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Joan Barnes wanted to meet new moms and that was the inspiration for a place for moms to hang out with other moms. Dave Young: Welcome to the Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I’m Stephen’s sidekick and business partner, Dave Young. Before we get into today’s episode, a word from our sponsor, which is… Well, it’s us, but we’re highlighting ads we’ve written and produced for our clients. Here’s one of those. [Tommy Cool Plumbing, Cooling & Heating Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to the Empire Builders Podcast, Dave Young here with Stephen Semple, and we’re talking about empires. Stephen just whispered the name of the topic into my headphones, and I recognize it, but I don’t recognize it. I don’t have any direct experience with this other than when I was a little kid watching Romper Room, but I don’t think it’s the same thing. The topic is Gymboree, but it sounds like it’s probably related, but I doubt that it is. Stephen Semple: Gymboree is not big any longer. There’s a bit of a sad story on that. Dave Young: It was a place though, wasn’t it? Stephen Semple: Right, it was, and it was huge at one point. It was part of the culture and it was mentioned in movies. It was a really, really big deal at one point. Dave Young: Yeah, here’s the issue. Here’s why I don’t remember it. I didn’t grow up in a place. It wasn’t the kind of place it would have a thing. I think I told you I drove 100 miles on our first date to go to Starbucks at a Barnes and Noble. Stephen Semple: It wasn’t even a real Starbucks. Dave Young: No, it wasn’t even a standalone Starbucks. Stephen Semple: Well, to give you an idea how big it got in 2010, Bain bought the company for $1.8 billion, 1.8 billion, and seven years later it went bankrupt. Dave Young: Oh, boy. That’s a bigger story than Gymboree if we wanted to go there. But let’s go go with building the empire. Stephen Semple: Let’s go with the building of the empire. Dave Young: How many buyout people does it take to ruin a company? Not many. Stephen Semple: But here’s the thing that’s interesting about this story. We often talk about this whole idea of unleveraged assets, and unleveraged assets becomes a very, very big part of this story. It’s very, very cool. The business was founded by Joan Barnes in 1976. She grew up outside of Chicago, studied dance and English in college, and got married. They moved to the West Coast. She’s this new mom in this new area looking for connections, and she started to host these get togethers with parents and kids at a local Jewish center. Joe Barnes, her husband, was a journalist. This journalist background becomes important a little bit later. As I mentioned, they grew up outside of Chicago and they picked up and moved and landed in San Francisco, where he got a job. And then they moved out to a suburb in 1973. She was basically lonely. 1973 was actually one of the lowest birth years in a long time, and so she was looking for people who had kids. Both of their families, both her family and his family, were back on the East Coast, and so she wanted to meet other moms. At this point, this whole idea of play groups didn’t exist. It was this new idea. And so she was in this dance company and had a friend in the company, and this friend had been offered a job to run activities for kids in a local community center. She was nervous to do it. Joan suggests, “Why don’t we share this idea?” And so it was a preschool after school programs. Joan went to a local YMCA that had this gym that they had set up called Kindergym, and she went and she checked it out. Everything there was this full-sized gym equipment and they modified how it was being used, but it was like full sized trampolines and full sized this and full sized that. As soon as she saw it, she had this vision of what it could be. Dave Young: I mean, there’s nothing funnier than a five-year-old on the uneven bars. Stephen Semple: Yeah, there you go. Dave Young: I’m just saying. But go ahead. Stephen Semple: So she had this vision: scale down the equipment, make it colorful, add music, lively teacher. This could be something really special, and maybe this is what could be done at the Jewish center. Now, some of the things were available it turns out she found out for special needs kids and the rest needed to be built, so she started to do that. But here’s the other thing. She knew how to get press to promote this. She had learned from her husband. She created a story of what the plan would be like, and she managed to get this big full page feature article in the local newspaper. In 1976, they opened this Kindergym in the JCC, and it’s immediately this huge success. It’s oversold. They hire preschool teachers to run the program. The goal was for the kids to have fun and let moms connect with other moms. That was the goal. It’s so successful they open another one in a center close by, and at this point they get approached by an entrepreneur, Max Shapiro, to put up some money. Basically the idea was, let’s do more of these. I’ll put up the money, you run them. Max Shapiro had run a basketball camp with Rick Barry, who was an ex-basketball player, that he had sold. He had some money kicking around to do this. They went down to San Montejo and they opened a Kindergym