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FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down this week's biggest stories ahead of South Carolina's June 9 partisan primary.As first reported on FITSNews.com -- The interplay between election year politics and the Alex Murdaugh retrial, the suspiciously timed death of political operative Chris Slick and allegations of a "corrupt bargain" shadowing Trump's endorsement for South Carolina governor.--Chapters:0:00 - Bracing for a Chaotic Partisan Primary1:06 - Election Politics v. Murdaugh Retrial8:07 - A Political Operative's Mysterious Death in Belize15:15 - Trump endorsement fuels speculation of "corrupt bargain"21:10 - Polls, Candidates, Dropouts and Greenbacks---The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.---For the latest this story and more, subscribe to FITSNews on site: https://fitsnews.comMore ways to support: On YouTube:    / @fitstube  On X/Twitter: https://x.com/fitsnews/On Facebook:   / fitsnews  On TikTok:   / fitsnews  

On overcoming addiction in a public spotlight. On why his father would have beaten Trump again. On cruelty spreading like poison oak. On finding joy in life. On TikTok.

We're conditioned to stand right next to everything we thought we wanted, the money, the status, the life that looks right from the outside, and still feel empty. Real contentment isn't a checklist you complete. It's the stillness you finally allow yourself to step into. In this episode, Peter Fenger sits down with Danielle Diamond, a renowned yoga and lifestyle expert with more than twenty years of experience helping people build strength, resilience, and mental clarity. Danielle is the creator of Zen Strength Yoga, a modern approach that blends yoga with functional fitness, and her work has been featured on the Today Show, Dr. Oz, Yoga Journal, and more. As a contributor to Yahoo Beauty and The Huffington Post, she has long championed honest conversations around mental health and self-acceptance. Her forthcoming memoir, “Happy Adjacent”, draws on her own personal journey to reframe happiness and destigmatize mental illness, offering tools through movement, mindfulness, and radical honesty that help others feel seen, supported, and grounded. Today, Danielle opens up about a childhood shaped by fame and quiet chaos, a lifelong search for real happiness, and the healing she found by finally going inward. Her story and her memoir challenge us to rethink resilience, presence, and what it truly means to be well. For more information about “Happy Adjacent” by Danielle Diamond, please visit: happy-adjacent.com Connect with Danielle Diamond on social media: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyadjacent_/ On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happyadjacent_ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/happyadjacent/

Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, sit down with FITSNews.com founder Will Folks in the wake of Murdaugh's bombshell murder convictions being overturned by the S.C. Supreme Court. The attorneys discuss what it took to get here and what comes next for their high-profile client.For the latest this story and more, subscribe to FITSNews on site: https://fitsnews.comMore ways to support: On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FITSTube?sub_confirmation=1On X/Twitter: https://x.com/fitsnews/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitsnews/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fitsnews

South Carolina's Supreme Court unanimously and emphatically overturned Alex Murdaugh's double homicide convictions, concluding that Colleton County clerk of court Becky Hill "placed her fingers on the scales of justice."FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood break down the court's landmark decision and what it means for the future of South Carolina's most high-profile murder case.For the latest on these story and more, subscribe to FITSNews on site: https://fitsnews.comMore ways to support: On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FITSTube?sub_confirmation=1On X/Twitter: https://x.com/fitsnews/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitsnews/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fitsnews

Today, I'm delighted to reconnect with nutritionist, Andrea Donsky. Andrea is a well-respected media personality, speaker, author, researcher, and host of the Menopause Reimagined podcast, on which I have been a guest twice. In our conversation, we discuss her new book and speak at length about her motivation for writing about nourishment for mind, body, and spirit. We explore why food suddenly feels like it's working against you, and why our nutrition truly needs to change in midlife. We cover symptom-specific nutrition, including a detailed discussion of hot flashes, the importance of fiber, and navigating weight-loss resistance as a Gen X-er. We also talk about the weight and shame imprinting that many of our generation experienced, followed by a rapid-fire conversation around magnesium, protein, alcohol, and more. Join us for today's transparent, honest, and real conversation with Andrea Donsky.  Andrea's book, Nourishing Menopause: Powerful Nutrition and Lifestyle Strategies to Feel Your Best, will be published in May. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: Why Andrea took a mind, body, and spirit approach to nourishment in her book Andrea shares her experience of gaining and losing weight in midlife, despite making no changes to her diet or exercise routine How perimenopause can go unrecognized for years—even for a nutritionist Why what worked before may no longer work in midlife, and how Andrea had to relearn how to eat, exercise, and think  The lack of education and stigma that shaped the Gen X menopause experience Why balancing blood sugar becomes foundational in midlife The link between insulin resistance and factors like stress, poor sleep, diet, visceral fat, and hormonal changes  How undereating can worsen weight-loss resistance Andrea shares her “balance blueprint” for blood sugar in midlife Bio: Andrea Donsky Andrea Donsky is a nutritionist, 7X Published Menopause Researcher & Entrepreneur with 26 years of experience in health and wellness. She is a respected multi-award-winning influencer, media personality, speaker, and author. Andrea hosts the podcast “Menopause Reimagined,” and she is the co-founder of www.wearemorphus.com, a company that empowers women to feel heard and supported as they go through perimenopause and menopause. Her book, Nourishing Menopause: Powerful Nutrition and Lifestyle Strategies to Feel Your Best, published by Simon and Schuster, is out now. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow   Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia's website Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow  Cynthia's Menopause Gut Book is on presale now! Cynthia's Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement Line Connect with Andrea Donsky On her website Order Andrea's new book, Nourishing Menopause. On TikTok and Instagram We Are Morphus on Instagram

In this episode, Rocky sits down with creative director and photographer Rambo Elliott for a deeply honest conversation about identity, permission, and what it actually takes to stop performing your way into belonging. Rambo opens up about her autism diagnosis at 36 and how getting that word didn't mean something was wrong with her. It meant she'd needed different accommodations.Together they dig into why curiosity requires rest, safety, and community before it can grow, why so many of us have learned to cry fine while everything's falling apart, and what radical self-acceptance actually looks like when you stop chasing people who can only handle you once every three months. This episode invites listeners to examine the stories they've inherited about who they are, challenge what's actually theirs to carry, and consider what becomes possible when you decide to let you.Episode Highlights with Timestamps:00:01:00] Intensity and sincerity as a way of life[00:02:00] Getting stuck without knowing it[00:02:30] Autism diagnosis at 36 and the permission it gave[00:16:00] Curiosity as a ripe environment[00:19:00] Performance vs. genuine connection[00:22:45] Emotion as information, not the enemy[00:28:22] Crying fine, the lie we keep telling[00:35:38] Radical self-acceptance and moving on faster[00:46:00] What it means to be humanAbout Our GuestRambo Elliott is a creative director and photographer with a decade of work documenting music, art, fashion, and celebrity. Her background as a neuromuscular massage therapist shapes everything. Her work puts a deep emphasis on connection and vulnerability, and it shows. She's been featured in GQ, Vogue, Rolling Stone, the NY Times, Billboard, Vanity Fair, Essence, and more. She's created album covers and videos for Leon Bridges, done documentary work with Jon Batiste and Takashi Murakami, and shot campaigns for Stetson, Dickies, Lucchese, and Tecovas.Follow Rambo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rambo/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ramboelliottWebsite: https://rambophotography.com/Join Rocky, LIVE on Zoom, in conversation about leadership, humanity, and everything in between: http://rockygarza.com/confidence

FITSNews' Week in Review returns with a vengeance. Founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood break down the latest developments in the Alex Murdaugh appeal, with a decision from the S.C. Supreme Court now imminent.What happens if the justices -- as widely expected -- reverse Murdaugh's convictions and remand his case back to the circuit court? FITSNews.com has answers, while Will has some blunt words for the powerful interests who have sought to intimidate this news outlet into backing away from the inconvenient truths at the heart of this case.Will also sat down with FITSNews chief photographer and researcher Andrew Fancher to discuss the long-awaited sentencing date announcement in the federal case against former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright. Fancher also previewed Devil's Right Hand, an investigative series into the disgraced former lawman.Also on this week's program: an update in the mysterious death of Daniel Reed “DJ” Smith, whose body was found on a remote stretch of railroad tracks nearly seven years ago.Chapters:0:00 — Back With a Vengeance1:12 — Alex Murdaugh's Appeal & the Pressure Campaign Against FITSNews19:37 — A Body on the Tracks and an Official Story Under Fire in Civil Court30:40 — Disgraced Former Sheriff Chuck Wright Gets a Federal Sentencing DateFor the latest on these story and more, subscribe to FITSNews on site: https://fitsnews.comMore ways to support: On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FITSTube?sub_confirmation=1On X/Twitter: https://x.com/fitsnews/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitsnews/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fitsnews

Welcome to Hot Topics! In this episode, host Gabrielle Crichlow and guest Sharon Dunlevy highlight the significant effects of trauma on children's learning capabilities in foster care. They examine how exposure to drugs, alcohol, and physical abuse can hinder academic progress and emotional well-being. Tune in to discover actionable steps foster parents can take to support their children's educational rights and needs. Educational advocacy involves understanding those rights and striving to ensure they are upheld in the educational system.Who is Sharon Dunlevy?Sharon Dunlevy is an educational advocate for children in foster care. It is her mission to bring the educational needs of children in foster care to the attention of those who can change policies and practices that would give more children in foster care the ability to succeed educationally, the foundation for their ability to succeed after leaving care. Her primary work includes training foster parents on the educational laws that affect children in foster care and how to use those laws to ensure these children graduate successfully. But Sharon is not just a trainer, she is also a speaker and influencer. She has recently participated in two speaking competitions with the intent of bringing attention to those needs, winning fan favorite in the second competition.You can find Sharon:On the web: https://sharondunlevy.com/On Facebook (page): https://www.facebook.com/fostercaretrainingtodayOn Facebook (group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/fosteradoptivefamiliesOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharondunlevy72On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharondunlevy/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sharondunlevyBy email: sharon@sharondunlevy.comPurchase Sharon's ebook, "From Placement to Graduation and Beyond: How to Navigate Education in Foster Care. The Path Forward," here: https://fostercaretrainingtoday.com/ebookWatch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/SwaHEGZu1YYRate this episode on IMDB: TBA********************************************Follow Gabrielle Crichlow:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-crichlow-92587a360Follow A Step Ahead Tutoring Services:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn X: https://www.x.com/ASATS2013On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-step-ahead-tutoring-services/On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@astepaheadtutoringservicesOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asats2013On Eventbrite: https://astepaheadtutoringservices.eventbrite.comVisit us on the web: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.comSign up for our email list: https://squareup.com/outreach/a41DaE/subscribeSign up for our text list: https://tapit.us/cipPJOCheck out our entire "Hot Topics!" podcast: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.com/hottopicspodcastSupport us:Cash App: https://cash.app/$ASATS2013PayPal: https://paypal.me/ASATS2013Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ASATS2013Zelle: success@astepaheadtutoringservices.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hot-topics--5600971/supportOriginal date of episode: January 13, 2026

On this episode, Amanda Head talks with Michael Sobolik to break down the real stakes behind the U.S.–China relationship, and why it matters more than ever for America's future.From TikTok and data security to energy independence and global trade, Sobolik unpacks how China maintains leverage on the world stage, including through vast oil reserves and diversified energy sources. He raises serious concerns about Beijing's reliability on key issues like fentanyl enforcement, citing a recent White House report that casts doubt on China's commitments.The conversation dives into the growing push to reshore pharmaceutical manufacturing, highlighting the national security risks of relying on China for critical medical supply chains. On TikTok, Sobolik argues the current deal falls short, warning that ties to ByteDance still pose unresolved concerns.They also explore Taiwan's defense spending and why its security is directly tied to U.S. strategic interests.Amanda also brings a personal, on-the-ground perspective, recounting her experience at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner when a gunman attempted to breach security. The moment underscores the very real and immediate nature of national security threats, connecting global instability to risks felt at home.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Where do you get your financial advice from? A report says Gen Z are nearly five times more likely to turn to social media than people in their 40s. On TikTok, the hashtag FinTok has over four billion views, with trends like girl math, loud budgeting and cash stuffing going viral. But are 'finfluencers' empowering the youth or exposing them to financial harm? We hear from 23-year-old Achiever Omoobajesu and 24-year-old Gbeminiyi Shopeju about Gen Z's approach to investing and why social media has become to go-to place for financial advice. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Fana Negash and Carolyne Kiambo Technical Producer: David Nzau Senior Producer: Priya Sippy Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Ken Rideout for a conversation that goes far beyond endurance sport. Yes, they talk about marathons, HYROX, discipline, and what it really feels like to stand on a start line ready to compete — but this episode is really about identity, effort, masculinity, parenting, business ambition, and the mindset required to keep going when life gets hard. Ken opens up about what success actually means to him, why he believes failure is simply not trying, and how he's learned to reframe adversity — from losing jobs to helping his wife through cancer treatment. He shares his brutally honest view that most people underestimate what they're capable of, explains why he's driven more by discipline than motivation, and reveals the internal pressure, imposter syndrome, and dark mental places that often sit beneath elite performance. This is not a polished “morning routine” conversation. It's a raw, funny, provocative and deeply human episode about competing hard, living truthfully, protecting your energy, and building a life where you do more of what matters - and less of what doesn't. Show Notes In this episode, we cover:

