Podcasts about pizzeria uno

Our guest is historian, author, and former public editor of the New York Times, Daniel Okrent. We have pizza headlines. And the pizza topic is: “THE REAL STORY (AND RECIPE) BEHIND CHICAGO DEEP-DISH” with pizza historian Peter Regas.Publisher's weekly has called our guest, Daniel Okrent, “one of our most interesting and eclectic writers of nonfiction over the past 25 years.” Daniel is a writer, author, and editor. He served as the first public editor of The New York Times. He is the author of several books including; 2003's “Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center”, 2010's “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition”, and 2019's “The Guarded Gate”. Daniel has been featured in Ken Burns' Baseball and Prohibition documentaries as well.Daniel discusses; fantasy baseball and pizza, Detroit style pizza, the state of journalism, getting pizza in a news room. Peter Regas is a financial statistician and pizza historian. He is quoted numerous times in Eric Kim's New York Times' piece “The Most Surprising Thing About Deep Dish Pizza? It's Not That Deep.” Separately, you can see his deep dish pizza recipe in Chicago Magazine as well.Peter discusses the secret history he uncovered about the real inventor of Chicago deep dish pizza. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.Follow us for more information!Instagram: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4Twitter: @PizzaPodParty @ArthurBovino @AlfredSchulzTikTok: @thepizzapodpartyThreads: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4

Rebecca Graham Forde  - 2024 Bio Rebecca is a showrunner in non-fiction television and has written and produced hundreds of hours of TV for ROKU, Netflix, Discovery Channel, MotorTrend, OWN, CBS, A&E, and History Channel, amongst others. Some of her favorite projects include: KINGS OF BBQ with Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson; KEVIN HART'S MUSCLE CAR CREW; FAST N' LOUD; THE UNIVERSE; and THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTS. Her work has taken her around the world; from the top of skyscrapers to dangling off container ships.  After many years of discovering amazing true stories in her travels, Rebecca set up her production shingle GRANDI STORIE, Inc. to develop these “great stories” in the non-fiction and narrative space.  She is an active Producers Guild of America member, having once served as a Vice President. She was a long-standing Power of Diversity workshop mentor and a founding member of the PGA Social Impact Entertainment Task Force. She has proudly represented her producing peers on the Producers Executive Peer Group Committee for the TV Academy.  She is a founding partner and head of strategy at the SIE Society, a leading alliance of practitioners of social impact entertainment across multiple media genres, whose mission is to connect, equip, and amplify SIE organizations, creatives, impact producers, CSR, and SBCC practitioners. www.siesociety.org A Colby College alum and east-coaster at heart, Rebecca started her career in Boston producing commercials for brand giants such as Chevrolet, Fidelity Investments, and Pizzeria Uno.  She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Mount Saint Mary's University and is “this close” to finishing her debut novel.  Her latest venture is a new non-fiction podcast launching in 2024 entitled, “Unraveled: After DNA Discovery,” with host and wellness coach Judy Ben-Asher and former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona. Her first job in entertainment was a singing waitress on the Spirit of Boston.

Curator of The Vintage Tribune Kori Rumore joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss what type of ethnic cuisine Pizzeria Uno's partners originally intended to serve, what made Pizzeria Uno stand out, and the name of the local pizzeria where Lou Malnati worked before starting his own.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Halloween! Mo Rocca joins the party, there's pizza headlines, and the topic is: candy on pizza.Mo Rocca is a humorist and journalist you know from his time at the Daily Show, and NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me".  He hosted “My Grandmother's Ravioli” on the Cooking Channel and is currently a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. His CBS podcast, "Mobituaries" is now on its fourth season.Mo talks about growing up in DC, working at local pizza places, his love for actual "pizza parlors", and the differences between cafeterias and buffets. This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.Follow us for more information!Instagram: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4Twitter: @PizzaPodParty @ArthurBovino @AlfredSchulzTikTok: @thepizzapodpartyThreads: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4

Nancy Giles of CBS Sunday Morning joins the party, Arthur goes through the headlines and our pizza topic is double-decker slice.Nancy Giles is an actor, a voice actor, podcast host of the Giles Files, and an Emmy-award winning commentator for CBS Sunday Morning. She discusses her improv days in Chicago, her disappointment in LA pizza, and the healing powers of walking around NYC with a pizza slice.This podcast is brought to you by, Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.Follow us for more information!Instagram: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4Twitter: @PizzaPodParty @ArthurBovino @AlfredSchulzTikTok: @thepizzapodpartyThreads: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4

In this episode, Zack brings on a Chicago staple, Pizzeria Uno, with a discussion with CEO Erik Frederick. We cover how deep-dish pizza is portrayed in franchising, their move towards a hotel real estate strategy, technology that has helped them innovate post-pandemic and the charming founding story of the brand.

Curator of the Vintage Tribune Kori Rumore and the Steve Cochran Show travel back in time to talk about Hugh Hefner launching Playboy magazine in his Hyde Park apartment in 1953, University of Chicago scientists completing the first manmade nuclear reaction under the direction of Nobel-prize winning Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in a squash court under Stagg Field in 1942, and the Pizzeria Uno opening at Ohio Street and Wabash Avenue in 1943.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crain's reporter Ally Marotti talks with host Amy Guth about the former CEO of Pizzeria Uno and Due selling the two original buildings in River North back to the company, as well as the history of the company and its franchises. Plus: Walgreens wanders into the culture wars, Citadel Securities trading revenue hits record $4.2 billion, Mag Mile takes one step forward and two steps back, and elite colleges—including UChicago, Notre Dame and Northwestern—lose bid to end suit alleging admissions collusion.

In S3E5 Mike welcomes his musical good buddy James Park onto the podcast where they discuss their mutual love of college hoops, music, the performance art form that is pub trivia and then take a deep (dish) dive on one of their favorite forms of sustenance: pizza.Follow the podcast on Twitter: @friendsofmikedEmail the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.comKey moments from the pod: 0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S3E5 featuring Mike's good buddy James Park.1:30: Mike corrects a major pronunciation error he personally made in Episode 4.5 of Season 3.3:00: Mike talks about what's going on with him, which essentially doubles as a quick recap of Season 3 so far, including a reference to a recent walkabout he took in his neighborhood, and a hearty thank you to the listener community.6:15: Mike then identifies a classic (literally) song that features an instrument James  knows really, really well in the violin as a tribute to James.10:30: Mike welcomes James Park into the virtual podcast studio.11:35: James gives his life story,  Mike brings up a touchy subject about how the NCAA left his hometown.  James then talks about his passion for music and the violin and why Ann Arbor is a great town for music.17:20: James talks about his oldest and dearest friend (the infamous Rob/Robert) and the guys prove a math equation on friendship.22:45: The guys talk about the last time they saw each other (spoiler alert: it was watching America's national pastime).26:00: The guys trace the origin of their friendship back to a single event, a very orderly but also fun work party in 2016 and what Mike was wearing to that party (a tuxedo tracksuit).29:30: Mike and James talk a bit about their shared passion for the sport of college hoops, with James' loyalties lying with a bird and Mike's with a mammal.  They also get into a piece of memorabilia in Mike's basement pub that requires a trigger warning for James before he sees it. 35:10: The guys then break down one of their all time favorite activities known as Pub Trivia/Pub Quiz and how their team Prune Tracy (EAT YOUR PRUNES!!) became legends in the late 2010's around the Eastern Michigan trivia scene.40:40: James throws down the infamous “7 Day Trivia Challenge” to Mike and he…..accepts!44:00: The guys discuss one of their favorite shared foods (a little known delicacy known as pizza), how they fell in love with it, then break down their favorite pizza places they've ever been to.  The discussion covers a ton of ground on “pie”, including discussing why New Haven, CT is known as a pizza hotbed, where Mike would get pizza before school dances, where James would get pizza with friends while playing music and why they both love Chicago pizza.48:00: Pizzeria Uno, Overland Park, Kansas49:50: Bricks Pizza, Chicago, IL52:15: Frist Campus Center on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, NJ54:20: Little Caesars, Allen Park, MI (includes a non-sequitur from James on an amazing Japanese TV show called “Old Enough”)59:00: Koronet Pizza, New York, NY1:02:30: Buddy's Pizza, Dearborn, MI1:05:20: Modern Apizza, New Haven, CT1:11:20: Frank Pepe's, New Haven, CT1:13:30: Pequod's, Chicago, IL1:17:00: James then drops some knowledge as to how to keep a friendship going.1:19:00: James updates the listeners on what he's excited about coming up in his life.1:21:00: Mike takes James through the (not so) Rapid Fire segment, including talking about when James' favorite music venues, his top feature of living in Ann Arbor, MI (spoiler alert: it's not the roads), the trivia topic he feels most comfortable answering (including how he used to con his mom to get Little Debbie snacks in order to learn about US Presidents), and where he'd love to travel to soon that he's never been to.

In part one of this two part special, I sit down with my sister, Kylie Bell. This week, we break down why true love means never having to sacrifice your chicken purse, our explosive childhood fights over black leggings, our mom's risqué hand me downs and teenage Kylie's iconic premenstrual breakdown at the Pizzeria Uno in Springfield, MA. 

Chicago...the Windy City. "Chi-town". Home of "Ferris Bueler's Day Off", the Chicago dog and deep-dish pizza. Also, the greatest St. Patrick's Day festival in America! For listeners who love pop culture, there are so many places to visit! If you remember the famous SNL "Cheeseburger" skit, then you have to visit the "Billy Goat Tavern". The "Married with Children" fountain, also known as the Buckingham Fountain, is a great photo op. Or channel your inner-Ferris and go to the Art Institute of Chicago. For listeners who love food, deep-dish pizza is a must? Pizzeria Uno is the first of the deep-dish pizzerias, or so we've been told. Gino's East is another famous spot as is Lou Malnati's. If you want a Chicago dog, heads straight to Portillos. You can take a pic at "The Bean", which is actually named "The Cloud Gate"! It's at the entrance of Millennium Park, which is like the Central Park of Chicago. Don't forget to rate and review! Plus, please follow us on Instagram @OurSavingsStartsTomorrow Support our sponsors! Fast, fun and 100% free news awaits thanks to The Donut. Subscribe today at thedonut.co/travel Heart Soul Heat has the best ghost honey! The stuff is addictive, sweet with a spicy tingle. Order some today at heartsoulheat.com

Steve Connelly started Connelly Partners (the defiantly human agency) in 1999 after he, as President of another agency, decided that the next time he got shot in the head, it would be by his own hand. For the first 6 months, his startup operated out of loaned office space in the backroom of another agency, Partners & Simons, Connelly Partners grew to cover all disciplines through acquisitions and organic divisional spinoffs. Today, the agency has a 42,000 square foot office in South Boston, and satellite offices in Dublin, Ireland and Vancouver. The broad, international range of the agency's B2B and B2C clients range in size from very small to large. The agency even supports low-cost or pro bono services for creative opportunities. The core values of the agency include all things anthropology, with subsets of empathy, studying human behavior, observing people and being able to “figure out what they're thinking, even if they don't know that's what they are thinking.” Steve refers to his team as “master translators of human behavior” . . . with the ability to “read minds.” He thinks the best way to understand how to sell a product to a customer is to understand the challenges of that customer's life. His priority is not to “get noticed.” He says, “Everyone notices a streaker, but no one wants to shake his hand” and then clarifies the thought by saying, “I'd rather understand a person, have them look at our work and say, “You know what? They get me.” In this interview, Steve talks about people's responses to market cycles and how, often, when things bottom out, people sit and wait for things to turn around.  He says, for him, that “the bottom” is the point: When you attack, when you invest, when you try to grow new practices, you try to bring new assets into your company, you take a really good look at your company as it sits, identify all your flaws . . . and try to fix them. I think the bottom of the market is when you get aggressive. But to do that . . . you have to have a lot of money saved. That funding is accrued when times are good. In this interview, Steve talks about the post-Covid business environment. As the world “opens up,” he expects to see a surge of “revenge tourism,” with people trying to “catch up” on experiences with their families after so many months in lockdown. He says, “Everyone is pissed off about everything right now” and acknowledges that, in the not-too-distant-future the “rules are going to be applied differently,” people will “choose to live differently, work differently, open . . . businesses differently going forward.”. He concludes, “Maybe we all just need to take a breath.” Steve believes that the next year is going to be a time of discovery. Management during Covid revealed a lot of good things about people as they worked from home, but everyone was operating by the same rules. Once restrictions are lifted, things will change. Steve believes that a unilateral “everyone will work from home” is an unrealistic money grab and notes that the office environment fosters a higher level and quality of spontaneity and organic exchange. He expects to develop a “hybrid” model to keep the best of both. Steve can be reached by email at: sconnelly@connellypartners.com. Transcript Follows: ROB: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Kischuk, and I'm joined today by Steve Connelly, Founder of Connelly Partners, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Welcome to the podcast, Steve. STEVE: Great to be here, buddy. ROB: It is excellent to have you here. I think you've got a great story with your firm, so why don't you start off by telling us about Connelly Partners and the firm's superpowers? STEVE: Connelly Partners was founded in 1999. The way most great agencies were founded, I was shot in the head by the previous agency I was president of, and came to a moment of realization that, “Okay, well, I'm not going to get shot in the head again unless it's . . .” ROB: Self-inflicted. [laughs] STEVE: Yeah, self-inflicted. So, we started the company. I had some amazingly gracious help from people inside the industry where I got space loaned to me. I had opportunities. The thing started organically in the backroom of another agency at the time called Partners & Simons. The nicest guy in the world, one of the smartest as well. Started organically. Moved to the south end in Boston about 6 months later. Now we have 42,000 square feet of space here. We have an operation in Dublin, Ireland. We have an operation new in Vancouver. We're in all disciplines. We've either acquired firms or organically started divisions to make sure that we have all skillsets represented. And as it relates to our superpower, I think everybody probably wishes for powers other than they have. We're certainly very fast, but I would say our superpower is the ability to read minds, which is creepy, but I do think our focus on empathy, our focus on really observing people, the love of anthropology, the study of human behavior – I think we can look at people and spend enough time and we can figure out what they're thinking even if they don't know that's what they're thinking. I'd love to say we have super strength. I'd love to say I'm invisible. I'd love to say all these other cool, sexier powers that you see on The Boys or in The Avengers and stuff like that. But I think at the end of the day, because we're an empathy-based company, reading minds is something we are actually really, really good at. ROB: That's a good talent. And you can read the minds of the people with the other superpowers, so it works out all right. If we zoom out a little bit, give us a picture of, if there is such a thing, a typical client, a typical engagement, or maybe an example client or engagement that helps us understand how you engage and what it looks like. STEVE: The reality is – and you know this and everyone listening knows this – there's nothing typical anymore. We have projects, we have AOR, we have big, we have small. We have people that have creative opportunities and we do it for nothing or low bono. We have some really big clients, great clients. We have some really small clients. I'd say the typical engagement, though, is somebody would come to us and they'd say, in so many words, “Help us understand our customers a little bit better and more their lives.” I think so many times people in marketing jump right to trying to understand how your product can be sold, and really the best way to understand that is to understand the person's life that you're trying to sell to and their stresses, their ups, their downs. What are the holes they have in their life that you might be able to fill or retrofit your product's benefit or services to meet a need? I think we would be looked at as master translators of human behavior and where we can identify what we would call defiantly human insights that most clients can take advantage of – things that are true about humans in general that we can help our clients use to maybe better get a conversation going with a prospect. I have a saying I've used all the time in this business, which is everyone notices a streaker, but no one wants to shake his hand. Our business is filled with a lot of people that believe our job is to be streaking and to get noticed and for people to see us, and I don't have time to do juggling llamas or flame-throwing fish. I'd rather understand a person, have them look at our work and say, “You know what? They get me.” ROB: Sure. Are we able to talk about some of the brands that might've been mentioned in the booking notes? I think it's illustrative, potentially. And I do notice the list was largely consumer. Are you largely in the consumer space? Is there some B2B in your game as well? STEVE: Yeah, we have lots of B2B. It's just those aren't names people have heard of. Everybody's heard of Titleist. Certainly, on some level, most people have heard of Gorton's and the Gorton fisherman. I think those are both great client examples. With Titleist, there's the fact they're the number one ball in golf. More players who are not paid to play a ball play Titleist, and I think that says a lot about – and of course, some of the greatest golfers in the world play it. Gorton Seafood, which is traditionally thought of as a fish stick-only company, but they're actually much more of a seafood company. With deep respect and understanding for people's love of the sea, we've been able to use anthropology; that's dictated a couple paths for us to connect Gorton's to the sea rather than lift them out of maybe how they were seen in the past, which is more of a convenience seafood. We work with Williamsburg Tourism, which is actually one of the biggest tourism DMAs in the country, with Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown. I was just down there a week and a half ago. Good to report to everybody, tourism is coming back. People may be wearing masks, but they're being active and they're outside again, and hotel occupancy was at a nice level. There were a lot of people enjoying the outside. So that's another client. We work for Audi in Ireland. Just finished a piece for them, or we're just going to production there. We're going to prepare for the reopening of the country and get people to rally around that, which is a cool assignment. We work for a big insurance company in Ireland as well. We work for Pizzeria Uno, which is a recent client here. Those are all consumer brands. On the B2B side, we work for a company called Quiet Logistics. We have a fair amount of B2B clients, including a couple I can't mention yet because we're still finishing up some contract negotiations. But I think one of our biggest wins in the last year is actually a B2B medical category company that has been totally embracing our love of anthropology. One of the things that happens in B2B, Rob, and you know this, is that people begin to try to categorize B2B as a different animal, and it's not. You're still marketing to a person; it's just that person is in a work stage, work life, different stresses, and we try to figure out what's going on in their life from the “9-to-5.” B2B is still B2P. And we get hired a fair amount for clients in that space to help figure out how to sell to people in the 9-to-5 mentality. ROB: It's consistent when we hear a little bit about how you think about consumer, because those brands that you mentioned – the Gorton's world – you think about food, and there's the lane of the flashy new product, and then there's the very – I think you mentioned where they came from, kind of this utilitarian mode. But there's something deeper you've gone to with the ocean, and Boston is certainly a good place to do that. When you mentioned that, I want to go eat some seafood in Boston right now. There's sort of a steadiness to how you come at those consumer brands that seems necessary. You seem to handle consumer more in the way people handle B2B than how people think about consumer. It's so flashy. STEVE: I think one of the things you have to do if you're going to be marketing – actually, B2C certainly, but B2B as well – is you can't be stuck. Everything changes every 6 months. If you're not self-aware enough to constantly be looking at the way life shifts – I mean, we have a rather robust strategic practice here. I don't know the number, but our strategist per employee number is I would guess much higher than most other agencies' numbers. We have two other open to hires, so if anybody wants to passively send me some anthropology resumes, I'd love to look at them. But I think you've got to be invested in the world and seeing how things have shifted. We just finished, and we're in the process of presenting to all clients now, 9 core insights that have changed and evolved or elevated in importance over the last 6 months as you come out of COVID. Now, those are different than they were 6 months ago when we were in COVID. It's knowing where the mind is going. You think about the imagery of the ocean, the power and the attraction of the sea, how we are all hardwired to yearn for it – I mean, everybody wants to put their toes in the ocean, for whatever crazy reason that may be that's anthropologically validated. I don't know why, but everyone wants to put their feet in the ocean. Using that attraction right now, if you think about it, we've been locked up inside for so long, the imagery of the ocean, the imagery of the outdoors, the imagery of the air – and also, the need to protect the oceans. The oceans are under incredible assault right now. Our reverence for the ocean and respecting the attraction of the ocean, we can use all that stuff to sell seafood. There's a goodness to the food that comes from the sea that people inherently believe. I don't have to convince them. I just have to connect them to that part of themselves that acknowledges it. Everyone likes fish. ROB: Right. Steve, you mentioned starting the firm in 1999, which may have looked like a good idea for about a year or so, and then maybe seemed like kind of a bad idea from the dot-com bust and the echo of that. You've been through the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and this COVID thing as well. As you're looking at coming out, how does this situation rhyme with the past couple of times of duress, and how did you handle it differently coming from that lens? STEVE: There's a certain consistency that I have had in terms of dealing with any time you reach a market dip, a market bump, when the rollercoaster is at the bottom. Some people handle it and they sit on their hands and they wait for it to pass. They become exceptionally conservative. They become almost passive, and you're kind of waiting for things to open back up, and you just want to weather the storm. I would be in the opposite category, which is I think that's the point when you attack, when you invest, when you try to grow new practices, you try to bring new assets into your company you take a really good look at your company as it sits, identify all your flaws – because lord knows we all have tons of them – and try to fix them. I think the bottom of the market is when you get aggressive, but to do that, you have to be really conservative financially. You have to have a lot of money saved. You have to be very careful that when you're at the top of the rollercoaster, you don't go out and spend all your money on flashy cars and nice clothes. You've got to remember this is a long-term thing. Because we have been very well-managed financially, we're able to attack at the bottom when other people might not. Now, the difference here in this particular next 6 months is that the rules have been unilaterally applied to everybody. Everybody has had to wear a mask, stay inside, work from home. We've all been forced to compete by rules that are consistently applied. That wasn't the case in the previous blips. Certainly, the dot-com blip – I can go back and talk about what happened then. But the difference now is we all have to ask ourselves: What happens when we're all not playing by the same rules again in 4 months? When some people are going to work and some people aren't? When hybrid is becoming the reality and other people are going to want to stay home? When there's different requirements of people as they pursue revenge tourism, as they try to find different ways to have more experiences with their family because they feel like they have to make up for lost time? The rules are going to be – we're all competing and stuck in the same “COVID prison” right now. I'll say one other thing. I had a really good conversation with an employee here a couple of days ago. In an agency meeting, he asked me when I'm going to stop being so angry at COVID. I really didn't even know I was projecting that anger. I found that to be a really therapeutic, really good slap in the face of reality that I got, because I think we're all angry about it. But we can do nothing about it. I really took those words to heart. I think in the early parts of this, I thought the role of an agency leader or business leader, head of a household, head of any group, manager, coach, your job is to be positive and to get people to focus on the positivity in the long term. I think I and all of us have been beaten down to the point where we're angry and negative. [laughs] I found that to be a really good comment. As the rules are going to be applied differently and we choose to live differently, work differently, open our businesses differently going forward, I think positivity is something I'm going to try to amplify and get people to be a little less angry. Everyone is pissed off about everything right now, and maybe we all just need to take a breath. ROB: I think it will be good to have – you mentioned revenge tourism, and I hadn't heard that phrase. It's hilarious, but it's intuitive. I understand what you're getting at. Maybe that will be a bit cathartic. Everybody has 10 opinions about what to do each day, but some folks seem to be saying they're going to stay locked down, and maybe that's the hardest part. How do you get those people out and un-angry? We all need to see some people and do some things, I think. STEVE: Yeah, I don't know how we're going to – I think one of the things we have to do is acknowledge that we can only try so hard. Because of the way news is distributed, because of the way people are consuming news and they're gathering information, they are led down certain paths. For us, I think we'll go back to basic human instinct, which is the majority of people are going to want to get out. Here's an example. In Ireland they're still completely locked down. If I go to Ireland right now, I have to sit in an airport hotel for 2 weeks before I can get out, and then when I get out, everything's closed. The challenge as it relates to tourism in Ireland is that most people, when they take their holiday, go to Spain or to France or to Europe, other countries, and they explore the way we would explore other states here. They can't leave. So they are now making holiday plans to travel within Ireland, and if you think about it for context, that would be like me in Massachusetts – I can't go to Florida, as I would go every year; I have to go someplace within Massachusetts. There's a little bit of depression that comes from that. But I'm finding people are saying, “I'm going to make the best of it,” and there's a certain acceptance. In Massachusetts, there are amazing places to go visit and escape, and I can take some revenge on COVID. I think that's what's going to happen as different countries stay shut down. Revenge tourism is real, man. Our biggest piece of business when COVID started was Four Seasons in the Americas, and I lost that business in the first 2 weeks, for obvious reasons. But I think hotels are going to start – certainly, it's happening here in the States again, and some places, some hotel groups, destination groups that continue to spend and engage with customers at the bottom of the rollercoaster are going to see the benefit of it now that things are starting to pick up, where others are going to have to make up ground. From a marketing perspective, that's a little bit of an insight that's going to be fun to observe: how fast people can catch up. ROB: It's going to move. It's already moving pretty quickly. To your point about investing when things are down, I'm hearing that a lot of the rental car companies disinvested in their fleets and now, come July and August, you're looking at $100 a day for economy class cars in some places. If folks had kept it up, they'd have a fleet to sell. STEVE: I'll tell ya, man, I went to Naples this past weekend to golf. I'm in the Hertz Club Gold and I'm also in the National Emerald Club. I booked my car at National in the Emerald Club, landed at the hotel with my golf bag and my clothes, and there were no cars in the road except for one little teeny tiny clown car. I'm not a small human being, but this was my only choice. I was in a state of shock that every single car was gone, or, as you said, they've liquidated some of their fleets. I'm driving around Florida in this little teeny tiny thing, trying to figure out where all the cars went. They clearly didn't invest at the bottom. I get it; I think there are financial realities. But it doesn't change the fact that I'm driving with my knees up to my chin. ROB: [laughs] Sounds challenging. It's going to be interesting. I was ready to go to Ireland. I was ready to self-quarantine for 2 weeks when they were still open, I think last summer. It turned out our kids didn't have passports yet, so we didn't make that. But I was ready to do that drive around Massachusetts version of Ireland. Just pick a home base in the middle of the country and drive around and see it. STEVE: When you're ready to do it, give me a call. I followed my son some years back on a rugby tour around Ireland, and it's a spectacular country. The people are – for people that live in a country that has two seasons, cold and rainy and warm and rainy, man, they're happy, friendly, nice, accommodating. We had the greatest time ever, and you will too. But I could say the same thing about Massachusetts in terms of people that are driving to The Berkshires, or for me going to New Hampshire within 100 miles. There's so much that we haven't seen. I think at the end of the day, revenge tourism is about getting out of the house and reconnecting with some people, and you can do that driving 50 miles as well as flying 500 miles. ROB: Absolutely. I will look for those tips. Steve, with the journey you've been on, and really successfully running and growing a firm for over 20 years, I'd be remiss not to ask you about some other lessons you've learned along that journey and maybe some decisions you might advise yourself to do differently if you were going back in time. STEVE: I wear a lot of t-shirts. The people here would validate that. One of my t-shirts I wear is, “Often wrong but never in doubt.” I think that's a key categorization for people that lead firms. You're going to make mistakes; just make them quick and move on. Once you make a mistake, try to fix it. I see a fair amount of people that are suffering from analysis paralysis. I think that actually is because of data, too. There are so many different hunks of data out there that people can study. By the time you figure out what it is you want to do, it's too late. I think that's true with clients and that's certainly true with agencies. I trust my gut. I trust my eyes. I trust my instinct. I'm a coach by trade, too, and I think there are certain skillsets that come from coaching groups of kids and high school and college kids and getting a group of people to work as a team. Those are transferrable skillsets. The things I wish I could do over again – that's a trick question because everybody has a thousand of them, but I don't really think about them. I'll give you one, but I don't really think about them because you make a decision, you go with the decision, you do it based on what your gut and data tell you to do, and if you revisit it, you're going to drive yourself mad. I mean, I have a beautiful wife, I have great kids, I have a great company. Would I have gotten here if I had made other decisions? Who knows? But I'll tell you one thing. I'm sure no one's ever gone way back to when they were 12 years old, but when I was 12 going on 13, I was a really, really good baseball pitcher. I've told this story before. Stay with me; it's relevant. I had a choice at that time. I could've played on an elite team in my hometown that would've developed my skills, honed my skills. I would've found out how good I could've been. I stupidly at that point – perhaps not – chose not to play on that team. I chose to play on a lower level team because that's where my friends were. That one decision caused me to lose skills. I was never able to find out how good I was. I spent literally the next 8 years trying to find out how good I could've been as a baseball player, and I couldn't play in high school baseball. I wasn't good enough. I could've if I had made that choice. I did play in college, but it took me 5-6 years of training to catch up, and I was one of those athletes that the older I got, the better I was. I sat on the bench. I got on the team. But by the time I got into my mid-twenties and thirties and forties, and now as I'm 60, I can throw a baseball better than most at any other age, still. I love the game. The lesson is, if somebody presents an opportunity for you to explore and find out how good you can be, even if it's painful, even if it makes you uncomfortable, even if it pushes you outside your comfort zone, you take that shot and you go find out. Because if you don't, it's going to cost you years to find out how good you could be. It took me 8 years to undo one decision I made when I was 13 years old. I've never forgotten that. ROB: Yeah, and gladly, you do get to take that with you as you go. I wonder if it ties in a little bit – when I look at the sort of clients that you have and the way you've grown and the way you're still accelerating into acquisitions, I see the sort of firm that probably easily could have been acquired three times over, or you could've found somebody else to run it or something else. What keeps that fire burning in you to keep the gas going on the business, to not take a big check from some sort of ownership group that comes along, that sort of thing? STEVE: Well, to be clear, if anyone out there has a big check, please provide them with my email and contact information. No, I'll go back to when I was 13, man. That meant that I had a chip on my shoulder. I had something to prove. There was a certain anger and a fire in me that I think has gone to the point of where I am now at 60, where I'm like, I'm not done, man. I still want to try to compete at the highest level. I want to find out how good I can be. I think on a different level, I feel a responsibility as a company to defend the human right brain from the marginalization of it that's being caused by technology and data. I think I feel an obligation to be a defender of all things human at a time when we're trying to be algorithmically discounted. I think there's an opportunity for a company out there to have a good human soul, to be a non-arrogant, non-know-it-all marketing partner that is filled with confidence but not arrogance. And I don't think there are many companies like that. Meanwhile, I sit in a corner of the country where there's an opening for a firm like ours to provide a resource to a certain segment of clients that are interested in anthropology, that are interested in understanding their customers better, that are not interested in juggling llamas, that are interested in better connections. I always like to say, too, that we as a company are a terrible first date. We're awful. On your first date – it certainly was true with me – that's when you're at your absolute most artificial. You make yourself look as good as you can possibly make. You make sure that you say the right things. You're very measured. You prepare. The first date is an artificial presentation of who you aspire to be. You get down to second, third, fourth dates, then the real you is revealed. We're terrible at being artificial at that first thing. If somebody asks me a question, I'm going to give you an answer. I'm not going to bull anybody. I'm not going to try to shovel anything. If they ask me what I think, I'm going to tell them. That second, third, fourth date kind of stuff – when I put on a pair of pants and go to my wife now and say, “Do these pants make me look fat?”, my wife will say, “Sure, they do. So change them.” You have to get to a certain comfort level with a person, with a client, with an agency, where you have that kind of value conversation. I think there's need for that, and I don't see enough of it in the world or in our region. So I'm going to keep going till I don't. ROB: Sure. It's wonderful to see that burden on both sides to be a place that is worth working for and also one that's worth working with. There's certainly not enough of those. I don't talk to people with regular jobs that often anymore, but I think about the conversations complaining about them. STEVE: We'll see, too. One of the biggest struggles most agency leaders and most company leaders are going to have is the work from home discussion and the reality of how people like to work. Ours is a business, I believe, that's an organic exchange, but there's certain aspects to working from home that people have discovered, in terms of productivity, in terms of balance, that are good. How are you going to rebuild a corporate mentality and structure? I find it absolutely mind-boggling the amount of companies that are going to unilaterally embrace work from home all the time because they said that they have been productive during COVID. And we have been. All of us have been remarkably creative in figuring out ways to manage, but we've all been playing by the same rules. Now the rules are going to change, and I think some people are going to do it differently. A lot of people are going to move their companies to be unilaterally work from home, and it's a money grab. You're going to be able to cut out a bunch of operational expenses and put them in your pocket under the guise of work from home. And I don't know the answer, by the way. We're going to figure it out together here. But some sort of a hybrid model, certainly initially over the next year while we try to figure out how to keep the best of what COVID management has revealed in all human beings as we've worked from home – because surely some really good things came out of it – and combine that with the best of working together in an office environment where spontaneity and organic exchange can happen in ways that it can't when you work from home. That's going to be fascinating. Like I said, I wish I knew the answer, man. I don't, but I'm going to go on my rather substantive gut, and we'll see what happens. We'll be willing to change and adapt going forward. ROB: That'll be a great conversation going forward. Steve, when people want to get in touch with you and connect with Connelly Partners, where should they go to find you? STEVE: My email is sconnelly@connellypartners.com. I get a gazillion emails. I read them all; I don't respond to them all because I'm trying to get through them all. I think the easiest thing to do is just shoot me an email and I'll get back to you. I'm not a big social media guy, and one of the reasons for that – and I hope you and your audience understand – it's not that I'm a Luddite; it's just that I believe in honesty, and honesty is not unilaterally embraced in a lot of places. So I'm going to not expose myself in a position where somebody's going to misconstrue something. I have been in positions where I have said something innocuous and honest and some people want to take me to task for that. The debate is exhausting, so I choose not to have it. I'm big on LinkedIn. Our company is a big social participant. If you go to our website, to where we are on Instagram, on all social channels, you can get a feel for our culture and our people. You can get a feel for our approach and our philosophy. But if you want to talk to me, send me an email and I'll call you. ROB: Sounds excellent. Steve, thank you for coming on the podcast. You've really got a great deal of wonderful things to share. We could go on for three times this long, but we'll put that off to another time and wish you and Connelly Partners the absolute best as we all have our revenge tourism. STEVE: Thank you, man. I would just leave this parting thought with everybody: be as positive as you can going forward. Be a little less angry. I was reminded of that 3 days ago. It snuck up on me. I think it sneaks up on all of us. Let's go back to trying to be a little less angry and a little bit more huggable. ROB: [laughs] Perfect. Love it, Steve. Thank you so much. STEVE: Rock on. Take care, buddy. ROB: Take care. Bye. Thank you for listening. The Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast is presented by Converge. Converge helps digital marketing agencies and brands automate their reporting so they can be more profitable, accurate, and responsive. To learn more about how Converge can automate your marketing reporting, email info@convergehq.com, or visit us on the web at convergehq.com.

Pizzeria Uno and the Mysterious Origins of Deep-Dish Pizza Peter Regas, PizzaHistoryBook.com Who invented deep-dish pizza? Is there a more controversial question in Chicago food history? There’s little doubt the pizzeria at 29 East Ohio Street in Chicago- originally named “The Pizzeria” later renamed “Pizzeria Uno”- served the original deep-dish pizza. But despite decades of debate and speculation, no one has definitively identified who created the pizza style that now has a market niche worth hundreds of millions of dollars and that -rightly or wrongly- branded Chicago, as a deep-dish pizza town. Based on twelve years of archival research, this presentation will compare previously published claims with newly discovered archival primary sources to determine what’s true, false, and arguable. A brief overview of some of the archival sources used in the research: For these details, go to: https://culinaryhistorians.org/the-origins-of-deep-dish-pizza-whats-true-whats-false-and-whats-arguable/ Conclusions on previous claims: Some, including the current corporate owners of Pizzeria Uno, say Ike Sewell created deep-dish pizza. Sewell was a Texas-born college football star who came to Chicago in 1934 to work as a sales manager for a liquor company and was the owner of Pizzeria Uno when he died in 1990. But Sewell very likely had no direct or indirect ownership stake in the “The Pizzeria” at 29 East Ohio Street when it opened in December 1943. Sewell indirectly became a part-owner only after “The Pizzeria” opened (Sewell’s wife Florence signed the 1944 partnership agreement). Therefore, Sewell likely had no involvement with the initial creation of deep-dish pizza. Still, others insist it was Rudy Malnati Sr. the longtime manager of Pizzeria Uno and father of future pizzeria owners Lou Malnati and Rudy Malnati Jr., who created deep-dish pizza. But multiple primary sources show Rudy Malnati Sr. was the pizzeria’s third manager, not the first. Other than later statements made by Sewell and Malnati, there is no primary source evidence Rudy Malnati Sr. had any official involvement with the pizzeria in the 1940s. Interestingly, his son Lou Malnati was a bartender at Pizzeria Uno before Rudy Malnati Sr. was Pizzeria Uno’s manager. Finally, others say Ric Riccardo created deep-dish pizza. Riccardo, an Italian-American artist who came to Chicago in the late 1920s, eventually opened a popular restaurant on Rush Street, later opened “The Pizzeria” as the sole owner, and then partnered with Ike Sewell’s wife Florence until he died in 1954. Primary sources show Ric Riccardo lived with his family at an apartment at 29 E. Ohio St. from late 1942 until 1944. By November 1942, the previous owners of the basement tavern at 29 E. Ohio St. called “The Pelican” had closed their business. It’s likely that in the late summer/early fall of 1943, Riccardo got the idea to open up “The Pizzeria” and also, during that period, developed the initial deep-dish recipe. Is Riccardo’s original recipe the same deep-dish pizza we eat today? Probably not. It’s certainly possible the original dough recipe was later modified by Uno’s pizza cook Alice Mae Redmond when she was hired sometime in the mid to late 1940s. Additionally, for reasons not entirely clear, deep-dish pizza almost certainly got thicker sometime in the late 1950s to early 1960s period. Recorded via Zoom on May 13, 2021 www.CulinaryHistorians.org

Thoughts on the Origins of Pizzerias in America and Chicago with Peter Regas PizzaHistoryBook.com In the past, the historical consensus was the first licensed pizzeria in America was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring St. in New York City by a young Italian immigrant named Gennaro Lombardi. However, in 2019 at the U.S. Pizza Museum in Chicago, Peter Regas challenged that consensus with a talk titled “Filippo Milone and the Forgotten Pizza Makers of New York City.” Based on more than ten years of archival research, Regas makes the following claims. There’s no primary source evidence a then eighteen-year-old Gennaro Lombardi owned a pizzeria in 1905. Instead, sources show Lombardi briefly owned the 53 Spring St. pizzeria in 1908, re-purchased it from a relative in 1918, and continued to own it until his death in 1958. More significantly, when Lombardi bought the pizzeria in 1908 it had already been a pizzeria for several years. The now-famous pizzeria was probably established in 1898 by a previously forgotten but extremely significant pizza maker named Filippo Milone. It turns out, the Spring Street pizzeria was probably just one of at least six different New York City pizzerias established by Milone between the years 1894-1922. Born in Piano di Sorrento in 1862, Milone is one of several previously unknown New York City pizza makers of an earlier generation who decided to emigrate around the turn of the century from Italy’s Campania region. Which pizza maker of that earlier generation opened up the first pizzeria in America? Regas discovered Giovanni Albano, a former pizzeria owner from Naples, established the first currently verified pizzeria in 1894 at 59 ½ Mulberry St. in New York City. While there is evidence of earlier pizzerias the farther back in time one searches the more circumstantial the evidence becomes and the more one is forced to confront the distinction between a peddler, a bakery, and a dedicated pizzeria. In the upcoming presentation, Regas will also be presenting evidence of the first known pizzerias in Chicago. Tom Granato’s Pizzeria Napolitana established in 1924 at 907 W. Taylor St will be discussed along with many never-before-published Granato pizzeria photos. Long forgotten Chicago pizzerias in the 1930s and early 1940s will also be presented. Questions naturally flow when the historical record is revealed. Was there anyone before Granato? When did pizza become popular in Chicago? How and why was Chicago’s pizza history different than New York’s? Why were the taverns so dominant in Chicago’s pizza history? And finally what’s the deal with the tavern cut? Note, Regas will not be presenting his discoveries on the origins of Pizzeria Uno and Chicago deep-dish pizza in this talk. That subject is complicated enough to need a presentation dedicated exclusively to deep-dish pizza which is currently scheduled with the Chicago Foodways Roundtable for Thursday, May 13, 2021. Recorded on February 11, 2021 via ZOOM. CulinaryHistorians.com

This week, our host Will Guidara, talks with his dad, Frank Guidara, as we wrap up our theme of Grit. Frank has held numerous positions in the hospitality industry, including President of Restaurant Associates, President and CEO of The Wolfgang Puck Food Company, and CEO of both Au Bon Pain and Pizzeria UNO. However, its his personal experiences as a father, husband, and cancer survivor that really bring to light some remarkable stories of Grit. Echoing his speech from the 2017 Welcome Conference, Frank reminds us all that adversity is a terrible thing to waste. The Welcome Conference is going digital and we're hosting a range of content for free over the course of the next few months. Register for free at virtual.welcomeconference.org.

Mentioned in this episode:SBCC Admissions and Records - https://www.sbcc.edu/admissions/Mangonadas in Goleta (La Tia Joanna) - https://www.instagram.com/latiajoanna/?hl=enLa Michoacana Santa Barbara - https://www.yelp.com/biz/la-michoacana-premier-santa-barbara-2Tacos el Gordo - http://tacoselgordobc.com/King Taco - https://www.kingtaco.com/Mony's - https://monyssb.com/El Zarape - https://www.elzarapesantabarbara.com/El Sitio - https://www.elsitiorestaurantsb.com/Mariscos Jalisco - https://www.instagram.com/mariscosjalisco/?hl=enCarnitas El Momo - https://www.instagram.com/carnitaselmomo/?hl=enSonoratown - https://www.sonoratown.com/Tacos Pipye - https://www.yelp.com/biz/tacos-pipeye-santa-barbara-2Taqueria Cuernavaca - https://www.yelp.com/biz/taqueria-cuernavaca-santa-barbaraLilly's Taqueria - http://lillystacos.com/Metropolitan Grill Seattle - https://www.themetropolitangrill.com/Moe's - https://moesamericangrill.com/Chicago Chop House - https://chicagochophouse.com/Mastro's - https://www.mastrosrestaurants.com/Tee-Off - https://www.teeoffsb.com/The Palms - https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-palms-carpinteriaLombardi's - https://www.firstpizza.com/Pizzeria Uno - https://www.unos.com/Zachary's Pizza - https://zacharys.com/Little Star - https://www.littlestarpizza.com/Patxi's Pizza - https://patxispizza.com/Rusty's Pizza - https://www.rustyspizza.com/Mesa Pizza - https://mesapizzaco.com/Revolver Pizza - https://www.instagram.com/revolversb/?utm_source=ig_embedBettina - https://www.bettinapizzeria.com/Burna Boy - Twice as Tall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waImBy8OMrs(editor's note: Burna Boy's song "Another Story" on African Giant is about Unilever and Nigeria, not Liberia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHxJvDQT9bw)Michael Jordan: The Last Dance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dance_(miniseries)

Chip and Jeff took to Facebook Live once again to ring in the new year. They had a ton of fun chatting about Pizzeria Uno, Dry January, The Five People You Meet in Every Gym, Charles Barkley, Jerry Blavat, Coastal Delaware Running Festival Marathon, Nada Surf, Pizzeria Beddia, Mike Doughty, Mr. Martino's Trattoria, Main Cabin Masters, food mascot deaths, Gen X movies, PM Dawn, Bon Appétit Test Kitchen, Free Solo, Vedge Restaurant, and death cults.

Ewoks definitely have super strength, but after that, we talk about a lot of things that aren’t certain at all, like Dave Bautista as Darth Bane, San Diego Comic Con 2019 Star Wars potential, and a new food quest to embark upon. There might be a special segment after the show, but we’re not certain.   What’s going to happen at San Diego Comic Con 2019? Will there be any trailers or set reels released? But more importantly—there is a Battle for Endor reunion happening! We get excited over this, Chili’s platters and Pizzeria Uno, and remember the sleep deprived summer or 2018. All that, plus math ghosts in the cantina, Dave Bautista as Darth Bane, George Lucas doing something unexpected, and an Alphabet Squadron review. Let’s go, Warheads! The Star Wars Party starts NOW! It’s time for Brews and Blasters.  Show Notes SDCC, Battle for Endor Reunion San Diego Comic Con 2019—Will there be any Star Wars announcements? A Mandalorian trailer? The Rise of Skywalker set reel? Remembering the surprise 2018 Clone Wars announcement Remembering not sleeping summer 2018 RIP Rip Torn Stranger Things 3 spoiler talk AFTER THE SHOW Star Wars Alien Archive Lutrillian—Lame-O Mouse Man Given—Math Ghosts Chris loves Chili’s. Joe loves Pizzeria Uno. A quest is formed. What’s your favorite restaurant chain guilty pleasure? Tell us: brewsandblasters@retrozap.com Lucas approves a special screening of a pre-special edition version of Star Wars. Galaxy’s Edge is running out of inventory! Lightsabers, Kyber crystals, and droid parts are tough to come by. Dave Bautista wants to be Darth Bane—but is there a movie for him? The Battle for Endor reunion is happening—in Pensacola, Florida?! Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed Review Quick hits on Last Shot, Most Wanted, Lando’s Luck and Canto Bight novels Coming soon: Galaxy’s Edge novels! Black Spire, A Crash of Fate Voicemail Do Ewoks have super strength? Oppo Awards Links Join Our Community: Discord Server Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Soundcloud | iHeart Radio | TuneIn | RSS RetroZap Podcast Network: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | RSS Social:  BrewsAndBlasters.ninja | Facebook | Facebook Group | Twitter | Instagram Email: brewsandblasters@retrozap.com Voicemail: (978) 219-6688 T-Shirts: TeePublic Store Support Brews and Blasters If you like the show, please leave us an iTunes review. It helps, honestly, because more people will find the show. And if you take the time, we'll really, really appreciate it. Plus, you'll win an Oppo Award! Support These Things, Too Go to JediNews and Fantha Tracks for ALL your Star Wars information! And, for the best Star Wars podcast reviews out there, head over to Roqoo Depot.

Will Malnati is, indeed, from that Malnati family. His great-grandfather Adolpho ‘Rudy’ Malnati, Sr. was a deep dish pioneer at Pizzeria Uno, and his grandfather Lou opened his eponymous restaurant in 1971 — the first in a chain now widely considered to serve the best deep dish pizza in Chicago (and therefore everywhere.) after spending a decade in the family industry, Will’s path ultimately lead him to the less glamorous but equally challenging world of podcasting. In 2019, Will started At Will Media, creating podcasts and other audio products for companies who want to get in on the latest ways to connect with customers, with the help and guidance of an expert.

Paul Altero: Owner & Founder of Bubbakoo's Burritos His restaurant chain debuted in Point Pleasant, New Jersey in 2008. Since then, it has grown to include more than 37 locations employing over 600 employees. Since 2015 the concept has launched as a franchise model. Bubbakoo's Burritos has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 100 Franchises in 2018 in addition to being ranked Top 10 Hottest Mexican Franchises for 2018.  Paul graduated from the University of Delaware in 1996, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. During his 30 year career in the hospitality industry, Paul has excelled in roles such as Regional Director of Eastern Operations and Interim Vice President of Operations during his 10 year career at Johnny Rockets. In those executive roles, Paul oversaw locations regionally and nationally. Paul has also held management roles for Resorts Hotel & Casino, Pizzeria UNO , Nordstrom's restaurant division and Friendly's restaurants.  Throughout his career, Paul has developed countless managers to successful, next-level positions. In an effort to continuously mentor young leaders and encourage entrepreneurship, he speaks regularly at the University of Delaware and has guest lectured on business finance at Cornell University. Paul was chosen to be the recipient of the 2015 Businessperson of the Year Award by the Future Business Leaders of America and a 2-time recipient of the coveted Blue Hen 17&43 award by his alma mater. In addition to all of his philanthropic work, Paul is working on his MBA at Syracuse University. Paul personally supports many local charities with a focus on the growing global child trafficking epidemic. Watch the full episode here: https://projectegg.co/restaurant-management About The Project EGG Show: The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard. Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut. Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/ Get Access To: 1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/ 2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/ 3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/ 4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services 5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses 6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software 7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/projectegg/support

Today Ken welcomes fellow Massachusetts escapee and until very recently the showrunner of the excellent and criminally non-renewed "Busy Tonight", the great Caissie St. Onge. Ken and Caissie discuss Busy Tonight, leaving Massachusetts, New England rage, why "it must be nice", Fitchburg state college, being David Letterman's assistant, 30 Rock, writing letters, being in the trenches of the Late Night Wars, mid 80s TV, WLVI TV56, WSBK TV38, growing up on a farm, how reception drove your viewing habits, Creature Double Feature, watching MTV at your grandparent's house, double featuring Jaws and the Exorcist on HBO, Ken's grandfather, The Outsiders, Red Dawn's dirty joke...maybe?, The Day After, how reading leads to drug addiction, Wacky Races, diverting from the course, Tennessee Tuxedo, Ben McKenzie, having your children discover The OC on their own, Best Week Ever, discovering the world via TV, New York City and all it's separate neighborhoods, Rosie O'Donnell, making googly eyes at Frank Oz, working with the Sesame St Muppets, Wonder Pets, Judy Gold, playing in the school band, gorging on fund raiser chocolate, soda machines in the teacher's lounge, surviving embarrassing school incidents, being an only child, Bonnie Hunt, women in television, Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, why women don't get to be eccentric, Laverne and Shirley, Gilmore Girls, Townies, watching things that just look nice, Boardwalk Empire, The Chevy Chase Show, shared experience, Big Mouth, hope for the future, how difficult it is to plug things in the time shift future, Saturday Morning cartoon previews, the pleasure of not binge watching, investing in things, how too much choice can be overwhelming, Pizzeria Uno, and Ken and Caissie's pact to re-unite in 20 years and do a Part II.

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If you've ever felt overwhelmed burned out or stuck, then do we have the Pause for you. Today I'll be talking with Rachael Oh'Mare ah, transformational coach, Google exec, a host of the Mindful Talks at Google program, US National rowing champion, and the author of a fantastic new book called Pause. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about harnessing the life-changing power of giving yourself a break. She was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause” a time out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. We'll talk about top signs you need a pause and what that may look like. We'll examine top types of pauses, how to take them, and even what to do when you only have a minute. Plus we'll even look at how to take a pause while single parenting! Pause Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What is paid puppy leave? How did Pizzeria Uno help her take her first pause in Europe? What happened to Rachael five years ago while working at Google? How was rowing, and she became a national champion, a means to pause? How'd she end up at Double-Click? How did she end up feeling like a floundering failure, and what were the options she was given? What are the top five signs you need a pause What her friend Kathleen told her when she first began her pause What do yearnings have to do with taking a pause What can we learn from her mentor's Bob and Judith Wright? What can we learn from Judith right specifically about pauses? What is some basic pause advice? Why has Rachael dedicated her life to helping others find their pause? What's the pause paradox? What does it mean that a pause is about surrendering? Why does a pause require courage? How do we overcome the fear necessary to take a pause? What's it mean to “busify” and how do we break this addiction? What's a taser technique? What can we learn about meditation and taking a pause? How does mindfulness fit into the equation? How can we take a pause in just a minute What's a digital device pause? What's a nature pause? What can we learn from her experience at Burning Man? How do we get back in alignment? What homework can we begin today to bring more pause to our lives? What can single parents do to give themselves a pause? To find out more visit: http://www.rachaelomeara.com/ Google's Rachael O'Meara On Harnessing Life-Changing Power of Taking a Pause & How to Do It! + Guided Meditation! Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire

If you've ever felt overwhelmed burned out or stuck, then do we have the Pause for you. Today I'll be talking with Rachael Oh'Mare ah, transformational coach, Google exec, a host of the Mindful Talks at Google program, US National rowing champion, and the author of a fantastic new book called Pause. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about harnessing the life-changing power of giving yourself a break. She was a customer support manager at Google when she realized she was burned out and needed to reassess her path. The best way to do this was to take a “pause” a time out to create space for her inner voice to be heard and to align her actions to lead a more fulfilled life. We'll talk about top signs you need a pause and what that may look like. We'll examine top types of pauses, how to take them, and even what to do when you only have a minute. Plus we'll even look at how to take a pause while single parenting! Pause Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:  What is paid puppy leave? How did Pizzeria Uno help her take her first pause in Europe? What happened to Rachael five years ago while working at Google? How was rowing, and she became a national champion, a means to pause? How'd she end up at Double-Click? How did she end up feeling like a floundering failure, and what were the options she was given? What are the top five signs you need a pause What her friend Kathleen told her when she first began her pause What do yearnings have to do with taking a pause What can we learn from her mentor's Bob and Judith Wright? What can we learn from Judith right specifically about pauses? What is some basic pause advice? Why has Rachael dedicated her life to helping others find their pause? What's the pause paradox? What does it mean that a pause is about surrendering? Why does a pause require courage? How do we overcome the fear necessary to take a pause? What's it mean to “busify” and how do we break this addiction? What's a taser technique? What can we learn about meditation and taking a pause? How does mindfulness fit into the equation? How can we take a pause in just a minute What's a digital device pause? What's a nature pause? What can we learn from her experience at Burning Man? How do we get back in alignment? What homework can we begin today to bring more pause to our lives? What can single parents do to give themselves a pause? To find out more visit: http://www.rachaelomeara.com/ Google's Rachael O'Meara On Harnessing Life-Changing Power of Taking a Pause & How to Do It! + Guided Meditation! Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Mindfulness | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire

The SNL star tells Hector what it was like playing a runty Christmas tree with big dreams in Albert, an animated holiday movie coming to Nickelodeon this month. Bobby also shares his journey from humble pizza-maker at Pizzeria Uno to the comedy heights of SNL, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and We Bare Bears.

Linda Formichelli has been a full-time freelancer since 1997 and has written for more than 130 magazines and websites, including USA Weekend. In addition, she's co-authored eight books, has done copywriting for companies like OnStar and Pizzeria Uno, and has blogged professionally. She lives in the Raleigh area with her writer husband, preschooler son, occasional exchange student, and two cats. She's into yoga, meditation, reading (especially science fiction), linguistics (especially dialectology), all things spa (loves Canyon Ranch!), and baking. Episode 106: Practice Extreme Gratitude by Linda Formichelli of The Renegade Writer (Naikan & Why a Journal Might Not Be the Best). The book can be found here: http://OLDPodcast.com/linda Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/optimal-living-daily/support

Linda Formichelli has been a full-time freelancer since 1997 and has written for more than 130 magazines and websites, including USA Weekend. In addition, she's co-authored eight books, has done copywriting for companies like OnStar and Pizzeria Uno, and has blogged professionally. She lives in the Raleigh area with her writer husband, preschooler son, occasional exchange student, and two cats. She's into yoga, meditation, reading (especially science fiction), linguistics (especially dialectology), all things spa (loves Canyon Ranch!), and baking. Episode 106: Practice Extreme Gratitude by Linda Formichelli of The Renegade Writer (Naikan & Why a Journal Might Not Be the Best). The book can be found here: http://OLDPodcast.com/linda Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com

34 is our second segment recorded at Pizzeria UNO's in Hamilton NJ. Natalie DeChico from Founders Brewing sits in and drops some SERIOUS Founders beers on us. Richard explains his opportunity of a lifetime, uses the word svelte incorrectly, and writes things in British. He was very busy.

33 is the first of three podcasts we recorded at Pizzeria UNO's in Hamilton NJ. Laura Wallover from Weyerbacher Brewing sits in for the first segment, pours us a handful of fantastic Weyerbacher beers including Sunday Morning Stout, and explains how she's Richard's biggest fan. Jay Rose continues to rail against the beer app, Richard and Jay Rose explain a Garlic Bread Baked Ziti Sandwich, and we learn that nobody wants to be a catalyst for Richard's dirty underwear.

We kicked off the show talking about Pizzeria UNO's and then Noa and her roommate Cristina started talking about their favorite wrestlers which led to a hilarious conversation about Pat Patterson. We watched James Wright's review of Patti LaBelle's sweet potato pie, and Rob's Thanksgiving hangover. After the music break, we talk about the new Megadeth track, and play some great voicemails. Here's the playlist: Cult Leader – Useless Animal Psyopus – The White Light Please help support the show and pick up a brand new t-shirt. Click below for all the choices: Listen to the Metal Injection Livecast on Stitcher or on iTunes (please leave a rating/review as well). Also, make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Join us live next week starting at 6pm Eastern (3PM Pacific Time) and going until 8PM eastern time for an all new edition of the Livecast.  Leave a voicemail below with any thoughts on this week's show or questions for the cast members:

Ed calls his friend, Brendan Gardiner. Brendan’s heart says writer and stand-up comedian, but his tax return says electrician. Actually his heart says that too sometimes, like when a wire splice goes just right. He and Ed discuss John Davidson, The $100,000 Pyramid, Bobby Sherman, Panera’s bread giveaway, Pizzeria Uno’s West Virginia-style pizza, Chicago Marathon […]