in a temple there, and they hired someone of the preschool background to run it and did the same idea. Joe went and got a story in a local paper, big story in a local paper. Basically it filled up, and she was running it almost like a franchise. They expand to five or six locations, and at this point she buys out Max and she makes the people that are running these couple of locations partners. It’s 1976, and there’s nine locations in California. They’re making a little bit of money. Joan decides she’s going to get a license to open franchise. Here’s the thing, she didn’t get any legal advice on setting any of this stuff up. She tries to trademark Kindergym, and she’s running this for a couple of years as a franchise until she discovers you can’t franchise Kindergym. It’s too generic a name- Dave Young: Oh, because kindergarten, kinder… Stephen Semple: But she’s already got these franchises isn’t been operating under the name Kindergym. They’re trying to think of different names, trying to think of different names. One day, one of the names sticks. Her husband even calls and the says, “Gymboree, Gymboree, Gymboree.” What a great name, Gymboree. They decide to set it up as Gymboree, and she decides to do it right this time. She goes out and gets some advice, a guy by the name of Bud Jacob, who has experience in franchising, likes the idea, likes her, and decides to help her out. It’s 1982 and they need to raise some money, and Bud introduces her to Stuart Muldaw, who invests. Now at this point, they’re still renting church halls. This is how they’re doing it. They’re going and renting church halls. It’s no leases, none of this other stuff. It’s handshake agreements. He invests $300,000 into the business for 30%. Here’s what they’re looking for. They’re looking for women that were just like Joan when she started this. They’re looking for women in their late 20s, early 30s who are raising families but wanted to do something, wanted to do something more, wanted to bring some extra income into the household. Their strategy is they’ll create a PR strategy in every community that they’re thinking about going to, so just replicating the idea. Again, remember Joe knows how to create this because of her husband, and also was very successful. But here’s another idea that they created. They also did advertorials in the Wall Street Journal. For those who don’t know what advertorials are, their advertisements that look like an editorial. Dave Young: Yeah, you write your own news report, news story, and then pay to have it placed in the paper. Stephen Semple: Right, and this speaks to how well she understands influencers. Because what she was looking at when she created these advertorials, they were not written to the women. They were written to the husbands. The whole idea is the father would read this article in the Wall Street Journal, this advertorial, and think to themselves, “This would be perfect for my wife,” which is really interesting because so many people would want to target the buyer instead of targeting the influencer. Dave Young: We call it indirect targeting. You write an ad that’s ostensibly an employment ad for your company. But when you talk about the kind of people you want to hire, you’re really talking to every consumer out there saying, “No, this is the kind of people that we are.” I love that, I love that. Stephen Semple: But today, so few people think that way. It’s all about target, got a target. But here she was purposely targeting the influencer, targeting the father who would read it, this be perfect for my wife. Now, here’s one of the things they were really picky on. Fit was one of the biggest things. If they didn’t think there was a good fit, they didn’t offer the person the franchise, and they focused on the East Coast. At this point, they’re focusing because they didn’t need help on the West Coast. LA was exploding. A lot of the people that they had focusing in on already understood press and media because they were actors on the side and all this other stuff. The West Coast was growing organically, so they were focusing these advertorials and whatnot on the East Coast. Here’s how much it was growing. By 1986, they have 400 centers. They’re doing 15 million in sales in 400 centers. But here’s where the problem happened. Audio: Stay tuned. We’re going to wrap up this story and tell you how to apply this lesson to your business right after this. [Using Stories To Sell Ad] Dave Young: Let’s pick up our story where we left off. Trust me, you haven’t missed a thing. Stephen Semple: Here’s how much it was growing. By 1986, they have 400 centers. They’re doing 15 million in sales in 400 centers. But here’s where the problem happened. Joan realized the franchising model was flawed. It was never going to work. The franchisees could not pay enough money to pay for the support that head office was providing because they were all like these really tiny businesses. They felt like they couldn’t charge much more because there was competitors popping up because it didn’t cost a lot to get these things started. They couldn’t reduce the service they were supporting. Here’s this business, 400 units, all looking great. It’s being mentioned in press and all this other stuff. But the business side is failing, so they needed to figure out another