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Sara Vaskov has been in the San Luis Obispo retail scene for over two decades. She began working at Hands Gallery 22 years ago and became the owner in 2016, leading the shop through years of growth and evolution. Beyond running a thriving small business, Sara is deeply involved in community advocacy. As a board member of the Downtown SLO Association, she played a key role in lowering parking costs through her work on the Parking and Access Committee. Sara has also been an active participant in the Economic Development Committee with the Chamber of Commerce. Balancing these responsibilities with full-time business ownership has been both challenging and rewarding, allowing her to help shape the future of her local downtown while continuing to curate a unique shopping experience for her customers.Bailey Weaver is the store manager and creative director of Hands Gallery. Now in her ninth year at the shop and second year as manager, she has helped Hands Gallery earn the title of Best Gift Shop in SLO County for two years in a running now, as voted by New Times readers. She has also expanded the store's digital reach, growing its Instagram following to over 4,000 and strengthening its online presence. Bailey oversees merchandising, marketing campaigns, and store displays, ensuring everything reflects the brand's aesthetic. She also attends trade shows to source new and exciting products. This past year, she collaborated with fellow business owners to successfully advocate for lower parking costs in downtown SLO, reinforcing her commitment to both retail and community engagement. Bailey discovered The Retail Whore Podcast in her first year as manager, finding inspiration and guidance as she navigated her new role, making this opportunity to be a guest feel truly full circle.Here, Sara and Bailey share how they went from working in the restaurant industry to becoming a superstar mother-daughter retail team. They dive into how they took over Hands Gallery and transformed it into an award-winning store. Sara and Bailey also share how they split responsibilities, how they tackled SLO's parking challenges, how they approach merchandising, and how they maintain a work-life balance.We are doing our first-ever open call! You can submit your store or favorite store to be on the podcast because every store has a story behind it! Go to theretailwhorepodcast.com, click on SUBMIT YOUR STORE, fill out an easy form and we'll see you on the mic! What's Inside: How Sara and Bailey turned Hands Gallery into an award-winning retail storeHow the mother-daughter team splits store responsibilitiesSara and Bailey's approach to merchandising  Mentioned In This Episode:Hands Gallery on InstagramHandsgallery.com

Le journal Le Monde, à Paris, nous raconte l'histoire de Dosseh. Un jeune togolais de 27 ans, originaire d'un village proche d'Aného. Elève brillant, il obtient une licence d'histoire à l'université de Lomé, cherche ensuite à partir pour gagner plus de sous. Il tente sa chance au Canada, puis en France, mais aucun pays ne l'accepte.Aucun, sauf la Russie ! Il part donc étudier à l'Université d'État de Saratov, mais en février, plus de nouvelles. Sa famille s'inquiète et ce n'est qu'un mois après qu'il réapparait dans une vidéo YouTube, interviewé par un ukrainien. « Il porte une combinaison bleu marine et se contente de hocher la tête pour signifier qu'il comprend son interlocuteur », décrit le quotidien français.Il raconte les derniers mois : ces policiers qui lui font signer un contrat en russe, langue qu'il ne sait pas lire, avant d'être conduit dans un camp à Donetsk pour y suivre une formation militaire et ensuite être envoyé sur le front où il sera capturé.Le Monde n'a pas réussi à s'entretenir avec Dosseh, mais son frère Michel l'assure, il n'est pas allé faire la guerre volontairement : « Même quand il était au Togo, on lui a proposé de rejoindre l'armée et il a dit non. Dosseh n'est pas un militaire. Alors pourquoi là-bas il accepterait ? À quel prix ? ». Le prix, on le connaît pour les jeunes hommes recrutés : 200 000 roubles, soit plus de 2130 euros pour se battre pour un pays qui n'est pas le sien et risquer sa vie sur le champ de bataille.Facebook et Instagram, peut-être bientôt fermés au Nigéria…« La confrontation vient de prendre une tournure critique » écrit le Financial Afrik. Alors que Méta, la maison mère des deux réseaux sociaux s'est vue infliger une amende de près de 290 millions de dollars et menace maintenant de les fermer dans le pays. Un bras de fer qui « soulève des questions fondamentales sur la souveraineté numérique, la régulation des entreprises technologiques globales et la protection des consommateurs dans les économies émergentes », selon le journal.Le Nigéria compte 30 millions d'utilisateurs Facebook, 12 millions 600 mille pour Instagram et 51 millions pour WhatsApp ! Alors qui gagnera ce combat qui implique d'un côté, un pays qui insiste sur le respect des lois et de l'autre, un géant du web qui menace de perturber des millions de personnes et de petites entreprises ? Une chose est sûre dit le Financial Afrik : « L'issue de ce bras de fer façonnera inévitablement le paysage de la régulation numérique pour les années à venir ».À la veille du début du conclave, à Rome, pour élire un nouveau Pape, à Kigali, le New Times se félicite de la présence d'un cardinal rwandaisAntoine Kambanda, 66 ans, archevêque de Kigali. C'est la première fois que cela arrive. « Cette inclusion est plus que symbolique », affirme le journal, « elle témoigne de la diversité croissante de l'Église catholique et du rôle essentiel que joue l'Afrique dans l'avenir de la foi », ajoute-t-il, tout en plaidant pour l'élection d'un Pape réformateur, audacieux, qui s'attaquera aux abus, à la corruption et qui fera entendre la voix du Sud.Le New Times attend donc beaucoup du futur souverain pontife et conclut : « L'Église – et le monde – méritent un pape pour demain, et non pour hier ».« God Protect Ibrahim Traoré »Ce serait le nom de la dernière chanson de Beyoncé, publiée il y a peu sur internet.Problème, c'est faux ! La chanteuse, actuellement en tournée, ne l'a jamais chantée, et pour cause, c'est une intelligence artificielle qui l'a créé. C'est ce que nous rapporte Jeune Afrique : la naissance de vraies-fausses chansons à la gloire de ! « Ainsi a-t-on vu fleurir les titres "Victory" d'un avatar de Gims et même un prétendu duo entre Drake et Shakira : "Tribute to Burkina Faso & Captain Ibrahim Traoré officiel 2025" ».Ce qui effraie le plus sans doute, c'est la crédulité de certains internautes : « brave fille d'Afrique et d'Amérique » commente l'un… « Hommage bien mérité à notre capitaine » réagit un second… Mais, comme le dit Jeune Afrique : « difficile de savoir si ces posts ne sont pas eux-mêmes rédigés par des manipulateurs » avant de conclure « un outil artificiel qui profite à un camp finit par servir l'autre ». 

Le journal Le Monde, à Paris, nous raconte l'histoire de Dosseh. Un jeune togolais de 27 ans, originaire d'un village proche d'Aného. Elève brillant, il obtient une licence d'histoire à l'université de Lomé, cherche ensuite à partir pour gagner plus de sous. Il tente sa chance au Canada, puis en France, mais aucun pays ne l'accepte.Aucun, sauf la Russie ! Il part donc étudier à l'Université d'État de Saratov, mais en février, plus de nouvelles. Sa famille s'inquiète et ce n'est qu'un mois après qu'il réapparait dans une vidéo YouTube, interviewé par un ukrainien. « Il porte une combinaison bleu marine et se contente de hocher la tête pour signifier qu'il comprend son interlocuteur », décrit le quotidien français.Il raconte les derniers mois : ces policiers qui lui font signer un contrat en russe, langue qu'il ne sait pas lire, avant d'être conduit dans un camp à Donetsk pour y suivre une formation militaire et ensuite être envoyé sur le front où il sera capturé.Le Monde n'a pas réussi à s'entretenir avec Dosseh, mais son frère Michel l'assure, il n'est pas allé faire la guerre volontairement : « Même quand il était au Togo, on lui a proposé de rejoindre l'armée et il a dit non. Dosseh n'est pas un militaire. Alors pourquoi là-bas il accepterait ? À quel prix ? ». Le prix, on le connaît pour les jeunes hommes recrutés : 200 000 roubles, soit plus de 2130 euros pour se battre pour un pays qui n'est pas le sien et risquer sa vie sur le champ de bataille.Facebook et Instagram, peut-être bientôt fermés au Nigéria…« La confrontation vient de prendre une tournure critique » écrit le Financial Afrik. Alors que Méta, la maison mère des deux réseaux sociaux s'est vue infliger une amende de près de 290 millions de dollars et menace maintenant de les fermer dans le pays. Un bras de fer qui « soulève des questions fondamentales sur la souveraineté numérique, la régulation des entreprises technologiques globales et la protection des consommateurs dans les économies émergentes », selon le journal.Le Nigéria compte 30 millions d'utilisateurs Facebook, 12 millions 600 mille pour Instagram et 51 millions pour WhatsApp ! Alors qui gagnera ce combat qui implique d'un côté, un pays qui insiste sur le respect des lois et de l'autre, un géant du web qui menace de perturber des millions de personnes et de petites entreprises ? Une chose est sûre dit le Financial Afrik : « L'issue de ce bras de fer façonnera inévitablement le paysage de la régulation numérique pour les années à venir ».À la veille du début du conclave, à Rome, pour élire un nouveau Pape, à Kigali, le New Times se félicite de la présence d'un cardinal rwandaisAntoine Kambanda, 66 ans, archevêque de Kigali. C'est la première fois que cela arrive. « Cette inclusion est plus que symbolique », affirme le journal, « elle témoigne de la diversité croissante de l'Église catholique et du rôle essentiel que joue l'Afrique dans l'avenir de la foi », ajoute-t-il, tout en plaidant pour l'élection d'un Pape réformateur, audacieux, qui s'attaquera aux abus, à la corruption et qui fera entendre la voix du Sud.Le New Times attend donc beaucoup du futur souverain pontife et conclut : « L'Église – et le monde – méritent un pape pour demain, et non pour hier ».« God Protect Ibrahim Traoré »Ce serait le nom de la dernière chanson de Beyoncé, publiée il y a peu sur internet.Problème, c'est faux ! La chanteuse, actuellement en tournée, ne l'a jamais chantée, et pour cause, c'est une intelligence artificielle qui l'a créé. C'est ce que nous rapporte Jeune Afrique : la naissance de vraies-fausses chansons à la gloire de ! « Ainsi a-t-on vu fleurir les titres "Victory" d'un avatar de Gims et même un prétendu duo entre Drake et Shakira : "Tribute to Burkina Faso & Captain Ibrahim Traoré officiel 2025" ».Ce qui effraie le plus sans doute, c'est la crédulité de certains internautes : « brave fille d'Afrique et d'Amérique » commente l'un… « Hommage bien mérité à notre capitaine » réagit un second… Mais, comme le dit Jeune Afrique : « difficile de savoir si ces posts ne sont pas eux-mêmes rédigés par des manipulateurs » avant de conclure « un outil artificiel qui profite à un camp finit par servir l'autre ». 

House Majority Leader Kerri Evelyn Harris sits down with Sheila Bravo, CEO of the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA), to discuss the challenges facing nonprofits amid federal budget cuts.

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 18: The Belgian and Rwandan press react very differently to a diplomatic spat between the two countries which had led to the expulsion of diplomats on both sides. Also: two astronauts struck in space for nine months prepare to head back to Earth. Plus, Ohtani fever hits Japan as the LA Dodgers and their Japanese superstar play two MLB games against the Chicago cubs in Tokyo. We begin with the diplomatic spat between Belgium and Rwanda. The European Union imposed sanctions on three senior Rwandan military commanders and the head of the state mining agency after the offensive by M23 fighters in DR Congo. The M23 is comprised of Congolese Tutsis, as Belgian paper Le Soir notes. UN experts have noted that the M23 has benefited from logistic and military support by Rwanda, including drones. The Rwandan government has denied these allegations thus far. As a result: both Rwanda and Belgium have expelled diplomats from their respective countries in what Le Soir calls a violent but predictable break-up. In its editorial, the paper says the anger stems from the fact Brussels was at the forefront of the accusations against Rwanda. The paper adds: "The Rwandan President is wrong and he knows it. If anyone's territorial sovereignty is being violated, it's that of Eastern Congo, which is rich in minerals and fertile land."It's quite a different story from the Rwandan press which focuses on Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The New Times headlines on what Kagame has outlined as Western hypocrisy. One of Rwanda's gripes is that it is accused of supporting the M23 rebels but the West has not condemned DR Congo, whom Rwanda accused of supporting another rebel group, the Hutu-led Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. For The New Times, the DFLR is a "genocidal" group. In its editorial, the Rwandan daily says instead of supporting efforts for lasting peace, Brussels has chosen to fuel tensions by backing the Kinshasa regime. It adds: "The people deserve a future shaped by peace, stability and regional cooperation. Not one dictated by the lingering shadows of colonial exploitation."In other newsIt's been nine months since NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams got stuck in space. They are finally heading back to Earth. What was meant to be an eight-day mission but Wilmore and William's stint in space lasted much longer – nine months. Their odyssey was plagued by technical problems and political controversy. NASA has relied on Elon Musk's Space X to ferry crews to the space station since 2020. Musk says he offered to bring the astronauts earlier but was rebuffed by the Biden administration, The Washington Post reports, something the former president denies. The astronauts certainly put their time in space to good use. Williams conducted two space walks and now holds the record for total space walking time by a female astronaut: over 62 hours in her three-decade career! The British daily The Guardian looks at the physical toll of being stuck in space on the body. It's not pretty: struggles with walking due to lack of gravity for extended periods of time, plus fluid buildup causing swollen eyeballs, dizziness and bad eyesight. Luckily these are mostly temporary conditions.Baseball fever hits JapanThe LA Dodgers are playing the Chicago Cubs in a special Tokyo series starting this Tuesday. The New York Times notes that the games are part of the Major League Baseball's ambitions to increase the popularity of baseball worldwide. The Dodgers and Cubs will play two season opening games today and tomorrow in Japan. The LA Dodgers' Japanese star Shohei Ohtani is the highest paid baseballer in the American league. Ohtani, The New York Times says, is Japan's answer to Babe Ruth, a rare player who can pitch and hit at the highest level. The Japan Times reports that as Ohtani's teammates are discovering, he is revered in Japan and his face is everywhere – promoting green tea and sake, on trains and vending machines. With TV programmes tracking the team's flight path, talk shows talking about Ohtani's diet, fashion choices and home decor … and tickets selling for up to $10,000, Ohtani fever has well and truly gripped Tokyo as Japan prepares to welcome a national sporting hero back home!You can catch our press review every morning on France 24 at 7:20am and 9:20am (Paris time), from Monday to Friday.

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« Où s'arrêteront le M23 et le Rwanda ? » : question posée par le site d'information guinéen Ledjely. « La facilité avec laquelle les rebelles viennent de prendre le contrôle des deux principales régions du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu, en l'espace d'un mois seulement, doit inquiéter les autorités congolaises ».D'autant que« sur le plan diplomatique, personne ne répond, pointe Ledjely. Personne n'écoute vraiment les doléances de Félix Tshisekedi. À l'ONU, à la Communauté de l'Afrique de l'Est, à la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe et à l'Union africaine, on n'ose même pas citer le Rwanda comme agresseur. Seuls le Royaume-Uni et la France, après la chute de Bukavu le week-end dernier, ont eu le courage d'appeler nommément le pays de Kagame à se retirer des zones qu'il a contribué à conquérir. Mais en vain. (…) Dans ces conditions, conclut le site guinéen, il n'y a donc pas de véritable obstacle susceptible d'arrêter le M23, s'il décidait de conquérir Kinshasa ». « Condamnations tièdes… »La communauté internationale reste donc les bras croisés… C'est ce que dénonce avec force dans une tribune publiée par Le Monde Afrique le chercheur américain Jason Stearns, fondateur du Groupe d'étude sur le Congo.« Trois semaines se sont écoulées depuis la chute de Goma, sans autre réaction que des condamnations tièdes, s'insurge-t-il. Au sein de l'UE, où les décisions de suspension de l'aide nécessitent un consensus, quelques intérêts étroits ont bloqué l'action. Le Rwanda a déployé des troupes dans le nord du Mozambique, où elles ont repoussé les militants islamistes, protégeant ainsi un projet pétrolier de 20 milliards de dollars appartenant à TotalEnergies. Cela a rendu la France réticente à faire pression sur le Rwanda. Depuis le début de la crise en 2021, Élysée a joué un rôle-clé en soutenant la hausse du financement à Kigali, dénonce encore Jason Stearns. Aux États-Unis, poursuit-il, les postes les plus élevés concernant l'Afrique n'ont pas encore été pourvus, ce qui a ralenti l'action. Parmi les pays africains, le manque de leadership, associé à l'efficacité diplomatique de Kigali, a empêché toute mention explicite de la présence du Rwanda en RDC dans les déclarations officielles des organismes régionaux ».Résultat, soupire Jason Stearns : « quel est le pays étranger le plus populaire aujourd'hui ? La Russie, qui n'a pratiquement aucune présence politique ou économique dans le pays. La crise du M23 est un signe supplémentaire des changements géopolitiques dans le monde. La Chine, les Émirats arabes unis, le Qatar et la Turquie sont en plein essor en Afrique, tandis que les États-Unis, qui semblent désormais déterminés à démanteler la plus grande organisation humanitaire au monde, et l'Europe se replient sur eux-mêmes, en proie au nativisme et au populisme ».« Dépoussiérer » le pouvoir…Autre tribune cette fois publiée par le site burkinabé WakatSéra. Elle est signée Jean-Jules Lema Landu, journaliste congolais, réfugié en France. Pour lui, le dialogue reste la clé… Il se félicite de la démarche de paix engagée par les religieux congolais : « les Églises Catholique et Protestante doivent en extraire le meilleur, affirme-t-il, en équilibre dans “la part“ à accorder à toutes les parties. Pour nous, précipiter le départ de Félix Tshisekedi avant la fin de son deuxième mandat, en 2028, n'aurait aucun apport positif, poursuit-il. Bien au contraire. L'essentiel, c'est de dépoussiérer urgemment les rouages gangrénés de la bonne gouvernance, au travers d'une forme de gouvernement de transition et d'union nationale. D'une manière ou d'une autre, avec un Tshisekedi “régnant sans gouverner“. La formule est possible, assure encore Jean-Jules Lema Landu. Cela permettrait d'organiser les prochaines élections dans des conditions apaisées et de transparence. C'est tout ce dont le peuple congolais a besoin ».… et dialoguer avec le M23 ?Enfin, à lire également l'éditorial du New Times à Kigali, quotidien proche du pouvoir rwandais, qui estime que Kinshasa doit négocier avec le M23. « L'est de la RDC a besoin de solutions audacieuses et non conventionnelles, écrit le New Times. Le M23 pourrait bien être la pilule amère que Kinshasa doit avaler (…). Pour le bien de millions de personnes, il est temps d'envisager l'impensable. Kinshasa ne devrait pas considérer le M23 comme une menace, affirme encore le quotidien rwandais, mais comme une opportunité. Une opportunité d'écraser les milices. De ramener les réfugiés chez eux. De construire un avenir meilleur. La question est : auront-ils le courage d'essayer ? »

« Où s'arrêteront le M23 et le Rwanda ? » : question posée par le site d'information guinéen Ledjely. « La facilité avec laquelle les rebelles viennent de prendre le contrôle des deux principales régions du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu, en l'espace d'un mois seulement, doit inquiéter les autorités congolaises ».D'autant que« sur le plan diplomatique, personne ne répond, pointe Ledjely. Personne n'écoute vraiment les doléances de Félix Tshisekedi. À l'ONU, à la Communauté de l'Afrique de l'Est, à la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe et à l'Union africaine, on n'ose même pas citer le Rwanda comme agresseur. Seuls le Royaume-Uni et la France, après la chute de Bukavu le week-end dernier, ont eu le courage d'appeler nommément le pays de Kagame à se retirer des zones qu'il a contribué à conquérir. Mais en vain. (…) Dans ces conditions, conclut le site guinéen, il n'y a donc pas de véritable obstacle susceptible d'arrêter le M23, s'il décidait de conquérir Kinshasa ». « Condamnations tièdes… »La communauté internationale reste donc les bras croisés… C'est ce que dénonce avec force dans une tribune publiée par Le Monde Afrique le chercheur américain Jason Stearns, fondateur du Groupe d'étude sur le Congo.« Trois semaines se sont écoulées depuis la chute de Goma, sans autre réaction que des condamnations tièdes, s'insurge-t-il. Au sein de l'UE, où les décisions de suspension de l'aide nécessitent un consensus, quelques intérêts étroits ont bloqué l'action. Le Rwanda a déployé des troupes dans le nord du Mozambique, où elles ont repoussé les militants islamistes, protégeant ainsi un projet pétrolier de 20 milliards de dollars appartenant à TotalEnergies. Cela a rendu la France réticente à faire pression sur le Rwanda. Depuis le début de la crise en 2021, Élysée a joué un rôle-clé en soutenant la hausse du financement à Kigali, dénonce encore Jason Stearns. Aux États-Unis, poursuit-il, les postes les plus élevés concernant l'Afrique n'ont pas encore été pourvus, ce qui a ralenti l'action. Parmi les pays africains, le manque de leadership, associé à l'efficacité diplomatique de Kigali, a empêché toute mention explicite de la présence du Rwanda en RDC dans les déclarations officielles des organismes régionaux ».Résultat, soupire Jason Stearns : « quel est le pays étranger le plus populaire aujourd'hui ? La Russie, qui n'a pratiquement aucune présence politique ou économique dans le pays. La crise du M23 est un signe supplémentaire des changements géopolitiques dans le monde. La Chine, les Émirats arabes unis, le Qatar et la Turquie sont en plein essor en Afrique, tandis que les États-Unis, qui semblent désormais déterminés à démanteler la plus grande organisation humanitaire au monde, et l'Europe se replient sur eux-mêmes, en proie au nativisme et au populisme ».« Dépoussiérer » le pouvoir…Autre tribune cette fois publiée par le site burkinabé WakatSéra. Elle est signée Jean-Jules Lema Landu, journaliste congolais, réfugié en France. Pour lui, le dialogue reste la clé… Il se félicite de la démarche de paix engagée par les religieux congolais : « les Églises Catholique et Protestante doivent en extraire le meilleur, affirme-t-il, en équilibre dans “la part“ à accorder à toutes les parties. Pour nous, précipiter le départ de Félix Tshisekedi avant la fin de son deuxième mandat, en 2028, n'aurait aucun apport positif, poursuit-il. Bien au contraire. L'essentiel, c'est de dépoussiérer urgemment les rouages gangrénés de la bonne gouvernance, au travers d'une forme de gouvernement de transition et d'union nationale. D'une manière ou d'une autre, avec un Tshisekedi “régnant sans gouverner“. La formule est possible, assure encore Jean-Jules Lema Landu. Cela permettrait d'organiser les prochaines élections dans des conditions apaisées et de transparence. C'est tout ce dont le peuple congolais a besoin ».… et dialoguer avec le M23 ?Enfin, à lire également l'éditorial du New Times à Kigali, quotidien proche du pouvoir rwandais, qui estime que Kinshasa doit négocier avec le M23. « L'est de la RDC a besoin de solutions audacieuses et non conventionnelles, écrit le New Times. Le M23 pourrait bien être la pilule amère que Kinshasa doit avaler (…). Pour le bien de millions de personnes, il est temps d'envisager l'impensable. Kinshasa ne devrait pas considérer le M23 comme une menace, affirme encore le quotidien rwandais, mais comme une opportunité. Une opportunité d'écraser les milices. De ramener les réfugiés chez eux. De construire un avenir meilleur. La question est : auront-ils le courage d'essayer ? »

This week, we explore the life and mysterious death of Mary Pinchot Meyer, a woman with high-profile connections, including John F. Kennedy and the CIA. We'll discuss her tragic 1964 murder, the acquittal of the man charged with the crime, and theories about CIA involvement linked to her affair with JFK and the disappearance of her diary, which may have contained explosive information. Get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus chat episodes, discord access and zoom hangouts at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast   Thank you to this week's sponsors!   Give your home the refresh it needs with Wayfair. Head to wayfair.com today!  It's time to get your own personal stylist with DailyLook.  Head to DailyLook.com to take your style quiz and use code MOM50 for 50% off your first order.  Indoor cats and indoor humans agree - Pretty Litter helps your house smell fresh and clean. Go to Prettylitter.com/moms  to save 20% on your FIRST order and get a free cat toy. Terms and conditions apply. See site for details.  Give yourself the luxury you deserve with Quince! Go to Quince.com/moms for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.    Lume's Starter Pack is perfect for new customers. It comes with a Solid Stick Deodorant, Cream Tube Deodorant, two free products of your choice (like Mini Body Wash and Deodorant Wipes), and free shipping.As a special offer for listeners, new customers GET 15% ALL Lume products with our exclusive code - and if you combine the 15% off with the already discounted starter pack, that equals over 40% off their Starter Pack! Use code MOMS for 15% off your first purchase at LumeDeodorant.com.  To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast.  Listen and subscribe to Melissa's other podcast, Criminality!! It's the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality    Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more.      Sources:   Raymond Crump, Jr., Appellant, v. Sam Anderson, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, Appellee, 352 F.2d 649 (D.C. Cir. 1965) Basham, William, PROSECUTOR SETS STAGE IN MEYER…, Washington Star Maxwell, J.T., Crump Case Goes to Jury, Washington Daily News, 1965 Morrow, Two Washington Women, City Journal, 2018 Janney, Peter, The Murder of John Kennedy's Mistress, Part 3, WhoWhatWhy, 2017 Mary Pinchot Meyer, Spartacus Educational, 1997-2020 Janney, Peter, The Murder of John Kennedy's Mistress, Part 1, WhoWhatWhy, 2017 Janney, Peter, The Murder of John Kennedy's Mistress, Part 2, WhoWhatWhy, 2017 Hornberger, Jacob G, When Ben Bradlee…, The Future of Freedom Foundation, 2021 Janney, Peter, The Lone Voice of Justice in the murder of…, Mary's Mosaic, 2016 O'Shea, Devin Thomas, Bad Shot, Mary, Apocalypse Confidential, 2023 Morrow, Lance, 44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death…, Smithsonian, 2008 Kim, Leena, Inside the Unsolved Murder of JFK's Mistress…, Town and Country, 2020 Markoski, Katherine, Artist Mary Pinchot Meyer, Smithsonian Art Museum, 2024  Warwick, Mal, John F. Kennedy's lover kept a diary, and it…, Mal Warwick On Books Vincent, Zachary, Mary Pinchot Meyer, 1920-1964, HASTA, 2023 Zielinski, Graeme, Key CIA Figure Cord Meyer Dies, Washington Post, 2001 Nobile, Phillip, Rosenbaum, Ron, The Curious Aftermath of JFK's…, New Times, 1974 Burleigh, Nina A Very Private Woman(2009-10-21).  Ward, Bernie and Toogood, Granville. "Former Vice President of Washington Post Reveals JFK - 2 Year White House Romance." National Enquirer. March 2, 1976. Kennedy Assassination Meyer and JFK Half Light | Smithsonian American Art Museum Mary Eno Pinchot Meyer (1920-1964) - Find a Grave Memorial McNeil, Liz, McAfee, Tierney, JFK's Mistress Who Was Murdered: Some Say Mary Pinchot Meyer Was Killed by CIA, People, 2017 Kenneth O'Donnell, Spartacus Educational, 1997-2020 Dovey Roundtree, Spartacus Educational, 1997-2020 Burleigh, Nina, The Mysterious Murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer…, The Daily Beast, 2012 Hornberger, Jacob G, A Remarkable Lawyer.., The Future of Freedom Foundation, 2018 JFK love letter to his alleged mistress sells for big money, Boston Globe, 2016 Newton, Michael (2009). "Mary Pinchot Meyer". The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes (2nd ed.). New York: Infobase Publishing. pp. 240–241. ISBN 9781438119144 Bell, Anthony, The quietly defiant, unlikely fighter: Pfc. Sarah Keys and the fight for justice and humanity, The United States Army, 2014 Grant, Steve, Gifford Pinchot: Bridging Two Eras of National Conservation, Connecticut History Weinman, Sarah, Women on the Edge of a Conspiracy Theory, Hazlitt, 2013 Cohen, Alina, The Forgotten Female Artist Who May Have Been Murdered by the CIA, Artsy, 2019 BLOND GHOST: Corn, David: 9780671695255: Amazon.com: Books Flashbacks: Leary, Timothy: 9780874778700: Amazon.com: Books

Show #1085 New Times/New Music 01. Guy Verlinde & Tom Eylenbosch - World Goin' Wrong (3:42) (Promised Land Blues, BandR Music, 2025) 02. Robert Jon & The Wreck - Ashes In The Snow (3:58) (Single, Journeyman Records, 2025) 03. Joanne Shaw Taylor - Grayer Shade Of Blue (5:09) (Black & Gold, Journeyman Records, 2025) 04. Sunny Lowdown - Texting Blues (2:47) (Down Loaded, CoolStreme Records, 2017) 05. Diego Mongue Band - Sleepless Night Blues (6:44) (While You Were Gone, self-release, 2023) 06. Bob Corritore & Friends - I've Got Three Problems (4:16) (Doin' The Shouts!, SWMAF/VizzTone Records, 2025) 07. Ben Hemming - London Fog (3:35) (Single, self-release, 2025) 08. Little Georgie & the Shuffling Hungarians - Come To Jesus (6:16) (The Compendium Of Unruly Caterwauling, Queen Bee Brand, 2024) 09. Mick Clarke - Homework (3:34) (Single, Rockfold Records, 2025) 10. Ridge Banks - Blues Catcher (4:27) (Single, self-release, 2025) 11. Big Al & the Heavyweights - I Want To Know (5:27) (Blues Power, VizzTone Records, 2025) 12. Lance Canales - Old Red (4:57) (The Blessing And The Curse, Music Road Records, 2015) 13. Mitch Ryder - Sanguine (3:39) (With Love, Ruf Records, 2025) 14. The Yearlings - At My Table (5:17) (After All The Party Years, Sonic Rendezvous/ Lonely Sounds Records, 2025) 15. Melon Jelly - Where Y'at (3:13) (Road to Memphis, self-release, 2025) 16. Tommy Castro & the Painkillers - Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee (3:05) (Closer To The Bone, Alligator Records, 2025) 17. Cuban Heels - Grace Of God (4:03) (In A Hong Kong Drizzle On Cuban Heels, self-release, 2025) 18. Will Wilde - Trouble Of That Girl (3:21) (Blues Is Still Alive, VizzTone Records, 2025) 19. She Brought Me Gasoline - Row Row Row (3:20) (Songs From The Cliff, self-release, 2025) 20. Nicky Lawrence - Ugly Black Woman (3:33) (Ugly Black Woman, Gypsy Soul Records, 2024) 21. Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch - Jammin' At Paul's (8:15) (Blues Cut Like Glass, self-release, 2025) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

In the run-up to his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump has been showing his wild hand, from not ruling out military action to take Greenland and the Panama Canal to making Canada the 51st state to getting rid of windmills. Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III discuss how Trump's strategy is impacting the nation and the world.

« La réunion tripartite prévue à Luanda entre les présidents congolais Félix Tshisekedi, rwandais Paul Kagame et angolais João Lourenço n'a pas eu lieu hier dimanche », constate le site congolais 7 sur 7.  « D'après la présidence congolaise, l'annulation de cette rencontre a été causée, pointe 7 sur 7, par le refus de la délégation rwandaise de prendre part à la réunion ».En effet, précise Beto, autre site congolais, « Kigali a subitement conditionné sa présence, et par conséquent la signature d'un éventuel accord, à l'ouverture d'un dialogue direct entre Kinshasa et le groupe armé M23. Une exigence jugée inacceptable par Kinshasa, qui y voit une manœuvre délibérée pour torpiller le processus de paix de Luanda ».Pour sa part, le New Times à Kigali justifie l'absence de Paul Kagame par les « menaces de changement de régime proférées par les responsables congolais contre le Rwanda et la présence continue dans l'est de la RDC des FDLR, milice fondée par les restes des auteurs du génocide de 1994 contre les Tutsis ».Méfiance réciproqueBref, on en est toujours au même point dans ce conflit qui ravage l'est du Congo depuis plus de 25 ans… « L'échec de cette rencontre illustre le climat de méfiance profonde qui règne entre les deux parties, relève Afrik.com. Kigali exige des garanties fermes sur l'ouverture d'un dialogue avec le groupe rebelle M23. De son côté, Kinshasa insiste sur le retrait des troupes rwandaises du territoire congolais et l'arrêt du soutien aux rebelles. Ces désaccords rendent tout compromis difficilement envisageable. (…) Avec l'annulation de ce sommet, les perspectives de paix dans l'est de la RDC s'assombrissent. Les habitants de cette région, victimes d'affrontements incessants, espéraient des avancées concrètes pour mettre fin à leur calvaire ». C'est donc raté…« L'échec de Luanda donne l'impression que les points d'achoppement entre le Congo et le Rwanda n'ont pas évolué, pointe pour sa part le site spécialisé sur la RDC, Afrikarabia. Kigali considère toujours la crise du M23 comme un problème congolo-congolais, à l'inverse de Kinshasa qui pense que sans le Rwanda, le M23 est une coquille militaire vide. Le Rwanda défend l'idée que le nœud du conflit se trouve justement entre le M23, qui défend la communauté rwandophone, et les autorités congolaises. Pour Kinshasa, le refus de négocier avec la rébellion est directement lié aux multiples échecs du passé et aux nombreuses intégrations ratées de rebelles au sein de l'armée régulière qui ont systématiquement donné lieu à la création de nouvelles rébellions ».Des centaines de milliers de déplacésEt pendant ce temps, la guerre se poursuit, donc, avec son cortège de souffrances pour les populations civiles. Témoin, ce reportage à lire dans Le Monde Afrique sur les centaines de milliers de personnes déplacées qui sont venues se réfugier aux environs de Goma, dans la province du Nord-Kivu, pour se retrouver dans des camps où règnent l'insécurité et la misère.« L'ouest de Goma est le réceptacle des malheureux fuyant les plateaux et vallées du Masisi et de Walikale, au-delà du versant occidental du volcan Nyiragongo, rapporte l'envoyé spécial du Monde Afrique. Les sites ont pour nom Buhimba, Mulengo, Rusayo, Luchaga, Rego… Partout le même spectacle, une mer de bâches blanches. Combien sont-ils, ces hordes de déplacés ? Au moins 600 000, selon une évaluation effectuée à partir de photos aériennes par plusieurs ONG. Plus d'un million, selon le Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires de l'ONU. Nul ne sait précisément, mais trop ».Au moins 600 000 personnes, donc, qui ont besoin de nourriture et de protection… « Dans le camp de Lwashi, par exemple, pointe Le Monde Afrique, c'est le Programme alimentaire mondial qui nourrit les gens. En partie. Débordée, l'agence onusienne subvient aux besoins de base de la moitié des ménages seulement. Les autres tentent de survivre ».Il y a aussi le problème de l'eau potable : au bord du lac Kivu, MSF a installé « 8 pompes qui tournent 24 heures sur 24, reliées à 24 cuves de 10 000 litres dispatchées dans des camions-citernes ou dans le réseau de tuyaux courant sur une dizaine de kilomètres ». Mais cela ne suffit pas…Enfin, l'insécurité permanente, relève encore Le Monde Afrique… Exemple : « les femmes ont demandé qu'il n'y ait pas d'ampoules autour du bâtiment des latrines pour ne pas être vues la nuit. Les chiffres de violences sexuelles, principale forme de violence parmi les déplacés, sont en effet effrayants. Selon une étude MSF, plus de 10 % des femmes adultes, dans les camps de déplacés, ont déclaré avoir été violées ».

This week, Jeanne Malle reveals the winners and losers of Air Mail's 2024 Over-Under List, wherein we present the year's most overhyped (and underhyped) people and things. Then, on the subject of well-deserved hype, Alex Belth reports on a magazine from the 1970s called New Times. It's long forgotten, unfortunately, but Alex tells us how this short-lived publication's impact endures in today's media landscape. And finally, lots of people claim they can reform education in America, most recently Donald Trump. William D. Cohan joins us from New York with the cautionary tale of Chris Whittle, the charter-school entrepreneur who went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Can he make a comeback?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeannette is joined by the fabulous Jennifer Grace to discuss her inspiring journey from a vibrant childhood filled with dance to becoming Miami's number one life coach, motivational speaker, and author. Jennifer talks about her unique approach to coaching, emphasising the importance of helping others recognise their own potential while navigating challenges like imposter syndrome. She also reflects on her experiences working with celebrities and female entrepreneurs, highlighting the different dynamics they face. KEY TAKEAWAYS Mindset is about choosing how to view situations, whether from a limited or growth perspective. Neutralising events allows individuals to detach from emotional responses and choose a more empowering viewpoint. Imposter syndrome affects people across all demographics, regardless of success. Normalising it and helping individuals recognise their achievements can shift their perspective and reduce its impact. It's essential to celebrate milestones and successes, no matter how small. This practice helps individuals appreciate their journey and prevents them from constantly moving the goalposts without acknowledging their accomplishments. The launch of a hybrid publishing company addresses the challenges authors face in traditional publishing. This model offers a transparent, supportive alternative that allows authors to retain a larger share of their profits while receiving necessary guidance and resources. BEST MOMENTS "I think the first thing I always try to do is normalise imposter syndrome, making people feel like, okay, there's not something wrong with me because I'm feeling this way." "The beauty is we get to choose. Are you going to have a limited mindset or a growth mindset?" "I think part of retreat needs to celebrate and have fun. People take sometimes this work way too seriously." "I had a complete breakdown with my own child... I used all the tools that I had in my tool bag to meditate and journal and have a new vision for him and I."   This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It's never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANT. Visit our new website https://brave-bold-brilliant.com/ - there you'll find a library of FREE resources and downloadable guides and e-books to help you along your journey. If you'd like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at info@brave-bold-brilliant.com. VALUABLE RESOURCES Brave Bold Brilliant - https://brave-bold-brilliant.com/ Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970    ABOUT THE GUEST Jennifer Grace was named Miami's number #1 Life Coach by New Times. She is a Hay House Author, Motivational Speaker, Radio Show Host, and Corporate Wellness Coach who has recently re located to Nashville, TN.  Jennifer's goal-oriented approach to mindfulness recently earned her the role of Prada's first-ever mindset coach. She also works with corporations as a mindset coach such as: Facebook, Turner, HCI, Whycode, and EO (Entrepreneur Organization).  She is the lead Train the Trainer for The Catalyst, a mindfulness and emotional intelligence training based on the Stanford University program Creativity in Business developed by Dr. Michael Ray. In 2019, her TedX speech, “Why Mindfulness Should be Just as Important as Math in Our School Systems” debuted on TED.com. Drawing from her inspiration as a mother, Jennifer Grace, redesigned her mindset curriculum for kids and teens in 2016. She has been featured on several morning shows; NBC 6, The Balancing Act on Lifetime TV, San Diego Living, CT Style and featured in; Huffington Post, Ocean Drive, Mindbodygreen, and on radio; The Jenny McCarthy Show and Elvis Duran. ​ As the founder and CEO of JG Enterprises, and Raven and Grace Press, Jennifer has built her business to over 7 figures in annual revenue by empowering people worldwide to maximize their potential. Her inspirational reach continues to change lives. Learn more about Jennifer at www.jennifergrace.com OR www.ravenandgrace.com Instagram: @thejennifergrace or @ravenandgracepress ABOUT THE HOST Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 30 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development. Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. CONTACT THE HOST Jeannette's linktree - https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@braveboldbrilliant LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jeannette.linfoot/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot/ Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jeannette.linfoot Podcast Description Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big' international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true' to yourself is the order of the day.Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

Celebrating with Azere Wilson in a new Krush Lounge! In just a few short years, Azere has gone on a journey of music and self discovery that led her to a set of tunes that dives deep into her previously undiscovered roots and Black Heritage.

The crisis in the Middle East has sparked anger, sadness, and frustration, particularly among young voters in the United States. With Nathan Thrall, a Jerusalem-based American journalist who writes for The New Times and The Guardian, we explore how the situation in the Middle East shaped the election campaign, whether student protests made a difference, and what to expect from America's role in the region after the presidential election. This podcast was recorded on President's Night 2024, an American election night event hosted by the Netherlands Atlantic Association, BKB Het Campagnebureau and The John Adams Institute.

Die Themen in den Wissensnachrichten: +++ Schülerinnen gelingt fast unmöglicher Mathe-Beweis +++ Igel erstmals auf Roter Liste +++ Wann Zaubernde gerne ihre Tricks verraten +++**********Weiterführende Quellen zu dieser Folge:Five or Ten New Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem/ The American Mathematical Monthly, 27.10.2024Responses to observing others caught cheating: The role of schadenfreude/ Journal of Management & Organization, 18.10.2024Exact origin of Marburg virus identified/ The New Times, 28.10.2024Coral Triangle at Risk: Fossil Fuel Threats & Impacts/ Earth Insight, 2024Toward a Theory of Exposure/ The Journal of Performance Magic, 27.10.2024**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok auf&ab , TikTok wie_geht und Instagram .

We return to the world of lost civilizations, pseudo-archaeology, and real archaeology with Cardiff University archaeologist Flint Dibble. Sadly the senior member of the Decoding team was absent for the interview but junior decoder Chris struggled on as best he could. This episode, recorded just before the release of Ancient Apocalypse Season 2 on Netflix and Graham Hancock's associated podcast PR tour, examines the appeal of myths like Atlantis, criticisms Flint has faced from Hancock and others, and the broader challenges of communicating good science online.The discussion covers whether debunking false narratives is effective, Flint's experiences post-Rogan with public engagement and social media harassment, and the importance of academics actively participating in public discourse to counter culture-war-fueled stereotypes.Finally, in a crushing blow, Chris also gets Flint to acknowledge that BIG ARCHAEOLOGY can't disprove his stunning new theory about ancient seaweed submarines.LinksOur first interview with Flint from just after his appearance on Rogan.Archaeology with Flint Dibble: The Aftermath of Talking to Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan: A Reply to the HatersArchaeology with Flint Dibble: The Top 6 Penis Bones in ArchaeologyNew Scientist article on Flint: The archaeologist fighting claims about an advanced lost civilisationReal-Archaeology Event!Graham Hancock's Response Video to Flint: Fact-checking science communicator Flint Dibble on Joe Rogan Experience episode 2136Bridges Podcast: Uniting YouTube Against Fake History Frauds | MILO ROSSI & FLINT DIBBLE | Bridges #21The Skeptic: Dr Flint Dibble wins 2024 Skeptical Activism Ockham awardHalmhofer, S. (2024) Manufacturing History: Atlantis, Aryans, and the use of Pseudoarchaeology by the Far-Right. Conspiracy Theories and Extremism in New Times (pp.53-81) Chapter: 3. Lexington Books.

Gil and Jezuz talk playoff baseball. ASU and AZ Cardinal's. A much anticipated 2nd amended complaint update from the lawsuit! P.S. WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU

New Jersey born and Miami raised by Italian parents, Brittany exuberates an energy like non other. Comedy was inevitable and now she has found her calling. She's a DJ on Hits 97.3, has appeared on TBS and in the New York Times, and took home New Times' "Best Comedian" title in 2021. She told New Times, "I tell you, the thing I've really honed in on and realized about myself is that whatever you think you're going to get with me, you're not. I may be a tiny girl, and there are things you may expect me to talk about on stage, but I don't. I'm high-energy and ready to roast myself as much as everyone in the crowd." Brave describes her style as "frantic, raunchy, and as vulnerable as possible." Perhaps needless to say, but with such an off-the-cuff attitude, no two of her shows are ever the same, and there is crowd work galore incorporated. She has also recently begun her own podcast called BIG YIKES and is almost done filming a short documentary on Comedy in Miami. She's a tiny ball of fire with many talents and brought every bit of them to this awesome podcast. Enjoy & please don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!

Le réseau ferroviaire de marchandises du Canada a cessé ses opérations jeudi, suite à la fermeture provisoire imposée par le patronat à près de 10 000 salariés. En cause, l'échec de négociations sur les conditions de travail chez les deux transporteurs de fret du pays. Au Canada, le transport ferroviaire est complètement paralysé d'un bout à l'autre du pays. Les syndicats négocient de nouvelles conditions de travail avec les deux plus grands transporteurs depuis déjà neuf mois. Mais à l'impasse de ces discussions, les compagnies ont déclenché un «lock-out», une sorte de «grève forcée», imposée par le patronat, une pratique interdite dans plusieurs États européens mais légale au Canada et dans les pays anglo-saxons comme le Royaume-Uni et les États-Unis. Les patrons ferment provisoirement l'entreprise et cessent de verser les salaires des employés. Selon Gali Bonin, du service économie de RFI, ce conflit social risque de bouleverser l'économie canadienne. Le réseau ferroviaire est, en effet, au cœur des chaînes d'approvisionnement et commerciales du pays. Manufacture, industrie automobile, agriculture... Pratiquement tous les secteurs sont concernés. D'après l'agence de notation Moody's, plus de 250 millions de dollars seront perdus chaque jour de fermeture du réseau. À court terme, il pourrait y avoir des pénuries. Mais le plus inquiétant reste l'impact à long terme.Comment sortir de la crise ? Le gouvernement canadien pourrait décider d'imposer un arbitrage exécutoire. Autrement dit, fini les négociations, c'est le ministère du Travail qui rédige la prochaine convention collective et elle s'applique immédiatement. C'est ce que demandent les deux entreprises, qui jugent qu'un accord est introuvable. Les milieux d'affaires aussi pressent Ottawa d'agir pour préserver la réputation du pays. Le syndicat, lui, refuse l'arbitrage. Il pense que ce serait céder aux pressions du patronat. Tous les yeux sont maintenant rivés vers le gouvernement Trudeau qui ne veut pas utiliser l'ultime recours, pour l'instant. Au Mexique, grève illimitée des juges et des magistratsLes juges et les magistrats ne décolèrent pas. Ils sont en grève illimitée à travers tout le pays depuis mercredi 21 août 2024 contre une réforme très polémique. Le gouvernement souhaite désormais instaurer la désignation des juges par des élections populaires citoyennes. Le corps judiciaire crie à l'aberration et juge la réforme populiste et autoritaire, souligne Lucas Tua, l'un de nos correspondants à Mexico.À écouter aussiMexique: la justice en grève contre une réforme voulant désigner les juges par vote populaire À Chicago, Tim Walz exalte la « liberté » devant la convention démocrateMercredi 21 août 2024, c'est le colistier de Kamala Harris qui était à la tribune de Chicago. Après avoir accepté l'investiture du parti, Tim Walz n'a pas manqué de qualifier Donald Trump de « bizarre » et de « dangereux ».Le New York Times rappelle d'ailleurs que depuis qu'il a rejoint le ticket démocrate, il s'est empressé de « s'attaquer » à l'ancien président, dans « un mélange de sarcasmes mordants et de commentaires plein d'esprit ».Tim Walz a fustigé le parti de Donald Trump sur une valeur cardinale : « Quand les républicains utilisent le mot liberté, ils veulent dire que le gouvernement devrait être libre de s'immiscer dans le cabinet de votre médecin, les entreprises libres de polluer votre eau et les banques libres de profiter des consommateurs. Mais quand nous, démocrates, parlons de liberté, nous voulons [parler de] la liberté de prendre vos décisions pour votre santé et de la liberté pour vos enfants d'aller à l'école sans avoir peur d'être tués par balle. »Et cette notion de liberté évoquée par Tim Walz a interpellé Oprah Winfrey, rapporte le New Times. « Plus que toute autre chose, choisissons la liberté, a lancé la célèbre présentatrice de télévision dans une intervention surprise. Pourquoi ? Parce que c'est le meilleur des États-Unis. » Fin de la convention ce soir avec le discours attendu de Kamala Harris, qui sera officiellement investie candidate démocrate à la présidentielle de novembre 2024.À lire aussiÉtats-Unis: Kamala Harris et son nouveau colistier Tim Walz présentent leur duo à l'Amérique Venezuela : les salariés des entreprises licenciés s'ils s'opposent à MaduroLa répression continue alors que la réélection de Nicolas Maduro est toujours contestée. C'est désormais dans les rangs des entreprises publiques que le gouvernement sanctionne, en licenciant les employés qui ne soutiennent pas l'actuel président, souligne notre correspondante à Caracas, Alice Campaignolle.À lire aussiVenezuela: après la présidentielle, Caracas fait le tri des opposants dans les entreprises publiques Haïti : après les sanctions américaines contre Michel Martelly, des poursuites judiciaires ?Les États-Unis ont décidé de sanctionner l'ancien président haïtien Michel Martelly pour trafic international de drogue et soutien aux gangs. Dans les pages du Nouvelliste, l'avocat Frandley Denis Julien estime que les États-Unis doivent à présent engager des poursuites contre Michel Martelly s'ils veulent rester crédibles. Frantz Duval, rédacteur en chef du quotidien en ligne de Port-au-Prince, précise : « Il se trouve que les États-Unis, le Canada, la République dominicaine, même les Nations unies, ont prononcé des sanctions contre plusieurs personnalités haïtiennes ces dernières années, mais pour le moment, aucune poursuite n'a été engagée contre qui que ce soit, ni en Haïti, ni à l'étranger. Ces gens se retrouvent sur une liste, ils sont sanctionnés, mais en réalité, la nature des sanctions n'est pas connue et ils ne peuvent se défendre devant un tribunal parce qu'aucune accusation n'a été formulée formellement, ils ne sont pas poursuivis. Ils sont dans une espèce d'entre-deux, on ne sait pas trop ce que cela veut dire. »À la Une du Nouvelliste aussi ce jeudi (22 août 2024), une délégation de la communauté caribéenne, la Carcicom, était dans la capitale haïtienne la semaine dernière. Elle vient de rendre ses conclusions sans appel : l'amélioration de la situation est trop lente. Frantz Duval abonde :« La force multinationale est là mais elle n'a pas les équipements qu'il faut, elle n'a pas les moyens qu'il faut pour aider la police nationale. Tout le reste est bloqué également. » Parmi les points qui n'avancent pas, la formation du Conseil électoral provisoire, censé s'occuper de l'organisation des prochaines élections. Le processus a pris du retard, reconnaît le Conseil présidentiel de transition, qui promet que tout sera réglé la semaine prochaine. « Personne n'est d'accord sur les représentants, déplore Frantz Duval. L'Église catholique est la seule institution qui a clairement désigné son représentant sans aucun accroc, parce qu'elle est toute seule. Mais toutes les autres associations qui peuvent le faire à deux ou à trois associations se trouvent emmêlées dans des querelles qui n'en finissent pas. Aura-t-on un Conseil électoral d'ici septembre ? Nous en doutons. »À écouter aussiHaïti : les sanctions américaines contre Michel Martelly, «une première étape»En Argentine, la détérioration de la liberté de la presse inquièteLe pays a chuté de la 40ème à la 66ème place dans le classement annuel établi par Reporters sans frontières (RSF). L'ONG reproche au président Javier Milei d'être « ouvertement hostile au journalisme ». En plus de son agressivité contre les journalistes sur les réseaux sociaux, le chef d'État a lancé une offensive contre les médias publics. Elle s'est notamment traduite le 1er juillet par la fermeture définitive de l'agence d'information Telam, remplacée par une agence de publicité et de propagande. Le dossier de notre correspondant à Buenos Aires, Théo Conscience. Le journal de la 1ère  En Martinique, le président de la Collectivité territoriale maintient, malgré les critiques, ses déclarations sur ces agents qui seraient payés à ne rien faire.

This weekend I was featured in the New York Times article, “So Human Resources is Making You Miserable.” And NGL… I may have ruffled a few feathers. But let's face it— the CPO/CHRO role is one of the hardest jobs out there, and there's going to be plenty of bad days to go around. BUT that doesn't mean HR can't have a brat girl summer.  Rebecca Taylor (Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder of SkillCycle) joins me to discuss the state of HR and chat about how we're fighting to battle old perceptions of HR on the daily. What lessons are worth taking away from the NYT article? And is it possible that this mutual frustration will eventually pave the way for innovation? Yes. ENTHUSIASTICALLY YES. So let's channel that frustration with HR into positive change— don't miss out on this super special bonus episode! And don't forget to read the New Times article here.   Follow Rebecca: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccataylor2/   Follow Hebba:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ihateit-here/videos LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hebba-youssef Twitter: https://twitter.com/hebbamyoussef   And if you love I Hate It Here, sign up to Hebba's newsletter! It's for jaded, overworked, and emotionally burnt-out HR/People Operations professionals needing a little inspiration. https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/i-hate-it-here-newsletter/   And if you love the podcast, be sure to check out  https://www.youtube.com/@ihateit-here for even more exclusive insider content!

Le bras de fer se poursuit à Bamako entre les autorités militaires et les partis politiques. « Les partis politiques exigent la libération de leurs camarades avant toute reprise des discussions, relève Afrik.com. Ils qualifient leur détention d'“acte liberticide et d'obstacle à un dialogue inclusif“. Ils estiment également que la levée de la suspension de leurs activités, survenue la semaine dernière, est une mesure insuffisante et tardive. L'objectif des partis politiques maliens reste clair, pointe encore le site panafricain : un retour apaisé à un ordre constitutionnel. Ils estiment que les conditions ne sont actuellement pas réunies pour un dialogue constructif et ils exigent des gestes concrets de la part des autorités de transition. » En attendant, « le dialogue semble rompu et la perspective d'une transition apaisée s'éloigne. »« La classe politique malienne, majoritairement privée de la gestion du pays depuis quatre ans, n'y est pas allée par quatre chemins pour exprimer sa colère et évoquer les vraies questions qui préoccupent l'opinion malienne », souligne Maliweb. « En solidarité avec les 11 acteurs politiques toujours détenus, la cinquantaine de partis et mouvements politiques de l'Alliance ont conditionné leur participation aux cadres d'échanges avec les autorités à la libération de leurs camarades. » Et puis, revendication essentielle : les partis réclament un « retour à l'ordre constitutionnel par l'organisation d'élections transparentes et crédibles. (…) “Notre combat, c'est de nous battre pour la conquête et l'exercice du pouvoir. Cela ne pourra se faire sans l'organisation d'élections“, a insisté l'ancien ministre, Amadou Goïta. »Disparitions et répression en Guinée…Inquiétude en Guinée à propos du sort de deux militants du Front national pour la défense de la constitution… WakatSéra s'interroge : « où sont donc passés Oumar Sylla, plus connu sous l'appellation de Foniké Mengué, et Mamadou Billo Bah, les deux militants du FNDC, dissous en août 2022 par le pouvoir en place ? »Les deux activistes ont été arrêtés sans mandat et depuis, aucune nouvelle. Une disparition inquiétante qui vient s'ajouter à une liste déjà longue, pointe le site burkinabé : « suspension des médias qui n'embouchent pas la même trompette que les dirigeants actuels, restriction de l'accès à l'Internet, répression sans état d'âme de manifestations contre la vie chère et pour le retour à la vie constitutionnelle, etc., sont devenues le quotidien d'un peuple guinéen qui ne sait plus à quel pouvoir se vouer. »Hier, pointe le site guinéen Ledjely, « le Conseil de l'Ordre des avocats guinéens, qui réclame la libération des deux militants, a décidé de boycotter toutes les audiences jusqu'à la fin du mois. (…) Cette décision obligera-t-elle les autorités à entendre raison ? », s'interroge Ledjely. « Ce serait alors une première depuis ces derniers mois… »Plébiscite pour Kagame…A la Une également, la présidentielle au Rwanda : « Paul Kagame sur le point de remporter une victoire écrasante », s'exclame The New Times à Kigali, avec… plus de 99% des voix, selon des résultats encore partiels. « Un score stupéfiant », selon l'aveu même du journal qui précise que « les résultats définitifs ne seront connus que le 27 juillet. »Commentaire du Paysà Ouagadougou : « même Staline n'a pas réalisé un tel score ! » Le Pays qui estime que « aussi clivant que puisse paraître Kagame, il a su admirablement travailler au renouveau de son pays. Reste maintenant la question de l'amélioration du paysage démocratique, avec ses corollaires de respect des libertés individuelles et collectives ainsi que des droits de l'Homme, qui nécessite de sérieux progrès. »Plus de Congolais que d'Américains sur la planète en 2100… Enfin, « combien d'Africains y aura-t-il en 2100 ? », question posée par Jeune Afrique. Réponse : « d'après les récentes projections onusiennes du World Population Prospects 2024, la population africaine devrait plus que doubler dans les 80 années à venir, passant de près de 1 milliard et demie en 2024 à 3,8 milliards en 2100. Ainsi, la part d'Africains sur la planète passera de 18 % actuellement à 37 % à la fin du siècle. La population mondiale, elle, devrait atteindre un pic durant la décennie 2080 avec un peu plus de 10 milliards d'habitants, avant de légèrement refluer jusqu'à 2100 et de se stabiliser. La tendance sera d'autant plus forte en Afrique subsaharienne, notamment en Angola, en Centrafrique, en RDC, au Niger et en Somalie. Ces pays devraient connaître une croissance exponentielle, avec un doublement de leur population ou plus entre 2024 et 2052. » Ce qui fait dire à Jeune Afrique « qu'en 2100, il y aura sur la planète plus de Congolais que d'Américains. »

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture, Convicted perjurer Michael Cohen testifies for six hours and the Alvin Bragg's case against Trump, a new New York Times/Siena poll shows Trump expanding his lead in 4 out of 6 swing states while maintaining his lead his a 5th and trailing Biden within the margin of error in the 6th. New information reveals the Biden Administration is withholding key intelligence from Israel.

Rundown -   Intro - 00:35   Henry Weinstein in the Inner Sanctum of Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 08:23   Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:16:00   "Goin' Away Blues" by Dave Gunders - 01:19:51   Outro - 01:25:03   Enter the Inner Sanctum of Craig's Lawyers' Lounge with the legendary Henry Weinstein, a newsman, lawyer and law professor whose career is a beacon of inspiration. Weinstein's pivotal role in the LA Times' groundbreaking coverage of the OJ Simpson prosecution was one part of a multi-faceted career. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-30-mn-51640-story.html   Numerous timely lessons must be learned from the iconic Simpson trial to the current New York v. Trump case. In our discussion, Professor Weinstein draws insightful parallels and shares unique and valuable lessons. He underscores the importance of this moment for attorneys to champion justice. Weinstein also reveals why he sought the host's commentary during the Simpson trial.   Henry Weinstein, a 1969 Boalt Hall Law School graduate and native Californian, has a career that spans journalism and law. Discover the intriguing path that led him from major American publications to a decades-long tenure as a law school professor at the University of California—Irvine. His journey is a testament to the power of brainpower, passion and perseverance.   Professor Weinstein worked for the LA Times, NY Times, SF Examiner and WSJ and has written over 3,000 stories. He has also written about events and issues in other countries and for various publications, including California Lawyer, Juris Doctor, The Nation, New Times, the Saturday Review of Education and the Saturday Review of Science. https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/weinstein/weinsteinCV.pdf   Learn about Cal—Berkeley in the 1960s, when Weinstein was an undergrad and then a law student. In 1972, Weinstein worked for the George McGovern presidential campaign to beat Richard Nixon. We review the glory days at great newspapers, including the LA Times and working with the late great Jim Murray.   The legal analysis aspect of the OJ Simpson saga is reviewed, including the remarkable LA Times coverage. Find out about Weinstein's visit to Simpson's home for an interview during the civil trial. Discover how big media cases, like the OJ Simpson trial, profoundly impact American history. The wise professor reviews New York v. Trump in some detail.   Troubadour Dave Gunders delivers a great conversation about the end of his JazzFest 2024 experience. He then sings the "Goin' Away Blues," a cover song, in honor of the host taking some time off from America to contemplate her current problems. We need to lead the comeback.

Shana Ritter reads "In these New Times," "Mapping," and "the tides of my heart."

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comMike Lacey and Jim Larkin launched Phoenix New Times in 1970. Working out of a closet in a women's clothing store, the paper covered stories most media at the time would not, including then-Arizona senator John McCain's involvement with the Charles Keating Savings & Loan scandal, McCain's wife Cindy forging subscriptions and stealing pills from a children's charity she'd founded, and the humanitarian horrors associated with Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. “You get paid for castrations,” Lacey would tell the makers of HOLD FAST, an Audible podcast that covers New Times' salad days and what came later, including the fateful turn when people the paper had once gone after went after them, including the McCains, Arpaio, and then-senator Kamala Harris.As Sarah recently wrote for the Dallas Morning News:“Things don't turn out well for Lacey, or his more copacetic business partner Larkin, as they get dragged through two federal trials on charges of money laundering and (buried the lede) sex trafficking, thanks to the adult ads that were once the lifeblood of alt-weekly revenue and which the pair spun into the notorious Backpage.com, prompting the Justice Department to label them the biggest pimps in the history of the world. Whether these two men are free-speech champions, or smug bastards hoisted on their own petards, will be for the listener to decide.”HOLD FAST, named for the words Lacey tattooed across his knuckles, is created by former New Times writers Trevor Aaronson (also behind the podcasts “American ISIS” and “Alphabet Boys”), Sam Eifling, and Michael J. Mooney, who joins Nancy and Sarah - who spent a combined 25 years in the alt-weekly trenches - to talk about working for New Times during its heyday. “It was a meat grinder of employment, but also, the Shangri-La of journalism,” he says. “It was both things at once.”Also discussed:* Eclipse!* postrate not prostate* Post Malone does a chicken commercial* “We don't get the free speech warriors we want, we get the free speech warriors we deserve”* Erotic cake toppers, anyone?* Does Sarah love Mike Lacey? Does she hate Mike Lacey? Maybe both?* Who did — and who did not — get those $5000 checks* Reason magazine's Elizabeth Nolan Brown does heroic journalism* A gift from Wallace leads to the tiniest Viking burial?This episode of Smoke ‘Em, dealing with the threats to journalism and free speech, is, maybe not paradoxically for former alt-weekly scribes who covered the “freak beat” (Mooney), interviewed serial killers (Nancy), and walked around the office barefoot (Sarah), also one of its funniest. HOLD FAST is available on Audible.

Mike used to work at D Magazine. Now he doesn't. But he's got a new podcast that dropped April 11 on Audible. It is titled Hold Fast. Over nine episodes, Mike and two other journalists (Sam Eifling and Trevor Aaronson) chronicle the rise and fall of Backpage.com, the Dallas-born classified ad site that a federal prosecutor called "the world's largest sex trafficking operation." Mike spent three days interviewing Mike Lacey, the founder of the New Times chain of alt weeklies and the man the feds say ran a criminal operation with Backpage.com. In addition to all that, we talked about why Mike escaped Oak Cliff for the suburbs.  Consider subscribing to D Magazine. Print makes the podcast work.

We have seen an exponential growth in AI development over the past year. I mean, it has invaded every corner of every market and real estate is no exception. Today we are gonna talk about how you can use AI to improve your business and improve your life.ResourceCheck Out Nick Krem's WebsiteReal Estate Marketing DudeThe Listing Advocate (Earn more listings!)REMD on YouTubeREMD on InstagramTranscript:What's up? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Another episode of the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast. Folks, remember chatting today about a topic that a lot of people are like, What the fuck? You say It could do this. You could do that. Really? I can't use AI. I can't use automation. It's too confusing. That's stuff's only if you're really, really smart people.00:07:07:16 - 00:07:25:16UnknownDo you guys? I've been literally messing with the air automation and I'm looking at chat and Tiny in the Zapier and looking at automating my content from my blog, from my YouTube channel, all the way across all social platforms. And I mean, honestly, if I could do it, you can't do it. This is not anything that is. I didn't believe how much you could do with it.00:07:25:16 - 00:07:47:15UnknownI'm getting really into this in the last few weeks, so I'm really excited to have today's guest on because this is what we're going to be chatting about. We've seen this dude on social media like popping up all over my feed and he popped open a message and he's like, Yo, I want to do some podcast, but I'm probably guessing that he probably had an AI bot responding to those passages on top of it that he got on this show.00:07:47:17 - 00:08:05:22UnknownBut this is a really good topic to talk about, man, because a lot of people are talking about how they can get more done for less. And honestly, like some stuff you could do with I literally can replace your social media manager nowadays and it's crazy and you need to know this stuff in anyways. This isn't even just a real estate thing.00:08:05:22 - 00:08:24:19UnknownThis is just a business owner thing and you guys got to know this shit. So I'm excited going to their show and I'm to go ahead and introduce our guest, Mr. Nick Grimm. What's up, Nick? What's going on, man? Yeah, and you're absolutely right. You know, I was talking about this with my brother last night was my business partner, and we're like, There's not a future where you where if you don't learn A.I., that you'll still be in business.00:08:24:24 - 00:08:40:03UnknownSome people think that, like, yeah, I don't need to learn that there is literally not a future where if you don't learn A.I. that you will still be in business. The quicker you get that out and just jump into it, the better you're going to be all for it. Well, I'm one of those late adopters to the sense where I'm like, No, I got to.00:08:40:03 - 00:08:54:18UnknownShould I correct content? Could create content better than me. Like, fuck those guys. This guy can't create content. This bot can't create content. They can't tell me no, actually, it's helping me create its album. Me like create better content. Yeah. And it's not so much of like how to use it to replace you as much as how to use it to enhance you.00:08:54:23 - 00:09:10:11UnknownAnd that's the way you got to look at it, folks. So, Nick, why don't you talk to us like let's take a very let's start from the high level. Don't get into really nerdy shit like towards the end here, right? So I don't know how what level people are on listening right now, but let's just get right into the use cases of it.00:09:10:11 - 00:09:25:21UnknownLike, let's just go ahead and define because I think people get scared about this. I was what's the difference? We chat, graffiti and I have a thing called copy coach I use that's an AI tool that I hear other guys say, I train my A.I. bottom, like, what are your fucking pokemon? What the hell is this? Like, what are you training bots and shit?00:09:25:21 - 00:09:46:04UnknownWhat is what's going on? So just help me understand this. So I think like the best way to put it, I think that's a great question too, because it's like understanding it's first half of the battle. You know, it's like I look back to like when the Internet first came out, there are like there were posts in the new York Times that said computer virus spreads to humans and people just didn't understand the Internet, which is why they weren't using it.00:09:46:10 - 00:10:01:23UnknownSo here's the best way I can say when it comes to like when people say training, I think about your chat as your employee. If you don't train your employee and then you just go in there and start asking on to do a bunch of things, it's not going to work. And you're like, Why aren't you doing this?00:10:01:23 - 00:10:22:02UnknownWhy aren't you doing that? So when it comes to Chad GPT, think about your Chad GBG as your lifelong personal employee that once you train it to do something once, you never have to train it to do something again because it just remembers over and over and over again. And it will only be as good as what you train it to do.00:10:22:04 - 00:10:51:20UnknownSo like to me, Chad GPT, you don't even think about it as A.I.. It is a lifelong employee that can just multiply what you are already doing. You can teach it how you speak and then it knows how you speak for the rest of your life. You can teach it about My ideal client profile is, you see, I'm getting a little bit more depth, but the overall view of this is just think about AI and chat CBT as your lifelong employee that will work for you.00:10:51:20 - 00:11:12:16Unknown24 seven That will never quit, that will never not show up, and that will remember every bit of training you ever give it. So that well said. Like I'm like, Great, that makes sense. Yeah, like I'm in my chat now. I just signed up for like the four, right? no, I'm okay. I'm getting all kinds of new gadgets here and all different types of things.00:11:12:16 - 00:11:31:23UnknownRight. But it asks you, like when you come in here, like, like basically describe yourself. And as I've been taking different training courses and I watch a lot of YouTube videos myself here, you basically, when you're training these, tell me if I have this correct, because I'm sure other people are doing this. When you're training this, I like how you said it's like your employee, but you could train it in your voice, like, Look how I talk right now.00:11:31:23 - 00:12:00:02UnknownNick I could tell is Midwest. You talk just like me. You guys are pretty. There's another fucking Midwest guy, bro. I love it, man. But yeah, we have a certain tonality that we speak with, right? And so a lot of the times when people are like, Well, how do I use chat for just creating like social content? And it doesn't sound like me, it sounds robotic, you're telling it, What do I need to have a lot of content or content, like read my Facebook profile, Can it read my Instagram profile or can it read like my podcast, for example, or my YouTube channel or stuff like that?00:12:00:04 - 00:12:15:04UnknownSo I mean, this is a little bit of a loaded question. Can it do those things? Yes, But here, like the first thing you have to do is like what it calls this customized chair in the bottom left. You'll see your name, you click it and it says Customize chair, and that's where you tell it who you are.00:12:15:08 - 00:12:32:18UnknownAnd how you want it to respond. So before you go in there and start training it, customize it so that way you at least you don't have to tell it every freaking time. I am a real estate agent in Cleveland, Ohio, and to start every project, if you put that in your custom at the beginning, it's like your profile.00:12:32:20 - 00:12:50:19UnknownYeah, it's like your profile. Exactly. So that way it's like every chat, it knows you're a real estate agent, it knows the area you're located. And like, unfortunately, what I tell agents too, is like, I wanted to sound like me. Yes, you wanted to sound like you, but you want it to sound better than you when it comes to marketing.00:12:51:00 - 00:13:14:19UnknownBecause I'll be honest, most real estate agents aren't copywriters. They didn't come into the business thinking they had to be copywriter. So I'm not blaming them. But there is an extent of, yes, you want it to sound like you. You can go into the bottom half of what I just said. The customized and then let's hear are some common phrases are like little things that I always say or like words that I use and then words I don't use because I thought this was funny.00:13:14:19 - 00:13:33:09UnknownSomeone's like, I don't use chatbots because I use the word post too often. I'm like, Well, that's what happens when you listen to fucking amateurs, because all you have to do is go in there and tell it's in your how do you respond? Never use the word boast. It's almost like negative words don't use these words. Exactly. So like there's things like that, but like, I wanted to sound like you.00:13:33:09 - 00:13:50:01UnknownIf you really are that dedicated to sounding like you, you can copy and paste your last 30 Facebook post, put it into there, and then there's a whole knowledge base for it of like I sound like. And then you can just go in there and say, Hey, write me five more posts just like this. It's not the way I would recommend.00:13:50:04 - 00:14:09:23UnknownYeah, if you want it to really just sound like you and write like you, that would be one way to start. And this is like one use of you guys. This is like just one use of air here, right? Just on how to write like you, like there's a so and in referral suite which you guys also will be checking out and buying very soon as I release it to the market.00:14:09:23 - 00:14:27:24UnknownIt's coming in really quick. It's really about us. I'm going to keep you guys in front of your database, so never going to forget about you. Great sales pitch and we have a direct mail system in there that can literally use AI to create a local based restaurant campaign. Literally, it has a postcard and it goes in there.00:14:27:24 - 00:14:43:21UnknownIt grabs a five burger places from your local market, puts them into the postcard customized it for the postcard, and then boom, sent that out. Traditionally, that would take us like God knows how long to create and be able to customize and scale out. We wouldn't be able to do it nationally. Now we can automate it. So it's also design elements.00:14:43:23 - 00:15:03:11UnknownAnd I do part of the same system I'm talking about is I started designing all of my images in and using canvas I tool because I'm get I'm getting the backgrounds from Canvas I tool, which is cool because there's nothing like it, right? So I can just tell it. And I know those images for our social library now standing out, right?00:15:03:11 - 00:15:21:04UnknownSo like you guys, I just start diving into this. I act like I'm trying not to talk. I have no idea what I'm doing. Right. But these are the cases that I'm seeing you can utilize this thing for. And guys like Nixon are just made it easy for you guys to understand it. So yeah, it's like you're a little employee.00:15:21:04 - 00:15:40:19UnknownI like that analogy. It's good. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. How long does it take to, like, train this employee? How much work is when you say train them? Like, do I have to like, do sit ups with it? Do I got to like, do bench presses? Like, just sounds like this sounds tiring. I mean, the reality is this this is where listening to pros and listening to amateurs makes a huge difference, right?00:15:40:19 - 00:15:55:05UnknownBecause amateurs don't even know what training is. They don't know how to do it. And then like, do like. Mike, if I ask you to dumb ass question, what kind of answer do you think I'm going to get? Dumb A dumb ass answer right? Like that's what it's going to be. This isn't like school where there's no such thing as a dumb question.00:15:55:11 - 00:16:19:20UnknownThere is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it for us. So like we have, we created a certified agent. We have a list of about 13 to 15 different prompts. You ask it before you start asking it for like for pose, for emails, for content, for this or that. So the first thing I always tell people is clearly identify your target audience because that's like you go to any marketing class, what do they say?00:16:19:20 - 00:16:45:11UnknownCreate your avatar before you start creating content, creating marketing, create your avatar. And this is the exciting part because when you actually create your avatar within there, it remembers it's in the certain chat that you create. So like, for example, when you create your create your ICP, your ideal client profile, you want, you don't want to just say buyers, first time homebuyers are great target audience, which LGBT is a first time millennial homebuyer or in Sarasota.00:16:45:15 - 00:16:59:21UnknownSo go deep, right? And then dude. And that's just the beginning. You're absolutely right. Going deep. Then you ask it What are the goals of a first millennial homebuyer and Sarasota, Florida? What are the fears? What are the motivations? What will happen if they do get a home? What will happen if they don't get home? One of my favorites.00:17:00:01 - 00:17:18:16UnknownWhat's the internal dialog of a first time millennial homebuyer in Sarasota? And then you ask it all these questions and then this chat is now trained on all of these things about your target audience, and then you start asking it, All right, now write me a five email sequence. Go into these people now write me three Facebook posts.00:17:18:18 - 00:17:37:07UnknownWhy? Because it knows the goals, fears, motivations, internal dialog, all of these things that's now trained on. So that's done. Doesn't sound very long. It doesn't do. That's the thing. You have to do that. No, go ahead. It's this reminds me of like Pokemon Summer because I my kids like that stuff. I just like they train the Pokemon, right?00:17:37:07 - 00:17:56:01UnknownAnd it becomes more powerful and smarter and then he like, become super Pokemon and it's like you started doing that with your employee here and then what you do over time is like, you go through that and then you start asking you to create these prompts and you're like, Well, I like it more like this and this. So now it starts getting trained, even how you like certain things done.00:17:56:03 - 00:18:13:08UnknownSo then the more you use it, the better trained it is. But it all starts at the beginning is how well are you identifying your target audience, How well have you trained, and on what their emotions actually are in the process? Because yes, you can teach chatbots to speak emotionally in your marketing. If you do it right. It's got to be trained.00:18:13:08 - 00:18:27:05UnknownBy the time it does it out the box, it's not going to come out and being like, it's just like your employee, like, you know, editors on staff, they don't start out like the way we want them they ever could edit. But it takes us about 60 to 90 days to train them, which is about 20 to 30 plus videos.00:18:27:05 - 00:18:46:15UnknownThey have to do and plus hours and all that. And then they go through this process and now they're they're great. Now they're hands off. No differently. Guys, when you're when you said train it, I'm like instantly thinking of like, my God, look at the market. I'm going into people who are missing credit card payments. I'm going after nodes, going after late payments and distressed right now.00:18:46:19 - 00:19:05:23UnknownRight. And that's one category of content. Then I'm going to go create another one for divorce. Then I'm gonna create another one for all these life scenarios because those are the only people moving right now, folks. Is that how you could basically create what I have to create like multiple chat beats per audience because there's so many different types.00:19:06:00 - 00:19:26:23UnknownYeah. So what you would do is like for these different ones you wouldn't want to create. It's the same chat GPT account, but you open up a chain so you just click new chats and then only change, only train that chat on this ideal client profile and then you go in depth on it and every time you want to go get more information, go back to that chat.00:19:27:00 - 00:19:43:24UnknownAnd it keeps and it keeps getting smarter and smarter overall. It's like right now it's almost like having a I mean, look at you have a YouTube channel, right? People get this concept, you have a YouTube channel, you put one video on, it's like, Great, this guy's awesome. Then you then there's a guy who's been on it for five years and he's got thousands of users like, Wow, this guy's legit.00:19:44:01 - 00:20:01:20UnknownSame concept, right? Yeah. So, so it's the same concept. There's actually something brand new that came out January 12th that is literally going to put about 80% of AI startups out of business. On Chad GPT. They came out with Chat Store. So if you see now you said you just upgraded to four, right? So you did the pro.00:20:01:20 - 00:20:20:06UnknownYeah I'm in there right now. If you look on the left you'll see explore GPT TS Right. Yep. So you click on that and there's literally Canva AI built into Chad. GPT Now there is 11 labs which is the ones with this as Yeah, wow, that's built in there. You can really just go in there, think about it like Netflix for AI.00:20:20:11 - 00:20:36:23UnknownSo all these AI startup companies that were really transparency on the back end, right? It was like Scooby-Doo, you take the mask off. Well, it was strategy beat the whole time. You can literally go in there and just type in real estate and you'll see a bunch of real estate like trained, ready to go, Chat's ready to go.00:20:37:02 - 00:20:56:12UnknownOne of hours in there, I'll do a plug. this is my listing, buddy. Creates all your listing descriptions, create your marketing materials for your listing, creates all your openings, it creates it right here. Boom. And that what is saving agents hours every single day. Here is another way that we utilize this feature. So, look, I'm not the YouTube guy.00:20:56:17 - 00:21:15:08UnknownThat's just not been my jam. But of course, a lot of our clients that want to learn about it is like, I want to learn at YouTube. Here's what we did. We bought a lot of these courses that are out there are these YouTube courses that are out there, right? So this is where it's like, Dude is great because how creative can you be with using it?00:21:15:10 - 00:21:37:00UnknownWe bought a lot of these courses. We transcribe the courses and then with the custom GPT, we put all these courses is a knowledge base behind it and then you just go in and you can ask questions and then it's like, what are the top ten headlines? It reads all these courses that these people came out with, say, here are the headlines for this target audience.00:21:37:02 - 00:21:53:21UnknownSo now we have a bot in there which is only available to our students, but it's YouTube AI. So it's like, look, I might not know this, but I use the best people I know as a knowledge base, and instead of watching a 510 hour course and trying to think about how to do it, chatbots is already trained how to do it.00:21:53:23 - 00:22:10:24UnknownSee? Like if so, let me tell tell me if this is a good or bad idea. This sounds like a really good idea, but tell me using. Yeah, we made this just created 3 million our business idea. If I'm a brokerage, why not creating a hyperlocal version for a brokerage and just owning that and then send that to my agent?00:22:10:24 - 00:22:31:24UnknownI'm talking about become like a local celebrity, local digital mayor concept, right? Where they just they're literally like a tour guide. Like, you just like that would just be so awesome to have on a site. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, that just like, makes a whole lot of sense. It's almost like, yeah, I mean, I and we're probably only scratching like, what, Like 5% of what the capabilities are.00:22:31:24 - 00:22:47:21UnknownThis this is so early on, right? Even 5%. And it's just amazing how it's going to continue to evolve in like what I think people need to understand is the more it evolves in, the more in-depth it gets as it goes, the harder it's going to be to just jump into it. And you might say like, that's that.00:22:47:21 - 00:23:03:24UnknownLike it's not the case. But I paint this picture for some people. I was just in the Apple store. Mike I was an Apple store, and I don't know if you've seen this, but there's like there's a section where it's old people sitting around a desk and there's this guy saying, All right, now open up your email. Here's how you open it.00:23:04:02 - 00:23:24:08UnknownAnd he's giving the computer lesson like how to use the Internet and open up your email. We have a lot of clients like that that is going to be people in the next five years when it comes to A.I., if they don't, like, start just trying to learn the basics, because right now it's easy. You get in there, you learn the basic, you learn how it works, you know how things are evolving.00:23:24:11 - 00:23:41:11UnknownAnd as it evolves, you're gonna be able to pick up and keep up easier. But if you wait a couple of years and it's evolves into, well, how does this really work? Well, now let's go back to the bit like there's a huge learning curve that will come. It's the perfect time to get into it and start learning the basics and how it works.00:23:41:13 - 00:24:00:09UnknownYeah, I mean, I just clicked on your like I'm in his, my in my listing buddy. Like, this is pretty cool. I'm going to throw you a little plug below. You type in here like he's got like an ace, like a type in the career listing description. Create all marketing from write listing, create marketing for just sold or create my marketing for my open house.00:24:00:09 - 00:24:20:04UnknownSo basically, it sounds like you have a system behind each one of these four prompts. You wanted to do four things for my listing buddy, and once I tell it, if I type in here, describe my four bedroom, three and a half bath ocean view, front house with a three car garage, I want you to put a maserati in the front, put a pool in the back, make sure that fucker has a hot tub attached to it.00:24:20:04 - 00:24:52:24UnknownAnd I want the world's best looking, you know, outdoor kitchen like this is going to come up with know it's not going to come up with the images. I mean, I'm reversing. I mean, I'm sorry you're describing. That's my I'm writing the listing description. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So essentially, like, what we tell people is you just take all the, all the things you put into the MLS, like all the facts and features and then you put it in there for create my listing description and then boom, it creates your listing description and it creates like 2000 characters or less, or that you put in the MLS and then you copy and paste that listing description00:24:53:01 - 00:25:12:06Unknownand then you just paste it in to create all my marketing for my listing. And then it's trained right to Facebook, post to Instagram post with hashtags, a YouTube video script with keywords, headline and description, two emails inviting buyers and a Facebook ad copy. And it's trained on like good copy on the back. And a lot of the copywriting that we put on the back end.00:25:12:08 - 00:25:35:07UnknownThen the same thing with your open house, you copy and paste your listing description and just say Open House is next Thursday at 2 p.m. and it writes same thing like all your materials for it to awesome. Yeah, yeah. I mean I could see the amount of time even we had a need in our company now where we're trying to, you know, for, for our content distribution.00:25:35:07 - 00:25:52:22UnknownWe want to distribute our content for our clients in more places. So we want to you, we want to take our videos and upload them both short form and long form to that LinkedIn and all their social profiles. And our problem we're having right now is that every time if you try to log into someone's social profile, you're gonna get like a security check and then you have to like, log in and then they have to tell you where you're at.00:25:52:22 - 00:26:17:16UnknownSo like, it's literally impossible to try to post content on behalf of people when you're in video or anything right now. Right. Or use a social tool. So we're testing it with this process because it bypasses all of that. And just short answer, does that work? Would which work if I'm just content distribution? Just so if I wanted to streamline all my content distribution, I, I can't say confidently yes or no.00:26:17:16 - 00:26:35:12UnknownWe haven't tried that yet because like the personal profile you say, like posting on the personal profiles on the business pages, I want to take like business pages so it's not as personable, it's just more business, you know, like, yeah, I mean, hello, Roofie. That's the one that we recommend for people to use because it'll even like Roofie is the name of it.00:26:35:14 - 00:27:01:03UnknownHello, Wolfie. I said, Hello, Roofie. I'm like, That is like all these platforms. They did it. It has like 15 different platforms that you can post from at once. You know, it does business right for you. And then even if it's your personal you can like for your clients, you can set them up on the account and then schedule their personal and for them it'll just pop up every day like, this is what they want us to do, you know?00:27:01:03 - 00:27:18:09UnknownAnd that's why we're trying it. That's what we're trying to solve for. And I was like, Okay, how do we figure this out? Because it's not working this way. And it it's this sounds, it's cheaper, it's more economical, you know, scale like, hello. Yeah, it's well, and that's what people don't understand too. It's like, man, So we were marketing.00:27:18:09 - 00:27:35:13UnknownLike, we are marketing, we're still marketing branding company, but now we specialize in I Why? Because our asses, we're going out of business. If we didn't make the change because I look all the things that we were doing for clients that they pay us thousands a month to do. Like now I can just train them. Well, what was the first business here?00:27:35:15 - 00:27:52:01UnknownSo. Well, my brother you got before you got into the the AIDS stuff. Because what happened prior? Not then. Tell me about that, because that's going to have some relevance to some of these realtors. Yeah. So for like, for the last five years, my brother and I, like, we traveled really the country learning from a lot of the top agents how they do doing their marketing and branding.00:27:52:07 - 00:28:14:13UnknownAnd then from there we launched a lot of different like services and products like as far as like creating your whole online platform, like your interview platform, how to create your podcast and do these things, how to create all your entire branding and marketing materials for social media. Now, we got into shorts before a lot of people going into shorts, creating shorts for people on how to repurpose your content that you've already created.00:28:14:15 - 00:28:30:13UnknownAnd then what we did is we actually had a seven bedroom content house in Orlando, Florida. We lived in three of the bedrooms, had a full time cameraman, and my myself and my brother and clients would fly in from all over the country. They would stay at our apartment downtown, come to our house and shoot 30 days worth of content in one day.00:28:30:15 - 00:28:49:05UnknownBut we would sit there and we'd be like, All right, We would go to the whiteboard. Who is your ideal client profile? Who are we making content for? And then we would write it down and then we would say, What are your goals? And we would sit there for almost half of the day and come up with that person's goals, their fears, and try and get inside of their mind about all of these things.00:28:49:07 - 00:29:05:16UnknownAnd then we would sit down and shoot all the content with them. Once we knew that and then we would go from there. Then this is where I had a full team of copywriters, graphic designers, video editors on the back end, because then we would take their videos, transcribe them, send it to our copywriters, and they would write emails that would go out.00:29:05:19 - 00:29:23:08UnknownThen they were a blog post that would go out. Then they were right Facebook posts and I was like, Well, that's done in about 3 minutes now using Chatbot. Yeah. And then we would send it to our video editors and then they would. We had one person's job on our staff was to watch people's videos and say from 2 minutes, 2 seconds to 2 minutes, 50 seconds, clip it.00:29:23:10 - 00:29:39:22UnknownThen they would send it to the Clipper, then they would send it to the subtitle person. Then they would send it to the copy person who would put the headlines on it. That video is now done using Opus. It does all that for you within about 3 seconds. So I was like, Man, we are literally going to go out of business if we don't make this shift.00:29:39:24 - 00:29:59:13UnknownYep, yep. Let's what let's go on to just for realtors in general. Like what? Let's look at the applicable users. I like everyone. What do they need to be using? Like at the bare minimum? Like where do you get started with? And then you're in real estate. Here's what you have to be doing right now. Have bare metal.00:29:59:15 - 00:30:21:16UnknownChad is the bare minimum. Chad You you get the pro version and start exploring the the custom teams. Because from there, like I said, 80% of those startups that that they've been seen other time are now built into Chad. So get into there and then just start getting comfortable with how to train your chad. GPG I think that's almost a bare minimum.00:30:21:18 - 00:30:42:23UnknownThe other tools that we say because we go deep on five, so I guess I'll go through those five. The next one which I love personally is called Hey Jenn, why? And so you literally create a video duplicate of yourself. It looks like you and it sounds like you. So we have real estate agents. They take their market updates and then put it in the.00:30:42:23 - 00:31:01:03UnknownHey Jenn, you have a market update video of you saying it. You take your listing videos, pictures behind it, your listing description, make your market update. Are your listing video or I thought this was creative. One of the agents did this. They went out and they got happy birthday balloons and a hat. They created an agent avatar and they said Happy birthday videos to every one of their clients.00:31:01:03 - 00:31:28:00UnknownNow I'm open top. God, that's dope. Open stop Pro opus just creates shorts for you or reels at scale. You upload your 50 minute video, gives you ten shorts within seconds, so pick the good sound clips out of it. It takes like. So yeah it is determined that's always been that's the hardest part is getting like a given this show like finding someone to come to this show and just take There's a lot of nuggets we've already had here, probably a lot of good repurpose content.00:31:28:02 - 00:31:48:12UnknownHow does does it know that the grab the nuggets right here. Yeah great question. So it's actually trained based on the algorithm and what's online to look through your video, find the highest engaging points in the video, and then it even gives you an engagement score on the side and it tell you what you can do better. Or if you want to like make more engaging content.00:31:48:16 - 00:32:19:02UnknownSo you have like an engagement score on the side, a description for you, the subtitles on there, you can turn on and off B-roll, so I'll add B-roll to your videos. So that way, like you know how media works from there, I did one of my personal favorites called Merlin Get Merlin. Diane So this one, it follows me around to any website that I go to and like, let's say I Google something, Merlin's on the side and it reads the top like five or ten links and gives me the summary from all of the links of things.00:32:19:02 - 00:32:34:03UnknownI just Google. I can go to any landing page and it gives me the summary of the entire landing page and create other copy for me. It responds to emails for me. So a little it reads the emails and I could just say, Hey, let them down nicely, but say I'm not interested. And it responds in a very nice way.00:32:34:08 - 00:32:53:22UnknownOr you can counter and offer and it'll counter each one of the points and then give you the new price. So that's what we use there. And the last one was virtual ad. I think that was just super simple stage homes virtually. And then like if you're looking for buyers, you can let show them a home and be like, how would you like how would you like to design this home?00:32:53:22 - 00:33:11:20UnknownSo you can sit there and design homes with buyers to see how interested they really are in it. That's cool. Yeah. And a lot of this too is like just you guys imagine like the if you're communicating this way, imagine a brand that's been built on a side like because or people will hire you for like how you're doing business, not one.00:33:11:22 - 00:33:26:00UnknownLike you're going up against a bunch of blue hair, gray haired agents and I'm the blue hairs, right? Yeah. And they're traditional, right? So a lot of agents are the newer agents has this question all the time, How am I going to break into this business? Well, there you go, dude. You start doing it differently than all the old school people.00:33:26:00 - 00:33:44:03UnknownRemember, the average age of realtors, I think was last I checked, was 54 or 56 and a half years old. Yeah, I'm 43 and I'm behind the eight ball. Just me. I'm just no dig to you guys, the 50 year old man. But yeah, I'm sure you're much like I am. Right? And then that sense and the young bucks come ready right around here.00:33:44:03 - 00:34:13:23UnknownThose young whippersnappers and those. Those young bucks. All right. But that's what happens. Called innovation innovation, folks. And and nobody is going remember in real estate, whether you want them in or not, your commodity or service service based business. And that service based business is only as has longevity until the next recipe comes out, the next best tasting food or the next best thing or the next best offer, the next best version.00:34:14:00 - 00:34:32:19UnknownCarvana is going through that right now and in the space, but for some weird reason, the stock's going through the roof. But it's I have been to one of these conspiracy theory things that's a lot of the podcast, but you know, I mean, like this is people remember how you do things right so you could I'm just talking about how you market this and have it come through.00:34:32:19 - 00:34:53:08UnknownLike you could just literally say I just used AI to do my listing packet, right? And then someone's going to see that. Yeah. And they're not going to think you're taking a shortcut. They're going to think, Holy shit, this person is advancing, gets marketing. Yeah, it's like that's, that's part of like what we're teaching agents how to do tools like that as certified agent program.00:34:53:10 - 00:35:13:08UnknownPart of it is the AI listing advantage, right? Yeah. So it's how you market and packaged things 200%. Use it on the back end. We have agents sitting down on the listing appointment on the back end of it. We carve out 10 minutes. There's a video sharing how important AI is and then you sit down with them using the tools that we give you and you show them, You know what?00:35:13:08 - 00:35:29:02UnknownI'm going to show you how out market your house using act now how I did other homes and you sit there with them and just click enter a couple of times based on the programs you created and it creates it all them right in front of their eyes and they're like, You know, other agents spend hours, days or even weeks figuring out how to market your property.00:35:29:08 - 00:35:50:05UnknownI did it for you right here so I can spend all my time selling your home and notes. I'm trying to figure out how to market. Yeah, right. I'd rather spend time selling your house and preparing to market it. Exactly. Makes a lot of sense. I do. Since 2014, when we started to show we had the initial message for this show was don't be an agent, be a marketer.00:35:50:07 - 00:36:09:09UnknownYeah. And back down. It was like was a 24th back down. It was like we're talking about bro, like Rooster and Rooster. Now you see people are talking about database and brand and personal brand and content creation and this stuff. All started happening and this is it. This is the next thing to say. I movement. I'm a fan.00:36:09:09 - 00:36:30:09UnknownI like it. What other thoughts? Any other closing thought you want to give people? What else could we use this for? For George? Yeah. You know, I think it's just really understanding what's happening here that you know, on social media through commercials and things that we see, we almost get like immune to big things that are actually happening in the world because every commercial is the next best thing.00:36:30:14 - 00:36:57:02UnknownThis is advancing technology and it's like a Roomba or it's like something that's just like a squeegee. And the latest technology is out. This is artificial intelligence getting introduced to the world. This is the next advancement in technology to human history that is happening right now. And the next five years, there will be some agencies say that was the year that everything changed for me because they jumped on to this and they understood what was happening.00:36:57:06 - 00:37:13:01UnknownAnd then there was going to be everybody else. And years have to decide. It's not a question of if you have to learn this, it's a question of when you choose to, because you're either going to choose to get into an hour, be forced to do it later. So you just had to make it's a business decision. Would you rather wait your app?00:37:13:01 - 00:37:31:22UnknownGo ahead. Would you create I mean, is this as big as like the Internet? It's bigger than the Internet. Yeah, I think so. Literally bigger than the Internet. And, you know, it's just taking a look at it and saying, when are you going to choose to get involved in it? This is changing the world. The biggest companies in the world are spending billions of dollars to get ahead of this thing.00:37:32:01 - 00:37:59:20UnknownThey're stopping everything they're doing and focusing on A.I. real estate agents. It should be no different. So if you think this is a passing fad, if you're one of the people who are the amateurs who tried it and then said it didn't work, remember this? There were millions of people who gave up on the internet when it first came out in the New Times was calling it a passing fad, which what are you going to choose to do yet stalled.00:37:59:22 - 00:38:15:24UnknownSo the guy over here in the Midwest. Yeah, I mean, that's it. I mean, sad. It's just it's here, guys. Whether you embrace it or not, it's up to you. But if you're sitting there twiddling your thumbs, wondering how you're going to get out ahead because there's no houses to sell the wall, what the people pay you for your skill set.00:38:15:24 - 00:38:32:13UnknownThat's really it. Yeah. And while yeah, you might not be selling a bunch of homes right now or maybe you are, I don't know, but you got to sharpen your skills. The reason why I'm taking courses, I've taken two courses this month. Yeah, I'm sharpen skills like I'm going out and I want more, you know, So it's like, this is the next thing I'm on.00:38:32:13 - 00:38:54:11UnknownI'm probably buy your shit, check all that out. But still, it's because you have to learn this stuff. You guys, you just have to put your money where your mouth is and your broker can do it for you. Yep. You know, if you're one of these mega brokers, I could do it for you either. It doesn't matter. You are the CEO, CFO, CMO and everything and everything and the buck stops with you.00:38:54:13 - 00:39:13:22UnknownNeck watched people watch you. Where can they learn more about you? Yeah, so they could just go to cram I everything they need to know about myself. My company is that crammed I we started the Chrome Institute of Artificial Intelligence. We created the world's very first as certified agent and we dropping certified agent 2.0 actually this week, tomorrow.00:39:13:24 - 00:39:38:15UnknownSo we're dropping that tomorrow. Why? Because we spent the last year with agents every single week figuring out more about how they're using AI, what's actually working to get them listings. We're about to launch 2.0 after an entire year of studying with all these agents. Awesome. Go check out his stuff, guys. Appreciate you guys. Let's another app. So the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast visit our software referral suite Ecom re first FT.com just like the sweet candy, the WPT.00:39:38:17 - 00:39:54:24UnknownWe keep you in front your database and I think I want to put next course in there as well, because this is some good shit. I like it, man. Congrats and keep it up. All this guy files social profiles. Guys. I will see you guys next week. Bye. Thank you for watching. Another episode of the Real Estate Marketing Do podcast.00:39:54:24 - 00:40:15:19UnknownIf you need help with video or finding out what your brand is. Visit our website at WW dot Real Estate Marketing do dot com. We make branding and video content creation simple and do everything for you. So if you have any additional questions, visit the site, download the training and then schedule time to speak with the dude and get you rolling in your local marketplace.00:40:15:24 - 00:40:18:18UnknownThanks for watching Another episode of the podcast. We'll see you next time.

You couldn't make up the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army in February 1974. The granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, America's most divisive media baron, was kidnapped in Berkeley (of all places) by domestic terrorists who demand that Hearst feed the poor in exchange for the 19 year-old woman. That, in itself, was quite a story in an America still embroiled in both Vietnam and all the other aftershocks of the Sixties. But then Patty Hearst went rogue and appeared to join the SLA, participating in the heist of a San Francisco bank and changing her name to Tania, in honor of Che Guevara's girlfriend. Such was the paranoid America of early 1974. And, according, Roger Rapoport, author of the new novel SEARCHING FOR PATTY HEARST, such is the paranoid America of early 2024. History doesn't quite repeat itself, Rapoport explained to me. But it certainly rhymes, particularly when one compares the violent left wing cults of the early 1970's with the violent right wing cults of the early 2020's. Award winning film producer, publisher, author and investigative journalist, Roger Rapoport has covered the Patty Hearst story for half a century. From his front page story in the Wall Street Journal about life on a Ford Assembly line in his junior college summer of 1967 to his fascinating coverage of the aviation industry in Angle of Attack, Roger Rapoport has received many honors for his groundbreaking reporting over the past five decades. But perhaps the highest accolade of all is a comment made years ago by one of his first editors. “Roger's problem is that he doesn't understand the meaning of the word no.” In 1974, Rapoport, a contributor to publications like the Atlantic, Esquire and Rolling Stone, went to work for New Times covering the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, a few blocks from his Berkeley home. His exclusive reporting focused on the life and times of Steve Weed , the fiance the Symbionese Liberation Army left behind as these revolutionaries stuffed the love of Weed's life into a Chevy trunk and sped off into the night. Weed moved into Rapoport's house where they wrote a big advance book together on the case. Shortly before completion the former Princeton marijuana dealer who began an affair with Patty when she was a 16 year old student at the high school where he taught, sued to block publication of the book. The following year one of Rapoport's relatives, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler (best known for the Onion Murders trial), presided over a key trial that included Patty Hearst as a defendant with two of the SLA members. After covering the San Francisco Hearst bank robbery trial in 1975 he went on, thirteen years later, to score an exclusive Oakland Tribune with Bill Harris, the man who actually kidnapped Patty Hearst and wound up fleeing cross country with her and his wife Emily Harris. While others let the story rest he interviewed Dr. Thomas Noguchi the coroner to Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy as well as six of Hearst's fallen Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Year after year Rapoport continued to pursue people who refused to go public and ultimately became convinced that nonfiction accounts of the kidnapping, including Patty Hearst's own account of her life on the run with her kidnappers, fell short. While continuing to pursue the story behind the “official” version of the case he found time to write biographies of Governors Pat and Jerry Brown, and filmmaker Michael Moore. In the midst of all his research he founded a successful publishing company, became an award winning film producer and screenwriter (Coming Up For Air), and playwright (Old Heart). During this time he wrote for STAT News and Wired, and contributed to the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the Miami Herald. “I wrote this novel,” says Rapoport, ‘because I believed the American public deserved nothing but the truth. Very sorry about the delay. This book took a lot longer that I expected. Hope it was worth the wait.”Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Dennis starts his “new” show. New start time (top of the hour). And two hours (he needs more time for his many other projects, including PragerU)… Why is the so-called Black National Anthem being played at the Super Bowl. Are we two nations? The NFL is destructive force in society, but people love football, so it thrives… Bill Gates advocates for global government.  UCLA medical students are assigned to read articles contending that open borders is an “imagined crisis” dreamed up by Republicans. The real crisis is climate change and capitalism… Canada is retreating to “separate but equal.”…The UN runs schools in West Bank and Gaza that teach children to kill Jews…  Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager Podcast. To hear the entire three hours of my radio show as a podcast, commercial-free every single day, become a member of Pragertopia. You'll also get access to 15 years' worth of archives, as well as daily show prep. Subscribe today at Pragertopia dot com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can the emulation of nature's processes of regeneration seed hopeful inspiration into new beginnings? In what ways can we tap into the regenerative capacities and energies of our material bodies to engage in reparative changemaking that feeds imaginations of a reality that break cycles of internalised scarcity and overconsumption to nurture cultures of care, mutuality and rest? In our first episode of 2024, we are joined by the host Agrita Dandriyal to explore the ways in which we engage in the complex regeneration of our material and non-material capacities with the beginning of each new year. Being deeply inspired by the microcosms of her family's gardens and the political space of her body, Agrita calls for a remembering of the eco-cultural roots of regeneration in values of reciprocal care and resilience so that we can reclaim the reparative power of the age-old concept and materialise our dreams of equitable and restful realities. Visit mindfullofeverything.com to access full episode resources, shownotes and archives. Follow the podcast on Instagram (@mindfullofeverything_pod) and Facebook (@mindfullofeverything).

A podcast miniseries devoted to celebrating the 1988 contemporary classic, action buddy comedy MIDNIGHT RUN, written by George Gallo & directed by Martin Brest. Hosted by Blake Howard & Jen Johans of One Heat Minute Productions & Watch With Jen, respectively, each week, we'll explore the film we first bonded over when we became friends in 2019 by surfing through an incredible roster of guests from journalists to novelists & beyond who love it as much as we do.In episode three, we discuss seeing Midnight Run in theatres then and now, Grodin being annoying as superpower and crying every time you watch one of the funniest movies ever made.BEN MANKIEWICZBen Mankiewicz is the primetime host of Turner Classic Movies. When he made his TCM debut in September 2003, he became only the second host hired in the network's history.During his career at TCM, he has introduced thousands of movies on the air. Additionally, he's become one of the best interviewers in the business, leading thoughtful and entertaining long-form conversations with more than two hundred of the industry's top talents, including Mel Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, Sophia Loren, Martin Scorsese, Warren Beatty, Ava DuVernay, Annette Bening, Robert Redford, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster, Brad Bird, Faye Dunaway, Lou Gossett, Jr., and Michael Douglas.Beginning in April 2020, Mankiewcz hosted TCM's first podcast, The Plot Thickens: I'm Still Peter Bogdanovich, to outstanding reviews. The podcast delivered to listeners the arc of Peter's epic story, through triumph and unspeakable tragedy, through historic success and public failure.Since 2019, Mankiewicz has served as a contributor to the Peabody and Emmy-winning news magazine, CBS News Sunday Morning, and has hosted the American Society of Cinematographers Awards since 2018. In 2019, he was awarded the Luminary Award for Career Achievement by the Los Angeles Press Club.Prior to TCM, Mankiewicz worked as a reporter and anchor in Charleston, SC, and Miami, FL, twice being named Best Anchor in South Florida by The New Times. Additionally, he contributes to The Young Turks, an online political show he co-founded with Cenk Uygur in 2002.Mankiewicz moved to Los Angeles nearly 75 years after his grandfather, screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz (“Mank” to his all his friends), headed west to work in the movie business. Soon after arriving, Herman cabled his friend Ben Hecht in New York, "There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let this get around." His grandson is now proudly one of those idiots.He's a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Tufts University, and Georgetown Day High School in Washington, DC, the school with the worst mascot in recorded history: the Grasshoppers.Mankiewicz lives in Santa Monica with his beautiful wife, their beautiful daughter, one perfect dog, and one other dog, who's available for adoption at any time. Seriously, please take him.ALAN SEPINWALLAlan Sepinwall is Rolling Stone's chief TV critic. He's been covering this new golden age of TV from the beginning, first as a reviewer for Tony Soprano's favorite newspaper, 'The Star-Ledger,' and is the author of the books 'The Revolution Was Televised,' 'TV (THE BOOK),' 'Breaking Bad 101,' and 'The Sopranos Sessions.'Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Russia has launched the biggest air attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian military told CNN, with an unprecedented number of drones and missiles fired at targets across the country, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 150 others. Retired Army Four-star General and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark talks about what this attack means. And insight into what is driving Vladimir Putin and what it suggests in the days and weeks ahead, with Yevgenia Albats who is Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The New Times. She's is also a dissident Russian journalist who left the country last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Une semaine après la remise en liberté avortée de Maxime Eko Eko et de Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, deux des principaux suspects dans l'assassinat du célèbre journaliste, une semaine donc après le « piteux spectacle » de cet épisode, écrit Le Pays, on apprend dans les colonnes de Jeune Afrique que la justice camerounaise a un nouveau personnage dans le viseur : Stéphane Martin Savom.« Avec la convocation de [ce dernier], proche de l'influent Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, l'affaire pourrait prendre un nouveau tournant », croit savoir le magazine panafricain. Car pour rappel, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh n'est autre que le secrétaire général de la présidence ; et selon les informations de JA, « Stéphane Martin Savom aurait (…) servi à plusieurs reprises d'intermédiaire » entre ce dernier et Martinez Zogo. De quoi donner « une nouvelle tournure politique à l'enquête », murmure Jeune Afrique.De nombreuses zones d'ombre à éclairerCette proximité n'est pas le seul élément intrigant dans le profil de Stéphane Martin Savom. Ce dernier vivrait avec une femme, capitaine au sein des renseignements camerounais, et qui travaillait, « jusqu'à l'éclatement de l'affaire Martinez Zogo, révèle Jeune Afrique, sous les ordres de Justin Danwe, le principal suspect dans l'assassinat du journaliste ».À ce stade, il ne s'agit que d'une piste explorée par la justice. Il n'empêche : conjuguée à l'imbroglio autour de Maxime Eko Eko et Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, cela fait beaucoup d'interrogations sur le rôle de la politique dans cette affaire. « L'hypothèse que des pressions aient été exercées sur la Justice n'est pas à exclure », considère ainsi Le Pays, qui n'a qu'une certitude : « Tout cela fait désordre. »Visite de Brice Oligui Nguema au CamerounLe général putschiste devenu président de la transition gabonaise a rencontré hier mercredi Paul Biya. « L'occasion, analyse le Journal du Cameroun, d'aborder les questions se rapportant au retour à la démocratie au Gabon »ainsi que « les sujets relatifs à la CEEAC », la communauté économique sous régionale dont le Gabon a été suspendu après le putsch de cet été. En somme : une simple « visite de raison », estime Le Pays, inscrite dans la droite ligne des déplacements précédents en Guinée équatoriale, au Congo, en RDC ou encore au Tchad. De manière plus lyrique, Cameroon Tribune se réjouit que « le président de la transition gabonaise vient sans doute puiser à la source de la sagesse » de Paul Biya.Outre ces considérations, c'est aussi l'occasion, salue L'Union, au Gabon, d' « injecter du sang neuf dans la relation » entre les deux pays, qui a pris du plomb dans l'aile lorsque Yaoundé a condamné le putsch de cet été contre Ali Bongo. Paul Biya a tout intérêt à « maintenir des liens d'amitié et de coopération » avec son voisin, dirigé par une nouvelle équipe, poursuit Le Pays ; tandis qu'il vaut mieux pour le Gabon « réchauffer » ses rapports avec les autres pays de la région. À l'issue de ce déplacement, ne restera plus qu'une visite de courtoisie à effectuer, en Angola.Le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères au RwandaL'objectif est de relancer l'accord sur l'immigration entre Londres et Kigali, qui prévoit que les demandeurs d'asile au Royaume-Uni soient expulsés vers le Rwanda. Ce texte, préparé depuis un an et demi, a été mis à l'arrêt par la justice britannique début novembre. Pas de quoi décourager les deux diplomaties : Le Monde Afrique explique que le nouveau texte « reprend dans les grandes lignes les termes de l'accord signé au printemps 2022, mais en entendant répondre aux objections de la Cour suprême ».La nouvelle version du traité, explique le New Times au Rwanda, « garantit que tout migrant envoyé au Rwanda pour demander l'asile n'a aucun risque d'être refoulé », c'est-à-dire envoyé vers un pays où leurs droits pourraient être menacés. Malgré ces efforts, pas certain que l'accord devienne opérationnel : « Même le gouvernement Sunak en doute », pointe Le Monde Afrique, et cherche donc à préparer un projet de loi pour « déclarer le Rwanda "sûr" au regard de l'asile, de manière à limiter au maximum les recours juridiques contre les » expulsions. Et ce malgré la levée de boucliers provoquée par ce texte du côté associatif…

In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History (1993) and New Times in Modern Japan (2004), and his most recent book is History Without Chronology (Lever Press, 2019) which we discuss here! The host, Sarah Kearns, was introduced to Tanaka's work at a Digital History and Theory Conference and became very interested in becoming a "mystic" of scholarly communications and how narrative and comic books could facilitate a different understanding of history and time. The 1884 project is here.  A bit about the book, which is available open access:  Although numerous disciplines recognize multiple ways of conceptualizing time, Stefan Tanaka argues that scholars still overwhelmingly operate on chronological and linear Newtonian or classical time that emerged during the Enlightenment. This short, approachable book implores the humanities and humanistic social sciences to actively embrace the richness of different times that are evident in non-modern societies and have become common in several scientific fields throughout the twentieth century. Tanaka first offers a history of chronology by showing how the social structures built on clocks and calendars gained material expression. Tanaka then proposes that we can move away from this chronology by considering how contemporary scientific understandings of time might be adapted to reconceive the present and pasts. This opens up a conversation that allows for the possibility of other ways to know about and re-present pasts. A multiplicity of times will help us broaden the historical horizon by embracing the heterogeneity of our lives and world via rethinking the complex interaction between stability, repetition, and change. This history without chronology also allows for incorporating the affordances of digital media. Sarah Kearns (@annotated_sci) reads about scholarship, the sciences, and philosophy, and is likely drinking mushroom tea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History (1993) and New Times in Modern Japan (2004), and his most recent book is History Without Chronology (Lever Press, 2019) which we discuss here! The host, Sarah Kearns, was introduced to Tanaka's work at a Digital History and Theory Conference and became very interested in becoming a "mystic" of scholarly communications and how narrative and comic books could facilitate a different understanding of history and time. The 1884 project is here.  A bit about the book, which is available open access:  Although numerous disciplines recognize multiple ways of conceptualizing time, Stefan Tanaka argues that scholars still overwhelmingly operate on chronological and linear Newtonian or classical time that emerged during the Enlightenment. This short, approachable book implores the humanities and humanistic social sciences to actively embrace the richness of different times that are evident in non-modern societies and have become common in several scientific fields throughout the twentieth century. Tanaka first offers a history of chronology by showing how the social structures built on clocks and calendars gained material expression. Tanaka then proposes that we can move away from this chronology by considering how contemporary scientific understandings of time might be adapted to reconceive the present and pasts. This opens up a conversation that allows for the possibility of other ways to know about and re-present pasts. A multiplicity of times will help us broaden the historical horizon by embracing the heterogeneity of our lives and world via rethinking the complex interaction between stability, repetition, and change. This history without chronology also allows for incorporating the affordances of digital media. Sarah Kearns (@annotated_sci) reads about scholarship, the sciences, and philosophy, and is likely drinking mushroom tea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History (1993) and New Times in Modern Japan (2004), and his most recent book is History Without Chronology (Lever Press, 2019) which we discuss here! The host, Sarah Kearns, was introduced to Tanaka's work at a Digital History and Theory Conference and became very interested in becoming a "mystic" of scholarly communications and how narrative and comic books could facilitate a different understanding of history and time. The 1884 project is here.  A bit about the book, which is available open access:  Although numerous disciplines recognize multiple ways of conceptualizing time, Stefan Tanaka argues that scholars still overwhelmingly operate on chronological and linear Newtonian or classical time that emerged during the Enlightenment. This short, approachable book implores the humanities and humanistic social sciences to actively embrace the richness of different times that are evident in non-modern societies and have become common in several scientific fields throughout the twentieth century. Tanaka first offers a history of chronology by showing how the social structures built on clocks and calendars gained material expression. Tanaka then proposes that we can move away from this chronology by considering how contemporary scientific understandings of time might be adapted to reconceive the present and pasts. This opens up a conversation that allows for the possibility of other ways to know about and re-present pasts. A multiplicity of times will help us broaden the historical horizon by embracing the heterogeneity of our lives and world via rethinking the complex interaction between stability, repetition, and change. This history without chronology also allows for incorporating the affordances of digital media. Sarah Kearns (@annotated_sci) reads about scholarship, the sciences, and philosophy, and is likely drinking mushroom tea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

In this interview, we talk with Stefan Tanaka, professor emeritus of UCSD and a specialist in modern Japanese history. He is author of two books on modern Japan, Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History (1993) and New Times in Modern Japan (2004), and his most recent book is History Without Chronology (Lever Press, 2019) which we discuss here! The host, Sarah Kearns, was introduced to Tanaka's work at a Digital History and Theory Conference and became very interested in becoming a "mystic" of scholarly communications and how narrative and comic books could facilitate a different understanding of history and time. The 1884 project is here.  A bit about the book, which is available open access:  Although numerous disciplines recognize multiple ways of conceptualizing time, Stefan Tanaka argues that scholars still overwhelmingly operate on chronological and linear Newtonian or classical time that emerged during the Enlightenment. This short, approachable book implores the humanities and humanistic social sciences to actively embrace the richness of different times that are evident in non-modern societies and have become common in several scientific fields throughout the twentieth century. Tanaka first offers a history of chronology by showing how the social structures built on clocks and calendars gained material expression. Tanaka then proposes that we can move away from this chronology by considering how contemporary scientific understandings of time might be adapted to reconceive the present and pasts. This opens up a conversation that allows for the possibility of other ways to know about and re-present pasts. A multiplicity of times will help us broaden the historical horizon by embracing the heterogeneity of our lives and world via rethinking the complex interaction between stability, repetition, and change. This history without chronology also allows for incorporating the affordances of digital media. Sarah Kearns (@annotated_sci) reads about scholarship, the sciences, and philosophy, and is likely drinking mushroom tea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

New Times named Boog Scambi as Best Sportscaster (We like Boog a lot). Rating party for the sales staff. Gabrielle Reece is behind the Beaded Curtain. POLL: What's your #1 complaint?

Stu Burguiere breaks down the newest bombshell polling from the New York Times that shows Donald Trump beating Joe Biden in key battleground states. Is the Left starting to feel the consequences of lining up behind a corrupt geriatric? Then, Blaze Media podcast host Daniel Horowitz joins to discuss the latest in the Israel-Hamas war and the disastrous management of our southern border. And European eco-terrorists up the ante in their war on art and culture; Stu takes you through the insane video and what it means. TODAY'S SPONSORS   LADDER Find out if you're instantly approved at http://www.LadderLife.com/STU   UPSIDE Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code STU to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas   UNDERTAC Get 20% off sitewide when you use offer code STU20 at http://www.Undertac.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed talks with columnist, writer and political commentator Michael Harriot. They talk about his latest New Times best seller, Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed history of America. The book looks at American History from A Black perspective and offers an unvarnished and sometimes funny and ironic look at the way American History has been told.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Although the scripture says there is nothing new under the sun. Many see things they have not seen before and this is because man and woman have not seen or experience every thing in their country or the entire world. 

Most people might remember Ned Colletti as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. But this most accomplished veteran was also a PR director and contract negotiator for the Chicago Cubs, Assistant General Manager of the San Francisco Giants, analyst on Dodgers' TV, New Times best selling author, instructor at Pepperdine university and oh, did I mention a scout for the San Jose Sharks? Yes, Colletti is one of a handful of people who have worked professionally in two sports. “First time in my life to think about ok, do I change a course, do I change a path?”Thanks to the consistent pestering from then GM Doug Wilson, a player he used to cheer for when Wilson was a stellar defenseman for the chicago Blackhawks in the 80s did Colletti finally said yes to.Ned Colletti remembers when Andre Dawson came to Cubs camp as a free agent in 1987 and he and his agent gave GM Dallas Green a chance to sign the great star to a blank check. “Dallas wasn't happy about it. He was being put on the spot.” But they signed Dawson to a $500,000 deal plus incentives and all he did was win the National League's most valuable player award for a last place team!Colletti also dealt with the notorious Barry Bonds. “ I found him to be one of the most interesting people I've ver been around. Very engaging when he wanted to be. There was a side of him the media never saw and he didn't care.”Colletti spends his time traveling, and a lot up and down the west coast and Las Vegas. Plus, there are his myriad classes he teaches at Pepperdine.”I wasn't a very good student in high school.” Years later….”I'm giving the commencement speech at Pepperdine!”Nearing 70, Colletti still loves what he does.”I'm on the back nine. I might be on 18, I might be on 17, I might be on 15 but I'm definitely on the back nine of life.”Considering what Colletti continues to accomplish, I'll select hole 15 and eventually meet him on the 19th!Hear his full story on the newest "Tell Me A Story I Don't Know" as part of the Last Word on Sports Media Podcast Feed. And, make sure that you are following/subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Google, Spreaker, Spotify, etc.!!Also stay engaed with the content at www.lastwordonsports.com/podcasts

Hola Amigas! Stephanie Vasquez is an Arizona State University graduate, Latina business leader, serial entrepreneur, and business coach. Stephanie's entrepreneurial journey boasts several achievements including developing her non-profit organization @‌azellaorg from concept to commercialization, fifteen years of business at Fair Trade Cafe, and advocating for the local Phoenix community. Her business success has earned her and her businesses recognition from Forbes, Los Suns, Cox, The New Times, Phoenix Business Journal, Phoenix Rising, City of Phoenix, Know Phoenix, and more. Stephanie has also taught and mentored with ASU as a part of ASU Prepped, a food entrepreneurial program. In this Episode we talk about: Growing a successful business and having a connected community Facing Business/Personal decision making Mindset Investing in personal development If today's episode resonated with you, please share your favorite takeaways by taking a screenshot of this episode and tagging us on Instagram! P.S. Want a chance to win a MM23 ticket? Register for my free masterclass, How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Take Massive Action, that's happening on Thursday, October 5th at 7:30pm CT/ 5:30pm PT. Register for the masterclass Here. Also, Join us for our biggest event of the year, Mujerón Movement 2023, on October 28th in Scottsdale, AZ! Save your seat HERE! We can't wait to celebrate with you in person! Connect with us! Follow Stephanie: Instagram: @stephanie_azftc @azellaorg @azmujeresmercado @amorcollectiveaz Follow Mujeron Movement: Instagram: @thesoniaalejandra @mujeronmovement

Most people might remember Ned Colletti as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. But this most accomplished veteran was also a PR director and contract negotiator for the Chicago Cubs, Assistant General Manager of the San Francisco Giants, analyst on Dodgers' TV, New Times best selling author, instructor at Pepperdine university and oh, did I mention a scout for the San Jose Sharks? Yes, Colletti is one of a handful of people who have worked professionally in two sports. “First time in my life to think about ok, do I change a course, do I change a path?”Thanks to the consistent pestering from then GM Doug Wilson, a player he used to cheer for when Wilson was a stellar defenseman for the chicago Blackhawks in the 80s did Colletti finally said yes to.Ned Colletti remembers when Andre Dawson came to Cubs camp as a free agent in 1987 and he and his agent gave GM Dallas Green a chance to sign the great star to a blank check. “Dallas wasn't happy about it. He was being put on the spot.” But they signed Dawson to a $500,000 deal plus incentives and all he did was win the National League's most valuable player award for a last place team!Colletti also dealt with the notorious Barry Bonds. “ I found him to be one of the most interesting people I've ver been around. Very engaging when he wanted to be. There was a side of him the media never saw and he didn't care.”Colletti spends his time traveling, and a lot up and down the west coast and Las Vegas. Plus, there are his myriad classes he teaches at Pepperdine.”I wasn't a very good student in high school.” Years later….”I'm giving the commencement speech at Pepperdine!”Nearing 70, Colletti still loves what he does.”I'm on the back nine. I might be on 18, I might be on 17, I might be on 15 but I'm definitely on the back nine of life.”Considering what Colletti continues to accomplish, I'll select hole 15 and eventually meet him on the 19th!Hear his full story on the newest "Tell Me A Story I Don't Know" as part of the Last Word on Sports Media Podcast Feed. And, make sure that you are following/subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Google, Spreaker, Spotify, etc.!!Also stay engaed with the content at www.lastwordonsports.com/podcasts

Bob Shrum is a platonic ideal of a guest for this podcast…someone who, as a teenager, met JFK at the 1960 Democratic Convention and decades later worked as a strategist for several presidential candidates, big city mayors, Governors, and Senators. In this conversation, we talk his early passion for politics, the fortuitous chance to get his foot in the door as a speechwriter for a NYC mayor, how he connected with Senator Ted Kennedy and helped write his famous '80 Convention Speech, and Bob's 3 decades as a leading Democratic admaker and strategist – plus his current role as Director of the USC Center for the Political Future. IN THIS EPISODEBob's early interest and passion for politics…Memories of meeting JFK as a teenage volunteer at the 1960 Democratic Convention…Bob gets a foot in the door as a speechwriter for NYC Mayor John Lindsay…Bob's take on what makes for a good speechwriter…How taking the wrong job diverted Bob from politics from several years…How Bob entered the political orbit of Senator Ted Kennedy…Bob talks his role helping write Senator Kennedy's most famous political speech from the 1980 Democratic convention…Bob on what a Reagan vs Kennedy race might have looked like…Bob talks some of his early consulting clients including Senators John Glenn and Barbara Mikulski…Bob's longtime relationship with British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair…Memories of presidential campaigns from Gephardt '88 to Gore '00 and Kerry '04…Bob talks hanging up his political spurs after the '04 campaign and his current role at the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California…Bob games out how he'd approach the 2024 election were he a Biden strategist… AND Bertie Ahern, Dick Aurelio, banging pots and pans, Ehud Barak, Don Beyer, Barbara Boxer, Brandeis University, Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, butterfly ballots, Pat Caddell, Camden Yards, carousing and hijinx, Jimmy Carter,  Bob Casey Sr, Bill Clinton, Alan Cranston, Culver City, Ron DeSantis, Tad Devine, David Doak, Mike Donilon, East Los Angeles Junior College, Esquire Magazine, feedback loops, Diane Feinstein, Tom Foley, Orville Freeman, Jim Gilmore, giving up the ghost, Richard Goodwin, Jeff Greenfield, Averill Harriman, Kamala Harris, Hubert Humphrey, the Lexington Market, Joe Lieberman, Abraham Lincoln, John Lindsay, Douglas MacArthur, Mac Mathias, Kevin McCarthy, George McGovern, mind's ear, Amber Miller, Walter Mondale, Tom Morgan, Adam Nagourney, New Times, Tip O'Neil, Carey Parker, Reince Priebus, robot rules, Chuck Robb, Pierre Salinger, John Sexton, Jeff Shesol, Sargent Shriver, Shrumalot, John Smith, Steve Smith, Adlai Stevenson, Bob Squier, Suite 9300, Laurence Tribe, Harry Truman, Tommy Tuberville, Mark Warner, Cornel West…& more!

Today's Flashback Friday is from episode 416 published last September 22 2014. Charles Goyette is the Host of "Ron Paul's America" radio show. He joins the podcast to give his dramatic solution to prevent the coming financial ruin. He believes the longstanding practice of crony capitalism strangles our economy. He thinks we need to reign in overseas spending and end American interventionism. He then explains whether it is fair for younger people to subsidize older people. New York Times bestselling author Charles Goyette spent many years as an award-winning and popular Phoenix radio personality. Admired for his "Fearless Talk Radio," Charles was named Best Phoenix Talk Show Host by the New Times. Because of his insistence on holding all poiticians - regardless of party - accountable to the same strict standards, Charles was widely known as “America's Most Independent Talk Show Host.” His years of experience as a financial professional have served his listeners well as he sounded the alarm about the mortgage bubble well in advance of the calamity and described the consequences of the governments reckless economic behavior in his clear, easy to understand manner.  Charles is no newcomer to the national economic debate. In fact, more than 25 years ago Charles arranged for a then little-known Texas Congressman named Ron Paul to be the keynote speaker at a series of monetary conferences he hosted. Goyette has often been called on to share his views with television audiences nationally on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, CNBC and Fox Business Channel, including on the Glenn Beck Show and The O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News; NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS; and on Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN, where he repeatedly warned before the current turmoil the "economic calamity the Republicans and Democrats" were creating. He has written for a number of magazines including The American Conservative and Gannett magazines, and for LewRockwell.com, CNBC.com, WorldNetDaily.com, and TheStreet.com.  Listen to "Ron Paul's America" at  www.ronpaulsamerica.info   Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

Ari Wallach is a futurist and the founder and Executive Director of Longpath Labs. He is the author of the book by HarperCollins, Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs. Wallach's TED talk on the Longpath mindset has been viewed 2.6 million times and translated into 21 languages. He has written for outlets like the BBC and Wired, hosted Fast Company magazine's “FactCo Futures with Ari Wallach,” and he has been featured in The New Times, CNBC, CNN, Vox, and more. He has served as an advisor to the US State Department, United Nations, and numerous organizations including the RacialEquity2030 Challenge, the Gettysburg Project, and Politico's Long Game Forum. More at www.longpath.orgIn this Episode, you will learn:What transgenerational empathy really is and why it's so important.How curiosity and creativity can help you to build a longpath mindset.The importance of healing your past in order to create a brighter future.How to visualize your future through mental time travel.For more, go to: lewishowes.com/1306The Future of Space Travel w/ Peter Diamandis: EP 1264The Surprising Secrets to Aging w/ David Sinclair: EP 1232Embrace the Future w/ Peter Diamandis: EP 881