Autistic stand-up comedienne Holly Huff joins Ben this week to talk about her comedy club experiences, her future plans for utilizing her writing talents, and her thoughts on Batman movies. After an exchange of pleasantries and a discussion about Holly's background and ambitions, they dig into the definition specifics and Ben's favorite Google feature! Next, they take a brief detour through the subject of ice cream novelties before the video game shenanigans commence! Games discussed in this episode include Dispatch, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning, and Rocksteady Studios' Batman and Batman-adjacent games.  *** 00:00:20 - Meeting Andrew, career hopes, telling Holly about the show's origins, and comics 00:04:14 - Holly introduces herself, challenges of comedy on the spectrum, and burnout 00:07:05 - A sensory issue at a venue, hearing that smell, going off script, and improvisation 00:09:46 - Ben's strategy for managing anxiety, personal growth, and trending standup routines Holly's Grateful Dead stand-up bit - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YsUG-80TQpE 00:12:07 - Holly's focus, weird cartoon love, the ultimate goal, and the changing landscape 00:15:25 - No interest in being a humorist, first link, the definition, and THE four bodily fluids 00:18:31 - Ben brings it up... AGAIN, comedy mainstream, and the urge to make people laugh 00:21:11 - Authenticity, Zoltan Kaszas, laughing, a novelty ice cream truck, and soap flavoring 00:24:01 - Traveling for comedy, buyer's remorse, Telltale games, Batman tease, and licenses 00:28:31 - Holly's Dispatch video thoughts, a gamer in denial, and your choices always matters 00:32:37 - Cheating at Choose Your Own Adventure, the nerdiest thing, and a fish out of water 00:34:19 - Using labels, autism things, dispelling the us vs. them mentality, and commonalities 00:40:28 - For example… Batman, it's time for the feud, and Holly had some issues with Tenet 00:42:41 - Setting a higher bar, a different Ben gets snubbed, and multiple Batman universes 00:47:51 - Rocksteady Studios' Batman, unwanted driving levels, and the Suicide Squad flop 00:51:29 - Urinating on The Flash, glitches can be funny, and Holly IS buying Skyrim 17 times 00:54:41 - Hilarious bits in serious games, no zombies for Holly, and an artist ruining horses 00:57:00 - Another pitch, reluctantly on TikTok, Gary Oldman, and a Christopher Nolan idea *** Follow Holly Huff on… On instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hollyhuffcomedy/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HollyHuffComedy On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holly.huff.2025/ On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hollyhuffcomedy?lang=en   Follow Two Vague on… Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Substack: https://twovaguepodcast.substack.com/ On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twovaguepodcast.com   For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: twovaguepodcast@gmail.com -AND-  …for all of your PRI and 2VP merch, check out the Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC! https://www.teepublic.com/user/partly-robot-industries *** References, Links, and Tags #Podbean #DIYPodcast #ApplePodcast #VideoGames #Trivia #Comedy #Talkshow #2VP #TwoVaguePodcast #PodernFamily #InterviewShow #GamersofThreads #Gamer #PartlyRobot #PartlyRobotIndustries #TeePublic #MicrocosmPublishing #HollyHuff 

Ever wonder why some videos explode and others flop? I've spent the last 30 days obsessively testing TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts—you name it—to uncover the exact formula that stops the scroll. And it all boils down to three simple ingredients: speed, ease, and pure relatability. Picture this: I'm making lunches for my kids, bedtime takes forever, and I hear those little footsteps overhead. Instead of a polished tip or tutorial, I recorded the raw moment and overlaid text: "Moments you hate as a parent… you'll miss one day." No teaching. No extra advice. Just real life. On Instagram it crushed. On TikTok? Crickets. Today on the podcast, I break down why. Listen in and discover: The 5-word, 5-second headline hack that skyrockets views How to mine real-life situations & phrases for instant relatability Why "speed and ease" taps into our DNA (and drives engagement) Using AI tools like B-Bot to unearth top pain points & emotions How to apply these hooks to ads, webinar titles, and beyond Ready to stop the scroll and light up your feed? Tune in now and start testing this formula in your next post. Did you enjoy this episode? I'd love it if you'd share it on Instagram and tag me @iambrandonlucero! Thank you for supporting the show. Find me on: IG: @iambrandonlucero Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAmBrandonLucero  Website: https://www.brandonlucero.com 

Dominic Leonardo — the urban planner and creator behind CityGlowUp — is back in good traffic this week for a conversation about the hidden costs of hosting major sporting events, why cities keep building stadiums they can't afford, and what a leaked 2013 Super Bowl bid book reveals about the NFL's demands. As cities across the country bond for billions to build new facilities hoping for economic windfalls, Dominic's recent videos expose financial inconsistencies that rarely make headlines — and why the math might never add up the way boosters claim.We also touch on: The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs' new stadium deals. How economic impact studies overstate benefits. Parking requirements as a tax on density. Rhode Island's iterative approach to housing legislation. ADUs in existing non-conforming structures. Massachusetts transit-oriented development laws. Hasbro leaving Rhode Island for Boston. The Washington Bridge replacement project.*Apologies for the delay in getting this out - an illness slowed us down, last week.Timeline:00:00 Dominic Leonardo returns.02:47 CityGlowUp on YouTube.03:28 The economics of the Super Bowl video.04:08 The leaked 2013 NFL bid book.04:55 Tax exemptions and 35,000 free parking spaces.05:24 Are cities really seeing economic growth?05:41 Brad's biggest hypocrisy.06:33 Why stadium financing is so problematic.07:07 New England's unique approach to stadiums.07:42 The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City deals.08:25 Dallas Cowboys and public subsidies.11:18 Economic impact studies and their flaws.15:34 The cultural value of sports teams.19:47 Other CityGlowUp videos worth watching.24:12 Parking requirements as a hidden tax.29:38 Minimum lot sizes and exclusionary zoning.35:22 Rhode Island's housing production package.40:15 Iterative legislation year after year.44:50 ADUs in existing non-conforming structures.48:33 State preemption of local zoning.52:41 Comparing Rhode Island to Massachusetts.57:28 Transit-oriented development laws in Mass.1:01:15 Commuter rail bleeding into Rhode Island.1:04:22 The latest in Rhode Island land use.1:06:23 ADU regulations evolving rapidly.1:07:23 Hasbro leaving for Boston.1:07:38 Rhode Island versus other New England states.1:09:40 Wrapping up and future meetups.Further context:CityGlowUp on YouTube.On Instagram.On TikTok.

Welcome to Hot Topics! Our host, Gabrielle Crichlow, brings guest John Diggs back to the show to answer this question further: what is a mind map? Watch us break it down in this episode.Who is John Diggs?John Diggs is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the "I AM Mind Map System", a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results. Get ready to DIGG deep into how we can all use mind maps to better understand who we are, set purposeful goals, and unlock our potential. Let's welcome John Diggs to the show!You can find John:On the web # 1: https://johndiggs.comOn the web # 2: https://mappineerville.mn.co/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnDiggsMappineerOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johndiggsmappineermentor/On Threads: https://www.threads.com/@johndiggsmappineermentorOn X: https://x.com/JohnDiggsOn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-diggs-mappineer/On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourMappineeringMentorOn Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/johndiggable/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johndiggableWatch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/_uXBt4k4pBURate this episode on IMDB: TBA********************************************Follow Gabrielle Crichlow:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-crichlow-92587a360Follow A Step Ahead Tutoring Services:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn X: https://www.x.com/ASATS2013On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-step-ahead-tutoring-services/On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@astepaheadtutoringservicesOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asats2013On Eventbrite: https://astepaheadtutoringservices.eventbrite.comVisit us on the web: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.comSign up for our email list: https://squareup.com/outreach/a41DaE/subscribeSign up for our text list: https://tapit.us/cipPJOCheck out our entire "Hot Topics!" podcast: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.com/hottopicspodcastSupport us:Cash App: https://cash.app/$ASATS2013PayPal: https://paypal.me/ASATS2013Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ASATS2013Zelle: success@astepaheadtutoringservices.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hot-topics--5600971/supportOriginal date of episode: November 5, 2025

Welcome to Hot Topics! In this episode, host Gabrielle Crichlow welcomes guest John Diggs, a renowned mentor and the creator of the "I Am Mind Map" system. Together, they explore the concept of mind maps, discussing their definition, purpose, and practical applications in personal development.Join them as they break down mind mapping, emphasizing its role as a visual representation of thoughts that helps organize and clarify ideas. John shares his expertise on the benefits of mind maps, highlighting how they can reduce mental clutter, enhance decision-making, and provide clarity in both personal and professional contexts.Throughout the conversation, Gabrielle and John delve into the differences between mind maps and vision boards. While vision boards serve as inspirational collages that visually represent goals and dreams, mind maps are dynamic tools that allow for a deeper exploration of thoughts and ideas. Vision boards typically focus on end results, using images and words to evoke feelings and aspirations. In contrast, mind maps facilitate a more structured approach, enabling individuals to break down their goals into actionable steps and organize their thoughts logically. This adaptability makes mind maps particularly effective for planning, brainstorming, and problem-solving, allowing for continuous updates as goals evolve.As the episode concludes, Gabrielle and John inspire you to take action by utilizing mind mapping techniques in your own life. Discover how this transformative tool can unlock your potential, enhance your creativity, and help you visualize your path to success. Tune in to this enlightening discussion and embark on a journey toward a more organized and fulfilling life!Who is John Diggs?John Diggs is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the "I AM Mind Map System", a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results. Get ready to DIGG deep into how we can all use mind maps to better understand who we are, set purposeful goals, and unlock our potential. Let's welcome John Diggs to the show!You can find John (updated):On the web # 1: https://johndiggs.comOn the web # 2: https://mappineerville.mn.co/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnDiggsMappineerOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johndiggsmappineermentor/On Threads: https://www.threads.com/@johndiggsmappineermentorOn X: https://twitter.com/JohnDiggsOn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-diggs-mappineer/On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourMappineeringMentorOn Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/johndiggable/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johndiggableWatch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/au7bzISJmnoRate this episode on IMDB: TBA********************************************Follow Gabrielle Crichlow:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabrielle.crichlowOn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-crichlow-92587a360Follow A Step Ahead Tutoring Services:On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astepaheadtutoringservicesOn X: https://www.x.com/ASATS2013On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-step-ahead-tutoring-services/On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@astepaheadtutoringservicesOn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@asats2013On Eventbrite: https://astepaheadtutoringservices.eventbrite.comVisit us on the web: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.comSign up for our email list: https://squareup.com/outreach/a41DaE/subscribeSign up for our text list: https://tapit.us/cipPJOCheck out our entire "Hot Topics!" podcast: https://www.astepaheadtutoringservices.com/hottopicspodcastSupport us:Cash App: https://cash.app/$ASATS2013PayPal: https://paypal.me/ASATS2013Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/ASATS2013Zelle: success@astepaheadtutoringservices.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hot-topics--5600971/supportOriginal date of episode: September 24, 2025

Send us a textThis week on Three Kitchens we welcome James and Tim, hosts of Thicc Radio, the award-winning podcast about gaining and feedism, and so much more! We chat about where the idea for their show originated, all the numerous topics they explore with their guests, and the importance of the community they've created and nurtured. Kink and fetish, gender, sexuality, health and healthcare, dating, culture, politics and body positivity -- Thicc Radio is offering up real talk, hosted by these lovely, genuine humans. We really enjoyed this conversation and think you will too!  And of course, there's food talk. James shares his mom's potato leek soup recipe that transports him straight back to childhood whenever he makes it. It's easy and classic, and you can zhuzh it up to make it your own. Enjoy! Follow Thicc Radio!  On Instagram @thiccradio  (https://www.instagram.com/thiccradio/)On TikTok @thiccradio (https://www.tiktok.com/@thiccradio)On YouTube @thiccradio (https://www.youtube.com/@thiccradio) Three Kitchens Podcast - a home cooking showCheck out our website where you can listen to all of our episodes and find recipes on our blog: www.threekitchenspodcast.comYou can support the show with a small donation at Buy Me A Coffee.Want to be a guest? We want to hear from you! Join us on our socials!Instagram @three_kitchens_podcastFacebook @threekitchenspodcastYouTube @threekitchenspodcastTikTok @threekitchenspodcastRate, review, follow, subscribe and tell your friends!