way to make money because the investors needed to get repaid, right? They thought, “Hey, maybe here’s what we could do. Maybe we do licensing because everybody knows the Gymboree name.” Dave Young: Merch. Merch. Stephen Semple: Yeah, so they go out and they get a whole pile of great licenses. But guess what? After about a year, almost all of them dropped them because the products didn’t sell. Hasbro then looks at doing an acquisition event, so they think, “Okay, great.” It felt like a bailout for Joan and a lifeline. Literally, they’re at the stage. Joan and her lawyer and the senior management team have flown to New York to sign the deal with Hasbro. She’s in the hotel and she gets a telephone call from one of the VPs of Hasbro who says the deal’s off. Dave Young: The deal’s off. Just like that? Stephen Semple: Just like that. Her team is there, the investors are there, her lawyer’s there, and they’re supposed to meet the next day, and the deal is off. She’s devastated because she now has to go back and tell everyone that this is off. She’s so completely spent this point she says she’s got to go for the weekend to her cabin in the Sierras. She basically looks at her team and says, “You got to think of another plan. You got to think of another plan. This franchising isn’t working. The Hasbro’s deal’s off. We need another plan.” Guess what? what’s the unleveraged asset that they have, Dave? Dave Young: Well, their name. I mean, we’ve got all these kids in there. Stephen Semple: Yeah, so she comes back because they have this great brand, but they have a business that can’t make money. She comes back and sitting on her desk is a sketch of a play center right next to a retail store. Dave Young: There you go. Stephen Semple: Actually, what they end up doing was putting the play center at the back of the store. Dave Young: Sure. Stephen Semple: What’s the asset that they have? Moms coming in to drop their kids off, parents coming in to drop their kids off. And what are they going to do when their kids are playing? Dave Young: Walk clear through the store. Stephen Semple: Clear through the store. It’s like having the gift shop at the back of the museum. When you leave the museum, you got to walk through the gift shop. Dave Young: It’s the milk and eggs back in the back of the grocery store. Stephen Semple: Exactly, unleveraged asset. And so here’s what they decide to do. They’re going to sell their own apparel, sell, play equipment, toys, all that stuff. They’re going to do as much as they can, where they’re going to brand it all themselves. Basically you got to walk through the gift shop, and the gift shop is what’s going to make the money. The play center is the draw that brings people in. They went back to the board to ask for money to invest, and they agree to do a test store. That then for a whole bunch of reasons, ends up becoming two test stores. One of the things that freaked Joan out at the time was one of the people on the board was very close to the folks at Gap. She gets a meeting with Gap, and Gap says to them, “We love the idea so much. We’re launching Gap Kids in a few months.” Dave Young: Oh, great. Thank you, we’re stealing the idea. Stephen Semple: It was one that was so far along she’d even say it wasn’t that because they were like, “Literally, we’re opening in four months Gap Kids.” Dave Young: They already were watching and saw that this paying attention to little kids can pay off. Stephen Semple: Yeah. But anyway, they launched in 1987. I want you to go back to 1987 because in 1987, malls were really big, and getting into a mall… You couldn’t just get into a mall. Malls had to approve you. They were very picky, right? Now, it’s still that way for really high-end luxury malls today. But you couldn’t just pick up the phone and say, “Hey, I wanted to open in a mall.” But what Joan was able to do is the Gymboree name was so well-known she was able to leverage the name. She was able to leverage the idea that parents will be coming in, dropping their kids off, and wandering around. She got into a couple of really great malls, and here’s what ended up happening. That Christmas, her two locations were the highest dollar per square foot sales in the entire mall. Dave Young: In the mall? Okay. Stephen Semple: So that huge success, huge success. Based upon that success, she was able to go out and raise $6 million to expand the business. 17 years later, Bain comes along and buys the business for $1.8 billion and then bankrupts eight, seven years later. Dave Young: I wonder how much of the equity she still owned. Stephen Semple: I don’t know because one of the things that happened- Dave Young: I mean, she sold that 30% chunk and that early guy… I hope she did well. Stephen Semple: One of the things is she did well, but she was completely uninvolved with the company by the time Bain bought the company, she recognized when it was growing that it was beyond her abilities. But she also had some real health issues with some eating disorders and things along that lines, and so there was a certain point after the raise of $6 million and they were doing the really rapid expansion that she actually left the company. She had a whole pile of health issues that she went, “You know what? I’ve got to deal with all of this. I actually need to step back and step