Podcasts about Oktoberfest

Im Gasthaus "Zum tänzelnden Pony" (MIttelerde) solls vortreffliches Bier geben, in GTA könnt ihr Pißwasser picheln und in der Realität vielleicht ein fruchtig-trübes Hazy IPA. Talk mit Bierbrauer Andy Wohlsperger über Bier & Popkultur!

In dieser Radioreise nimmt Sie Alexander Tauscher mit auf die größte Insel der Ostsee. Freuen Sie sich auf eine Schweden-Idylle auf der Insel Gotland. Die Tour schlängelt sich entlang der Südwestküste über das Südkap und den Südosten in die Hauptstadt Visby. An Bord der MS Gotland zwischen Nynäshamn und Visby sind wir zu Gast auf der Kapitänsbrücke und sprechen mit dem Zweiten Offizier Sven Forslund über diese Ostsee-Passage. Unsere Zelten schlagen wir zunächst an einem verträumten Bodden nah am Naturschutzgebiet auf. Warfsholm versprüht einfach den Charme der feinen Gesellschaft jener Gründungsjahre. Die Gastgeber Arild und Victoria Kleven sprechen über eine Vogelschutz-Insel am Horizont und Sonnenuntergänge auf der Terrasse eines Hauses, dass 1899 gebaut wurde und in dem der Gründer die Gäste früher singend vom Turm des Hauses empfing. Am südlichsten Punkt Gotlands beschreibt Carl Schnell, Gastgeber im Majstre Restaurant, das Leben in einer Siedlung mit nicht mehr als 20 Bewohnern auf weiter Fläche. Unsere Reise führt uns weiter an die Südostküste zu besonderen Gesteinsformationen, den Rauken. Über Urlaub zwisdchen historischen Holzhäuschen und Ferienhäusern sprechen wir mit Johan Bergner, Betreiber der Ferienanlage Ljugarn Semesterby. Johan hat einen Kultort verpachtet, den wir ebenfalls besuchen. Bruna Dörren als ein gastronomisches und kulturelles Erlebnis stellt uns Zimon Willen vor und plaudert über die schwedische Art, das Münchner Oktoberfest zu feiern. Absolute Ruhe inmitten unberührter Natur hat in Havdhem Snauvalds die Eisenbildhauerin Elena Bergh Österdahl. Mit ihrer feligranen Arbeit schafft sie einen Ausgleich zu ihren Auftritten als Darstellerin bei Feuershows. Schließlich erreichen wir die Inselhauptstadt Visby. Der Kunstpädagoge Armin Scholle läuft mit uns durch die der schönsten Hansestädte, die die Substanz aus dem Mittelalter sehr gut erhalten konnte. In einem der historischen Gemäuer, im Hotel Helgeand, schlagen wir für eine Nacht unsere Zelte auf uns sprechen mit Gastgeberin Ulrika Wiklander über die Geschichte dieses Hauses. Was die Insel nördlich von Visby zu bieten hat, erklärt uns Erik Öhrn, der die Tourismus-Aktivitäten auf Gotland leitet. Und Adam Jacobsson von Destination Gotland erklärt, warum man als Urlauber am besten in der Nebensaison auf die Insel kommen sollte. Viel Spaß im Schweden-Urlaub! 

No Arauto Repórter UNISC de hoje, você confere:* Oktoberfest vai ter show internacional e promete novidades na arena de eventos* Tesouro da Colônia é a rainha da Festa das Cucas 2026* Hospital Santa Cruz implanta painel inteligente para monitoramento assistencial em tempo real* Em destaque na segurança pública: Carro invade pátio de casa em colisão com dois feridos em Santa Cruz

No Arauto Repórter UNISC de hoje, você confere:* Oktoberfest vai ter show internacional e promete novidades na arena de eventos* Tesouro da Colônia é a rainha da Festa das Cucas 2026* Hospital Santa Cruz implanta painel inteligente para monitoramento assistencial em tempo real* Em destaque na segurança pública: Carro invade pátio de casa em colisão com dois feridos em Santa Cruz

Fabio Costa de Borba, presidente da Assemp, esteve no programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre a parceria com a Imply para os shows nacionais da 41ª Oktoberfest de Santa Cruz.

Fabio Costa de Borba, presidente da Assemp, esteve no programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre a parceria com a Imply para os shows nacionais da 41ª Oktoberfest de Santa Cruz.

For over 30 years, Harold Neuweg has helped build one of South Florida's most beloved gathering spots through Fritz & Franz Bierhaus. From Oktoberfest celebrations to legendary World Cup watch parties that have brought thousands of fans together, Fritz & Franz has become a staple of the Coral Gables community. In this episode of the Stay Tranquilo Podcast, Harold shares the incredible story behind Fritz & Franz, how a small restaurant evolved into a South Florida institution, and why soccer has always been about bringing people together. We also discuss the recent controversy surrounding World Cup watch parties in Coral Gables, Harold's decision to withdraw his plaza application, his concerns about the future of community events, and why he's considering selling the iconic business after more than two decades in the same location.

Além do futebol, a Alemanha é conhecida pelos castelos históricos, pela Oktoberfest e pelas famosas montadoras de carros. E toda essa tradição cultural também se mistura ao esporte.

On this edition of GFA Live, Peter and Keithie talk about WWF Saturday Night's Main Event from October 13, 1990! (and some other stuff, of course!) Topics of discussion include: * WWF superstars do Oktoberfest, with sausage stuffing jokes * A brief glimpse behind the scenes of production * The return of old drops! * Dustin Rhodes shows up, and gets color on network TV(!) * What happened to muscial rights in 1990 WWF? * A random discussion of Michael Wallstreet * A disjointed Kerry Von Erich match? In this economy?

„Wir haben die Konferenz gebaut, die wir selbst als Gründer immer vermisst haben.“ In dieser Episode von Behind the C spricht Franz Kubbillum mit Bernd Storm van's Gravesande, Mitgründer und Geschäftsführer von Bits & Pretzels. Das Münchner Event hat sich von einem Weißwurstfrühstück mit 70 Gründer:innen im Hofbräuhaus zu einer der führenden Startup-Konferenzen Europas entwickelt: drei Tage Messeprogramm, rund 7.500 Teilnehmende aus 60–70 Ländern, kuratierte Formate für Gründer:innen, Investor:innen, Corporates und Politik – gekrönt vom „Liquid Networking“ im Festzelt auf dem Oktoberfest. Neben klassischen Bühnen und Ausstellungsflächen gehören Table-Captains, Side-Events in der ganzen Stadt und Formate wie der CIO AI Summit zum Konzept, das Business-Relevanz mit bayerischer Oktoberfest-Experience verbindet. Storm van's Gravesande zeichnet seinen Weg von der WU Wien über Beratung und Konzernstrategie in München bis hin zu mehreren Gründungen nach: vom gescheiterten Social-Search-Startup über das gebootstrappte Verbraucherportal Aboalarm bis zum Aufbau von Bits & Pretzels als eigenständigem Business mit einem 20-köpfigen Team. Er spricht darüber, wie Bootstrapping, Nahtoderfahrungen und hartnäckige Speaker-Akquise (bis hin zu Barack Obama und Arnold Schwarzenegger) sein Verständnis von Unternehmertum geprägt haben – und warum physische Events, persönliche Begegnungen und Owned Media selbst in einer KI-getriebenen Zukunft für ihn unverzichtbar bleiben. Weitere Fragen und Themen, die in dieser Episode besprochen werden, sind: - Wie wurde aus einem zweistündigen Gründerfrühstück im Hofbräuhaus ein internationales Festival mit Tausenden Teilnehmenden – und welche Rolle spielen Oktoberfest, kuratiertes Networking und prominente Speaker für das Format? - Was hat Bernd aus seinem ersten gescheiterten Startup und zehn Jahren Bootstrapping mit Aboalarm über Produkt-Markt-Fit, Kapitaldisziplin und Ausdauer gelernt – und wie fließt das heute in Bits & Pretzels ein? - Wie blickt er auf die Zukunft der Gründerszene zwischen Deep Tech, KI, Robotik und demografischem Wandel – und warum sieht er gerade darin neue Chancen für Gründer:innen und hochwertige physische Events? Themen: - C-level - Networking - Start-Up ----- Über Atreus – A Heidrick & Struggles Company Atreus garantiert die perfekte Interim-Ressource (m/w/d) für Missionen, die nur eine einzige Option erlauben: nachhaltigen Erfolg! Unser globales Netzwerk aus erfahrenen Managern auf Zeit zählt weltweit zu den besten. In engem Schulterschluss mit den Atreus Direktoren setzen unsere Interim Manager vor Ort Kräfte frei, die Ihr Unternehmen zukunftssicher auf das nächste Level katapultieren. ▶️ Besuchen Sie unsere Website: https://www.atreus.de/ ▶️ Interim Management: https://www.atreus.de/kompetenzen/service/interim-management/ ▶️ Für Interim Manager: https://www.atreus.de/interim-manager/ ▶️ LinkedIn-Profil von Dr. Bernd Storm van's Gravesande: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernd-storm/ ▶️ Profil von Franz Kubbillum: https://www.atreus.de/team/franz-kubbillum/

Sérgio Reis, representante do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais de Santa Cruz e Região, esteve no programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre a mobilização em defesa dos fumicultores, marcada para o dia 25 de maio em frente ao Parque da Oktoberfest.

Sérgio Reis, representante do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais de Santa Cruz e Região, esteve no programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre a mobilização em defesa dos fumicultores, marcada para o dia 25 de maio em frente ao Parque da Oktoberfest.

What happens when Julia doesn't show up on Tuesday? The guys make due the best they can. They even recruit Chris to join the chaos! Yes, the one and only Chris from The Weekly Pint himself is part of episode 250. Will he remain a fan of either TBP or The Gnome after this experience? Only time will tell. Did they drink beer? Probably. Did they talk about content? Also probably. Was it Cincinnati-based craft beer content and content creators? Remains to be seen. A few things they DID talk about are :  Cheese is awesome. The Cincy Brew Dads drinking a lot of Coronas. The Weekly Pint starting ALMOST on time. Marco's chest hair and lactating booze. Umbrella-ella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh-ing all the Gnome's podcasts under one feed. Bret and Mike avoiding the Tilray black hole but Gnome filled everyone in. Did "Ice" beer ever really go away? Wanting more booze in the news. The Brewery Underground Podcast was NOT underground, which was incredibly disappointing and very un-mole-like. Nashville has places that have beer...like that one place...and that one other place. If you don't know the Cincy Brew Dads, the Brewery Underground Podcast did a great job of introducing them. Oktoberfest and cigar thoughts. Not sharing the hullaballoo. Celebrate the Cincy Brew Dads' 1 year Content-iversary at Third Eye Sharonville on July 11 from 4-8PM! Breaking News Music by BreakzStudios on Pixabay : https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/musical-breaking-news-intro-logo-2-314321/ ----- This episode covers the following shows : The Weekly Pint - Ep 313 - It's Officially Warm Weather Drinking Season! Cincy Brew Dads - Styles Clash Especial - Mexican Lagers - Ep 7 Barstool Perspective - 5-8-2026 Brewery Underground Podcast - Ep 125 - Cincy Brew Dads - Porch Beers, Brewery Reviews and Cincinnati Craft Beers ----- What we drank :  Rhinegeist - Cincy Light - Watermelon Sea Salt - Light Lager Masthead - IPA - IPA MadTree - Galaxy High - Imperial IPA Fat Head's - Head Hunter - IPA Toppling Goliath - Citrus Sue - Blonde Ale w/ Oranges ----- Episode recorded on 5/12/2026 at our amazing podcast host, Higher Gravity Summit Park! https://highergravitycrafthaus.com/ Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Truth, Beer, and Podsequences are those of the participants alone and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of any entities they may represent. ------  Links to everything at http://truthbeerpod.com/ or https://truthbeerpod.podbean.com/ Find us on all the social medias @ TruthBeerPod Email us at TruthBeerPod@gmail.com Subscribe, like, review, and share! Find all of our episodes on your favorite Podcast platform or https://www.youtube.com/@TruthBeerPod ! Buy us a pint!  If you'd like to support the show, you can do by clicking the "One-Time Donation" link at http://truthbeerpod.com ! If you want exclusive content, check out our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/TruthBeerPod If you'd like to be a show sponsor or even just a segment sponsor, let us know via email or hit us up on social media! ----- We want you to continue to be around to listen to all of our episodes.  If you're struggling, please reach out to a friend, family member, co-worker, or mental health professional.  If you don't feel comfortable talking to someone you know, please use one of the below resources to talk to someone who wants you around just as much as we do.   Call or Text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Chat with someone at 988lifeline.org http://www.988lifeline.org ----- Our Intro, Outro, and most of the "within the episode" music was provided by Gnome Creative. Check out www.GnomeCreative.com for all your audio, video, and imagery needs! @gnome__creative on Instagram @TheGnarlyGnome on Twitter https://thegnarlygnome.com/support http://gnomecreative.com http://instagram.com/gnome__creative http://www.twitter.com/TheGnarlyGnome

No Arauto Repórter UNISC de hoje, você confere:* Santa Cruz divulga lista de inscritos para casas do Loteamento Santa Maria II* Evento tradicionalista reúne grandes nomes da música gaúcha amanhã em Santa Cruz* Soberanas da 41ª Oktoberfest vão ser conhecidas no próximo domingo* Em destaque na segurança pública: Mulher é encontrada morta dentro de residência em Santa Cruz; e Justiça manda soltar apontada como nova chefe do tráfico no Bom Jesus

