea I even had a twin brother, which I think, again, reiterates my then teacher's point. Dev Sethi:And so, just one of these sort of inflection points in my life where I don't know if I would've made that decision had it not been for her, and someone who had literally no relationship with me but at least thought enough about my wellbeing and my circumstance to share with me her perspective, and it ended up changing my... I mean, I cannot overstate that, it literally changed my life. So I don't think I would've gotten into Notre Dame had it not been because of that conversation, and all that stuff, and the things that happened, I don't think I would've been on that same path at all. And I would argue my twin brother would acknowledge that too. Chris Erwin:Wow. That is an incredible story. We spend so much money on our college and graduate school educations, access to all these world class professors and teachers yet some of my most prominent memories in the classroom, date back to when I was in middle school. And I really remember very prominently, a US history teacher that we had, Mr. Galante, everyone who has gone through his classroom has stories about him. There was no one that was as passionate and cared so much about his students learning. The way he would describe the American Revolution or the civil war, it made every learning experience incredible and fun. In contrast to you, I'm really not in touch with many of my professors, maybe just one or two from business school that I kind of see on LinkedIn every now and then, but it's pretty awesome that you're able to maintain that. Dev Sethi:Yeah. To your point, the fact that we're talking about these educators, we're dating ourselves, as I'm dating myself decades after they spoke, they last connected with us in the classroom, I think says everything and also I think it almost reiterates that education is a bit of a lifelong process. And I know that I'll actually never stop learning from both of those people in any of the interactions that I have, but obviously, a bit of a different relationship now that I'm a full-fledged adult at least in some parts of my life, and you have different types of conversations. But I'm very lucky to have had those people in my life. Chris Erwin:Yeah. Look, and I think what you just touched on is a broader theme of this particular podcast, Dev. You had mentioned the intersection of social and sport and just how fast this world changes on a weekly and monthly basis. So in talking about learning, it's you have to keep your learning curve steep. You've been in this industry for many years now, Dev, and you're in a senior role. And I think that people can say, "Oh, well, Dev knows everything that there is to know." And it's like, that's not true. Things are literally changing on a daily basis. So I like that when we were prepping for this conversation, you're like, "I acknowledge this, I'm the aware of what's happening, and for me to be effective, and to guide a team, and serve as my talent and business partners best it's like, I got to be learning every day and come in with a beginner's mind, so we'll talk more about that. I am curious, so what was your first role right after undergrad? Dev Sethi:Yeah, it was this interesting experience where... and I actually already had a job offer fortunately lined up, going to my last semester of college at a very different company, doing a very different job. It was at the Aon corporation and it was actually doing human resources and communications. And so, that's where I was ultimately going to spend my first years out of college, and this little company called Google decided they were going to show up on Notre Dame campus to meet with prospective candidates for an array of jobs they were hiring for, and this was back in 2006. And they came on campus, I was lucky enough to get an interview with them and it actually ended up being the worst interview I've ever given and I- Chris Erwin:Okay. We got to pause there. Wait, why was it the worst interview you've ever given? Dev Sethi:I'm not gaslighting anybody or anything, this is objectively the worst interview I've ever given my life. So they came on campus and I thought I was really smart having taken all of one psychology class during my college career. And I was like, "Oh, I'll pick the last session of the day on their interview schedule because a recency effect, I'll be the most memorable candidate," yada, yada, yada. And I got a call maybe three hours before the interview from the interviewer saying, "Hey, we actually mistakenly booked our flights to leave out of Chicago, not South Bend. And for those who don't know South Bend's about, I think, 90 miles or 90 minutes from Chicago, TODR, we have to leave early to catch our flight so we have to miss your interview slot, how can we make it up to you? Dev Sethi:And I said, I actually wasn't even feeling well that day. And I said, "Hey, no worries happens. Why don't we just do a phone interview whenever you get back to Mountain View." And we set up a phone interview, I had my twin brother and one of my best friends in high school visiting me in town that following weekend for a football game. And so, on a Friday, I get my car and I drive to some abandoned parking lot so I can take this hour long, two phone interviews, 30 minutes of piece. Well, Chris, I imagine you know this feeling because of what you do, who you are, and how expert you are, but the feeling that I had that maybe some people can relate to is when you're talking for that long and you're basically bullshitting on the questions they give you, but you know that they know that you're bullshitting, that's what the entire hour of this interview felt like. Dev Sethi:And I remember, and I kid you not, I hung up the phone. I drove back to my apartment with my brother and my friend were waiting. And I legitimately said that was the worst interview of my entire life, good thing I've got another job lined up. Let's party and have a great time this weekend going to the football game. And I got a call back a week later from Google