away from the business.” I didn’t want to explore all of that. What I wanted to explore was the success that she had of building this business and this whole idea of… To me, it was really interesting. You and I often talk on this podcast, what are the unleveraged assets of the business? They had it there in front of them, and they were forced to look for it when all of a sudden it was, this franchise model cannot make money. They explored every possible way, and there was no way for it to make money. The sale falls through and suddenly it’s like, well, what do we do? The unleveraged asset was we have all these people coming to our locations. We have all these kids- Dave Young: All we got to do is find a location that wants this traffic. Stephen Semple: Yeah, all these kids are coming. Dave Young: They’ll want us if they want the traffic. Stephen Semple: Right? It’s like the whole movie theater. Again, when movie theaters were much bigger than they are today, you would have a mall where you put a movie theater. And then that would attract all sorts of restaurants around it because the movie theater brings people to the location. The anchor tenant back in the day. We had the anchor tenant in the mall. That brought people to the mall. They had that asset there and were not leveraging it. Dave Young: I mean, to have that designation of the highest dollars per square foot in the mall, that was before at Apple Stores, but she held that position for a bit, right? That’s pretty cool. Stephen Semple: Yeah, and it was all from, okay, we’ve got these people coming in. It’s no easy task, no easy task. People coming in, we should sell them stuff. They love Gymboree, so let’s sell them branded Gymboree apparel, branded Gymboree toys, and all that other… Dave Young: And the brand just doesn’t exist anymore? They bankrupted it and… Stephen Semple: Still a few around. I think there’s a company that now that’s trying to revive it and things along that line. I didn’t look too far after the whole Bain thing was like- Dave Young: Yeah, in my mind I’m thinking, okay, well, she did all this before social media, too. That’s pretty amazing. Stephen Semple: But what she leveraged was and what she knew was how to create PR. Dave Young: Yeah, I love videos of kids falling off playground equipment for some reason. Or there’s one where you’ve probably seen the meme of the perfect job doesn’t exist. Oh wait, it’s a guy on a skating rink throwing a big ball at kids and knocking them over. I’m like, “Okay, yeah, sign me up.” Well, that’s a cool story. There’s several reasons I didn’t really know much about it. I was born at the wrong time when she was up and running big. I was a young guy in his 20s without any kids living in a town that didn’t have a mall and blissfully unaware of all the things that were affecting us. But what a cool story, and good for her for building it up and making a nice, big, juicy exit. Stephen Semple: When I heard it just jumped out at me just because of it being such a good example of an unleveraged asset that they were forced to find because of all these other challenges. That’s often the thing that we’re doing when we’re going and visiting businesses is that whole, what are the assets? Is it a story? Is it thing? Is it- Dave Young: Oh, absolutely. It’s fun. To me, that’s the fun of the one-day sessions that we do, which is you start pulling at threads looking for those. They don’t even realize it, but that’s really what you’re looking for. What do you have that we can leverage in a good way that people just don’t understand that you do or that you have or where you are or who you are? Those kinds of things. Stephen Semple: They didn’t realize they had it until they were forced to look for it. Dave Young: Great fun. Well, is there a Gymboree for old men? I should probably go. Stephen Semple: There’s a business opportunity. Dave Young: We just go in and play around on equipment. Not serious weightlifting, but you’d get some work in. Stephen Semple: There you are. Dave Young: I can, probably. Thank you for bringing the Gymboree story. Stephen Semple: All right, thanks, David. Dave Young: Thanks for listening to the podcast. Please share us. 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Abrimos el programa hablando con Antón García, autor del libro "Memoria de la luz y de la solombra" antes de viajar al siglo XIX de la mano de Arantxa Margolles. A continuación, abordaremos una nueva entrega del Consejo de Actualidad, que en esta ocasión contará con las voces de la economista Begoña Cueto, la historiadora Lucía Montejo y la socióloga Vanesa Rodríguez, para después charlar con la filósofa Noelia Bueno de Hannar Arendt y con la conservadora de museos Alicia Vallina.
El coach motivacional Óscar Montejo nos habla de cómo gestionar el rechazo en nuestras relaciones personales
Abrimos el programa hablando con Sofía Castañón, poeta asturiana autora del poemario "Destruimientu del xardín" antes de mirar al siglo XIX en la compañía de Artantxa Margolles. A continuación, abordaremos una nueva entrega del Consejo de Actualidad, que en esta ocasión contará con las voces de Lucía Montejo, Vanesa Rodríguez y Francisco Javier Fernández, para después mirar a las filósofas en la historia con Paz Pérez Encinas y charlar con Alicia Vallina, conservadora de museos.
