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There are many old and new thoughts about different types of healing, especially in Eastern Medicine. Reiki seems to be the latest discovery, and we also know that some types of Yoga are considered to have healing qualities. Today, we're going to talk about Pranic healing. This practice was established by Choa Kok Sui, a Philippino scientist, chemical engineer and enlightened teacher. He researched and experimented for twenty years to develop a form of healing that is both astonishingly effective and can be learned by almost anyone. We're going to dig deeper on this topic so I want to welcome back my wonderful friend, Shreya as we discuss, “What is Pranic Healing.” Shreya can be reached on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/theshreyagoyal_/Or email her at: theshreyagoyal1@gmail.com Mention that you heard her on the podcast and you can experience Pranic Healing for only $20. As always, you are invited to join the Strive to Thrive Facebook group for a supportive community.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/strivetothrivepage   BTW...If you love this episode, please take a screenshot, share it on your Facebook story and tag me @TonyWechsler And remember to download the eBook, Strive to Thrive at https://tonywcoaching.com/  

Meet Mickael, a half Japanese, half Philippino vlogger, who makes content about life in Japan in Tagalog. He sits down with us to share his story of growing up hafu in Japan, before rediscovering his roots in the Philippines.Follow Mickael on social media:https://www.tiktok.com/@mikasan__https://www.youtube.com/@mikasan_https://www.instagram.com/mickaelshimizu_https://www.facebook.com/mikasaninosaka/Follow us on our social media:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158416https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/youtube.com/@unpackingjapan

Two weeks apart makes the heart do funny things. We're back, baby! Tonight, we sing it loud Hang on Sloopy, OH - IO, back in black, our different profiles, you know what I could with that much money, working in a coal mine, here comes the sun doo doo doo doo, my mustache freezes at 5 degrees, smart home has a new job, love to work envy, when I was a much younger cat, no no no don't do that, Danny Phantom, Fabio the Philippino gnome bard merchant, wah wah wah wah, #Idontrun, I sport now, playinggameswithdad, and I like spoons, how best to eat the glizzys, and a few Dad jokes to help us laugh through the night. All this and a championship game play by play on this week's episode of Brothers in Arms!   Where you can reach us: YouTube: BrothersinArmsPodcast Instagram: Yourbrothersinarmspodcast Twitter: @YourBIAPodcast Gmail: yourbrothersinarmspodcast@gmail.com Twitch: Twitch.tv/brothersinarmspodcast (schedule varies due to life) Website: https://brothersinarms.podbean.com

Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk sits down with Sharon Quinsaat to discuss diasporas within the Philippines and their effect on the country's national identity. Through the context of Filipinos living within the Philippines, Filipinos living within other countries, and the government's historical attempts to influence Philippino culture, Quinsaat discusses the ever-changing identity of the country. Quinsaat is a member of the Department of Sociology and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, at Grinnell College

If you're like me and you would rather burst into flames than go shopping, have we got the story for you…Special shout out to my UK listeners! On today's fresh new episode: we'll see how cold and aloof British parents can be; we'll see how bad psychology makes some shoppers believe they are practically immortal and fire proof; and we'll see which planet in our solar system has better, more breathable air than was available in today's story – and hint, it's not Earth.Let me mention, there are actually three disasters in this episode. The actual disaster in Manchester, another one at an IKEA right off the bat, and that poor Woolworths that Hitler hated? He hated it with a rocket. And the reaction of some victims of this disaster would lead to the creation of an actual area of study for academics interested in the bizarre behaviour of people in emergency situations. We've had people walk into burning buildings before because of trauma, but this will be something completely different.At the time this episode took place, it was the worst fire-related tragedy since WWII, but we'll also discover how this disaster changed the history of home and business safety and ended up saving thousands of lives.Special celebrity guests include retail super juggernaut, Frank Woolworth; hated former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher; poison obsessed Swiss physicist, Walter Jaeger; worst mother in the world, Catherine McGuinn; British author and redneck enthusiast, George Orwell; former President Donald J. Trump; former Philippino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda; and the former wealthiest man in America, Sam Walton.And if you were a Patreon supporter, you would also enjoy an additional 9.5 minutes where we discussed:•   where Philippino dictators and Donald Trump fit into NYC's real estate dick measuring contest•   where American rednecks came from•   the conspiracy surrounding Mattress stores on every corner across the US•   and we'll took a minute to find out just how much Hitler hated Woolworths If the idea of getting episodes a little early and ad-free with ridiculously interesting extra material strikes you as a good thing, you can find out more at:www.patreon.com/funeralkazoo All older episodes can be found on any of your favorite channels Apple : https://tinyurl.com/5fnbumdw Spotify : https://tinyurl.com/73tb3uuw IHeartRadio : https://tinyurl.com/vwczpv5j Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w Stitcher : https://tinyurl.com/mcyxt6vw Google : https://tinyurl.com/3fjfxatt Spreaker : https://tinyurl.com/fm5y22su Podchaser : https://tinyurl.com/263kda6w RadioPublic : https://tinyurl.com/w67b4kec PocketCasts. : https://pca.st/ef1165v3 CastBox : https://tinyurl.com/4xjpptdr Breaker. : https://tinyurl.com/4cbpfayt Deezer. : https://tinyurl.com/5nmexvwt Follow us on the socials for moreFacebook : www.facebook.com/doomsdaypodcast Instagram : www.instagram.com/doomsdaypodcast Twitter : www.twitter.com/doomsdaypodcast If you like the idea of your podcast hosts wearing more than duct tape and bits of old Halloween costumes for clothes and can spare a buck or two, you can now buy me a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/doomsday or join the patreon at www.funeralkazoo.com/doomsday

Zurzeit sind für zehn Tage philippinische Mitschwestern hier bei uns in Olpe. Vor vielen Jahren hat die schöne Tradition begonnen, dass die Silberjubilarinnen, also die Schwestern, die vor 25 Jahren eingekleidet worden sind, hier nach Olpe zum Gründungsort kommen. Und dann haben sie volles Programm und fahren durchs Land und sind auf den Spuren Mutter Theresias in Köln und in Paderborn und hier im Sauerland unterwegs. Und einen Abend waren sie bei uns im Konvent. Und es war ein wunderbarer Abend mit dem köstlichen Essen, das wir gekocht hatten und mit den vielen Gesprächen, über Gott und die Welt und Land und Leute. Natürlich wissen wir mittlerweile viel voneinander in den anderen Provinzen unserer Schwester aus Berichten und Veröffentlichungen und Generalversammlungen und evtl. auch schon Besuchen im anderen Land. Aber es ist etwas komplett anderes, sie neben sich sitzen zu haben, zusammen zu essen, zu genießen, Geschichte und Geschichten zu hören und viel Spaß bei den etwas komplizierten Englischversuchen zu haben. Mir war zwar bewusst, dass Englisch dort die Amtssprache ist, aber für viele Menschen dort, die mehrere hundert andere Sprachen sprechen, eigentlich Philippino die gemeinsame erste Fremdsprache ist. Und ich war und bin beeindruckt von den Berichten über die Arbeit mit Straßenkindern, den Ernährungsprogrammen für die vielen Armen im Umfeld der Schwestern, über hohe Schulabschlüsse, die ehemalige Straßenkinder erreicht und Studiengänge, die sie abgeschlossen haben. Und bei den Berichten strahlen die Augen der Schwestern und man spürt sehr deutlich, dass ihr Engagement für die Armen und besonders für Kinder aus der Liebe zu Christus und zu seiner frohen Botschaft kommen. Sie beten viel und intensiv und haben uns dann zum Abschied kleine Rosenkränze geschenkt, die sie in ihrer Freizeit anfertigen und auch damit Erlöse für ihre Arbeit zu bekommen. Wir fühlen uns von diesen wenigen Stunden miteinander sehr angetan und glücklich, solche Mitschwestern zu haben, die uns jetzt viel näher sind, als es die vielen tausend Kilometer Distanz in ihr Heimatland vermuten lassen könnten. 

In this episode of Resilient, we are joined by a former Navy SEAL, Jason Pike, who shares his incredible journey from a challenging childhood to becoming a SEAL and serving in intense combat situations. Jason opens up about the struggles he faced growing up, including a turbulent family life and the impact of his father's experiences as a Vietnam veteran. Jason's determination to become a Navy SEAL led him to push himself to the limits during training, including enduring the grueling Hell Week and BUD/S. He shares stories of the intense training, the camaraderie among SEALs, and the sacrifices made to achieve the prestigious Trident. The episode also touches on the importance of resilience, the impact of family dynamics on personal growth, and the necessity of continuous self-improvement. Jason's journey from a troubled past to a successful SEAL and entrepreneur showcases the power of determination and adaptability in the face of adversity. Jason is a combat veteran, government contractor, and entrepreneur of Train Like A SEAL, Frogman Supplements, and 501 c3 non-profit, Warhorse Ministries. During his time in the SEAL Teams, he was fortunate to have served in Iraq during OIF where he and his team conducted different types of missions to help fight the war on terror, Federal Internal Defense with Philippino & Korean Navy SEALs, and worked with the United States Secret Service protecting President Bush, among many other things. RESILIENT: Follow Us On Instagram: https://instagram.com/resilientshow Follow Us On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ResilientShow Follow Us On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@resilientshow Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resilient/id1695040954?uo=4 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ECeCuFreEbO0BhBqjhClb Follow Chad: https://www.instagram.com/chadrobo_official Follow Sean: https://www.instagram.com/seantopgunkennard Follow Jason Pike: https://www.instagram.com/frogman_tactical_usa/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCETndT02VX0XyQVvvpdQUqw #military #navyseals #podcast ----------- SPONSORS: Smith & Wesson: https://www.smith-wesson.com/ Gatorz Eyewear: https://www.gatorz.com/ Midas Gold Group: https://www.midasgoldgroup.com BioPro+: https://www.bioproteintech.com/ ----------- All proceeds go to Mighty Oaks Foundation, a non-profit organization serving military & first responder communities. Learn more about Mighty Oaks at: https://www.mightyoaksprograms.org

The Western Pacific will get some welcome attention today with the Japanese Prime Minister making an address to a joint session of Congress and summiting with President Biden and their Philippino counterpart. Unfortunately, the needed display of allied solidarity and resolve in countering the Chinese Communist Party's intensifying aggression throughout the region has just been undercut by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's latest appeasement tourism in Beijing.  That's a seriously fraught message to be sending even as the CCP's forces are routinely assaulting Philippine vessels and penetrating Japanese airspace and waters – as they are those of a fourth strategically critical, but uninvited, regional partner: Taiwan.  At a time when Team Biden is actively betraying its most important ally in the Mideast, Israel, there is no room for signaling that America is determined to undermine any others by “engaging” with the CCP.  This is Frank Gaffney.

Teresita Basa was Philippino immigrant who worked at a hospital in Chicago.  She was loved by everyone that knew her.  It was such a surprise when her naked body was discovered in a her burning apartment.  The case into who killed her went cold, as there were no great leads.  Until one day a doctor and his wife come forward with an astonishing tale.  How did Remy and Joe help solve this murder?  Listen to this amazing story of possession, murder, and greed.Thank you for listening to the Paranormal Peeps Podcast. Check us out on Twitter @CPRParanormal on Facebook Paranormal Peeps Podcast or Coldspot Paranormal Research and on Instagram coldspot_paranormal_researchSupport the show

Anthony Drilich is a rising star in Australian MMA, having claimed the Eternal flyweight title. Details of his story in the interview below:00:00 Introduction00:12 Starting out in Perth and fighting02:45 Following dad's footsteps03:20 Start in martial arts04:58 Mixed background and Philippino fighters06:45 Start in MMA and first fights09:16 Have you landed a big left in streetfights?09:53 Scrappy and Drilich Combat Academy11:40 Training overseas12:14 Are Aussie gyms good enough?13:04 Average training week15:04 Other areas of preparation16:25 Ben Vickers and Brandon Drilich as coaches18:11 Michael Mannu and Emrehan Hekimoglu19:44 Future opponents20:39 Eternal MMA 82 fight and Salkilld vs Mar Fan fight23:04 2024 Plans24:55 Conclusion

In this episode, Olivia and Sam make delicious Philippino spring rolls with Richie and Alex from Bahay Restaurant.

Perhaps, you resonate with our guest today, Clarissa Castillo Ramsey who is a self-proclaimed "Serial Pivoter". The reason for this because, you see, she was constantly living her life seeking the approval of others rather than doing what made HER happy. As the daughter of Philippino immigrants, she was always striving for the approval of her parents...until in 2018 she looked around and thought to herself "What the fuck am I doing?" It was then she started what she's called her "multi-year pivot". It began with her book called "Painting Your Path™" that she published in 2020. In this book she interviewed women who had successfully started living life on THEIR terms and used their stories as an inspirational case study for how she could live the life she always dreamed of as an entrepreneur. THAT was the catalyst for deciding that it was time she become her own boss after dreaming about it for years and holding herself back. During this time, she created the 5-step Paint Your Path framework that she now uses with her clients to help THEM live a life they love. Dive into this episode with us as we explore how Clarissa made the leap from a high-powered corporate career to successful entrepreneurship. In this episode, she shares with us how to: Not be afraid to pivot...and then pivot again! Start taking small steps towards a larger goal. Develop a long-term exit strategy and then establish a resignation date and write that resignation letter! Avoid a fixed mindset, which is thinking you have a finite set of skills. Instead, practice using a growth mindset and evaluate the evidence that shows how much you've grown and are capable of growing. Keep a hype file of the evidence that shows how strong and capable you are (customer testimonials, emails/texts from friends, a glowing performance review) Use the "Paint your Path" framework to manifest your goals. 1) Dream 2) Decide 3) Plan 4) Be Brave 5) Reflect. Ask those closest to you to define what they see as your top three strengths when formalizing your vision for the future. Define the things you're passionate about and ask yourself how you can use your strengths to solve a problem related to this passion. If you resonate with Clarissa's story and want to make the leap to entrepreneurship, leave us a review and let us know! We'd love to hear how Clarissa inspirted your exit plan. You can find Clarissa: https://Clarissastudio.com https://www.instagram.com/ccr_sunshine Make sure we're connected at: FB | Dear Midlife and IG | @DearMidlife

Perhaps, you resonate with our guest today, Clarissa Castillo Ramsey who is a self-proclaimed "Serial Pivoter". The reason for this because, you see, she was constantly living her life seeking the approval of others rather than doing what made HER happy. As the daughter of Philippino immigrants, she was always striving for the approval of her parents...until in 2018 she looked around and thought to herself "What the fuck am I doing?" It was then she started what she's called her "multi-year pivot". It began with her book called "Painting Your Path™" that she published in 2020. In this book she interviewed women who had successfully started living life on THEIR terms and used their stories as an inspirational case study for how she could live the life she always dreamed of as an entrepreneur. THAT was the catalyst for deciding that it was time she become her own boss after dreaming about it for years and holding herself back. During this time, she created the 5-step Paint Your Path framework that she now uses with her clients to help THEM live a life they love. Dive into this episode with us as we explore how Clarissa made the leap from a high-powered corporate career to successful entrepreneurship.  In this episode, she shares with us how to: Not be afraid to pivot...and then pivot again! Start taking small steps towards a larger goal. Develop a long-term exit strategy and then establish a resignation date and write that resignation letter! Avoid a fixed mindset, which is thinking you have a finite set of skills. Instead, practice using a growth mindset and evaluate the evidence that shows how much you've grown and are capable of growing. Keep a hype file of the evidence that shows how strong and capable you are (customer testimonials, emails/texts from friends, a glowing performance review) Use the "Paint your Path" framework to manifest your goals. 1) Dream 2) Decide 3) Plan 4) Be Brave 5) Reflect. Ask those closest to you to define what they see as your top three strengths when formalizing your vision for the future. Define the things you're passionate about and ask yourself how you can use your strengths to solve a problem related to this passion. If you resonate with Clarissa's story and want to make the leap to entrepreneurship, leave us a review and let us know! We'd love to hear how Clarissa inspirted your exit plan. You can find Clarissa: https://Clarissastudio.com https://www.instagram.com/ccr_sunshine Make sure we're connected at: FB | Dear Midlife and IG | @DearMidlife  