saying, "Hey, we've enjoyed our time together. We'd love to fly out to Mountain View for in person interviews." And those, fortunately, went a little bit better and I got offered a job, but I still maintained to this day, to anybody who asks, that the only reason they gave me the opportunity to interview in person was because they felt so bad about canceling my first interview and so they gave me a second shot at it that went much better. But it was brutal. I mean, and that is exactly how it went down. And sorry, this is a very long-winded answer. Chris Erwin:No, it's interesting. Dev Sethi:But yeah, no, so true story. And even to answer your original question, we essentially were interviewing for general roles within two parts of the org. One was AdWords, which is essentially Google suite of sales products and ad products, and one was AdSense, which was Google's sort of publishing network and publishing tools. And so, I didn't know until, I want to say, maybe a couple months or weeks before I started, what role I was even going to fulfill and hearing my mom's voice in here saying," Hey, it's Google. You should probably try." Okay. I'll fly in a little bit blind and sort of see what these roles are about, see what that industry's about because this is 2007 when, again, our world, an industry looked a lot different. Chris Erwin:Something I deal with daily and something that just talking to different founders and executives, they also deal with all the time is imposter syndrome. So when you say like, "Oh, Chris, because of your role, RockWater, you're supposed to be an expert advisory firm. We're talking like we advise a lot of the smartest clients in this space. And so then we're supposed to show up and be smarter than them, that can put a lot of pressure on you. Chris Erwin:And so I actually flip that around in saying we're smart, we're thoughtful, but we believe there's so much to learn from everyone that we do business with. And I think if everyone goes through life and goes through business with that mindset, that's going to force you to be honest, and self aware, and give the best advice, and also learn the most to really understand where your clients and your business partners are at. And I think that's what sets us apart. But Dev, I'm bad at interviews. I mean, I remember really, various bad had interviews from college, but in contrast to you, I actually didn't get the job offer. There was no flying me out, so you clearly did something [crosstalk 00:22:56]- Dev Sethi:I still don't know how off the skin in my teeth, I got offered a position at that company. But I hear you on imposter syndrome too, and to your point, there's too much of where, I'm guessing is the case for you as would be the case for me, you could spend eight hours of your day just on Twitter reading about the industry, let alone participating in the industry. And so, you almost got to trust that information's going to come to you and that hopefully, you've surrounded yourself with a network of colleagues, friends, individuals who can help share their perspective and thus cultivate your own perspective to a degree, because yeah, it's too hard to keep up with it all. I mean, there's so many things happening on a literally hourly basis, let alone a daily basis. Chris Erwin:So Dev, you are a strategist at Google for around four years, but then you made a transition to be a senior strategist and overseeing new partnerships and development at YouTube between 2011, 2013. So I think this is where you first began to focus in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle verticals, targeting new creators, and doing a few other things there. Was that kind of like, as you would call it, your side entrance or backdoor into sports media? Dev Sethi:Absolutely was. And now, as I've described it previously, a side door into the industry of sports so to speak, because I was at Google, I'd spent a number of years in their sales and consulting arm, which, unbeknownst to me at the time, actually has provided me a lot of great perspective about the industry I'm in just through a very, again, different aspect of the ecosystem and literally, the advertisers who were helping money into our ecosystem. Dev Sethi:But it's about a little over half, I think, my tenure at Google there, one of my dearest friends who I've had the great fortune of working with a couple of times now, she mentioned that she had gone over to YouTube to focus on a different role actually within sports, and she said that the vibe just felt different, it felt a little more start-upy, interest points, verticals that I was sort of more keenly attuned to, whether it was sports specifically, or to your point, lifestyle relative to some of the clients I was working with on the sales side that, my last experience was in the finance vertical, prior to that, it was on an agency for portfolio business. Dev Sethi:So represented this opportunity, something different, and maybe even align a little bit with some of my passions. And that's where I was introduced, again, to at the time and continues to be one of the leading social media/video platforms in the world, and starting to learn more about that part of the industry. And also, again, focusing on sports and working with individuals, organizations who were producing content that was applicable, if not a good fit, for our platform. Dev Sethi:But as you shared dates earlier, that was 2011 were our industry was in its infancy, I guess you could call it, even though it was only a decade ago. I joke that YouTube hadn't even introduced monetization program when I first got there, a fully fledged one, Instagram was photo only, Snapchat didn't exist, Verizon hadn't spent a billion dollars on their own platform and their own content. All this stuff has come and gone in a relatively short period of time, and YouTube was in a much different place back then too, as was the industry, and thus, the conversations that I was having about that platform. Chris Erwin:I do remember because in 2012 is when I joined Big Frame. And that was, I think, recently, after