El coach motivacional Óscar Montejo nos habla de los beneficios de practicar una escucha activa
Marketing Expedition Podcast with Rhea Allen, Peppershock Media
Max Gomez Montejo is a seasoned digital marketing leader with a strong background in developing strategic marketing solutions for diverse industries such as e-commerce, subscription services, travel, telco, and B2B. Currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer at Next Net Media, Max leverages his expertise in data-driven decisions and technology to deliver innovative solutions and foster collaboration within teams.00:00 - 00:10 "Content is not only text, content is an image, it's a video, it's a piece of maybe metadata, a title. Everything that you can place on a website is your content."— Max Gomez Montejo00:11 - 00:30 Welcome to Peppershock Media's Marketing Expedition Podcast00:31 - 01:10 Max's Background01:11 - 06:00 Marketing Essentials Moment: Booking Tool — Automating Your Marketing06:01 - 08:24 Welcome to the show, Max!08:25 - 10:00 Evolution of Digital Marketing10:01 - 15:08 Open AI and Search Trends15:09 - 18:42 Giving Value in Content18:43 - 21:07 Evolution of SEO Practices21:08 - 26:28 Tools for Keyword Research26:29 - 27:29 Hello Audio is the best format for creating a connection between you and your audience and allows them to access your zone of genius at the click of a button. Visit: peppershock.com/product/hello-audio27:29 - 31:00 Future Trends in Marketing31:01 - 33:38 Industry Standards and Benchmarks33:39 - 40:27 Quality Backlinks and Domain Authority40:28 - 42:10 Voice Search Optimization42:11 - 46:10 Advice for Aspiring SEO Professionals46:11 - 46:55 Reach out to Max: Visit Next Net Media46:56 – 48:23 Thank you so much, Max! Share this podcast, give us a review, and enjoy your marketing journey! 48:24 – 49:10 Join The Marketing Expedition Community today!#DigitalMarketing #SEO #SearchEngineOptimization # Automating #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #GrowthStrategies #Keywords #ContentMarketing #Backlinks
In this The Faces of Business, Max Gomez Montejo, the visionary CMO at Next Net Media, unveils the latest and greatest SEO strategies for 2024. Max is the visionary CMO at Next Net Media. With his data-driven approach and extensive experience spanning e-commerce, travel, telecommunications, and B2B industries, our guest is poised to share game-changing insights that are sure to revolutionize your digital marketing game. Check out the Blog post here: Best 2024 SEO Practices from a CMO That Knows Thanks for taking the time to listen today. Find Damon Pistulka on LinkedIn talking about life & building businesses you can sell or succeed. On Twitter as @dpistulka with inspiration and sharing thoughts. Find out more about Damon when he's not working. @damonpistulka on Instagram, or Damon Pistulka on Facebook. More information on building businesses you can sell or succeed and the Exit Your Way method on our website View our blog page for this episode here. Email us for more information info@exityourway.com
Weeeeeeey, acompáñennos el día de hoy a explorar la historia de mexico, platicando de uno de los personajes mas controversiales del sur del pais, francisco de montejo. juntocon la increible Francely Abreu. acuerdense que los queremos mucho ►Síguenos en Instagram/ historiaparatontospodcast►Síguenos en Facebook:/ historiaparatontos_podcastveanos en videoooo que le echamos un resto de ganas... ajua Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Both Jonathan Geltner (Absolute Music) and Gregorio Montejo (In a Green Tree) return as guests to discuss the 2019 book, Beneath the Silent Heavens, by Brian Christopher Moore. Nested in the discussion of the book, we also discussed typology vs allegory, Noe's Ark, Medieval Mystery Plays, the Welsh poet David Jones, the French poet Charles Péguy, the American tale tellers R. A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe and Tim Powers, and what makes good fantasy. What does make good fantasy anyway? Seriously, we covered a lot in this one, so don't miss it! Brian Moore's Links: Beneath the Silent Heavens Angelico Press Christ the Symphonic Adventure Substack ************************************************************************************************************* Follow me on Twitter @AaronIrber Donate to my Patreon - I Might Believe in Faeries https://www.patreon.com/imightbelieveinfaeries Like my Facebook page - I Might Believe in Faeries Battle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Logo Art by Linnea Kisby *************************************************************************************************************