Bore Cothi - Gruffydd Rees 16.11 Ydy gwenyn yn cysgu dros y gaeaf? Nac ydyn, ddim yn ôl y gwenynwr Gruffydd Rees o'r Dryswyn yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Dyma Gruffydd yn dweud mwy wrth Shan Cothi….. Gwenyn Bees Cwch Hive Para To last Peillio To pollinate Hanfodol Essential Diwydiant Industry Cnwd Crop Trystan ac Emma – Gari'r Gwiningen Y gwenyn yn brysur yn bwyta mêl drwy'r gaeaf – braf on'd ife? Nesa dyma i chi hanes Gari, anifail anwes Emma o Lanbedrog ym Mhen Llŷn, sydd wrth ei fodd yn mynd am dro i'r traeth gyda thri o gŵn Emma. Dim byd yn rhyfedd am hynny nag oes? Wel oes, gan mai cwningen ydy Gari. Dyma Emma'n sgwrsio gyda Trystan ac yr Emma arall… Cwningen Rabbit Aballu And so on Dychmygu To imagine Ymateb Response Aled Hughes – Nyrsus Phillipines 14.11 Felly peidiwch â chael gormod o sioc tasech chi'n gweld cwningen yn mynd am dro ar draethau Pen Llŷn! Fore Llun cafodd Aled Hughes gyfle i sgwrsio gyda Noel Davies mab Lottie, nyrs o Ynysoedd Philippines yn wreiddiol, ddaeth draw i Gymru i weithio yn y Gwasanaeth Iechyd gyda nifer o nyrsys eriall o'r Ynysoedd. Llais Noel ei hunan dyn ni'n ei glywed ar ddechrau'r clip pan oedd e'n 6 oed. Mae e dipyn yn henach nawr ac ymunodd e gydag Aled i ddathlu 21mlynedd ers i nyrsys o'r Ynysoedd gyrraedd Cymru ac i roi ychydig o'i hanes personol e… Uffernol Hellish Cyn gyd-weithwraig annwyl A dear former colleague Yn gyfarwydd Familiar Poblogaidd Popular Hyfforddi To train I chdi I ti Beti – Iestyn Davies 20.11 Noel Davies oedd hwnna'n sgwrsio gydag Aled Hughes yn sôn gymuned Philippino y gogledd. Bnawn Sul ar raglen Beti a'i Phobl, cyn dditectif ac Uwch Arolygydd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru, Iestyn Davies oedd y gwestai. Dyma fe'n sôn am rywbeth doniol iawn ddigwyddodd iddo fe pan oedd e'n blismon ar Ynys Môn Uwch Arolygydd Superintendent Cau stopio Gwrthod stopio Buarth Farmyard Drewi Stinking Sylweddoli To realise Yn wirioneddol In reality Caryl – Wendy Williams 14.11 Wel dyna stori dda ‚on‘d ife ? Nos Lun a'r raglen Caryl roedd Wendie Williams o Gaerfyrddin yn sôn am y rhaglen deledu Yma O Hyd a'r effaith mae'r gân arbennig hon wedi ei gael y tu hwnt i fyd siaradwyr Cymraeg… Y tu hwnt Beyond Cysylltu To contact Torf Crowd Ias A shudder Aberth Sacrifice Ymgyrchu Campaigning Hunaniaeth Identity Llefain Crïo Angerdd Passion Bore Cothi – Manon Fisher Jenkins 15.11 Ac mae sawl fersiwn o'r gân i'w gael erbyn hyn on'd oes, ers Cwpan y Byd. Mae Manon Fisher Jenkins o Gaerdydd wedi newid gyrfa sawl gwaith er mai yn ei phedwardegau yn unig mae hi. Ond erbyn hyn mae hi wedi dod o hyd i yrfa sydd wrth ei bodd. Dyma hi'n esbonio wrth Shan Cothi... Gradd Degree Amgueddfa Museum TAR PGCE Tost Sâl Mamolaeth Maternity leave Hedyn A seed Tad-cu Taid Rhandir Allotment Dwlu Mwynhau Andros o ffodus Lwcus iawn

Australian wine sales to China dropped 98% in two years. That's not a typo. That's 98%. In the 2020 Financial Year, Australia sold $1.1 billion worth of wine to the world's most populous country. In the last financial year, it sold just $25 million. It's not because the quality has dipped. This is a story about China. Call it economic coercion, call it weaponisation of trade, or just call it buying from friendly markets... this story is appearing with Canadian canola, Norwegian Salmon, and Philippino bananas as well. Today Alec and Sascha look at how China is using trade as an economic tool, and ask - how did Australian wine get caught up in it? We're asking our UK audience to help share our business news podcast – The Dive – with friends and family. You can join the referral program for free here: https://refer.fm/thedive and get rewarded for your sharing! Tell us what you think of The Dive - email us at thedive@equitymates.com Follow our Instagram here, or find out more here. In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of The Dive acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial services professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice. The hosts of The Dive are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Equity Mates Media does not operate under an Australian financial services licence and relies on the exemption available under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of any information or advice given.Before making any financial decisions you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and, if necessary, consult a licensed financial professional. Do not take financial advice from a podcast. For more information head to the disclaimer page on the Equity Mates website where you can find ASIC resources and find a registered financial professional near you. The Dive is part of the Acast Creator Network. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for the second episode of Decolonizing Power, Season 2! We're in conversation with Philline Donggay (@philline_marie), co-founder of family-owned Greenergy Solar, the first commercial solar rooftop installer in the Philippines. Together, we talk about shifts and challenges in the Philippino clean energy sector, and Philline shares her dreams of distributed, decentralized, and democratized energy solutions for her home community in Mindanao and globally. Find our more about Greenergy Solar: On their website: https://www.greenergysolar.ph/ on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/greenergysolarph/ and on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/greenergysolarph/ Check out the documentary Philline mentions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1kleG6ZbSE Connect with us on https://icenet.work/ and https://indigenouscleanenergy.com/, and follow us on social media @indigclnenergy. Subscribe now and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode!

Join your host, Lily Craven, with a beautiful Philippino model/performer, Jada Cruz. Listen to Jada tell her story about getting into the biz after only being with one man intimately in her life Today, this stunning Coxxx model has embraced her journey in the Industry, loving every moment of it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lily-craven/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lily-craven/support

Stillgestanden! Gil ist Palastwache, nimmt das mit dem Stillstehen aber nicht so ernst - und erlebt plötzlich ein ganz überraschendes Abenteuer in Amerika. Ein Philippino in Mexiko - hier ist die neue Folge Heldendumm! Gefällt euch was wir machen? Gebt uns Feedback! Ob auf iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram oder hier in den Kommentaren. Oder bewertet uns auf Podchaser. Ihr sprecht - wir hören! Mehr zur dieser Episode: Harper's magazine. v.118 1908-1909 (Hathi Trust Digital Library)1593 transported soldier legend (Wikipedia EN)The Mysterious Case of Gil Pérez, the Man Who Allegedly Teleported From Manila to Mexico (esquiremag.ph)Mysteries of the Philippines: The teleportation of Gil Perez (philippineslifestyle.com) Podcast Cover: Jennifer Waldhausen (www.jw-creations.com) Musik: Marked und Futuristic 4 von Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wir lieben Bewertungen! Newsletter gefällig? Email: Name:

In this episode we are joined by Cha See talking all things lighting design. Cha is a freelance lighting designer for stage and environmental performance and is from The Philippines. Currently based in Brooklyn New York, Cha was the first Philippino woman to obtain an MFA in Lighting Design from NYU school of the Arts. She joins Ana to talk all about her fascinating career, including the extensive fundraising she has undertaken for those struggling in the industry throughout the Coronavirus pandemic period. http://seelightingdesign.com We want to hear from YOU and provide a forum where you can put in requests for future episodes. What are you interested in listening to? Please fill out the form for future guest suggestions here and if you have suggestions or requests for future themes and topics, let us know here! @theatreartlife Thanks to David Zieher who composed our music.

The Memorial Tournament wraps up but no in the way any of us had predicated at the end of Round 3. Jon Rahm led field by 6 strokes after being told he needed to withdraw after testing positive for COVID -19 ultimately leading to a Patrick Cantlay victory. The U. S. Women's Open dazzled at Olympic Golf Club with a Lexi Thompson final round collapse leading to a young Philippino champion Yuka Sasso. The Palmetto Championship at Congaree in South Carolina is the first of its kind including a sub-par field the week prior to a major championship. The NBA Playoffs are continuing to fire on all cylinders after a Mavericks Round 1 exit in Game 7. 

My guest this week is Erwin Valencia. Erwin is the Director of Training and Conditioning with the NEW YORK KNICKS. Erwin is a Philippino-American physical therapist, strength coach, sports scientist, mindfulness coach, social entrepreneur, international speaker, and mentor. He is a true Citizen of the World.  It’s hard to even compress his biography into a reasonable sentence. From Non-Profit Rehabilitation Programs in the Philippines to sports clinics of NYC, on to Major League Baseball, to the start-up communities of Silicon Valley, to the dance studios all over the world, to the developing sports medicine in South East Asia, and Eastern Europe, to the Madison Square Garden and the NBA. And clearly, Erwin is just getting started.  This is part two of this conversation. Erwin shares his story of getting into the NBA and being a life-long learner. We also talk about belonging and Erwin shares some beautiful gems of wisdom there.    FIND ERWIN: https://erwinvalencia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erwinbvalencia/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@erwinbvalencia   FIND WE THE ALIENS PODCAST:  www.WeTheAliensPod.com YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and on Clubhouse Email to wtapodconnect@gmail.com ASK YOUR FRIENDLY RUSSIAN on TikTok   MUSIC: "My country" courtesy of Ben Bostick  www.benbostick.com ABOUT WE THE ALIENS PODCAST: We The Aliens podcast hosts conversations with IMMIGRANTS from all over the world who came to the US and found their path to the American Dream. No matter what their status is - undocumented, DACA recipient, permanent resident (green card holder), naturalized citizen - all are welcome here. We talk about the challenges of leaving the home country, finding the legal path, finding a way to belong in the new world, building a career, finding love, and sustaining the family traditions. We talk about IMMIGRATION as a process of growth and self-discovery, adaptation, overcoming cultural shocks, and fighting racial and ethnic stereotypes. We talk about the great contributions that immigrants make to the American economy, culture, science, and society. We also feature stories of the first-gens, FIRST GENERATION American-born, the third culture kids, who have their own set of struggles growing in between the cultures of their parents' home country and America. We talk about their battle to find their identity and carve their path while redefining what American is. We talk about philosophy, psychology, culture, language, and history. We also talk about the news of the day, things that we all worry about - but in the context of the immigrant perspective. If you love NPR, This American Life, The Daily, and Pod Save America, if you read Forbes, LA Times, The Atlantic, and New York Times, if you watch John Oliver, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and/or Trevor Noah, if you are a Twitter and Clubhouse addict because you want to be closer to people,  if you, your spouse, your parent, or your grandma is an immigrant-alien and you know that you and they came to this country to build and contribute, and you can’t stand discrimination and belittling of their lives and contributions - this podcast is for you.

The CCP's assertiveness in the South China sea poses threats across all of South East Asia, but the Philippines is subject to extensive security threats. With no compromise or help in sight, what challenges does the Philippino political elite face to turn the tides in their favour? While it appears that Washington has all but forgotten the Philippines, how can regional players approach this regime in Manila? To answer some of these questions and provide insight from the ground, John and David speak with Dr. Chester Cabalza of the International Development & Security Cooperation (IDSC). This Podcast is Produced by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions for John Bruni, Director of SAGE International Australia. Support the show: https://www.sageinternational.org.au/strategikon-merch/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CCP's assertiveness in the South China sea poses threats across all of South East Asia, but the Philippines is subject to extensive security threats. With no compromise or help in sight, what challenges does the Philippino political elite face to turn the tides in their favour? While it appears that Washington has all but forgotten the Philippines, how can regional players approach this regime in Manila? To answer some of these questions and provide insight from the ground, John and David speak with Dr. Chester Cabalza of the International Development & Security Cooperation (IDSC). This Podcast is Produced by Tim Whiffen of Whimsy Productions for John Bruni, Director of SAGE International Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest this week is Erwin Valencia. Erwin is the Director of Training and Conditioning with the NEW YORK KNICKS!! NBA, in da house, my friends! Erwin is a Philippino-American physical therapist, strength coach, sports scientist, mindfulness coach, social entrepreneur, international speaker, and mentor. He is a true Citizen of the World.  It’s hard to even compress his biography into a reasonable sentence. From Non-Profit Rehabilitation Programs in the Philippines to sports clinics of NYC, on to Major League Baseball, to the start-up communities of Silicon Valley, to the dance studios all over the world, to the developing sports medicine in South East Asia, and Eastern Europe, to the Madison Square Garden and the NBA. And clearly, Erwin is just getting started.  This is part one of our chat - where we talk about Erwin’s childhood growing up as a third culture kid in his home country of the Philippines... FIND ERWIN: https://erwinvalencia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erwinbvalencia/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@erwinbvalencia   FIND WE THE ALIENS PODCAST:  www.WeTheAliensPod.com YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and on Clubhouse   Email to wtapodconnect@gmail.com   ASK YOUR FRIENDLY RUSSIAN on TikTok MUSIC: "My country" courtesy of Ben Bostick  www.benbostick.com ABOUT WE THE ALIENS PODCAST: We The Aliens podcast hosts conversations with IMMIGRANTS from all over the world who came to the US and found their path to the American Dream. No matter what their status is - undocumented, DACA recipient, permanent resident (green card holder), naturalized citizen - all are welcome here. We talk about the challenges of leaving the home country, finding the legal path, finding a way to belong in the new world, building a career, finding love, and sustaining the family traditions. We talk about IMMIGRATION as a process of growth and self-discovery, adaptation, overcoming cultural shocks, and fighting racial and ethnic stereotypes. We talk about the great contributions that immigrants make to the American economy, culture, science, and society. We also feature stories of the first-gens, FIRST GENERATION American-born, the third culture kids, who have their own set of struggles growing in between the cultures of their parents' home country and America. We talk about their battle to find their identity and carve their path while redefining what American is. We talk about philosophy, psychology, culture, language, and history. We also talk about the news of the day, things that we all worry about - but in the context of the immigrant perspective. If you love NPR, This American Life, The Daily, and Pod Save America, if you read Forbes, LA Times, The Atlantic, and New York Times, if you watch John Oliver, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and/or Trevor Noah, if you are a Twitter and Clubhouse addict because you want to be closer to people,  if you, your spouse, your parent, or your grandma is an immigrant-alien and you know that you and they came to this country to build and contribute, and you can’t stand discrimination and belittling of their lives and contributions - this podcast is for you.

Comedian Jo Koy talks about growing up as a biracial military brat, his mom’s immigrant hustle, and his first taste of the spotlight as a childhood Michael Jackson impersonator.  He recalls selling tickets door to door for his first comedy show, encountering racism in Hollywood, and how he's now paying it forward to other Philippino artists and comedians. Plus Jo talks about embracing our stereotypes, Philippino crucifixion rituals, and why there really are so many Phillipino nurses. Order Jo Koy's new memoir MIXED PLATE: Chronicles of an All- American Combo on Amazon, Audible, or wherever books are sold.  Subscribe to his podcast the Koy Pond wherever you listen and keep up with him at www.jokoy.com and on twitter at @JoKoy.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Observation Tuesdays

Chef Rey Eunegio has opened a restaurant during the pandemic. He's had a following here for years, and there is widespread support for adding a new cuisine to Baltimore, and actually in the US. Philippino food is one of the lesser known cuisines, and as Chef Rey shares in this episode, it's less about the wild and new cuisine, it's much more about coming together around the table.  Special thanks goes out to Julie, his wife who supported Chef as he stepped into Baltimore's food scene, and found a lovely community to accept him.  If there is one takeaway that comes clear here, is that Chef Rey has been determined to bring something new to the table, and carefully executed a menu that would be well received by people that do know, and still are learning, about this lesser known cuisine. NOTE: there is mention of video recording, but alas, we are sticking with audio podcast for the time being. 

Chris Medina’s story of going from destitute immigrant, to successful entrepreneur is inspiring and highly entertaining.  “If a derpy kid with a thick Philippino accent can do it, anyone can do it.” 