Google and YouTube, I launched their Original Channel program, a 200 million dedicated fund to help fund better quality content on the platform to attract more advertisers. You were there during that period, so that must have been exciting. And I think that you were to see the different digital media brands and publishers that were being built from this funding and the complimentary seed capital that was being raised. And so I think, after Google, you decided, you're like, okay, I've been at one of the largest video platforms, but now I'm going to transition over to work for these publisher brands. And so you left, I believe to go to Whistle Sports in 2013, what was the impetus for that? Dev Sethi:Yeah, the impetus for me leaving the cozy confines, as I'll put it, at Google and YouTube because there's one thing that a company like that does, it really puts you in a comfort zone and really makes you feel like you're enjoying the employee experience to a large degree. So the same colleague who shared the opportunity around YouTube because her and I actually started together at Google together. She had made the move to YouTube. She said, "Hey, you should check things out on the side of the aisle. I did, took a job there. She actually left to join this then small sports media startup called Whistle Sports. And she basically asked me if I wanted to come over and be her partner in crime and build this thing together. And at the time, what we were focusing on was being the world's first sports-focused collective and multiplatform network, that was one part of the business. Dev Sethi:Another part of the business was sort of an analytics consultancy given you could gain a lot of meaningful data and insights about sports on digital and social through working with a collective and all the data they have on their audiences through social media, and then one part content brand, which I'm quick to say I had very little to do with, given the remit was really around partnerships and operations. Dev Sethi:But it was this interesting moment in time. And again, I know you'll attest from your time at Big Frame where you have a ton of creators and organizations who are still trying to understand the value they can gain and extract from being on social and digital, what their content strategy should be, what their audience engagement strategy should be, how does that marry with other parts of their business, what are those best practices, what are the things that an individual content creator doesn't have a muscle memory for, whether it's sales, production, et cetera, how do you create value? And that's what we focused on when I was at Whistle and doing partnerships and operations is big a real partner in their businesses. And hopefully, with a little bit of expertise having come from the walls of YouTube, but knowing that the industry was growing quite rapidly, YouTube was quickly becoming one of a number of platforms where people could build and monetize an audience. Chris Erwin:When you went there, was Michael Cohen working there, when you first started. Dev Sethi:Michael Cohen was a consultant at the time. And he and I got closely acquainted in the work that we were doing together. Chris Erwin:Yeah. Speaking of shared history. So Michael Cohen and I, I met him, I think in 2007, when I was interviewing at a boutique investment bank in New York City, and he was one of the guys that interviewed me. We got to know one another. Yeah, this is well before the MCN days. He left the firm, I left the firm, I went to business school. When I graduated, I ended up going to Big Frame. And I remember Michael reached out and was asking me like, "What's this whole like YouTube, MCN, digital video thing that you've got into." And he was picking my brain for a couple years. And then I remember when he made the move to Whistle and I was really pumped for him. Early on in his tenure there, as you guys were thinking about some different VOD strategies, he engaged our firm. I think that's how I first met you, if I remember correctly, Dev Sethi:I think it was, we now have so many shared threads together, but I think that was the first introduction, was when either you had informally known him or even, he had formally brought you on to help consult for the business. But it's wild how the scene's coming full circle and now I'm on your podcast. Chris Erwin:To think back, all the shared history, how we've worked together and now you're on the show. But I think that's one of the beautiful things, if you were an early mover in digital video, just camaraderie of the people in this space and the shared war stories, it's really fun. And it's incredible how much history people have in such a very short amount of time because the space moves so quickly, but it's also like it's action packed and very intense, so the days, and the relationships just really fill up. Dev Sethi:I think you and I both get reminded probably on a daily, if not nearly daily basis, just how intimate the industry can feel. And because of these shared connections, these shared histories, I mean, folks who are member of VidCon when it wasn't at the Anaheim Convention Center and it was the basement of a hotel, that, again, wasn't very long ago, and just, again, a lot of that shared past. Dev Sethi:And actually, it makes me think ways in which I can pay some of that forward to some of my team members and other other colleagues, because for lack of a better term, you and I have been working with creators probably exponentially longer than most people today who are trying to tap into or engage the creator economy as it were. And you and I were working with these folks early days when that term barely even existed, and if not, was specific to a platform like a YouTuber as an example. And so, I think it just goes to show how far things have come, but also again, how shared that history can be and again, how intimate the industry can be. I don't want to say we're OGs because I don't feel that way, but- Chris Erwin:I think it's okay to say we're OGs and I think this is not like patting ourselves