This week on the Digital Velocity Podcast, Max Gomez Montejo joins Tim and Erik to discuss how businesses can use generative AI technology in digital marketing to increase creativity, improve efficiency, and accelerate decision-making while maintaining the human component. https://www.digitalvelocitypodcast.com/episodes/64-generative-ai-in-digital-marketing-max-gomez-montejo
Join us in this episode as Max Montejo, a seasoned expert in the digital industry, shares invaluable insights on navigating the complex world of KPIs. Uncover the secrets to avoiding analysis paralysis and discover the five to seven KPIs that truly matter. Max delves into the art of crafting meaningful content, the importance of user connection, and the truth about backlinks for business visibility. In this episode gain clarity on the role of technology in marketing and learn how to effectively manage leads. Max also reflects on the evolving landscape of social media in 2023 and 2024, emphasizing the continual need for learning in this ever-changing industry. More about Max: Max Gomez Montejo is the influential Chief Marketing Officer at Next Net Media, a company at the cutting edge of data-driven marketing solutions. His visionary leadership extends to various brands, most notably The HOTH, a renowned search engine marketing firm that empowers businesses to amplify their online visibility. The HOTH offers a comprehensive range of services, including managed SEO, PPC, blog content creation, and link building, making it a one-stop destination for enhancing search engine traffic. Moreover, The HOTH provides a reseller SEO program tailored for agencies, affiliates, and consultants, expanding its impact within the digital marketing landscape. Connect with Max and NextNetMedia: NextNetMedia.com TheHoth.com @TheHothSeo youtube.com /TheHOTHCorp ------------------------------------------------------------------ Want more Business Choreography? Check out… Business Choreography Website Join The Business Choreography Group Text Us "CHOREO NOW" To Get Started: 385-442-7188 Need the tech to build your Business Choreography? Check out.... ChoreoSuite
Digital marketing products and services play a pivotal role in today's business landscape, providing a powerful avenue to reach and engage a global audience. They are essential for building brand awareness, driving online visibility, and establishing a strong online presence. In an increasingly digital world, leveraging these tools is critical for businesses to stay competitive and connect with their target market effectively. Max Gomez Montejo is the influential Chief Marketing Officer at Next Net Media, overseeing many well-known websites. Today, Max joins and shares his wealth of knowledge in SEO, PPC, content creation, SEO reselling, and his extensive expertise in E-commerce, travel, telco, and B2B sectors! Stay tuned! Resources Next Net Media Site Max Gomez Montejo on Linkedin
DMJ Ep 475 with Max Gomez-Montejo The importance of website backlinks and user experience by Kirby Hasseman
A través del podcast “Nuestra raíces, voces ancestrales”, la poeta y productora radiofónica ch'ol Juana Karen Peñate Montejo, originaria de Tumbalá, Chiapas, México, busca contribuir a la visualización de la cultura y la lengua ch'ol, pues, desafortunadamente, se trata de una cultura y una lengua de raíces mayas que es poco reconocida en México. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir este programa de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Música de fondo: - Bajo responsabilidad de la producción. Voces: - José Peñate. - Juana Karen Peñate Montejo. Guión, producción y edición: - Juana Karen Peñate Montejo, poeta y productora radiofónica ch'ol. Imagen: - Cultural Survival. Esta es una producción de Radio de Derechos Indígenas. Nuestros programas son gratuitos para escuchar, descargar y difundir.
A través del podcast “Nuestra raíces, voces ancestrales”, la poeta y productora radiofónica ch'ol Juana Karen Peñate Montejo, originaria de Tumbalá, Chiapas, México, busca contribuir a la visualización de la cultura y la lengua ch'ol, pues, desafortunadamente, se trata de una cultura y una lengua de raíces mayas que es poco reconocida en México. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir este programa de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Música de fondo: - Bajo responsabilidad de la producción. Voces: - José Peñate. - Juana Karen Peñate Montejo. Guión, producción y edición: - Juana Karen Peñate Montejo, poeta y productora radiofónica ch'ol. Imagen: - Cultural Survival. Esta es una producción de Radio de Derechos Indígenas. Nuestros programas son gratuitos para escuchar, descargar y difundir.
Dr. Julia Montejo with Blessing Hospital talks about food allergies as kids head back to school. Why are they more prevalent now than in the post. Also, Dan Teefey of the Tracy Family Foundation stops by to talk about “Date Night”, which the foundation is sponsoring to help moms and dads get a little alone time.