No Arauto Repórter UNISC de hoje, você confere:* Santa Cruz divulga lista de inscritos para casas do Loteamento Santa Maria II* Evento tradicionalista reúne grandes nomes da música gaúcha amanhã em Santa Cruz* Soberanas da 41ª Oktoberfest vão ser conhecidas no próximo domingo* Em destaque na segurança pública: Mulher é encontrada morta dentro de residência em Santa Cruz; e Justiça manda soltar apontada como nova chefe do tráfico no Bom Jesus

Oliver Winter hat im Jahr 2000 mit einem Haus klein angefangen, heute ist a&o Hostels mit 32.000 Betten und über 6 Millionen Übernachtungen einer der größten europäischen Hostelplayer. Mit Michél hat der Gründer und CEO Oliver darüber gesprochen, wie er das Business groß gemacht hat, welche Rolle Private Equity damit spielt und wie sich eine Shoppingtour für 500 Millionen Euro anfühlt. __________________________________________________ Der DIGITALWERK Startup Month ist auch 2026 wieder zurück! Ihr seid ein Start Up aus den Bereichen Bau, Immobilie, Handwerk, Energie oder Mobilität, habt eine coole Story und eine/n spannende/n CEO? Dann habt ihr die Chance, eine Podcastfogle mit Michél aufzunehmen. Die wichtigsten Infos zum Bewerben findet ihr hier: https://www.digitalwerk.io/podcast/startupmonth  _____________________________________ Die Themen des DIGITALWERK-Podcast mit Oliver Winter im Überblick: 00:00 – Darum geht's in der Folge 02:03 – Vom Lehramt zur 6-monatigen Weltreise 05:40 – Die Geburtsstunde der Hostel-Idee in Neuseeland 08:15 – Der erste Getränkemarkt und das "Nein" des Mentors 11:36 – Startkapital: Wie man 100% Funding verhandelt 16:04 – Warum A&O die eigenen Immobilien besitzen will 20:43 – Baugenehmigungen: Deutschland vs. 8 Jahre Warten in Spanien 32:22 – Der 500 Mio. € Turbo: Private Equity Einstieg 51:32 – Der "Schwarzbau"-Skandal beim Oktoberfest in München 01:13:08 – Das Geheimnis hinter dem Namen A&O  

Juliana Duré e Rodrigo Hillesheim participaram do programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre o início da 11ª Construarte de Santa Cruz, que ocorre no Parque da Oktoberfest.

Juliana Duré e Rodrigo Hillesheim participaram do programa Direto ao Ponto para falar sobre o início da 11ª Construarte de Santa Cruz, que ocorre no Parque da Oktoberfest.

Stop by Southridge Brewing! They're celebrating their 1 year anniversary in June! Recording on Cinco de Mayo brings out a little extra chaos, especially when we have the one and only Alex Rhinehart from Southridge Brewery joining us! We became his new marketing team, much to his dismay, and he joined us in talking about all things Cincy Brew Dads before he headed North to regain some sanity and peace and quiet. Much discussion-ery was had on Tuesday about all manner of things such as:  What makes beers Mexican, or at least what makes a Mexican lager Mexican. The languages our beer hearts speak. Qualities to look for in food. Maxing out the clicker. Mike and Marco need to have an impression showdown. Mike hates and dislikes a LOT of things, especially when he's flying solo. Nothing good happens after 2AM. A Tilray stock price update. Talking a little about Fred Rogers, the best human ever. Gnome finally felt like a dragon. Planning to record on train tracks. Did Gnome have the best Oktoberfest he's ever had? We go over the difference between a beer aging and holding up well. Almost all spontaneous human combustion events can be tied to consuming Bacardi 151. Some local brewery news. ----- This episode covers the following shows : The Weekly Pint - Ep 312 - Pa-Rum-Pa-Rum-Rum Barstool Perspective - 5/1/2026 Cincy Brew Dads - Narrow Path - Irish Dragons and Majestic Wood - From The Tap Ep 21, Pt 2 ----- What we drank :  Margaritassssss Streetside - Cerveza Especial - Mexican Style Lager Rhinegeist - (Mexican) Cincy Light - Light Lager Third Eye - (Mexican) Hop Shockra - West Coast IPA Masthead - (Mexican) IPA - IPA Masthead - ¡Sí Cerveza! - Maxican Style Lager ----- Episode recorded on 5/5/2026 at our amazing podcast host, Higher Gravity Summit Park! https://highergravitycrafthaus.com/ Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Truth, Beer, and Podsequences are those of the participants alone and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of any entities they may represent. ------  Links to everything at http://truthbeerpod.com/ or https://truthbeerpod.podbean.com/ Find us on all the social medias @ TruthBeerPod Email us at TruthBeerPod@gmail.com Subscribe, like, review, and share! Find all of our episodes on your favorite Podcast platform or https://www.youtube.com/@TruthBeerPod ! Buy us a pint!  If you'd like to support the show, you can do by clicking the "One-Time Donation" link at http://truthbeerpod.com ! If you want exclusive content, check out our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/TruthBeerPod If you'd like to be a show sponsor or even just a segment sponsor, let us know via email or hit us up on social media! ----- We want you to continue to be around to listen to all of our episodes.  If you're struggling, please reach out to a friend, family member, co-worker, or mental health professional.  If you don't feel comfortable talking to someone you know, please use one of the below resources to talk to someone who wants you around just as much as we do.   Call or Text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Chat with someone at 988lifeline.org http://www.988lifeline.org ----- Our Intro, Outro, and most of the "within the episode" music was provided by Gnome Creative. Check out www.GnomeCreative.com for all your audio, video, and imagery needs! @gnome__creative on Instagram @TheGnarlyGnome on Twitter https://thegnarlygnome.com/support http://gnomecreative.com http://instagram.com/gnome__creative http://www.twitter.com/TheGnarlyGnome

Send us Fan MailYour kids will teach you leadership faster than any book, if you let them. I sit down with Tom Mitchell, a coach, author, and performance psychologist who has spent decades helping athletes and leaders master the inner game, and we keep the spotlight where it belongs: on Tom as a husband and dad. We start with gratitude and what “success” looks like at home, from healthy adult children to the simple joy of being present for recovery, routines, and the moments you never want to take for granted. Tom takes us back to the beginning, including an Oktoberfest story that is equal parts hilarious and honest, and then into the day-to-day choices that helped his two daughters grow into professional performers. We talk parenting values, discipline, and boundaries that protect confidence: limiting negative media, building structure around training, and showing up for the early mornings and long seasons. Along the way, Tom's childhood stories about loyalty, work ethic, and a family that traveled any distance to support a game add depth to what it means to lead with steadiness. The conversation turns into a powerful sports psychology and mindset coaching lesson when Tom shares how his father's heart attack pushed him into depression and a lifelong search for meaning. That journey shaped his work in leadership development and his latest book, Embrace Your Inner Coach, a message that lands for dads, even if it was not written only for dads: stop outsourcing your strength, trust your inner voice, and pay attention to what your kids reveal about you.  You can also check other books that Tom wrote with famous pro athletes, Chris Mullin and Joe Montana!If you're into fatherhood, parenting, leadership, resilience, and the mental side of performance, this one sticks. Subscribe, share this with a dad who's trying to lead well, and leave a review with the value you most want to pass on to your kids.Support the showPlease don't forget to leave us a review wherever you consume your podcasts!  Please help us get more dads to listen weekly and become the ultimate leader of their homes! 

Se celebra entre el 8 y el 10 de mayo en la Plaza de Toros. Del programa previsto hemos hablado con su organizador Ángel Luis Ruiz Serrano. 

Byrådet snur og vil ikke ha oktoberfest på Festplassen, The Devil Wears Prada er tilbake på kino og unge folk skriver protestsanger.