on the back, but if you got into space in like the early 2010s, right around the Google Original Channels program, that's pretty early on. Dev Sethi:Definitely. And like I said, when I was there, they hadn't even created the full underpinnings of a monetization program, which the irony being fast forward to 2021, and they're a leader in terms of social video and monetization. So to me, 10 years, it's a long time, maybe the gray in my beard would indicate otherwise. One of the reasons I left those cozy confines was actually to force myself to experience this industry through a different perspective. And I don't want to say you get a narrow lens working at a platform, but it's very easy to view the world in one very specific way. Dev Sethi:And I remember talking to my boss at the time, great guy who I still have a close relationship with, and I was letting him know that I was going to make this jump to go from behemoth to small startup across the country because I also entailed to move from SF in New York, and one of the reasons I cited was I want to gain enough experience, ideally expertise, but enough perspective so that if I ever decide to come back, I'll be able to deliver even more value to a YouTube having had the empathy of sitting across the aisle, across the counter, so to speak, and having really had my hands on this industry in a much different way than just the platform. I'm the provider, so to speak. Everyone's coming to work for me or coming to work with me, they wanted to gain that kind of perspective. Chris Erwin:I think that experience at Whistle and then at Complex, which we'll talk about in a moment, has really made you much better equipped for the job that you now have at Instagram. I think that's very well said. Hey listeners, this is Chris Erwin, your host of the Come Up. I have a quick ask for you. If you dig what we're putting down, if you like the show, if you like our guest, it would really mean a lot if you can give us a rating wherever you listen to our show. It helps other people discover our work and it also really supports what we do here. All right, that's it, everybody, let's get back to the interview. Chris Erwin:You're at Whistle for, call it, nearly three years and then you make the jump to become chief of staff at Complex working under Rich Antoniello, who is incredible, and then also with the rest of their leadership team, including Christian Basler, who was also interviewed on this podcast. Again, what was the impetus for going over to Complex, and what was some of the work that you were doing there? Dev Sethi:Yeah, and Rich and Christian are two of my favorite people. I'm very lucky to have crossed paths with them and had a chance to work with them. For I'm certain many of your listeners I've met them before, but if they haven't, it's worth trying to get some time with them because they're just amazing people and brilliant minds in our space. The impetus wasn't as straightforward as it might appear on my LinkedIn profile, but I actually left Whistle in the late fall of 201, and a big reason why I left was because I actually felt like I had given everything I had physically, mentally, emotionally to the job and to the team. And it was my mother who actually sort of called it out on a phone call. And she was like, "You seem like you're always tired, you seem like you don't have much energy for anything else and maybe you don't seem as happy as you normally." Dev Sethi:And I don't think the happiness comment was a direct correlate to the work I was doing but first time in New York City, first time in a startup, I describe them both the same way. They are fun, they are exciting, they are intense, and they are exhausting all at the same time. And so, it was probably burning of the candle on both ends for a couple of years. And towards the end of '15, I remember having a conversation with Michael and basically coming to the conclusion that if I didn't want to be the guy who led my part of the company into 2016, then I need to do the right thing and hand this off and transition it and take care of the business and take care of myself. And so, I gave them, I think, three months' notice. I transitioned my role, leading that part of the team to one of my very dear friends, close friends in my first hire at Whistle, his name's Josh Grunberg. Chris Erwin:Oh, Josh is great. Dev Sethi:Yeah, and I know you got the chance to meet him. Anyways, transitioned the role and then left New York and headed back down to the DC where I'm originally from and just really enjoyed my life for a year. My mother had been sick at the time, she's fortunately much better now, but it sort of put things in perspective. And I wasn't saddled with adult responsibilities like a mortgage or kids at the time, so felt like as good a time as I need to take a break, which had you asked me prior to that, would I ever leave something for nothing? I would've said, "No effing way." But it felt like the right decision. I took that year off, did that for, it was almost a year and I was thinking towards just the fall of 2016, that I was ready to jump headfirst into work again. Dev Sethi:And it was actually a buddy of mine who shared that Complex was hiring, its chief of staff role. And I wasn't married too whether I wanted to run a team or be an IC, and I didn't really care about if I came back to New York or not, to be honest. But what I stated that were really important to me were one, working for somebody who could teach me something and who I could partner with and learn from, and the other sort of must-have was whether it was on a leadership team or in the front office, whatever the case would be, working with people with whom I could collaborate strongly, be influential, but also learn something from. Dev Sethi:And the reason I even used the word learning a couple of times is because, at times at Whistle, especially towards the end there, you really had to seek out learning opportunities because you could spend your entire day focused on your part of the business and there were some amazing, amazingly intelligent