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Sean (Xiang) Ren, CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AISean is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform for a collaborative economy. Backed by top investors in AI and Crypto, including Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, and many more, Sahara AI has raised over $40 million to advance decentralized AI. Today, Sahara AI is trusted by 35+ leading tech innovators and research institutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon, MIT, Character AI, and Snapchat. Additionally, Sean is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair at the University of Southern California, where he is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery (INK) Research Lab. At Allen Institute for AI, Sean contributes to machine common sense research. Prior, Sean was a Data Science Advisor at Snapchat. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Sean has received many awards recognizing his research and innovation in the AI space including the WSDM Test of Time Paper Award, Samsung AI Researcher of 2023, MIT TR Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 Under 30, and more.  Personal Site: https://www.seanre.com/ Twitter: @xiangrenNLP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xren7

Sean (Xiang) Ren, CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AISean is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform for a collaborative economy. Backed by top investors in AI and Crypto, including Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, and many more, Sahara AI has raised over $40 million to advance decentralized AI. Today, Sahara AI is trusted by 35+ leading tech innovators and research institutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon, MIT, Character AI, and Snapchat. Additionally, Sean is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair at the University of Southern California, where he is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery (INK) Research Lab. At Allen Institute for AI, Sean contributes to machine common sense research. Prior, Sean was a Data Science Advisor at Snapchat. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Sean has received many awards recognizing his research and innovation in the AI space including the WSDM Test of Time Paper Award, Samsung AI Researcher of 2023, MIT TR Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 Under 30, and more.  Personal Site: https://www.seanre.com/ Twitter: @xiangrenNLP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xren7

Mathew Owens began his career in real estate as a flipper and a licensed CPA. In 2006, he quit his job as a CPA and went into real estate full-time. Over the past fifteen years, he has successfully flipped over 1,000 single-family properties while lending over $35 million to flippers across the US. His firm OCG Properties has raised over $150 million in private investors' capital, and they currently own over 1,500 units across the country. Their company's investments include syndicated investments, performing and non-performing notes, single-family and multifamily properties for both flipping and holding and private lending. Learn more about Mathew Owens: Website: https://ocgproperties.org/ Personal Site: https://mathewowens.com/ Connect with the Global Investors Show, Charles Carillo and Harborside Partners: ◾ Setup a FREE 30 Minute Strategy Call with Charles: http://ScheduleCharles.com ◾ Learn How To Invest In Real Estate: https://www.SyndicationSuperstars.com/  ◾ FREE Passive Investing Guide: http://www.HSPguide.com ◾ Join Our Weekly Email Newsletter: http://www.HSPsignup.com ◾ Passively Invest in Real Estate: http://www.InvestHSP.com ◾ Global Investors Web Page: http://GlobalInvestorsPodcast.com/

Noninvasive hair loss treatments are changing the way we approach hair restoration, offering new hope for those looking to maintain and enhance their natural hair without the need for surgery. With millions affected by hair loss, these cutting-edge techniques, such as TED (transepidermal delivery) and PRP, provide effective, personalized solutions that focus on early intervention and long-term results. In this podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Alan Bauman, a hair transplant surgeon based in Boca Raton, Florida. We'll explore how these innovative treatments are reshaping hair restoration, the importance of addressing hair loss early, and the benefits of tailored treatment plans. Whether you're dealing with hair loss or simply curious about the latest advancements in hair restoration, this conversation is packed with valuable insights and practical advice to help you take control of your hair health. Connect with me across Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition.

Explore the latest trends and innovations in hair restoration with Dr. Sam Lam, a renowned hair transplant surgeon, author, and educator. In this episode, we discuss cutting-edge technologies, non-surgical therapies, and advanced surgical methods that are redefining hair restoration and delivering better outcomes for patients. Dr. Lam, who has authored several major textbooks and lectures globally, is a pioneer in the field, known for his innovative techniques and his dedication to advancing both surgical and non-invasive hair treatments. His work continues to set new standards in hair restoration, helping countless patients achieve natural and lasting results. Connect with me across Social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition.

Join me for an insightful discussion with Dr. Marie Shambach, one of the world's leading experts in hair transplants, particularly in Central America and Guatemala. In this episode, we explore the benefits of long hair follicular unit extraction (FUE) for female hair transplants. Dr. Shambach shares her expertise on advanced techniques like non-shaved FUE and long hair FUE, which allow patients to see immediate results without shaving their heads. We also discuss the role of stem cell technology and the future of hair restoration. Don't miss this chance to learn from a pioneer in the field. Connect with me across Social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition.

Dr. Brownstone and I recently sat down to discuss the complexities of treating patients with delusional parasitosis and unusual skin conditions. We share our strategies for assessing the severity of delusions and customizing patient care, emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach involving both dermatologists and psychiatrists. Connect with me across Social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition.

In this episode, I explore the role of phototherapy in treating psoriasis and how it compares to the more commonly discussed biologics. I'm joined by Dr. Joel Gelfand, the Director of the Center for Clinical Sciences in Dermatology and Psoriasis and Phototherapy Treatment Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Gelfand has made significant contributions to our understanding of phototherapy's effectiveness for psoriasis patients. Together, we delve into the nuances of how phototherapy works, its benefits, and its place in modern dermatological care. Tune in to gain valuable insights from our conversation. Connect with me across Social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hannah-kopelman/message

There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Distinguishing between the two is essential, especially when preparing for demanding challenges like special operations selection. The best summary of this idea might be Facta Non Verba, or "deeds not words," which, not coincidentally, is the motto of Canada's tier one SOF unit, JTF2.  A realistic assessment of one's abilities, backed by experience and knowledge, underpins confidence. It involves a quiet assurance that doesn't need constant external validation because it's rooted in real achievements and a clear understanding of one's strengths and weaknesses.Arrogance or cockiness, on the other hand, is characterized by an overestimated self-view, often lacking solid evidence or achievements. Arrogant individuals typically dismiss others' advice and overplay their capabilities, potentially leading to critical oversights.Zack Ferguson is a former Navy SEAL Team 7 veteran who has deployed to Iraq, Yemen, Africa, and the UAE. He served as his platoon's Lead Sniper and Pointman and was a JTAC, Combatives Instructor, and Weapons Ordnance Specialist.He is a competitive 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu purple belt and an amateur MMA fighter. He also teaches for the Graceful Warrior Project, a non-profit organization that aims to equip in-duress women in central Africa with self-defense skills.Zack has a degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Charleston. At his day job, he is an instructor for Defense Strategies Group, an organization of special operations veterans that provides defensive training and security solutions. One of Zack's favorite phrases is that insecurity is loud. In this episode, we talk with Zack about what that idea means to him and how he came to understand it so deeply. ----More about Zack:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zackkferg/Personal Site: https://zackkferg.com/pages/about-zack-fergusonDefense Strategies Group: https://www.defensestrategies.us/instructorsTimestamps:00:00:22 Intro to Confidence vs. Arrogance00:03:37 Confidence in High-Stakes Environments (SOF Selection, etc.)00:04:50 Connection Between Incompetence and Overestimation00:05:25 Connection Between High-Performers and Underestimation00:06:26 Improvement Through Education00:07:25 Dunning-Kruger Effect Not limited to Any One Field00:07:44 Impact of Constructive Feedback00:08:54 Assessment and Capabilities of Winston Churchill00:11:03 Napoleon Bonaparte's Arrogance and Downfall00:16:04 Intro to Zack Ferguson 00:17:02 The Training Center LA in Beverly Hills00:18:48 Zack's Take on Confidence and Arrogance00:20:50 Jiu-Jitsu With “The Quiet Professional” vs. “The Loud Guy”00:23:45 Confidence Without Arrogance Within SEAL Teams00:24:26 Contrast: Arrogance But Not Confidence00:26:40 External Arrogance Signals Compared to Resilience00:29:35 Learning to Maintain a Stable Emotional State00:31:36 Athletes Coping With Setbacks and Not Being Deterred00:34:41 Sponsor Note: Coaching Mentor Program00:35:23 Developing Strength by Putting in the Time00:36:56 Looking for Shortcuts is a Red Flag in Candidates00:39:28 The Smartphone Generation and Emotional Regulation Issues00:42:20 Zack's Mental Struggle to Get Through “Surf Torture”00:43:26 Confidence is Earned Through Difficult Experiences00:45:32 Insecurities Are Loud00:45:40 Practical Takeaways00:47:10 Outro

Managing complications from hair transplant surgery is a critical topic discussed by Dr. Hannah Kopelman and Dr. Robin Unger in this episode on the Derm Club. They delve into common issues such as swelling, bruising, temporary hair loss, and poor hair growth, sharing their expert insights on prevention and treatment. Highlights include the benefits of double-layer closure techniques, the use of prophylactic antibiotics, and topical medications for effective wound care. They also explore advanced practices like using Botox to relieve tension on suture lines and the potential of red light therapy for reducing post-op inflammation. Emphasizing the importance of realistic patient expectations, they offer practical strategies to ensure satisfaction and successful outcomes. Tune in for a comprehensive guide on navigating the challenges of hair transplant procedures. Dr. Unger is a hair transplant surgeon with over 30 years of experience in the field. Known for her innovative techniques and dedication to patient care, Dr. Unger has contributed significantly to the advancement of hair restoration surgery. Her expertise and insights make her a valuable guest on the Derm Club. Connect with me across Social: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/drhannahkopelman/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drhankopelman Twitter: https://twitter.com/drhankopelman Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/drhankopelman/ Personal Site: https://www.hannahkopelman.com The content of this podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. This content is not meant to be a substitute for medical advice or treatment for any medical condition. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hannah-kopelman/message

A recent survey conducted by Talker Research revealed that 38% of Americans have never felt more uninspired at work than they do now. That's a bit over one-third of the workforce! In light of this dissatisfaction, what can be said about management? The post-pandemic workforce has a new view on what gives their lives meaning and the benefits of hybrid work, making it more challenging than ever for managers to keep their teams engaged and productive. To share how management can face this hybrid workforce era is our guest Mamie Kanfer Stewart. She's the founder and CEO of Meeteor, a coaching and training company that focuses on creating healthy, high-performing teams with a special emphasis on productive meetings, as well as the author of “Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings.” Mamie also hosts the Modern Manager Podcast, where she delivers practical advice to help people tap into their managerial greatness. In this episode, Mamie shares how managers, despite being the unsung heroes of the workplace, fail to receive the support and skill development they need from their leadership so they can excel at their jobs. Mamie points out the essential skills managers need to thrive in today's ever-popular hybrid work environments — from effective feedback and authentic appreciation for creating high-performance teams to leveraging AI tools for productivity and collaboration. We also talk about meetings, why employees hate them, and how management can use them for relationship-building rather than wasting people's time.  If your employees and management could use a boost, then this episode is a must-listen! Tune in for an approach to management that will shape the future of work. — Key Takeaways: Meet Mamie Kanfer Stewart & Her Take on Employee Engagement (00:00) Management's Challenge to Inspire A Post-Pandemic Workforce (03:20) Critical Skills All Managers Should Have (12:38) Leveraging AI in Workforce Management (23:22) Why Meetings Are So Awful (30:17) Using Meetings for Relationship Building (46:54) What Do Managers Need to Feel Fulfilled & Valued? (54:11) Speed Round Questions (56:15) — ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Connect with Mamie Kanfer Stewart: LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamiekanferstewart/ Business | https://www.meeteor.com/ Personal Site | https://www.mamieks.com/ Podcast Site | https://www.themodernmanager.com/ YouTube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/@TheModernManager Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/mamieks/?hl=en Board Position | https://lkflt.org/bio/mamie-kanfer-stewart/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/44ieyPB Follow our podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/44kONi6 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NtVK9W Join the TDW tribe and learn more: https://disruptedwork.com

In the latest episode of the FocusCore podcast we talk to the CEO of Scaling Your Company, Tyson Batino. Tyson advises small business owners and startups on how to scale their business in Japan from six figures to eight figures and also provides coaching to executives on running an organization. In this episode Tyson shares with us his invaluable insights into how businesses can improve their recruitment pipeline and processes. This is an episode that you'll want to listen to for APAC companies looking to open businesses in Japan, and small companies in Japan looking to scale and grow their organization. In this episode you will hear:The importance of a positive interview experience for candidatesHow companies can use a well designed interview process to improve employer brandingHow a bigger applicant pipeline can help improve recruitment outcomesTips for leaders on how they can help improve recruitment processesThings mentioned in the episode:FocusCore podcast episode on TopgradingAbout Tyson Batino:Tyson Batino is the CEO of Scaling Your Company. He advises small business owners and startups on how to scale their business in Japan from six figures to eight figures and also provides coaching to executives on running an organization. He was a co-founder and director at Japan Switch and One Coin English, Japan's 8th largest English school for adults, and a 2x resident mentor at 500 Global Japan, one of the top startup accelerators in the world. With expertise in scaling companies and a passion for mentoring business leaders and founders, Tyson brings invaluable insights into improving your recruitment pipeline and processes.Connect with Tyson Batino:Scaling Your Company: https://scalingyourcompany.com/Personal Site: https://tysonbatino.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tysonbatino/Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/TysonbatinoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/tysontbatinoConnect with David Sweet:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidsweet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/focuscorejp Facebook: :https://www.facebook.com/focuscoreasiaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/focuscorejp/ Website: https://www.japan.focuscoregroup.com/ “Doin' the Uptown Lowdown,” used by permission of Christopher Davis-Shannon. To find out more, check out www.thetinman.co. Support independent musicians and artists.