In today’s Christmas episode of Solidarity Friday, Kyle and Joe take a break from the news and instead sit down with Jonas Di Gregorio and Kristina Soriano of the Psychedelic Literacy Fund, a donor-advised fund working to raise money and co-finance the translation and publication of the most important books on psychedelic therapy into a variety of different languages.  Their first project is both volumes of Stan Grof's The Way of the Psychonaut, which they hope to have translated into German, French, and Italian by July (for Grof's 90th birthday), and they have started a list of future projects, with Christopher Bache's LSD and the Mind of The Universe likely next. They talk about early interactions with Rick Doblin, why they went with a donor-advised fund rather than a crowdfunding model, the synchronicities they saw at early steps in their path, what Grof's work has meant to them, and a possible future goal of setting up a Grof museum in Prague. Kyle and Joe also share stories of their interactions with Grof and how his work (and how little he was being discussed) led to the beginnings of Psychedelics Today 4 years ago.  If you're feeling some holiday generosity and want to help more people gain the knowledge Grof has brought to so many, please visit Psychedelicliteracy.org and make a donation (or volunteer translation services or suggest future projects). Lastly, if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas from Psychedelics Today! Notable Quotes “We have an inherently global mission. We’re an Italian and a Philippino living in America, trying to translate the work of a Czech psychiatrist.” -Kristina “For me, it’s his capacity to really connect different fields, from quantum physics to psychiatry, [to the] history of religion- it’s really remarkable. The depth of his knowledge is so wide, and I think it can speak to so many people coming from different fields. I remember as a teenager, sharing the content of the books by Grof with friends that were studying physics and friends who were studying philosophy and friends who were studying psychology, and all of them could find something they could really appreciate.” -Jonas “A book can be a harm reduction tool. ...Just having a book at the right time can really help you integrate a difficult experience and change the course of your life. Definitely, this has been the case for me. I didn’t know anyone in my community at the time that could really guide me, and these books played that role.” -Jonas “Especially now, there’s a lot of conversation about diversity- how to increase diversity in the psychedelic community. Maybe the way to do that is literally to speak their language.” -Jonas “I think the mental health crisis isn’t language-specific. I think it happens everywhere.” -Kristina Links Psychedelicliteracy.org Rsfsocialfinance.org The Secret Chief Revealed Paperback, by Myron J. Stolaroff LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof A Course in Miracles: Foundation for Inner Peace The Six Pathways of Destiny, by Ralph Metzner Psychedelics Today: Susan Hess Logeais Thewayofthepsychonaut.com Oregonlive.com: One of the architects of Oregon’s bid to legalize psychedelic mushrooms, Sheri Eckert, has died Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics

Head Instructor at Legendary Living Arts - Qigong & Baguazhang Basics, Kettlebell Steel Mace & Clubs 35yrs Martial Arts Qigong Meditation Bagua Xinyi Taiji. A Yoga enthusiast since the age of four, Sifu Kelly Whelan-Enns has studied and trained in Qigong and Eastern physical and meditation disciplines since before 1989. Growing up with chronic asthma that landed him in the hospital on numerous occasions, his interest in the healing arts began at a very young age. In 1983, at the age of eight, Kelly began training in western boxing and Japanese Judo. 1989 was the year year Sifu Kelly learned his first formal set of qigong the Eight Pieces of Brocade - and never looked back. In 1992 Kelly began studying Kenpo Karate, and Yang Style Taijiquan. In 2002, he began the physical study of Baguazhang and Yiquan. In 2003 he began studying Chen style Taijiquan and Henan Xingyiquan Lui He Quan through Eric Tuttle. In 2004, Kelly received STOTT Pilates Instructor training. In 2013, after years of playing around with Escrima, Kelly trained at the famous Cacoy Doces Pares HQ in Cebu, Philippines. He now offers basics classes in this amazing traditional Philippino art. His teacher in Cebu at the Doce Pares HQ was Chuck Canete. Sifu Kelly has trained extensively in Jiang style Baguazhang alongside Gao and Yin Fu styles. He currently trains in and teaches the rare Ma Gui style of Baguazhang and teaches Women's Self Defence classes incorporating drills from Taijiquan, Xingyi Liu He Quan and Baguazhang. Sifu Kelly's current teacher is Andrea Falk. His past teachers include Eric Tuttle, Zhonghua Chen, Mike Bagwell and Phillip Chan, a student of Lee Yng Arn and Chuck Canete of Doce Pares HQ in Cebu. Before learning Qigong, Sifu Whelan-Enns was severely hypoglycemic, had asthma, bronchitis, and many food allergies. Training. practice and teaching time since the first Wudang Qigong workshop in Winnipeg, Manitoba exceeds 30,000+ hours. Kelly has been teaching publicly for over 15 years.

Every one has a story and this is the story of a comic from Stockton with challenges to overcome. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mark-selzer/support

It's about to get cheaper and easier to hire a freelance PR person just about anywhere in the world and this is great news for business owners.Francis Ingham, Director General of the PRCA, many of the 10% of the furloughed agency staff won't get back to work which in the UK could be as many as 5,000 (PR Moment Podcast)This means an opportunity for business owners to pick up trained, connected freelance talent or to hire them inhouse. For those that don't want that commitment, there are a number of sites where freelancers can be found which specialise in PR e.g. The Work Crowd which claims some 2,246 PR professionals on the register. In Asia Sortlist has a dedicated directory for pr agencies and freelancers for example at a country level. At the other end of the scale is the Peopleperhour website which boasts 2.9m freelancers if you like to be spoilt for choice!Personally I have signed up the UK Digital Marketing apprenticeship which funded by the UK Government which will allow me to mentor a young person in the industry and to build out the SPEAK|pr PR for Business program. In Singapore we've been approached to help retrain mature employees who need to be reskilled; again with Government support. As business owners, we can make a difference to others by helping them to gain new skills, earn money and deploy Government money where it is intended.Finally, I discuss signing up for the Outsource School program as it has a 12-month program including templates for delegation of work. I've just engaged a UK trained Philippino entrepreneur who has started a virtual assistant business to help us to manage our content distribution processes. (This week she is collating all of our videos around the web and centralizing them into a new Youtube Channel). PR in Covid times means then potentially a once in a lifetime opportunity to build the brand of your business with expert help and remarkably flexiblle cost.If you like this podcast, then subscribe to our newsletter herePlease visit our blog post on PR for business please visit our site:https://www.eastwestpr.com/blogs/I also talk about SPEAK|pr - our 5 Step Methodology for entrepreneurs to manage their own PR. Do please come and download a free copy along with our Technology Applications Director with over 100 free marketing apps listed. http://www.eastwestpr.com/speakprFind us on Twitter @eastwestprJim James is the Founder and Managing Director of the EASTWEST Public Relations Group. He recently returned to the UK after 25 years in Asia where he was an entrepreneur. Whilst running EASTWEST PR, he was the Vice-Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, he also he introduced Morgan sports cars to China, WAKE Drinks, founded the British Business Awards, The BritiSupport the show (https://www.eastwestpr.com/podcast-speakpr)

As we come closer to the new season of Represented, we'd like to revisit some of our favorite episodes from the first season. This week we're revisiting Nyex's conversation with a former co-worker, Mik Narciso.   Mik Narciso comes from a family of Philippino pioneers who have given him the drive to search for his own expression of meaningful work. As he finds himself professionally in Greater Vancouver, Mik believes that improving communication is the basis of all productivity. Therefore based on this, Mik aspires to be a great communicator in all aspects of his life. In this episode, we explore some of the ways he has made steps to be better at communicating while exploring some of his early failures at doing so. From awkward female encounters to annoying managers, Mik shares his war stories and how he has observed his own evolution. This podcast is presented by Geek Happy Network. Come check out their other shows at geekhappynetwork.com

Growing up brown in a colourist society has its challenges! Dalisay and Sir Avant Garde talk about their experiences growing up as multiracial and Morenx (brown skin Filipinos) in Filipino communities, from Saudi Arabia to Philippines.

In this short clip Nyex talks to a former co-worker, Mik Narciso shares a story about his father and his ideas towards working with people. Mik discusses the importance of empathy when it comes to improving collaboration at the workplace.  Mik Narciso comes from a family of Philippino pioneers who have given him the drive to search for his own expression of meaningful work. As he finds himself professionally in Greater Vancouver, Mik believes that improving communication is the basis of all productivity. Therefore based on this, Mik aspires to be a great communicator in all aspects of his life. In this episode, we explore some of the ways he has made steps to be better at communicating while exploring some of his early failures at doing so. From awkward female encounters to annoying managers, Mik shares his war stories and how he has observed his own evolution.   Want to hear more? Check out Mik's full episode at  https://www.geekhappynetwork.com/represented-episodes/mik-narciso   This podcast is presented by Geek Happy Network.

HEAVY EPISODE ALERT. That is a warning that you might feel some things during this one. Benji Love is a suicide prevention activist and works at a faith based treatment center in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Benji talks us through his childhood as a Philippino kid in a largely white town in the bay area, how drugs and alcohol gained him access to popularity, and how this coping skill ultimately led him to a suicide attempt on a beach in San Diego County. Diana dishes out relationship advice, Shannon is really into baby bottle pops right now and Evan is speechless. 

Talking halo halo and Philippino food.

Hire a virtual assistant (for your existing day job) Preparing to Hire a virtual assistant Measure before you Hire Before you hire a virtual assistant, use an app like toggl.com to measure your time usage Be realistic and ruthlessly honest! Define outcomes! Business as a whole Next year Next ¼ How this tasks feeds those goals - or whether it does actually not contribute to desired goals Eliminate before you delegate! If you wouldn't be willing to pay someone $4 (£3.20) per hour to do a job, why are you doing it at all? Before you hire a virtual assistant, ask: Does this task need doing? If it does, can you make it more efficient? Typical you can hire a virtual assistant to perform Finances Be VERY VERY  clear exactly what purpose accounts fulfil Corporate tax return Companies house VAT quarterly UK Management accounting Gross profit for product Management accounts. Also clarify EXACTLY what records you need and what you DON'T need. Typical tasks Take receipts photo and upload then VA's job is to assign to a Xero transaction - category and cost centre. But the feed uploads the transactions - about 40 a month - scan for duplicates How many hours- 8 hours for 2 months' worth - feels intuitive Possible other tasks Sales Outbound calls - need training - good ROI with right person. Inbound  calls. Again need training but good ROI with right person. Emails Inbound and outbound X a day Customer service? Sales enquiries - survey or email Research This is an EXCELLENT test task. It will do little harm to the business if done badly (usually). Done well, it should help you get to tasks you keep putting off that could grow the business. Websites Amendments for website - web developers will usually do a way quicker job that you unless you have web dev expertise. Receivables Chasing up late payers - another great way to get an ROI Put together a “bundle” of tasks  Scan the business for other outsourceable tasks to get to a bundle of 10 hours a week Super-competent admin - head screwed on. Where to hire a virtual assistant from Freeeup.com (Affiliate link) Use American or Philippino - think about timezones America (lower 48)  -8 to -5 hours behind UK Philippines 7 hours ahead Fiverr.com Good for micro tasks - another good way to test potential hires. Upwork Good for hiring for specific projects. I've found good Eastern Europeans here (Serbia, Romania for example) Clarify what kind of virtual assistant you're needing to hire Criteria Personality type Eg fast learner Articulate Able to manage upwards (esp in Philippines this is important) (e.g., if you ask something dumb, they will question "Did you mean that?") Skill sets Experience Selection Review  Look at CV/background Ratings on Upwork/Fiverr Interview Get a feel for: Quick on uptake Level of spoken English Ability to think on feet Hire 3 people for a project or even a task- set Test tasks Test  Research is really great first task Book keeping is okay if you give small amount and check CRM - onboard and train first QUICK ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW Action 1 capture and clarify tasks What needs doing? If possible measure your time usage eg with Toggl.com What doesn't get done...? Especially ...that could bring in cash Action 2 define business objectives by area Eg CRM - to generate warm leads to phone or email Inbound emails -  convert lukewarm to warm or customers Outbound calls - convert warm/hot leads to customers Look at or even make KPIs - currently achieving? Action 3 Eliminate tasks that don't contribute Where are you wasting your time? What is so low a priority it should just not be done (at least for now)? Action 4 Look at usual suspect places Upwork - Eastern Europe Worth checking Freeeup esp. if e-commerce related (affiliate link) Fiverr.com Look locally - talk to your network Sometimes local is best

This is an excerpt from the Represented Podcast, hosted by yours truly. My guest Mik and I discussed why his family moved to Canada from the Philippines, as well as the implications on his angsty teen life at the time.   Mik Narciso comes from a family of Philippino pioneers who have given him the drive to search for his own expression of meaningful work. As he finds himself professionally in Greater Vancouver, Mik believes that improving communication is the basis of all productivity. Therefore based on this, Mik aspires to be a great communicator in all aspects of his life. In this episode, we explore some of the ways he has made steps to be better at communicating while exploring some of his early failures at doing so. From awkward female encounters to annoying managers, Mik shares his war stories and how he has observed his own evolution.   Want to hear more? Check out Mik's full episode at  https://www.geekhappynetwork.com/represented-episodes/mik-narciso   This podcast is presented by Geek Happy Network.