and talented people there who I was fortunately and sort of like through osmosis, able to learn from, but I knew in a new role, I wanted those things. And so, this guy said, "Hey, Complex is hiring their first chief of staff, you should put your hat in the ring." I did, got a chance to meet Rich, we had two conversations and he offered me the job. Before I knew it, I was packing up my things heading back to New York City, so it all happened pretty quickly, to be honest. Chris Erwin:That really strongly parallels what Christian told me, which I think... He's like a young media savant and I think he had been working at a European-based media company for like eight to 10 years. And then he was like, "I need to take at least a year off, I'm tired, I'm burned out." Similar to kind of what you were feeling after Whistle where it's like, "Hey, you're going to take a year off." But Rich reached out to him, I think called him, set up a coffee meeting and because Rich is so magnetic, he essentially, very quickly convinced Christian, like, "You're going to come over to Complex and we're going to build something awesome together." And he didn't end up really taking any time off, I don't even think he took two or three months off. Chris Erwin:But I thought it was really thoughtful of you and I think this is a theme that keeps coming up more and more is maintaining your mental health and sanity, not only in your overall career but particularly in the industry which we operate in, which is digital media and entertainment, where it moves so quickly and things are changing so fast that, there's concern that if you take time off, you're going to miss the boat, you're not going to learn, you're not going to have an opportunity to step back into the ring. I don't think that's the case. I think that you actually need to refresh and energize because of how demanding it is, what we do, and I think it makes you better, better for it. Dev Sethi:Christian and Rich, again, they're such good people, but Chris, this better than anybody, they are completely different. They could not be any different in terms of personality, which I think was amazing to actually see them for just partnership, where they recognized the strength in differing perspectives, different personalities, and how to operate the business. And I just thought it's really cool, it takes kind of its own sort of self-awareness. Chris Erwin:No, I like what you've said. I think great leaders have to find where do they fill the gaps in their team and where do they find complementary skills and energies and personalities. Because if you're just trying to replicate yourself, that's not how you build towards a bigger vision and a bigger opportunity. Clearly, Rich has done that with Christian in building out the rest of the team. And I think about that often, we always tell our clients and my own team at RockWater, we're not necessarily looking for well-rounded people, we're looking for a well-rounded team. Now, in the beginning, you kind of have to have some basic functions that are covered by everybody when you're lean and we definitely are, but as you grow, it's a very different mantra. And I heard that when I was... I think literally my first day of business school and they described the types of candidates that they were looking for and why everyone in that room, sitting in this large hundreds of person assembly, they're like, "You are a very well-rounded class because individually, all of you guys are incredible." And that has always stuck with me. Dev Sethi:You're reminding me of one of the things that I love sharing with the teams that I've managed, and the individuals I've managed, and that's important to me, is how do you empower those team members' voices? I've said whether you're 23 and out of college with no work experience or 35 and have been in social and digital sports for decades plus, we all see what we do, our industry, what's happening differently than anybody else and almost by sheer virtue of who you are and the life experiences that we all bring to these jobs. So if I'm as a manager, as a team leader, able to create an environment or a safe space for people to share, that's how we're going to get better, to your point. Well, maybe not well-rounded people, but well-rounded teams because you have diverse perspectives. And so, whether you're that 23-year-old or you're that 50-year-old, your participation, isn't just appreciated, it's really required in order for us to get better as teams, as organizations, et cetera. Chris Erwin:Very well said. All right, so Dev, so after Complex, I think you leave in around 2018 and you head over to Instagram, where you go over to become the Head of Sports. So tell us about, again, what caused that transition? What was your initial mandate when you went over there? Dev Sethi:There's a theme about if you want to call this a career, so to speak, I don't know if I call it that, but if there is a theme or a through-line, it's one I've been the recipient of a lot of great sort of fortune and also the recipient of just great relationships that I've had because that job, as I told you with my colleague and friend who sort of helped recognize and identify opportunities for me, that happened twice, I was actually reached out to, by a friend of mine in the industry who had worked at an agency, Octagon, who I had kept in touch with over the years. He had been in Instagram and my predecessor, the former Head of Sports was departing for a different role at the company and this role was going to be vacant. And for whatever reason, weren't going to consider my friend, so he basically said, "Hey, we've talked about working in the industry together, we like and respect each other, we could probably work well together, do you want to throw your hat in the ring?" Dev Sethi:And I did, and months later got a job offer to take on this role with very ambiguous title and perhaps even a more ambiguous remit, but one that was sort of mine to carve out to a degree. But even taking it back to my decision to leave YouTube, it's funny because