It's ironic that even though in order to make a living at playing music in Oregon, you have to be able to play in diverse styles, there are many loyal groups of people who are fans of strictly one particular genre or another. There are Metal heads, Blues fans and Tango lovers to name a few. One of those groups is the folks who love Swing Dancing. Therefore, there are musicians who provide them with something to dance to. With me in the Artichoke Café today is Eddie Montejo who's Rhythm Wrecker Dance Band is a favorite of our Swing Dancers. He's the leader and the drummer. He also helped organize the Portland Lindy Society. So here's everything you always wanted to know about Swing Dancing and Eddie Montejo.
(00:00) Welcome to Decorating by the Book Podcast(00:10) Your Host Suzy Chase(00:21) Newell Turner(00:26) Mexican: A Journey by Design by Newell Turner(01:15) Diana Kennedy(01:30) Mexican(01:41) Diana Kennedy Mexican cuisine(02:00) Mexico(02:20) Newell Turner The Author(03:10) Mérida, Yucatán(03:15) Mexican The Book(03:50) Mexican Design(04:20) Next Career(04:37) Peace on Earth(04:54) Travel(05:28) Cultural Treasures(05:55) The Country Mexico(06:28) Getting To Know People(06:46) Stephen Drucker(07:32) The Book (07:40) Newell Turner Instagram(08:00) Drucker(08:25) A Visual Narrative (08:55) The Only Design Book Podcast(09:32) Susana Ordovás(09:45) An American From Mississippi(10:04) Newell Turner's IG(10:30) Understanding Where Design Comes From (10:42) University of Mississippi(11:12) Understanding Your Audience(11:47) Turner(12:12) Positive Response(12:50) Decorating by the Book Podcast(13:26) Baroque(13:52) Exuberant(13:58) Pyramid(14:16) Red Pyramid(14:26) Purples(14:31) Greens(14:46) The Podcast(15:02) Baroque Was Exuberant(15:30) Neoclassical(15:59) Book Cover(16:41) Diaz(17:03) Cathedral In Mérida(17:17) Paseo de Montejo (17:25) Palacio Cantón(17:34) Newell Turner The Author(18:11) Spanish Colonial(18:30) Spanish Influence(18:50) Cultural References(19:17) Courtyard(19:25) Indoor Outdoor Living(19:36) Convivencia(19:51) Art Deco(19:57) Mayan Deco(20:18) Deco(20:38) Maya Traditions(20:58) Mayan Deco Artistry(21:38) Relief Work(22:04) The Book Cover(23:16) Luis Barragán (23:49) Poured Concrete(23:51) Stone(23:53) Terra Cotta(23:57) Texture(24:04) Barragán Glass(24:32) Mexican Modernism(24:46) Color(24:54) Barragán Pink(25:10) Contemporary(26:00) Oasis(26:20) Center Courtyard(26:41) Mississippi(27:12) The Book Cover(27:30) Moroccan Architecture(28:10) Mexican by Newell Turner(28:38) The Moon(28:45) Storms(29:00) Newell Turner Author of Mexican(29:49) TNT3 on IG(30:30) A Stunning Book(30:42) Thanks for ListeningChapters, images & show notes powered by vizzy.fm.