Could live selling be the next big opportunity for indie authors? Adam Beswick shares how organic marketing, live streaming, and direct sales are transforming his author career—and how other writers can do the same. In the intro, book marketing principles [Self-Publishing with ALLi]; Interview with Tobi Lutke, the CEO and co-founder of Shopify [David Senra]; The Writer's Mind Survey; Bones of the Deep – J.F. Penn; Alliance of Independent Authors Indie Author Lab. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with writing software, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Check it out for free or get 15% off the premium edition at www.ProWritingAid.com/joanna This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Adam Beswick is a bestselling fantasy author and an expert in TikTok marketing for authors, as well as a former NHS mental health nurse. Adam went full-time as an indie author in 2023 and now runs AP Beswick Publications. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes How Adam scaled from garden office to warehouse, with his wife leaving her engineering career to join the business Why organic marketing (free video content) beats paid ads for testing what resonates with readers The power of live selling: earning £3,500 in one Christmas live stream through TikTok shop Mystery book bags: a gamified approach to selling that keeps customers coming back Building an email list of actual buyers through direct sales versus relying on platform algorithms Why human connection matters more than ever in the age of AI-generated content You can find Adam at APBeswickPublications.com and on TikTok as @a.p_beswick_publications. Transcript of interview with Adam Beswick Jo: Adam Beswick is a bestselling fantasy author and an expert in TikTok marketing for authors, as well as a former NHS mental health nurse. Adam went full-time as an indie author in 2023 and now runs AP Beswick Publications. Welcome back to the show, Adam. Adam: Hi there, and thank you for having me back. Jo: Oh, I'm super excited to talk to you today. Now, you were last on the show in May 2024, so just under two years, and you had gone full-time as an author the year before that. So just tell us— What's changed for you in the last couple of years? What does your author business look like now? Adam: That is terrifying to hear that it was that long ago, because it genuinely feels like it was a couple of months ago. Things have certainly been turbocharged since we last spoke. Last time we spoke I had a big focus on going into direct sales, and I think if I recall correctly, we were just about to release a book by Alexis Brooke, which was the first book in a series that we had worked with another author on, which was the first time we were doing that. Since then, we now have six authors on our books, with a range of full agreements or print-only deals. With that focus of direct selling, we have expanded our TikTok shop. In 2024, I stepped back from TikTok shop just because of constraints around my own time. We took TikTok shop seriously again in 2025 and scaled up to a six-figure revenue stream throughout 2025, effectively starting from scratch. That means we have had to go from having an office pod in the garden, to my wife now has left her career as a structural engineer to join the business because there was too much for me to manage. We went from this small office space, to now we have the biggest office space in our office block because we organise our own print runs and do all our distribution worldwide from what we call “AP HQ.” Jo: And you don't print books, but you have a warehouse. Adam: Yes, we have a warehouse. We work with different printers to order books in. We print quite large scale—well, large scale to me—volumes of books. Then we have them ordered to here, and then we will sign them all and distribute everything from here. Jo: Sarah, your wife, being a structural engineer—it seems like she would be a real help in organising a business of warehousing and all of that. Has that been great [working with your wife]? Because I worked with my husband for a while and we decided to stop doing that. Adam: Well, we're still married, so I'm taking that as a win! And funnily enough, we don't actually fall out so much at work. When we do, it's more about me being quite chaotic with how I work, but also I can at times be quite inflexible about how I want things to be done. But what Sarah's fantastic at is the organisation, the analytics. She runs all the logistical side of things. When we moved into the bigger office space, she insisted on us having different offices. She's literally shoved me on the other side of the building. So I'm out the way—I can just come in and write, come and do my bit to sign the books, and then she can just get on with organising the orders and getting those packed and sent out to readers. She manages all the tracking, the customs—all the stuff that would really bog me down. I wouldn't say she necessarily enjoys it when she's getting some cranky emails from people whose books might have gone missing or have been held up at customs, but she's really good at that side. She's really helped bring systems in place to make sure the fulfilment side is as smooth as possible. Jo: I think this is so important, and I want everyone to hear you on this. Because at heart, you are the creative, you are a writer, and sure you are building this business, but I feel like one of the biggest mistakes that creative-first authors make is not getting somebody else to help them. It doesn't have to be a spouse, right? It can also be another professional person. Sacha Black's got various people working for her. I think you just can't do it alone, right? Adam: Absolutely not. I would have drowned long before now. When Sarah joined the team, I was at a position where I'd said to her, “Look, I need to look at bringing someone in because I'm drowning.” It was only then she took a look at where her career was, and she'd done everything she wanted to do. She was a senior engineer. She'd completed all the big projects. I mean, this is a woman who's designed football stands across the UK and some of the biggest barn conversions and school conversions and things like that. She'd done everything professionally that she'd wanted to and was perhaps losing that passion that she once had. So she said she was interested, and we said, “Look, why don't you come and spend a bit of time working with me within the business, see whether it works for you, see if we can find an area that works for you—not you working for the business, the business working for you—that we maintain that work-life balance.” And then if it didn't work, we were in a position where we could set her up to start working for herself as an engineer again, but under her own terms. Then we just went from strength to strength. We made it through the first year. I think we made it through the first year without any arguments, and she's now been full-time in the business for two years. Jo: I think that's great. Really good to hear that. Because when I met you, probably in Seville I think it was, I was like, “You are going to hit some difficulty,” because I could see that if you were going to scale as fast as you were aiming to— There are problems of scale, right? There's a reason why lots of us don't want a bloomin' warehouse. Adam: Yes, absolutely. I think it's twofold. I am an author at heart—that's my passion—but I'm also a businessman and a creative from a marketing point of view. I always see writing as the passion. The business side and the creating of content—that's the work. So I never see writing as work. When I was a nurse, I was the nurse that was always put on the wards where no one else wanted to work because that's where I thrived. I thrive in the chaos. Put me with people who had really challenging behaviour or were really unwell and needed that really intense support, displayed quite often problematic behaviours, and I would thrive in those environments because I'd always like to prove that you can get the best out of anyone. I very much work in that manner now. The more chaotic, the more pressure-charged the situation is, the better I thrive in that. If I was just sat writing a book and that was it, I'd probably get less done because I'd get bored and I wouldn't feel like I was challenging myself. As you said, the flip side of that is that risk of burnout is very, very real, and I have come very, very close. But as a former mental health nurse, I am very good at spotting my own signs of when I'm not taking good care of myself. And if I don't, Sarah sure as hell does. Jo: I think that's great. Really good to hear. Okay, so you talked there about creating the content as work, and— You have driven your success, I would say, almost entirely with TikTok. Would that be right? Adam: Well, no, I'd come back and touch on that just to say it isn't just TikTok. I would say definitely organic marketing, but not just TikTok. I'm always quick to pivot if something isn't working or if there's a dip in sales. I'm always looking at how we can—not necessarily keep growing—but it's about sustaining what you've built so that we can carry on doing this. If the business stops earning money, I can't keep doing what I love doing, and me and my wife can't keep supporting our family with a stable income, which is what we have now. I would say TikTok is what started it all, but I did the same as having all my books on Amazon, which is why I switched to doing wide and direct sales: I didn't want all my eggs in one basket. I was always exploring what platforms I can use to best utilise organic marketing, to the point where my author TikTok channel is probably my third lowest avenue for directing traffic to my store at the moment. I have a separate channel for my TikTok shop, which generates great traffic, but that's a separate thing because I treat my TikTok shop as a separate audience. That only goes out to a UK audience, whereas my main TikTok channel goes out to a worldwide audience. Jo: Okay. So we are going to get into TikTok, and I do want to talk about that, but you said TikTok Shop UK and— Then you mentioned organic marketing. What do you mean by that? Adam: When I say organic marketing, I mean marketing your books in a way that is not a detriment to your bank balance. To break that down further: you can be paying for, say for example, you set up a Facebook ad and you are paying five pounds a day just for a testing phase for an ad that potentially isn't going to work. You potentially have to run 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ads at five pounds a day to find one ad that works, that will make your book profitable. There's a lot of testing, a lot of money that goes into that. With organic marketing, it's using video marketing or slideshows or carousels on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook—wherever you want to put it—to find the content that does resonate with your readers, that generates sales, and it doesn't cost you anything. I can create a video on TikTok, put it out there, and it reaches three, four hundred people. That hasn't cost me any money at all. Those three, four hundred people have seen my content. That's not TikTok's job for that to generate sales. That's my job to convert those views into sales. If it doesn't, I just need to look at the content and say, “Well, that hasn't hit my audience, or if it has, it hasn't resonated. What do I need to do with my content to make it resonate and then transition into sales?” Once you find something that works, it's just a case of rinse and repeat. Keep tweaking it, keep changing or using variants of that content that's working to generate sales. If you manage to do that consistently, you've already got content that you know works. So when you've built up consistent sales and you are perhaps earning a few thousand pounds a month—it could be five figures a month—you've then got a pool of money that you've generated. You can use that then to invest into paid ads, using the content you've already created organically and tested organically for what your audience is going to interact with. Jo: Okay. I think because I'm old school from the old days, we would've called that content marketing. But I feel like the difference of what you are doing and what TikTok—I think the type of behaviour TikTok has driven is the actual sales, the conversion into sales. So for example, this interview, right? My podcast is content marketing. It puts our words out in the world and some people find us, and some people buy stuff from us. So it's content marketing, but it's not the way you are analysing content that actually drives sales. Based on that content, there's no way of tracking any sales that come from this interview. We are just never going to know. I think that's the big difference between what you are doing with content versus what I and many other, I guess, older creators have done, which is— We put stuff out there for free, hope that some people might find us, and some of those people might buy. It's quite different. Adam: I would still argue that it is organic marketing, because you've got a podcast that people don't have to pay to listen to, that they get enjoyment from, and the byproduct of that is you generate some income passively through that. If you think of your podcast as one product and your video content is the same—these social media platforms—you don't just post your podcast on one platform. You will utilise as many platforms as you can, unless you have a brand agreement where a platform is paying you to solely use their platform because you or yourself are the driver for the audience there. I would say a podcast is a form of organic marketing. I could start a podcast about video marketing. I could start a podcast about reading. The idea being you build up an audience and then when you drop in those releases, that audience then goes and buys that product. For example, if you've got a self-help book coming out, if you drop that into your podcast, chances are you're going to get a lot more sales from your audience that are here to listen to you as the inspirational storyteller that you are from a business point of view than what you would if you announced that you had a new crime novel coming out or a horror story you've written. Your audience within here is generally an author audience who are looking to refine their craft—whether that be the writing or the selling of the books or living the dream of being a full-time author. I think it's more a terminology thing. Jo: Well, let's talk about why I wanted to talk to you. A friend of ours told me that you are doing really well with live sales. This was just before Christmas, I think. And I was like, “Live sales? What does that even mean?” Then I saw that Kim Kardashian was doing live sales on TikTok and did this “Kim's Must Have” thing, and Snoop Dogg was there, and it was this massive event where they were selling. I was like, “Oh, it's like TV sales—the TV sales channel where you show things and then people buy immediately.” And I was like, “Wait, is Adam like the Kim Kardashian of the indie author?” So tell us about this live sale thing. Adam: Well, I've not got that far to say that I have the Kim Kardashian status! What it is, is that I'm passionate about learning, but also sharing what's working for me so that other authors can succeed—without what I'm sharing being stuck behind a paywall. It is a big gripe of mine that you get all these courses and all these things you can do and everything has to be behind a paywall. If I've got the time, I'll just share. Hence why we were in Vegas doing the presentations for Indie Author Nation, which I think had you been in my talk, Jo, you would've heard me talking about the live selling. Jo: Oh, I missed it. I'll have to get the replay. Adam: I only covered a short section of it, but what I actually said within that talk is, for me, live selling is going to be the next big thing. If you are not live selling your books at the moment, and you are not paying attention to it, start paying attention to it. I started paying attention about six months ago, and I have seen constant growth to a point where I've had to post less content because doing one live stream a week was making more money than me posting content and burning myself out every single day for the TikTok shop. I did a live stream at the beginning of Christmas, for example. A bit of prep work went into it. We had a whole Christmas set, and within that one live stream we generated three and a half thousand pounds of organic book sales. Jo: Wow. Adam: Obviously that isn't something that happened overnight. That took me doing a regular Friday stream from September all the way through to December to build up to that moment. In fact, I think that was Black Friday, sorry, where we did that. But what I looked at was, “Right, I haven't got the bandwidth because of all the plates I was spinning to go live five days a week. However, I can commit to a Friday morning.” I can commit to a Friday morning because that is the day when Sarah isn't in the office, and it's my day to pack the orders. So I've already got the orders to pack, so I thought I'll go live whilst I'm packing the orders and just hang out and chat. I slowly started to find that on average I was earning between three to four hundred pounds doing that, packing orders that I already had to pack. I've just found a way to monetise it and engage with a new audience whilst doing that. The thing that's key is it is a new audience. You have people who like to consume their content through short-form content or long-form content. Then you have people who like to consume content with human interaction on a live, and it's a completely different ballgame. What TikTok is enabling us to do—on other platforms I am looking at other platforms for live selling—you can engage with an audience, but because on TikTok you can upload your products, people can buy the products direct whilst you are live on that platform. For that, you will pay a small fee to TikTok, which is absolutely worth it. That's part of the reason we've been able to scale to having a six-figure business within TikTok shop itself as one revenue stream. Jo: Okay. So a few things. You mentioned there the integration with TikTok shop. As I've said many times, I'm not on TikTok—I am on Instagram—and on Instagram you can incorporate your Meta catalogue to Shopify. Do you think the same principle applies to Instagram or YouTube as well? I think YouTube has an integration with Shopify. Do you think the same thing would work that way? Adam: I think it's possible. Yes, absolutely. As long as people can click and buy that product from whatever content they are watching—but usually what it will have to do is redirect them to your store, and you've still got all the conversion metrics that have to kick in. They have to be happy with the shipping, they have to be happy with the product description and stuff like that. With TikTok shop, it's very much a one-stop shop. People click on the product, they can still be watching the video, click to buy something, and not leave the stream. Jo: So the stream's on, and then let's say you are packing one of your books— Does that product link just pop up and then people can buy that book as you are packing it? Adam: So we've got lots and lots of products on our store now. I always have a product link that has all our products listed, and I always keep all of the bundles towards the top because they generate more income than a single book sale. What will happen is I can showcase a book, I'll tap the screen to show what product it is that I'm packing, and then I'll just talk about it. If people want it, they just click that product link and they can buy it straight away. What people get a lot of enjoyment from—which I never expected in a million years—is watching people pack their order there and then. As an author, we're not just selling a generic product. We're selling a book that we have written, that we have put our heart and soul into. People love that. It's a way of letting them into a bit of you, giving them a bit of information, talking to them, showing them how human you are. If you're on that live stream being an absolute arse and not very nice, people aren't going to buy your books. But if you're being welcoming, you're chatting, you're talking to everyone, you're interacting, you're showcasing books they probably will. What we do is if someone orders on the live stream, we throw some extra stuff in, so they don't just get the books, they'll get some art prints included, they'll get some bookmarks thrown in, and we've got merch that we'll throw in as a little thank you. Now it's all stuff that is low cost to us, because actually we're acquiring a customer in that moment. I've got people who come onto every single Friday live stream that I do now. They have bought every single product in our catalogue and they are harassing me for when the next release is out because they want more, before they even know what that is. They want it because it's being produced by us—because of our brand. With the lives, what I found is the branding has become really important. We're at a stage where we're being asked—because I'm quite well known for wearing beanie hats on live streams or video content—people are like, “When are you going to release some beanie hats?” Now and again, Sarah will drop some AP branded merch. It'll be beer coasters with the AP logo on, or a tote bag with the AP logo on. It's not stuff that we sell at this stage—we give them away. The more money people spend, the more stuff we put in. And people are like, “No, no, you need to add these to the store because we want to buy them.” The brand itself is growing, not just the book sales. It's becoming better known. We've got Pacificon in April, and there's so many people on that live stream that have bought tickets to meet us in person at this conference in April, which is amazing. There's so much going on. With TikTok shop, it only works in the country where you are based, so it only goes out to a UK audience, which is why I keep it separate from my main channel. That means we're tapping into a completely new audience, because up until last year, I'd always targeted America—that's where my biggest readership was. Jo: Wow. There's so much to this. Okay. First of all, most people are not going to have their own warehouse. Most people are not going to be packing live. So for authors who are selling on, let's just say Amazon, can live sales still work for them? Could they still go live at a regular time every week and talk about a book and see if that drives sales, even if it's at Amazon? Adam: Yes, absolutely. I would test that because ultimately you're creating a brand, you're putting yourself out there, and you're consistently showing up. You can have people that have never heard of you just stumble across your live and think, “What are they doing there?” They're a bit curious, so they might ask some questions, they might not. They might see some other interactions. There's a million and one things you can do on that live to generate conversation. I've done it where I've had 150 books to sign, so I've just lined up the books, stood in front of the camera, switched the camera on while I'm signing the books, and just chatted away to people without any product links. People will come back and be like, “Oh, I've just been to your store and bought through your series,” and stuff like that. So absolutely that can work. The key is putting in the work and setting it up. I started out by getting five copies of one book, signing them, and selling them on TikTok shop. I sold them in a day, and then that built up to effectively what we have now. That got my eyes open for direct selling. When I was working with BookVault and they were integrated with my store, orders came to me, but then they went to BookVault—they printed and distributed. Then we got to a point scaling-wise where we thought, “If we want to take this to the next level, we need to take on distribution ourselves,” because the profit lines are better, the margins are bigger. That's why we started doing it ourselves, but only once we'd had a proven track record of sales spanning 18 months to two years and had the confidence. It was actually with myself and Sacha that we set up at the same time and egged each other on. I think I was just a tiny bit ahead of her with setting up a warehouse. And then as you've seen, Sacha's gone from strength to strength. It doesn't come without its trigger warnings in the sense of it isn't an easy thing to do. I think you have to have a certain skill set for live selling. You have to have a certain mindset for the physicality that comes with it. When we've had a delivery of two and a half thousand books and we've got to bring them up to the first floor where the office is—I don't have a massive team of people. It's myself and Sarah, and every now and again we get my dad in to help us because he's retired now. We'll give him a bottle of wine as a thank you. Jo: You need to give him some more wine, I think! Adam: Yes! But you've gotta be able to roll your sleeves up and do the work. I think if you've got the work ethic and that drive to succeed, then absolutely anyone can do it. There's nothing special about my books in that sense. I've got a group called Novel Gains where I've actually started a monthly challenge yesterday, and we've got nearly two and a half thousand people in the group now. The group has never been more active because it's really energised and charged. People have seen the success stories, and people are going on lives who never thought it would work for them. Lee Mountford put a post up yesterday on the first day of this challenge just to say, “Look, a year ago I was where you were when Adam did the last challenge. I thought I can't do organic marketing, I can't get myself on camera.” Organic marketing and live selling is now equating to 50% of his income. Jo: And he doesn't have a warehouse. Adam: Well, he scaled up to it now, so he's got two lockups because he scaled up. He started off small, then he thought, “Right, I'm going to go for it.” He ordered a print run of a few of his books—I think 300 copies of three books. Bundled them up, sold them out within a few months. Then he's just scaled from there because he's seen by creating the content, by doing the lives, that it's just creating a revenue stream that he wasn't tapping into. Last January when we did the challenge, he was really engaged throughout the process. He was really analytical with the results he was getting. But he didn't stop after 30 days when that challenge finished. He went away behind the scenes for the next 11 months and has continued to grow. He is absolutely thriving now. Him and his wife—a husband and wife team—his wife is also an author, and they've now added her spicy books to their TikTok shop. They're just selling straight away because he's built up the audience. He's built up that connection. Jo: I think that's great. And I love hearing this because I built my business on what I've called content marketing—you're calling it organic marketing. So I think it's really good to know that it's still possible; it's just a different kind. Now I just wanna get some specifics. One— Where can people find your Novel Gains stuff? Adam: So Novel Gains is an online community on Facebook. As I said, there's no website, there's no fancy website, there's no paid course or anything. It is just people holding themselves accountable and listening to my ramblings every now and again when I try and share pills of wisdom to try and motivate and inspire. I also ask other successful authors to drop their story about organic marketing on there, to again get people fired up and show what can be achieved. Jo: Okay. That's on Facebook. So then let's talk about the setup. I think a lot of the time I get concerned about video because I think everything has to be on my phone. How are you setting this up technically so you can get filmed and also see comments and all of this kind of stuff? Adam: Just with my phone. Jo: It is just on your phone? Adam: Yes. I don't use any fancy camera tricks or anything. I literally just settle my phone and hit record when I'm doing it. Jo: But you set it up on a tripod or something? Adam: Yes. So I'll have a tripod. I don't do any fancy lighting or anything like that because I want the content to seem as real as possible. I'll set up the camera at an angle that shows whatever task I'm doing. For example, if I'm packing orders, I can see the screen so I can see the comments as they're coming up. It's close enough to me to interact. At Christmas, we did have a bit of a setup—it did look like a QVC channel, I'm not going to lie! I was at the back. There was a table in front of me with products on. We had mystery book bags. We had a Christmas tree. We had a big banner behind me. The camera was on the other side of the room, but I just had my laptop next to me that was logged into TikTok, so I was watching the live stream so I could see any comments coming up. Jo: Yes, that's the thing. So you can have a different screen with the comments. Because that's what I'm concerned about—it might just be the eyesight thing, but I'm like, I just can't literally do everything on the phone. Adam: TikTok has a studio—TikTok Studio—that you can download, and you can get all your data and analytics in there for your live streams. At the moment, I'll just tap the screen to add a new product or pin a new product. You can do all that from your computer on this studio where you can say, “Right, I'm showcasing this product now,” click on it and it'll come up onto the live stream. You just have to link the two together. Jo: I'm really thinking about this. Partly this is great because my other concern with TikTok and all these video channels is how much can be done by AI now. TikTok has its own AI generation stuff. A lot of it's amazing. I'm not saying it's bad quality, I'm saying it's amazing quality, but— What AI can't do is the live stuff. You just can't—I mean, I imagine you can fake it, but you can't fake it. Adam: Well, you'd be surprised. I've seen live streams where it's like an avatar on the screen and there is someone talking and then the avatar moving in live as that person's talking. Jo: Right? Adam: I've seen that where it's animals, I've seen it where it's like a 3D person. There's a really popular stream at the minute that is just a cartoon cat on the stream. Whenever you send a gift, it starts singing whoever sent it—it gets a name—and that's a system that someone has somehow set up. I have no idea how they've set it up, but they're literally not doing it. That can run 24 hours a day. There's always hundreds and hundreds of people on it sending gifts to hear this cat sing with an AI voice their name. Yes, AI will work and it will work for different things. But I think with us and with our books, people want that human connection more than ever because of AI. Use that to your advantage. Jo: Okay. So the other thing I like about this idea is you are doing these live sales and then you are looking at the amount you've sold. But are you making changes to it? Or are you only tweaking the content on your prerecorded stuff? Your live is so natural. How are you going to change it up, I guess? Adam: I am always testing what is working, what's not working. For example, I'm a big nerd at heart and I collect Pokémon cards. Now that I'm older, I can afford some of the more rare stuff, and me and my daughter have a lot of enjoyment collecting Pokémon cards together. We follow channels, we watch stuff on YouTube, and I was looking at what streamers do with Pokémon cards and how they sell like mystery products on an app or whatnot. I was like, “How can I apply this to books?” And I came up with the idea of doing mystery book bags. People pay 20 pounds, they get some goodies—some carefully curated goodies, as we say, that “Mrs. B” has put together. On stream, I never give the audience Sarah's name. It's always “Mrs. B.” So Mrs. B has built up her own brand within the stream—they go feral when she comes on camera to say hi! Then there's some goodies in there. That could be some tote socks, a tote bag, cup holders, page holders, metal pins, things like that. Then inside that, I'll pull out a thing that will say what book they're getting from our product catalogue. What I make clear is that could be anything from our product catalogue. So that could be a single book, it could be six books, it could be a three-book bundle. There's all sorts that people can get. It could be a deluxe special edition. People love that, and they tend to buy it because there's so much choice and they might be struggling with, “Right, I don't know what to get.” So they think, “You know what? I'll buy one of them mystery book bags.” I only do them when I'm live. I've done streams where the camera's on me. I've done top-down streams where you can only see my hands and these mystery book bags. Every time someone orders one, I'm just opening it live and showcasing what product they get from the stream. People love it to the point where every stream I do, they're like, “When are you doing the next mystery book bags? When are you doing the next ones?” Jo: So if we were on live now and I click to buy, you see the order with my name and you just write “Jo” on it, and then you put it in a pile? Adam: So you print labels there and then, which I'll do. Exactly. If I'm live packing them—I'm not going to lie—when I'm set up properly, I don't have time to pack them because the orders are coming in that thick and fast. All I do is have a Post-it note next to me, and I'll write down their username, then I'll stick that onto their order. I'll collect everything, showcase what they're getting, the extra goodies that they're getting with their order, and then I'll stick the Post-it on and put that to one side. To put that into context as something that works through testing different things: we started off doing 60 book bags—30 of them were spicy book bags, 30 were general fantasy which had my books and a couple of our authors that haven't got spice in their books—and the aim was to sell them within a month. We sold them within one stream. 60 book bags at 20 pounds a pop. What that also generated is people then buying other products while we're doing it. It also meant that I'd do it all on a Friday, and we'd come in on a Monday and start the week with 40, 50, 60 orders to pack regardless of what's coming from the Shopify store. The level of orders is honestly obscene, but we've continuously learned how best to manage this. We learned that actually, if you showcase the orders, stick a Post-it on, when we print the shipping labels, it takes us five minutes to just put all the shipping labels with everyone's orders. Then we can just fire through packing everything up because everything's already bundled together. It literally just needs putting in a box. Jo: Okay. So there's so much we could talk about, but hopefully people will look into this more. So I went to go watch a video—I thought, “Oh, well, I'll just go watch Adam do this. I'm sure there's a recording”—and then I couldn't find one. So tell me about that. Does [the live recording] just disappear or what? Adam: Yes, it does. It's live for a reason. You can download it afterwards if you want, and then you've got content to repurpose. In fact, you're giving me an idea. I've done a live today—I could download that clip that's an hour and 20 minutes long. Some of it, I'm just rambling, but some of it's got some content that I could absolutely use because I'm engaging with people. I've showcased books throughout it because I've been packing orders. I had an hour window before this podcast and I had a handful of orders to pack. So I just jumped on a live and I made like 250 pounds while doing a job that I would already be having to do. I could download that video, put it in OpusClip, and that will then generate short-form content for me of the meaningful interaction through that, based on the parameters that I give it. So that's absolutely something you could do. In fact, I'm probably going to do it now that you've given me the idea. Jo: Because even if it was on another channel, like you could put that one on YouTube. Adam: Yes. Wherever you want. It doesn't have a watermark on it. Jo: And what did you say? OpusClip? Adam: OpusClip, yes. If you do long-form content of any kind, you can put that in and then it'll pull out meaningful content. Loads of like 20, 30 short-form content video clips that you can use. It's a brilliant piece of software if you use it the right way. Jo: Okay. Well I want you to repurpose that because I want to watch you in action, but I'm not going to turn up for your live—although now I'm like, “Oh, I really must.” So does that also mean—you said it's UK only because the TikTok shop is linked to the UK— So people in America can't even see it? Adam: So sometimes they do pop in, but again, that's why I have a separate channel for my main author account. When I go live on that, anyone from around the world can come in. But if I've got shoppable links in, chances are the algorithm is just going to put that out to a UK audience because that's where TikTok will then make money. If I want to hit my US audience, I'll jump on Instagram because that's where I've got my biggest following. So I'll jump on Instagram and go live over there at a time that I know will be appropriate for Americans. Jo: Okay. We could talk forever, but I do have just a question about TikTok itself. All of these platforms seem to follow a way of things where at the beginning it's much easier to get reach. It is truly organic. It's really amazing. Then they start putting on various brakes—like Facebook added groups, and then you couldn't reach people in your groups. And then you had to pay to play. Then in the US of course, we've got a sale that has been signed. Who knows what will happen there. What are your thoughts on how TikTok has changed? What might go on this year, and how are you preparing? Adam: So, I think as a businessman and an author who wants to reach readers, I use the platforms for what I can get out of them without having to spend a stupid amount of money. If those platforms stop working for me, I'll stop using them and find one that does. With organic reach on TikTok, I think you'll always have a level of that. Is it harder now? Yes. Does that mean it's not achievable? Absolutely not. If your content isn't reaching people, or you're not getting the engagement that you want, or you find fulfilling, you need to look at yourself and the content you are putting out. You are in control of that. There's elements of this takeover in America—again, I've got zero control over that, so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. I'll focus on areas that are making a difference. As I said, TikTok isn't the biggest earner for my business. My author channel's been absolutely dead for a good six months or so. But that means I get stagnant with the content I'm creating. So the challenge I'm doing at the minute, I'm taking part to create fresh content every day to recharge myself. I've got Instagram and Facebook that generate high volumes of traffic every single day. And usually if they stop, TikTok starts to work. Any algorithm changes—things will change when it changes hands in America—but primarily it still wants to make money. It's a business. If anything, it might make it harder for us to reach America because it will want to focus on reaching an American audience for the people that are buying TikTok shop. But they want it because they want the TikTok shop because of the amount of money that it is generating. It's gone from a small amount of people making money to large volumes of businesses across the entire USA—like over here now—that are reaching an audience that previously you had to have deep pockets to reach, to get your business set up. Now you've got all these businesses popping up that are starting from scratch because they're reaching people. They've got a product that's marketable, that people want to enjoy. They want to be part of that growth. I think that will still happen. It might just be a few of the parameters change, like Facebook does all the time. Jo: Things will always change. That is key. We should also say by selling direct, you've built presumably a very big email list of buyers as well. Adam: Yes. I've actually got a trophy that Shopify sent me because we hit 10,000 sales—10,000 customers. I think we're nearing 16,000 sales on there now. We've got all that customer data. We don't get that on TikTok. We haven't got the customer data. Jo: Ah, that's interesting. Okay. How do you not though? Oh, because—did they ship it? Adam: So if you link it with your Shopify and you do all your shipping direct, the customer data has to come to your Shopify, otherwise you can't ship. When TikTok ship it for you—so I print the shipping labels, but they organise the couriers—all the customer data's blotted out. It's like redacted, so you don't see it. Jo: Ah, see that is in itself a cheeky move. Adam: Yes. But if it's linked to your Shopify, you get all that data and your Shopify is your store. So your Shopify will keep that data. They kept affecting how I extracted the shipping labels and stuff like that, and just kept making life really difficult. So I've just switched it back. I think Sarah has found an app that works really well for correlating the two. Jo: Yes, but this is a really big deal. We carp on about it all the time, but— If you sell direct and you do get the customer data, you are building an email list of actual buyers as opposed to freebie seekers. Which a lot of people have. Adam: Absolutely, and that's the same for you. If you send poor products out or your customer has a poor experience, they're not going to come back and order from you again. If your customer has a really good experience and opens the products and sees all this extra care that's gone in and all the books are signed, then they've not had to pay extra. There was a Kickstarter—I'm not going to name which author it was—but it was an author whose book I was quite excited to back. They had these special editions they'd done, but you had to buy a special edition for an extra 30 quid if you wanted it signed. I was like, “Absolutely not.” If these people are putting their hands in their pockets for these deluxe special editions, and if you're a big name author, it's certainly not them that have anything to do with it. They just have other companies do it all for them. Whereas with us, you are creating everything. Our way of saying thank you to everyone is by signing the book. Jo: I love that you're still so enthusiastic about it and that it seems to be going really well. So we're almost out of time, but just quickly— Tell people a bit more about the books that they can find in your stores and where people can find them. Adam: Yes. So we publish predominantly fantasy, and we have moved into the spicy fantasy world. We have a few series there. You can check out APBeswickPublications.com where you will see our full product catalogue and all of my books. On TikTok shop, we are under a.p_beswick_publications. That's the best place to see where I go live—short-form content. I'll post spicy books on there, but on lives, I showcase everything. I also have fantasy.books.uk, where that's where you'll see the videos or product links for the non-spicy fantasy books. Jo: And what time do you go live in the UK? Adam: So I go live 8:00 AM every Friday morning. Jo: Wow. Okay. I might even have to check that out. This has been so great, Adam. Thanks so much for your time. Adam: Well, thank you for having me.The post Selling Books Live On Social Media With Adam Beswick first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Australia is currently experiencing a real surge in popularity in the USA. On TikTok and Instagram, young Americans in particular are raving about life “down under,” tourism figures are rising — and a prominent name is further strengthening the trend. But what is behind the new longing for the faraway continent? - Australien erlebt in den USA derzeit einen regelrechten Popularitätsschub. Auf TikTok und Instagram schwärmen vor allem junge Amerikaner vom Leben „Down Under“, die Tourismuszahlen steigen – und ein prominenter Name verstärkt den Trend zusätzlich. Doch was steckt hinter der neuen Sehnsucht nach dem fernen Kontinent?