everything I told my then boss about the reasons I was leaving, came true in the sense that, I gained this, I would call somewhat unique perspective. Having worked at Whistle, having worked at Complex while having the tech background and then having it come full circle and join Instagram and perform this role. Those things did come true, just the only thing I changed was the employer. I didn't go back to Google and YouTube, I went to Facebook and Instagram. And so, just kind of funny how that works out as far as the remit, the objectives of things I work on, I sort of like to describe it as really acting as a connective tissue between my company, its objectives, and priorities, and then the sports industry and its priorities and objectives. And how am I that connective tissue? How might that bridge be able to make those things work cohesively? Dev Sethi:And so, for Instagram as all well know, they're focused on things like just being relevant to young people, to having people use their service, both as consumers, but also as creators, they care about products like reels and more broadly speaking commerce, even AR, VR to a degree, and they care about being meaningful to that creator economy, which I know we touched on earlier as well. Dev Sethi:And so, understanding those priorities and also understanding the unique priorities that live within the sports vertical, how am I able to marry those. And for sports, as you well know, the needs, the opportunities, et cetera, they're different depending on who you are in that industry. What the NBA needs out of social media or is looking to do on social media is very different than what LeBron James wants to do or is very different than what Bryce Young at Alabama wants to leverage these platforms for. And so, how do I represent and advocate for those needs and interests, while also driving the objectives of my company? I view that as broadly speaking my remit. And on a day-to-day basis, it presents very, very differently on any given day. Dev Sethi:Talking yesterday with colleagues about how can we... for folks who don't know there is another Olympics coming up in a few short months here, how do we work to empower athletes participating at the Winter Olympics, to be able to express themselves and engage their fans on social, in a very unique circumstance where the games are in China. So focusing on that to today, obviously, doing this podcast, but also working on an incubator to work with the next generation of athletes and creators at HBCUs, a very storied and proud and critically important part of our ecosystem within sports and college athletics. How do we work with those athletes at those universities, who, again, a community that's largely been underrepresented, how do we work to equip, and empower, and educate them on the value our platforms can bring those athletes, especially in the era of NIL name image likeness, which happened on July 1st. So again, I guess my point is a gamut, focused on, it's very broad at times, but largely speaking it's, again, that sort of bridge between priorities and how can I be an advocate for what sports needs in order to thrive and flourish on social. Chris Erwin:It sounds like a very exciting, and as you described, a very broad mandate. There's much more than you could do in a simple day's time, so I think a question that would be helpful is, looking at the modern creator economy and thinking about the different partners that are out there. As you described, the NBA has a different need than say, LeBron James or different talent personalities, and then with also different events around the corner, like the Olympics being hosted in China and what does that mean for the Instagram experience here, for US-based creators and US-based sports fans? What are some of the things that you're seeing that Instagram is actually building for, where like, "Hey, this is what creators want, or this is what consumers are demanding and we need to better support this need." Can you give a few highlights of some examples of that work? Dev Sethi:I was just having a conversation with some folks at Endeavor, not even an hour and a half ago, and this term of creator economy, which I'm guessing, Chris, you'll agree is sort of the buzziest term in our industry of 2021, in terms of how we're thinking about it from an Instagram perspective... I'll give you the sports example and then I'll give you sort of the product example. The sports example is, the investments that my team has made in trying to empower the ecosystem around college athletes in the era of NIL. And for those who probably don't know, NIL as an acronym stands for name image and likeness, as sort of a moment in time, as a value. It basically means that college athletes, as of July 1st, for the first time, by and large, could monetize their name, image, and likeness, which also extended to social media and the ability for you to monetize your audience, be able to work with brands, et cetera. Dev Sethi:And the true first in the history of college athletics, July 1st will go down as one of the most important days in the history of college athletics in my opinion. So from a sports perspective, how do we empower the ecosystem around college athletes, to ready themselves for this moment, by providing education, by providing resources, by providing incubators like the one I referenced earlier, to support this ecosystem in a world where athletes, especially youth athletes, can really be full-on content creators and embrace the totality of our platforms for the first time. And so, again, that didn't exist seven months ago, and now, you've got to bite at the apple to illustrate the value an Instagram, or Facebook, or YouTube can provide to these athletes in an environment where they're actually probably more interested and inclined to listen and learn than may ever have been before, because there's a real economic opportunity available to them that wasn't there before. Dev Sethi:So that's sort of the sports perspective, and how I'm thinking about some of my objectives and things that are happening