There's a lot of hype about what it means to build a personal brand, but in reality there are a few simple things that anyone can do to establish themselves as an expert in their space. This week on The Inbound Success Podcast, BlitzMetrics CEO Dennis Yu shares the simple process he says anyone - from successful CEOs to younger professionals just getting started in their careers - build a strong personal brand. Dennis is a master at building easy-to-follow, repeatable processes, and his approach to personal branding is no different. In our conversation, he breaks it down in a way that anyone, regardless of their marketing or technical skills, can follow. Some highlights from my conversation with Dennis include: Personal branding is really just a sum of stories that you collect that you sequence together. Four or five years from now, personal branding won't be a thing because it's just what we do as part of communicating, as part of marketing, as part of growing, as part of operating. Dennis's approach to building personal brand involves the creation of a series of one-minute videos that are lightly edited in tools like Apple Clips and sometimes in Premier or Lightweight Aftereffects or other tools so that they can be distributed then on LinkedIn, on the blog, on Facebook, on Twitter. Michael Stelzner of Social Media Examiner is a great example of someone with a strong personal brand because he obsesses about creating content to answer peoples' questions and solve their problems - but he's also an influencer because doing this has built a very large audience.  The secret to creating effective one-minute videos is to share stories that are empathetic, that are educational, and that bring people along in a sequence towards an overall mission that anchors your personal brand. When Dennis works with clients to create a personal branding strategy, he starts by building what he calls a "Topic Wheel." Then, he identifies experts in those topics and does one-minute videos with them. The videos aren't about him - they are about the people he is interviewing, who are all recognized experts. The Topic Wheel has three rings - why, how and what. Why is your mission, how is how you do things (educational content), and what is your offers. This is very much like a circular sales funnel. The outside layer of the Topic Wheel - the why - is personal branding. There are many tools that you can use to create one-minute videos, from Apple Clips to the Adobe Suite, regardless of your skill level with video. Once you've created your video, think about all the different ways you can reuse or repurpose your video, and distribute it out across a variety of platforms. Resources from this episode: Save 10% off the price of tickets to IMPACT Live with promo code "SUCCESS" Visit the BlitzMetrics website Visit Dennis's personal website Connect with Dennis on LinkedIn Listen to the podcast to learn more about the exact formula Dennis uses to help his clients build their personal brands. Transcript Kathleen Booth (Host): Welcome back to the Inbound Success Podcast. Welcome back to the Inbound Success Podcast, my name is Kathleen Booth and I am your host. This week, my guest is Dennis Yu, who is the Chief Executive Officer of BlitzMetrics and the author of Facebook Nation and, and, and I could list so many other things. Conference keynote speaker, expert on personal branding, Facebook, et cetera. Dennis Yu (Guest): Kathleen, you're too kind. Dennis and Kathleen having a blast recording this episode Kathleen: I was so impressed reading everything that you've done, when I saw your bio. I was really excited that I got to meet you in person a few weeks ago at DigitalMarketer, so thank you for joining me for the podcast. Dennis: Thank you. Kathleen: Before we start, I have a really important question. I was reading your bio and I saw that you have run 20 marathons, but you have run a 70 mile Ultra. What were you thinking? Dennis: I know, what was I thinking? It's my first one and my last one. I said to myself after running all these marathons because you know the thing is, it's a slippery slope because you run one and then you do more and then people are like, "Oh, you should run this Ultra marathon because you're gonna have this spiritual experience." I thought, all right I'm up for that and I ran a 70 mile race. It took me 12 hours. I set the course record. It was just outside of Microsoft's headquarters and when I finished, it was so bad that I had to be put in a wheelchair and wheeled to my gate at SeaTac airport because my legs were so stiff. Kathleen: Oh my God, I was gonna say, when people talk about spiritual experiences, all I can think about is when you're dying and you see the light. Dennis: Yeah. I didn't get a spiritual experience, I got a lot of pain. Maybe I didn't see past the pain, who knows? Maybe I needed to run 100 miles. Maybe that's what it needs to be. Kathleen: Oh my God, I am so impressed because you talk about how people run marathons and then they wanna run more. I ran one and only marathon the year I turned 40. Dennis: That's smart. Kathleen: I was like, I better do it now or it's never gonna happen. It's a good thing I did it because after that, I was like, no way, I'm too old for this. I'm glad I did it and I checked the box. That's awesome that you did that. Building A Personal Brand One of the reasons I was excited to have you on the podcast is that as part of the presentation you gave at DigitalMarketer's Agency Training Day, you touched on some of the work that you do building personal brands. You actually have a really cool process behind this. I think a lot of people talk about personal branding, but I've never heard anybody actually express it almost as a definable process. So I just want to dig into that and learn more about it and hopefully come away with an idea for people who are listening who might be interested in building their own personal brand, what goes into that? Dennis: Yeah, a lot of people think personal branding is this Tony Robbins, keynote speaking, motivational figure head who's doing the private jet and mansion lifestyle. I think personal branding is really just a sum of stories that you collect that you sequence together. If you're an agency, if you're an entrepreneur, it's not that you're showing only these highlight moments of the figurehead. It's the sum of what your people are doing, of your customers, of anyone that you engage with, someone you just had lunch with and they said something that's interesting and you pull out your cell phone, you say, "Kathleen, wow. That was so awesome. Can you just repeat that again? I want to share that on social." So you need a process to do that. So we're here in Miami and the last couple of days, we've been capturing one-minute videos for a fintech company that provides loans to small businesses. The kind of marketing they were doing is the kind of stuff that you'd expect that they would do. We go the CEO on camera. Literally, I was holding an iPhone and I was recording the CEO, asking him, "What's your favorite restaurant here in Miami? Tell me about your parents and the kind of business that they started and how that influenced you to run this particular kind of company. Tell me about what kinds of things stress you out at night." Then we drove to different small businesses, one is a pet store, another one is a food truck, another one is a computer repair place in the strip mall, and we interviewed these people, asking them about their why, how, what. Then I would put all of that in the bucket of personal branding. In fact, you know how a lot of people are talking about influencer marketing, content marketing, social media marketing? Now, those things have expanded to be so big that they mean nothing. It's just like digital marketing has expanded to be so big that you really can't define it anymore. Just like the phone was 50 or 60 years ago, or the internet was 20 years ago. It started off as this niche thing that people were specialists in and once it becomes so big, you can't really define it. I think personal branding is in that teenager stage where now everyone wants to do personal brand until the stage where, four or five years from now, personal branding won't be a thing because it's just what we do as part of communicating, as part of marketing, as part of growing, as part of operating. Because we see that's where things are going. We have everything we do, from a client standpoint or from our own internal operations or how we train people, encapsulated as one-minute videos. Everything's a one-minute video. For example, one of our guys this morning recorded a one-minute video on how to quickly see all of your tasks inside of Basecamp. In one minute, he said "Literally, did you know if you press control K plus whatever, it immediately shows you this screen with all of your tasks of the day and your schedule?" I'm like, "Pssh, I didn't know that." Or a one-minute video about this restaurant that's two blocks around the corner and how awesome it is. That's cool, that's very specific. Personal branding isn't this, I aspire to climb Mount Everest or I want to live a life of riches and make six figures every month. It's individual stories of other people, and thus our approach, which I think you find interesting and other people do too, is that we have a particular process on how we collect one-minute videos. It has to be particular because all of our work is being done by young adults. So these are 22, 23-year-old kids, if you will. I'm over 40, so I know younger than 40 is a kid. They go through our training. Maybe they served four years in the military and now they need a job and they wanna be able to make 35 thousand dollars a year, whatever they were making before, right, because they have a kid now or whatever it might be. We have everything check listed out, it's not that it's about personal branding, it's that the collection of one-minute videos. So instead of saying personal branding, I'll say the collection of one-minute videos are lightly edited in tools like Apple Clips and sometimes in Premier or Lightweight Aftereffects or other tools so that we can distribute then on LinkedIn, on the blog, on Facebook, on Twitter. Then amplify them for a dollar a day to be able to drive views, leads, and sales. That is mechanically what we do. It's not about me trying to motivate other people. We have a number of high profile personal brands like entrepreneurs that are billionaires. We have some of these guys as clients and boy, it's very shiny. But that is not what personal branding will be in five years from now. It'll be so defacto that anyone who's doing any kind of marketing, by definition will be doing personal branding and social media and SEO and all of that, not as separate functions, but they're all now the same thing actually. Personal Branding v. Influencer Marketing Kathleen: Yeah, it's very interesting. I have so many questions for you from what you just said. The first thing that comes to my mind is it's fascinating to me to have this conversation at this time because you use the word influencer earlier. There is this really interesting evolution of what it means to be an influencer now, especially with people from younger generations who grew up with Instagram and Snapchat and Facebook. They're very comfortable being in front of an audience and being very personal. Their definition of privacy, I think, is different than other generations. So I guess my first question is really, how do you draw the line between influencer and personal brand? Dennis: I don't like the word influencer because it's got that taint, look at me, I'm an influencer. You might as well replace that word for thinker. Oh I'm a thinker. I guess you're not allowed to think, Kathleen, because I'm a thinker. I'm an influencer and you're not. I even wrote an article on Influencive, which is the site for people to talk about being an influencer. The title of the article was Why I Am Not an Influencer. I think it got 23 thousand shares. Kathleen: It's like a dirty word now, especially after the Fyre Festival. Dennis: I tagged Michael Stelzner, who is one of my mentors. He is the guy in social media marketing. He runs social media marketing world, he's the founder of Social Media Examiner, he's got the biggest blog, biggest conference, makes the most money, has the biggest audience of anybody in the world of social media marketing. He told me how he was not an influencer and really he was a servant leader and how he does everything to take care of his team. I thought, wow, he is the exact opposite of all these people that are beating their chest. Look at me, look at me, look at me, it's all about me. Yeah, I would define him as an influencer because he influences the behavior of other people. He has the biggest audience, so by definition he's an influencer because he has the best education. His approach has been to be an influencer in the world of social media marketing to actively do research and find out every day, what are the things that people are searching for? What do they care about? He is so scientifically in tune with the data of what an audience wants that that's how he was able to grow Social Media Examiner to getting millions of visits per month on the site. There are a lot of people that are social media consultants, there are a lot of people that have a blog, lot of people with podcasts. We had an episode on his podcast, I think it was ... what was it called? He even chose the title because he knows what people want, so he came up with the title, What Marketers Really Need to Know About the Facebook Algorithm. The thing got 50 thousand downloads in the first month. I thought, holy moly. Mike and I chatted for half an hour and he got 50 thousand downloads. People are wondering, wow this guy is so big, will he interview me? I hope I'm next. Oh, will he let me speak in the Social Media Marketing World? That's what all of the moths are doing when they come to the flame. I ask him, because we spent the day together after Social Media Marketing World? After all that kind of stuff, he and I just hung out. I said, what question do people not ask you? He said, "They don't ask me how I was able to grow Social Media Examiner from nothing to the largest property in this space. The answer is because I use the data and I create content that satisfies that because I look at what the search engine queries are." 2% of his traffic comes to the homepage for Social Media Examiner. Kathleen: Yeah. Dennis: The other 98% is on every little micro-topic like why is my Facebook ad disapproved or how do I make a video or how do I use my Google Analytics and what's a good bounce rate? Those micro, micro moments. I define him as an influencer because it's not the tip of the iceberg of him speaking on stage in front of seven thousand people. It's his conference, so he can do that. It's the stuff beneath the water in the iceberg of lots and lots and lots of little stories and his process. Where he and I have massive alignment is we have deep process. The way he runs that conference that has seven thousand people, the way he organizes volunteers, how he trains them, how they come in a few days before, how they line up and they wear name tags and they know exactly what to do. Every single part of the process. You guys run and event, so you know what I'm talking about. The level of detail that's required. Can you imagine being a conference organizer? If you were to approach influencer marketing or personal branding the same way that you run a hospital where there's lots of processes and there's lots of detail. I think personal branding and this influencer marketing thing will have to evolve from witchcraft and Ouija boards and voodoo dolls to actual established processes for how you become a doctor, anything that requires an actual process like running a factory. I believe that's where we'll be in five years, but right now, people can get away with nonsense because there's not a lot of accountability. So it's easy to say, oh personal branding, well what the hell does that mean, right? You can't say hell, that's not good. What the heck does that mean? Kathleen: You can say hell on this podcast. Dennis: All right. Kathleen: Yeah, there's a lot of throw it at the wall and see what sticks. This is the sense that I get, then there's also a lot of copycat like oh, I see so and so doing this and it seems to be working, so I'm just gonna do that because that must be what works, because it worked for them, right? Dennis: Yep. Kathleen: I think in some cases that can work. Somebody might have stumbled upon a good tactic, but I think the thing that I've at least observed with people who talk about wanting to build their personal brand but then they don't really do it is they don't have a plan. Therefore, they're not consistent with what they do, so there's a lack of follow through. There's a lot of one off, here and there things, and ultimately that prevents them from getting traction which is why I thought your approach was so interesting to create the process because when you have the plan, you at least have something to follow. Then you know if you're on track or off track. Dennis: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Kathleen: I was gonna say, you mentioned in the beginning, meeting with the CEO of the fintech company and getting him to do one-minute videos. I'm really curious to know if you find any sort of, again going back to the idea of a generational divide, is there any kind of reticence, especially amongst the more established business leaders you work with, to get as personal as you're looking for them to get? One Minute Videos Dennis: Yes and no, because if you broad brush with the stereotype and you say, "Oh, those people under 30, they were born with a phone glued to their hand and Snapchat and all that." Actually they're digital nomads or whatever you want to call them. I don't think that's necessarily true. At the 40 thousand foot level, yes. Three days ago I was in Denver and I was with the CEO of a new company, it's my buddy Mark Karloff, he does MNA and buys himself billion dollar companies. I wanna say he's 56 or something like that. I said, "Mark, for your company, we're gonna have to make these one-minute videos to help explain what it does." It's the Hoover for law firms to be able to serve, it's called Proof Serve, you have to serve people documents, right? That's what happens in the world of the lawsuits, right? A lot of law firms have to do the serving in different states. He wanted to get more law firms to enroll and I said, "Well, you need to collect one-minute videos of the paralegals and what they do day to day because they're the ones who are choosing who's serving. You need to talk to the different people that are doing the serving so that you know that they are legit and not these crazy people that just signed up. You're trusting them to deliver your documents for you. It's an important case, you can't afford these documents to get lost." Collect one-minute videos so that people can see how real it is, so they can see that there are other personal injury attorneys that are doing the exact same thing, that they trust in their neighborhood, to collect at it's scale across all of the hundreds of customers that he has. Because other than that, what would you do? You'd create a glossy commercial or you're do a website. You'd sign up for InfusionSoft or there's all these marketing technology, but those are all ways that I believe people who, whether they're old or young, they try to hide behind the technology instead of connecting with people directly. I don't think that's an old or a young thing. Are people willing to connect at a human level to show empathy because they really care about their employees, because they really care about their customer? I think that you have a spectrum where the people who are 40 plus are actually more likely to really care because they're more likely to be more mature, they have more business experience, but maybe they don't understand exactly the mechanics of having to press record. The young people, maybe they make more video, but they are less likely to make video that is uplifting other people, that is sharing deep knowledge based on experience. If you're over 40, like you and me, you're gonna have a lot of stories. We have a lot of experiences to share and it's not just take a look at this food that I'm having, that I'm at the beach. Two days ago I stayed in this penthouse in Miami downtown on the 50th floor. I made some videos from the top. If I was a 20-year-old, I would more likely make videos showing how amazing this penthouse is. But instead, I made videos showing how this looks glamorous, doesn't it? Look at this view, all the way out to the ocean, there's South Beach, and there's downtown. Do you know this is an Airbnb that I paid $200.00 a night for and it's paid for by the client? Did you know that I flew here on Southwest airlines and I sat in the middle seat for four and a half hours all the way from Phoenix? I didn't tell you that, did I? Do you wanna know what it's really like? Do you wanna know some of the things that I struggle with in growing my company? That's exactly the opposite of what you'd expect of someone who's out on a balcony and overlooking the ocean in a penthouse at the 50th floor, right? Kathleen: Yeah. Yeah, that's so much more real. Dennis: [crosstalk] between older versus younger, it's not that the younger people are more willing to make video. It's who can share stories that are empathetic, that are educational, and that bring people along in a sequence towards an overall mission that anchors your personal brand. So anyone who's going into personal branding and I have to ask them, "Do you have a mission that's bigger than you, that's authentic? Not just because you want to help the world in some vague way, but you want to help small businesses save on their tax bill. You want to help local university students overcome crack addictions because their parents left them." It doesn't have to be some Mother Theresa kind of thing. We all have some kind of bigger thing that we're doing, like us, we're training up young adults. A lot of them that maybe they didn't go to college, where they just graduated from high school or that they came out of the military and they just had a kid that popped out and now they have to work. They're not trying to be a CEO, they're just trying to pay the bills, right? When you tie your mission to that, it's a lot easier to then build a sequence. If the personal brand is just look at me and my food, it's pretty shallow because you can't build a whole story around it, you can't get all these other people around it, you can't build the infrastructure that's necessary, what we call the topic wheel. What you saw when we were DM in Austin, we explained the structure of the topic wheel, about what anchors your brand are all the different topics and the topics move out to the individual stories of all the people you're connected to. Start With Your Mission (and Build a Topic Wheel) Kathleen: That's fascinating. So I love the idea of starting, if somebody's thinking they want to build their personal brand, of starting with figuring out what your mission is. Once someone has been able to successfully identify that, you talk about the topic wheel, the question I think people listening probably have is then, are all my videos about this mission or is it just a certain percentage? How does that fit in to this topic wheel? Dennis: The topic wheel allows us to all be humans, because there's something that you might do to make money, but you also might like to boogie board at the beach, you might also like Italian food, you might also have a parent who is disabled, you might also have a particular hobby, right? We start the topic wheel with six topics, we call this why, how, and what. So on the outside, we have different people that are telling stories around six particular topics. One of my topics is education, so Doctor Karen [Freeburg] is one of the people in my topic wheel because she is authoritative on education and we have lots of stories around that, we made one-minute videos around that. There's other people in education that are part of that particular topic. Another topic of mine is digital marketing and I'll put in people like Ryan Deiss because he's authoritative in the world of digital marketing and I've got plenty of interviews with him, where we've made one-minute videos where I'm not trying to get him to talk with things about me, although he has, but I'm interviewing him like a journalist. It's not about me, but it's about his knowledge and his experience, and I'm making it about him. Maybe I'm interviewing Tony Robbins or maybe I'm on CNN talking about the Facebook controversy or whatever it might be. Those are all different topics that are not to show that I am an awesome person or famous, but to precede the authority because I am spending time with people that other people recognize are legit in that space. When I make one-minute videos with these people and I boost it out there on Facebook and LinkedIn and YouTube and all this, that allows me to re-market for my topic, all the way into my product which is when I can sell courses on digital marketing, I can sell packages on implementing the things we talk about. The idea of why, how, and what is, why is your story, it's your passion, it's a particular moment in time. It could be when I was 18, I dropped out of high school and I wanted to be a professional athlete working for Nike. True story and I have a one-minute story talking about that and how eventually, they didn't except me, but then we got Nike later as a client to do digital advertising for them and how I learned that what the 18-year-old Dennis thought Nike would be like versus the 40-year-old Dennis was completely different. That Nike was this big corporate and it wouldn't have worked out for me as an athlete because it's long travel on the road. I guess I do a lot of travel on the road, but if your career only lasts a couple years as a pro athlete versus a 20 year career as a digital marketer. So those stories, the why stories are the outside ring of the topic wheel. Then move to the middle ring, which is how. Expertise, tips, how to do stuff, checklists, right? Remember, Kathleen, you saw all these checklists that we were showing, like how do you [crosstalk] manager? How do you get a drive in golf down the middle of the fairway or how do you tie your shoes with one hand or how do you juggle the ball? How do you do all the things that you know how to do, especially when you interview these other people who are experts. They've got tons of how do you do a very specific thing, right? So you're marketing from the outside of very specific stories. Not just, oh I was once really sad and now I'm successful, but specific things that had happened, specific moments in time where you point the camera, you can follow the scene of what happened, right? The beauty of the Pixar is that they focus on specific scenes. So the why we market to the specific scenes of the how, which are specific, let me show you how to do something very useful, like a recipe. Let me show you how to make my brand of chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts. I really like macadamia nuts. Kathleen: That sounds so good. Dennis: I know a lot, for example, about how to make a perfect batch of popcorn. I have a movie theater popcorn maker in my kitchen. Kathleen: That is so cool! Dennis: Do you ever walk to the movie theater and you're like, "Mm." You're almost willing to watch a bad movie just to eat the popcorn, or no? Kathleen: I, 100%, think that popcorn is the highlight of the movie. Then, so I have to ask you one important question then, this is a slight digression, but are you an add the butter oil to your popcorn person or are you a eat it as it comes out of the maker person? Dennis: Yes. Whenever people ask an either or question like do you want to eat the fish or do you wanna eat the burger? Yes. Kathleen: Yeah, I like adding the extra butter, myself. Dennis: Yeah, I add the extra butter to the popper, then when it comes out, I actually have the movie theater quality bags, right? I wanna simulate the whole experience. I've got a butter pump and I'll pump the butter in there too, on top of that. Kathleen: Dennis, you're a man after my own heart. I'm all about the extra butter. Gotta do it. Dennis: See? So then when we get together, maybe just outside of Baltimore, we can make some popcorn together. I'll ship you a popcorn maker, you'll see what I'm talking about. I'll show you how to do popcorn the way Dennis likes to do popcorn. Kathleen: I love it. I love it. Send me that one-minute video. Dennis: I'm gonna make a one-minute video, yeah. Yeah, and then we're sharing expertise on how is this different than microwave popcorn, which is garbage. Kathleen: Yes. 100%. Dennis: Yes, very different, and how movie theater popcorn tastes so good because it has coconut oil, did you know that? Kathleen: I did not know that. That's interesting. Dennis: If you try to use olive oil or butter, the flashpoint is so low that you burn it and that's why movie theater popcorn can go so high because coconut oil has a really high flashpoint. Kathleen: Oh, interesting. Dennis: We could make several one-minute videos about microwave popcorn and then