Send us a textIn this episode, we sit down with the brilliant Jirzia Blackman, LCSW-S and founder of Rhapsody Counseling & Wellness, for a powerful conversation about the twists, turns, and triumphs that have shaped her career. Jirzia opens up about the moments that challenged her, the mentors who guided her, and the clarity she gained as she learned to trust her own path.Her journey is a reminder that where you begin is rarely where you end up—and that growth often happens in the unexpected spaces. From redefining her professional identity to building a practice rooted in healing, intention, and community, Jirzia embodies what it means to evolve with purpose.This episode is full of wisdom, laughter, and the kind of inspiration that stays with you long after the conversation ends. We are truly honored to have her join us and share her story with the Queens of Social Work community.You all can find her on IG @rhapsodycounseling_wellness and also at @authenticbeyond_thecouch. On TikTok she is @rhapsody_counseling. Social workers of color face immense challenges—systemic racism, underfunding, and overwhelming caseloads. They work tirelessly to support others but often lack the support they need. That's why we created the Queens of Social Work Podcast—a lifeline and safe space for social workers of color to vent, share, laugh, and find the resources they need to thrive. The QOSW Daily Journal and our Royally You Interactive Journal for yourself will help you get all of your thoughts out and reflect on what's next for you. For all of the budding social workers and those wanting to know more about social work in a healthcare setting, check out our Guide for ER Social Workers also for sale on Amazon and go to our website queensofsocialwork.net for your queens of social work merch! It makes a great gift. Support the show→ DON'T MISS THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE QUEENS OF SOCIAL WORK PODCAST! Follow us on your preferred podcast platform (Apple, Spotify, etc.) and share your thoughts in a review.→ WE VALUE YOUR INPUT. Take our 1-question survey and shape future episodes.→ DONATE TODAY to be a part of positive change for social workers of color.→ LOOKING FOR MORE INSPIRATION? Follow us on Instagram @queensofsocialwork→ TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL! Follow our LinkedIn page for professional insights.→ UNLOCK EXCLUSIVE RESOURCES. Visit our website and join our email list to receive your FREE Travel Social Work Guide.