around us that we want to have some vision and strategy against. The other side of it, at least in terms of what Instagram's focused on in the creator economy, a primary focus on safety and wellbeing, making sure that you as a creator, a user have a positive and safe experience on our platforms. And this year, Instagram has released a number of safety tools to help preserve that safe experience on our platform. Going towards new product development like the ability for audiences to tip their favorite creators during a livestream, which I know is probably more catching up the parody on some other platforms, but we know is an important part of a creator-user experience, in ways in which creators can monetize. Dev Sethi:We recently announced last month that we're building essentially a branded content marketplace, where brands have the opportunity to discover creators on our platform and potentially do business with them right then and there. To have that occur on a platform, we know brands are spending their time looking for individuals to partner with, and creators are constantly looking for ways to gain opportunity and to stand out, us building a marketplace to do just that, something we've invested in recently. Chris Erwin:No, I really like that and thinking about, yes, Meta definitely has relationships with probably all of the largest brands, marketers on the planet, but something that Facebook has done really well is, enable really targeted marketing for these small and mid-size businesses that can't necessarily afford the 32nd TV spot. So it's like, "All right, you don't have $500,000 to spend, but you got $10,000 to spend, you can run a campaign on Facebook, targeting the clients that make the most sense and are most relevant for your business." And I like the idea that this marketplace would also enable the same, not just for running these paid media spots, but also for influencer marketing campaigns, but also something that you guys are really leaning into a lot, which is social commerce. Really enabling creators to sell product directly through the Facebook and Instagram shop product flows. Chris Erwin:And I think to do that, I think the brands and the creators need to come together and need a bit more support there. That's something that we've written extensively about at RockWater is like, "What is this product gap?" It's something that's really holding back the launch of the livestream commerce market in the US relative to that of China. So I think that this marketplace idea that you guys have is a step definitely in the right direction. And particularly as Instagram has so many different social commerce and also these programming products, it needs to be fueled by more collaborations. A couple of quick questions before we get to the rapid-fire and close this out, Dev, so one, some big announcements around Meta recently. Massive reorganization, $10 billion commitment to building out the Facebook Metaverse or this new virtual experience for the Facebook users and community, what does that mean for sports media? What does that mean for the partners that you work with? Is that something that you guys have an idea on? Are you helping to formulate the vision? Tell us about that. Dev Sethi:To me, it's exciting because, well, one, so much of this hasn't been written yet, but the potential for what the sports experience could look like at Meta, on our own platforms in the ways that I just described, but also in the Metaverse, the world is everyone's proverbial oyster in that regard, whether it's evolving the co-watching experience from how we experience it on social media today, to a more virtual environment, where we're able to co-watch a football game together, or we're rather able to play a game together, or if we just want to express ourselves in a unique way, let alone the monetization possibilities. And again, I don't want to speculate, but you can imagine the variety of ways in which monetization can come to bear in this new environment and participating in a Metaverse. Dev Sethi:I mean, again, I defer to the experts like yourself, who literally write newsletters on these sorts of things, but to me, it all means we can get really creative, our company, but the industry is going to get incredibly creative on that as it all comes to bear and who's going to be positively impacted. And in terms of my job, I guess specifically, I get to ideally represent them more opportunities for how organizations and individuals can work with our company, because you have the inherent value of it, you work with Instagram, then you work with Facebook, and maybe there's an interesting WhatsApp partnership, but it's this tremendous again, sort of holistic opportunity for individuals and orgs to partner with sports partnerships or other verticals and other teams in ways that may have felt fragmented in the past but I think just generally speaking allows us to delve into different areas, and hopefully do some really cool things together. Dev Sethi:Yeah, I've given you an example, the conversations even before I got here, with the NBC and the Olympics on Facebook and Instagram were very different in 2016 than they were in 2020. And now, imagine what those conversations look like in 2022 or 2024, and it's because of the evolution of the technology, the evolution of the platforms themselves, and the ways in which the brands and individuals want to engage their fans, which is probably the most important through-line of the entire thing. Chris Erwin:It's really interesting, I mean, that can be a whole separate show of just brainstorming, what does the virtual experience mean for sports fandoms of tomorrow? What younger generations want is the personalization of everything, personalization of watching sports, when, and how they want to consume it with the personalities that they care about. So you think about the in-person experience of being in the arena, being at game day, but how do you get that same excitement and energy level, but then also add to the experience of why people also like to watch sports from home, where