you'd come away from that thinking, wow, that's really cool, I didn't know that. So I'm sharing how. Then I get specific again, into the very center of the onion tootsie roll, multi-layer thing, into the what, which is how you sell. See, conversion is about ... We all understand conversion, buy my stuff, it's on sale. The thing ends on Friday, it's got these many features, it's better than the competitor, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There's only a limited quantity, but all these different ways of trying to get people to buy, right? All the things that you say, features versus benefits. That is the what. Everyone understands what. The trouble is when they get to marketing, they're so eager they can't help themselves. When they're supposed to be making why content, they somehow end up selling it again and they pollute the whole thing. It's like mixing chocolate milk and Coke together. I like both of them, but I'm not going to drink them in the same can. It's nasty, right? Or we ask them to, let's make a series of how videos. So around your product or service, maybe you're an agency, you wanna get more clients, you do additional marketing. Okay, talk about how you set up PBC Canvas. Talk about how you optimize, talk about how, but do not ... Resist the urge to start selling because that's the what. So if you keep these things separate from the why to the how to the what, then you actually have a funnel, which is a circular funnel. That's the topic wheel, it's every day content meaning you don't have to keep replacing it. It doesn't go stale. I believe if you do it right, from the very outside are all these people that you're interviewing. That's personal branding. The outside layer of your topic wheel is personal branding. Personal branding is not some separate thing about ... I was thinking, it would be fun Kathleen, we could rent a Lamborghini, how about? You and I, we could rent a Lamborghini for one day and just make all kinds of silly videos and drive around real slow. Kathleen: That's like Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians and Cars Drinking Coffee. That's what he does. He does a different car each time and they just drive around and talk. He has a whole show that is just that. I love it. Dennis: Yeah, this is my garage. There's many ways of doing it. Kathleen: Yeah. Dennis: But that's the superficial kind of personal branding. That's look at me and look at my lifestyle. If you have actual depth, if you have a structure, you have a process, then you're gonna build the topic wheel because it's the personalities that are the outside that are sharing knowledge, that are organized by topic. The topics then go to the very center, which is your company, your figurehead, the product you sell, whatever it is that you're trying to monetize. When you link why to how to what, you use the what to fund all the why and the how, so it's a self-funding funnel. Because all the people that do personal branding, guess what? It costs money, just like SEO costs money. It costs money to produce video, it costs money to edit, it costs money to put traffic against it, right? So what's gonna pay for that? Kathleen: Right. Dennis: Are you just gonna spend money for the heck of it? Kathleen: Yeah, exactly. Dennis: I don't see ROI off of this. I ask any of these people to do personal branding and they can't answer this question. I say, "What's the ROI of your personal branding?" They can't answer the question. Why not? Kathleen: That's a great point. Now, that was a really fantastic explanation of the topic wheel. I think that gives everybody a very clear framework, at least, within which to begin to break down what are they gonna talk about on video. How To Create Your Videos Kathleen: So I feel like there's, what am I gonna talk about? Then there's making the video, and then there's distributing the video. So let's talk for a second about making it. Earlier, you mentioned a couple of different tools and my ears perked up because I started to experiment with making videos and I'm gonna just say, I am the least technically competent individual on the planet when it comes to video, but I discovered one of the tools you mentioned, which is Apple Clips. I think it is the best thing since ... I was gonna say since sliced bread, but I don't actually like sliced bread, so I think it might be better than sliced bread. It is the greatest thing ever. I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit more about the types of tools that the average person out there can use to do this and produce a decent looking video. Dennis: So, there are 30 different tools that we use. Kathleen: Wow. Dennis: But that's a mix. We organize them into people that are just everyday people like you and me. Intermediate folks that are specialists that have maybe a year or two of training. Then we have our pro level, the full Adobe Suite, where you're doing things in Premier and Aftereffects. That's pro. I don't think any of us, unless that's what we do for a living, we have 10 people full-time as pro video editors. They are doing things according to standards that we have. But should you and I be learning how to do that? No. Kathleen: No. Dennis: You and I should be learning how to use Apple Clips and Otter.ai and the different video tools built into Facebook ads manager, through transcription. We should be pushing things out to fancy hands and Fiver for lightweight editing. Some of the editing that you can do, for example, Apple Clips allows you to transcribe live and it's pretty accurate. Kathleen: I did that last week and it blew my mind. Then I didn't realize you could also go in and edit it's live transcription so that if it messes something up, you can correct it. It was so easy. Dennis: There are apps that are built into Snapchat and Instagram and Facebook has 10 different tools that are part of Facebook Mobile Data Studio that allow for editing for free. Adobe has Adobe Express. There's lot of these tools and every day, I get three or four more tools that people say, "Hey, try this editing tool. On your app, it'll add these really cool filters." I even bought a ton of apps on my phone that will add motion, that will add just super cool effects, that you can lose hours of your day downloading dozens of these different apps that do different kinds of things. I would say just use Apple Clips and one or two other ones, and not- Kathleen: I think that's great advice. I may or may not have spent six hours last week downloading apps and doing exactly what you just described. Then I discovered Apple Clips and that rabbit hole ended. Dennis: A lot of folks, I know will say, well I'm not a video person. They're secretly afraid of all these tools, like I don't really have time to learn all these different tools. You know what? You have something called an iPhone in your pocket, okay? When you hit video and you hit the red circle to record video, that camera is so smart. The way it does multi point filtering and focusing and light, that if you literally do that and you have decent sound and you don't point it directly into the sun, then you will get good enough video that you can pay $5.00 or $10.00 that someone who's a pro can do the editing for you. I've learned this the hard way because I've probably spent 100 hours, 200 hours of my time playing with all these different apps and figuring out exactly which effects I like from which app. That's a waste of your time. With that said, Apple Clips, Otter.ai, the native tools inside Instagram and inside Facebook Ads Manager, that's all you need to know. The pro stuff, for example, at TNC, I flew in one of my friends from Facebook to speak. Same thing at Social Media Marketing World, I brought three other people to speak at the conference. I had professional videographers that I flew in that recorded on expensive equipment, everything miced up properly, everything sent off to our VAs in the Philippines, that do the video editing. So we do understand the pro side, but you gotta know when you're doing a lightweight video that's just walking along do a cell phone style video at the beach reflecting on some thought that you had, versus on stage, speaker reel, high authority, in front of 10 thousand people giving a keynote address. You're not always using one tool. Sometimes you need a butter knife and sometimes you need a chainsaw. Kathleen: Yeah, that makes sense. I love that you just mentioned all those specific tools because I'm totally gonna go out right after this and check them out. Dennis: We have a guide, I'll give it to you. Kathleen: That's great. Oh yeah, a link to it in the show notes. Dennis: All the cool videos and then how they fit into our process. Just because you can use a tool, doesn't mean it's worth anything because you've gotta figure out how it fits into a process with all the other tools and who does what because it's unlikely that one person knows how to do everything. So then take the finished video and turn it into an ad and write copy against it in a headline and to be able to look at the performance of it and to be able to go back and re-shoot. Usually whoever is the one recording the video is not the one who's editing the video. So that requires a process step. Anytime something's gotta move between different people, it requires a process step, right? How to Promote and Distribute Your Videos Kathleen: Yeah. Now assuming people figure out a way to get these videos made, whether they make them themselves or they get help, they're gonna wind up with all of these one-minute videos. How do you then ... What is your process then for getting them in front of an audience because obviously that's the objective? If the tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, it doesn't matter. So can you talk a little bit about that? Dennis: So once we've gone through video production, which could be as simple as me doing a video on my iPhone and automatically saves to my Google Drive. By the way, that's my little secret, everything goes to my Google Drive. I also have Dropbox and I have the Apple, whatever that's called, the iCloud. I have everything saved multiple places because I'm paranoid about losing it. Whether it's as simple as that or whether it goes through complex editing because it's speaker footage from multiple cameras, like a professional interview. We then distribute that in multiple formats. We take the long format, so it could be a 40 minute interview, and we'll put that in landscape format on YouTube on a channel. Our buddy, Matthew Januszek, who is the CEO of Escape Fitness, he's interviewed all the top names in the world of fitness. It could be Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lee Haney, the CEOs of 24 Hour Fitness and Lifetime Fitness. All the people because he's the guy. He does professional interviews. So the full length episodes, we'll show on YouTube. Then, we take one-minute snippets that are square, just the highlights, think of it as like movie trailer compared to the movie. The trailer's only a minute, it shows you all the big explosions, all the big scenes, but you don't really get the whole story, just enough to tease you, right? You know, movie trailers. Kathleen: Yeah. Dennis: Then we put the movie trailer on Facebook and we boost those through video views to build re-marketing audiences, to then sequence them to other pieces within the topic wheel. We take vertical, 15 second commercials, and we put those on Instagram as stories. We take the same one-minute videos that I mentioned on Facebook and we post those to Twitter and we can promote those posts. We have an annual bid at three cents of engagement, we never select Twitter's automatic thing because they'll bid it to $2.00 and spend all your money. We also will post it organically to LinkedIn, to our profiles. That way, you can create one piece of content, chop it up into 30 or 40 other little pieces of content and be able to use it across all your different channels and obtain multiple, multiple value. Gary Vaynerchuk posted something on LinkedIn a week ago, showing how he does that in his content pyramid. It's the same thing that a lot of us that are prolific agencies do on behalf of our clients because often you can't get the client to do this everyday. If you put it as part of their process and teach their support people, every time they repair that HVAC and get the customer right there, saying, "Oh, how is it?" That's obviously the best time. Wedding photographers, get them right then when they're happy, when they just got married, don't try to get the feedback two weeks later and get their review later. Try to get it right then. If you can't build it into the process, then you have to collect it every three months or every six months and you try to collect it all at once, with multiple people and you can chop it up. The odds are, it may be, Kathleen, you and I were expert interviewers but we're not going to be able to get 60 minutes of quality content because it takes 15 minutes to warm up. In the middle, they'll say some things that are good, but are you gonna force someone to sit through a 60 minute video to be able to catch those pieces in the middle? No, you pull those out and use those as carrots. Kathleen: Yeah. Now, how often should somebody be posting these videos? Dennis: As often as you have good content. So I think of Facebook, you can get away with once per day, maybe twice per day. If you're in news and media, sports media, you can do maybe six, seven times per day. The Washington Post and some of these other local news guys will do 40 times per day, local sites, 20, 30 times per day. But most brands, once per day. But don't feel like you have to post once per day. What we'll do is, maybe we'll be at Social Media Marketing World and wander around in the hallways and interview a lot of people, just for one-minute interviews, not some scheduled thing, but just by walking around in the hallway, we'll run into people that we know. We'll collect a bunch of one-minute videos, all in one day, and then sprinkle them out over the course of several months. So I was on CNN in Atlanta, talking about the whole Facebook controversy and Russian interference and senator we run ads, the whole congress thing. I was in front of three and a half million people, live, where they were, in the studio, asking me questions about all this Facebook nonsense. I made the most of that because I got that four and a half minute clip and chopped it up into a few different pieces. I'm now able to recirculate that as different pieces of content, and I've taken some of those highlight components and I've sprinkled them in to my speaker reel, to our company mission reel, to other reels where we're teaching about personal branding. If I can mix and match from all different kinds of videos that we have an reassemble that. Do you know the analogy of Mexican food, Kathleen? Kathleen: No, tell me. Dennis: You can take meat, cheese, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and rearrange it into a chalupa or a tostada or an enchilada or a taco or a chimichanga or whatever it is, but it's the same ingredients, but just in a slightly different format, right? Kathleen: That's so funny and very true. Dennis: So that's what we're doing with our ingredients. So the wrong materials come in, meaning like the 30 minute interview with the client, right? Or you're doing it on behalf of a client and you're interviewing the customer and you have a continuous shot of 30 minutes where you're asking them a series of questions and saying, "Hey, don't worry about what you're saying because we're going to edit out the good pieces or whatever it is. If you stumble, just pause for two second and restart, and then we'll chop up different pieces and we can reuse those pieces into whatever combination that we want." So we think about the Mexican menu or the Chinese menu, you now have the ability to produce any kind of marketing material that you want. So a sales piece about a new product that you have, maybe you could reuse stuff that you already have. 80, 90% of what you have is what you can reuse and then the 10% is the stuff specifically about that new product. Then you don't have to create all this stuff from scratch again. Maybe it's because I'm lazy, but when we do this, it's like I don't want to have to keep redoing things about who we are and what we've done and who our best customers are. For example, when we first got Nike as a client, I thought that was incredible and making videos out there at the Nike campus, interviewing the executives at Nike is stuff that makes us look highly authoritative, but it also looks good because I can quote them. I can bring them to speak on stage like at the Adobe Summit where Nike says, "Hey, yeah, we use Blitz for social analytics." Well, how awesome is that? In front of the other people who are using Omniture, saying oh, yeah, Omniture doesn't do that. It's Adobe Analytics now, but oh yeah, we use Blitz for social analytics. I can reuse that, I guess we could call it a testimonial, but I can use that snippet in so many different places. Think about things that have been said to you, that have been said about you, that have been said about IMPACT, about your business partners, about the people that you have met. Think about all those amazing situations, imagine if you could wave a wand and you could reuse them anytime, anywhere, how powerful would that be? Kathleen: Well, and it certainly sounds like, from what you're saying, that it's making me realize, there are probably a lot of businesses that have a ton of gold nuggets in their B roll and in their video archives and it's like, half the battle is keeping it organized and knowing what you've got in there so you know when to pull those pieces back out and incorporate them. The other half, really what this is telling me, is that if you're gonna be serious about this, especially if you're gonna do it as a business, it probably makes sense to invest in in-house video expertise because you really just need to incorporate this into the fabric of your everyday life within your company. Outsourcing Your Video Process Dennis: Amen. You don't have to be a big agency, big budget, big team, or a big marketing group. We literally started with hiring VAs from the Philippines as $3.00 an hour. So you hire one person full-time. Do you know what that costs you for a year? Kathleen: No. Dennis: $500.00. Kathleen: Wow. Dennis: So $500.00 a month, Kathleen, for someone who's working for you full-time, 40 hours a week, college educated, a real human, they care about you deeply, they're better than Americans in the standpoint that they are loyal, they will stay with you, and they're happy, they're joyful, and we will send them stuff at the end of the day, say 5:00 PM, you know it's the other side of the world, so their time zone's upside down. When we wake up in the morning, it's ready. Kathleen: That's so crazy. That's the part that I think is actually kind of cool about working with folks in Asia is that if you're organized and you can get stuff to them at the end of the day, it's freaky how fast you can move. Dennis: Let me tell you my secret which is not so much of a secret anymore. There are one million Philippino's that do digital marketing at onlinejobs.ph. When I found this site 10 years ago, I could not believe my eyes. I said, "Wow, I can hire this guy at $1.50 per hour? Why don't I just hire this guy for fun, just to see. It's only $1.50 per hour. I'll buy him for like 50 hours, just see what happens," right? Kathleen: Right, can't hurt. That's a good tip. Side note, I absolutely love the people from the Philippines. I spent a lot of time there. Before I went into marketing, I did international development consulting and my last year that I did it, it was right before I had my son, I went to the Philippines, I think six times. That is such a cool place and the people are some of the best people. Dennis: We go there twice a year and it's just incredible. They love us and I love taking them out because I feel like I'm a big shot. We'll take them out to eat to the nicest places in Manila, send them off on a full day massage. I'll look at the bill, like we'll go to the nicest restaurants, right? Even Makati, which is the most expensive business area. Kathleen: That's where I used to stay. That's beautiful, yeah. Dennis: We're doing the penthouse thing and they think we're ballers. At the end of the meal or at the end of whatever it is, we'll go take them out karaoke. We have seventy in the Philippines. I'll look at the bill and I'll work it out, that's like four bucks a person. All right. Kathleen: Let's do it again tomorrow. Dennis: Yeah, maybe it's five bucks or whatever it is. I'm thinking, wow, you could live like a king for nothing. You could have an entourage, if you wanted to, I'm not saying do this. But you know this Kathleen, for $200.00 you could have six guys with machine guns follow you around the entire day as bodyguards. Kathleen: Yeah. Dennis: I've wanted to do that just for fun because I go there twice a year with our people. I was thinking, it would be cool if I had six guys with machine guns, all dressed up, walking with me as I'm walking downtown. Then have a couple people that follow me around with video cameras, just to see what would happen in the mall. This people think this guy walking in the middle here must be a celebrity. Kathleen: Yeah, this brings us full circle in our conversation because it goes right back to the very beginning where you talked about if you were in the penthouse standing on the balcony and if you were an influencer, you'd take a picture of yourself with a glass of champagne living the life. Instead, you were very real about, I flew Southwest. Your Philippines example's great because that's where you could be like, "This is just how I roll." Dennis: Yeah. Kathleen's Two Questions Kathleen: I love it. I could literally sit here and talk to you all day, but I'm sure you have things that you need to be doing and I want to be respectful of your time. The last two questions I have for you are questions that I ask every guest that comes on this podcast and I'm really curious to hear your response because you do know so many people in the world of digital marketing. Today, when you think about the concept of inbound marketing, company or individual, who do you think is really killing it and doing it well? Dennis: Nathan Latka. Kathleen: Ooh, there's a name I haven't heard before. Dennis: Oh, you need to look him up. I think he's number one or number two in business podcasts on iTunes. Kathleen: How do you spell his last name? Dennis: L-A-T-K-A. Kathleen: Okay. Dennis: I first met this kid because he signed up for one of my podcasts or webinar like 10 years ago. He's just some 17-year-old and I'm like, "Who is this punk?" He kept hitting me up. I saw that he had started a company that did Facebook ads and Facebook apps, and he grew it to millions of dollars and he sold it. Then he started to take his money, invest it in other companies. He would go to a taco truck, for example, and say, "Hey, I'm willing to write a check right now to buy your business. Let's make a deal." Then he started turning the camera on, then he wrote his book that became an actual best seller. Then he started interviewing all the people that were entrepreneurs and running SaaS companies and asking them about their revenue and their conversion rater and their cost per conversion and their lifetime value and all their stats. How much revenue, how many employees they had, what's their turnover, and turned it into the dominant podcast for SaaS entrepreneurs. Now he's on TV all over the place. I think we had lunch, I think it was three years ago, we were in Austin. He was living in downtown Austin, one of the high rises. We were remarking about Donald Trump and how Donald Trump, whatever you say about Donald Trump, who cares what your politics are, he knows how to get your attention. Kathleen: Yeah, he sure does. Dennis: Gary Vaynerchuk knows how to get your attention. I consider them the same person. Dennis, what if I became the Donald Trump of digital marketing? I'm like, "You know dude? You're exactly the kind of guy with the personality and the shine and the intelligence and the speed to be able to do it, but just like with Donald Trump or Gary, you're gonna have a lot of haters." If you're willing to deal with the haters, you will kill it. You are so good. That's what he did. The next day, I saw on Facebook, all this commotion and it was Michael Stelsner and the other folks saying, "Who does this Nathan Latka kid think he is?" He sent out this email to his mailing list of all his customers saying, "You know what? If you don't engage on my emails, I'm gonna delete you from my list." All these influential social media people are saying how dare he do that? He can't do that. He can't be saying things like that to his customers. He can't be saying that to Michael Stelsner. He did. He's like, "You know what, Michael? You don't like my stuff, you can leave." I'm like, Nathan, dude, I know we talked about that, but I didn't think he'd actually do it and he did. Look at how successful he is. Kathleen: That's cool. I can't wait to check that example out because I get a lot of interesting answers when I ask this question and it's always really fun to discover somebody completely new. Dennis: Look at his videos. It'll just be a minute, you're in line at Whole Foods and you open up and do a search on Facebook or Google or YouTube, and you're like, "Okay, I'll just watch a little bit of this video." Then before you know it, you've lost two hours watching his videos. Kathleen: Oh dangerous. So in other words, don't watch them when I'm under a deadline on something, I guess. Dennis: I'm warning you. He's so good. Full disclosure, he's a client. Kathleen: Well, thank you for alerting me to him. That's gonna be an interesting one to check out. Now, the other question I'm interested to hear about from you is digital marketing is obviously changing so quickly. Technology is fueling a lot of it. How do you personally stay up to date and keep yourself on the cutting edge? Dennis: I don't. I know it's kind of a flippant answer because you could say, "Oh yeah, but I know your network and you know these people and these people and these people." Here's my little trick. When I was a younger man, I thought that I could work harder than everybody and keep up with the news and read harder and work harder and I've since discovered, since I turned 40, that I can't do that. So all I do is I associate with the smartest people out there. So the reason I go to conferences is not because I want to be on stage or because I'm trying to get more clients or because I wanna be famous, it's because I want to hang out with the people that have that knowledge so that if I have a question, I know who I can chat up and they will answer my question. So I don't at all pretend like I'm somehow the most knowledgeable person about everything going on in digital. You and I know there's so many different thing and so many different niches, it's just, even if you had 500 hours in a day, you couldn't keep up with all the things that are going on. All the different tools for video editing, no way I could keep up with that. But I do know that if I have a question about anything, I can literally pick up the phone and I know who to call and I know I can get the answer. Kathleen: Yeah. Dennis: So that's my secret. It's not what I need to know, it's who I need to know and that list of who is my topic wheel. So the people that pay us money, the people that we've worked with to be able to create influence is also who I count on for my expertise. So the way I make money is also the way that I'm able to educate. Even if I didn't make money off of these people, I would even pay money to hang out with the people like Michael Stelsner and Nathan Latka and David Burg and Ryan Dice, but we're being paid by these people. Isn't that incredible? Kathleen: That's a pretty great gig if you can get it, I'll say. Dennis: Yeah. Kathleen: Yeah, for me it's my podcast. That's why I do this. People who listen, know I am always saying I would keep doing the podcast, even if nobody listened. Thank God, people do, but I learn so much and today is a great example of that. I feel like I've learned so much from you, so thank you. You Know What To Do Next Kathleen: If somebody is listening and wants to learn more about you or Blitzmetrics or has a question about personal branding, what's the best way for them to find you online? Dennis: They can go to blitzmetrics.com, of course, and they can also look me up on LinkedIn, but please do not friend me on Facebook. I've been at the five thousand friend limit for the last eight years. Don't ask me for a blue check mark, don't ask me if your ads were disapproved, but absolutely, if you want to reach out to me on LinkedIn or go to my website, happy to chat with you there. Kathleen: Fantastic. Thank you so much, Dennis. If you are listening and you learned something new or you liked what you heard, of course I'd love it if you'd give the podcast a review on iTunes or the platform of your choice. If you know somebody who's down kick ass inbound marketing work, tweet me @workmommywork because they could be my next guest. Thanks so much Dennis. It was great chatting with you. Dennis: Thanks Kathleen.

When you’ve been a competitor on Bravo’s Top Chef, how do you even begin to plan out the catering for your own wedding? Dale Talde and Agnes Chung married on October 10, 2015 in Hudson, New York. Their celebration was filled with amazing, hand-selected food, three days of activities so they could make the most of every moment, and beautiful, deeply meaningful traditions to celebrate Agnes’s Korean culture and Dale’s Philippino heritage. In the years since their “I do's” they’ve launched new business ventures together—including their most recent company Food Crush Hospitality—bought their first home and welcomed their son, Everest, into the world. Despite all the changes happening in their lives, they always manage to keep each other number one. This is their story.(Photo by: Table 4 Weddings) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we explore the fashion origins and evolution of the Philippino terno with guest Gino Gonzales, co-author of the book Fashionable Filipinas. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

With only 1 episode left for seaon 1, I'm excited to share this episode with my lawyer, Jay Weinberg! Jay is a hot shot who's worked on some high class cases and well known firms. He now runs his own law office doing all types of cases. He's taken care of closing my home and it was the most fluid experience I could have ever had. Jay's a life long martial artist originally starting in Kung Fu, then Karate, into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His home is team Advanced, but he visits the Miglarese brother's gym, Balance Studios in Philly from time to time, and whenever he's in the Philippines visiting family (Jay is Jewish, but his wife is Philippino) he's training with Stephen Kamphuis's academy. Jay has experienced much in life and his insight is not one to be missed. Make sure to check this one out! If you'd like to buy any of those products discussed, they're all available in the YouTube video under the description. https://youtu.be/HhEX79xdeMg

Episode Notes 08/22/18 Julyan and I drive to the Hollywood movie theater, the perfect place to discuss the recently released movie Crazy Rich Asians. Julyan, having a Philippino background, shared his enjoyment of the movie and his experiences as an asian american. We talk about his background, the movie, asian culture, asian university clubs, and a couple of nice korean restaurants to visit. If you are from the RGV, you should check out the places we talked about: Korean restaurants: 1. Seoul 2. Korean House 3. XX Asian clubs: 1. Korean club 2. Philipino club 3. Anime club 4. Japanese Club Julyan Badon's instagram: This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Mik Narciso comes from a family of Philippino pioneers who have given him the drive to search for his own expression of meaningful work. As he finds himself professionally in Greater Vancouver, Mik believes that improving communication is the basis of all productivity. Therefore based on this, Mik aspires to be a great communicator in all aspects of his life. In this episode, we explore some of the ways he has made steps to be better at communicating while exploring some of his early failures at doing so. From awkward female encounters to annoying managers, Mik shares his war stories and how he has observed his own evolution. This podcast is presented by Geek Happy Network. Come check out their other shows at geekhappynetwork.com

SO, a monkey is sitting in a tree smoking a joint... then a podcast happened! The show starts off fun... and by the last 30-40 minutes, it's BALLS OUT funny. Seriously, we hope you enjoy this show as much as we enjoyed recording it! We introduce our new show mascot... Needle Dick the Monkey!We have an interview with Big Al Staggs from The Moaning Lisas, we also play two songs from them. We have news stories, we play Would You Rather, We have a top 10 (Sex Toys), and Jokes... OH the jokes!! Updates:HOt… SO hot.Email ScamsSHARK WEEKMom went to GracelandLake swimming (Dead iPhone)Skyscraper (rock making movies like crazy)Sea Of ThievesStories:* A Florida man has been arrested after authorities report he was tranquilizing alligators in the Everglades and then raping them.* Texas Woman Accused of Biting, Swallowing Part of Nose* Report: Woman Arrested For Forcing Ex To Have Sex With Her While She Holds Machete* Seven participants of a Philippino reality TV show were miraculously rescued by coastguards after being stranded a total of 64 months on a deserted island.————AL STAGGS - MOANING LISASNew video release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnj6baDaOZohttp://www.moaninglisas.comhttps://www.facebook.com/MLsMoaninglisas/Http://www.twitter.com/turbolwfhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3NyWNqdL0mm0ctSWoieAwt?si=2a0-LHSITwOkrGGLDwQPMQhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/moaning-lisas/1239946504https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Cheese-Moaning-Lisas/dp/B07D7R9T33SPONSORS:"Not your average nerds." They do nerd talk like past and current movies, tv, videos games, comics. They are a newer group trying to build their audience. Keep up to date on all the latest nerd new by checking out the facebook page at Facebook.com/NotYourAverageNerdsTome of Uselessness is a podcast where two nerds talk about things they like. Available on all podcast platforms or at www.tomeofuselessness.comThank you for listening to WhiskeyBoy Radio, I appreciate each and every one of you!Be sure to check out and support other independent podcasters, YouTubers, and local bands!Go visit our website at WhiskeyBoyRadio.com - Be sure to follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @WhiskeyBoyRadio - Call our shows' studio and comment line at 972-853-1359, Subscribe via Spreaker, iTunes, iHeart, Stitcher, Tunein, and Follow us on Spotify!

Gracia grew up as a good pastor's daughter near Witchita Kansas. After marrying Martin Burnham, a man who was called to fly supplies to missionaries living in remote jungle villages, Gracia and Martin moved to the Philippines where they served for sixteen years. Little did she know that she would one day be in the national news headlines for having been kidnapped by Muslim Terrorist for over a year. Gracia and Martin slogged through mud, rain, hunger, and gun battles as they were dragged along by the captors who were trying to avoid the Philippino military. Gracia's Husband, Martin, would not survive the ordeal. In this week's podcast, Gracia share her story with us and reveals how the Lord used this horrific ordeal to sanctify her and how He even helped her to forgive those responsible for her husband's death.Here is a link to Gracia's books:https://www.amazon.com/Presence-My-Enemies-Gracia-Burnham-ebook/dp/B007D5UE3Ihttps://www.amazon.com/Fly-Again-Surviving-Tailspins-Life-ebook/dp/B000FCKGBG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528993395&sr=1-1&keywords=To+Fly+Again+BurnhamDo you like What you Hear? Why not support us?https://www.patreon.com/karlgesslerSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/karlgessler)

David Scott was a 36 year-old machine operator in Swindon, England in 2007. When his father was stricken with cancer, he began searching the internet for information about the disease and unexpectedly began an online relationship with Cynthia Reyes a Philippino woman, who had recently left a violent marriage. After a few months, David takes a trip to the Philippines to meet Cynthia and their relationship deepens. David returns to England. A short time later, Cynthia calls to tell him that she is pregnant. Overjoyed, he immediately goes back to the Philippines to be with her, not realizing that the country’s strict laws regarding marriage and adultery will turn their life upside down.New to Locked Up Abroad? Subscribe so you never miss a thrilling tale: https://smarturl.it/LockedupThank you to our sponsors:Texture - Get an unlimited 14-day free trial to browse the world's top magazines when you visit them here:www.texture.com/LockedUpZip Recruiter - Try Zip Recruiter today and learn how to hire smarter when you visit them here: www.ZipRecruiter.com/LockedProduced by Raw TV Ltd for National Geographic Channels. © 2017 NGC Network International, LLC and NGC Networks US, LLC. All rights reserved.

Take a breath and get rolling with us! We go deep on being a magician, getting away with crimes, if I should adopt a new cat, Philippino fighting spiders, the ‘call of the void’, sex on ecstasy :: using a fleshlight, terrible dates, lots of questions, looking at men at the gym, ‘stealthing’ and more!

Western Union may be an old company, but it’s definitely not standing still. One of the original components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the company started more than 160 years ago with the introduction of the telegraph, leading to the demise of the Pony Express. “It has such a storied history, but it’s had a pretty successful history of reinventing itself as changes happen in technology,” says Tim Langley-Hawthorne, Senior Vice President of Technology Governance and Global Customer Care Operations. Indeed, the telegraph led to the telegram, which led to commercial satellites and now the transferring of money via social media. Today, Western Union operates in 200 countries with 500,000 physical locations. Its focus is on cross-border money transfer and bill payment, which presents an “interesting and complex customer care operation,” Langley-Hawthorne says. The Social Care team, managed out of an office in Mexico City, is a “small but growing part of the business,” employing 15 people who handle social media inquiries in 5 languages (Western Union provides voice support in 45 languages). Average response time is an excellent 11 minutes, a source of pride for Langley-Hawthorne and his team. Many questions can be answered publicly, such as those looking for the nearest Western Union location or inquiries about fees. But “you would be surprised about the level of personal information that some people put out there into the social media space,” says Langley-Hawthorne, noting that at that point customers are directed to offline channels for a resolution. In addition, money is often being sent for emergency, medical, or educational purposes, which adds an emotional weight to many inquiries. He added that while a large portion of Western Union’s customers are “unbanked” – without checking or credit card accounts – they almost universally have smart phones, so “social can become a very approachable means of customer care” for them. One interesting observation that Western Union has had is that its customer base identifies more with “their diaspora and their communities” vs. their country of residence. So a Philippino living in Canada and a Philippino living in Singapore would both rather visit a Western Union Facebook page targeted to Philippinos, Langley-Hawthorne says. This builds a “stronger bond and stronger affinity to our brand”. Just as Western Union has adapted to technology in decades past, so too is it adapting to today’s marketplace where e-commerce happens in real-time: Recently announced agreements with Viber and WeChat will allow customers to send money via social channels. This, of course, creates new social care challenges. “How do we provide care to this new Western Union consumer that is only going to use social to transfer money?” Langley-Hawthorne asks. “We see that as a really promising area for us. People who are sending money in these apps, they don’t want to pick up the phone or send an email. They want care in the app, or they want care through social.” Langley-Hawthorne spent some time talking about Western Union’s social care program with me during the 30th episode of the Focus on Customer Service podcast. Here are some of the key moments in the episode and where to find them: 00:46 Tim’s professional background 2:23 A brief history of Western Union 5:30 How the overall customer care team is organized around the world and where social care fits in 9:17 The argument to put resources behind social care when it’s so relatively small 11:21 The types of questions that Western Union sees on social media 15:42 What’s changed in the past two years that Tim has been managing social care 21:00 How Western Union handles questions in unsupported languages 22:54 The process of integrating social care with the rest of customer care operations 24:45 A particularly memorable customer interaction involving a famous band 27:33 Tim’s advice for starting out in social care

In 2013 Eanna O’Cochlain, a native of Blackrock in Cork, was arrested in a Philippino airport and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for alleged possession of 0.38 grams of marijuana. Eanna wholly disputes this possession.His brother Patrick, who is campaigning for his release, talks here about the arrest of Eanna, how it took place as well as the numerous holes in the case. He also theorises as to why the arrest might have occurred and the nature of common place corruption within the Philippines.Patrick is a man who doesn’t pull his punches and says how he feels and thinks in this honest and open account of the whole situation, and at times moved to tears when recalling certain things. If you would like to help Patrick with his cause to bring his brother home please visit www.bringeannahome.com

 RunRunLive 4.0 Episode 4-302 - Roxanne and Paula   2014-08-07 17.53.12(Audio: link)           Link epi4302.mp3       Intro:   Hey. How are yah?  Welcome my friends.  To the RunRunLive Podcast.  Episode 4302.  How ya been?  Maybe you're a new friend?  Maybe you got one of those brand new shiny i-devices for Christmas and you're just dipping your toe into the podcast world?  By the way I like your nail polish. Matches your eyes.  But, that tattoo must have hurt, no?   Anyway, this is Chris your host.  We have been sharing a podcast in and about running and endurance sport for a few years now.  Welcome.  I'm coming to you from the grassy steppes of Independence Kansas where I run a feral yak farm in between professional gigs.   The running is challenging out here.  The wind cutting across the plains in the winter is a bit biting, but you get used to it.  And you know the toughest warriors are from the Steppes, the Scythians, the Huns and the Mongols all rode down on ‘civilization' from the windy grasslands.   There's something going on with the yak herd.  I think it might have something to do with the Government Neuro Toxin research facility a couple miles up Spring Creek.  Some of the yaks don't look so good.  They look disoriented.  “Disoriented yak” would be a good name for a ska band…   …   I didn't make it down to Atlanta for the Jeff Galloway 13.1.  I just couldn't swing it.  Sounds like Kevin and friends had a fun time.  I've been actually getting some decent base building in.  I'm too old to run every day without breaking something.  I've stabilized at 4 days a week which seems like the right balance.   I worry whether I can get the volume of miles in to race well at the marathon distance at only 4 days a week.  Coach has extended my weekday runs out to 1:20-1:30 which helps.  The good news is that it gets me out long enough to build some base fitness and get the mileage up.  Right now he's got me doing Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.  That gives me an automatic base in the mid to high 20's.  Then you lay the Sunday long run on and I can get up into the 40's.   That's the compromise.  It's enough to get the fitness I want without pushing me over the edge into injury.  The training impact from that extra 20-30 minutes in my weekly runs really makes a difference.  It's a challenge when I'm busy, but I feel like I'm building base that will support me in the run up to Boston this spring.   GMMy friend Brian and I reprised the Groton Marathon last weekend.  This is a marathon we made up last year to get a December marathon.  The way it works is Brian and I lay out a course around town, invite all the crazy people we know and go run a marathon.  I count it as an official marathon because, my game, my rules.  That's my 48th marathon.   We changed the course this year so it looped through Groton, Ayer, Shirley and a few hundred feet of Harvard Massachusetts.  Part of the fun, and the challenge is to create a course through New England towns that stays off the main roads and isn't overwhelmingly difficult.   It was about 32 degrees with a light snow fall for the whole time.  Pretty good running weather.  There's no snow on the ground up here and the roads were clear.  We started at 8:00 and got back after noon.   We had a dozen or so people join us for some part of the route and we had one person go the distance with us.  A big crew ran the first half with us and cut back.  Another couple of our club friends picked us up at mile 17 and ran us in.  We dropped water and Gatorade every 4-6 miles.   iceI'm sorry to report that I didn't come in first this year.  I had gapped Brian by a good 2-3 minutes after mile 20, but I waited for him at one of our water stops and he got a 2nd wind at mile 24 and took off.  I didn't have the mental or physical closing speed to chase him down.   It was a great run.  It always scares me a little to just show up and run a marathon, but this one was easy. We went super slow and stopped every couple miles to get refreshed.  It ended up having about 1,000 feet of elevation gain, but nothing horrible.  I was able to keep good form and my HR was solidly in zone 2 the whole distance.   I did end up getting some strange chaffing.  I got welts on, as Forest Gump would say, ‘My Buttocks', somehow from the new ASICS tights I was wearing. Never had chaffing there before. It looked like someone took me to the woodshed.   How'd you like the first episode of the 100% recycled RunRUnLive 4.0 Podcast?  I'm going to keep tweaking it but I wanted to get it out.  Action is better than inaction and progress is better than perfection.  It's not supposed to be professional, but it is supposed to have high enough quality content presented in such a way as not to annoy you!   In today's show, which, with any luck should drop on Boxing Day, we will have a piece on how to turn your winter doldrums into an investment in your running.  I also bring you a rousing piece on how to set Big Hairy Ass Goals the right way to transform your life in the life transformation section.   The interview is a bit of an experiment.  Back at the end of the summer I had some guest interviews done by some friends of the show.  So today we bring you an interview of Roxanne by Paula.  I haven't even listened to it yet and I know it's going to be utterly fabulous.   Paula and I go way back to the inception on Twitter where we quickly became virtual friends because of our mutual love of writing and speaking and many things other things.  So, we've been virtual friends since Twitter was for cool kids.  Go visit Paula's blog at www.BigGreenPen.com and consider helping her fundraising efforts for the NYC half she's got coming up.   Roxanne is another one of our long time Twitter friends.  She is one of those stars of our endurance community.  Thankfully, we hear stories like Roxanne's more each year. She's a Mom who was seriously overweight, she took her life into her own hands and became a marathoner, an Ironman and transformed into a happier, healthier and better person.   I hope you learn as much from these two energetic ladies as I have.   That's it my friends.  Enjoy your holidays and be nice to your family – you only get one shot at that.   Before I let you go I'm going to give you a quick tip that I've been using to get my writing done.  You know I wrote a new book, right?  Anyhow to get this stuff written I need to hide from distractions like social media while I'm creating.  I've developed a very simple trick to do this.  I just set the timer on my iPhone for 30 minutes and commit to writing without distraction until the timer goes off.   It's just like working out.   The hardest part is getting started.  But once you get started it has a momentum of its own.  When something pops up or beeps for my attention I don't take the bait until the 30 minutes is up.  At 30 minutes I give myself permission for a little bit of wandering, but, frankly by that point I'm neck deep in my topic and don't want to stop!   I'll compliment this by going into YouTube and spinning up some meditation music.  It helps calm your mind without distraction.   Give that a try.  I know this is not a new idea. There are official methodologies and software solutions for this if you want to go down that rabbit hole, but this is a simple solution for a common problem without over-engineering it.   Which, you and I could stand more of, no?   On with the Show!   winter-funSection one - Running Tips   http://runrunlive.com/winter-fun   Voices of reason – the interviews   Interviewee -> Roxanne Camirand   Wife, mother of three, elementary school principal, marathoner and now Ironman.  I am 5 feet tall, was once tipping the scale at 225pounds only 8 years ago. I was overweight and sedentary all my life.  Then life happened and I decided that I wanted to be around to see my grandchildren grow up.  So I started by losing some weight through changes in my diet and that triggered a series of events that led me to live an active healthy lifestyle and be a role model for my family and my students. All the choices I made in my life led me to where I am today. I do not regret one of them. As if I would not have been unhealthy and obese, I would have never felt the need to change my life so drastically, which in turn, made me who I am today: a wife, a mom, a marathoner and an ironman.   Guest Interviewer -> Paula Kiger   Paula is a Fitfluential Ambassador and a Charity Miles All Star. She trains with KR Endurance. She worked for almost twenty years for Florida's State Child Health Insurance Program. She is currently doing freelance work in the communications industry. Her Twitter bio describes her best: wife of one, mom of two, friend of many.   Blog/Site: Perspicacity at www.biggreenpen.com   Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/biggreenpen   Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perspicacity/255384144580651?ref=hl   Twitter: https://twitter.com/biggreenpen   G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulaKiger/posts   Instagram: http://instagram.com/biggreenpen/   DailyMile: http://www.dailymile.com/people/paulakiger#ref=tophd   Fundraising Site for Team in Training (NYC Half March 3/15/15 -- if there's any way to work this one in I would be super grateful because I have to raise what is for  me a load of $$$$):  http://pages.teamintraining.org/li/halfnyc15/pkiger       Bhags-2015   Section two – Life Skills   http://runrunlive.com/break-your-frame-in-the-new-year   Outro   Well, my friends that was fun, right?  It's different for me to be writing and recording for you at home instead of in a hotel or an airplane!  I hope I don't lose the fun caustic edge I bring when I'm being chased by stress balls out in the world.  We'll see.   Thanks for listening to the second episode in the 4.0 series.  I went back to my website and fixed the Index page so you can see and download all the audio I've ever produced.  The Index is a cool Wordpress plugin.  You just tell it which categories to include and it rounds up all the links and puts them on one page.  It's an alphabetical sort, which isn't the best but it's workable. I suppose I could go out and add some meta-data around guests and topics but, ‘nice to have' doesn't usually make it to the top of my list!   If you have any suggestions, love, hate or any kind of feedback I would love love love the feedback.  Drop a comment on the website on any of these posts, or shoot me an email or drop a note on the RunRunLive FaceBook page or tweet me at CYKTRUSSELL.   Especially if there is some running, racing or training question you'd like me to write on for the show.  I kinda sorta feel like it's all been discussed but I don't mind repeating stuff you're interested in.   The big, big, news this week is that I'm not crazy! Well, not totally crazy.  The Cardiologist found a bug in my heart.  They think I have exercise induced arrhythmia.  That's exactly what I described to them.  Losing power at the end of a workout when I push it.   This particular bug, they think is electrical. One of the little electrical conduits in one of my ventricles decide to short out and cause the arrhythmia when I go hard.   Oddly I see this as excellent news because it exactly maps to what I've been experiencing.  It means I'm not crazy and I do know my machine.  I picked it up as an athlete where they wouldn't normally.   What it is not is a physical abnormality of the heart.  You may hear a lot about ‘athletes' heart' where the heart becomes asymmetrically developed – it aint that.  It's also not a blockage like Dave had.   It won't kill me.  This type of thing isn't the precursor to a massive heart attack.  It could potentially cause blood pooling a clotting in the ventricle that could lead to stroke if it were to get bad enough or happen chronically.  But the doctor said ‘keep doing what you're doing, just be smart about it'.   How do they treat it?  I'm going to see a specialist in the electro-cardio realm.  They will try to isolate the bad ‘wire' in the heart muscle and potentially ‘ablate' it.  Which means cut that wire so it stops doing the funky chicken with my ventricle when I'm training.   This week coach has me on a rest week.  He's such a worrier.  Yeah so I went out and ran 4 hours on the road with my friends, I feel fine!  But I'll take it.   He's got me doing some bike work and some easy shorter runs.  I set up my old road bike, Fuji-san, on the Trainer out on my porch and put a new cheap tire on the back to take the trainer abuse.  I've been watching my way through Marco Polo on Netflix on my trainer rides.  I started watching it because I though the actor was Adrian Greneir from Entourage, but it's not him, it's some other pretty boy. I like it.  It's like a Game of Thrones rip off in Mongolia.  There are naked women and sword fights in every episode.   I particularly like the fact that Hollywood is using actual Mongolian and Chinese actors as far as I can tell.  They have a history of just casting any vaguely Asian looking actors and thinking that we don't know the difference between an ethnic Chinese or a Philippino or a Korean!   My new book MarathonBQ is taking shape nicely.  The editing is progressing apace and I should be able to start promoting it in the New Year.  I'll be asking you folks for help with that.   I'll be setting up my Boston Marathon campaign training plan soon and with that will come my request for financial support for Team Hoyt.  I found out through them that a friend of theirs Dr. Bryan Lyons will be pushing Rick this year.  I'm going to try to get him on for an interview.   I've got a couple assignments for you.  First thing is to give something healthy to your local food bank. The challenge here is that they only want packaged foods, which by definition narrows your healthy options.   Here's a couple suggestions.  Buy a bunch of dried beans to donate, or some brown rice.  It's cheap and healthy.  Or some shelf stable Almond Milk.  Or a jar of almond butter.  Think about it.  Something packaged and healthy. There's no reason we should be forcing the food pantry people to eat crap.   Second assignment is more of a suggestion.  You know all your friends are going to be asking you for donations this year.  Create an annual donation budget.  Maybe for you it's $100 or maybe you're one of those lucky people who can set aside $10,000.  Then you can decide how many donations you parse that up into.  Maybe it's 5 donations of $20.  Then you can donate through the year according to your budget.  Takes the stress out of it.   You can see all of this stuff written out in the show notes of the podcast.  It's all on my website (which needs to be refurbished, I know) at www.runrunlive.com.  I do have an email list but all it does it automatically send you a notice and the show notes when the podcast drops, actually the day after it drops.   You can reach me at CYKTRUSSELL at Gmail dot com etc. etc.   That's it for me.  Enjoy your holidays.  Don't forget to smile.  Smiling makes a great gift.   I'll see you out there in the New Year.   Closing comments    

 RunRunLive 4.0 Episode 4-302 - Roxanne and Paula   2014-08-07 17.53.12(Audio: link)           Link epi4302.mp3       Intro:   Hey. How are yah?  Welcome my friends.  To the RunRunLive Podcast.  Episode 4302.  How ya been?  Maybe you’re a new friend?  Maybe you got one of those brand new shiny i-devices for Christmas and you’re just dipping your toe into the podcast world?  By the way I like your nail polish. Matches your eyes.  But, that tattoo must have hurt, no?   Anyway, this is Chris your host.  We have been sharing a podcast in and about running and endurance sport for a few years now.  Welcome.  I’m coming to you from the grassy steppes of Independence Kansas where I run a feral yak farm in between professional gigs.   The running is challenging out here.  The wind cutting across the plains in the winter is a bit biting, but you get used to it.  And you know the toughest warriors are from the Steppes, the Scythians, the Huns and the Mongols all rode down on ‘civilization’ from the windy grasslands.   There’s something going on with the yak herd.  I think it might have something to do with the Government Neuro Toxin research facility a couple miles up Spring Creek.  Some of the yaks don’t look so good.  They look disoriented.  “Disoriented yak” would be a good name for a ska band…   …   I didn’t make it down to Atlanta for the Jeff Galloway 13.1.  I just couldn’t swing it.  Sounds like Kevin and friends had a fun time.  I’ve been actually getting some decent base building in.  I’m too old to run every day without breaking something.  I’ve stabilized at 4 days a week which seems like the right balance.   I worry whether I can get the volume of miles in to race well at the marathon distance at only 4 days a week.  Coach has extended my weekday runs out to 1:20-1:30 which helps.  The good news is that it gets me out long enough to build some base fitness and get the mileage up.  Right now he’s got me doing Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.  That gives me an automatic base in the mid to high 20’s.  Then you lay the Sunday long run on and I can get up into the 40’s.   That’s the compromise.  It’s enough to get the fitness I want without pushing me over the edge into injury.  The training impact from that extra 20-30 minutes in my weekly runs really makes a difference.  It’s a challenge when I’m busy, but I feel like I’m building base that will support me in the run up to Boston this spring.   GMMy friend Brian and I reprised the Groton Marathon last weekend.  This is a marathon we made up last year to get a December marathon.  The way it works is Brian and I lay out a course around town, invite all the crazy people we know and go run a marathon.  I count it as an official marathon because, my game, my rules.  That’s my 48th marathon.   We changed the course this year so it looped through Groton, Ayer, Shirley and a few hundred feet of Harvard Massachusetts.  Part of the fun, and the challenge is to create a course through New England towns that stays off the main roads and isn’t overwhelmingly difficult.   It was about 32 degrees with a light snow fall for the whole time.  Pretty good running weather.  There’s no snow on the ground up here and the roads were clear.  We started at 8:00 and got back after noon.   We had a dozen or so people join us for some part of the route and we had one person go the distance with us.  A big crew ran the first half with us and cut back.  Another couple of our club friends picked us up at mile 17 and ran us in.  We dropped water and Gatorade every 4-6 miles.   iceI’m sorry to report that I didn’t come in first this year.  I had gapped Brian by a good 2-3 minutes after mile 20, but I waited for him at one of our water stops and he got a 2nd wind at mile 24 and took off.  I didn’t have the mental or physical closing speed to chase him down.   It was a great run.  It always scares me a little to just show up and run a marathon, but this one was easy. We went super slow and stopped every couple miles to get refreshed.  It ended up having about 1,000 feet of elevation gain, but nothing horrible.  I was able to keep good form and my HR was solidly in zone 2 the whole distance.   I did end up getting some strange chaffing.  I got welts on, as Forest Gump would say, ‘My Buttocks’, somehow from the new ASICS tights I was wearing. Never had chaffing there before. It looked like someone took me to the woodshed.   How’d you like the first episode of the 100% recycled RunRUnLive 4.0 Podcast?  I’m going to keep tweaking it but I wanted to get it out.  Action is better than inaction and progress is better than perfection.  It’s not supposed to be professional, but it is supposed to have high enough quality content presented in such a way as not to annoy you!   In today’s show, which, with any luck should drop on Boxing Day, we will have a piece on how to turn your winter doldrums into an investment in your running.  I also bring you a rousing piece on how to set Big Hairy Ass Goals the right way to transform your life in the life transformation section.   The interview is a bit of an experiment.  Back at the end of the summer I had some guest interviews done by some friends of the show.  So today we bring you an interview of Roxanne by Paula.  I haven’t even listened to it yet and I know it’s going to be utterly fabulous.   Paula and I go way back to the inception on Twitter where we quickly became virtual friends because of our mutual love of writing and speaking and many things other things.  So, we’ve been virtual friends since Twitter was for cool kids.  Go visit Paula’s blog at www.BigGreenPen.com and consider helping her fundraising efforts for the NYC half she’s got coming up.   Roxanne is another one of our long time Twitter friends.  She is one of those stars of our endurance community.  Thankfully, we hear stories like Roxanne’s more each year. She’s a Mom who was seriously overweight, she took her life into her own hands and became a marathoner, an Ironman and transformed into a happier, healthier and better person.   I hope you learn as much from these two energetic ladies as I have.   That’s it my friends.  Enjoy your holidays and be nice to your family – you only get one shot at that.   Before I let you go I’m going to give you a quick tip that I’ve been using to get my writing done.  You know I wrote a new book, right?  Anyhow to get this stuff written I need to hide from distractions like social media while I’m creating.  I’ve developed a very simple trick to do this.  I just set the timer on my iPhone for 30 minutes and commit to writing without distraction until the timer goes off.   It’s just like working out.   The hardest part is getting started.  But once you get started it has a momentum of its own.  When something pops up or beeps for my attention I don’t take the bait until the 30 minutes is up.  At 30 minutes I give myself permission for a little bit of wandering, but, frankly by that point I’m neck deep in my topic and don’t want to stop!   I’ll compliment this by going into YouTube and spinning up some meditation music.  It helps calm your mind without distraction.   Give that a try.  I know this is not a new idea. There are official methodologies and software solutions for this if you want to go down that rabbit hole, but this is a simple solution for a common problem without over-engineering it.   Which, you and I could stand more of, no?   On with the Show!   winter-funSection one - Running Tips   http://runrunlive.com/winter-fun   Voices of reason – the interviews   Interviewee -> Roxanne Camirand   Wife, mother of three, elementary school principal, marathoner and now Ironman.  I am 5 feet tall, was once tipping the scale at 225pounds only 8 years ago. I was overweight and sedentary all my life.  Then life happened and I decided that I wanted to be around to see my grandchildren grow up.  So I started by losing some weight through changes in my diet and that triggered a series of events that led me to live an active healthy lifestyle and be a role model for my family and my students. All the choices I made in my life led me to where I am today. I do not regret one of them. As if I would not have been unhealthy and obese, I would have never felt the need to change my life so drastically, which in turn, made me who I am today: a wife, a mom, a marathoner and an ironman.   Guest Interviewer -> Paula Kiger   Paula is a Fitfluential Ambassador and a Charity Miles All Star. She trains with KR Endurance. She worked for almost twenty years for Florida’s State Child Health Insurance Program. She is currently doing freelance work in the communications industry. Her Twitter bio describes her best: wife of one, mom of two, friend of many.   Blog/Site: Perspicacity at www.biggreenpen.com   Facebook Personal: https://www.facebook.com/biggreenpen   Facebook Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perspicacity/255384144580651?ref=hl   Twitter: https://twitter.com/biggreenpen   G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+PaulaKiger/posts   Instagram: http://instagram.com/biggreenpen/   DailyMile: http://www.dailymile.com/people/paulakiger#ref=tophd   Fundraising Site for Team in Training (NYC Half March 3/15/15 -- if there's any way to work this one in I would be super grateful because I have to raise what is for  me a load of $$$$):  http://pages.teamintraining.org/li/halfnyc15/pkiger       Bhags-2015   Section two – Life Skills   http://runrunlive.com/break-your-frame-in-the-new-year   Outro   Well, my friends that was fun, right?  It’s different for me to be writing and recording for you at home instead of in a hotel or an airplane!  I hope I don’t lose the fun caustic edge I bring when I’m being chased by stress balls out in the world.  We’ll see.   Thanks for listening to the second episode in the 4.0 series.  I went back to my website and fixed the Index page so you can see and download all the audio I’ve ever produced.  The Index is a cool Wordpress plugin.  You just tell it which categories to include and it rounds up all the links and puts them on one page.  It’s an alphabetical sort, which isn’t the best but it’s workable. I suppose I could go out and add some meta-data around guests and topics but, ‘nice to have’ doesn’t usually make it to the top of my list!   If you have any suggestions, love, hate or any kind of feedback I would love love love the feedback.  Drop a comment on the website on any of these posts, or shoot me an email or drop a note on the RunRunLive FaceBook page or tweet me at CYKTRUSSELL.   Especially if there is some running, racing or training question you’d like me to write on for the show.  I kinda sorta feel like it’s all been discussed but I don’t mind repeating stuff you’re interested in.   The big, big, news this week is that I’m not crazy! Well, not totally crazy.  The Cardiologist found a bug in my heart.  They think I have exercise induced arrhythmia.  That’s exactly what I described to them.  Losing power at the end of a workout when I push it.   This particular bug, they think is electrical. One of the little electrical conduits in one of my ventricles decide to short out and cause the arrhythmia when I go hard.   Oddly I see this as excellent news because it exactly maps to what I’ve been experiencing.  It means I’m not crazy and I do know my machine.  I picked it up as an athlete where they wouldn’t normally.   What it is not is a physical abnormality of the heart.  You may hear a lot about ‘athletes’ heart’ where the heart becomes asymmetrically developed – it aint that.  It’s also not a blockage like Dave had.   It won’t kill me.  This type of thing isn’t the precursor to a massive heart attack.  It could potentially cause blood pooling a clotting in the ventricle that could lead to stroke if it were to get bad enough or happen chronically.  But the doctor said ‘keep doing what you’re doing, just be smart about it’.   How do they treat it?  I’m going to see a specialist in the electro-cardio realm.  They will try to isolate the bad ‘wire’ in the heart muscle and potentially ‘ablate’ it.  Which means cut that wire so it stops doing the funky chicken with my ventricle when I’m training.   This week coach has me on a rest week.  He’s such a worrier.  Yeah so I went out and ran 4 hours on the road with my friends, I feel fine!  But I’ll take it.   He’s got me doing some bike work and some easy shorter runs.  I set up my old road bike, Fuji-san, on the Trainer out on my porch and put a new cheap tire on the back to take the trainer abuse.  I’ve been watching my way through Marco Polo on Netflix on my trainer rides.  I started watching it because I though the actor was Adrian Greneir from Entourage, but it’s not him, it’s some other pretty boy. I like it.  It’s like a Game of Thrones rip off in Mongolia.  There are naked women and sword fights in every episode.   I particularly like the fact that Hollywood is using actual Mongolian and Chinese actors as far as I can tell.  They have a history of just casting any vaguely Asian looking actors and thinking that we don’t know the difference between an ethnic Chinese or a Philippino or a Korean!   My new book MarathonBQ is taking shape nicely.  The editing is progressing apace and I should be able to start promoting it in the New Year.  I’ll be asking you folks for help with that.   I’ll be setting up my Boston Marathon campaign training plan soon and with that will come my request for financial support for Team Hoyt.  I found out through them that a friend of theirs Dr. Bryan Lyons will be pushing Rick this year.  I’m going to try to get him on for an interview.   I’ve got a couple assignments for you.  First thing is to give something healthy to your local food bank. The challenge here is that they only want packaged foods, which by definition narrows your healthy options.   Here’s a couple suggestions.  Buy a bunch of dried beans to donate, or some brown rice.  It’s cheap and healthy.  Or some shelf stable Almond Milk.  Or a jar of almond butter.  Think about it.  Something packaged and healthy. There’s no reason we should be forcing the food pantry people to eat crap.   Second assignment is more of a suggestion.  You know all your friends are going to be asking you for donations this year.  Create an annual donation budget.  Maybe for you it’s $100 or maybe you’re one of those lucky people who can set aside $10,000.  Then you can decide how many donations you parse that up into.  Maybe it’s 5 donations of $20.  Then you can donate through the year according to your budget.  Takes the stress out of it.   You can see all of this stuff written out in the show notes of the podcast.  It’s all on my website (which needs to be refurbished, I know) at www.runrunlive.com.  I do have an email list but all it does it automatically send you a notice and the show notes when the podcast drops, actually the day after it drops.   You can reach me at CYKTRUSSELL at Gmail dot com etc. etc.   That’s it for me.  Enjoy your holidays.  Don’t forget to smile.  Smiling makes a great gift.   I’ll see you out there in the New Year.   Closing comments    

The Waters of Mars is the second of the leading up to the end of the era. It aired on on . Contents [] wgAfterContentAndJS.push(function() { if (window.showTocToggle) { window.tocShowText = "show"; window.tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle();}}); Synopsis . . . Last recorded message: "Don't drink the water. Don't even touch it. Not one drop." Plot The arrives on and steps out in his spacesuit, seemingly just to relax and enjoy the landscape. Stumbling across a base inhabited by a team from , the Doctor is detained by a remote-controlled robot called "" and brought inside. The base commander, , is at first suspicious of the Doctor, but after a tense interrogation, decides to trust him. The Doctor learns that the date is , and that this is in fact , the first human outpost on Mars. History has it that on this date the base was destroyed in a mysterious explosion and Brooke and her crew were all killed. Unwilling to break the laws of time and interfere with fixed points in history, the Doctor decides to leave. However, at the very same moment a crisis is developing: two crewmembers, and , have been infected by a which takes over their bodies and causes them to gush copious amounts of water. Adelaide confiscates the Doctor's spacesuit, reasoning that he could be responsible for the infection in some way, and orders him to come with her and another crewmember, , to investigate. The infection spreads, with Andy passing on the condition to Tarak. The two men are contained in the base's "bio-sphere" section while Maggie is secured in the medical wing. In a conversation with colleague , the organism occupying Maggie's body reveals its desire to reach Earth, a planet rich in water. The crew plan to evacuate in an escape shuttle, and the Doctor breaks the news to Adelaide that she must die today, on Mars, if events are to unfold as they should. However, he also tells her that her death will inspire her descendants to travel further into space and establish peaceful relations with numerous extraterrestrial species. Unwillingly, Adelaide lets him leave. As the Doctor is making his way back to the TARDIS, Maggie breaks out of confinement, infiltrates the shuttle and infects pilot , Adelaide's deputy. Before the condition takes a hold over him, Ed manages to trigger the shuttle's self-destruct mechanism, which traps the infection on Mars but also leaves the surviving crew with no means of escape. The destruction of the shuttle is witnessed by the Doctor who, overcome by defiance against time itself, returns to the base to save the others. Realising that there is no way to change the course of history, Adelaide activates Bowie Base's self-destruct sequence. The infected personnel mount the roof of the control centre and exude more water, which pours into the room and claims GADGET's operator, , and . However, the Doctor uses GADGET to access the TARDIS, operate its controls remotely and transport the time and space machine into the base, rescuing Adelaide, Yuri and from the resulting nuclear explosion. The TARDIS materialises outside Adelaide's house on Earth. Mia and Yuri are shocked by their experiences on Mars and Doctor's power and depart, bewildered. In a conversation with Adelaide, the Doctor reflects on why he ultimately decided to save her and the others. He argues that the ' rules were only valid while their civilisation existed, and that since he is the last of his race he has total authority over time. He proudly declares himself the "Time Lord Victorious" and remarks that with this power he will now be able to save influential figures such as Adelaide as well as "little people" the likes of Yuri and Mia. Scolding the Doctor for his new found arrogance, Adelaide returns home and commits suicide, reverting the changes that the Doctor has made to the . Only now understanding the full impact of his actions, the Doctor is overcome with horror and realises that there will be a price to pay for his interference. appears in the street, prompting the Doctor to ask him whether he has finally gone too far — whether the time has come for him to die. Unresponsive, Sigma vanishes, and the Doctor staggers back into the TARDIS to the ominous sound of the . With a defiant "No!", he begins to work the machine's controls. Cast - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crew - - - - - - - - - - - - , - , - - , - - - , - , - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - , - , , - - - - , - - - - - - References Adelaide was 10 years old when the was by the , she witnessed one herself. Whilst on Earth when the Doctor is in the the is audible. Adelaide Brooke says that the last forty years on Earth have been chaos, with massive climate change, ozone degredation, and "the oil apocalypse"; humanity "almost reached extinction" during this period. Andy's obituary mentions "appalling storm conditions" in , and climate change affecting agriculture in . Maggie believes the Doctor may be a Philippino or astronaut, as the Philippines are rumoured to be building a Mars rocket and Spain have a "space link" that they managed to keep secret. Andy Stone's sister worked for the Spanish space programme. Ed Gold believes the Doctor is from a non-state independent group, referring to the Branson Inheritance. Various lunar missions have been carried out, including ten missions and , establishing a refueling station on the moon. Mars was landed on in , with Adelaide Brooke as part of the crew. Thirty years after 2059, Brooke's granddaughter Susan will pilot the first lightspeed ship. At least one of the webpages -- the one showing Brooke's granddaughter -- dates from the 2080s or later, suggesting the still exists in some form in the late 21st century. is 's first off world colony. "Bowie Base One" is a reference to the David Bowie song "Life on Mars", which is also the name of a BBC TV series set in 1972 starring , who currently plays . Bowie Base One is located on in the . The Doctor mentions the and suggests that they may have frozen . The Doctor said that he hates "funny robots" but notes that he'd be okay with a . was built by using parts from the drones that constructed Bowie Base One. Story Notes This story was initially envisaged as a Christmas special, several festive references remain, such as the crew on Mars preparing for Christmas dinner, and it snowing when the Doctor arrives back on Earth as he exclaims how he likes snow. This story was originally entitled; Red Christmas. As has been cast as a companion, she is the oldest actor to play a companion on television since the beginning of the series, although this title will be taken away from her in the next episode when becomes the Doctor's companion. Ratings 9.1m 33.9% of TV share Filming Locations Victoria Place, Newport National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Carmarthenshire Taff's Well quarry, Cardiff, Wales Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors If no had ever heard of the then how can the events of : not be known by the Humans? The novels may not be considered canon, by the current production team, also that event may have been in flux. It is never explicitly stated that Humans have never heard of the Ice Warriors. When the Doctor mentions them, Adelaide simply states, "I haven't got time for stories." After the explosion of the shuttle, several fires are burning all around the site. Taking into account the initial explosion was fueled by the base's oxygen, and given that Mars has no appreciable atmosphere, how can these smaller fires burn in the vacuum? Because Mars does have an atmosphere, albeit one with a pressure roughly equivalent to one hundredth that of Earth's atmosphere. Given that Mars's thin atmosphere consists primarily of carbon dioxide, with a very small concentration of oxygen (which is required for combustion), how can the smaller fires after the explosion burn? There is a lot we don't know about Bowie Base One. We don't know what sort of fuel they're using, we don't know how the self-destruct mechanism on the rocket works. In The Reapers turned up due to Rose saving her father when somebody who was dead is now alive - surely this should be the case now for Yuri and Mia as they should have died but are now alive. The Reapers only showed up in Fathers Day due to Rose saving her father's life, as then, that altered the timeline meaning that in the future Rose wouldn't have travelled to the past to save her father, causing a paradox, the Doctor only changed the future when he saved Adelaide's life. Had Adelaide's granddaughter travelled back in time to save her grandmother, for instance, that would more likely have caught the Reapers' attention. Also, as Adelaide almost immediately kills herself, thereby maintaining the timeline, there was no need for the Reapers to appear. The news article on Adelaide claims that she was born in 1999 and yet was also 10 when her parents died in 2008. (There was clearly a typo in the article in regards to either the year or her age.) The news article identifies as occuring in 2008, instead of 2009 (as the show's been a year ahead since ). The production team have deliberately stated that Series Three occurs within a space of a few days to rectify the year-off discrepancy that Aliens of London introduced, so the Whoniverse timeline is in sync with ours again. (Two explanations: either the article we were "seeing" had some sort of typo, or the events of The Stolen Earth actually did happen in 2008.) The news article on the mission refers to "Dr Tarak Ital MD." It would be correct to write either the "Dr" or the "MD," but both at once is redundant and grammatically incorrect. Ital's obituary also misspells "Havana". It is correct if the person has both an MD and a PhD. The article on Susie Fontana Brooke's first "Faster then Light" flight lists Adelaide's team at the end as hers. Why would the Doctor comment on Mia's age when Roman is two years younger than her? When it is revealed that Maggie is one of the creatures, the outer shot shows her hair back while in the closer shot, it is around her face. Continuity The Doctor speaks partially to the events of : . There is a flashback to (which includes a cameo by a ) : / The spacesuit the Doctor wore was the same suit from : / . Mars appears not to have much of an atmosphere, however : suggests otherwise. : is also (partially) set in 2059. Carmen's prophecy "he will knock four times" is mentioned from : . Sound clips of the Doctor talking about the Time Lords and The Time War are used from : , / / International broadcasts - Australia : : - Canada:

Pray for Biblical Foundations for Freedom (BFF) #156 which provides an update on preparation for BFF as well as a testimony of a Philippino pastor as to how the BFF website has been helpful to him.

On this edition of Radical Grace we talk about the interview with Pastor Seth Florentino who, along with his District President and Synodical President, could face time in a Philippino prison for defying an order by a Methodist Judge to give Holy Communion to a rival group of Lutherans. Does all of that sound crazy? Well, it is a bit crazy, and you can hear more about it by listening to the interview. Before the show began Mort and absentee host Troy Curtis got into a discussion about Revelation chapter 20. The way he reads it, when people are thrown into the lake of fire they are instantly snuffed out and there is no eternal punishment. As the host of the show who is always on the lookout for the “live issues” of Christianity, I couldn’t resist making this the topic of the show. Does brother Mort believe in Annihilationism ? And can we set him straight? Can he be transformed by the renewing of his mind? If you haven’t listened an episode of Radical Grace yet, now is the time to start.