Three Big Conversations: Season 5 of Stranger Things is already Netflix's biggest English-language release. - 09:08 2025 Black Friday shopping cost more but yielded less. - 29:30 Making sense of expensive Christmas wish lists for Gen Z and Gen Alpha. - 29:30 Song of the Week - "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee - 1:10 In Other News... 53:52 Oxford named "rage bait" as its word of the year and the internet immediately proved their point by fighting about it. It's officially "Wrapped" season as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Twitch, and many others put nice packaging on all the user-data they gathered this year. Sabrina Carpenter and the White House have beef. On Monday, the White House social media team posted a video of ICE agents making arrests with Carpenter's song, "Juno" playing in the background. Carpenter responded with disgust. Do you know the band Geese? Some are calling them "Gen Z's Nirvana" and the generation's "first great rock band." On TikTok, the word "genuinely" (language) has now become a comically overused way to emphasize anything and everything. Click to join our Advent for the Record Listening Experience! Become a monthly donor today, join the Table. Get your question on Ask Axis! Send in your questions to ask@axis.org. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org.

In Episode 310, the hosts welcome guest Tyler “Ty the Sound Guy” Davis, an experienced audio engineer with two decades in the industry. Born and raised in LA, Tyler started his audio journey two decades ago playing in bands, doing sound at DIY shows, recording bands in his garage, and mostly failing miserably at all the above! Through sheer unwillingness to accept that he wasn't very good, he honed his skillset to come to the place where, 20 years later, he's failing much less miserably! This episode is sponsored by Allen & Heath and RCF.After touring for about 15 years, he started a family and focused on corporate, broadcast and remote production. While he still gets to mix music regularly, he's enjoyed translating the years of concerts and touring to large-scale corporate events and broadcast environments.Tyler shares insights from his career, discussing the shift from music touring to corporate and broadcast work, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning, networking, and being adaptable. He and the hosts also talk about the benefits of volunteering at churches for hands-on training, and the potential of having a mentor to guide one's career. The conversation covers the importance of attitude, technical skills, and being a problem solver, all while maintaining a sense of humor in the ever-evolving world of audio engineering.Episode Links:“Ty The Sound Guy” Website and On TikTok and InstagramAutokue AppGiggs, Connecting The Live Event IndustryEpisode 310 TranscriptRelated Episodes:Episode 271, Nikki Sanz of GiggsEpisode 262, Mike Dias On NetworkingConnect with the community on the Signal To Noise Facebook Group and Discord Server. Both are spaces for listeners to create to generate conversations around the people and topics covered in the podcast — we want your questions and comments!Also please check out and support The Roadie Clinic, Their mission is simple. “We exist to empower & heal roadies and their families by providing resources & services tailored to the struggles of the touring lifestyle.”The Signal To Noise Podcast on ProSoundWeb is co-hosted by pro audio veterans Andy Leviss and Sean Walker.Want to be a part of the show? If you have a quick tip to share, or a question for the hosts, past or future guests, or listeners at home, we'd love to include it in a future episode. You can send it to us one of two ways:1) If you want to send it in as text and have us read it, or record your own short audio file, send it to signal2noise@prosoundweb.com with the subject “Tips” or “Questions”2) If you want a quick easy way to do a short (90s or less) audio recording, go to https://www.speakpipe.com/S2N and leave us a voicemail there.