they have their personalized social feed, and newsfeed, and maybe they have different camera angles that they're watching from their TV and from their phone. How can you put all those exciting dynamics together in this virtual environment and then, in addition, give the fans tools to express their fandom in new and exciting ways? Chris Erwin:So the same way of like, you're wearing the Jersey of your favorite sports team. What are some of the digital goods and digital fashion that you can express on game day and then maybe your outfit's rotating between every play or every quarter? The ideas are just really endless and really exciting. Dev Sethi:Absolutely, I feel like we're limited, I'm personally not being a very creative person, only limited by my creativity in the sense of everyone wants to point to a reference point, "Oh, this feels like it's the sims or this feels like something that I've seen before." Well, most of what's going to get created, no one's going to have necessarily seen before, the opportunities are essentially endless. And at the core of the metaverse and whoever participates in it, it's still fundamental that it's about communities that can connect with each other in virtual environments when they cannot be with each other in person. And that represents boundless opportunity, whether you're the NFL, whether you're trying to connect with your brothers in Savannah, whether I'm trying to connect with my twin brother who's down the road, that's still at the heart of it. And I think we're just going to see that be expressed and developed again, in a number of ways, hopefully much sooner than later. Chris Erwin:Well said. All right, so before we move on to the rapid-fire, I just want to give a closing notice, some kudos to you, Dev. As the listeners have heard, I have known you dating back, I think at least four or five years now. We've stayed in touch. And something that I just really appreciate is how gracious you are with your time and how gracious you are with helping people understand and get excited about all of the work in sports media and digital. And I think I follow some of the feedback that you've given us on our newsletters, the feedback that whenever we have a chance to talk on the phone or on a Zoom chat and just tracking your LinkedIn feed, you really evangelize your work and the spirit of digital media in a very positive some way and it's really appreciated. We've definitely noticed it, you have a demeanor that really points this whole industry towards a really great place and I'm really thankful for that, and I wanted to acknowledge that. Dev Sethi:No, thank you, I'd say you're being way too kind and I'm certain that you deliver a lot more value to this industry than I do in the seat that you sit in and then what you've put together and run but I appreciate it. I think there's many of us who have to rely on each other to continue to grow, educate ourselves, and collaborate because that's just sort of how big and gnarly this industry is. And so, you're obviously the center of the value that we all derive. And once you put together this podcast, and newsletter, the consultancy that you've built up, yeah, I just have a lot of gratitude for things that, frankly have broken my way, the core of it's just been, hopefully trying to be a decent person, but also maintain great relationships like you and I, I think we've probably spent at least 75% of that first lunch, just shooting the shit on getting to know each other, 25% on the business stuff. I'd rather take that proportion, frankly. We get to things like today because we have, I think, a great base to build off of, so I'm deeply appreciative of getting to befriend you over all these years too. Chris Erwin:Very welcome, such from a guy who has such a powerful position in sports media. So, all right, with that, moving on to rapid-fire, here are the rules. Six questions, answers are to be short and to the point, so it could be just a single sentence or just a single word. Do you understand the rules, Dev? Dev Sethi:I understand them, I don't know if I'll adhere to them, but yeah, I understand them. Chris Erwin:Everyone says the same thing, but I'm going to hold you to it. All right, first one, proudest life moment. Dev Sethi:I've been offered the opportunity to speak a couple of times in front of students at my alma mater, Notre Dame and I never thought in a million years, I would ever do anything in my life or deliver that kind of value that my alma mater would ask me to support them and be of service to them. So that was a crowning achievement in my mind at least. Chris Erwin:Okay, cool, what do you want to do less of in 2022? Dev Sethi:More sporting events, with hopefully a lot less disruptions and just more grace for, I think our fellow citizens who are all going through tough time but who all have such diverse perspectives. So hopefully more of that too. I'd say hopefully a lot less bad weather, but I don't know if the weather's even been that bad. So I don't have a great answer for that. Chris Erwin:Okay. Less bad weather and disruptions in 2022? Dev Sethi:There you go. Chris Erwin:But I like what you said about more sporting events and the things that matter. What are one or two things that drive your success? Dev Sethi:I think having a great, talented bought-in team or teams that I've managed that make me look good. And also just having a personal passion in investing in my team, their career, their goals, and the enablement of them doing great work, that's what gives me joint energy about this role and any other role and I think that's equated to personal success as well. Chris Erwin:Advice for media execs going into 2022. Dev Sethi:Just continue to embrace innovation, whether it's on platform innovation, some of the things I referenced earlier, but also the innovation in the sports industry. I mentioned NIL a number of times, but try to skate to where the puck is going. And also do it authentically, don't sort of follow the leader all the time in this industry, make that set align with how you want to serve your audience