A young professional steps into leadership faster than expected and learns what really drives success. In this conversation, I sit down with Dana Prenger, a rising marketing manager at SmartSolve, who shares how growing up in a small town, competing in sports, and navigating college shaped her mindset around drive, resilience, and growth. You will hear how she turned uncertainty into clarity through programs like Life Design, how early career risks helped her step into leadership, and why she believes failure is simply a learning moment. We also explore SmartSolve's mission to create water-soluble packaging and reduce waste, showing how purpose-driven work can fuel motivation. This episode is a reminder that progress comes from consistent effort, not one defining moment, and that your mindset will shape how far you go. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how stepping into new opportunities before feeling ready builds real confidence 06:02 Learn how sports shape discipline, time management, and long-term success habits 10:00 Understand how exploring different paths helps you find the right career direction 20:00 See how real-world internships can define and accelerate your career path 34:36 Discover how early sales experience builds resilience and confidence under pressure 51:39 Learn how reframing failure as a learning opportunity changes how you grow and move forward Bottom of Form About the Guest: Dana Prenger is a Marketing Manager at SmartSolve, a zero-waste packaging technology company with a bold mission to make packaging no longer trash. In her mid-20s, Dana has quickly built a career in B2B marketing, contributing across content creation, social media, email campaigns, event marketing, video projects, website management, and brand storytelling. As SmartSolve celebrates its 10-year anniversary, she is grateful for the opportunity to wear many hats and help bring an innovative, sustainability-driven vision to life. She grew up in a small town in Ohio, where she learned the value of hard work, teamwork, and community. A three-sport athlete in high school, Dana was a member of the 2019 Ohio state basketball team and graduated as her class Salutatorian—experiences that shaped her competitive mindset and leadership style long before her professional career began. Dana earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing from Bowling Green State University. During her time at BGSU, she was a Dean's Scholar, recipient of the Women in Business Leadership Scholarship, and an active member of the American Marketing Association. She was selected for the inaugural Ohio Export Internship Program, where she was matched with SmartSolve—an experience that ultimately launched her career with the company. Driven by curiosity and connection, Dana thrives in fast-paced environments where creativity meets strategy and marketing feels intentional and human. Outside of work, she loves to travel and has visited more than ten countries and counting. She is motivated by meaningful work, strong relationships, and conversations around marketing, sustainability, packaging innovation, and career growth. Ways to connect with Dana: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-prenger/ SmartSolve website: https://smartsolve.com/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:04 What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe Welcome to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. I'm your host. Michael hingson, speaker, author and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head on and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear, together, we focus on mindset resilience and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hello everyone, and welcome once again to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I'm really excited to be here today. We've been waiting for this one for a while, and I'm glad we were finally able to do it. I found Dana Prenger online, and her boss and she decided to come on, and then we'll have to get her boss on, because then we want to find out the real truth about Dana. Dana Prenger  01:28 Yes, thanks, Michael, thanks. Michael Hingson  01:31 I'm such a big help, right? But Dana, Dana Prenger  01:35 I was debating on joining. I was like, we should have John, the president of smart solve, share about our story first, and I didn't feel worthy enough to share my story right away, but Michael was very reassuring, and it's like you got this let's give it a go. Michael Hingson  01:48 Yeah, you can tell us a little about smart solve. It's not going to affect having John on because he'll tell more of the story, and he'll tell it from his point of view. So I'm not too worried about that? Well, Dana. Dana is a marketing person. She graduated from Bowling Green State University. I didn't know it was a state university, Dana Prenger  02:10 yep, BGSU. A lot of people get confused with Bowling Green. They think of Kentucky, but northern Ohio, yeah, nice College in town. Oh, cool. Is it? How large is it? Pretty big. It's a d1 school. Michael Hingson  02:25 When I went to UC Irvine, out here in California, one of the reasons I went was that it was a small school. It was actually a new school. The year I was a freshman, was the first year they actually had a graduating class at UC Irvine, there were, like about 2500 2600 students. They had their first graduating class, and I went and visited it in 19, excuse me, in 2024 because when I left, they were just getting ready to start a phi, beta, Kappa chapter, and it was too late for me to become a member. And in 2023 the there was a, there's a magazine that generally is all about Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society. And they discovered me, and they wanted to do an interview. And during the interview, as I love to put it, I shot off my mouth and said that, in fact, I was was going to the school when they were forming the phi, beta, Kappa chapter, but it was too late for me to join, because I was leaving. And one of the people who read that story was a physics professor who came to UC Irvine, basically the year I left, and she is still there. She's still a professor. And she called me and she said, I am the historian for the local mu chapter of Phi Beta, kappa, and we want you to come back and become an honorary member of Phi two. Well, a member of, I guess it'd be an honorary it's not an honorary member. I'm actually a member, but it's of later on, not at the time being a student. So anyway, I went back down and there are 32,000 undergrads at that campus. Now it's crazy. Dana Prenger  04:16 Wow. So cool to see the growth. Michael Hingson  04:18 Of course, UC Irvine or UCI, as they love to say. UCI actually stands for under construction indefinitely, because they're always building something there. Dana Prenger  04:30 It's crazy. Yeah, yeah. BGSU has around 4000 students, so it's cool that it's a big enough college, but they had really great professors and instructors where you didn't feel like just a number there, you got to know people by name. I was involved, yeah, and a lot of different student groups. One of the programs that was really cool was being a life design student ambassador. Michael Hingson  04:53 Ah, well, we'll have to talk about that. But I like, I like the size 4000 is plenty low. Large that's pretty cool. Well, tell us a little bit about you, the the the early Dana, growing up and all that. Where did you grow up? And tell us about some of that. Dana Prenger  05:10 Yeah, of course. I grew up in a small town, Minster, Ohio, so that town's a lot smaller than, Bg, about a square mile. Very good community. A lot of my family's from there. My mom's a school teacher at the school. So very great place to grow up, good traditions, and it's still close to Bowling Green, so it's an hour and a half drive away, so I still go home quite frequently and visit family and friends. Michael Hingson  05:36 So you went you went to school. What time were you Where did you come from? Where were you born? Dana Prenger  05:43 Yeah, born in a local hospital, right near Minster, Minster, Minster, Ohio. We have a lot of German heritage. We do a big Oktoberfest festival every year, which draws a lot of people to it. But besides that, a lot of corn fields. Grandpa's a farmer family. Michael Hingson  06:01 So are you a beer drinker? Dana Prenger  06:05 Yes, I am. I Michael Hingson  06:07 never did like the taste of beer, but that's okay. I did take three years of high school German, so maybe that counts for something. Yeah, there you go. Well, so you, you, you went to school. There you went to high school and all that, and then you decided to go to Bowling Green, huh? Dana Prenger  06:26 Yep, and that's the thing I liked about being in this from a small town, you got to do a lot of things. I was very much a multi tasker, or tried to be well rounded as I could be So, doing school, different clubs, sports. I was a three sport athlete, doing volleyball, basketball and track. So coming to BG, it was fun. I did like an intramural volleyball league. And, yeah, I chose BG. A lot of people, kind of from our area, went there. After being on campus, it did feel kind of like a second version of home. Michael Hingson  06:59 So Wow. So three sports, that's that's pretty cool. That kept you busy. Dana Prenger  07:05 Thanks, yes. And I graduated minster in 2021 so I'm not sure if you, I might be your youngest podcast guest you've had on, Michael. You might Michael Hingson  07:15 be well. You clearly have done well. So you graduated from school in minster in 2021 Dana Prenger  07:22 Yeah, I was born in 2000 to June of 2002 so yeah, nine months after 911 911 Michael Hingson  07:30 so for you, though you were at Bowling Green State four years, Dana Prenger  07:37 three years. Oh, you graduated a year early Michael Hingson  07:40 for you. Now, when you graduated, you were what second in your class? Dana Prenger  07:50 Yep, from Minster. Yep, I was a salutatorian, so had to give a speech at my high school graduation ceremony, Michael Hingson  07:57 and so, so what did you talk about as a as a speaker, as a salutatorian? Dana Prenger  08:05 I shared a story and equated kind of the grade schools reflecting on memories as a clock. So I was like, as the clock strikes one, and I would throw in a funny little memory from first grade to second to third, kind of going around until it was clock striking 12 as we're about to graduate. Michael Hingson  08:23 There you go. So you you had some experience at public speaking? Do you still do public speaking today? Dana Prenger  08:30 I've joined a few podcasts before, but being in marketing too, when students come or groups visit, smart solve, I'll do some speaking there, but not near as much speaking engagements or experience that you have well. Michael Hingson  08:48 So you, you went right into Bowling Green, and you decided right up front you were going to do marketing. Or what did you major in at first? Or did you always stick to one? Dana Prenger  08:59 I was debating between two things. So yeah, I liked marketing, like the business element. I had an older brother who went to BGSU as well. He was in the College of Business. But I also liked design. And in high school, I was on the yearbook committee. So I liked to take pictures, like to design the pages. So I tried out a few different classes before officially declaring my major. VCT is the program visual communication technology. I took a few classes in that but ultimately, after my first year, decided to go on with business and marketing as my specialization. Michael Hingson  09:37 Well. But even so, VCT is, in a sense, related to marketing, although I understand it's a specialty as well, correct? Dana Prenger  09:48 Yep, very much related into it work hand in hand. I'm actually hiring for a digital content coordinator right now, so it's cool to have somebody that I'm looking for. With more of that specialized experience Michael Hingson  10:04 and and are we looking at people from Bowling Green? Dana Prenger  10:08 Yep, it's a in person position. So looking at people around the area or willing to commute? Michael Hingson  10:15 Yeah, because otherwise, bringing somebody in from out of state or from a long way away, and paying moving expenses and all that. That's a bigger challenge. Dana Prenger  10:25 Yeah, and one of the things I was involved at at BGSU that I really loved this program, it was a new program they were implementing called Life Design. So basically, it's based off of the book and research that the Stanford Bill Burnett and Dave Evans did, designing your life, but basically saying that a lot of students come and come to college and don't know their major and are undecided and trying to figure out classes. So it's just a way to build community along the way, and it's a class for first year students to help them prototype different pathways and different avenues for their life. Michael Hingson  11:05 And so do they get a chance to look at different kinds of curriculum, different disciplines and so on? Dana Prenger  11:11 Yep, different curriculum, different careers, thinking, planning out your years. If you would go in this major, join this major, do this club, basically just getting people to think outside of the box, and prototype is a big word that they used in design different pathways that work for you. How's that working? Yeah, it was really great program. I was one of the first people to come as a freshman, to have that class, and then the class evolved and grew. My second year at BG, when I became the life design ambassador, I joined the class and was helping the first year students out, and the program continued to grow, continued to grow. We actually had a new building dedication, Jeffrey, Jeff and Jan, rad, Bill center for life design, so I got to be a part of the whole new building opening, grand ribbon cutting ceremony. And just cool to see something build up. Michael Hingson  12:10 Is it still going on? Dana Prenger  12:12 Yeah, still going on. And it's a big kind of differentiator of what BGSU has compared to other colleges across Yes, Michael Hingson  12:20 I can imagine that is pretty unique, but it really sounds like a great tool, because I think a lot of people aren't necessarily as ready, and I don't know whether as ready as is the right way to put it, but as ready to make a commitment as to what major or maybe this Is that people want to really look at options before they make a decision. But either way, it's great to have that kind of a program, Dana Prenger  12:47 and being a student ambassador just helped students get adjusted. Like this is the first time a lot of kids are living off on their own, and so just being there as a reference and resource for them some things they don't feel comfortable asking a professor even just about living in a dorm or college life. I was there for a group of students. Michael Hingson  13:08 Yeah, well, I remember going down to UC Irvine and starting and I didn't know a lot about a lot of the different things that would go on. But for us back in the day, as it were, you were just kind of thrust into it and you you could learn it and but again, I think that's one of the reasons I really liked the fact that it was a fairly small college or university at the time, and I remember I was put in the dorm with all of The athletes for the campus not being an athlete, but they had World Champion water polo team and other things like that. And people would occasionally pray play pranks on me, until the day came when I got to play a prank on them. Gained a lot of respect for that. So I was pretty cool. Dana Prenger  14:00 Are you going to share the prank or keep it a secret? Michael Hingson  14:03 Well, what happened was my my guide dog, my first guide dog, Squire, who's a golden retriever with a wicked sense of humor. Squire was in my room and I was next door with another freshman. We were trying to solve a physics problem. My master's is in physics. I went back into my room and there was no squire. Well, it turns out that they had stolen squire, and they hid him and and I kind of figured that part out, but I went through the dorm looking and of course, everybody was snickering and watching me. I went into the restroom and called him, and he didn't respond. He you know, I didn't hear him anywhere. I even opened the showers, and there was no response. And finally, one of the students who had seen all this happen came over and he said, Look, Squire is in the shower. Or and we went in and opened the door, and Squire comes right out, bouncing and having a good old time, having put it all over on me, as it were. But what we did was they didn't, you know, most all the students weren't paying attention to the fact that this guy was showing me where Squire was. We hit squire again, and I went out and got really ticked, saying, What did you guys do with my dog? I'm sure you took the dog, and everybody was laughing, always in the shower, and they went in the shower, and there's no dog because we hit him elsewhere. So, you know, we got back at him. It was kind of fun. And Squire made no noise when I was looking for him, what a horrible sense of humor. Dana Prenger  15:44 Golden Retrievers are great dogs. Michael Hingson  15:46 They are. Well, it was fun. I mean, you know, it was all in it was all in good fun, but still not the best thing to do to a guide dog. But that's okay. But the the jocks were, were were, were the major players of the campus. Actually, there's a great story. Every room had a phone in the dorm. And so in one of the women's dorms, one day, one of the women started getting some obscene phone calls from somebody, and she told her boyfriend about it, who was one of the jocks, and they, one day, they they told her, if you get him on the phone, this guy calls back, try to keep him on the phone and get somebody to let us know. And they, when this guy called, One day, she got word to her, her boyfriend, and all of the other jocks. They went through the entire phone book on campus in 10 minutes, dialing every number. Found three numbers that were busy, two of which were clearly not the right ones, because they were offices and all that. And so there was this one, and they all went over, knocked on this guy's door. Can you imagine all these big water polo and football players and all that went over and knocked on his door and they said, Hang up the phone and don't you ever do it again. It was great. I mean, teamwork, what? What teamwork? So, you know, they were all pretty neat guys. I gotta Dana Prenger  17:19 say, Yeah, being part of a team is just so good, and for building your character, like growing up being on basketball team, volleyball team, my basketball team actually made it to state in the year 2019, so you really do form a nice bond with them. And even now, as I'm in a different phase of life, your work, team, workplace, just really important, Michael Hingson  17:47 just really important too. Yeah. Well, if you were to describe your hometown with one word or whatever, how would you describe it? Dana Prenger  17:55 Ooh, that's a good one. I would say tradition, just because we do have so many traditions that bring the community together, or minster school motto is tradition of excellence. So that's what I would use. Michael Hingson  18:09 So that's pretty cool, though. But you had, you've had parents who who honored you, but who also, I'm sure, did a lot to teach you things and and help you grow up in the right way. Dana Prenger  18:26 Yes, yeah, a lot of thanks to both my parents, yeah, Mark and Jody. And then I had two siblings, two brothers, siblings and one sister. So family of six, wow, the second oldest, so I had older brother kind of paving the way me younger sister, and then a younger brother, who's a senior right now, and he's debating on where to go for college, and I think he's also going to be going to BGSU Michael Hingson  18:56 well, and I'll bet Older brother especially made sure that sister was treated well, Yep, yeah, brothers do that, right, what? That was fair. That's okay. Well, so you, you worked pretty hard at it all and, and, and had a lot of fun. So tell me more about your your whole time at college, getting marketing degrees and and what all that was like, and then how you ended up going to work and going to work for somebody close by. That must have been a joy. Dana Prenger  19:34 Yeah. So yeah, I loved marketing. And as I said, VCT, I was considering that, and I could have graduated like I did in three years with just marketing, or I could have stayed longer and did an international business specialization. I love traveling. I've been to 10 plus countries, and yeah, thought about doing a study abroad because that older brother of mine, he did do a study abroad in Strasbourg. Of France, and loved it, but instead, I came across this program called the Ohio export internship program. So basically, it's a program designed for small to mid size companies in the state of Ohio, and the state helps them out by going through the whole interview process for candidate, all the screening, teaching them adequate coursework, and then they'll pay for half of the interns wages for the summer. So in the spring, I did a three credit hour course. Had a group of 20 students in my cohort, and then all different colleges in the state of Ohio participated in this too. But then I could have been matched up with the business anywhere in the state of Ohio for my summer internship, summer of 2023 and I just so happened to get matched up with smart solve and that's how I came to know about them Michael Hingson  20:57 cool well, so having been a three sport person and all that. What do you find today from all of your sports experiences that helps you in your career and and how is that all stuck with you? Dana Prenger  21:15 Yeah, definitely the hard work and the grit and drive being able to focus your energy and really go when you have to go, yeah and yeah, managing your time effectively, like when I was in sports, you still had school, you still had other things you had to do in the evening. So being able to manage your time and get a lot of things done. Michael Hingson  21:42 So you you learned a lot about time management, having to juggle three sports and everything else that you were doing. And so how did all that work when you got to Bowling Green, though, did you? Did you have as many different kinds of activities you weren't doing three sports at Bowling Green, I presume? Yeah, no Dana Prenger  22:01 less sports and more trying to focus the academics and, like I said, what I wanted to do with my life. So, yeah, I spent a lot of time being the ambassador for life design. Still did sports just for enjoyment, fun. I did an intramural volleyball League. Yeah, I was involved in the American Marketing Association. Once I found out my true passion, I really liked marketing. Was involved with that, and I was also involved in through the College of Business Dakota Dean's Advisory Council on diversity and inclusion. Michael Hingson  22:37 What did you think about that? Dana Prenger  22:42 Yeah, it was really good for me to be a part of and opened my eyes to a lot of things, because my small hometown, though I love it, and we have great tradition, we are kind of a little bubble of not a ton of diversity. So being opened up to new, new perspectives and new things that was really beneficial. Michael Hingson  23:06 Well, certainly there were other small colleges around. Why did you specifically choose Bowling Green? Dana Prenger  23:13 Yeah, I think I wanted it was a perfect distance. I still wanted to be close to my family and close to home, but also I wanted to go out and experience on my own. If I chose a school too close to home, I would just be driving home, coming, eating dinner with my parents, and not really fully immersing into my independence. Michael Hingson  23:34 So so it was kind of just the ideal distance, if you will. Dana Prenger  23:42 And being like I said, a bigger college, so there is more opportunities sporting events and games, but they had it at an affordable price too, like going to football games my friends and I love to go watch and cheer on the Falcons, but it wasn't like a big school where we had to pay a lot for the tickets as well. Students got free tickets to all sporting events. So I enjoyed that. Michael Hingson  24:06 Oh, that's cool. How big was the stadium? Dana Prenger  24:10 Pretty big. I don't know the exact size, but yeah, it's right off the highway too. So as you drive on 75 through Ohio, you'll see the stadium in the road Michael Hingson  24:24 well, but you, but you enjoyed it. Do you still do any work or activities at Bowling Green? Dana Prenger  24:32 Yeah, so I'm living in BG right now, as I work at Smart solve, they do have a program called the regional network leaders, which tries to keep alumni engaged. So I joined that, and I'm on a team with seven other individuals just helping keep the alumni connected to the university. How's that working? It's good. It's good. Great to meet. With people, and just gives me something else to do besides work in the evenings. But it's not a huge time commitment. We meet about once a month, Michael Hingson  25:10 but it works out pretty well. Well, so you worked, you worked as a life design ambassador. Do you still do anything with that program today? Dana Prenger  25:24 No, not as much as I would like to. I think they are also in the progress, because I was one of the first people to graduate with having to keep us engaged and involved. I still am connected with a lot of them on LinkedIn, and sometimes one of the life design coaches will message me if a student has questions or wants to just have a quick prototype call or conversation to learn more about marketing or their field. Michael Hingson  25:53 You're you're available to help. Which is cool. It's neat to be able to to be a part of all of that. Yeah. Which is cool. So anyway, you you were part of the export internship program and so on, and that eventually got you connected with smart solve. What attracted you to specifically to smart solve? Why did you decide that that's what you, at least were were willing to explore? Dana Prenger  26:20 Yeah, I really liked smart solve. How strong we are with our core values and vision, mission and purpose statement. Most companies say these are our core values, but they're just words on the wall, and they don't get lived out each and every day. But here at Smart solve, we do something called the daily word of inspiration. So we have about 20 full time employees on our team, and we'll just have a calendar we rotate whose day it is for inspiration, and it's just a brief 15 minute meeting, how we start our day every day. And you can share a personal life story. You can share a Bible verse, any watch a video, motivational video, anything you want to give for your inspiration. And then we start our day with word of prayer, optional. Word of prayer. Michael Hingson  27:13 Well, that's pretty cool, and certainly that's a lot of commitment. I was going to ask, why you feel that the whole idea of smart solving what it's doing generates so many important values, but it's pretty clear why that's the case. Dana Prenger  27:31 Yeah, the core values are character, drive, innovation, joy, humility and growth. All right, it's really cool to hear those lived out, and you can see our team members each embody it smart. Solve is a faith based company, but we don't discriminate or only hire people of the same faith. In fact, not everybody's Christian that works here, but we are open about it because we want people to be comfortable about it, or be knowing that we do have that optional daily prayer every day Michael Hingson  28:07 well, and I think there's value in that. I mean, it's, I think, important to recognize that there are a lot of different religions in the world. And the fact is, if you really study most religions, they all pretty much essentially end up going to the same place, and they all believe in the same basic rules anyway, which is, which is pretty important, which is, which is kind of good. Well, where did the term or the title of the company, smart solves come from? Dana Prenger  28:38 Yeah. So John, he's our current CEO, co founder of smart solve. He smart solve. He calls himself intrapreneur, because smart solve was under CMC group, which is they had a bunch of different businesses. One of their main things was supplying labels, any and all kind of labels. And this is kind of the evolution story of smart salt, water salt. One of the customers was like, our labels are great, but it would be nice if they could just dissolve or wash away, because it was an application in the back of a kitchen. How you have, like, containers, the plastic containers you have to label food days of the week and expiration dates for food safety loss. But when they were putting the containers in the dishwasher, after trying to, like, peel or scrub the labels off, there would still be adhesive, sticky residue on it. Yeah. So, so, yeah, they developed water soluble label. And so, yeah, a label that can dissolve and wash away. So day mark still sells water soluble labels to food rotation business, but John was an intern at that time and was like, I think there's a much bigger. Market for water soluble materials, besides just label for food rotation so he can, they allowed him to take that idea and run with it. So smart solve is specifically water soluble materials. We sell just water soluble paper that dissolves the labels and then also pioneering water soluble, flexible packaging, so power stock applications Michael Hingson  30:27 I remember many years ago, and I still don't know how they knew it, but I got a package in the mail and it had popcorn in it, you know, the shipping stuff, and somebody said, Oh, this is that water soluble popcorn. If you put it in water, it'll it'll melt. And I was going, No. And sure enough, it was, I don't know what visually was the clue that that was water soluble, but it was, Dana Prenger  30:58 yeah, so our company, smart solves vision is to make packaging no longer trash. We realize the increased amount of plastic packaging, or just any packaging unnecessary consumption going on in the world today. So having an avenue or a smart solution of how to solve the problem, Michael Hingson  31:21 well, you can always come up with a new kind of straw that everybody can use, that they if they throw it away, it's not going to fill the world full of plastic. That's another story. Dana Prenger  31:35 Yeah. But in microplastics, to the increasing research and studies how microplastics are impacting human health and the environment. One of the fun facts we like to share is, well, not fun fact, but sad fact that by 2050 they project that plastic in the ocean will outweigh fish in the ocean. Michael Hingson  32:04 I hadn't heard that one, but I'm not surprised which it's so unfortunate. Dana Prenger  32:09 Yeah, great garbage patches of just waste forming out in the ocean. Michael Hingson  32:15 Is there a way, has anybody looked at the fact that, yeah, there's a lot of trash out there and so on, and it's great to come up with trash that won't be trash that will dissolve. But what do you do with all the stuff that's there? Has anybody been working at all on finding ways to dissolve that stuff as well? Dana Prenger  32:35 Yeah, I think that's harder, because it's already all out in the ocean, but there are efforts and people who go out and try to collect it, but then it's like, once we take it out of the ocean, where do we put it, just into massive landfill areas? Well, that's Michael Hingson  32:51 why I was wondering if there is some sort of a chemical process that could be introduced that would dissolve a lot of that material, rather than trying to collect it and take it somewhere, but I realize it's a much more of a significant challenge to do, because you don't want to hurt the fish and you don't want to hurt the ocean. But nobody has come up with a way to just dissolve all that plastic Dana Prenger  33:15 and stuff yet. Yeah, and our material is non toxic to fish, so it's we don't want people to we wouldn't say, just throw it in the ocean, but if it would end up litter becoming there, it would dissolve. Be safer fish. There's multiple end of life avenues for smart solves packaging, which is, yeah, flushable too. So some customers of ours are like toilet bowl cleaner cleaners or feminine care tampon packages that is flushable, so you can just flush the packaging down the toilet Michael Hingson  33:49 right, which, you know, and all of that is very important, but it still seems to me that hopefully somebody someday will figure out a way to dissolve All the stuff that's out in the ocean, yeah? Because I think collecting it is never going to happen as fast as it gets thrown in the ocean in the first place, Dana Prenger  34:09 yeah, especially in different countries around the world where there's not as adequate systems set up for landfills or recycling and waste is just much more incremental. Michael Hingson  34:22 So when you graduated and you started at Smart solves full time, what did you do? Dana Prenger  34:31 Yeah, so, actually, so the Ohio export internship program, I was a full time intern for the summer of 2023, okay, and then I was finishing my final year at school at BGSU, but they offered me to stay working part time. So I did work part time at Smart solve. My senior year of BGSU, I was a sales development rep, so business development, I had to do a lot of cold calling, so you just pick up the phone try to call people. So tell them about smart solve and so, yeah, I did that until I graduated in May, and then they kind of knew that they wanted more marketing support, and I liked marketing better than the sales prospecting. Sales, yeah, so they created a position for me, marketing coordinator, what was Michael Hingson  35:22 it like selling smart solve did you find that there were a lot of people who were very pessimistic or skeptical about what it could do? Or were you able to demonstrate pretty, pretty easily that in reality, sports fans it works? Dana Prenger  35:38 Yeah, I think smart solve products were easier than most things to sell and communicate about because, like we said, it really is a product that is better for people, better for the planet. I said our core values earlier in our vision, but our mission statement is enabling people to better care for the planet by pioneering Zero Waste packaging technologies, so smart solves. Big slogan is zero waste, zero hassle, zero hassle in the consumer. So it's cool to share that with prospects, and they would be more receptive, I feel like, than selling products that people don't necessarily need or want, but still in any industry, no matter how cool the product you have, when you're cold calling people on the phone, you're going to get some of those people that are like, how did you get my number? Or I don't want to talk, or just denies and ends the phone on you. So yeah. Well, that happened a lot of character building, doing that. Michael Hingson  36:38 I experience it oftentimes today, looking for speaking opportunities, even so, same concept, yep, and I've been selling my whole life, so I'm I'm fine when there are objections, when I at least there's a lot of truth to the to the fact when I at least get an objection, at least I can then go off and deal with it, but the people who just shut you down and you don't even get the opportunity to deal with the objection. That's a different story. Dana Prenger  37:06 Yeah, it really does. Michael Hingson  37:07 So was John a chemist? Or how did he develop Dana Prenger  37:11 all of this? Yeah, so John had a team of like, independent contractors that he would work with, and also just some of the knowledge with the water soluble label coming from CMC, but yeah, we have a lot of different team members now, research chemist employees that helped bring this product to life. And one of the cool things is doing a new product launch. So all of our typical water soluble materials we have today you can still buy, but we just now launched a new product called Pure nil zero, which is a completely plastic free, 100% bio based packaging substrate solution Michael Hingson  37:58 is packaging constructed like that, more are less stringent or sturdy than the more traditional kinds of packaging. Or is that something that you've been able to overcome and it's not any less durable? Dana Prenger  38:16 Yeah, it depends. It all depends on what you're trying to package in it. Yeah, it won't be as strong as plastic, but a lot of customers will use it for, like, powdered solutions. So obviously, if you have, like, liquid hand soap, you can't put that in our package, or it will start to break apart. But there's a lot of like, travel and convenience powdered packets that work great in our material. And the thing about pure no which is this new product, it is approved for direct food contact. So our other packaging is more agricultural, personal care, laundry, dish, a lot of those applications, this new product is approved for direct food packaging. So say you would have a powder drink, pack, mix, instant coffee, and eventually we want to get into more snack packaging, but there becomes certain limitations with oxygen and moisture barrier, Michael Hingson  39:12 yeah, well, you know, but that's still, it's it is really fascinating to hear about this, though, because there's, there's so much that that goes into it, it's really kind of fascinating to to see. Do you have customers all over or mainly in Ohio or what? Dana Prenger  39:33 Yeah, we do have customers all over the world. In fact, a lot in the European, European union, union that area, a few customers in the UK, since sustainability, new laws are happening all over. Michael Hingson  39:49 So you recently became the marketing manager. Tell us about that. Yeah. Dana Prenger  39:54 So yeah. I was very, very rapid upward marketing coordinator. For a while, and then just the end of this year, I got the promotion to Marketing Manager, which is great because I yeah, thank you. Get to manage content creators, to have somebody that creates blogs for us, somebody that helps with video support, especially because the water soluble material, it is so cool to see it, dissolve yourself. So yeah, doing a lot of video creation, and then, as I mentioned earlier, we're hiring for a digital content coordinator, a full time in office role. Michael Hingson  40:34 So are other companies doing the same kinds of things that smart solve does? Dana Prenger  40:39 There's a few, not a ton, but there's other bio based solutions. So for example, one company is using seaweed to make packaging, and there's other bio based materials, but not many water soluble packaging. Michael Hingson  40:57 So what makes smart solve unique? Dana Prenger  41:00 Yeah, we are unique for the ability to help you come to market with it. Our materials printable too. So some of the other like plastic PVA based, say laundry packs or dish packs, it's that plastic ours. You can print on it so you can have certain branding or safety warning instructions. Remember the challenge few years back when kids were trying to eat Tide Pods? We say, how different would it be if you could have had a big warning logo or image on the pod itself for them not to consume? Michael Hingson  41:38 Yeah, well, that's of course, the issue is, will they really pay attention to it or not? Dana Prenger  41:45 Yeah, also true, but we do think there's a good branding perspective too. Just to have brand on it, have instructions. We get. Our packaging is a little bit more expensive than just plastic and traditional uses, but we try to show our benefit by being better for the planet, better for the environment, and you do get a lot of good marketing. ROI, some of our customers have said using the materials and videos and being able to make a lot of sustainable claims has helped their company Michael Hingson  42:21 as a whole. So what kind of goals do you basically have as the marketing manager at Smart solve for what you're looking to do over the next few years? Dana Prenger  42:31 Yeah, one of my big grows goals is just growing, growing our followers, growing our reach. I feel like not a lot of people know about smart solve or know about our materials. So we have a LinkedIn page, since we are a B to B business, we also have Facebook and Instagram, but LinkedIn is our primary social that I'm looking to grow. So I think I shared with you smart solves LinkedIn profile, if you want to include that, or if any of the listeners today want to give us a follow, I'd really appreciate it. Michael Hingson  43:03 Well, absolutely that makes sense to do. Dana Prenger  43:07 Well also just increasing website. I help add new pages on our website, increasing our web visitors, new traffic, and creating more leads and sales qualified opportunities for our sales team, Michael Hingson  43:21 so dealing with diversity and and such, what do you do to make sure that your materials are accessible for people who don't necessarily read the print or who aren't going to be able to see pictures on the websites and so on. Do you have you all done a lot with that yet? Dana Prenger  43:42 Yeah, we're getting into improving and open to recommendations and suggestions. A lot of with the package itself, we leave up to the individual brands who sure have the product, because we're just the packaging supplier, not actually the end brand that uses it, but yeah, our website, I we use a site to do that, trying to become more accessible. There's so many ways to learn and do it, so, yeah, Michael Hingson  44:15 well, but it makes sense to do so with all the sports and stuff background that you've had, and we talked about this a little bit already, but what lessons from sports and leadership and all of your experiences have translated most into what you're doing today? Dana Prenger  44:37 Yes, I would say I'll tie it back to drive that one of our core values at Smart solve, and just as an athlete, having to really drive, whether that be your mental state, getting in the right mindset before a game or big competition meet, you. And just putting your effort into your skill to perfect it Michael Hingson  45:06 well, and an important thing to do by any standard. So, you know, a lot of people have jobs, they have worked in various places, they've matured and so on, but a lot of times there's kind of a defining moment that shows them that what they're doing is really what they wanted to do and so on. Do you have a defining moment like that that said this is really it? Dana Prenger  45:37 Yeah, that's a good question. And I think life is a journey, and there's always going to be small moments throughout I haven't had one big knock me off my feet moment that's shaped everything, but more kind of collectively built up small moments, small hurdles, small challenges that's got me where I am Today, any specific challenge that comes to mind, yeah, I would say. I would say, just going through college and yeah, figuring out my path and different setbacks along the way, throughout, trying to figure out my major and things and one of a small, funny setback, but not that big of one. I mentioned it as I was 16 years old, going to get my driver's license from sports. I had an injury and sprained my ankle, so I couldn't walk at the time, but I really wanted to get my driver's license, and it was my left foot, so not my right foot. So I my parents, the car that we had was a minivan with all my siblings, so Driver's Ed test, I'm pull up in this minivan, and I didn't want to let that setback delay me from passing my driver's test, so I had my crutches, crutched out, put my crutch in the back of the car, and then drove, using my right foot to pass my driver's test. Michael Hingson  47:10 And you passed your test, huh? Yes, and you did well on the written part as well, yep. Well, all I have to say is I think you should come out here to Victorville and spend a little bit of time the way people drive out here is crazy. I still submit that they ought to let me have a license, because I am sure that the way I would drive is every bit as good as the way people drive in Victorville right now. Wow, I don't see the problem myself. Dana Prenger  47:40 Yeah, and it's crazy. With innovation, the new things coming up, like nowadays, the autonomous vehicles, I'm curious to see in the next years how that will impact driving. When I am older and have children, when will they have to get their driver's test like that? Or there's some bold suggestions that say in many years to come, you won't have to drive a car. Michael Hingson  48:07 Well, I, in all seriousness, am really of the opinion that it will be great when autonomous vehicles are really as stable and as foolproof as they ought to be, because I think that we really do need to take driving out of the hands of drivers. It's just too many people to do too many crazy things on the road. The reality is that for blind people, and it's not going to be in prime time, certainly in the very near future, but the National Federation of the Blind challenged private universities and companies to develop a car a blind person could drive, and I don't mean an autonomous vehicle, but literally one that would provide the information so that a blind person could drive it just like a sighted person. And if you really look at driving, what is driving and why is it that blind people can't do it well, the answer is, because we don't have a way to get the information in as timely and as functional a way as sighted drivers do with eyesight. And the the people who realize that actually developed a vehicle that a blind person could drive. If you go visit the website of the National Federation of the Blind nfb.org, and search for Blind Driver Challenge, you can actually see a video of a blind man driving a vehicle around the Daytona Speedway right before the 2011 Rolex 24 race. Wow, and he wasn't driving it with people communicating with him through walkie talkies or anything like that, the car was literally transmitting the information to him that allowed him to drive the vehicle, drive through obstacle courses and do a variety of other things, pass a vehicle and so many other things. Because the fact is, today, the technology exists to provide that information to blind people, but it's not ready for prime time, and probably won't be, but autonomous vehicles are coming, and I really am looking forward to the time that they really work and work well, because they're going to make life a whole lot better for everyone. And I'm serious when I say taking the hand, the driving out of the hands of drivers, is pretty important to look at, yeah, so it'll be interesting to see how all that goes. So we've been talking about drive why other why? Else wise, did you really want to use Drive and make that kind of a theme for what we're talking about today? Dana Prenger  50:48 Yeah, I think drive just reflects the path that people have for life. And drive you always want to keep going being a goal oriented, focused person. There's a lot of things, and other people do experience many setbacks. And what I've learned from your story as well. When trouble would come your way, you didn't just stop. You kept moving, kept driving in a direction. Sometimes you might not always get from point A to point B. You might have to do a little bit of a detour in the journey of the drive, but yeah, that's kind of why I thought drive would be a good conversation topic word for today's podcast. Michael Hingson  51:29 But the reality is that that you can succeed. I tell people all the time that I reject the concept of the term fail, because if you fail, that's kind of an end all. You just, you just screwed up. Well, you didn't screw up. The issue isn't failure. The issue is what do you learn from it? And the issue is how you you move forward. And so I've learned that in reality, when things don't go right, I'm my own best teacher. I'm the one that has to take that information and internalize it and figure out how to move forward, people can suggest people can help. And I think that's important. But for me, personally, and for every individual on the planet, ultimately, we have to internalize it and make it succeed, which is, I think, so very important. Dana Prenger  52:19 Yeah, connecting some of those points is what we would talk about in life design too, because students would come and if they wouldn't pass a certain class or wouldn't do a certain thing, they would see it as a failure. And it's reframing failure and redefining it that, yeah, it's not, in fact, a failure, but a learning opportunity and experience Michael Hingson  52:41 it is. It's a growth opportunity by any standard, and that is something that we all really need to work on, because failure just isn't isn't fair and it isn't right, and we've got to get away from thinking that it is, Dana Prenger  52:56 and even reframing your experiences or statements you choose to say and think and believe about yourself like I could. I'm, as I said, one of a younger professional. Sometimes it can be intimidating or room full of people that know more than you. I could be down on myself. And look at it and say, Oh, I'm the youngest here. I am most inexperienced. I don't have as much skills or sets, or I could reframe it and think of it in a positive light and say, I am young, I do. I offer a new mindset. I bring new skills, new things that aren't already established. So kind of having that confidence and positive outlook to be able to reframe Michael Hingson  53:42 the other part of that. The other part of that, though, is that, yeah, you're young and all of that. But clearly some people have thought that you have a lot to contribute, and you're already doing that. And so obviously life is, is a is a place where we can learn, and we do need to continue to learn, but, but the reality is that we can always find learning as an end, as an adventure, and something that we need to do. And I think that that's exactly what we should we should be doing regularly, because it's always all about learning, yep, which really makes a lot of sense. So for you, what's next? For you? Do you have any notion? Dana Prenger  54:32 Yeah, I think I'm excited to continue developing this role, this new marketing manager role at Smart solve. I do like to travel. As I said, I've been to a lot of different countries, so wanting to further learn more about the world, new people, new places. Yeah, I want to have a family. I have a boyfriend that we're getting kind of serious. So looking for. To that next phase of my life and how well of a role model my mom was for me, I do want to be a mom as well someday. Cool. What countries have you been to? Yeah, I've been to Mexico, been to Portugal, been to Spain, one of the recent family trips. We just got back from Costa Rica. It was gorgeous there. We left right after Christmas and got back January 7 of this year. So that's why I'm still a little tan from the trip for you. But yeah, it was a good mix of adventure, zip lining, rock climbing, hiking, and then also just getting to relax and be in warm weather by a beach. Michael Hingson  55:46 What are what other countries, Dana Prenger  55:49 other countries that I've been to, went to Punta Cana, that was a very nice one, that Dominican Republic as the country, yeah. Michael Hingson  56:02 Cool. So the whole family went, Dana Prenger  56:07 yeah, all six of us. Wow. It works out nice because I have one sister and two brothers, and then my mom and dad. So it's kind of perfect, three and three, three girls, three boys. Michael Hingson  56:18 Yeah, that's, that's pretty cool. I'm glad that you you get a chance to have some of those experiences. What have you learned by going to other countries? Dana Prenger  56:29 Yeah, I've learned a lot just the way of life, the way they do things. Speaking of since we just got back from Costa Rica, one of the sayings they say all the time is Pura Vida, just pure life and kind of a more, not as upbeat, fast, hard paced environment as the US more free, yeah. But also it depends on the trip too. I've done some local mission trips. I wanted to do an international mission trip. I had it scheduled, but then that's when covid happened, so I had to cancel that. So bucket list coming up soon, I'm going to do a international mission trip. But it is different when you're traveling for just enjoyment vacation versus other purposes. Michael Hingson  57:19 You find that a lot of places where you visited, don't tend to take, and I don't mean this in a negative way at all, but don't take life as seriously as we tend to try to do here. Yeah, yeah. And it's, and it makes a lot of sense to lighten up a little bit, and then ought to do more of that. Well, if people want to reach out to you, how do they do that? Dana Prenger  57:42 Yeah, they can message me on LinkedIn if they have a LinkedIn profile, or they can go to smart solve website, contact us through there. What's your LinkedIn name to me? Yeah, Dana, just my name. You can search it. Dana pranger. Dana, D, a n, a pranger, P R, E N, G, E R, Michael Hingson  58:04 okay, well, I hope people will do that. This has been fun, and you've got a lot of good insights that you've offered, and we're going to have to after you your marketing for a while, we'll have to have you come back and tell us Dana Prenger  58:19 more stories. Yeah, that would be wonderful. And, yeah, thank you for having me as a guest. Super fun. Yeah, we'll see you, John. Yeah. Now we'll get John on and he can, I gave you a little warm up to smart solve. He can get into more of the details. Michael Hingson  58:36 Well, I want to thank you, and I want to thank everyone for being here today. We really appreciate it. Love it. If you'd give us a five star rating wherever you are, and also, even more important than a rating, please give us a very positive review. We really love your reviews. People will and do monitor and read and watch these podcasts more when people review them. So we'd love you to voice your thoughts. If you'd like to reach out to me. I would love to hear from you, and especially if you might know and Dana you as well. If anyone else, in addition to John, who ought to come out on on unstoppable mindset podcast, feel free to email me, and we're changing the address so it's easy. It's speaker, S, P, E, A, K, E, R, at Michael hingson, M, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, O, n.com. Love to hear from you. Love to get your thoughts. And we'll we'll value them a lot. And if you know people who ought to come on, please introduce us. But again, Dana, I want to thank you for being here. This has been absolutely a lot of fun, and hopefully we'll get to do it some more in the future. Dana Prenger  59:48 So thank you. Yes, this was great. Thank you, Michael, Michael Hingson  59:55 thank you for being here with me on unstoppable mindset. I hope to. Day's conversation left you with a fresh perspective, a new insight, or at least something worth thinking about if you're ready to go deeper into the ideas that shape how we see ourselves and others, I have a free gift for you. Head over to Michael hingson.com and download my free ebook blinded by fear, it explores the invisible beliefs that hold us back and shows you how to reframe them so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast, leave a review and share this show with someone who can use a reminder that growth starts with mindset. When people think differently, we all move forward together. Thanks again for listening, keep learning, keep questioning and keep choosing to live with an unstoppable mindset. You you.