Season 5 of Stranger Things is already Netflix's biggest English-language release, 2025 Black Friday shopping cost more but yielded less, and making sense of expensive Christmas wish lists for Gen Z and Gen Alpha.   Song of the Week - "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee   In Other News... Oxford named "rage bait" as its word of the year and the internet immediately proved their point by fighting about it. It's officially "Wrapped" season as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Twitch, and many others put nice packaging on all the user-data they gathered this year. Sabrina Carpenter and the White House have beef. On Monday, the White House social media team posted a video of ICE agents making arrests with Carpenter's song, "Juno" playing in the background. Carpenter responded with disgust. Do you know the band Geese? Some are calling them "Gen Z's Nirvana" and the generation's "first great rock band." On TikTok, the word "genuinely" (language) has now become a comically overused way to emphasize anything and everything. Click to join our Advent for the Record Listening Experience! Become a monthly donor today, join the Table. Get your question on Ask Axis! Send in your questions to ask@axis.org. For more Axis resources, go to axis.org.  

The average person will spend roughly a third of their life asleep, yet the importance of sleep is often overlooked. Sleep affects how we learn, work and maintain relationships, and poor sleep has been linked to a range of physical and mental health challenges. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in three adults in the U.S. doesn't get enough sleep on a regular basis, and experts attribute this to both lifestyle pressures and the growing presence of technology. At the same time, trends related to sleep and rest are growing in popularity on social media. On TikTok, some users view sleep as a time to allow skin and hair products to work overnight, a trend called the "morning shed." There's also "bed rotting," where people spend long stretches in bed scrolling online or watching tv. And sleep supplements like melatonin gummies are growing in popularity, as are "at-home" sleep remedies. Are these trends helpful or harmful to our sleep? We'll explore this question and more. Guests:- Nicoleta Olteanu, M.D., Adult and Pediatric Sleep Medicine, MetroHealth- Eric Yeh, M.D., Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals- Wendy Troxel, Ph.D., Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation

The Energy to Heal is your resource for all things Splankna—the faith-based inner-healing modality that helps you experience emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken shares a deeply personal reflection from her recent Splankna training in Colorado. What began as a routine Uber ride became a profound spiritual encounter with a woman named Zara, whose story of faith, suffering, and her daughter's remarkable healing left Laura undone. Laura also revisits the significance of Isaiah 61—a passage declared over her ministry—and discusses calling work within the Splankna protocol. She unpacks what it means to recognize your God-given purpose, follow the nudges of the Holy Spirit, and partner with Him to bind up the brokenhearted. From an unexpected encounter with author Lisa Bevere on a flight to heartfelt prayers for listeners, this episode is an invitation to embrace the call God has placed on your life.

We're bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we've got our interview we did alongside The Side Quest Podcast for Natalie Van Sistine. Here's what MTAC had on their webpage about her:Natalie Van Sistine is a voice actor, audio engineer, and writer who currently lives near Dallas with her dog, Nico.In anime, you can hear her as Yor Forger in Spy X Family, Star and Stripe in My Hero Academia, Miorine in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Selene in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, the Fox Devil in Chainsaw Man, Irene Adler/James Bonde in Moriarty the Patriot, Yihdra in The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, Lilith in The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious, Arnheid in Vinland Saga, Natsuko Aki in Re: Cutie Honey, and in dozens of other titles, including Attack on Titan, Full Dive, Overlord, and One Piece.She has also appeared in over two hundred games, including Honkai: Star Rail as Serval and World of Warcraft as Dark Ranger Velonara. You can also hear her in Hearthstone, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Fire Emblem Heroes, CookieRun: Witch's Castle, and Goddess of Victory: Nikke.Book fans may also recognize her from the Graphic Audio production of A Court of Thorns and Roses as Nesta.She can be found on Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok @nvansistine.https://mtac.net/guests/natalie-van-sistine/OSMnotesWe want to thank Natalie and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Natalie is by checking out her online at:On her website: https://www.nvansistine.com/On Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/nvansistine.bsky.socialOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nvansistine/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nvansistineOn Twitter: https://x.com/nvansistineOn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NatalieVanSistinePlus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used.We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

This is The Energy to Heal, your resource for all things Splankna—the faith-based inner healing modality that helps you achieve emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken and Keri Larned explore the profound power of intention in communication. Together, they discuss how authenticity and simplicity often speak louder than eloquence, emphasizing that the heart behind your words carries spiritual weight. They reflect on how God honors pure intentions and how genuine, humble communication can foster deeper connection, healing, and understanding. These two also just got back from Masters Training in Denver, Colorado and recap their experiences at the event. 

This is The Energy to Heal, your resource for all things Splankna—the faith-based inner healing modality that helps you achieve emotional freedom. In this episode, Laura Milliken unpacks the different kinds of subconscious agreements people make during moments of trauma, and how those agreements can deeply shape our emotions, identity, and spiritual health. She explores the six main types of agreements within the Splankna protocol—ownership, program, power, transfer, assault, and counter agreements—and explains how each one can block healing. Laura offers biblical insight into how to break these agreements, reclaim authority in Christ, and experience emotional and spiritual restoration.

In this bonus episode, Sam & Pete appear on a brand new podcast, ‘And The Award Goes To….'. It's the awards show that's also a podcast, where guests dish out five awards across five categories created especially for herSo join the boys as they hand out a whole host of awards, including the GOAT haircut, the WORST airplane etiquette, and the best way to start a Saturday morning!00:00 Intro3:18 Awards Talk5:15 Worst Aeroplane Etiquette14:43 The G.O.A.T Haircut24:21 The Ultimate Essential for an All-Night Gaming Marathon31:32 - The Best Way to Start a Saturday Morning40:45 - The Absolute Best Feeling in the WorldOn Spotify: link https://tinyurl.com/spotify-and-the-award-goes-to On Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/and-the-award-goes-to On Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/amazon-and-the-award-goes-to On TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/tiktok-and-the-award-goes-to On Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/Insta-And-The-Award-Goes-To On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-And-The-Award-Goes-To Brand new episodes of ‘And The Award Goes To' drop every Friday. Subscribe to ‘And The Award Goes To…' here: https://tinyurl.com/and-the-award-goes-to Brought to you by Argos and Acast Creative. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of Argos or any of its group companies. Descriptions of the products mentioned in this podcast are accurate as at the time of recording. Check your local store or argos.co.uk for product availability, which may vary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to ‘And The Award Goes To…' hereIn this bonus episode, Giovanna appears on a brand new podcast, ‘And The Award Goes To….'. It's the awards show that's also a podcast, where guests dish out five awards across five categories created especially for herSo listen in, as Gi offers up her winners for a whole host of awards, including the Best Line From a Film, the Best Way to Keep The Kids Entertained and The Best Gift For a Father Who is Approaching Middle Age!On Spotify: link https://tinyurl.com/spotify-and-the-award-goes-to On Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/and-the-award-goes-to On Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/amazon-and-the-award-goes-to On TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/tiktok-and-the-award-goes-to On Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/Insta-And-The-Award-Goes-To On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-And-The-Award-Goes-To Brand new episodes of ‘And The Award Goes To' drop every Friday. Brought to you by Argos and Acast Creative. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of Argos or any of its group companies. Descriptions of the products mentioned in this podcast are accurate as at the time of recording. Check your local store or argos.co.uk for product availability, which may vary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to ‘And The Award Goes To…' Here: https://tinyurl.com/spotify-and-the-award-goes-toIn this bonus episode, Max - armed with voice notes from George - appears on a brand new podcast, ‘And The Award Goes To….'. It's the awards show that's also a podcast, where Max dishes out five prizes across five categories created especially for him.Listen in as Max picks his winners for awards such as The Best Reality TV Personality of All Time, the Best British Meme, and More!Follow ‘And The Award Goes To…'On Spotify: link https://tinyurl.com/spotify-and-the-award-goes-to On Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/and-the-award-goes-to On Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/amazon-and-the-award-goes-to On TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/tiktok-and-the-award-goes-to On Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/Insta-And-The-Award-Goes-To On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-And-The-Award-Goes-To Brand new episodes of ‘And The Award Goes To' drop every Friday.Brought to you by Argos and Acast Creative. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of Argos or any of its group companies. Descriptions of the products mentioned in this podcast are accurate as at the time of recording. Check your local store or argos.co.uk for product availability, which may vary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to ‘And The Award Goes To…' In this bonus episode - Pete's been on another pod! Pete swung by the brand new podcast - ‘And The Award Goes To…' - the podcast that's also an awards show, as he handed out five awards, across five categories, that Joel made up just for him.Listen in as Pete picks his winners for awards such as Best First Sip of a Pint, Best Goal Celebration of All Time, and The GOAT Indian Order.Follow ‘And The Award Goes To…'On Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/spotify-and-the-award-...On Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/and-the-award-goes-toOn Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/amazon-and-the-award-g...On TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/tiktok-and-the-award-g...On Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/Insta-And-The-Award-Go...On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-And-The-Award-...Brand new episodes of ‘And The Award Goes To' drop every Friday.Brought to you by Argos and Acast Creative.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view or position of Argos or any of its group companies. Descriptions of the products mentioned in this podcast are accurate as at the time of recording. Check your local store or argos.co.uk for product availability, which may vary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is Brooke Ventre — a multifaceted creator with a deep passion for animals and the ocean. Beyond her creative pursuits, Brooke has acting credits in productions like “Girl Lost” (2016) and “Drib” (2017). On TikTok, she's built a following of over 128,000 and 1.5 million likes, sharing content that reflects her authentic, fun-loving personality.In this episode, Brooke opens up about:Growing up and coming outLiving vegan and aligning lifestyle with valuesThe harmful effects of animal tourismBuilding community through creativity and authenticityFollow Brooke VentreInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganbeautyguru/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookeventreFollow She Comes With Baggage Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shecomeswithbaggage__Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shecomeswithbaggage__Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KirstiePike

主播：Meimei（中国）+ Kevin（美国） 音乐：September最近几年，一项“复古风”运动在美国掀起热潮——它就是pickleball（匹克球）。上至 60 岁老人，下到十几岁青少年，都痴迷于（are obsessed with）这项运动。主播Meimei在美国生活时，每周都会打3-4次匹克球，今天就带大家一起聊聊这项火遍北美的运动。01. Pickleball: The New Trend in Hybrid Sports 匹克球：融合运动的新风潮 ��What exactly is pickleball?简单来说，匹克球是融合（mix）了网球（tennis）、羽毛球（badminton）和乒乓球的一种球类，上手难度低，you can get the hang of it（新手也能快速找到手感）。��Pickleball和其他的球类到底有什么不同？It's a plastic paddle (塑料球拍), and the paddle size is way smaller than a tennis paddle (球拍尺寸比网球拍小).用的是带孔的塑料球（a plastic ball with holes）。Because of the plastic material (塑料材质), pickleball doesn't bounce that far like tennis. That's why it's usually on a smaller court (场地更小).It has two core advantages (核心优势):Not too physically demanding (体能要求不是很高)Super social (社交性很强)所以，pickleball真的是一项对老年人也很友好的运动了。主播Meimei在玩pickleball的时候，可以看到各个年龄阶段的球友，打一场球就像一场轻松的社交聚会。别以为它是一项很niche（小众）的运动，you can always see people from different age groups playing pickleball——目前在全美有超过3600万人的参与度。Even NBA superstar LeBron James (勒布朗·詹姆斯) invested (投资) in professional (专业的) pickleball leagues (联赛).On TikTok, the hashtag (标签) #pickleball has almost 1 billion views (10亿播放量). 这确实能说明匹克球已经是运动界的新晋网红了。除了James之外，还有比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）和卡戴珊家族（Kardashians）这样的大咖们也会show off（分享）自己的打球日常。It's gone mainstream (主流).02. Why Is Pickleball So Addictive? 匹克球为何会让人如此上瘾？At first, Kevin thought, “This is just a silly backyard (后院) game for kids or retirees (退休人群).” 刚开始Kevin和Meimei都以为这项运动很简单，但后来发现他们完全underestimate（低估了）pickleball的难度。匹克球的场地小，反而让the rallies（连续对打）变得更激烈，同时拉长了对打时间。这种小场地里的刺激感让人越玩越上瘾（addictive）。主播Kevin向大家分享自己的糗事：He once got destroyed (被打败) by his parents while playing, and it made him question his life choices (怀疑人生)!主播Meimei之前在球场上也被一对爷爷奶奶打得落花流水。So that's it. “A lot of older people are crazy good at pickleball.” ��Why do Americans love it even more than tennis? Because it has some clear advantages.Lower cost (成本低)Smaller courts (场地小)Easier to pick it up (易上手)Incredibly social (社交性强)Most important of all - Americans love trends (潮流、趋势). 从之前的冰桶挑战（Ice Bucket Challenge）、拼字游戏（Wordle），再到现在的pickleball，美国人在面对全民性热点时，往往倾向于跟随潮流，主动融入其中（it's all about hopping on the bandwagon）。Bandwagon（读音/ˈbændwægən/）字面意思是“乐队花车”。Hop是“跳”。所以hopping on the bandwagon就是“跳上车”，可以引申为“跟风，随大流”，也就是“紧跟潮流”，日常口语里特别常用。03. Can Pickleball Become Popular in China? 匹克球能在中国“火起来”吗？和美国的“全民热潮”相比，匹克球在中国还没普及。主播Meimei目前只在青岛搜到过一家匹克球场地。关于“匹克球能否在中国流行（catch on）”，网友们的看法也不一样：有人说“打羽毛球不香吗？”，还有人调侃它是“gateball 2.0 for seniors（老年人门球2.0）”。其实从匹克球的接受度上，能明显看出中美运动文化的差异：美国的运动文化往往追求低门槛（low barrier）+ 高社交（high social fun）的运动。That's why frisbee (飞盘) and pickleball blow up (流行) there.国人往往更倾向于专业性（technical skill）和竞技性（competitiveness）更高的运动，like badminton and ping pong。那么问题来了：匹克球能在中国也成为简单易玩的（"easy and fun” style）国民运动吗？还是说，它只是国外掀起的一阵短暂热潮（passing foreign fad）？欢迎在评论区告诉我们：Would you try pickleball? What's your opinion on this sport?你对匹克球感兴趣吗？你对于这项运动又有怎样的看法呢？