Rudy Bladel was born on December 8th, 1932 in Chicago to a railroad family. After he spent time studying at the Vocational High School in the South Side, he graduated in 1951, went to work at Rock Island as a fireman, and then enlisted in the army as a military engineer to serve in the Korean War. When he got back, he ended up back at the railroad company, but when they shifted its operations away from Michigan to a new yard in Indiana, and he was demoted, he decided to take revenge… Stay safe out there. With love, Saaniya and Maddie x Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Bladel https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bladel-rudy.htm https://dbpedia.org/page/Rudy_Bladel https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/BLADEL_Rudy https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/BLADEL_Rudy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montejo_v._Louisiana
This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy hosts Jess Montejo, Founder of Maidenhair Floral Design. She's a mom of two, business owner and floral designer. Listen in to this incredibly inspiring conversation. If you're thinking about going after your dreams, this is the episode for you. Jess and Wendy share tactical business advice and, more importantly, mindset shifts. You will be so motivated after you listen to this episode. Get ready to go after your dreams!Instagram: @maidenhairfloraldesignFacebook: Maidenhair Floral DesignEmail: maidenhairfloraldesign@yahoo.com___________________________________________________________________________________________Say YES to joining Wendy for her: PWH Farm StaysPWH Mother & Daughter Experience | ParisPWH Paris & Versailles PWH Bordeaux & Charente MaritimeConnect with WendyInstagram: @phineaswrighthouseFacebook: Phineas Wright HouseWebsite: Phineas Wright HouseThank you for listening to the say YES to yourself! podcast. It would mean the world if you would take one minute to follow, leave a 5 star review and share with those you too are encouraging to say YES to themselves.xo,Wendy
Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an author, a teller of tall tales, and a Catholic from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gregorio Montejo of Ktistec Press and I discuss Lafferty's fiction, his life, his unique storytelling style, and why no one has ever heard of him (or have they?). We compare Lafferty's style to another famous Catholic speculative fiction author, Gene Wolfe. Wolfe even said that Lafferty is "our most original writer". Lafferty's fiction defies classification. Ktistec Press publishes Feast of Laughter: An Appreciation of R. A. Lafferty and has two new books coming out soon. One is called The Wolfe's Lair - Critical Essays on Gene Wolfe and the other is In a Green Tree by R. A. Lafferty. Both will be bought by me (and hopefully you too). Ktistec Press' books can be found on Amazon. Gregorio Montejo's Twitter is @KtistecPress Books Mentioned: Past Master Fourth Mansions In a Green Tree ************************************************************************************************************* Follow me on Twitter @AaronIrber Donate to my Patreon - I Might Believe in Faeries https://www.patreon.com/imightbelieveinfaeries Like my Facebook page - I Might Believe in Faeries Battle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Logo Art by Linnea Kisby *************************************************************************************************************
What were Francisco de Montejo el Adelantado de Yucatan's last few years in Tabasco like? Who was the Bishop Pedraza? How did Tabasco fair during the early Colonial Period? What is the Spanish Genet? Why was the Lady Catalina de Montejos wedding important for more than the obvious reasons? Who was the Lempira and the Lencas? How did El Mozo Montejo handle Tabasco as its substitute governor? And what on earth is A Game of Reeds? All these questions and more as we witness the struggles of el Adelantado in the Mayan Jungles, and say goodbye to the Montejo's in Tabasco in our next chapter on the history of the Emerald of the Southwest!
Who was the first Royal Governor of Tabasco? How many Francisco de Montejo's made their name in the Yucatan? What was Alonso Davilas contribution to our story? Who was Baltasar de Osorio y Gallegos? What was de Montejo's most important title? How was Francisco de Montejo's relationship with the various colonial governments of New Spain? And just how many Salamanca's were established and survived in the Yucatan? All these questions and more as we follow the Montejo family into their conquest of the Yucatan starting with their pacification of Tabasco.
Con personajes entrañables dentro del #CineDeOro de México, #CarmenMontejo originaria de #Cuba y con un gran talento, llega a nuestro país para desarrollar una de las carreras mas importantes del espectáculo, pero como fue su ingreso a este fascinante mundo? Hoy te voy a contar toda su historia de vida y sus grandes retos por los que pasó en este andar por la fama.
En 'Más de uno' hablamos con Luis Martín Montejo, un estudiante de 87 años que se acaba de graduar del Bachillerato científico, quien nos cuenta cómo estudiar le ha ayudado a no perder memoria.
Programa completo de 'Más de uno'. Carlos Alsina entrevista a Fernando Castedo, ex director de RTVE y amigo de José Luis Balbín. En la tertulia, Marisa Cruz, Toni Bolaño, Casimiro García-Abadillo, Rafa Latorre y Rubén Amón debaten sobre la actualidad política. Después, en la segunda parte del programa, nuestros humoristas Agustín Jiménez, Leo Harlem, Leonor Lavado y Borja Fernández Sedano nos acompañan en 'La Hora Guasa'. A continuación, Santi García Cremades nos propone un reto matemático y luego, entrevistamos a Luis Martín Montejo, un estudiante de 87 años que se acaba de graduar del Bachillerato. Además, Daniel Ramírez García-Mina presenta un nuevo episodio de Centenarios. Por último, Josemi cuenta su vida y Javier Ruiz Taboada hace su reflexión final.
We are joined by Luis Montejo of the Dan LeBatard Show. We talk to him about his chaotic relationship with Tony and Billy, we play some interesting games, and then we hopped on Twitter Spaces and helped solve some of your problems! What an episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fanlebatardshow/support