Matt Clifford is a co-founder of Entrepreneur First and leads their AI efforts, as well as chair of ARIA, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency. We talk about EF, talent investing, ambition, why we don't have more Thiel Fellowships, his new focus on AI, and AI safety concerns. — (00:59) Talent matters most (03:17) Scarcity of talent x culture (09:16) Founder qualities: effectiveness, unlocking resources (14:37) Can you teach ambition? (16:44) Failure to learn is an anti-signal (19:13) Alternative funding: income share agreements, adverse selection, longer term bets, & government funding (27:11) Why don't we have more grant programs or patrons, like the Thiel Fellowship? Scaling taste in talent & the macro talent allocation problem (41:32) Focusing on AI & handing off the EF CEO role (47:00) Is AI safety futile? Threat models and radical uncertainty (53:31) Final question for listeners — Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewclifford Entrepreneur First: https://www.joinef.com/ Personal Site: https://www.matthewclifford.com/ Spencer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R Spencer's Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist and AI researcher. We talk about our relationship with & models of reality, creativity and curiosity, animism and self-organizing software, stages of development, and more. — (01:25) The dream world; how we interact with & perceive reality (03:49) Fear (05:16) Self, consciousness, & awareness (08:10) We're a coarse pattern on top of base reality (11:13) Presence & perceptual windows (12:16) Is this model mechanistic & reductionist? (13:50) Life exists to minimize free energy (16:47) What makes us different from other sentient beings & structures (20:35) Creativity: self-transformative exploration (23:40) Curiosity as uncertainty reduction (29:20) Exploration vs. exploitation (32:45) Combating social norms & conditioning; being a nerd (35:18) Knowing which models to update (37:56) Being a creator; being able to build & maintain (43:21) Everything can be understood (44:13) Animism; everything is self-organizing “software” (48:48) Natural vs. human-created “software” (50:57) AGI vs. natural intelligence (55:15) Limited by the locality of our sensory inputs (56:33) Stages of lucidity & development (01:03:35) Convergence of global traditions (01:09:40) Issue with Buddhism (01:14:16) Where does the animism and software arise from? (01:17:58) Building a coherent world, together — Joscha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plinz Joscha's Substack: https://joscha.substack.com/ Personal Site: http://bach.ai/ Spencer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R Spencer's Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com

In this exciting episode of Living a Nutritious Life Podcast, we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jeffrey Bland, a renowned expert in the field of functional medicine, who brings a wealth of knowledge and insights to the conversation. Get ready for an enlightening and engaging discussion!About Our Guest:Dr. Jeffrey Bland is recognized as the father of functional medicine, with a career spanning over decades in clinical biochemistry and nutritional medicine. He has also earned numerous awards for his contributions to medical science. Dr. Bland is known for his groundbreaking work in personalized health and nutrition.What You'll Learn in This Episode:Discover the fascinating concept of immunorejuvenation and its connection to longevity, as well as Dr. Bland's journey in making Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat accessible in various nutritious forms.Learn about the interrelationship between gut health and immune strength, the importance of a diverse diet, and personalized approaches to wellness.Episode Highlights:- Introduction to immunorejuvenation and its impact on biological age and longevity.- Insights on the nutritional power of Himalayan cherry buckwheat.- The role of gut health and the gut microbiome in maintaining a robust immune system.- Dr. Bland's top three nutritional elements for immune system rejuvenation.About Living a Nutritious Life Podcast:Living a Nutritious Life Podcast is dedicated to empowering individuals to live their most nutritious lives. Founded by Keri Glassman, the podcast covers various facets of wellness, from diet and fitness to mental health and sleep hygiene.Connect with Dr. Jeffrey Bland:- Website: https://bigboldhealth.com- Personal Site: https://jeffreybland.comListen and Subscribe:- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-a-nutritious-life-with-keri-glassman/id1718949558- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UyjpZAqOMhfrqapzs1ys3Don't forget to subscribe and leave reviews to support the podcast!Connect with Keri on social:- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keriglassman/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeriGlassmanNutritiousLife- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritiousLife_- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nutritiouslife- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nutritious_life/- Website: https://nutritiouslife.com/Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Nutritious Life with Dr. Jeffrey Bland. If you found value in this episode, please share it with your friends and family.Are you ready to become a certified nutrition coach? Sign up for our Become a Nutrition Coach program at nutritiouslife.com/bnc or chat with one of our program advisors at calendly.com/val-nutritiouslife.Copyright © 2023 Nutritious Life.#LivingaNutritiousLife #NutritiousLife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking roundtable discussion on The Universal Dancer Podcast, featuring Claudia Moore, Mary W Kamp, and Megha Nancy Buttenheim, three exceptional individuals who have devoted their lives to the beautiful and transformative art of dance. Claudia Moore, a stalwart in the Canadian dance scene since the late 1970s, has made an indelible mark in the field of dance. She founded the internationally acclaimed Moonhorse Dance Theatre, a platform she created explicitly for mature dance artists to showcase their talent and unique perspectives. Mary W Kamp, a seasoned teaching artist, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in ballet and choreography. Her wisdom and maturity infuse her work, from dance in worship services to concerts and workshops, enhancing each experience with a depth of understanding only years of practice can bring. Megha Nancy Buttenheim, the Chief JOY Officer and Founding Director of Let Your Yoga Dance®, takes a holistic approach to dance. She seamlessly blends yoga, dance, and positive psychology in her teachings, creating an experience that nourishes the body, mind, and spirit. Each of these remarkable women shares their experiences with dance and aging, opening up a dialogue about dance's physical, mental, and emotional benefits. They delve into how dance can not only be a source of joy and self-expression but a tool for maintaining agility, strength, and balance as we age. Tune in to this enlightening conversation to learn about the profound ways in which dance can contribute to our overall well-being as we journey through the aging process. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from these trailblazers who are redefining what it means to age gracefully through the art of dance. Find Our Guests Online: Claudia Moore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claudia.j.moore.11 Mary W Kamp Website: www.sacreddanceguild.org, danceforparkinsons.org Megha Nancy Buttenheim Website: letyouryogadance.com Teacher's Association: teacher.letyouryogadance.com Webstore: store.letyouryogadance.com Facebook: facebook.com/letyouryogadance YouTube: youtube.com/@letyouryogadance4504 Twitter: twitter.com/LetYourYogaDanc Instagram: instagram.com/megha_nancy_buttenheim/ Personal Site: meghanancybuttenheim.com, Find Us Online: Websites: ⁠https://www.universaldancer.com/⁠ ⁠https://lesliezehr.com⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/universaldancercommunity⁠ Instagram: ⁠@the.universaldancer⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUniversaldancer⁠ Books: "The Alchemy of Dance: Sacred Dance as a Path to the Universal Dancer" by Leslie Zehr: ⁠https://books2read.com/u/bPNVvY⁠ "The Al-chemia Remedies: Vibrational Essences from Egyptian Flowers and Sacred Sites" by Leslie Zehr: ⁠https://books2read.com/u/38V2zr⁠

Zack Ferguson is a former Navy SEAL Team 7 veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq, Yemen, Africa, and the UAE. He served as his platoon's Lead Sniper and Pointman and was a JTAC, Combatives Instructor, and Weapons Ordnance Specialist.He is currently a competitive 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu purple belt and an amateur MMA fighter. He is also an instructor for the Graceful Warrior Project, a non-profit organization that aims to equip in-duress women in central Africa with self-defense skills.Zack has a degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Charleston. At his day job, he is an instructor for Defense Strategies Group, an organization of special operations veterans that provides defensive training and security solutions. In this episode, we talk with Zack about his decision to join the Navy and volunteer for BUD/S, the mental preparation that he did for that, his experiences in training, and his transition out of the SEAL teams. More about Zack:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zackkferg/Personal Site: https://zackkferg.com/pages/about-zack-fergusonDefense Strategies Group: https://www.defensestrategies.us/instructorsTimestamps:00:00:23 Intro00:01:14 Zack Ferguson Introduction00:05:19 Hard Commitment to Seal Teams00:08:01 Commitment Tested00:11:02 Reality of the Course00:14:03 Being Fit Enough Isn't Enough00:19:19 Quick Note00:19:40 Laughing at Absurdity00:22:12 Illness is Part of the Course00:25:16 Biggest Mistakes Made00:27:32 Balancing Commitments00:29:06 Getting Out of the Navy00:35:49 Guided Psychedelic Therapy00:37:05 Seal Team to Civilian 00:39:47 MMA and SEAL Teams Similarities 00:40:56 Differences00:41:32 Defense Strategies Group00:43:15 Best and Worst Advice00:45:36 Learn More About Zack Ferguson00:46:15 Outro

What if you could re-imagine schooling to be student-centered? Build from the ground up?  That's what Connect Academy did when it was given carte blanche to re-imagine schooling for students in the Poway District.  It re-imagined: How we organize learning experiences, by making them interdisciplinary, and community focused.   How we organize learners, by making classes mixed grade level, and inclusive of all abilities.  How we organize the school day, by creating extended blocks of time, and project-based opportunities.  How we CONNECT students, by connecting them meaningfully in daily advisories, and homerooms.  Connect Academy isn't some fancy prep school built for elite families that live in the Hollywood Hills; it's a public, inclusive school built for kids of all backgrounds, nationalities, and socio-economic status.  Learn more about their journey from learning experience designers/teachers Joe Gizzo and Karen Rogers, and you can build in these student-centered elements in your classroom or school.   Learn more about Connect Academy: https://connectacademy.powayusd.com/ , Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/Connect_PUSD, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connect_academy_pusd/ & https://www.instagram.com/naturaldesigners/  Connect with Karen: LinkedIn, Twitter (X), Personal Site: https://sites.google.com/powayusd.com/karen-elaine/home  Karen's Bio: Karen Elaine Rogers is a visionary who focuses on big picture and deeper purpose. Having directed multiple early childhood centers, started or revamped children's education programs, and pastoring a large and growing non-profit for families, she also fostered and then adopted many children in the first 20 years of her career. As an outside the box thinker who thrives in flexibility and clear purpose, KarenElaine has spent the last 10 years in public education. Focused on behavior modification and music therapy in her time in special education, she then piloted a project and brain based TK/K program in one of Poway Unified School District's Title 1 schools, and then helped launch the district's first hybrid Independent Study school while recently being awarded as Teacher of the Year. Strategizing tasks by building teams & investing in those closest to her, KarenElaine leads with empathy and focuses on team strengths. Her creative and innovative mind is constantly impassioned to dream, collaborate or share. Possessing a way with words, her ability to weave a great story, articulate vision, and influence an audience are what inspires. She aims to transform education & be part of life's most exciting pursuits with women, children and families while living simply with nature! Joe's Bio: Joe Gizzo has been a teacher in Poway Unified School District for 24 years. He teaches middle school digital arts and computer science at Connect Academy, PUSD's innovative, hybrid school. Joe strives to build empathy in students to help to create a school culture where everyone is welcomed, valued, and respected. Joe's students have won many awards, including Digital Art awards from the SD County Fair and Museum of Photographic Arts, Jostens yearbook awards, Outstanding Activities and Leadership Program awards, and the California Association of Student Leaders Service Award. Joe's awards include the Bob Burton Spirit Award, Area G Service Award, SD County Fair Teacher of the Year, School & District Teacher of the Year, honored as one of San Diego County's top Teachers, Teen Ink's Educator of the Year, and California's designee for the Warren Shull Award. What is truly remarkable is Joe has accomplished all he has while battling a rare & incurable auto-immune disease. His story is truly inspirational for students and teachers alike.    

Yehudis Keller - Sockless RebelDivorced: Ultra Orthodox JudaismMy guest today is Yehudis Keller, who is a former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, NY. Yehudis is currently a clinical psychology Ph.D. student in Cleveland, aiming to contribute to psychological research on the mechanisms of psychological adjustment after disaffiliation from high-cost religion, and to be a therapist specializing in that area.FIND YEHUDIS:Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/YehudisKellerResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yehudis-KellerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yehudisk/Personal Site: yehudiskeller.comSupport this podcast on Patreon (starting as low as $2/month) and get access to bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/janiceselbie Thanks to my newest patrons: Marie, Mary, and Peter. Every dollar helps.Subscribe to the audio-only version here: https://www.divorcing-religion.com/religious-trauma-podcastFollow Janice and the Conference on Religious Trauma on Social Media: Mastodon: JaniceSelbie@mas.toTwitter: https://twitter.com/divorcereligionTwitter: https://twitter.com/Wise_counsellorTwitter: https://twitter.com/ComeToCORTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DivorcingReligionTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@janiceselbieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisecounsellor/The Divorcing Religion Podcast is for entertainment purposes only. If you need help with your mental health, please consult a qualified, secular, mental health clinician.Support the show

Alex Birkett is a co-founder of Omniscient Digital, an organic growth agency that builds content & SEO programs for ambitious B2B brands. Previously, he worked on growth and experimentation at Workato, HubSpot, and CXL.  --- We Talk About: Figuring out the right opportunity areas for content marketing  Effectively using Generative AI to develop a unique POV  Applying the barbell strategy to make bets on approaches  Finding the next horizons of growth for content  --- We cover:  https://beomniscient.com/blog/barbell-content-strategy/ https://beomniscient.com/blog/first-steps-to-incorporate-ai-into-content-marketing/ --- Where to Find Alex Birkett:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamalexbirkett/ Personal Site: https://www.alexbirkett.com/ Website: https://beomniscient.com/ The Long Game podcast: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/ --- Where to Find Patrick Moran: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pcmoran/  --- (02:14) Key drivers the definitions of organic growth  (04:04) Figuring out opportunity areas and goal definitions (06:30) Common mistakes companies mistake when figuring out their content strategy (11:16)  Finding channel-product fit and leaning in on strengths  (14:15) Generate AI in content and the current use cases  (16:28) Tactical usage of Generative AI and when to use it for competitive advantages    (18:21)  Maintaining authority and a unique POV with content  (19:38) Creatively molding concepts and developing foundational use cases   (20:31) How to think about measurement and effectiveness for content marketing  (22:13) Applying attribution based methods to the growth model  (26:24) Using a barbell strategy to developing a portfolio of content bets  (30:47) Evolving the portfolio over time  (34:27) Finding the next horizons of growth through the barbell strategy  (37:42) Affiliates and partnerships within the content strategy  (40:20) The differences between B2B and B2C and borrowing models from both  (42:06) Where to find Alex Birkett!

Until now, we have had almost no way of evaluating Ethereum validator performance. This lack of accessible data around nodes and their operators has been keeping users, builders, investors, and other validators in the dark about the very health of the Ethereum network. But Elias Simos and the Rated team have created a solution.Elias joins us today to shed light on the state of Ethereum infrastructure. He explains the importance of accessible blockchain infrastructure data, how Rated turns that data into usable performance ratings, and how the idea came about in the first place. We also discuss the challenges that come along with building a product like Rated in a multichain world, and Elias sends us off with some advice for staying sane while working in crypto.  

In this episode of the iOS developer podcast, I sat down with Mac Martine. We covered topics such as building SaaS companies, indie hacking, marketing as a developer and much more. YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/mkWuRPanhpY Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-takes-to-build-a-saas-with-mac-martine-21/id1643028172?i=1000633987161 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IrbsvRlTQ6W4CMfi5apSp?si=Gf6QDB2YS0GVCsyNY_vCYw Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JasonDubon Newsletter: https://www.iosdevpodcast.com/newsletter Saas Bootstrapper: https://www.thesaasbootstrapper.co/ Mac's Personal Site: https://macmartine.com/ Mac's Twitter: https://twitter.com/saasmakermac ----------------- Follow Me On Social Media -------------------- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondubon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonDubonYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedubon/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedubon #saas #indiehacking #indiehackers

Elise Shaffer is a trans woman and Staff Software Engineer who loves Ruby and Ruby on Rails. She is also the new host of this podcast! Brittany announces her retirement from the show after a five year run as the host. In this special episode, the pair discuss Brittany's favorite moments from her run, get to know Elise and discuss any upcoming changes for the show. Show Notes: The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 228: From the ashes... (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/228) The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 379: MEGA Crossover Episode (The Bike Shed x Rails with Jason x Remote Ruby x The Ruby on Rails Podcast) (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/379) The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 454: Rubyconf @ Home: Hanami Core Team (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/454) The Ruby on Rails Podcast | 469: Railsconf 2023: A Ruby Community Podcast Live! (https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/469) Connect with Elise on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliseshaffer/) Elise's Personal Site (https://eliseshaffer.com/) Contact Brittany at brittany.jill.martin@gmail.com Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) As an Engineering Manager or an engineer, too much of your time gets sucked up with downtime issues, troubleshooting, and error tracking. How can you spend more time shipping code and less time putting out fires? Honeybadger is how. It's a suite of monitoring tools specifically for devs. Get started today in as little as 5 minutes at Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) with plans starting at free!

Rails World needed a website! Did you want to be on the small team that helps build it? Shami Tomita and Eric Halverson certainly did and so they came on to the show to talk about their experience and the tech stack behind the conferencing app. Backed by Daniel Rassiner and Cody Norman, the crew talked about supporting Juniors and conference tips. Show Notes: Rails World (https://rubyonrails.org/world) CasaVolunteerTracking.org (https://casavolunteertracking.org/) The Agency of Learning (https://pairing-app-aol.herokuapp.com/) Eric Halverson (@elhalvers) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/elhalvers) Eric on Github (https://github.com/elhalvers) Eric on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elhalverson/) Shami (@Shami941) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/Shami941) Shami on Github (https://github.com/ShamiTomita) Shami on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shami-tomita-rodriguez/) Daniel on Github (https://github.com/toyhammered) Daniel on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drassiner/) Cody's Personal Site (https://www.codynorman.com/) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) If you want to simplify your stack, and lower your bills, it's time to check out Honeybager. Honeybadger combines all of those services into one easy to use platform—it's everything you need to keep production healthy and your customers happy. Get started today in as little as 5 minutes at Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) with plans starting at free! Rocky Mountain Ruby (https://rockymtnruby.dev/) The Rocky Mountain Ruby conference returns to Boulder, Colorado on October 5th and 6th. Join them for two days of insightful talks from experienced Ruby developers with plenty of opportunities to connect with your Ruby community. Experience a great Ruby conference in a great city! Get you tickets today at Rocky Mountain Ruby (https://rockymtnruby.dev/)

Ariel Fogel is a software engineer with an enduring soft spot in his heart for Ruby and Rails. Since graduating from Dev Bootcamp, he has found himself driven by finding ways to improve the quality of education for coders and non-coders alike. Brittany and Ariel discuss how engineers can level up in how they learn. Show Notes: Ariel's Personal Site (https://fogel.dev) Agency of Learning (https://agencyoflearning.com) Ariel on Github (https://github.com/afogel) Ariel on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielfogel/) Remote Ruby: Hackathon - Strada - Rails World (https://remoteruby.com/238) daisyUI — Tailwind CSS Components (https://daisyui.com/) activerecord-hackery/ransack: Object-based searching (https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack) joshmn /ahoy_captain (https://github.com/joshmn/ahoy_captain) Rails Hackathon (https://railshackathon.com/) Introducing the Rails Luminary Awards: Nominations Now Open (https://rubyonrails.org/2023/8/8/introducing-rails-luminaries) Sponsored By: Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) If you want to simplify your stack, and lower your bills, it's time to check out Honeybager. Honeybadger combines all of those services into one easy to use platform—it's everything you need to keep production healthy and your customers happy. Get started today in as little as 5 minutes at Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) with plans starting at free! FastRuby.io (https://www.fastruby.io/monthly-rails-maintenance?utm_source=rorpodcast&utm_medium=paidplacement&utm_campaign=monthlymaintanence&utm_term=&utm_content=textonly) Don't lose 25% of your efficiency to technical debt. Sign up for FastRuby's tech debt remediation service, Bonsai and gradually upgrade core dependencies and refactor costly files — starting at $2k/month

Franchesca Ramsey, also known as Chescaleigh, is an American comedian, activist, television, and YouTube personality, and actress who has appeared on MTV and MSNBC. Join Michael Jamin and Francheca as they explore her path to success, lessons learned, and what it takes to make it in Hollywood.Show NotesFranchesca Ramsey's Personal Site - https://www.franchesca.net/Franchesca Ramsey on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchesca_RamseyFranchesca Ramsey on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chescaleigh/Franchesca Ramsey on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@franchesca_leighFranchesca Ramsey on Twitter - https://twitter.com/chescaleighAutomated TranscriptFranchesca Ramsey (00:00:00):No. You, you never, you never know. And, you know, on the topic of Nose and Failures, I went to the red carpet for the Emmy's in 2008 and I swore that was gonna be my big break. I thought, I was like, I'm never going back to the chamber. Like I, I remember my boss.Michael Jamin (00:00:15):So you went as what?Franchesca Ramsey (00:00:17):As I was a red carpet reporter for.com. Oh yeah. I was on the red carpet. I interviewed like Kathy Griffin and Neil Patrick Harris. And I sang with Josh Groin. Like I had the best time. Right. And then I had to fly back to Florida and go to work. And I was heartbroken. I thought I was gonna get an agent. I thought I was gonna, I just thought like, this is it. I'm, I'm making it. And I did not make it.Michael Jamin (00:00:42):You're listening to Screenwriters. Need to hear this with Michael Jamin.(00:00:50):Hey everyone, it's Michael Jamin. Welcome back to another episode of Screenwriters. Need to hear this. I have a wonderful special guest today and she's extremely inspiring. And if you want to be a screenwriter, you need to hear how this woman broke in because it floored me. I'm here with Franchesca Ramsey and she has all, she's a multi-talented person cause she's an actor or writer performer. But she started as a YouTuber.Franchesca Ramsey (00:01:13):I started on the internet. It's honestly, it still blows my mind when I say it. But the internet opened so many doors for me and I could not be more proud of the career that it's helped me build.Michael Jamin (00:01:26):And you have so much. But I think what's most, like, I wanna talk about all your successes, but to me, what I really interested by are all the failures that led up to yourFranchesca Ramsey (00:01:35):Success,Michael Jamin (00:01:36):. Cause this is not overnight. No. that you made it.Franchesca Ramsey (00:01:39):No, absolutely not. And I really try to be transparent about those things because I know how it is when you're on the other side and you're watching people have all of these wins and you're comparing yourself to them and you're suing that everything is going their way. And the reality is, more oftentimes than not, there are so many nos behind the scene before they got to the yeses that you're getting to watch and experience. Right. So I, I've had a lot of them. ,Michael Jamin (00:02:09):We're gonna go through 'em, but lemme just tell everyone how we met. Cuz we only met on, on Friday. On Friday. I'm not big on Twitter, but I checked it for some reason, fate told me to check it. And someone had tagged me in a tweet saying, there are two screenwriters you need to follow me and you and your your, your Twitter is tr is is ChecheFranchesca Ramsey (00:02:26):Lee. Yeah,Michael Jamin (00:02:27):Chely. Which is, which is Lee's probably your middle name.Franchesca Ramsey (00:02:29):Lee is my middle name. Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:02:31):Okay. And so they tagged me and you and I, I didn't know you, so I was like, oh, look at her. And I clicked on your link and then I, and I realized, oh, what, you got a huge following and you have some interesting, you talk about interesting things. So I follow you. And then later that day, literally that day, I'm picketing cuz run, strike the Disney lot. And then you call out to me cuz you recognized me.Franchesca Ramsey (00:02:49):Yeah. Oh my God. I mean, I, I mean I, so I started following you on TikTok. It's been a while. I'm still pretty new to TikTok. I think I've only been on there like a year. I'd begrudgingly joined. I was one of those mm-hmm. . and so there's not a lot of TV people on there. Right. And the thing that I was saying to you at the Disney lot was, I appreciate that you have demystified the, the process and the business because there are a lot of people who love and enjoy television, talking about the business, and yet they have never worked in the business. And you come from a place of, yeah, I have sold shows. I've worked in hit series. I, you know, you've done so many things. And just being able to see someone who knows what they're talking about, but again, is making it accessible, is really inspiring. And it really is in line with the ethos of my work.Michael Jamin (00:03:39):And and you do all of that. I wanna talk about, jeez. Well, actually, actually, I should probably say how everyone knows you. Okay. Yes. You've done a ton. You first of all, you were a correspondent on the Nightly Show with, with Larry Wilmore, who Yes. It's funny I know so many writers and he, I, I think of him as a sitcom writer because he's written, he's a writer. Yeah. But he's also a performer's. Like you're singing yourself. He's a multi-talented person, but also decoded on m comedy Central. Mm-Hmm. Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:05):Mtv. Mtv. Decoded. Oh,Michael Jamin (00:04:06):Mtv. Yeah. Okay. I, Carly, which you did one season on Yeah.Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:09):The reboot. I, yeah, I did the first season of the reboot.Michael Jamin (00:04:12):Right. And that must have been, oh, I don't wanna talk about that. Yeah,Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:16):Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:04:16):We'll talk about that. We're gonna get into all that. You, you wrote for the Oscars in 2020. Mm-Hmm. you were, you were recurring on superstores an actor, right?Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:24):I was, yeah. I was recurring, recurring for 12 episodes in season six.Michael Jamin (00:04:28):Wow. That's, that's, that's,Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:29):Yeah. And I did that and I did that while I was a writer, producer on iCarly. So I had They didn't let you leave? They did let me leave. And I had many a times that I was on set at five o'clock in the morning to shoot, to go to shoot a superstore. And then I still had to get my outline and on time , and I did it. Oh my God.Michael Jamin (00:04:51):But, but Oh, and but you started mm-hmm. , even before this, you had a, you had a viral video Yeah. That went on YouTube.Franchesca Ramsey (00:04:58):Yeah. So I, I started making YouTube videos when I was in college. Not to date myself Right. But my senior year of college, YouTube was founded and I started making YouTube videos. And I had my very first viral video in 2012, which was Shit, white Girls Say to BlackMichael Jamin (00:05:15):Girls. Oh, you started, but you didn't start in 2012.Franchesca Ramsey (00:05:17):When did you start? No, I started in, I started in 2006.Michael Jamin (00:05:20):And then, right. So you had many, you did years of not making viralFranchesca Ramsey (00:05:25):Videos. Yes, yes, yes, yes. I was working as a graphic designer. I worked I worked in beauty and fashion mostly. So I worked at Maybelline, I worked in the package department. I was Photoshopping eyelashes on packages. The mascara does not make your eyelashes that long. , that was me. And then I also worked at Anne Taylor and I was working at Ann Taylor when I went viral in 2012.Michael Jamin (00:05:50):But did you not, did you, like when you were in high school, in college, did you want, I mean, guess, did you wannaFranchesca Ramsey (00:05:55):Be a writer performer? Yeah, no, actually I wanted to be an actor. I went to a performing arts middle and high school. There are a number of alumni from my high school. The person that most people know is Eric Andre. He's a comedian. Right. He was a year older than me. And there are a lot of us from my high school that are still in the business. And I went to college for acting. I went to the University of Michigan, but I left largely because I was struggling after losing my acting scholarship. I had a scholarship my first year, my second year I didn't. And I got a job. DidMichael Jamin (00:06:26):They, could you a scholarship for only one year? IsFranchesca Ramsey (00:06:28):That how works? Well, it was so it was not a need-based scholarship, meaning that it was not based on your parents' income. It was a talent based scholarship. So I auditioned for the school. I got a scholarship my first year. And then after that, the whole faculty voted on who got the scholarship. And because I was only a sophomore, I didn't know everybody. So most of the people that got the scholarship the next year were like juniors and seniors. So I was working part-time at school. I worked for the School of Public Health. I was working on their website. I was a self-taught designer had a bootleg of Photoshop and I'd gone to H T M L camp in middle school. And so I was like uploading files and shit, and I was getting paid 20 bucks an hour. And I was like, yo, this is it. I was like, maybe I should be a graphic designer. . So I left Michigan, moved back to Florida, which is where I'm from, and went to design school and was Oh, really? Studying graphic design. Yeah. And, you know, just I always kept a blog. I'd had a website since middle school. And when YouTube came out, I was like, yo, this is, this is really neat. ButMichael Jamin (00:07:34):This was just cuz you wanted personal expression.Franchesca Ramsey (00:07:37):Yeah. I just thought it was cool. I'd always, I was on live journal and I had dreadlocks at the time, and so I was always like taking photos of my hairstyles and like doing tutorials and just writing about my daily life. I mean, before, before there were digital cameras, I had like a scanner. And so I would go and get my photos developed and then I would scan them and I would post them on my little website. And it was just, I've always been a journaler. I've always like really loved, like just keeping track of my life. I am an only child, so I, I just like, I, that's just always been my form of expression. And so when YouTube came out, I felt like it was the perfect combination of all the things I was already interested in. Right. So I started making YouTube videos in 2006.Michael Jamin (00:08:21):But, and some of those, cause I went, I I scrolled down. You got a long list.Franchesca Ramsey (00:08:24):Yeah. I have so many .Michael Jamin (00:08:26):And some of them were just like, oh, here's, here's how I do my hair. And here's like, yeah. But then you started venturing off into more scripted, you know,Franchesca Ramsey (00:08:33):Compliment stuff. Yeah. I mean, so honestly what happened was I was watching Eric become a successful standup, and I remember him calling me and him saying, there are no black girls in New York doing standup. And I was like, really? And he was like, yeah. Oh my, this is my bad Eric. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. You got it. You got you. They're so funny. You should be doing this. And I was like, oh, I don't know. Like, I've never done standup. Right. And so I got a copy of the Comedy Bible, which is a great book that I recommend. Okay. And I used it to write my first standup set and was doing comedy in, in Miami and was making sketches and trying to promote my comedy career via YouTube. AndMichael Jamin (00:09:14):Was that working? I mean,Franchesca Ramsey (00:09:15):Yeah, it was. I mean, I was, it's so interesting because where we are with social media is just like, it just feels so accessible now. But like back in my day, I didn't know anyone that had a website. Right. And I had business cards that had my website, my YouTube on them, and I would go to comedy shows and I would say like, oh, you should watch my YouTube channel and like, get on my email list. And, you know, when I would do competitions at the Hollywood Improv, like I would send out emails and I would say, please come to my shows. And did people I Yeah, they did, they didMichael Jamin (00:09:51):Come. So these are your fans would come basically people who were on your email list? JustFranchesca Ramsey (00:09:55):People that I would, I would, I would, if you met me somewhere, I was asking you to be on my email list. Really. And after I graduated college, I got a job as the communications manager at the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. So I was doing all of their graphics and PR stuff. And so I was learning how to write press releases. And so like, I was using that to build my online community for my YouTube channel. Right. And I, yeah. And I entered a YouTube contest in 2008, I guess. Yeah. 2008. It was the Red Carpet Reporter contest. Really? And I went to the Emmy's. Yeah. And I I You,Michael Jamin (00:10:33):You entered and you won?Franchesca Ramsey (00:10:34):I entered and I won. And I, I , I really used the things I learned at the Chamber. Like I sent out a press release about myself, , to like, local news. And news was on like my local news. Wow. I threw a party so people would vote for me. Like .Michael Jamin (00:10:52):So this is like, it was a lot. Cause so many people say, well, you know, how do I get an agent? How do I, people expect agents, managers, producers to make their career. And that's not what you are doing. No,Franchesca Ramsey (00:11:03):No.Michael Jamin (00:11:03):You're doing it yourself and you're not asking for permission, you're doing it.Franchesca Ramsey (00:11:07):No, I, working at the Chamber was really eye-opening for me because I learned so much about the power of networking. Right. I always had business cards. Every time I would meet someone like a tip that I learned was I would keep a little sharpie in my bag and I would write a interesting tidbit about them on their, on their business card. And then I would email them and I would talk about something that they had said to me. So like, if you said, oh, I gotta leave for my kid's soccer game, I would email you and I'd say, it was really great meeting you at the, the Coffee with the President event. I hope your kid, you know, killed the soccer game. You know, some, just something like that. And then people would be like, oh my gosh, she was so thoughtful. Like, yeah.Michael Jamin (00:11:44):But these are people who you, you don't, are are these people that you think that can help you? Like, who are these people you're meeting that you want their business card, that you wanna wanna email them? No, they'reFranchesca Ramsey (00:11:52):Not, they're not people that I think can help me. Like, I, I just think of it as, you know, when you meet someone and you connect with them, it's not necessarily that they're gonna help you get further mm-hmm. . But like, if, if we have a connection and we like each other, like maybe there's a world in which we work together, or Yeah. I've got this, I'm doing this contest and I need as many votes as possible. And I met you at an event and we got along, or I'm doing standup now and I'm like, Hey, you know, remember I was kind of funny when we met, like come to the standup,Michael Jamin (00:12:22):But how often would you, if you met, I don't know, let's say, I don't know how many people we've met in a month, let's say it's a dozen. How often are you contacting them to stay in touch to let them know they'reFranchesca Ramsey (00:12:32):Live? So I was, so, so again, I was working at the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, which is a membership organization for small businesses. Mm-Hmm. . And we would put together events. We had a weekly coffee with our president every Friday. We had dinner galas, we had golf tournaments. We would go to like, opening of businesses. Like we were doing events all the time. And at every event I was just like, hi, hey, nice to meet you. And I was just meeting as many people as possible and I was doing some of this on Company Jam. I was sending emails and being like, Hey, I met you at this event, can I put you on my email list? You know? Right. soMichael Jamin (00:13:06):I How did you get to be so smart about this though? I mean, like, like did someone teach you this or is this like, I'll just gonna, I like thisFranchesca Ramsey (00:13:11):Idea. I, I will say I learned a lot from the Chamber because we had we had like a women's group and we had like a young professionals group. And because I worked at the Chamber, I was there for all of these events. And I will also add, this was my first job outta college. I am still friends with the people I worked with at the Chamber. I'm still friends with the members that, you know, I met when I did my book tour in 2018, I was able to do it at a bookstore that was one of the members of the chamber when I, you know, I was like trying to get something together. And the bookstore was like, yes, we will absolutely buy copies of your book. We remember you. Right. And right. And it's, I think oftentimes people think about networking for like, these selfish, you know, I'm gonna move forward.(00:13:57):Right. But if you come from a genuine place of just getting to know people and, and showing real interest, my dad always says, be interested. Not interesting. Right. Actually, just like getting to know people and connect with them, you will find that people are like, yeah, you know what? I could throw you five books. You know what? I got a place that you can host a comedy show a actually I will buy a book. Like, people wanna help you. And I was really fortunate I got that job not knowing what it was. And I say all the time, it really like laid the foundation for me when it came to the power of networking and that people like who, you know, really does help you get ahead. But it also enriches your life and your career.Michael Jamin (00:14:38):But how else did it help you knowing any of these people later? Like how, how else did it, you know, materially Okay. I get, yes, you had a and you could, you could do a signing at the store, but how else did it help you?Franchesca Ramsey (00:14:50):I think just helped me to see people that like believed in me. You know, when it was time for me to have comedy shows and stuff. And especially there's so many places where you have to ha bring 10 people. Oh, okay. You, you, you gotta do a bringer show if you're gonna get on stage. And so, you know, kind of corralling my email list to get people to come and support me when I did that YouTube contest and I needed people to vote for me. Right. I, there was a member who had a nightclub and so I threw a party at the nightclub and it was genuinely me just being like, can I throw a party here? And they were like, yeah, no problem. Your, are your friends gonna buy drinks? Right? Yes. . So I set up little laptops and I had people voting for me at the party and Wow. And I, and I won the contest.Michael Jamin (00:15:35):So these are just so small, little, little unexpected ways that just pay that just pay off. But you don't know how or whenFranchesca Ramsey (00:15:41):Yeah. Pay off. No, you, you never, you never know. And, you know, on the topic of knows and failures, I went to the red carpet for the Emmy's in 2008 and I swore that was gonna be my big break. I thought, I was like, I'm never going back to the chamber. Like I, I remember my boss. WellMichael Jamin (00:15:57):You went as what? AsFranchesca Ramsey (00:15:59):I was a red carpet reporter for people.com. Oh yeah. I was on the red carpet. I interviewed like Kathy Griffin and Neil Patrick Harris and mm-hmm. , I sang with Josh Groin, like I had the best time. Right. And then I had to fly back to Florida and go to work and I was heartbroken. I thought I was gonna get an agent. I thought I was gonna, I just thought like, this is it. I'm, I'm making it. And I did not make it. I went AndMichael Jamin (00:16:24):How did you get that job to begin with? The, you know, the red carpet shop? I, because you didn't have an agent?Franchesca Ramsey (00:16:29):I, I entered the YouTube contest. So theMichael Jamin (00:16:31):Contest that was just from that.Franchesca Ramsey (00:16:31):Okay. Yeah. So you had to send in a video of you doing an interview. And I interviewed like my boyfriend at the time and my dog. And then I, you know, I was in the finalist and then I went on the streets of Miami Beach and I just interviewed people. Right. And and then it was voting. So then I, you know, I was doing all, I was hustling to get votes.Michael Jamin (00:16:50):It's so funny cause you are not shy. I mean, no, like, that's how I met. I mean, right. And good for you and good for you. I mean, who else is gonna advocate for you, if not for yourself? I think people want agents. Like they want an advocate. Well be your own advocate. HowFranchesca Ramsey (00:17:02):About that? No. Yeah, no, it's totally true. And look, I, I, I did that red carpet reporter contest and I, you know, I was kind of thrown to the wolves in that nobody was helping me. Right. interview people. They gave me a list of potential celebrities and I watched as many shows that were nominated as possible. I wrote jokes. There was a person under the camera poking me in the leg being like, you gotta hurry it up, wrap it up, wrap it up. I was like, I don't know what I'm doing. Like, I just was going for it. And I really thought, and my videos were, they were funny, the clips were viral. I was doing great. And then nothing happened. Like, it was it,Michael Jamin (00:17:39):Did they ask you back the year later? Or No?Franchesca Ramsey (00:17:41):No. Nothing. No. They didn't even do the contest again. It just, it just was over. I thought people, people.com was like, we loved you. And I was like, great. Do you wanna hire me? And they were like, no, ,Michael Jamin (00:17:53):No. What makes you, why, why would you think we wanna hire you ?Franchesca Ramsey (00:17:57):I was so heartbroken. I moved, I moved to New York the next year, Uhhuh, and I did kind of like the little tour. Like I went to the people offices. I got all dressed up and I was like, remember me? I won that contest. And they were like, yes. When like, what, what do you want? I was like, I, I thought I would get a job. .Michael Jamin (00:18:14):Really? Yeah. And so then what happened? So, okay, good, good. , you got, you're here and then you fell back a couple pegs. That's fine. And then what happened?Franchesca Ramsey (00:18:21):Yeah, so I was kind of pounding the pavement in New York. I did all sorts of jobs. I stuffed envelopes for like a a temp agency. And, you know, I'd gone to school for graph graphic design and I was going to lots of events in New York. Like I went to social Media week in New York. Right. And I met a guy at Social media. He probably was trying to date me in, in hindsight, I had a boyfriend. Right. But I met this guy at Social Media Week and he worked for a creative temp agency. And he was like, oh, well I can help you find a job. And I was like, really? And he was like, yeah. So as this, at this temp agency, I was just doing design for a bunch of different places. So I did some design for the botanical gardens. I had to ride a hour plus train up to the freaking Bronx. Mm-Hmm. . And I was, you know, pushing pixels around for the for the botanical garden. I also worked for this place that did like a big book of I guess it was like a, it was like a fashion book that got put out every year. I, I don't really remember what it was, but I was, you know, just doing a lot of photo editing and stuff. And that's, and then I got the Maybelline job through a friend.Michael Jamin (00:19:32):But that wa I, I wanna, but Okay. But then all the while you're still putting out YouTube videos, right?Franchesca Ramsey (00:19:36):Yeah, I was still making YouTube videos. I was usually like waking up early and editing. I was stealing my neighbor's wifi so I would upload before I went to work because Uhhuh, that was when nobody was on the internet. Youtube was very slow back then. So Yeah. You to like, leave your computer uninterrupted to upload videosMichael Jamin (00:19:57):And, but, but pe people were slowly finding you at this point, or no?Franchesca Ramsey (00:20:01):Yeah. I mean, I was building a little bit of an audience cuz I was making those hairstyle videos. And remember I had had a website in middle school and high school. Right. So I had, I was building my audience. Like I was in this live journal community called, oh no they didn't, which was like a gossip community. Uhhuh . So I posted my videos there. I was in a dreadlock community called Get Up, dread Up, and I would post my hair videos there. And, but atMichael Jamin (00:20:28):Some point you, you decided to make a leap Cause you you had that one video that went viral.Franchesca Ramsey (00:20:32):Yeah, so actually before that, I entered another contest in 2011 called the YouTube Next Up Contest, Uhhuh . And and I won that contest. It was a contest to find like YouTube's next big stars. Right. And it was me and 25 other people. And we each won $35,000. Nice. And we spent a week at YouTube learning how to like better produce our videos and we got new cameras andMichael Jamin (00:20:57):Out here YouTube and, and my, inFranchesca Ramsey (00:20:59):New York? InMichael Jamin (00:21:00):New York. Oh, New York. Okay. Yeah. You know, my partner and I ran a show by from Renton Link.Franchesca Ramsey (00:21:04):Oh, well yeah. I love them.Michael Jamin (00:21:05):Yeah. They're, they had a show, YouTube offered them money, like a lot of money to make a sitcom and they hired us to, to be the right to run.Franchesca Ramsey (00:21:11):Oh, cool. Yeah. No, I love, I love them. I was in one of their, I was in the old collab video with them years ago. Oh wow. Yeah. So I got to meet so many YouTubers from that, and actually my current writing partner, I met her through the YouTube. Next up she was a freelance producer at YouTube and they put us in little teams and had us make YouTube videos, Uhhuh. And she and I, she and I really hit it off and we stayed friends. And the, the year after I did next up is when I had my first big viral video. And I really believe that next up taught me a lot about, you know, tentpole content. Like thinking about my content around holidays and special events and trending stories and finding ways to infuse my personal voice. And so I started kind of like changing my content right. Where I was just doing hair stuff. Right. And I was doing random comedy things, just being more focused.Michael Jamin (00:22:03):And what was your focus?Franchesca Ramsey (00:22:04):Well, my focus was more of looking at trends and finding ways to infuse myself in them uhhuh. And looking at what everybody's talking about and how can I put my own unique spin on it. Right. And so what happened was, there was a viral video called Shit Girls Say. Right. And it was a guy in a wig just doing a bunch of different things that girls say. And there were lots of parodies. There was like, shit, black girls say shit, moms say shit, dad say, and I was trying to figure out, I was like, I wanna do one, but I don't know what I wanna do. And I had gone home for the holidays and I was at a party, a Christmas party mm-hmm. and everyone was drinking and I was not, because I was the designated driver. And as my friends were getting drunker, people were starting to say some things to me that just were at the time things that a lot of my white suburban friends would say to me.(00:22:57):And I wouldn't think twice about, but because I had this video in my head, I was like, oh, maybe this is the video. People were like touching my hair and, you know, just saying things that I don't believe were coming from a bad place. Right. But I was like, something is in this. But I was like, I don't know, like, I don't know what to make this. It's like, I was like, shit black girls say, I was like, shit, white girls say, and I hate to even say it. My ex was like, maybe it should be shit white girls say to black girls. And I was like, no, that doesn't make sense. The the meme is shit. Girls say so it has to be that. And my ex was like, why, why does it have to be like that? And I was like, I dunno, I don't, I really wrestled with it. And then I thought, well, maybe that's what it'll be. So I wrote down all of the things that people had said to me. Right. I shot the video, I uploaded it before I went to work. And by lunchtime it had like a million views. And my email was just like blowing up. My phone was just like going nuts. No one at Ann Taylor knew I made YouTube videos, Uhhuh . And I was like freaking out. It was like, what? The frick is happening?Michael Jamin (00:24:02):Freaking out. Because you were worried you were just in trouble, Atara, or what? No,Franchesca Ramsey (00:24:06):No, I was just freaking out in the sense that I was feeling overwhelmed because my inbox was suddenly, you know, NPR wants to interview you and the Huffington Post wants to write something about you. Yeah. And like all of these agents and S n L reached out to me and they were like, we would love for you to audition for S N L. And I was like, what the f I was at work while this was happening. Wow. And I was like crying at my desk and, and my coworkers were like,Michael Jamin (00:24:31):What is all like tears of joy. No tears.Franchesca Ramsey (00:24:33):Yeah. Tears of joy, but also tears of like, I'm very emotional. I was very, I was just overwhelmed. Like, I don't know how to handle this. And, butMichael Jamin (00:24:43):That video is, is wonderful. Yeah. obviously I watched it, but were you, I mean you were making a statement?Franchesca Ramsey (00:24:50):Yeah. I mean, I don't think I knew I was making a statement. I thought I was just genuinely, I thought I was making a video about being from West Palm Beach, going to private school, where oftentimes I was the only black person in my class. And having my friends who were well-meaning say things to me that I knew made me feel uncomfortable, but I wasn't really sure why.Michael Jamin (00:25:14):You weren't sure why?Franchesca Ramsey (00:25:15):I wasn't sure why, but I knew I, but I knew there was something funny about it. Right. And I, and I think my surprise was realizing that I had captured a universal experience that other black people and just marginalized people in general experience where people in their lives are like, you're different from me. And they're acknowledging it in a way that is not necessarily malicious, but it does still feel uncomfortable.Michael Jamin (00:25:39):But, but some of them were kind of cringy. Some were like, Ooh, did someone, some of them really say that to you?Franchesca Ramsey (00:25:45):Like, oh my god, really? Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. And, but that's also what was incredible to me about it is because the comments were like, this is my life. The comments were saying, I am the only black girl in my school in Idaho, and this has happened to me. And, and I'm, I'm watching these comments coming come in and realizing like, oh, I did something with this that I didn't anticipate. Yeah. I, you know, I got invited to be on Anderson Cooper. They did a whole segment about me in that video. I had never been on national television before. And, and, and I, I was like, I had no agent. I had no help. I did my own makeup, which mm-hmm. I think I did good. But like, I was like, I don't know what I'm doing. And I stillMichael Jamin (00:26:25):Have How did your friend, how did your friends react to it though when they saw it?Franchesca Ramsey (00:26:29):Oh my God, they thought it was amazing. My whole, I I mean this was, butMichael Jamin (00:26:32):But they were the ones who said these things to you.Franchesca Ramsey (00:26:34):Yeah. And they were like, this is really fun. One of the girls that like was the main culprit came with, with me to Anderson Cooper .Michael Jamin (00:26:39):But aren't they supposed to apologize for, I mean, they're not supposed to think it's funny. They're supposed to say, I'm sorry. I said those things.Franchesca Ramsey (00:26:45):, you know, I, I I think it's also just a symptom of where I was in my life because at that time now we talk about privilege and microaggressions in a way that feels, you know very forward thinking and, and progressive. And in 2012, we were not. Right. And so again, while I knew that those comments made me uncomfortable, I did not have the language to explain why. Right. And I, and I did not believe my friends were malicious, and I still don't believe that they were malicious. It's just a symptom of your privilege. And that is something that people do all of the time, right? Mm-Hmm. , like straight people do that to gay people. Right. Gay bodied people do that to disabled people. Like cis people do that to trans people. It happens across every dynamic and, and every identity. And so I don't think my friends, some of them did feel like, oh my God, this makes me like look bad. Right? But I didn't have anyone that felt like, oh, Francesca hates me. Like, everybody knew I was making comedy content. Mm-Hmm. . And a lot of my friends that were sharing it across all backgrounds were like, oh my God, this has happened to me. Or Oh my God, I need to check myself. Because Right. In the context, this doesn't seem great. Right.Michael Jamin (00:27:59):Do Now I imagine putting yourself out there, cause I know what it's like, it exposed you to backlash too. And myFranchesca Ramsey (00:28:07):God. Oh my God, yes.Michael Jamin (00:28:09): What, what and what was that like for you the first time? And what's your advice? For me itFranchesca Ramsey (00:28:13):Was r it was really hard. It was really hard. So that video got about 12 million views in the first week. Right. And, you know, again, today 12 million views maybe. Doesn't seem like a lot.Michael Jamin (00:28:24):No, it's a lot. It's aFranchesca Ramsey (00:28:25):Lot. I mean, I, I, you know, TikTok, people are blowing up all the time, but it was really big for me. Right. But again, because I was talking about race, there were a lot of people that were uncomfortable and there were people that were calling me a racist. They were saying that I hate white people and you know, this is not right. And if it was reversed and, and I, for better or for worse, am very accessible. So I was in the comments, like fighting with people. I was arguing back and forthMichael Jamin (00:28:52):And why? So that's the thing.Franchesca Ramsey (00:28:54):Yeah. And I, and I do youMichael Jamin (00:28:55):Should you do that?Franchesca Ramsey (00:28:57):No, I, I think you really have to pick your battles mm-hmm. . And I think that, I think that there are some people that are always gonna dislike you no matter what. And they always have, they already have their mind made up about you. Yeah. And so you have to decide like, what is the purpose of me engaging with this person? And for me, especially on Twitter, even if I engage with someone who I disagree with, if I think I can make a broader point about the misconception, or I can clarify something, or I can use them as an example of how to better defend yourself on certain topics, I'll do it. Versus there are a lot of people I just don't engage with at all. ButMichael Jamin (00:29:37):You, I I'm gonna guess I'm taking a wild guess though. I'm gonna guess that you've never once changed anybody's mind.Franchesca Ramsey (00:29:45):I dunno that that's, I don't, I I'm gonna push back and say I don't necessarily think that that's true because I got a lot of emails from people that said that I did change their minds. Really. But I think, but I think it's, again, it's also a matter of what your approach is. And it also has to be somebody who actually wants to have their mind changed. There's a difference between somebody that just wants to argue. Right. And someone who genuinely says, I don't understand this thing and I want to, and I think whether it's online or in real life, we have to be better at gauging the difference because it is a waste of your time to argue with the person who already has their mind made up. Mm-Hmm. versus to engage with the person who says, you've made me think about this differently. I'm not sure I agree yet, but I'm like close to figuring out if, if I could be.Michael Jamin (00:30:31):And that makes you feel good knowing that, I mean,Franchesca Ramsey (00:30:34):Yeah. I mean me, it'sMichael Jamin (00:30:35):Exhausting. That's all. Yeah.Franchesca Ramsey (00:30:37):It isMichael Jamin (00:30:37):Exhausting. It really is.Franchesca Ramsey (00:30:39):It is exhausting. But I think what that video taught me about myself, and it really kind of shaped the direction that my content went in Yeah. Is that there's a lot of, that comedy is really powerful, that we can tell stories that we can tell the stories of people that don't necessarily see themselves represented and feel like they're being heard. We can expose people to new ideas. Mm-Hmm. , we can get people to think about the world that they inhabit and how they move through the world differently. And I realized like using comedy to talk about serious stuff is something that I wasn't seeing other people do on YouTube. And so I really started like shifting my content Yes. In that direction.Michael Jamin (00:31:19):That's almo. Would you say that's kind of your brand now? I mean, what? Whatever that means.Franchesca Ramsey (00:31:23):Yeah. It was, and I'm, I don't know. It's hard. I'm trying to get out of it if I'm being honest.Michael Jamin (00:31:28):Why? Okay. Yeah. Why?Franchesca Ramsey (00:31:29):Because it is exhausting. Because, because as a black woman moving through the world, I'm constantly being asked to justify my existence and educate people mm-hmm. and talk about serious topics all the time. Right. So then to do that for my job is, is dually exhausting. And, and I, I struggle with it because I know I'm good at it. Right. And I know it's important, but it takes a lot out of me. Yeah. It ta and, and you know, like, I'm dealing with this right now with the writer strike where I'm making a lot of content about the strike because I think it's important. But I'm also being asked and pulled and every direction where people like, explain this will tell me this, well, it makes sense, da da da da da. And I'm like, this is actually my livelihood. Like this is not just a trending topic on Twitter. Like this is about how I'm gonna continue to make a life for myself, you know?Michael Jamin (00:32:21):But Okay. So you're, are you're still, are you still making original content on YouTube? No. No. Why not? I think you should Franchesca Ramsey (00:32:29):I have, I have a, cause I, I have a complicated relationship with YouTube Uhhuh. I guess the, the best way to say it is, you know, after, after, after I went viral, I got an agent. I left my day job, I started auditioning and, andMichael Jamin (00:32:45):The, and the, I say want, I wanna slow it down. The agent reached out to you?Franchesca Ramsey (00:32:49):Yes. Yes. Okay. Yes. Okay. And I will also add that prior to that, I had made DVDs of all my standup and all my sketches, and I had mailed them out to every agent in New York. And not one person got back to me.Michael Jamin (00:33:03):This is exactly what Okay. So I do a, a monthly webinar, free webinar where I talk about Hollywood and how to break in, this is exactly what I talked about yesterday. Yeah. Is that you have to make them beg Yeah. If you're begging them, it's not gonna happen. Right. It's not gonna happen. Right. They have to look at you like you are, like you have dollar signs on your face Yeah. And you're a big bag of money. And when they see money on your face, they'll come after you. Yeah. Which is what they saw with you. Okay. This isFranchesca Ramsey (00:33:27):Someone, it was like the, it was like the year prior I had sent out those DVDs and I did not get one person to get back toMichael Jamin (00:33:33):You. Same person, same talent. Yeah. You just didn't have the platform yet.Franchesca Ramsey (00:33:37):Yeah. And then suddenly everybody wanted me. So then I, you know, I got this agent and, you know, I got the opportunity. I, I met with a manager and she said like, what's your dream? And I said, I want my own TV show. AndMichael Jamin (00:33:50):She What kind of show, by the way?Franchesca Ramsey (00:33:52):Well, I didn't really know. I just knew I wanted a show. And she looked at my YouTube channel and was like, well, we should pitch like a sketch show. So I was out pitching the sketch show, nobody bought it. Mm-Hmm. . And one of the places I went to though was M T V. And M T V was like, well, we really like you. We have this show about feminism and and pop culture that's doing really well. Would you be interested in developing something similar about race? And I was like, yeah, that sounds cool. So I met with this production company called Corn Neighbor Brown. Mm-Hmm. , we started developing what then became M T v Decoded mm-hmm. . And, you know, I, Dakota has opened so many doors for me. I'm, I'm so proud of that show. But I dealt with so much harassment because of that show so much. And YouTube, for Better for worse, did not really support me. And, and I, and I, and I really struggled with that becauseMichael Jamin (00:34:45):What kind of support were you hoping to get from them?Franchesca Ramsey (00:34:48):Well, people were making death threats. Oh. People were taking my content and they were editing together videos of me to make me say that I hate all white men and I hate all white people. Oh my God. And I think people should die. And, and, and, and YouTube was like, well, you know, it's not a copyright violation. And I was like, how is this not a copyright violation? Like, soMichael Jamin (00:35:07):What do you do when that hap what do you do when that happens?Franchesca Ramsey (00:35:10):I mean, what I did was I ended up walking away. I mean, I did it for six years. And again, I am so thankful for all the doors that it opened, but I had to ask myself like, is this worth it in terms of what I want? And what I want is to be a comedy writer. I don't want to be a professional educator. I don't want,Michael Jamin (00:35:29):But I imagine you were also monetizing this from YouTube. You were making monies, right?Franchesca Ramsey (00:35:32):Well, it was MTV's content. So I was not making, I was making a flat rate on every episode. I was credited as executive producer because I had developed the show. So I was being paid as the host and executive produ producer, and I was paid anytime I wrote an episode mm-hmm. . And I wrote about, I'm gonna say I wrote about like 50% of the episodes, and then I got hired on the nightly show. Right. So I was on TV and I was doing Dakota at the same time. So we brought in writers. Right.(00:36:02):so I was making a flat rate. I wasn't making, I wasn't making a ton of money. I I I, I worked part-time jobs. I worked as a writer for Upward for three years. Mm-Hmm. , I was speaking at colleges, I was doing like little TV things here and there, but I was M T V was not paying all my bills. Right. and so when I really like took a step back and looked at where I wanted to go in my career, I was like, I just don't wanna be an internet personality for the rest of my life. Mm-Hmm. . And I don't wanna be the girl who just talks about race. And I was like, I'm glad that this is given me a platform and opened all these doors for me. But I would meet people and they would, they were surprised that I was funny. And, and I would say, well, I'm a comedian. They're like, no, you're not. I see you onde coded. And I'm like, right. Well, Dakota is like an educational show. I'm, I'm not, I'm not know. But the thingMichael Jamin (00:36:54):Is, people say to me, I'm afraid about, like, they're not even in the business yet. I'm afraid about being put into a box. Right. I'm afraid of about doing this one thing that getting stuck in the box. And my attitude is get in a box first. You know, you need to get work.Franchesca Ramsey (00:37:06):Yeah. Get in the box first. Yeah. And thenMichael Jamin (00:37:07):You worry about getting out of the box.Franchesca Ramsey (00:37:09):Yeah. Right. Yeah. And I, and I would, yes, I, I agree. Like, and if, for me, I didn't know I was getting into a box. I was following what was being successful for me and what I was enjoying and what I was good at. And I did that for six years. You know, I was on the nightly show. And, and even that, like, I started for a minute. I was like, oh, I think I wanna be a late night host. And then I was realizing like, oh, this is really hard. Like mm-hmm. talking about the news and, and, and writing about news, writing about what's happening in the world and trying to put in a funny spin is just a, it's hard. It's so hard. And again, I learned so much, but I think what I really learned was, I was like, if I have a TV show one night a week, I don't wanna do five nights a week, .Michael Jamin (00:37:51):But even on your channel, which I poked around, I was like, oh my God. Like you interviewed Michelle Obama. I was like, what? Like what? How did that come about? ?Franchesca Ramsey (00:37:58):Yeah. I mean that was, that was through YouTube. I, so, because I was so active and I had won that Emmy's contest and I won that next step contest, like I had a relationship with YouTube, like I would speak at events there. Mm-Hmm. one time they had this party where they had an airplane circling LA with like celebrities. And I hosted the plane. Like I was speaking over like the, the speaker in the plane. It was so weird. It was very fun. But like, that was because of YouTube. And so they would regularly reach out to me and say like, oh, we're doing this event which you hosted, or would you speak on this panel? Or whatever. SoMichael Jamin (00:38:36):Leaving, it must've been very hard for you because on the one hand, they were good too. You on the other hand,Franchesca Ramsey (00:38:41):Yeah. I mean, I wasn't getting paid for a lot of those things. Like I Oh really? No, no, it was justMichael Jamin (00:38:45):Exposure.Franchesca Ramsey (00:38:46):Yeah. It was just ex it was exposure. And that was also part of it. Like, that was me making a conscientious decision that I wasn't gonna do unpaid work anymore. Uhhuh. . But I started saying like, okay, cool. Like, you guys are happy to have to fly me out and have me speak on a panel, but I then have to run back to my hotel room and like write these articles because I'm, I don't have money. You know? And like, my visibility, I think a lot of times people think like, oh, I see you everywhere. So that must mean you're making a lot of money. That must mean you're, you're, you're crushing it. And that's just not always the case.Speaker 3 (00:39:23):Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not gonna spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.Michael Jamin (00:39:47):But even on your videos of, on your YouTube videos, you were mon like, cause you can't monetize them. Yeah. You just didn't, you weren't getting a lot. That'sFranchesca Ramsey (00:39:53):No, I wasn't, I I was never one, I was never consistent largely because I always had a regular job. Like I, I tried being a full-time YouTuber and I just, the money is so inconsistent. It's a once a month paycheck. Yeah. And you don't know how much it is because some months you have a really good month and your views are really up. Other months your views are really down. The, I don't know what they're like now, but at the time your ads did not automatically come on your video. Sometimes the ads wouldn't show up for like a day or two. Uhhuh . So if you got all your views in those first two days and then they dropped off by the time you got ads, you didn't make any money.Michael Jamin (00:40:30):Oh, interesting.Franchesca Ramsey (00:40:31):And then there's like certain times of year that were really good, I was always trying different things. Right. Like I was making Holiday vi, I made these Christmas card videos. I made these videos that you were supposed to send to people for their birthday. I did Parodies, lady Gaga came out with a song. So I did a video for like, you know, I stayed up all night like editing this video. So Yeah,Michael Jamin (00:40:50):You did Gwen Stefani, you sounded just like her. Yeah. I was like, that was great. I wouldFranchesca Ramsey (00:40:53):Do all these impressions and I was, I was just realizing that the amount of hours I was putting in were not, it wasn't paying off for me is what I was realizing. And that was a big part of my transition into like, I want to be in tv. Right. That's always been the goal. You know, I, I went to acting school. I didn't know I was gonna become a writer and, and I was so glad that I was doing that, but I was like, this is, I don't wanna be on YouTube for the rest of my life. I don't wanna make videos in my apartment. I don't wanna make videos about my life. I want to work in tv. So really focusing on that, and again, doing Decoded was awesome, but I realized what I have to do is I gotta get a sample. Right.(00:41:36):Like I have to, I have to put together a packet. Like I have to start doing the things that are gonna move me into the next phase. Mm-Hmm. . And I think kind of to your point about being in a box, I think you have to be open to, if you're in a box or people are seeing you one way, being open to saying, what else can I do? And like, how can I show people that I'm more than this one thing? Mm-Hmm. and taking that risk and believing in yourself is really scary. But it's essential because I could have done decoded for the rest of my life and I don't want to do that ,Michael Jamin (00:42:11):You know? But then, so iCarly was prob was your first scripted? Yeah.Franchesca Ramsey (00:42:15):And then it wasMichael Jamin (00:42:16):What, so how did you get that? Cuz that's a big leap you have toFranchesca Ramsey (00:42:19):Write. Yeah. So before iCarly, what did I do before iCarly? So I did the nightly show and then I sold a pilot to Comedy Central. Mm-Hmm. . And the pilot was with the same producers that did Decoded and it was kind of like a late night sketch type show, Uhhuh . And we didn't go to series. They actually gave us a mini room and I did not know it was a mini room at the time. I was just happy that I was getting a writer's room. And so we wrote 10 episodes of the show. We didn't go to series. I wrote a book. Right. I did a book tour.Michael Jamin (00:42:54):And how, how did the, how did the book come about? Which the book is called, well that escalated quickly, , which I imagine and the memoir and memo, it's memoir Mistakes of an Accidental Activist, which is Yeah, that's a perfect idol. Cause I think that's exactly what you were, right?Franchesca Ramsey (00:43:08):Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it, it really was a collection of essays about a lot of the mistakes that I had made in communicating with other people on the internet and talking about things that were important to me and all the lessons that I had learned along the way. And after Shit White Girls say Went viral, I had a number of people reaching out to me, asking me to write a book, but I just didn't know what I wanted to write a book about. TheseMichael Jamin (00:43:32):Were agents or publishersFranchesca Ramsey (00:43:34):Literary agents saying like, you should write a book. And I just didn't know what I wanted to write a book about. I kept putting it off funny. And then after I was a nightly show was still on the air and I, I decided, I think I wanna give this a chance. And I finally had initially I wanted it to just be called Accidental Activists and that was gonna be the title. And I started putting together a book proposal and meeting with literary agents. And I met this great literary agent and she gave me like really good notes on my proposal. She really ripped it apart . Mm-Hmm. . And I was so happy because I had felt like she was the first person I talked to that wasn't like blowing smoke up my ass. She was the first person that was like, this is good, but it could be better. Right. and so she and I worked together for like two months on the proposal and then we went and did a number of meetings. I think we met with like six publishers andMichael Jamin (00:44:28):I And you didn't wanna write it first, you wanted to pitch it first as get it sold first?Franchesca Ramsey (00:44:32):Yeah. So in with non-fiction, you don't have to write it first. With fiction, usually you do have to write it first. Right. If you've written a book before the fiction proposal usually don't have to write the whole thing. But for non-fiction you usually write like two or three chapters mm-hmm. and then you do like a summary of what the book is about and a bio and who you are and, and why this book and you know, what are books that are in the same family as yours and Right. What your plan for press would be and all that stuff. And I'm, you know, I went to school for graphic design, so I made like a really beautiful book proposal with like photos and Oh wow. Artwork and I drew all these little charts and graphs and stuff cuz that's kind of like, I love infographics. And so yeah, we went to maybe six or seven publishers and I got four offers. Wow. And they went kind of head to head and my agent was pitting them against each other. Wow. yeah. And I got a six figure book deal, which was a big deal. .Michael Jamin (00:45:30):That is a big deal. Yeah.Franchesca Ramsey (00:45:32):And thenMichael Jamin (00:45:33):Did they help you, what, you know, promote it, put you on tour?Franchesca Ramsey (00:45:36):Yeah, so I mean, that's part of when you work with a publisher is they have a a publicist, like an in-house. I was at Grand Central Publishing, so they had a publicist and we did a photo shoot for the book. And I spent my own money, like I got a publicist. I also had a website built for the, for the book. And then we did an eight city book tour and I got cities added because I really wanted to do something in Florida where I'm from. And that was where I reached out to some of my contacts from the chamber and got my local Miami bookstore.Michael Jamin (00:46:09):Why these, the only eight cities, though. Like, what, when they say they're putting on tour, like, I don't know.Franchesca Ramsey (00:46:14):Well, they looked at, they looked at the analytics from like my Facebook and my Instagram and, and my YouTube to see like where my audience was at. Okay. And they used that to pick what citiesMichael Jamin (00:46:25):And then people came out. Yeah. And, and you read, you read and signed books.Franchesca Ramsey (00:46:28):Yeah. Yeah. So I kind of, I picked, I reached out to friends in different cities and I had different people as kind of like my co-host in each city. And it was awesome. But it was, it was exhausting. It was really exhausting. And I was doing that at the same time that I was doing my comedy Central pilot. And all of this is to say that like, in that moment I thought like, I'm making it. I was like, I'm making it. I'm like, I'm about to be like a star .Michael Jamin (00:46:55):That's what I would think. But you know,Franchesca Ramsey (00:46:56):It wasn then my showed didn't go. No. Cause then I showed it didn't go. ButMichael Jamin (00:46:59):That's normal. Most shows don't goFranchesca Ramsey (00:47:01):Right. But I didn't know that didn know that. I, I, I didn't know that. I, I thought I'm a failure. Especially because, like, really think about it. Yeah. Well, think about it this way. When, when you, when a pilot gets announced, right? I, this is my first time having a, having a pilot ever. Mm-Hmm. , a pilot gets announced and people that don't work in TV think that means you have a TV show. They're like, where is the show? And I'm like, oh, well I'm making the pilot now. And they're like, well, when does it come out? I'm like, I don't know. It hasn't been ordered a series. So like, people were writing articles about me, like 10 Reasons Franchesca's gonna change late night. And like, we need Franchesca's show. And like, she's amazing. And Larry Wilmore had gotten canceled. So it was like Franchesca Ramsey's gonna be the only black woman late night host. And like all of this hype was coming for me, and my book was coming out and, and, and, and my publisher was really like, this is it. We're gonna time it with the show. And then, and youMichael Jamin (00:47:54):Were believing this too.Franchesca Ramsey (00:47:56):And I was believe of course I was, of course I was believing it. I was like, oh my God, I want this so badly. Yeah. You know? And and hindsight is 2020. Like it was not the show for me. I'm glad that I didn't end up making that show because I, I really don't wanna host a late night show about identity. Right. I, I thought I did, but I don't want to anymore. And so like, when it didn't go to series, and then, well, we, we did the mini room and, and that was kind of like a consolation prize, but even then I was like, it was another year of staffing and, and, and putting the room together and trying to figure out what the show was, and then waiting around for Comedy Central. And then they said, we're not going to series. They were like, well, let's sell it somewhere else. So I was like, shooting these sketches. And we,Michael Jamin (00:48:44):That doesn't, that doesn't happen. . Right. But that so rarely happens, but, okay.Franchesca Ramsey (00:48:47):Right. Well, especially because other networks are like, well, you didn't want it. Why do we want it?Michael Jamin (00:48:51):Yeah. We don't, they don't want damaged goods. You don't,Franchesca Ramsey (00:48:53):You don't. You didn't want it. So now you think I'm gonna make the show. Like, yeah. Right. Again, and I'm just kind of like, I, I'm just like, I'm just going along. Right. Like Right. I'm going and taking these meetings and, and you know, you have meetings and they're like, we love you. You're amazing. You're great. We're passing, you know, .Michael Jamin (00:49:09):Yeah. Yes. I know. All those meetings. .Franchesca Ramsey (00:49:11):Right. And so I was just like, I was just like, oh my God, my career is over. And I got a writing job on yearly Departed, which is was a late an end of the year comedy show. Mm-Hmm. . And that was through Twitter. BES Calb, who was our showrunner, followed me on Twitter. We were friendly, and my reps were like, Hey, there's this late, this end of the year comedy special, do you wanna take a meeting? I took the meeting and Bess was just like, I love you. I think you're super funny. She had read my sample and yeah, it was kind of, it was like a series of eulogies for different things throughout the year. Uhhuh .(00:49:54):And we did it over Zoom Oh, wow. During the Pandemic. And I was still auditioning, and that's when I booked Superstore. I booked Superstore while I was doing Yearly Departed. So I went to LA to do Superstore and it just worked out that it was at the same time that yearly was gonna film. So I got to go be on set and, and Seeba happened. And and after being here for Superstore again in the middle of the pandemic, I was like, I don't really wanna go back to New York. Right. What if I just stay ?Michael Jamin (00:50:25):Well, you, but you're married, aren'tFranchesca Ramsey (00:50:26):You? I was, I got divorced. You was? Okay. I got divorced in 2019.Michael Jamin (00:50:30):Okay. So you don't have to worry about your husband coming overFranchesca Ramsey (00:50:32):Here. No, no. We got divorced before, before I got hired on that show. Yeah. I mean, right. Like the year before the pandemic. Right.Michael Jamin (00:50:42):And then how did I, Carly come about then?Franchesca Ramsey (00:50:45):My managers were just like, Hey, you know, I, I told them I wanted to staff. Right. And so, yeah, I took a meeting with Ally Shelton, who was our showrunner, and again, she read my sample. And I think what she really appreciated was that I had this background as an internet person and mm-hmm. You know, Carly is an internet person personality, and I had actual experience and dealing with trolls and dealing with going viral and Yeah, of course. Live streaming and course bands and social media course. And so Allie was a perfectMichael Jamin (00:51:18):Choice. Yeah.Franchesca Ramsey (00:51:19):Yeah. Allie was like, you really understand this world. And I I came, I went into my meeting and I had watched episodes of iCarly and I pitched some ideas as for what I felt like would be the direction that I would be interested in going in. And and prior to that, I had my friend Shameka that I mentioned that I had met through YouTube. She and I had sold a pilot to Fox. And so I learned a lot about the scripted process through that. Right. Just through development. It was with Kay Cannon and and Kay is amazing. I learned so much from her.Michael Jamin (00:51:55):But was it intimidating for you to be, cuz now you're in out of your element again, you haven't done scripted, soFranchesca Ramsey (00:52:01):It, it wasn't intimidating. I, and I, again, I really feel very fortunate because I was able to work with a friend of mine that I had known for, you know, almost 10 years. And she and I had made YouTube videos together and we had come out to LA for pilot season as actors and we got an apartment together. And through the audition process we were like, all of these scripts are bad, we could fucking do this. Right. We were like, we could write a script better than this. . Yeah. Right. And so we wrote like a treatment. We didn't even write a full script. And then we, through our agents, went and took a bunch of meetings and we met with Amy PO's company. Mm-Hmm. . We, we went to Kay Cannon, which is K and l. We went to a whole bunch of places, but Kay and Laverne, her business partner, we just, we just loved them. And they were like, we wanna develop this with you. And so they really taught us how to develop and structure a scripted pitch. ThatMichael Jamin (00:52:57):Was the Fox show.Franchesca Ramsey (00:52:58):Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I had never pitched a scripted project before. Everything was like sketched late night. Yeah. Variety. And so yeah, off of that, again, we didn't go to series, but we wrote the pilot. And so I used that as like a sample, even though I'd written it with someone else. And then I had a sample that I'd written by myself, and then I had like all my decoded videos and I had sketches from my Comedy Central pilot an

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Kevin DeYoung (PhD, University of Leicester) is senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, Council member of The Gospel Coalition, and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte). He has written numerous books, including Just Do Something. Kevin and his wife, Trisha, have nine children: Ian, Jacob, Elizabeth, Paul, Mary, Benjamin, Tabitha, Andrew, and Susannah. Personal Site: https://kevindeyoung.org Podcast: https://lifeandbooksandeverything.sounder.fm Twitter: https://twitter.com/revkevdeyoung?s=21&t=3gORJibkGUAFKFclMFoLfg Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/100057307584230/ Q. 1. How doth it appear that there is but one God? A. It is evident from scripture there is but one God; Deut. 6:4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. Jer. 10:10 but the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: and as scripture reveals no more, so reason will allow no more.

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In this episode we chat with Dr Tager all about the importance of the health of our electrical system, specifically the vagus nerve.  The vagus nerve is the missing link to a lot of health issues, and this episode highlights many that could he helped regulating this nerve.  We hear about the Gut/Brain axis, but more emphasis needs to be placed as well on the Brain/Gut axis.Dr. Tager is known for the synergistic and entertaining approach he takes to educating and training his colleagues and consumers. He is most passionate about building skin health and beauty through combinations of personalized nutrition, intelligent supplementation, and aesthetic treatment. He has served as the founding Vice President of Marketing for Reliant Technologies, where he launched the Fraxel® laser and as Chief Marketing Officer for Syneron. Most recently, Dr. Tager created the 40-hour CME course on Personalized Nutrition for Practitioners on behalf of The American Nutrition Association. He serves as Director of Practice Management for Miami Cosmetic Surgery and is on the faculty of Duke Integrative Medicine. His most recent book is Feed Your Skin Right: Your Personalized Nutrition Plan for Radiant Beauty. He did his medical training at Duke Medical School and Family Practice at the University of Oregon. He lives outside San Diego where he grows impressive tomatoes.PERSONAL SITE: drtager.comIG: @drmtagerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marktager

Terrence is a son, brother and caregiver. Since establishing himself as a strategist, facilitator, and community builder in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, he's developed his ability to advocate tirelessly for the greater good. Among his biggest influences is his younger brother, who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Terrence has learned to understand the unique needs of patients and caregivers after caring for his brother for over 30 years and his mother who died of stage four lung cancer a year ago. Today he joins the guys to walk them through his journey as a caregiver. Here are some resources for caregivers in Canada: Siblings Canada - https://canadiancaregiving.org/siblingscanada/ Ontario Caregiver Association - https://ontariocaregiver.ca/ Circle of Care - https://www.circleofcare.com/ LHIN Home and Community Care Ontario - http://healthcareathome.ca/ Advance Care Planning Canada - https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/ The Go Wish Game - https://codaalliance.org/go-wish/ Bold Spirit Caring for the Dying - https://boldspiritcaringforthedying.com/ End of Life Care Program at Institute of Traditional Medicine - https://itmworld.org/ceolc/ End of Life Care Program at Douglas College - https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/continuing-education/health/courses/brev1100 Braze Mobility - https://www.brazemobility.com/ Terrence's Personal Site - https://www.terrenceho.com/ Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Terrence is a son, brother and caregiver. Since establishing himself as a strategist, facilitator, and community builder in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, he's developed his ability to advocate tirelessly for the greater good. Among his biggest influences is his younger brother, who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Terrence has learned to understand the unique needs of patients and caregivers after caring for his brother for over 30 years and his mother who died of stage four lung cancer a year ago. Today he joins the guys to walk them through his journey as a caregiver. Here are some resources for caregivers in Canada: Siblings Canada - https://canadiancaregiving.org/siblingscanada/ Ontario Caregiver Association - https://ontariocaregiver.ca/ Circle of Care - https://www.circleofcare.com/ LHIN Home and Community Care Ontario - http://healthcareathome.ca/ Advance Care Planning Canada - https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/ The Go Wish Game - https://codaalliance.org/go-wish/ Bold Spirit Caring for the Dying - https://boldspiritcaringforthedying.com/ End of Life Care Program at Institute of Traditional Medicine - https://itmworld.org/ceolc/ End of Life Care Program at Douglas College - https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/continuing-education/health/courses/brev1100 Braze Mobility - https://www.brazemobility.com/ Terrence's Personal Site - https://www.terrenceho.com/ Sickboy LIVE in Vancouver Tickets: https://admitone.com/events/sickboy-podcast-vancouver-8301026 Join the post-episode conversation over on Discord! https://discord.gg/expeUDN

Mint Season 5 episode 23 welcomes web3-native EDM DJ Daniel Allan and Matt Alston, co-founder of Bonfire, to share more about their recent collab with bringing "Glass House" to life and why Daniel has shifted to minting his latest music NFT project on his own site.I hope you enjoy our conversation.Daniel Allan: https://twitter.com/imdanielallanMatt Alston: https://twitter.com/matt__alstonBonfire: https://www.trybonfire.xyz/ Learn more by visiting: https://adamlevy.io/mint---------------------------------------------------------------------------Reminder: claim free Season 5 NFThttps://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 5's NFT Sponsors1. CyberConnect - https://cyberconnect.me/2. Coinvise - https://coinvise.co/3. Mint Songs - https://www.mintsongs.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

Having a personal site is a great playground for learning tons of skills. Brian Wisti discusses the benefits of running a his own blog over the years. Special Guest: Brian Wisti.

Andrea Fomera is a Senior Software Developer at Podia who finds enjoyment in updating dependencies and crafting high quality, robust and maintainable code. She and Brittany flash forward to Railsconf Day 2 to discuss Andrea's talk, goals for the conference and an epic quest to find the best donut in Portland. Show Notes & Links: Andrea's Personal Site (https://afomera.dev) Andrea Fomera (@afomera) · Twitter (https://twitter.com/afomera) Learn Hotwire by Building a Forum (https://store.afomera.dev/learn-hotwire) Podia (https://www.podia.com/) WNB.rb (https://www.wnb-rb.dev/) Sponsored By: AppSignal (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast) Monitor your apps from A to Z: error tracking, performance insights, server metrics, uptime pages, custom dashboards, and more. AppSignal works for all popular Ruby frameworks and automatically instruments and creates beautiful dashboards for Sidekiq, Active Job, and other integrations. As a listener of The Ruby on Rails Podcast, you get a 10% discount and a box of sweet treats. Start your 30-day free trial at https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast (https://www.appsignal.com/rorpodcast). Honeybadger (https://www.honeybadger.io/) Honeybadger makes you a DevOps hero by combining error monitoring, uptime monitoring and check-in monitoring into a single, easy to use platform. Go to Honeybadger.io (https://www.honeybadger.io/) and discover how Starr, Josh, and Ben created a 100% bootstrapped monitoring solution.

Welcome to the Restoration Domination Podcast with your host, Rico Garcia.  In this episode, we are joined by World's #1 High Stakes Performance Coach, Tom McCarthy.  Tom is the CEO and Founder of Thomas McCarthy & Associates and the author of the new book "The Breakthrough Code" available for pre-sale now.  We discussed how the book came to be and how to create new habits by focusing on the things that you want to change, upgrading your story, and taking effective action.  We discussed the masterclass and some of the lessons he's learned in his time working with Tony Robbins and helping Fortune 500 companies and Olympic Athletes achieve their goals.Pre-order the book here https://amzn.to/3qKoQYt to get access to the masterclass FREE!Masterclass Link: https://thebreakthroughcode.com/ Visit the Podcast Page here: https://www.restorationdomination.com/ep-028-tom-mccarthy Biggest Takeaways:1. Focus on only a few things you want to master and become fixated on just those few. 2. Change the story of who you are and the story that you tell yourself in order to reprogram your subconscious to perform at a high octave and become who you were meant to be.3. Focus on activities that are effective or that aid in how effective you are able to be.  This includes actively choosing rest activities.Find Our Guest:Book Site: https://thebreakthroughcode.com/ Personal Site: http://www.tommccarthy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetommccarthy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetommccarthy Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mccarthy-ab94701/ Guest Phone #: 858-759-8484 EXT. 1Subscribe to the Podcast now!Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3Ecuy8Z Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/3yQ2BTq     Website Episode Directory: https://bit.ly/3wP9kvx  Podcast Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3FNkxjP  Timestamps:0:00 Intro 1:22 Thanks to our Sponsors1:52 Intro Roll2:37 Who is Tom McCarthy6:01 Working With Tony Robbins7:43 How That Experience Shaped His Future 9:45 Creating the Book “The Breakthrough Code”12:24 Book Release and Pre-Order FREE Masterclass13:54 How to Best Replace and Create Habits19:04 Focus on Less than Obsessed21:58 Upgrade your story25:38 Effective Action 30:51 Creating a Network of Empowerment32:36 Thank You to Our Sponsors 33:49 Contributing to Your Network 42:57 Thomas McCarthy & Associates46:55 Mindset vs Strategy50:27 How to Find Tom McCarthySponsors:CompanyCam is a cloud-based photo app that allows you to take unlimited photos. They're time & locations stamped, can be notated & can be easily annotated/tagged. These photos are easily attached to specific projects and are an easy way to be able to share the file with other pros working in your own company or other pros working on the same projects and are great for documenting an insurance project. Special Offer: Get 14 days FREE & 50% off of your first 2 months of the program here: https://bit.ly/3FNmJb2  Find out why we love them here: https://bit.ly/3pCJR5C C&R Magazine is one of the oldest publications in the water & mold restoration industries. It has recently changed ownership and is run by Michelle Blevins who has completely shaken up the magazine and made it into something that is much more practical, exciting, and useful for the readers. Subscribe for FREE here: https://bit.ly/310KLjp Restoration Referral System is a digital course on how to create successful relationships with multiple insurance agents so that they can refer you business and your business can explode with leads.

Adam Bryant is managing director of The ExCo Group, a senior leadership development and executive mentoring firm. Prior to this, Adam worked for 30 years as a journalist, including 18 years as a reporter, editor and columnist at The New York Times. He interviewed more than 500 CEOs for “Corner Office,” a series on leadership that he created in 2009. He also writes a monthly column for Strategy+Business magazine and is the Senior Advisor to the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership at Columbia University. Adam is the author of three books: His new book is THE CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders, published by Harvard Business Review Press, which he co-authored with Kevin Sharer, the former President and then CEO of Amgen during which he grew the company to $16 billion in revenue from just $1 billion. Adam's first book, The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed, was a New York Times bestseller, drawing on insights from CEOs to identify the qualities that help explain why certain executives are promoted over others to become CEOs. In his second book Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation, Adam distilled the wisdom of hundreds of business leaders to identify the secrets to a high-performing corporate culture. In this podcast he shares: The seven most critical tests that determine the success of a CEO Advice on how to simplify strategy so that everything can get on boardWhy we should be thinking about strategy as “making bets” rather than plansA compelling metaphor for strategy and leadership—think of it as keep bunnies in their boxes__________________________________________________________________________________________"I think that is one of the things that set effective leaders apart...is they have the skill of simplifying complexity. So take all the complexity in the world, in your industry and your company, and boil it down to a simple framework because I always say it's one of the leader's tests is to be able to stand on a stage at an all-hands meeting...and answer the questions that little kids ask...like 'Where are we going? How are we going to get there? '...To be able to do that takes a certain habit of mind...it is a muscle that you need to develop."-Adam Bryant__________________________________________________________________________________________Episode Timeline:00:00—Adam Bryant + The topic of today's episode2:32—If you really know me, you know that....3:24—What is your definition of strategy?6:10—Can you explain more what you mean about leaders lacking "shared language"?6:40—What has been your biggest surprise in interviewing so many CEOs?9:07—Could you tell us about the seven key attributes that you discovered throughout your work?11:40—Is the skill of demystifying and clarifying the complex a skill that can be learned?14:00—Why do people have a tendency to overcomplicate ideas and use hundred-dollar words?15:10—Getting people accept ideas is more than just simplifying; can you explain the importance of repetition?16:48—You talk about business being about bets—could you elaborate on that?18:40—How can people follow, find and learn from you__________________________________________________________________________________________Additional Resources: Company page: https://www.excoleadership.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/adambbryantLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adambryantleadership/Personal Site: https://adambryantbooks.com/

In the final episode of season one, I spoke with speaker, author, co-founder of An Event Apart, and developer advocate, Eric Meyer. We talked about the web as we remember, how it is now. We talk about An Event Apart in 2022, his new role at Igalia as Developer Advocate, and much more. I even ask him about those emails that still come in sometimes from people that think he wrote the WordPress theme with his CSS reset in it (HINT: He didn't), and much, much more! Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Sound editing by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions. Transcripts can be found at: https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/meyer/ Show Notes https://meyerweb.com/ - Eric's Personal Site https://twitter.com/meyerweb - Eric's Twitter https://github.com/meyerweb - Eric on GitHub https://aneventapart.com - An Event Apart https://www.igalia.com/ - Igalia https://www.youtube.com/c/LukeTowan - Luke Towan on YouTube https://www.bouldercreekrailroad.com/ - Boulder Creek Railroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine) - Byte Magazine https://www.w3.org/2021/10/TPAC/ - TPAC https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ - Eric's CSS Reset https://a.singlediv.com/ - A Single Div, Lynn Fisher --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontendnerdery/support

In this episode, I spoke with Chris DeMars. Developer Advocate and Front End Developer at Rocket Mortgage, Accessibility Advocate, speaker, Host of Tales From The Script Podcast. We talked a lot about Developer Relations, Accessibility, and a lot of different aspects of accessibility as well as some other chatter, in between subjects. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Transcripts can be found at: https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/demars Show Notes: http://chrisdemars.com/ - Chris's Personal Site https://twitter.com/saltnburnem - Chris on Twitter https://www.talesftscript.com/ - Tales From The Script https://2021.connect.tech/ - Connect.Tech https://momentumdevcon.com/ - Momentum Developer Conference https://getwitit.org/columbus-witcon-2021-2/ - WITCON https://twitter.com/marcysutton - Marcy Sutton on Twitter https://www.twitch.tv/rocketdevrel - Front End Fun Zone & Rocket DevRel on Twitch --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontendnerdery/support

Hello Everybody and welcome back to the Sean Lowery Show! This is Episode #112 featuring James Mulvany, who is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Radio.co, Podcast.co & MatchMaker.fm. All are technology platforms doing amazing things in the online media/broadcasting & content spaces

In this episode, I chat with co-founder of OddBird, Sass core contributor, and W3C CSSWG Invited Expert, Miriam Suzanne. We talked about CSS and Sass. The work being done in the W3C CSS Working Group, and some conference talk. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Transcripts can be found at https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/suzanne/ Show Notes: https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/ - Miriam's Personal Site https://www.oddbird.net/ - Oddbird https://twitter.com/TerribleMia - @TerribleMia on Twitter https://github.com/mirisuzanne - Miriam Suzanne on GitHub https://codepen.io/miriamsuzanne/ - Miriam Suzanne on CodePen https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-5/ - CSS Color Module Level 5 https://css.oddbird.net/ - Specs/Issues/Links https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts - W3C CSS Working Drafts GitHub https://github.com/sass - Sass GitHub https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes - CSS Mistakes Wiki https://codepen.io/ivorjetski/pen/xxGYWQG - Ben Evans, https://diana-adrianne.com/ - Diana Smith - CSS Art --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontendnerdery/support

Just an amateur podcaster here to say a quick thank you to all my listeners! A new interview will be available Tuesday, August 24! Podcast Twitter: @PodcastFigure and Instagram: @figure_it_out_podcast • Personal Site: https://juliamj77.wixsite.com/jules-info

Billy and Jesse interview Maziar Ghaderi, producer of the documentary film The Rise of Jordan Peterson, about the many ideas Peterson has scattered around the internet, what value they have, whether or not we should trust the messenger and why its so hard to have a nuanced conversation about him. We throw a bunch of questions at Maz. Did Peterson cynically use a general misunderstanding of the trans community to fuel his rise? Or was he tapping into a legitimate discomfort around language policing? Does he make good points about the dangers of putting too much focus on group identity? Is he right that we need to clean our own rooms before criticizing the world? Or are his arguments just disguised defenses of a status quo that he benefits from? ---- OUR GUEST: Maziar Ghaderi The Rise of Jordan Peterson https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/the-rise-of-jordan-peterson Maz's Personal Site: https://maziart.ca/ Maz and Patricia Marcoccia's Production Company: https://www.holdingspacefilms.com/ --- SOURCES Bernard Schiff: “I was Jordan Peterson's strongest supporter. Now I think he's dangerous” https://outline.com/Ef7wGR “Confessions of a Lobster Fangurl” https://digital-fantastic.com/2021/05/08/confessions-of-a-lobster-fangurl-how-i-shed-my-shell/ ContraPoints: “Jordan Peterson” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LqZdkkBDas Jordan Peterson YT Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos Patricia Marcoccia: “What's So Unethical About My Jordan Peterson Movie?” https://unherd.com/2019/10/whats-so-unethical-about-my-jordan-peterson-movie/ Nathan Robinson: “The Intellectual We Deserve” https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve Brittany King: “Dear Jordan Peterson” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeJlHHatT3E --- ABOUT WHERE IS NOW On each episode of Where Is Now, Billy and Jesse take turns crafting a case for the impact of an individual on our world, while the other host listens, learns and fires back. With equal parts rigour, vigour and trigger, Billy and Jesse weave their way through archival clips, warm takes, and belly laughs in a sincere attempt to better understand themselves and the society surrounding them. HOSTS BILLY BUNTIN is an animator, multimedia artist, and event host with a degree in ethics. www.billybuntin.com IG/FB: billy.buntin T: @BillyBDigital JESSE FREESTON is a documentary filmmaker, shooter/editor, and comedy performer with a degree in political science and economics. www.jessefreeston.com IG/FB: jessefreeston T: @jessefreeston

In this episode, I spoke with Senior Director of Product Strategy at Oracle, developer advocate, speaker, and author, Preston So. We talked about Decoupled Days, a conference focused on headless CMS architectures, his new book from A Book Apart on Voice Content and Usability, and his other book on GatsbyJS coming out in the fall as well as a few other important topics in his new book. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Transcripts can be found at https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/so/ Show Notes: https://preston.so - Preston's Personal Site https://twitter.com/prestonso - @prestonso on Twitter https://github.com/prestonso - Preston So on GitHub https://www.linkedin.com/prestonso - Preston So on LinkedIn https://abookapart.com/products/voice-content-and-usability - Voice Content & Usability https://preston.so/books/gatsby/ - Gatsby, The Definitive Guide https://decoupleddays.com/ - DecoupledDays 2021 https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484240717 - Decoupled Drupal In Practice https://georgia.gov/chat - AskGeorgiaGov --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontendnerdery/support

Design Thinking has become one of those buzzwords in education that we hear about more and more often. Dee Lanier takes some time to break down what design thinking really is and what it can mean for education. Thanks for joining us today on Focus on K-12, EdTech and The Education Experience. If you enjoyed the show, please subscribe. If you have any ideas for future guests or you'd like to contact us about the show, please reach out to me on Twitter @dkonopelko. Thanks for tuning in and we will see you next time, as we Focus on K-12. Links to Resources from the Show: Video Podcast

With each of our interactions in our schools, with our students or our staff, we need to stay cognizant that everyone has a point-of-view and lens built off their experiences. This week I talk to Tom Murray, Director of Future Ready Schools, about the hidden stories within us and within our students and how these stories help shape us. Thanks for joining us today on Focus on K-12, EdTech and The Education Experience. If you enjoyed the show, please subscribe. If you have any ideas for future guests or you'd like to contact us about the show, please reach out to me on Twitter @dkonopelko. Thanks for tuning in and we will see you next time, as we Focus on K-12. Links to Resources from the Show: Video Podcast

Today's Guest: Geno Velasco; Creative Content Assistant for Troy University. | In this episode- Dakota and Kate discuss Geno's journey, how his high school videos got him interested in filmmaking, his reason for getting into sports, how him and a few others started the Woj Creative twitter page, and more. | Please make sure to follow the Rookie Contract on Spotify, or if you're an Apple Podcast listener, make sure to subscribe and give us a five-star review. This will help us get recognized and allow for us to continue providing you, the listeners, with more incredible rookie stories. | Geno's links: @geno_velasco (Twitter); https://www.linkedin.com/in/geno-velasco/ (LinkedIn); genovelasco.com (Personal Site); @WojCreative (Twitter | The Rookie Contract Links: @rookie_contract (Twitter); anchor.fm/therookiecontract (Anchor); https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rookie-contract (LinkedIn) | Dakota: @dakotazientek (Twitter); linkedin.com/in/dakota-w-zientek/ (LinkedIn) Kate: @katenorum (Twitter); linkedin.com/in/katenorum/ (LinkedIn) | Music: Say You Will by Shane Ivers - silvermansound.com