Bad Bunny—Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio—is once again at the epicenter of music and pop culture headlines as his name electrifies both the music world and social media feeds this week. The big news: Bad Bunny is officially set to headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in Santa Clara, California, on February 8, 2026. Social platforms erupted after his announcement, with TikTok and Instagram instantly trending with clips from his new halftime promo, where he stands atop a football goal post, vibing to his own tracks. Press outlets explain that Bad Bunny has dedicated the upcoming performance not just to himself, but to his people, declaring, “This is for my people, my culture, and our history—let your abuela know, we will be the Halftime Show of the Super Bowl.”The choice of Bad Bunny, acclaimed for breaking language barriers and championing Latin and queer identity, sparked intense debate on platforms like X and YouTube. According to nss sports and The Shade Room, the artist's selection is seen by many as a cultural milestone for the Latin community, given that he'll likely perform in Spanish and infuse the show with Puerto Rican and broader Latino culture. However, conservative pundits and figures tied to the Trump campaign have publicly criticized the move, labeling Bad Bunny a political lightning rod due to his outspoken stances on immigration and social justice. MAGA-aligned voices like Corey Lewandowski and others described the NFL's decision as a “middle finger to MAGA,” emphasizing how contentious polarization remains around visible Latino public figures.Bad Bunny himself has recently chosen not to bring his current tour to the U.S., citing ongoing worries about harsh immigration enforcement under current federal policy. On TikTok, he explained that he and his team opted out of a stateside tour because of fears about potential ICE raids, directly referencing increased immigration actions targeting event venues. These issues intersect sharply with the news that ICE has just revealed plans for a substantial presence at the 2026 Super Bowl, which will heighten scrutiny and concern regarding how immigration policy plays out at high-profile cultural events.Musically, fans are still catching waves from his newly released album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.” Dropped at the start of this year, the album blends reggaeton, electronic dance, and genres deeply rooted in Puerto Rican tradition. It's his most introspective record to date, exploring themes like nostalgia, community, and Puerto Rico's complex relationship with the U.S. Singles like “El Clúb” and “Pitorro de Coco” have generated millions of streams, with “DTMF” topping Billboard's Global 200 chart. Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety have all celebrated the project for its raw emotional power, cultural honesty, and inventive sound—a personal and political letter to the island and diaspora Bad Bunny loves.His massive San Juan residency wrapped up last month and drew half a million attendees, with the local economic impact estimated at $700 million. This summer's shows featured surprise appearances from global sports and music figures, reinforcing Bad Bunny's cross-cultural clout. His world tour is kicking off in Latin America, Europe, and Asia, with no current plans to revisit the U.S.—a move widely interpreted as both personal protection and pointed commentary.He's also racking up film and ad credits, including a comic cameo in Adam Sandler's “Happy Gilmore 2,” while his “Most Wanted Tour” ranked among the year's highest-grossing music events—over $210 million in receipts. For now, all eyes are turning toward the Super Bowl, where Bad Bunny's halftime show is already being called a defining moment for Latino music in American pop culture.Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to come back next week for more—this has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out QuietPlease.AI.Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3QsFor more check out http://www.quietplease.aiThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI

主播：Meimei（中国）+ Kevin（美国） 音乐：《Everything's Good》--Phil Good近日，中国跨境电商在海外掀起热潮（Chinese e-commerce have definitely gone viral abroad）。今天，我们就聊聊这股“中国海淘风”背后的故事。01. 美国人爱上“中国海淘” Americans Fall in Love with Chinese E-commerce 提到海外受欢迎的中国海淘网站，有两个名字不得不提：Temu：由拼多多打造的海外版跨境电商平台，凭借丰富的商品选择迅速打开市场；Shein：主打时尚服装，风格类似中国的唯品会，因性价比高被不少人称为“中国版ZARA”。这两个平台能圈粉无数，核心原因很简单：商品种类多、价格亲民，正好戳中了海外消费者的需求。The data is very impressive. Both Temu and Shein have been topping app download charts (下载排行榜榜首) in the U.S. and Europe. 在社交平台上，这股“海淘风”更热闹。On TikTok and YouTube, foreign influencers are posting unboxing videos (开箱视频) of quirky little gadgets (稀奇古怪的小玩意).就连迷你电饭锅（mini rice cooker）、手持风扇（handheld fans），这些在中国常见的日用品can easily gain millions（数百万）of views（浏览量）overseas。不少老外看完直呼“mind-blowing（惊呆了）”。甚至有人在评论区感慨：“Wow, this $5 gadget changed my life!（天呐，这个 5 美元的小玩意改变了我的生活！）”我们的美国主播Kevin也是“中国海淘粉”，他曾在Temu和Shein上“种草”过不少好物：a muscle massage gun (筋膜枪), a phone holder (手机支架), and an interesting mosquito lamp (驱蚊灯).这个驱蚊灯在zapping bugs（驱蚊）时可以唱歌。Kevin thought it's hilarious (滑稽的), but also kind of amazing.zap v. 杀死，打击02. 中外海淘运输差异 China VS. Overseas: Cross-border Shipping Gaps ��为什么中国海淘能让老外“上瘾”（be addicted to）？除了novel products（新奇的商品），中外跨境电商的差异也是重要原因——中国网购的便利度，让不少欧美消费者直呼“羡慕”。In China, free shipping is standard (包邮是基本标准), and the package is delivered (邮寄) quickly.In the U.S. or Europe, customers sometimes have to wait for about two weeks and pay extra for shipping (付额外的邮费).不过也有例外，比如Amazon（亚马逊）。Amazon是全球最大的电子商务平台之一，其跨境电商业务覆盖全球200多个国家和地区，为卖家和消费者搭建了高效的国际贸易桥梁。在美国，人们很喜欢在Amazon上网购。Because it mirrors Chinese brands (它与中国品牌营销策略相似).如果你成为prime member of Amazon（亚马逊高级会员），就能享受“次日达（get your item overnight）” 和每单免邮（free shipping）服务。This is one reason Amazon is still the main place Americans purchase products.But other companies can still take a while (需要一段时间) when it comes to shipping (运输).03. 中国“老物件”成海外潮品 “Old” Chinese Goods Go Viral Overseas The funny fact is that sometimes the things Chinese people think are “old-fashioned (过时)” or “tacky (俗气)” suddenly go viral overseas. 例如：老干妈辣椒酱（Lao Gan Ma chili sauce）在国内是餐桌上的“家常调味”，到了美国却被当作“premium dip（高级蘸料）”。主播Meimei甚至在Tiktok上看到有人分享“老干妈配冰淇淋”的新奇吃法。除此之外，还有解放牌帆布鞋（liberation shoes）。它曾是中国人的“怀旧单品”，在美国也成了trendy streetwear（街头潮流单品）。这些“反向输出”的好物，不仅让老外感受到了中国商品的多样性，也成了中外文化交流的小切口。04. 跨境购物小贴士 Cross-border Shopping Tips However, cross-border shopping (跨境电商) isn't always smooth (顺利). 它也会有一些踩坑的可能。例如：因为电压不匹配（wrong voltage appliance）导致的问题。中国民用标准电压是220V，而美国是110V。有外国网友把中国电压的电器买回家，结果fried the outlet（把插座给烧毁了）。Another case will be receiving a user manual (说明书) written only in Chinese. 所以无论是老外海淘中国商品，还是我们在跨境平台购物，下单前最好多留意细节，避免因为这些小问题影响体验。欢迎在评论区告诉我们：Have you ever tried shopping on Temu, Shein, or other made-in-China apps?你有在国外购物平台上买过东西吗？欢迎在评论区和我们分享你的购物经历。