#223 - What does it take to stay teammates for 30 plus years while crossing borders, missing comforts, and choosing the hard route on purpose? I'm joined by John and Ann Craig Cinnamon, a travel power couple who've visited 120 plus countries on seven continents, and they're honest about the part most people skip: real adventure travel can be exhausting, tense, and unpredictable, and that's exactly why it changes you.We dig into the way travel exposes personality fast, from idea-making to logistics to how you handle stress when plans break. John and Ann share the travel philosophy they call “While We're In The Neighborhood,” why they rarely visit just one country at a time, and how experiences like the Running of the Bulls, Oktoberfest, and the Trans-Siberian Railway became markers in a life built on curiosity. Their all-time favorite story is a Himalayas trek from Kathmandu toward Mount Everest, where tea houses, altitude, a local guide, and even a hard-earned scar turned a difficult hike into a memory they still revisit.The conversation also goes deep on authentic travel and human connection: meeting locals in Cambodia who insisted on giving a gift in return, laughing with a Mongolian guide who loved NBA shooters, navigating political conversations abroad, and facing fear during a Moscow airport interrogation. If you care about couple travel, travel storytelling, and the mindset behind meaningful trips, you'll leave with both practical perspective and a bigger heart for the world.Check out their book, Travel Is No Vacation: A Love Story, then subscribe, share this with someone you'd travel with, and leave a review so more people can find The Human Adventure.To learn more about the Cinnamons and their book check out www.travelisnovacation.com.To learn more about me and see clips from past, present, and future shows give me a follow on Instagram @humanadventurepod.Want to be a guest on The Human Adventure? Send me a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/journeywithjake Xploreum connects you with authentic wilderness expeditions led by trusted local experts. Browse real adventures, book directly with experienced guides, and get $200 off your first trip using code HumanAdventure2026 at xploreum.io/humanadventure. 

Welcome to ROADSIDE presented by Zwift!    In today's episode, Tom shares his experience from Amstel Gold over the weekend in Amsterdam where more beer was downed than at Oktoberfest in Munich. The boys then get into the latest news in cycling which includes the end of Durbo's career, Gerry Ryan hanging up the cheque book and poor old Quickstep's fall from grace as Specialised leave the building the most undesirable bike brand has to step in. -  -  Roadside is brought to you by JOIN Cycling - the #1 cycling tool that sets you up with dynamic and flexible training plans based on your goal, availability and training history.   Test JOIN now 30 days for FREE with no signup and see if you can out train Jet or Tom! Head to http://join.cc/roadside and level up your fitness in a sustainable and real world manner.   Roadside x Join Punters Club - https://app.join.cc/links/groups/NDI2NjU=   The Roadside Cycling Show is also supported by FE Sports, the home of premier cycling brands and products such as Wahoo, Pirelli, 100%, Campagnolo and more. Check out their range now - https://www.fesports.com.au/Shop/c_230/Products   Roadside loves SOCIETY CYCLING! Society produce quality cycling apparel made for your everyday rider and keen club racers. Society are committed to making every piece better than the last in their tireless pursuit of perfection. Head to https://www.societycycling.com and use code ROADSIDE15 for 15% off all full priced products.   Roadside has been supported by Zwift for over 4 years. It is the only indoor cycling training platform with a real community and where your indoor training and racing comes to life.   Need a trainer? Try the all-new Zwift Ride - zwiftinc.sjv.io/55gL11   Head to https://www.zwift.com/ to start your free 14-day trial today.

477 - Have you ever dreamed of exploring Europe but felt overwhelmed by where to start? Rob and Kerri Stuart are back from their biggest trip ever — three weeks across Europe — and they're sharing why Adventures by Disney River Cruises are the ultimate way to experience Europe for the first time, especially for families! Click here to work with us to plan your vacation In this episode, your favorite Disney travel agents and bestselling authors break down everything you need to know about ABD River Cruises, including all 10 itineraries across some of Europe's most iconic rivers — the Danube, the Rhine, the Rhone, and more. From Christmas markets to Oktoberfest adults-only sailings, there's a Disney river cruise adventure for every type of traveler.

In der nächsten BierTalk-Folge geht's wieder über den großen Teich: Ich spreche mit Willi Wallstab, Braumeister der Gilde Brewery in Charlotte, North Carolina – und es ist ein Wiedersehen nach vielen Jahren. Willi erzählt, wie alles mit einem Auslandsjahr in England begann (Fußball, Pub-Kultur und ein erstes „Aha“-Bier), wie ihn der Weg über Feldschlößchen Dresden, das Braumeister-Studium in Berlin und den Blauen Engel in Aue schließlich in die USA geführt hat. Heute braut er in Charlotte bewusst deutsch geprägt, aber mitten im amerikanischen Craft-Markt – mit einer Palette, die von Rauchbier über Oktoberfest & Festbiere bis zu Eisbock reicht. Wir sprechen darüber, wie man deutsche Bierstile in den USA positioniert, warum Willi beim Carbonisieren/Spunden gern europäisch denkt, wie ein German IPA mit deutschen Aromahopfen funktioniert – und warum ein Hard Shandy mit 5,5% in Amerika plötzlich total logisch ist. Natürlich kommt auch der Broyhan zur Sprache: als historischer Stil, als Idee, als Experiment – und als Anlass für neue Interpretationen. Eine Folge über Bier als Kulturreise, über Handwerk zwischen zwei Welten – und über die Frage, was als nächstes trendet...

John 13:1-17, 31-35Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord — and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.' I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” As many of you know, we've been making our way through these Lenten days by praying the prayers of our ancestors, inspired by prayers and pray-ers, particularly, from the Hebrew Scriptures – David, Abraham, Hannah, Jonah, Solomon, and Jeremiah. We've prayed for and about some heavy stuff … forgiveness, discernment, justice, despair, and more. And tonight's worship is loaded with things to wonder about and pray for, too – this Maundy Thursday where Jesus' command to love one another is modeled by the washing of feet at the table of his Last Supper.Jesus unloads all of these symbols and expressions and practices of faith meant to teach and inspire and command his disciples, and us, to do likewise – to eat, drink, serve, love, remember. And it seems odd that there would be foot-washing during dinner, but I think that's just a sign that we have a lot in common, still, with Jesus and his people. I mean that it seems a timeless and universal Truth that meals are very often literal and spiritual nourishment for God's people that bolster our connection and that encourage our mission in the world.See, it was deliberate that those close friends and followers of Jesus met in that upper room to share that Passover meal together, when, where, and how they did. And I like to imagine there was some measure of fun and levity involved, before things got serious. I mean … before Judas sneaked away and before Jesus broke out the wash basin, before all of that praying. I like to imagine they laughed and told stories and made fun of Peter for being late or James for boss-hogging the good seat and that they were glad Martha was in charge of baking the bread this year.Whatever the case, all of it was to remind them of their history, their heritage, their connection – one to another – and their connection to something bigger than themselves; their connection to the love they were being called to put into action. Because Jesus knew they would need that reminder – powered by all of those special effects – the bread, wine, water, and foot-washing, I mean – as they entered into the days, weeks, and years that followed.And can't we all think of a meal – or moments around food and drink – that connect us with others in powerful ways; that recall holy moments; that feed us physically; and that nourish us spiritually; that remind us that we are part of something bigger? Can you think of what I'm getting at, from your own life's experience? Maybe it was a wedding reception … a retirement party … a simple dinner that turned into a date ... a supper you didn't know would be someone's “last,” at the time?I think about the meals a team shares before a big game, a match, a tournament, the end of a season. Those meals are about comradery and preparation, team spirit, team work, shared goals, and a common mission. (There will be many of those this weekend, downtown, prior to the Final Four, I'm sure.)I think about Joe McCain's funeral luncheon last Saturday – and every funeral meal we share in this place, really – which are abundant expressions of love and comfort and friendship and faith, that sometimes only homemade cookies and casseroles can convey.I think of the meals I've shared in Haiti, prepared by hands, in homes, that have so very little, but that share so generously, with the teams of people who have made those trips over the years. (I'll never forget the 45th birthday party the sisters threw for me there – September 4, 2018 – somehow finding balloons, baking a cake, and toasting with champagne in mis-matched glasses of every size and shape, for the occasion.)I think about learning how to properly peel, eat and appreciate seafood by way of the heaps of shrimp and crawfish poured out on my Grandma Giraud's table in New Orleans. And I think about the best rhubarb pie, made by my Grandma Magsig baked for Thanksgiving dinners in Ohio.I think about the countless pizzas – and even more beers – I've shared at a place called Plank's in Columbus – almost weekly in college, and at my graduation from Capital University, for my wedding rehearsal dinner, my 50th birthday, and where we'll gather again in a few weeks for my son Jack's college graduation, too.I think about the 18 Christmas Eve dinners I've rushed through at the Reece's home every year between the 7:30 and 11 o'clock Christmas Eve worship services.I think about the “Dinners with the Pastors” we've hosted over the years as part of our Silent Auction. I think of Mardi Gras and Oktoberfest. These moments and memories are the kind of thing Jesus was after, I believe, when he broke that bread, passed that wine around, washed all of those feet, and then made his way to the cross.He was connecting a moment in time with a movement of the Spirit.He was connecting an expression of love with a command to share it.He was connecting our physical senses with our spiritual sense of call.He was filling his people with food and purpose and sending them out to fill the world with the kind of love with which he, himself, was filled to overflowing.Jesus knew exactly what he was doing and it's why he asks us to do the same. Eat this bread. Drink this wine. Do this in remembrance of me. And wash these feet – and those feet – and even and especially those feet – just as I've shown you to do. Love one another, the way I've already … and always … loved you, first.I hope these young people who've learned a new thing or two about Holy Communion, will hold the memory of this night in a way that will find them and fill them for the rest of their lives. I hope the taste and smell of the bread and wine, the familiarity of the words, the sound of the hymns, the sense of the love that surrounds and supports them, and the power of Jesus' prayer to do this in remembrance of him will be a connection and an encouragement for them in all the days to come for their walk of life and faith in the world.And I hope the same is true for each of us, too. That we'll always taste and see something new … and familiar … and life-giving … as we do all of this together – and in remembrance – of the grace we know in Jesus.Amen

Join us inside Epcot's Germany Pavilion as we sit down for a long‑awaited meal at the Biergarten Restaurant. With strong German ancestry on Traci's side of the family, this restaurant always feels a bit like home — and today's visit is filled with great food, warm atmosphere, and lively entertainment.We enjoy an outstanding meal before the Oktoberfest Musikanten take the stage near the end of our visit. Their energetic oompah music fills the hall, the crowd cheers and toasts along, and the whole place comes alive in classic Biergarten style.As the concert wraps up, we gather our things and head out — because our reservation time for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure has finally arrived.For the best experience, put on your favorite headphones and enjoy this immersive binaural audio memory from Epcot's Germany Pavilion.

What happens when you're doing all the "right things" but still feel stuck? Coaches Cole and Soraya guide Audra and Scott through the messy middle of changing their relationship with alcohol. Audra's wrestling with pressure to be perfect while learning how to stop drinking when you're bored, and she's seeing wins even when her brain tries to minimize them. Scott just moved, lost people he loved, and retired all at once, and he's realizing that what he called "boredom" was actually disconnection in disguise. Through heartfelt coaching, both discover that taking tiny steps and trusting the process is enough. Audra's Session: Learning to view data points without harsh self-judgment Shifting from drinking at home when bored to having occasional wine with dinner Using exercise as a powerful tool to interrupt negative thought spirals Why self-doubt is actually trying to protect you, not sabotage your progress Learning how to stop drinking when you're bored by redirecting to healthier activities Building trust in herself by stacking evidence of progress And more... Scott's Session: Changes in his first 10 days—better sleep, improved digestion, more patience How retirement, relocation, & loss led to increased drinking Recognizing that boredom often disguises deeper feelings of defeat and disconnection Journaling to release heavy thoughts instead of carrying them around Learning how to stop drinking when you're bored with genuine rewards Navigating social situations like Oktoberfest with a club soda and lime Plus more... Cole Harvey is a certified Naked Mind Senior Coach. For years, he felt lost and used alcohol as a way to cope, until he decided to go alcohol-free and focus on finding his purpose. Through curiosity, self-compassion, and adventure, he transformed his life. As a habit change and mindset coach, Cole helps young men understand themselves, build better habits, and find meaning. Learn more about Coach Cole: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/cole-harvey/ Soraya Odishoo is a compassionate Certified This Naked Mind Coach who blends somatic healing with therapeutic models to support recovery. She serves people who feel disconnected from their true selves and want freedom from substances or behaviors that no longer serve them. She takes a trauma-informed, heart-centered approach with a strong focus on accessibility for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. Learn more about Coach Soraya: https://thisnakedmind.com/coach/soraya-arjan-odishoo-alpc/ Episode links: nakedmindpath.com Related Episodes: How Do I Overcome the Trigger of Boredom? - Reader Question - EP 32 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-32-reader-question-how-do-i-overcome-the-trigger-of-boredom/  How Do I Stop Sabotaging My Attempts to Quit Drinking? - Alcohol Freedom Coaching - EP 829 - https://thisnakedmind.com/how-do-i-stop-sabotaging-my-attempts-to-quit-drinking-e829/ How Can I Gain Momentum In Becoming Alcohol Free? - Reader Question - EP 518 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-518-reader-question-how-can-i-gain-momentum-in-becoming-alcohol-free/ Ready to take the next step on your journey?  Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, Quince, and Shopify. BetterHelp: BetterHelp is offering our listeners 10% off at ⁠betterhelp.com/nakedmind⁠ . Quince: Get free shipping and 365-day returns at ⁠quince.com/naked⁠ . Shopify: Sign up for a $1 month trial at ⁠shopify.com/mind⁠

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Knuckles wraps up with AJ “the NZ hype train” and fires through a rapid set of guest questions - from grooming habits and what you'd buy with a billion, to biggest fuck-up, dream movie casting, and the ultimate fantasy pet.AJ's “biggest fuck-up” turns into a full wedding-night disasterclass: arriving underfed, going way too hard, letting off fireworks, an accidental dancefloor knock-out, and a brutal one-liner that gets him kicked out… before making the worst decision of all and drink driving - owning that he deserved to be pulled over.They finish lighter: wild party picks (R&V and Oktoberfest in Munich), AJ casting himself as Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura devotion included), and choosing a trained big ape as the ultimate pet. Knuckles closes the ep with a final shout-out to AJ and a new life motto to send everyone off on the right note.#propertrueyarn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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During a recent episode of The Valley Today, host Janet Michael sits down with Jill Edlich and Kary Haun for Tourism Tuesday — Shenandoah County Edition — to talk about an exciting new chapter unfolding at North Mountain Vineyard and Winery. What begins as a conversation about events and community quickly reveals something much bigger: a Renaissance fair founder has just stepped into life as a vineyard owner. As part of the ongoing Tourism Tuesday series highlighting destinations and experiences in Shenandoah County, the conversation explores how Jill's purchase of North Mountain is reshaping both the winery and the future home of the Ravenwood Faire. As listeners quickly learn, this isn't just a business transaction. It's a story about legacy, land, and local connection. The Perfect Match When Krista, the former owner of North Mountain Vineyard and Winery, decided to sell her beloved property, she wasn't just looking for any buyer. She wanted someone who would cherish the land and preserve its legacy. After waiting patiently for the right person, she found exactly what she was looking for in Jill Edlich—though the match came with an unexpected twist. Jill didn't set out to become a winemaker. Instead, she was searching for a permanent home for the Ravenwood Faire, the Renaissance-style festival she founded in 2019. For years, she had been hosting the fundraising event at the Frederick County Fairgrounds in Clear Brook, but the logistics were exhausting. Setting up and breaking down the event took nearly a week each time, and Jill dreamed of finding land where the fair could put down roots. From Fairgrounds to Vineyards When Jill discovered the 47-acre North Mountain property—with 15 acres planted in grapevines—she realized she'd found more than just a home for her event. She'd stumbled into an entirely new venture. "It's like those TV shows where someone says, 'Honey, I bought a zoo,'" Janet jokes. "And those people are like, 'I've never run a zoo before, but hey, we're gonna give this a shot.'" Jill laughs in agreement. Suddenly, she wasn't just an event organizer—she was a farmer and a vintner. "A lot of people say, 'So how does it feel to be a farmer now?'" Jill reflects. "And I'm like, wow. Yeah. I'm a farmer besides owning the winery." A Wine Lover's Journey Fortunately, Jill's leap into the wine business wasn't entirely blind. Years earlier, she founded the Wine Club for Women, organizing tastings and educational events throughout Frederick County, Winchester, and even Shenandoah County. She loved learning about wine pairings and vineyard operations, but eventually, the demands of the Ravenwood Faire consumed her time. Still, she never abandoned her dream of returning to the wine world someday. "It's kind of like a full circle," Jill explains. "Everything happens for a reason. That's always been one of my things for sure." Preserving Tradition One of Jill's biggest concerns when taking over the winery was maintaining the quality and character that loyal customers had come to expect. Thankfully, she inherited an invaluable asset: the winemaking team. Krista's son, John Jackson, stayed on as head winemaker, along with assistant winemaker Andrew Bender. Together, they're Jill's "wine-making gurus," patiently teaching her the craft while ensuring beloved wines like Toms Brook Red remain unchanged. "Rest assured, we've got Toms Brook Red and that's definitely not going anywhere," Jill promises. Beyond preserving existing wines, she's also excited to experiment with new blends and explore whether certain grapes can stand on their own rather than being blended. A Diverse Portfolio Currently, North Mountain offers an impressive selection. The white wines include Riesling, Oktoberfest, a standout Virginia Apple wine, Gruner Veltliner, Chardonnay, and Gewürztraminer Rosé. Meanwhile, the red lineup features Zweigel Red, Cabernet Franc (Jill's personal favorite), Petite Verdot, Chambourcin Foster's Reserve, Mountain Midnight (a port-style wine), the famous Toms Brook Red, a spiced holiday wine that can be served cold or warmed, and Clairet—a Bordeaux-style blend that's grandfathered in under a now-restricted name. Renovations and Accessibility Since closing on the property on October 31, 2025, Jill has wasted no time making improvements. She opened for business the very next day and immediately began renovations to make the winery more welcoming. The tasting room has been transformed into a clean, inviting space where large groups or dozens of small parties can gather comfortably. Most importantly, Jill prioritizes accessibility. She's adding a ramp to eliminate steps at the entrance, designating handicap parking spots, and extending the parking lot. Additionally, she's constructing a road, making it easier for visitors to access events—especially the Ravenwood Faire—without overwhelming the neighborhood. The Ravenwood Connection While the winery and the Ravenwood Faire are separate entities, they now share the same home. The Ravenwood Foundation will rent space on the property to host the fundraising event, happening in October: the 16th through 18th and the 23rd through 25th. The fair has grown significantly since its inception, particularly in its offerings for children. Last year, the kids' area was constantly packed, which thrills Jill and her team. "Every time I looked over in that area, it was just a constant," she recalls. "It made us feel really good." Beyond the fair, the foundation runs a week-long day camp for children ages 12 to 17, teaching outdoor skills like archery, bread making, and cooking over open fires. Last year's inaugural camp served 16 kids—a number that initially seemed small but proved perfect for working out the kinks. Moving forward, Jill hopes to eventually bring the camp to the vineyard property and possibly expand to overnight sessions, though logistical challenges like insurance and sleeping arrangements remain. Building Community Jill's vision extends beyond wine and fairs. She's actively partnering with local farms and artisans to host events like homesteading workshops, sourdough-making classes, canning demonstrations, and floral arrangement sessions. Every Saturday features live music, and the winery has already hosted trivia nights, bridal showers, and even a 35-person wedding in the great room. "It's really important for us to be working with our local community," Jill emphasizes. "Meeting other farmers now has been amazing." She's also been warmly welcomed by the Shenandoah Valley Wine Trail, a tight-knit group of winemakers who meet every other month at different vineyards. "I walked in there and everybody had open arms," Jill says. "It was an amazing feeling. I'm feeling the love for sure." Looking Ahead As spring approaches, Jill plans to extend the winery's hours beyond the current Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule. She's also reviving Oktoberfest—a tradition Krista maintained even in her final years—and giving it "a little more love." Perhaps most excitingly, Jill is exploring expanding wine production and potentially enlarging the cellar. With stunning sunset views, ample outdoor space, and a growing calendar of events, North Mountain Vineyard and Winery is poised to become a cornerstone of Shenandoah County's tourism scene. For Jill, the journey from Renaissance fair organizer to winery owner has been unexpected but deeply fulfilling. "I know how to drink wine," she jokes. "But to make it, that was a whole different ball of wax." Three months in, she's learning something new every day—and loving every minute of it. North Mountain Vineyard and Winery is located in Shenandoah County at 4374 Swartz Road, Maurertown. For more information, visit northmountainvineyard.com or follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about the Ravenwood Foundation at ravenwoodfoundation.org.

Pigweed and Crowhill drink and review a Copper Legend, an Oktoberfest from Jack's Abbey brewing. The topic for today: Has the development of AI changed our perspective on whether or not we're living in a simulation? Starting with Nick Bostrom's famous essay, the boys discuss the issues and why we might not be as "real" as we think we are. The development of AI has made Bostrom's essay even more significant. The idea that simulated minds might soon outnumber "real" minds is no longer an abstract science fiction question. On top of all this, we have stories about discussion groups just for AI -- where the bots talk to the bots. Another approach to the issue is to question what "real" means anyway. Our concept of the real, the physical, seems less and less likely as we discover that the hard substances around us are mostly empty space. It might be all empty space, with no "things" there at all. It's no longer a question for college freshmen in a late-night dorm chat. We have to ask ourselves what we're going to do when AI starts to claim that it's sentient. Finally, how does all this affect the way we live our lives? How does it affect questions of meaning and purpose? What about theological questions?

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Lost in Translation: A Café Adventure in Göteborg Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sv/episode/2026-01-26-08-38-20-sv Story Transcript:Sv: Det var en kall vintermorgon i Göteborg.En: It was a cold winter morning in Göteborg.Sv: Kaffedoften fyllde luften i det lilla kaféet med frosttäckta fönster.En: The smell of coffee filled the air in the small café with frost-covered windows.Sv: Lukas, en glad men ofta tankspridd man, gick in för att köpa sin vanliga kopp kaffe.En: Lukas, a cheerful but often absent-minded man, went in to buy his usual cup of coffee.Sv: Hans händer kändes kalla, men han var glad över att ha nått värmen.En: His hands felt cold, but he was glad to have reached the warmth.Sv: Lukas hade redan tankarna på jobbet, och när han närmade sig kassan hälsade han baristan, Anita, med ett leende.En: Lukas was already thinking about work, and as he came up to the counter, he greeted the barista, Anita, with a smile.Sv: Anita log tillbaka och frågade vad han ville ha.En: Anita smiled back and asked what he would like.Sv: Men Lukas, förlorad i sina tankar, började plötsligt tala tyska istället för svenska.En: But Lukas, lost in his thoughts, suddenly started speaking German instead of Swedish.Sv: "Einen Kaffee, bitte," sa han.En: "Einen Kaffee, bitte," he said.Sv: Anita tittade förvirrat på honom.En: Anita looked at him confused.Sv: "Förlåt?"En: "Excuse me?"Sv: sa hon och försökte hålla sig professionell, trots sin förvåning.En: she said, trying to stay professional despite her surprise.Sv: Lukas vaknade ur sina tankar och insåg sitt misstag.En: Lukas snapped out of his thoughts and realized his mistake.Sv: Han skrattade nervöst och försökte rätta sig.En: He laughed nervously and tried to correct himself.Sv: "Ursäkta, en kopp kaffe tack," sade han, men den tyska accenten höll sig kvar i hans röst.En: "Sorry, a cup of coffee please," he said, but the German accent lingered in his voice.Sv: Kön bakom honom blev längre och några började tappa tålamodet.En: The queue behind him grew longer and some began to lose patience.Sv: Johan, en regelbunden besökare och en vänlig själ som stod bakom Lukas, försökte hjälpa genom att påminna honom med ett skämtsamt uttryck: "Det är inte Oktoberfest här, Lukas!"En: Johan, a regular visitor and a friendly soul standing behind Lukas, tried to help by reminding him with a joking expression: "It's not Oktoberfest here, Lukas!"Sv: Lukas kände sig lite röd om kinderna men bestämde sig för att övervinna situationen.En: Lukas felt a bit flushed but decided to overcome the situation.Sv: Han använde handgester och krokiga svenska fraser för att förklara sin beställning.En: He used hand gestures and crooked Swedish phrases to explain his order.Sv: Men allt blev lite ännu roligare när han av misstag beställde en hel bricka med bakverk tillsammans med kaffet.En: But it became even funnier when he accidentally ordered a whole tray of pastries along with the coffee.Sv: Alla i kaféet, inklusive Anita och Johan, började skratta.En: Everyone in the café, including Anita and Johan, started laughing.Sv: Lukas, trots sin fluster, skrattade också.En: Lukas, despite his fluster, laughed too.Sv: "Jag antar att jag får dela," skämtade han och bjöd alla på bakverk.En: "I guess I'll have to share," he joked and offered everyone pastries.Sv: Atmosfären i kaféet blev plötsligt livligare, och folk började prata och skratta med varandra.En: The atmosphere in the café suddenly became livelier, and people began talking and laughing with one another.Sv: Lukas lärde sig att det ibland hjälpte att ta ett djupt andetag och fokusera på nuet, i stället för att drömma sig bort.En: Lukas learned that sometimes it helped to take a deep breath and focus on the present, instead of drifting away in thoughts.Sv: Denna dag blev till slut en trevlig påminnelse för Lukas om vikten av att vara närvarande och njuta av de enkla stunderna.En: This day ultimately became a pleasant reminder for Lukas of the importance of being present and enjoying the simple moments.Sv: Med en varm kopp kaffe i handen och ett leende på läpparna lämnade han kaféet, redo att möta dagen med ett lättare hjärta.En: With a warm cup of coffee in hand and a smile on his face, he left the café, ready to face the day with a lighter heart. Vocabulary Words:absent-minded: tankspriddcheerful: gladgreeted: hälsadesmile: leendecounter: kassanconfused: förvirratexcuse: förlåtnervously: nervöstmistake: misstagqueue: könpatience: tålamodetflushed: röd om kindernagestures: handgesterphrases: frasertray: brickapastries: bakverkfluster: flusteratmosphere: atmosfärenlivelier: livligaredrifting: drömma sig bortreminder: påminnelsepresent: närvarandeenjoying: njutasimple: enklaface: mötasmell: kaffedoftenfrost-covered: frosttäcktarelieved: glad överlinger: höll sig kvarpleasant: trevlig

It's the Second Doctor's second story, and he's already cross-dressing, bashing heads, and doing the worst German accent this side of Oktoberfest. The Highlanders is a story where the Doctor flails through post-regeneration weirdness while Ben, Polly, and proto-companion Jamie navigate the aftermath of Culloden and a plot to sell Scots into slavery. With violent slapstick, dodgy disguises, and an unexpected showdown on a boat, this might be the most violent—and historically faithful—Doctor Who story ever made. But does the Randomizer's gift of Jamie McCrimmon come wrapped in tartan triumph… or just more post-battle trauma?Give your own rating for The Highlanders on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and become a True Companion of the podcast to get new episodes before everyone else!Subscribe to our newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pulltoopen.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for extended notes on The Highlanders.Support the podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠becoming a patron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of Pull To Open on Patreon.Please review Pull To Open on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Timeline:Intro 00:00:00Previously… 00:03:05Whomoji Challenge 00:07:07POLL to Open 00:13:23TL;DW 00:19:55Commentary: The Highlanders 00:22:26History Corner 00:47:20Four Questions to Doomsday 01:02:08What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:05:13Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:09:10Final Judgment 01:12:57Randomizer! 01:17:14Follow us on:TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen63⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pulltoopen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Play ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pull To Open Bingo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Story EssentialsSeason 4, Serial 4Story number: 30, per the The Pull To Open CodexWriters: Elwyn Jones, Gerry DavisDirector: Hugh DavidScript Editor: Gerry DavisProducer: Innes LloydAired 17 December 1966–7 January 1967Pull To Open: The HighlandersSeason 7Episode 2Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pete Pachal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris Taylor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Martin West/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thinking Fish⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠©️AnyWho Media LLC 2026Doctor Who ©️BBC 1963

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The Age of Victoria returns for the 2026 season with a high-energy prologue to our new series, “Hunger and Revolution”. In this episode, we follow the “magnificent, terrible, magnetic” Lola Montez as she transitions from the stage to the high-stakes world of European politics. Lola becomes an “accidental bunch of dynamite,” moving through the bohemian circles of Paris and the royal halls of Munich. Her volatile relationship with the “rockstar” composer Franz Liszt and her scandalous influence over King Ludwig I of Bavaria serve as a sparking point for the unrest that would soon consume the continent. Against the grim backdrop of the “Continental Famine” and rising industrial tensions, we examine how one woman's individual actions could help bring the curtain down on the pre-modern age. Key Topics Covered: Bohemian Paris in the 1840s: A city of romance and industry undergoing a transformation marked by early railway stations, gas streetlights, and artistic experimentation. Lisztomania and the Great Composers: Exploring the electric performances and scandalous love life of Franz Liszt—the “rockstar” of the 19th century—who redefined the status of the artist in society. The Duel of Dujarier: Lola's time in the French literary scene alongside figures like Victor Hugo ended in tragedy when her lover, journalist Alexandre Henri Dujarier, was killed in a reluctant pistol duel. The “Gallery of Beauties”: A look at the 36 oil paintings in King Ludwig's collection, where Lola's portrait eventually sparked a national scandal. The Continental Famine: Examining the “parallel story” of the 1845–1847 potato blight across Europe that fueled the urban discontent leading to the 1848 revolutions. The Fall of Munich: The student riots at the University of Munich involving the “Lolamannen,” the exile of Montez, and King Ludwig I's ultimate abdication. “The Battle of Ballarat”: A summary of Lola's later years, including her infamous whip-fight with a newspaper editor in the Australian goldfields. Works Cited & Sources: Edmund B. d'Auvergne: Lola Montez: An Adventuress of the 'Forties (Project Gutenberg). Dictionary of Irish Biography: “Gilbert, Eliza Rosana (Lola Montez)” by Lawrence William White. Schloss Nymphenburg: “King Ludwig I's Gallery of Beauties (Room 15).” Interlude.hk: “Life of Chopin: The Controversial Chopin Biography by Liszt” by Emily E. Hogstad . Interlude.hk: “The Spy who loved me! Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth”. Dance Biographies: “Alexandre Henri Dujarier” & “The Fascinating Lola Montez: The European Years.” State Library Victoria: “Wild times with Lola Montez” (The Battle of Ballarat). Elizabeth Kerri Mahon: “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets: The Racy Life of Lola Montez.” Oktoberfest.de: “The History of Oktoberfest”. Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: “Economic Crisis in the first half of 1847” (Ohio.edu). The post EP065 SETTING EUROPE ON FIRE appeared first on AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST.

On this episode we crack into the Kolsch Style NA Beer from Best Day Brewing as we chat about the glorious day known as NYE, 2025 where'd you go?, a boutique known as Target, some special agreements with Wisconsin, Nick's optometry degree and Kyle's weak eyes, drinking 75 Oktoberfests in Denver, 1.5 billion dollars, statistics aren't in your favor, getting the ducks in a row, money changes everything, less things more experiences, how long before you get board, load the jet and let's help some people, and using wealth to be of service.  Get our first barrel pick bottle: LINK HERE Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrepandStone We'd love to hear from you! https://linktr.ee/DrepandStone Don't forget to subscribe! Music by @joakimkarudmusic Episode #327

The podcast kicks off with Lino's stories after returning from a pilgrimage to Oktoberfest. After that, they play some local news blessing pets for St Francis of Assisi. Then, Tyler pitches some new ideas for the Church. And the podcast wraps up with a listener asking for explanations on the show's inside jokes!

Comedian/actor Jen Kober (@jenkober) joins Andy, Jesse and Matt to talk about comedy in Louisiana, Oktoberfest, buxom wenches, the connection between fish buttholes and fingers, a koala chlamydia vaccine, Jesse's newfound raccoon fame, light-powered gears that fit inside a strand of hair and Jen's membership in the Star Wars canon.

Buckle up for a wild ride with Opie and Matt in this hilarious supercut from the Opie Radio podcast, recorded live at Gebhards! From Matt's outrageous speeding ticket story (100 mph in a school zone with his family in tow?) to debates about pumpkin beer and cinnamon-sugar rims, this episode is packed with laughs. The duo dives into Oktoberfest vibes, a $1,200 bottle of Rip Van Winkle bourbon, and cringe-worthy tales of "the birds and the bees" talks gone wrong—complete with condoms on golf clubs and awkward apple tree confessions. Cheers to chaos, friendship, and Southern Tier's Pumpkin King!

• Jeff's Bagel Run opens Lake Mary on Halloween • Push the JBR app; free bagel promo • Fresh spreads, coffee, hot-honey everything test • Post pics with #TDBagel • Friday Free Show kicks off • Guest: Brendan O'Connor of Orlando Shine • November: Bad at Business Beer Fest; Sofas and Suds • Logistics: start times, IDs, free entry, charity pint glass • Orlando Shine hits ~20k monthly uniques • Why Brendan left former outlet; Mo Dewitt first sponsor • Fired after revealing Mo's offer; labeled an “enemy” • Launching Shine felt validating; stress down • Brendan as brand face; firing criticized; praise for Mike Donahue • “Replaceable” reminders; automation/AI replacing workers • Self-driving trucks; remote monitoring • Urged to start a “blog war”; Brendan stays positive • Shine covers grim stories with empathy; avoids drama • Point Orlando: Museum of Ice Cream selfie pop-up • Still Lounge by Dre & Snoop; “gin and juice” theme • Hip-hop venues: Proper Lounge; Still Lounge • Shine posted MOIC at 1 a.m.; rival claimed “Scoop!” at 8 a.m. • Accused AI-style rewrites; aggregation ethics and proper credit • OBJ/Sentinel sourcing norms; grace is gone; undermining alleged • Former employer litigious; Mo says “I got your back” • Florida “tree audit” funding: state grants/tree fund, not taxes • Tree fines fund programs; property-tax debate; state control • People want tax relief; budgets misunderstood • Boutique local outlets; fragmented audiences • Scroll culture, headline skims, ad-bloated sites • AI filler vs. human reporting; diversify sources • Ad metrics inflated; empty “impressions” • Shine sells engagement/trust over raw numbers • Old radio PPM vs. meaningless digital clicks • Google's paid results vs. current ChatGPT answers • Worry about future AI monetization bias • AI as tool: Brendan uses tracking/visuals; Dan prefers TikTok • Stoicism: focus on what you control; skip fear loops • Brendan's Canada family spooked by U.S. news • Rumor: live-action Jetsons with Jim Carrey • Jetsons trivia: one season in 1960s; revived in 1980s; set in 2062 • Love for Googie futurism; T&D brand nods to mid-century • Retro TVs, VHS culture, lost media; studio write-offs yank films • Tom of Finland shout; leather aesthetics; Folsom Street Fair explained • Puppy-play pens; Beer Fest “puppy pen” gag; dom/sub curiosity • Burning Man “Celestial Bodies” note • Adult-night debate: fun without full swinger vibes; nude beaches as option • Safety/etiquette at gay bars; buddy system; straight bars vs. karaoke • Big Daddy's chaos; Creed sing-alongs • Casino boats memory; declined ads; Oktoberfest “mud bog” humor • Viral boat-fail culture vs. reality; spectators filming over helping • Scotty's dad Glenn tales: Fireball, purse gun, wild pontoon mishap • Biketoberfest plan: leather shopping; Daytona wild vs. New Smyrna calm • Cabbage Patch coleslaw wrestling; Playalinda nude section • Adult-weekend ideas: speakeasies, secret bars, escape rooms • Orlando gay nightlife: District Dive; Southern Nights; “Stiffies” • Jetsons chat returns; Carrey's family-friendly picks • Orlando Shine: joyful local coverage; memberships; Friday 8 p.m. Real Radio • Adventures on Tap D&D charity; Brendan as a gnome • Scooby-Doo campaign pitch; Velma vs. Daphne jokes • Close: BDM show Monday; playful sign-off ### **Social Media:**   [Website](https://tomanddan.com/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tomanddanlive) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/amediocretime) | [Instagram](https://instagram.com/tomanddanlive) **Where to Find the Show:**   [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Mediocre-Time-p364156/) **The Tom & Dan Radio Show on Real Radio 104.1:**   [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Fjb3Jwb3JhdGV0aW1lL3BvZGNhc3QueG1s) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Corporate-Time-p1038501/) **Exclusive Content:** [Join BDM](https://tomanddan.com/registration) **Merch:** [Shop Tom & Dan](https://tomanddan.myshopify.com/)

Susie went to Oktoberfest and her brother refused to eat one of the foods because it wasn't authentic. Hear why he boycotted a sweet treat. People are getting tattoos under anesthesia, and Sarah weighs in on whether that defeats the purpose or is just good sense. We learn the tricks of the trade if you're in the extreme cleaning business, the worst stains to get out, why you should never sandblast phlegm, and the best way to clean a jail cell. We discuss a man who was kicked out of a Wal-Mart for bringing his emotional support alligator, and learn why Sarah gets real worked up about people for doing this.Brain Candy Podcast Presents: Susie & Sarah's SpOoOoOoOoktacular Spectacle, October 30, Oriental Theater, Denver, Colorado: Get your tickets! Brain Candy Podcast Website - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/Brain Candy Podcast Book Recommendations - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/books/Brain Candy Podcast Merchandise - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/candy-store/Brain Candy Podcast Candy Club - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/product/candy-club/Brain Candy Podcast Sponsor Codes - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/support-us/Brain Candy Podcast Social Media & Platforms:Brain Candy Podcast LIVE Interactive Trivia Nights - https://www.youtube.com/@BrainCandyPodcast/streamsBrain Candy Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braincandypodcastHost Susie Meister Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susiemeisterHost Sarah Rice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imsarahriceBrain Candy Podcast on X: https://www.x.com/braincandypodBrain Candy Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/braincandy (JOIN FREE - TONS OF REALITY TV CONTENT)Brain Candy Podcast Sponsors, partnerships, & Products that we love:Get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life when you go to https://www.hungryroot.com/BRAINCANDY and use code BRAINCANDYFor 50% off your order, head to https://www.dailylook.com and use code BRAINCANDYSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• Fairvilla Megastore Halloween party and Grave Rave • Horny Dracula joke and costume talk • Shopping for lingerie, gifts, and costumes at Fairvilla • Store locations in Kissimmee, I-Drive, Palatka, and Sanford • Visit Fairvilla.com for info and events • Show intro and sponsor shoutouts • Reflection on show longevity and episode count • New Love Thy Neighbor podcast with Colette Fehr • Relationship focus with humor and Thursday schedule • Promo for free Bad at Business Beerfest on Nov 22 • THC seltzer trend and tolerance chat • Guest Amy LeCours on sobriety and quitting Adderall • Marriage dynamics and side-effect jokes • Beerfest planning and sponsor updates • Jeff's Bagel Run app and giveaways • Giant Recreational World RVs joining the fest • Camping trip to Jonathan Dickinson State Park • Camper luxury and marriage humor • Beerfest lineup with free beer, seltzers, food trucks, and giveaways • Gabriel Plants and Jeff's Bagel Run freebies • Silver Linings Band and DJ Sharp performing live • Family-friendly, all-ages street party • Limited gift bags, arrive early at noon • Pint-glass sales benefit Yellow Brick Road Foundation • Jokes about charity credit and validation • Sofas and Suds couch races promo before Thanksgiving • AI fatigue and Sora 2 video generator talk • SJ from St. Cloud as tech partner • AI videos: zombie chase and Stephen Hawking skateboarding • Digital afterlife and consent debate • A Boy Named Farts AI parody and artist-rights talk • Chris Stapleton concert canceled for bronchitis • Weekend plans ruined and weather debate • Defending a Monster segment on Columbus • Guns, disease, and morality in context • Regret over “Indian” label and Italian stereotypes • Columbus confusion and AI fatigue • Columbus Day regattas and nude boating nostalgia • 1980s parenting, drinking, and no seatbelts • Bucket Dad memories and reckless fun • Past vs modern child-safety contrast • Indoor-smoking nostalgia and car-feature talk • Tech-gap jokes about landlines and icons • New hair-growth study with minoxidil and stevia • Tugboat Clark beard experiment • Hollerbach's Oktoberfest food, beer, and stein-holding • Amy LeCours comedy shows at 12 Talons, Bull & Bush, Little Indies • NFL tush-push debate and rule predictions • Bucket Dad callback and email segment • Workplace story on covering coworker duties • Independent show model vs old iHeart system • Employees multitasking and ghost quitters • Caring exploited vs healthy boundaries • Accepting favors without guilt • Listener Joshua's dad-daughter Honda N600 build • Parenting and passing down skills • Bucket Dads vs absent dads motivation • Balancing trauma and success in kids • Using video proof for parenting memories • Flip-flops and professionalism debate • Florida casual culture vs business image • Comics dressing up out of respect • Tom's Pukes of Hazard tease and leg injury • Physical-therapy embarrassment and odor jokes • Avoidance humor and smell callback • Tugboat Clark storm call-in and 10-ft waves • Stevia-minoxidil patch results and mouse study • Crack vs Stevia confusion and Charlie Sheen story • Listener Concrete Mike 9/11 near-miss story • Fate, luck, and random survival themes • Dan's Sanford Cracker Barrel shooting story • Divine intervention vs chance debate • Other-shoe-to-drop mindset and entropy metaphor • Rant on pill shortages and Adderall panic • Wrap-up plugs for Amy LeCours and Pillow Fort podcast • Reminder to listen to Love Thy Neighbor • Upcoming November events and Fairvilla party • Attend Sofas and Suds and Beerfest • Colette Fehr confirmed for Beerfest • Pukes of Hazard premieres Monday for BDMs • Subscribe at TomandDan.com and join the fun ### **Social Media:**   [Website](https://tomanddan.com/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tomanddanlive) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/amediocretime) | [Instagram](https://instagram.com/tomanddanlive) **Where to Find the Show:**   [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Mediocre-Time-p364156/) **The Tom & Dan Radio Show on Real Radio 104.1:**   [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990) | [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Fjb3Jwb3JhdGV0aW1lL3BvZGNhc3QueG1s) | [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Comedy/A-Corporate-Time-p1038501/) **Exclusive Content:** [Join BDM](https://tomanddan.com/registration) **Merch:** [Shop Tom & Dan](https://tomanddan.myshopify.com/)

The race to save dozens of students after a school collapses in Indonesia. At least four students were killed and about 100 injured, some critically, after the two-storey Islamic Boarding School in East Java caved in. Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, had gathered to pray in the building when it gave way. The authorities on Wednesday said crying and shouting could still be heard from under the rubble, while anxious relatives who had camped out at the school overnight awaited news of their loved ones.Also: shutdown at Oktoberfest after an explosion in Munich, the controversial South African opposition politician Julius Malema is found guilty of gun charges, dozens are dead after an earthquake in the Philippines, and Indian doctors get help with their handwriting.The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

Join Opie and the crew for a wild, unfiltered episode of Opie Radio broadcast live from Gebhardt's! The gang dives into hilarious rants about AI marrying humans, healthcare gripes, and a chaotic rock trivia showdown that tests their music knowledge with questions on Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, and more. From debates about dandruff to tales of mattresses and motorbikes, this episode is packed with laughs, barbs, and unexpected tangents. Plus, hear about a touching moment tied to Huntington's disease and the latest on alien meteors. Tune in for a rowdy, beer-fueled hangout with Opie, Ron, Matt, and Chris Ferretti. Cheers to Southern Tier's Oktoberfest brew!