If you've ever wondered how to grow a thriving online craft business while raising six kids and staying grounded in faith, today's episode is for you. I'm joined by the inspiring Colette Barron, the heart and hands behind Blessings Craft Therapy. Colette has built a beautiful community of nearly a million followers across platforms by showing up with consistency, creativity, and compassion. From humble beginnings with Facebook Lives to viral videos on YouTube, her story will both encourage and challenge you to step boldly into your calling. https://creativesonfirepodcast.com/episode215 From MLM to DIY CEO Colette didn't start out with plans to be a content creator. In fact, she was working in the medical field before stepping back to raise her family. But with creative energy bubbling over, she began sharing easy, Dollar Tree-inspired crafts online. At first, she joined an MLM company, but it wasn't long before she realized it wasn't the right fit. She felt the nudge to create something of her own—and she did. What began as 3–4 minute Facebook videos turned into a full-time business built on creativity and consistency. Her secret? Showing up every day, sharing something doable, and focusing on quick wins for her audience. A Mindset Shift That Changed Everything One of the biggest turning points in Colette's journey was shifting her mindset from “What can you do for me?” to “What can I do for you?” That simple, powerful change—focusing on serving her audience—transformed how she created content. Rather than selling or pushing products, she focused on making people smile, giving them a pause in their day, and building confidence through crafting. And it worked. The Power of a Tagline and a Smile If you've seen Colette's videos, you already know her signature signoff: “Now it's your turn. Go make something pretty.” It's more than a phrase—it's a mission. It invites creativity, encourages action, and reminds her audience they're capable of creating beauty, too. How She Gets It All Done Colette is a mom of six and a homeschooler, but she still manages to create consistent content across multiple platforms. Her secret? Batching. Mondays are for planning and prepping content Tuesdays are for shopping for DIY supplies Wednesdays are for filming all of her crafts The rest of the week is spent editing, homeschooling, and managing her home She also repurposes her long-form YouTube videos into short videos for Facebook, allowing her to multiply her content without recreating it. And her best tip? Record voiceovers in the car—it's quiet, soundproof, and distraction-free! The Platform She Loves the Most While she started on Facebook, Colette says YouTube is her favorite platform. Why? It's easier to manage and schedule The monetization is stronger and more consistent You don't have to feed the algorithm as often She compares it to feeding someone a good meal once a week vs. feeding them fast food all day every day (hello, Facebook). The Secret to Staying Consistent It's not always easy, but Colette says obedience keeps her going. She feels a calling to do this work—not just for her family or her audience, but because she believes God asked her to. That motivation helps her keep showing up, especially when things get hard. She also mentioned that people are watching—her kids, her followers—and she wants to lead by example. Faith at the Core Colette's faith weaves through everything she does. At first, she wasn't sure how to bring it into her business. But after a powerful moment of prayer in her car, she knew it was time to share more openly. Now, she shares morning devotionals in her Instagram Stories and plans to launch a podcast called Created to Create that will blend faith, business, and creativity. One Post Away Colette reminded us that growth often comes from one post that resonates deeply. A Dollar Tree plunger project and a single YouTube video both went viral and changed everything. But neither would have happened without the daily commitment to show up and serve. “You're just one post away,” she says—and it's a reminder we all need. Where to Find Colette You can follow Colette at Blessings Craft Therapy on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. On TikTok, she's @blessedcolette. Stay tuned for her upcoming podcast, Created to Create. 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Hey girls! Welcome back to a very wholesome and positive episode of Hotter Than Yesterday - we're truly living up to the podcast name today. In this episode, I'm unpacking my latest movements and giving insight into something almost all of us are familiar with.. social anxiety. On TikTok this week I documented myself going to a fashion show solo, not knowing anyone and in a city on the other side of the world I am from... the nerves were REAL but I was so proud of myself for making it and actually enjoying it, so I wanted to impart some ways I manage my pre-event anxiety to hopefully help you too xxxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The death of Charlie Kirk and the reaction to it have shaken millions of Americans, at least those who have managed to hold on to their humanity in the past ten years. Even if the prominent Democrats in the party tried to project a uniform message of decency, to condemn the violence and offer condolences to the family, it was increasingly evident that they were no longer in control of their own party. Not even President Barack Obama himself could set the tone for these people, so consumed with hatred are they. Maybe they thought selling fear for ten years and calling Trump and his supporters an existential threat was a good idea because it would motivate their voters to the polls. Instead, they've created a Frankenstein monster that is now roaming the quiet countryside and scaring the crap out of normal Americans.They want all of us in this country to join them, to agree that Charlie Kirk got what he deserved. He supports gun rights, after all. That alone meant they would shed no tears for him, his wife, or his kids. That was the least of it. On TikTok, Blue Sky, and X, they went on and on, plastering the social media apps with negative stories about Kirk to erase any legacy the Right might try to build in his name.And maybe they thought the rest of America would agree that they should close off their hearts and separate themselves from their empathy to serve the greater political cause that has taken the place of just about everything else in their lives. But they miscalculated how normal people view violent death, especially political assassinations.On TikTok, many users were expressing their anger at the Left, and some of them even said this was it; they were no longer a part of the Democratic Party. Here is a video:And Jennifer Sey just registered as a Republican from “unaffiliated.”And Colin Wright redrew his famous chart:This is the last thing the Democrats needed. All they have left is Zohran Mamdani and Gavin Newsom's meme factory of would-be nepo babies of the Lincoln Project. They have no vision, no hope, no policies, no fixes, no solutions - nothing. All they have is this. Their hatred of anyone who doesn't conform and comply. Their approval rating has never been lower. Registrations are down by the millions. They're losing the support of Gen-Z. They have no plan to bring voters in except to draw more militant fanatics, and now, they've once again exposed how lacking in any common decency they have become. Congratulations, Democrats, oops, you did it again.From the New York Post:They're an army of Lord of Flies whose parents coddled them and raised them to believe all of their finger paintings were masterpieces, that their traumas defined them, and were “gentle-parented,” and when that didn't work, were drugged into perfection. They don't seem to understand that no one deserves to die just for having a different opinion.When one person's death means nothing to you and all you do is make a video where you calmly recite the reasons you don't care and why no one else should care? What is left of you?They sound like modern versions of the Stepford Wives who say exactly what they're supposed to say, repeating it almost word for word like robots:There is no one to pull them back from the brink. They collect so many likes that it messes with their heads. Their followers demand more, give us more. They're punished if they dissent, if they disagree, if they do any critical thinking whatsoever. Anyone who uses TikTok and any social media app knows that it's dominated by the Left. We built it, after all, oh so long ago. Even the Democrats themselves are under the control of the fanatics in their party, which is why they all felt emboldened to boo Charlie Kirk's name when they called for a moment of silence. Even if they didn't agree with it, why would they want to show the public just how petty they are?Not that we needed this tragic event to expose that ugly truth. It's been obvious for some time that the Left has been hijacked by the modern equivalent of the Manson Family. Joe Biden was the George Spahn-like figure who presented the mask of normalcy for what was most definitely not normal.All they had to do was the bare minimum, either stay silent or offer condolences and some generic comment on free speech and how political violence is never okay. But they couldn't even do that. Why? Because there is nothing left of them. All they have is this pathological need to control everyone and everything, whether it's destroying the careers of convicted thought criminals or celebrating their assassinations. All they know is they wanted them gone. In all of their lies about Charlie Kirk, their endless posts with hundreds of thousands of likes that prop up their own manufactured goodness as if to say, See, we still have the moral high ground, they came off somehow looking worse than they ever have. Charlie Kirk was a nice guy. They're celebrating his death because they didn't know that. They didn't know that because no one would tell them. Not their own social media feeds, not the legacy media. And when Ezra Klein tried to tell them with a New York Times op-ed, they began attacking him too, because of course they did. The dehumanization is a feature, not a bug. Here is Benny Johnson and Chris Cuomo:The Left so badly wants this to be a “both sides” issue, but it isn't. The Right mourned the death of Congresswoman Melissa Hortman. They did not blanket X or Blue Sky or any other social media site, smearing her. They would not have posted something like this on the Right:But until the people with the real power on the Left condemn them, nothing will change. They can make any false reality they want. They can tell themselves any lies they want. But what we've seen now in how they've responded to something that would shake any normal person out of their partisan stupor could cost them not just for the midterms but for 2028 and beyond.They think they have the narrative well in hand because the media is so supportive of everything they do. But every once in a while, they go too far, and they end up red-pilling Americans who shrink back in horror at who and what they've become and want no part of it.I am not saying “The Left” killed Charlie Kirk. Maybe someone on the Left did. Maybe they didn't. It doesn't really matter because they've shown their true colors in their perilous moment in our history. It's like that scene in The Dead Zone when Martin Sheen picks up the baby to protect himself. There is no unseeing that.They might think the silencing of Charlie Kirk will cripple the MAGA movement and everything he's done to build Turning Point USA and mobilize the young. But because of his death, MAGA will be more energized, not less, more motivated, not less, more determined than ever to save America from this madness. And they must because they are our only hope.Charlie Kirk has left a legacy, whether they realize it or not. It isn't just how psychotic they've become, and how so many of us have fled. But it's all of those young people he inspired who adored him. They will remember the assassination of Charlie Kirk. It will shape their youth the way the killing of Martin Luther King, Jr., RFK, and JFK shaped generations before. They will know that he was killed to silence him, and they will remember how the Left reacted to his death. And they will grow up knowing that it was wrong.Most of all, they will know that he built a movement that would ultimately defeat the most powerful political machine in American history. And if he can do it, so can they./// This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sashastone.com/subscribe

Healing the Little Girl Who Was Taught to Diet If you've ever felt stuck in a cycle of dieting, shame, or body criticism, this episode is your invitation to pause and meet the younger you with compassion. Nikki shares simple reparenting exercises to help you rewrite your body story and start healing old wounds. Because you weren't born hating your body…you learned it…and you absolutely can unlearn it. Want to dive deeper so you can create the body you love? There are currently 2 ways to directly work with me. My Master Your Mind to Change Your Body Group program which you can learn all about by going to weightlossforwomenover40.net/group You can join right then and in less than 2 minutes you could be learning EXACTLY how to lose weight for the last time. 2nd way to work with me and it is only for a select few…is private coaching. I only take on a few clients at a time so if you are ready to streamline your results in a customized way than go apply at weightlossforwomenover40.net/call  And if you are not quite ready you can grab your free copy of “5 Reasons You Are Not Losing Weight Over 40” ebook at weightlossforwomenover40.net/book  Let's connect on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/weightlossforwomenover40  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nicole.ternay  On TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@weightlossforwomenover40 Or on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Weightlossforwomenover40

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Mood Swings, Motivation & Midlife: What to Do When You Feel All Over the Place   If your motivation has disappeared, your moods are unpredictable, and you feel like your body has a mind of its own…this episode will feel like a deep exhale. Nikki breaks down the hormonal chaos of midlife and how to navigate dips in energy, motivation, and emotion without the shame spiral. You'll walk away with simple reset practices, mindset shifts, and the permission to stop pushing and start listening to your body instead. Want to dive deeper so you can create the body you love? There are currently 2 ways to directly work with me. My Master Your Mind to Change Your Body Group program which you can learn all about by going to weightlossforwomenover40.net/group You can join right then and in less than 2 minutes you could be learning EXACTLY how to lose weight for the last time. 2nd way to work with me and it is only for a select few…is private coaching. I only take on a few clients at a time so if you are ready to streamline your results in a customized way than go apply at weightlossforwomenover40.net/call  And if you are not quite ready you can grab your free copy of “5 Reasons You Are Not Losing Weight Over 40” ebook at weightlossforwomenover40.net/book  Let's connect on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/weightlossforwomenover40  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nicole.ternay  On TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@weightlossforwomenover40 Or on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Weightlossforwomenover40

Your Body Is Speaking - Here's How to Finally Listen You tell yourself “just one”… and it turns into ten. You swear no snacking after dinner… and still find yourself at the fridge. Sound familiar? In this powerful episode, Nikki T. breaks down why so many women over 40 feel out of control around food...and why it has nothing to do with willpower. You'll learn: The psychological difference between physical hunger and an emotional craving How dieting shattered your ability to trust hunger The exact 3-question practice Nikki gives her private clients to rebuild trust with food...no calorie counting required If you're tired of feeling powerless around food, this episode will help you reconnect, reset, and finally start trusting your body again.

After a 2 year medical absence, I would like to welcome you back to Murder and Such.In Episode 823 of Murder and Such, Hunter is joined by his partner Chloe to discuss a rather interesting case from her hometown of Kettering, Ohio. A news alert goes out that a 9 year old girl has vanished while walking her dog on a cold and rainy February afternoon in 1999. A widespread search commences. In a case of twists, turns, convictions, and lies, but to this day, she remains missing. This is The Case of Erica Baker.The Murder and Such merch store is finally open for business! Get your shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, tapestries, face masks, and everything else with my stupid logos on there at this link: https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=16051If you would like to get Murder and Such early and ad free, please consider donating to the Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/MurderandSuchFollow Murder and Such at the following links!On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murderandsuch/On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murderandsuchOn Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderandSuchOn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/murdandsuch/On Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/murderandsuchWebsite: https://www.MurderandSuch.com

Why You Still Don't Trust Yourself Around Food...And How to Change That You tell yourself “just one”… and it turns into ten. You swear no snacking after dinner… and still find yourself at the fridge. Sound familiar? In this powerful episode, Nikki T. breaks down why so many women over 40 feel out of control around food…and why it has nothing to do with willpower. You'll learn: The psychology behind the ping-pong match How dieting shattered your ability to trust hunger The exact 3-question practice Nikki T. gives her private clients to rebuild trust with food…no calorie counting required If you're tired of feeling powerless around food, this episode will help you reconnect, reset, and finally start trusting your body again.

This One Thought Is Secretly Sabotaging Your Motivation - Weight Loss for Women Over 40 Think you need more motivation to lose weight or stay consistent?  Think again. In this episode, Nikki T. reveals the one sneaky thought that's quietly draining your energy, blocking your progress, and making you feel stuck ... and it's not what you think. You'll learn: Why “overwhelm” isn't an emotion ... and how to stop falling for the lie The hidden loop keeping you inconsistent (even when you want to show up) How to shift from frozen to focused with one simple mindset tweak If you've ever said “I just need to get it together” ... this episode is your permission slip to do less, think clearer, and finally get back in motion. In less than 90 seconds, you'll feel calmer around food. Hit play now. https://www.weightlossforwomenover40.net/snack  To get EVERYTHING you need to lose weight for the last time AND without losing your mind - join the Master Your Mind to Change Your Body: https://www.weightlossforwomenover40.net/group  Let's connect on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/weightlossforwomenover40  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nicole.ternay  On TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@weightlossforwomenover40 Or on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Weightlossforwomenover40

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In January a boat carrying migrants across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe was miraculously rescued by a fishing trawler after two weeks lost at sea. At least 20 people died from starvation, dehydration and hypothermia. Many of those on the boat - Pakistani men - were promised safe, legal routes to Europe by the smugglers but that was far from their reality. BBC Trending tracks the digital footprint of one of the suspected smugglers wanted for deaths on this very migrant boat. On TikTok, trivial videos depict his lifestyle - one of money, nice restaurants and a lot of travel. But these videos reveal much more about the smuggler's operations. Presenter/producer: Reha Kansara and Shruti Menon Producer: Mohammad Zubair Khan

Procrastination, honey! We've all been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt. But whether it's fear or misalignment - we're uncovering the real reasons why we procrastinate, how to handle the procrastinator in your life, and how we can change the narrative on negative self talk to set ourselves up for success. Marie Forleo, New York Times Best Selling Author of Everything Is Figureoutable and host of The Marie Forleo Podcast and MarieTV, breaks down Procrastination with Jonathan Van Ness on this week's episode of Getting Better. Full Video Episodes now available on YouTube. You can follow Marie Forleo on Instagram @marieforleo. On TikTok @marieforleo. And on YouTube @marieforleo. Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Our senior producer is Chris McClure. Our editor, engineer, & videographer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is composed by Chris McClure & Nathanael McClure Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices