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P3 Historia
Nero – kejsare, primadonna, tyrann

P3 Historia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 58:19


En av Roms mest ökända kejsare som gått till historien som en tyrannisk primadonna, en grym, dekadent despot. För maktens och sin fåfängas skull var han beredd att offra vad som helst: sin stad och till och med sin egen mor. Nya avsnitt från P3 Historia hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Redaktionen för detta avsnitt består av:Cecilia Düringer – programledare och manusEmilia Mellberg – producent, research och manus Zardasht Rad – scenuppläsareViktor Bergdahl – ljuddesign och slutmixMedverkar gör också Ida Östenberg professor i antikens kultur- och samhällsliv vid Göteborgs universitetVill du veta mer om kejsar Nero? Här är några av böckerna som legat till grund för avsnittet: Roms kejsare av Mary BeardKejsarbiografier av Suetonius Nero – the end of a dynasty av Miriam T. Griffin Nero – Matricide, Music and Murder in Imperial Rome av Anthony Everitt och Roddy AshworthRome is burning – Nero and the fire that ended a dynasty av Anthony Barrett

Maracanã - TMW Radio
Maracanà con Marco Piccari e Stefano Impallomeni. Ospiti: De Paola:" Muani si può integrare con Vlahovic. Motta non ha più alibi" Braglia:" Leao ora non può fare la prima donna." Impallomeni:"Gimenez Felix può diventare la coppia più

Maracanã - TMW Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 25:41


Maracanà con Marco Piccari e Stefano Impallomeni. Ospiti: De Paola:" Muani si può integrare con Vlahovic. Motta non ha più alibi" Braglia:" Leao ora non può fare la prima donna." Impallomeni:"Gimenez Felix può diventare la coppia più forte."

The Pittsburgh Dish
044: Legacy and Flavor with Joe and Maria

The Pittsburgh Dish

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 49:15 Transcription Available


(00:42) What if a beloved restaurant from your past could be brought back to life, dish by dish? Join us as we explore the captivating legacy of The Primadonna, McKees Rocks' cherished Italian eatery, with insights from former owner Joseph Costanzo Jr. and his daughter, Maria C. Palmer. Maria's book, "On the Rocks," co-authored with Ruthie Robbins, chronicles her father's extraordinary journey in the restaurant world, highlighting The Primadonna's unique charm and warm hospitality that set it apart during its heyday in the 1980s.(12:06) Feel the nostalgia as Joe and Maria share stories of made-to-order pastas and handmade meatballs, capturing the artistry that defined the restaurant. The journey is as much about storytelling as it is about food, with readers and listeners longing to relive the flavors and memories of their past.(42:43) Then we pour a glass of Italian wine fit for royalty, with Catherine Montest @urfairywinemother and share a family meatball recipe from Heather Abraham of KDKA. This episode is a tribute to the vibrant world of local Italian cuisine that's sure to resonate with food lovers and nostalgic souls alike.Maria's website: https://mariacpalmer.comSupport the showLiked the episode? We'd love a coffee!

Wisteria Lane
Wisteria Lane - Marcos French, una 'prima donna' en la escena musical - 29/12/24

Wisteria Lane

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 33:03


La ley 4/2023 para la igualdad real y efectiva de las personas trans aún no se ha implementado de manera efectiva para las personas migrantes, que se siguen enfrentando a importantes barreras burocráticas. Vamos a hablar con Thrixia, una mujer trans migrante que está teniendo dificultades para obtener su documentación. Y vamos a conocer a Marcos French, un artista argentino, afincado en España, que acaba de sacar su segundo álbum, “Marcos French desde sala Villanos”.Escuchar audio

Intelligence Squared
The 12 Books of Christmas | An Evening with Marina Diamandis

Intelligence Squared

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 90:42


To celebrate 2024, we're taking a look backwards, and diving into the standout thinkers who have taken to the Intelligence Squared stage in the past 12 months. You might still be on the hunt for that perfect gift for the avid reader in your life, or perhaps you're after some food for thought over the festive period. Either way, this 12 episode mini series will highlight the books that shaped 2024. We hope you'll join us in 2025 for more events that intrigue, fascinate and entertain. Platinum-certified singer-songwriter MARINA, formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds, has been an integral part of the U.K music scene over the last decade. Amassing over 3 billion streams worldwide, her music — which includes hit songs Primadonna and Bubblegum B*tch — has connected with fans for their unique electro-pop sound and powerful lyrics. On October 22, MARINA came to the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss the themes of her debut poetry collection Eat The World. Her talent for evocative song lyrics has found a new outlet in poetry. MARINA will touch on themes of trauma, youth, and the highs and lows of relationships in these autobiographical poems, which retain the same energy and emotive power of her music. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoom - Musikgeschichte, und was sonst geschah
Vivaldi und seine Primadonna

Zoom - Musikgeschichte, und was sonst geschah

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 9:12


Ab 1703 arbeitete Antonio Vivaldi am Ospedale della Pietà. Aber weil sein Vertrag jährlich verlängert werden musste und das Verhältnis zu seinen Vorgesetzten nicht immer unproblematisch war, suchte er sich ein zweites Standbein, wurde Opernkomponist und Impresario. Durch diesen Beruf lernte er auch eine Frau kennen, die sein Leben maßgeblich beeinflussen sollte: Die Sängerin Anna Girò. Unser heutiges ZOOM berichtet von ihr.

The Adventures of Pipeman
Let's Trick or Treat With Josie Cotton & Kevin Preston

The Adventures of Pipeman

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 16:00


“If there's a plot line for this video, I wish someone would let me know,” laughs infamous New Wave icon JOSIE COTTON about her new video “TRICK OR TREAT” that co-stars Kevin Preston of Prima Donna and currently playing guitar in Green Day. Cohesive narrative or not, when Josie's around, a storyline isn't necessary. Concurs Kevin, “Playing dress up with Josie Cotton is always a blast…I got to be Frankenstein. Enough said!”The Halloween-themed video for the ‘50s-style cover of Chuck Berry's holiday classic stars the pair in different costumes (be sure to check out the extra pair of legs on Josie's hot pink get up!) while they duet to the spooky tune. “Making the video was more like an insanely fun trainwreck, moving between worlds," she smirks. "And let's face it, monsters are just better at parties.” Filmed at Kitten Robot Studios in Los Angeles, CA and directed by Kent Holmes, the video is the latest in a string of new music from the New Wave glitzy glamor queen. Take some zany and serious journeys with The Pipeman aka Dean K. Piper, CST on The Adventures of Pipeman also known as Pipeman Radio syndicated globally “Where Who Knows And Anything Goes”.  Check out our segment Positively Pipeman dedicated to Business, Motivation, Spiritual, and Health & Wellness.  Check out our segment Pipeman in the Pit dedicated to Music, Artistry and Entertainment  Subscribe to The Adventures of Pipeman at https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-adventures-of-pipeman--941822/support  Would you like to be a sponsor of the show? Would you like to have your business, products, services, merch, programs, books, music or any other professional or artistic endeavors promoted on the show?Would you like interviewed as a professional or music guest on The Adventures of Pipeman, Positively Pipeman and/or Pipeman in the Pit?Would you like to host your own Radio Show, Streaming TV Show, or Podcast?  Contact the Pipeman:Phone/Text Contact – 561-506-4031Email Contact – dean@talk4media.com  Follow @pipemanradio on all social media outlets  Visit Pipeman Radio on the Web at linktr.ee/pipemanradio, theadventuresofpipeman.com, pipemanradio.com, talk4media.com, w4cy.com, talk4tv.com, talk4podcasting.com. Download The Pipeman Radio APP  The Adventures of Pipeman is broadcast live Wednesdays at 1PM ET and Music & Positive Interviews daily at 8AM ET on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) and replays on K4HD Radio (www.k4hd.com – Hollywood Talk Radio part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The Adventures of Pipeman TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).  The Adventures of Pipeman Podcast is also available on www.theadventuresofpipeman.com and www.pipemanradio.com, Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

Pipeman in the Pit
Let's Trick or Treat With Josie Cotton & Kevin Preston

Pipeman in the Pit

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 16:00


“If there's a plot line for this video, I wish someone would let me know,” laughs infamous New Wave icon JOSIE COTTON about her new video “TRICK OR TREAT” that co-stars Kevin Preston of Prima Donna and currently playing guitar in Green Day. Cohesive narrative or not, when Josie's around, a storyline isn't necessary. Concurs Kevin, “Playing dress up with Josie Cotton is always a blast…I got to be Frankenstein. Enough said!”The Halloween-themed video for the ‘50s-style cover of Chuck Berry's holiday classic stars the pair in different costumes (be sure to check out the extra pair of legs on Josie's hot pink get up!) while they duet to the spooky tune. “Making the video was more like an insanely fun trainwreck, moving between worlds," she smirks. "And let's face it, monsters are just better at parties.” Filmed at Kitten Robot Studios in Los Angeles, CA and directed by Kent Holmes, the video is the latest in a string of new music from the New Wave glitzy glamor queen. Take some zany and serious journeys with The Pipeman aka Dean K. Piper, CST on The Adventures of Pipeman also known as Pipeman Radio syndicated globally “Where Who Knows And Anything Goes”.  Check out our segment Positively Pipeman dedicated to Business, Motivation, Spiritual, and Health & Wellness.  Check out our segment Pipeman in the Pit dedicated to Music, Artistry and Entertainment  Subscribe to The Adventures of Pipeman at https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-adventures-of-pipeman--941822/support  Would you like to be a sponsor of the show? Would you like to have your business, products, services, merch, programs, books, music or any other professional or artistic endeavors promoted on the show?Would you like interviewed as a professional or music guest on The Adventures of Pipeman, Positively Pipeman and/or Pipeman in the Pit?Would you like to host your own Radio Show, Streaming TV Show, or Podcast?  Contact the Pipeman:Phone/Text Contact – 561-506-4031Email Contact – dean@talk4media.com  Follow @pipemanradio on all social media outlets  Visit Pipeman Radio on the Web at linktr.ee/pipemanradio, theadventuresofpipeman.com, pipemanradio.com, talk4media.com, w4cy.com, talk4tv.com, talk4podcasting.com. Download The Pipeman Radio APP  The Adventures of Pipeman is broadcast live Wednesdays at 1PM ET and Music & Positive Interviews daily at 8AM ET on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) and replays on K4HD Radio (www.k4hd.com – Hollywood Talk Radio part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The Adventures of Pipeman TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).  The Adventures of Pipeman Podcast is also available on www.theadventuresofpipeman.com and www.pipemanradio.com, Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

Le van Beethoven
Anna Netrebko, prima donna au timbre envoûtant

Le van Beethoven

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 88:32


durée : 01:28:32 - Anna Netrebko, prima donna au timbre envoûtant - par : Aurélie Moreau - Anna Netrebko, immense soprano de notre temps, à de jeunes artistes : "Il faut être lucide et savoir pratiquer l'autocritique. Jamais l'automutilation. Si cela n'a pas marché un soir comme on l'espère, il faut travailler. Et s'améliorer". (Classica)

Ecovicentino.it - AudioNotizie
Trail della Val Vaccara al via. Un cuore di basalto omaggerà la prima donna classificata

Ecovicentino.it - AudioNotizie

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 1:36


Sarà dedicato ancora una volta alle memoria dell'indimenticata Fabrizia Cascino, la runner scomparsa nel 2016 dopo una difficile malattia, il "Trail della Val Vaccara" a Chiuppano. Giunto alla sua quarta edizione, il percorso di 12,5 chilometri e 500 metri di dislivello che si sviluppa in particolare tra i sentieri delle Bregonze, partirà domattina alle 9.

Culture en direct
Trajectoires d'icônes 9/11 : Mina, prima donna de la chanson italienne

Culture en direct

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 58:28


durée : 00:58:28 - La Série musicale - par : Zoé Sfez - Mina a la voix immense et inoubliable. Elle a marqué son pays et le monde entier. Retour sur la trajectoire de cette chanteuse adorée qui n'a cessé de repousser les frontières musicales entre rock, jazz et immenses chansons orchestrales italiennes et napolitaines.

Le grand podcast de voyage
Trajectoires d'icônes 9/11 : Mina, prima donna de la chanson italienne

Le grand podcast de voyage

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 58:28


durée : 00:58:28 - La Série musicale - par : Zoé Sfez - Mina a la voix immense et inoubliable. Elle a marqué son pays et le monde entier. Retour sur la trajectoire de cette chanteuse adorée qui n'a cessé de repousser les frontières musicales entre rock, jazz et immenses chansons orchestrales italiennes et napolitaines.

The Cosmic Salon
Primadonnas of the Gutter: Smells like Digitine Spirit

The Cosmic Salon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 90:59


Digital-guillotine = Digitine in the world of uncle Al [gorithm] and the children of the new millennium, as per usual these days, it is already outdated! Amy Dee and I stretch our necks out to play with this micro-limited hangout movement where age matters and if you were born in the 1900s you are not in the club. "Bunk Bunk on the head"

Puddles with Andrew Collin
Party Tricks, Schlong Sizes. & JT's Downfall | Ep # 34 | Puddles

Puddles with Andrew Collin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 52:58


Welcome to Puddles. Andrew and Brenna joke about everything, mostly their own relationship. In this episode, we cover 7-11 taquitos, the top 5 best smells, a woman in cheetah, Primadonna syndrome, party sizes, Crappo, Chewbacca, dirty fantasies, amd a warehouse werewolf. Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/Puddles Send us questions: puddleboyandpuddlegirl@gmail.com 00:00 - Shrimp Platter 03:15 - Alone time with Taquitos 09:00 - Freelance Chewbacca 12:00 - Crappo's costumes 16:00 - Warehouse werewolf 17:30 - Andy Shallows 22:00 - Crowdwork 26:00 - Sunscreen in eyes 28:00 - Spoon buddies 30:00 - Dirty fantasies 33:30 - Snews 38:00 - Justin Timberlake's downfall 44:00 - A woman in cheetah 49:00 - Skincare tip SUBSCRIBE! Puddles Youtube Feed: https://tinyurl.com/4u5mcxdt Puddles Podcast iTunes Audio Feed: https://tinyurl.com/4vanarmr Puddles Podcast Spotify Audio Feed: https://tinyurl.com/yyb8zc46 Puddles Patreon: patreon.com/thepuddlespodcast FOLLOW US: Puddles - https://www.instagram.com/puddlespodcast Andrew - https://www.instagram.com/andrewtcollin/ Brenna - https://www.instagram.com/brennaalexiss/ Melanie - https://www.instagram.com/melaniemeisner/ Theme song performed by: Ed Glaser Ending song written by: Andrew Collin Visuals and Graphics by: Melanie Meisner Produced by: Melanie Meisner

Effetto Mondo
La prima donna presidente del Messico ha sei anni per cambiare il Paese

Effetto Mondo

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024


La prima donna presidente del Messico ha sei anni per cambiare il Paese

THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys
Fmr #Saints QB Hebert Calls Marshon Lattimore a 'Rotten Apple' & 'Prima Donna' | Big Q Reacts

THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 30:04


THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys
Fmr #Saints QB Hebert Calls Marshon Lattimore a 'Rotten Apple' & 'Prima Donna' | Big Q Reacts Pt 2

THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 30:07


THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys
Fmr #Saints QB Hebert Calls Marshon Lattimore a 'Rotten Apple' & 'Prima Donna' | Big Q Reacts Pt 3

THE SPORTS COMA with Big Q & The Guys

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 30:10


il posto delle parole
Maria Pia Pagani "Primadonna"

il posto delle parole

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 27:52


Maria Pia Pagani"Primadonna"Novelle per Eleonora DusePrefazione di Toni IermanoBibliotheka Edizioniwww.bibliotheka.itÈ stata definita "la più grande attrice del mondo" e di certo è stata la più celebre della sua epoca.Simbolo del teatro moderno, per Eleonora Duse essere primadonna era uno status che andava ben oltre il sistema dei ruoli imperante nella scena italiana. Era infatti una condizione pressoché naturale, per un'anima come la sua.Era arrivata al successo dopo una lunga gavetta che le aveva fatto conoscere la fame, la mancanza di una stabilità domestica e pesanti delusioni affettive, ma che aveva stimolato molto la fiamma della sua ambizione.La sua immagine di primadonna si è radicata nell'immaginario collettivo anche grazie alle novelle di vari autori italiani che - per la prima volta nella letteratura dusiana - sono qui presentate.La galleria testuale abbraccia un arco temporale che va dal 1887 al 1925, ovvero da quando la Duse comincia a brillare come primadonna a livello internazionale, a un anno dopo la sua morte.Ne fuoriesce un ritratto a tutto tondo, fra realtà e finzione, di una donna capace di travalicare i confini del tempo e divenire immortale.Maria Pia PaganiRicercatrice in Discipline dello Spettacolo all'Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II". Dottore di ricerca in Filologia Moderna, è socio del Pen Club e collabora da anni con la Fondazione “Il Vittoriale degli Italiani”.È autrice di molti studi sul teatro nelle terre slave, il teatro dannunziano e la figura di Eleonora Duse, pubblicati dalle maggiori case editrici mondiali.È membro del comitato scientifico di varie riviste accademiche internazionali, tra cui “Stanislavski Studies”.Dirige la collana di studi teatrali e sullo spettacolo “Il Parlaggio”, ed è responsabile per l'Italia nel progetto internazionale “The Theatre Times”.Tra le sue pubblicazioni recenti: Ammiratrici di Eleonora Duse (2022); Creatura di poesia. Vita in versi di Eleonora Duse (2023); Goldoni al Vittoriale (2023).È membro del Comitato Nazionale per le Celebrazioni della Morte di Eleonora Duse (1924-2024). IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

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30 Something with Sonni Abatta
292: Family, Fame and Loyalty, Italian-American Style: "On the Rocks" Author Maria Palmer on her Father's Rise and Fall from Grace

30 Something with Sonni Abatta

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 52:46


This week on the podcast you're coming home with me to McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. An Italian-American enclave about ten miles west of Pittsburgh, it's the home of the once-famous Primadonna restaurant, which serves as the backdrop of the story you'll hear this week from "On the Rocks" author Maria Palmer--daughter of the restaurant's owner, Joe Costanzo. "On the Rocks" chronicles Joe's rise to success in the 1990s as not only the owner of the Primadonna, but also a radio host, columnist, and aspiring politician, to his sharp fall in the early 2000s, ending in a stint in federal prison. Maria walks us through what it's like to watch as everything her father has built comes crumbling down, and what it's like to recover from it. Come with us on a conversation that dives into hard work, loyalty, betrayal, and a whole lot of Italian food. Get your copy of On the Rocks HERE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wegottatalkwithsonni/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wegottatalkwithsonni/support

British Dressage
3rd - Ben James - Clapton Banks Primadonna - Class 5 Equi-Trek Elementary Silver 

British Dressage

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 6:37


NAF Five Star Winter Dressage ChampionshipWednesday 10 April 2024 - Sunday 14 April 2024

British Dressage
Ben James - Clapton Banks Primadonna - Class 31 Petplan Medium Bronze Area Festival

British Dressage

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 3:13


NAF Five Star Winter Dressage ChampionshipWednesday 10 April 2024 - Sunday 14 April 2024

TOK FM Select
O książce "Primadonna. Biografia Bogusława Kaczyńskiego"

TOK FM Select

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 49:14


O queerowym Bogusławie Kaczyńskim, rozmawialiśmy w związku z nową książką Bartosza Żurawieckiego "Primadonna. Biografia Bogusława Kaczyńskiego".

Podcasty Stonewall
odc. 34 - Bartosz Żurawiecki

Podcasty Stonewall

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 36:56


Primadonna, diwa, polski Liberace, opera queen, bożyszcze emerytek, ludowy impresario, telewizyjna osobowość i książę estrady. Egzaltowany, narcystyczny i snobistyczny. Umiał czarować widzów i słuchaczy, zabierając ich do wymyślonego przez siebie świata, w którym prowadził wymyślone przez siebie życie. Prawdziwego nie mógł, bo panicznie się bał, dlatego nigdy nie wyszedł z szafy. Wyciągnął go z niej w końcu Bartosz Żurawiecki, autor „Primadonny. Biografii Bogusława Kaczyńskiego” (Wydawnictwo Agora), z którym w nowym odcinku naszego podcastu rozmawia Mike Urbaniak. 

The KFC Big Show
Show Higlights 5th March 2024 - Prima Donna Keyzie

The KFC Big Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 50:13


On today's show, Jase is bringing back a lost art form, Mike's having tradie trouble, and Keyzie's been annoying his wiiife.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Living The Next Chapter: Authors Share Their Journey
E327 - Maria C Palmer - On The Rocks, The Story of the Primadonna Restaurant

Living The Next Chapter: Authors Share Their Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 51:51


Episode 327 - Maria C Palmer - On The Rocks, The Story of the Primadonna RestaurantMaria Costanzo Palmer is a writer and Page Turner Award Finalist for her co-authored book On the Rocks (Koehler Books 8/8/23). She is also a regular co-moderator for the Food Is Religion Club on Clubhouse. She was a former host on L.A. Talk Radio. Maria was recently featured on Food and Beverage Magazine Live, a nationally syndicated podcast. Her writing has been published in OC87 Recovery Diaries, and she has made a number of media appearances. You can find Maria on FB and IG @joecostanzoprimadonna and on Twitter @mariacpalmer.Beyond the RocksWritingMaria is currently working on her second manuscript, What I Learned on the Bus. This unpublished manuscript, represented by her agent Leticia Gomez, details her 3,000-mile journey to escape and to make sense of her dad's incarceration. The manuscript was recognized this year as a Finalist for the Writing and Screenplay Book Adaptation categories for the Page Turner Awards. https://pageturnerawards.com/2022-screenplay-award-finalists.Maria's article “The Magical Little Pill,” talking about her difficulties with mental health following her father's federal investigation, is featured on OC87 Recovery Diaries ( https://oc87recoverydiaries.org/magical-little-pill/).   Maria's article “The Culinary Cardinal,” which details her experiences growing up having Sunday dinners at her Italian immigrant grandparents' home, was featured in Growing Up in an Immigrant Household, Essays by Descendants of Immigrants published by Innovative Ink Publishing in an anthology edited by Vicky Giouroukakis.https://mariacpalmer.com/___https://livingthenextchapter.com/Finally a podcast app just for kids! KidsPod is founded on a simple idea:Every kid should have access to the power of audio.https://kidspod.app/Support the showhttps://livingthenextchapter.com/Want to support the show and get bonus content?https://www.buzzsprout.com/1927756/subscribe

80s TV Ladies
The Making of Moonlighting | Glenn Gordon Caron, Part 2

80s TV Ladies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 61:15


“I said to Cybill Shepherd, ‘You are a Prima Donna!'And she said, ‘Yes. I am. Do you know what ‘Prima Donna' means, Glenn? It means First Woman. And don't you forget it.”– Glenn Gordon CaronIn the second of our two-part conversation with Moonlighting and Medium creator Glenn Gordon Caron, we cover everything from Al Jarreau's iconic theme song to sparring with Cybill Shepherd, to a forty-year career spent working with “audacious people”…Moonlighting, which ran from 1985-1989 starred Cybill Shepherd, a then-unknown Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley and Curtis Armstrong, and become a landmark classic of 1980s television. Glenn also directed movies such as Clean and Sober, Picture Perfect and Love Affair.THE CONVERSATIONGetting invited to the horse races by Cary Grant – who then dies before they could go!How dinner with Stanley Donen led to Glenn asking him to direct the dance sequence from “Big Man on Mulberry Street” as a favor. But what did Donen ask in return? That Glenn co-write that year's Academy Award show with Larry Gelbart!How a chance meeting with Rona Barrett resulted in one of the weirdest -- and most talked-about -- episodes of Moonlighting ever!On Cybill Shepherd: “The topography of her life fit the topography of the story. She was a model. She became a huge movie star. And then she lost everything.”On Bruce Willis: “He was like thirty guys I grew up with. And I understood, underneath all that bravura, and all that jazz, there's a genuineness that's hard to resist."WHEN LES IS MORE: How Now and Again was born when Les Moonves told Glenn: “Write me a pilot, and if I don't make it, I'll give you one million dollars.”How for Glenn, the TV show Medium is less the story of a mystic – and more the story of a marriage.So, join Susan and Sharon – and Glenn – as they talk Pierce Brosnan, Love Affair, Jennifer Aniston, Clean and Sober, -- and Susan's Vicodin mood swings!AUDIOGRAPHYWatch Moonlighting on Hulu.Stream it on Apple TV or at Amazon Prime Video.Follow Glenn Gordon Caron on Twitter.com/GlennGCaron.80s TV LADIES NEWSSusan's new play Confidence (and the Speech) has been published!Now available for purchase and licensing at DPS via Broadway Licensing.CONNECTRead transcripts and more at 80sTVLadies.com.Tell us your fav Moonlighting episodes at 8TL Facebook or via 80sTVLadies.com.Sign up for the 80s TV Ladies mailing list.Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media.

The Farzy Show with Marc Farzetta
Hurts described as "Unapproachable" "Prima-donna" in new story but "he's NOT Wentz" - Sirianni Watch

The Farzy Show with Marc Farzetta

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 69:34


The Farzy Show presented by MyBookie Promo: No-strings-attached cash bonus up to $200 Promo Codes: FARZY https://mybookie.website/joinwithFARZY Gametime Ticket Offer: $20 off with code "FARZY" at gametime.co Manscaped Offer: 20% off AND Free Shipping with code "Farzy20" at Manscaped.comCopyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.

Start - Le notizie del Sole 24 Ore
Karin Orsel, la prima donna a capo degli armatori europei

Start - Le notizie del Sole 24 Ore

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 8:05


L'impegno di Karin Orsel, a capo dell'Associazione degli armatori europei dallo scorso 1° gennaio e fino al 2026, per la promozione della transizione energetica del traporto marittimo. Poi, Anastasia Synn, che con 52 impianti, tra microchip, mini-computer e dispositivi NFC, è entrata di diritto nel Guinnes dei Primati. Infine, gravidanza, con 40 milioni di donne che ogni anno rischiano di sviluppare problemi di salute a lungo termine dopo il parto

Giallo Quotidiano
Cristina Mazzotti - La prima donna sequestrata dalla 'ndrangheta

Giallo Quotidiano

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 4:44


Dopo quasi cinquant'anni ci sarà un altro processo per il rapimento di CristinaSeguimi su YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClkB_8jqDS7SWoltMjIu-3Q/Supporta il progetto qui: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pierjcSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/storia/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Juljina's Podcast
Golden Primadonna Days (The Golden Days × Primadonna) :: Mashup :: — Panic! At the Disco, MARINA

Juljina's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 3:36


Video that audio from :: YT :: https://youtu.be/lUUB_Pht2Nw?si=GNeE_-mQQMM75R6A --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/juljina/message

NDR Kultur - Klassik à la carte
Eva Gesine Baur über die Jahrhundertdiva: Maria Callas

NDR Kultur - Klassik à la carte

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 54:48


Primadonna assoluta, Diva, eine Jahrhundertsängerin und echte Ikone: Maria Callas. Unvergessen ist ihre Stimme. Aber in die Schlagzeilen geriet sie auch wegen ihres schillernden Lebens. Maria Callas verkörperte Passion und Pathos, verzauberte ihr Publikum, sprengte als Künstlerin Konventionen vor allem in tragischen Rollen. Ihre technische Perfektion verband sie mit einer ungeheuren Intensität. Risse und Widersprüche aber prägten nicht nur die Figuren auf der Bühne, sondern auch die Szenen ihres eigenen Lebens. Am 2. Dezember wäre Maria Callas 100 Jahre alt geworden. Die Kunsthistorikerin, Musikwissenschaftlerin, Publizistin und Schriftstellerin Eva Gesine Baur zeichnet das Leben der Ausnahmekünstlerin nach in der Biographie: "Maria Callas. Die Stimme der Leidenschaft" und zeigt: Leben und Kunst waren bei Callas nicht voneinander zu trennen.

Hardcore Husky Football Podcast
Penix Outduels the Talented but Hypersensitive Primadonna

Hardcore Husky Football Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023 81:01


Derek, Joey and WoolleyDoog enjoy the big win over USC. Of course, there were a couple of regressions where we complained about the refs and discussed the woes on defense. But a fairly upbeat podcast where we enjoy the 9-0 Dawgs. Admittedly, we failed to mention Dillon Johnson and his 256 yards rushing until late in the show, for which we apologized. We also answer a bunch of listener questions. The show opens with A.I. Norm MacDonald reading a graphic post from PurpleJ and then expressing his disappointment over said post. Come register for free and join the malarkey at HardcoreHusky.com!

SBS Italian - SBS in Italiano
Premio Nobel per l'economia a Claudia Goldin, prima donna a vincerlo senza condividerlo con un uomo

SBS Italian - SBS in Italiano

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 12:29


Il lavoro di Claudia Goldin si concentra sul contributo delle donne nel mercato del lavoro e sulle disparità in esso. Goldin è la terza donna ad essere premiata con il Nobel per l'economia, ma la prima a vincerlo da sola.

THE STACEYSPIRIT SHOW NOW WE COOKING WITH MANGO GREASE!

Observational comedyBlack comedySketch comedySarcasmRacial humorSatireSupport the showStay tune new episodes weekly!

Undercurrent Stories
From Italy to Pittsburgh: The Culinary Legacy of the Primadonna Restaurant with Maria and Joseph

Undercurrent Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 39:49


Imagine opening a restaurant that becomes a local legend - a place where the dishes are made with love, where the ambience feels like home, and where memorable stories are shared over plates of delicious Italian food. This is the inviting world our guests, Maria C. Palmer and her father Joseph Costanzo Jr., welcome us into as they share their story about the legendary Primadonna Restaurant that Joseph crafted in Pittsburgh. For seventeen years, Joseph owned and operated The Primadonna Restaurant in McKees Rocks, PA. The Primadonna was frequently voted the best Italian restaurant in Pittsburgh, receiving glowing acclaim in local the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and City Paper as well as national publications like The New York Times, New York Daily News, and Playboy. Joseph used his marketing genius to create his own bottled Italian salad dressing sold in stores and offered a Primadonna apparel line, essentially turning supporters into walking billboards. The restaurant's recipes have been published in many cookbooks, including critically acclaimed food critic Mike Kalina's Pittsburgh Cookbook. In 2001, The Primadonna became known across the nation as one of the premiere Italian restaurants, earning the prestigious DiRōNA Award. In 2005, after a targeted public investigation, Joseph lost his restaurant and spent time in federal prison. His life and the lives of his family members have never been the same.Writing a book isn't a walk in the park, as Maria and her co-author Ruthie Robbins found out. Spending many years to meticulously put together their labour of love, On the Rocks (The Primadonna Story).  they faced many challenges along the way. Maria opens up about the changes they made, the feedback they received, and the cutthroat competition they faced in the book publishing world. She also gives us a generous helping of the secrets behind the unique recipes included in the book, most of which are family heirlooms or inspired by the vast menu of their restaurant.Joseph, shares his encounters and experiences and stresses the significance of creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere and how it contributes to a restaurant's success. Maria discusses her experiences teaching Italian cooking classes and provides some invaluable advice to budding restaurateurs and authors. This episode is a savory mix of insights from the worlds of cooking and writing, garnished with personal anecdotes and lessons learnt along their journey. So, pull up a chair, and join us for this heartwarming chat with Maria and Joseph.Links:https://mariacpalmer.com/https://www.instagram.com/joecostanzoprimadonna/https://www.facebook.com/JoeCostanzoPrimadonna/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocks-Primadonna-Story-Maria-Palmer/dp/B0C67L5P2Yhttps://www.amazon.com/Rocks-Primadonna-Story-Maria-Palmer/dp/B0C67L5P2Ywww.undercurrentstories.com

Pillole di Storia
#292 - La prima donna nella spazio, solo propaganda? E gli USA?

Pillole di Storia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 38:42


Produzione, Editing e Sound Design - UncleMatt: https://www.instagram.com/unclemattprod/Canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Idufifk1hamoBzkZngr1wVolete far parte della community e discutere con tanti appassionati come voi? Venite sul nostro gruppo Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/groups/624562554783646/Se volete chiaccherare o giocare con noi, unitevi al server Discord: https://discord.gg/muGgVsXMBWIl nostro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibliotecadialessandria/?hl=itGruppo Telegram : https://t.me/joinchat/Flt9O0AWYfCUVsqrTAzVcg

Wickedly Smart Women
A Recipe for Resilience in Challenging Times—with Maria Costanzo Palmer - EP240

Wickedly Smart Women

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 28:29


If you're living through a challenging time, it may feel like this is the end of your story. But Maria Costanzo Palmer contends that the most beautiful part of a tiger is their stripes. And living through difficulty is how you earn those stripes and develop the resilience it takes to be successful. Maria is the coauthor of the 2021 Page Turner Award Finalist On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story, a book about the rise and fall of her father, an A-List restauranteur. Maria is also a successful food influencer, hosting 30,000 monthly visitors on her social media pages, where she features recipes and shares her life working in the family restaurant business. On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Maria joins Anjel to share her experience growing up in the family restaurant and describe how her father made The Primadonna one of the premiere Italian restaurants in the nation. Maria explains why her father lost his restaurant and how she started writing On the Rocks to help her dad remember better times. Listen in for Maria's advice on cultivating resilience in the face of challenges and learn how to turn your difficulties into something positive and productive! What You Will Learn  How Maria's Italian-American grandmother demonstrated her love through food Maria's experience growing up in and eventually working for her father's restaurant How Maria's dad made The Primadonna one of the premiere Italian restaurants in the nation Why Maria's father lost his restaurant and served time in federal prison How Maria started writing On the Rocks to help her dad remember better times Maria's process of engaging support to finish On the Rocks and get the book published Maria's take on why resilience is the most important ingredient for success How to turn hard times into something positive vs. being the end of your story Connect with Maria Costanzo Palmer Maria's Website Resources On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story by Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell   Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic Wickedly Smart Women on Clubhouse The Wealthy Life Mentor The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook Anjel on Twitter Anjel on Instagram Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343  Email listeners@wickedlysmartwomen.com 

A Happy Bureaucracy
Season 2 Chapter 13: Chaos is a prima donna

A Happy Bureaucracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 33:21


Arthur wakes up to see just how muddy his mess has become... Music by Dust Mice: ⁠⁠⁠https://dustmice.bandcamp.com/⁠⁠⁠ Loving A Happy Bureaucracy, but want more? Memos From The Wasteland is a free and exclusive eBook that explores the post-nuclear United Wastes with office humor and is the official prequel to the podcast. Memos from the Wasteland is not in stores, and can only be read at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mpfitzgerald.art⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/O18KS3iEtPw⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Help keep the podcast ad-free by getting all books in the series for the price of one here⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F3PSRCF

Standard Issue Podcast
SIM Ep 864 Chops 260: Jude Kelly is a Primadonna

Standard Issue Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 28:24


In a career spanning more than 40 years, Jude Kelly – theatre director, and CEO and founder of the WOW Foundation – has done A LOT. As well as her previous role as artistic director of London's Southbank Centre, she also set up the hugely successful global Women of the World festival, and is one of the 17 founding “primadonnas” behind the Primadonna Festival, which returns for its fifth year, this summer. In this week's Chops, she chats to Jen about the festival, her career highlights, platforming women, and dismantling prejudice. WOW indeed. The Primadonna Festival takes place in Stowmarket, Suffolk, July 28-30. Tickets available now.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jaded Mechanic Podcast
Surviving the Dog Eat Dog World of Auto Repair With Brandon Dills

The Jaded Mechanic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 121:06


In this episode of the Jaded Mechanic podcast, host Jeff is joined by his friend Brandon Dills from Jarhead Diagnostics. They discuss the busy year that Jarhead Diagnostics has had, including moving into a larger facility. Jeff shares his experience of seeing car engines with low mileage that have already been damaged. The episode offers insights into the automotive repair industry and the challenges that come with it.Jeff and Brandon delve into the importance of mobile technicians in the automotive industry. They highlight that even the most skilled technicians may encounter a problematic car that requires a fresh perspective. This is where mobile technicians come in, providing invaluable solutions to complex issues. Brandon also noted that customers expect quick and efficient repairs, and mobile technicians can help shops meet these expectations. However, some shops may be hesitant to work with mobile technicians, fearing a loss of business. Despite this, both agree that mobile technicians are essential to the industry, providing a valuable service to both customers and shops.The episode also touches on the shortage of technicians in the industry and the challenges faced by both technicians and shop owners. The guest speaker emphasizes the importance of valuing technicians and treating them as valuable assets, rather than replaceable workers. He suggests that shop owners should pay technicians well and not require them to donate hours or purchase tools that the shop uses. While it is not the shop owner's responsibility to provide retirement benefits, they should cover the cost of specialized tools and diagnostic equipment. By valuing technicians and treating them well, they will be more invested in their work and more likely to stay with the shop long-term.The episode also highlights that traditional retirement benefits, such as a pension and a watch, are not typically provided in the automotive industry. Therefore, technicians need to take responsibility for their own retirement plans. This includes investing in their own future, taking care of their team, and advancing their career. Shops that require technicians to purchase their own tools or do rework are not helping the situation. Shop owners should pay technicians well, so they are not struggling to buy tools that the shop uses. Technicians should also plan for lean times and when they are no longer able to work in the industry. This could involve having a side hustle or a backup plan, such as a YouTube channel or tooling training. Overall, technicians need to take control of their own retirement plans, as traditional retirement benefits are not typically provided in the automotive industry.[00:00:00] Seized engines. [00:03:50] Love for fixing vehicles. [00:07:43] Harrier: A top CAS aircraft. [00:11:35] Military deployments and family sacrifices. [00:15:25] Transitioning from aviation to automotive. [00:19:13] Bad rep of Canadian Tire. [00:22:42] Leaving dealership life. [00:27:50] Engine Recall at Kia. [00:29:39] Engine Recall Headaches. [00:33:23] CVT rebuilds and pricing. [00:36:46] Efficiency in car repairs. [00:40:23] Auto repair and income struggles. [00:45:05] Service advisors' commissions [00:47:01] Finding the right auto shop. [00:50:39] 3D printing for tooling. [00:54:01] Standing up for your worth.[00:57:55] Small business growth. [01:02:44] Mobile technicians vs repair shops. [01:06:39] Intermittent Electrical Issues. [01:11:37] Hourly vs flat rate. [01:12:48] Hourly vs Incentivized Pay. [01:16:39] Slow days affecting productivity. [01:21:15] Utilizing slack time for training. [01:25:06] Two weeks notice. [01:29:22] Leaving a hole. [01:31:23] Valuing technicians in business. [01:37:22] Absentee owners and older techs. [01:40:06] Having a fallback plan. [01:43:24] Job security in the industry. [01:49:28] Soft skills in customer relations. [01:51:14] Career transitions for aging employees. [01:55:13] Selling Tools for Retirement. [01:59:20] Succession planning for business.

SBS Italian - SBS in Italiano
Primadonna, The Girl from Tomorrow: un film coraggioso che parla di emancipazione femminile e sociale

SBS Italian - SBS in Italiano

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 12:43


'Primadonna', in inglese 'The girl from tomorrow', è uno dei film italiani presentati al Sydney Film Festival, anche grazie al contributo dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Sydney.

Effin B Radio
Episode 246: Pasta Primadonna

Effin B Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 15:59


We have an incident with the chickens and I make a lot of various asparagus dishes on a long weekend.

Buongiorno Italia - Podcast di cultura e lingua italiana
Buongiorno Italia - E013 - Grazia Deledda: la prima donna premio Nobel italiana

Buongiorno Italia - Podcast di cultura e lingua italiana

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 13:59


Vuoi fare lezione di italiano con me? - https://teach.italki.com/teacher/8740034  Vuoi la trascrizione di questo podcast? - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84268247  Vuoi sostenermi con una piccola mancia? https://paypal.me/italianwithraffaele?country.x=IT&locale.x=it_IT  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilcantodiulisse  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/il_canto_di_ulisse/  Sito web: www.ilcantodiulisse.it  Email: ilcantodiulisse@gmail.com  —-- Do you want to have a lesson with me? - https://teach.italki.com/teacher/8740034  Do you want the transcription of this (and all the others) episode? - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84268247  Do you want simply to tip me? https://paypal.me/italianwithraffaele?country.x=IT&locale.x=it_IT 

More Than A Muse
Maria Callas: La Divina Prima Donna

More Than A Muse

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 70:02


This week, Sadie introduces us to Maria Callas, resilient and immensely gifted, who shattered barriers and redefined what it meant to be an opera star. Her turbulent journey, from a challenging childhood to unfair attacks by the press, vocal struggles, and a diverse range of talents, only served to fuel her determination and leave a permanent legacy. We discuss her childhood, her rise to fame, the moments when she shined the brightest, and the press backlash for her independence. When you have a divine voice, life must not be as easy as you'd hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Official BNI Podcast
Episode 807: The Prima Donna Syndrome

The Official BNI Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 13:26


Learn how to identify prima donna syndrome, why it's harmful to your organization, and how to address it when you encounter it.

In the Spotlight
The Phantom of the Opera

In the Spotlight

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 106:01


THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA  Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Charles Hart | Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe | Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber | Based on the novel Le Fantome de  l'Opera by Gaston Leroux | Originally Directed by Harold Prince | Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber | Original Production by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. and The Really Useful Group Ltd. Works Consulted & Reference :The Phantom of the Opera (Original Libretto) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard StilgoeSense of Occasion by Harold PrinceUnmasked by Andrew Lloyd WebberRazzle Dazzle by Michael ReidelThe Complete Phantom of the Opera by George PerryMusic Credits:"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"The Music of the Night” from  The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast Recording) | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Charles Hart | Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe | Performed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast, Michael Crawford"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

The Howie Carr Radio Network
Morning Minute: Prima Donna Don Lemon - 2.9.23

The Howie Carr Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 2:08


Last week, Lemon lashed out at co-host Kaitlain Collins. Allegedly, he screamed at her to such a degree that she ran away from him. He was instructed to take a day off work to cool down. This week, Lemon halted the whole show. His point was much too important to proceed!

The Gravel Ride.  A cycling podcast
Brian Fruit - Founder,Lizard Skins

The Gravel Ride. A cycling podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 41:33


This week we sit down with Lizard Skin founder, Brian Fruit to learn the original story of the brand founded in 1993. From cycling bar tape and accessories now to baseball, hockey and lacrosse, the brand has had an interesting journey making its products in the United States. Lizard Skins Episode Sponsor: Hammerhead Karoo 2 (code: TheGravelRide for free HRM strap) Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: Lizard Skins [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the show. We welcome Brian fruit, the founder of lizard skins. Was there a skin spin part of the cycling industry since 1993. It's been quite an incredible journey for the company. Y'all know how much I love the business side stories behind the brands we know and love. So I was super excited to get into it with Brian and just learn more about the journey. With respect to their bar tape. What I find is interesting is that the material they have is definitely. Sort of on the gummy air side and you'll hear Brian, describe a bit about that product. But also it's worth noting. They offer four different sizes of kind of the diameter. Of the bar tape, which really changes the feel you can go from super thin. I E a lot of bar feel all the way out to kind of pair Ruby style, super cush. Which I think is an interesting option that you don't see across the board. A lot of times when you go into your local bike shop, You see only one diameter tape that's available. So it's an interesting thing to play around with and something I've enjoyed while testing out some of the lizard skin tape. Just before we jump in, I need to thank this week sponsor the hammerhead crew to. I am literally in Spain as you're listening to this, I'm recording this intro just before I'm boarding my flight and definitely thinking about all the adventures I'm going to have on the roads of Jarana. I thought about borrowing a computer from the group that I'm going with, but it was from another brand that I had a little bit of a bad experience with back way back when. I've come to love many things about my hammerhead computer. And I am convinced it's the most advanced GPS cycling computer available today. It's got industry leading mapping navigation and routing capabilities that set it apart from other GPS options. Free global maps with points of interest included like cafes and campsites. Mean that my riding in Gerona. I won't be without information. I'll have everything at my fingertips. As I'm saying all this, I'm literally reminding myself that I should go download the country maps. So I've got everything on hand. In my hammerhead crew to device. Hammerhead gives bi-weekly software updates. So the features are always up to date. And they're always listening. You can provide feedback to the team in hammerhead and potentially it's going to end up in a software update. You're not locked to a particular software package because they're always upgrading it. I really look for the climber feature. That's one of my favorite features these days. It was particularly poignant for me when I was riding in, uh, Bentonville Arkansas, a few weeks back at the big sugar gravel event, all those punchy climbs. I was really on the limit. I'm much more of a sit and grind on the coastal range here in California. So this punchy climbs or something I wasn't used to. So understanding exactly how far I was to the top and how many candles I could burn staying with the groups I was desperate to stay with really came in handy. So very much recommend the hammerhead crew to it's my exclusive computer. For gosh, probably over a year now. I'm not the only one singing its praises. It was named bicycling magazines, editors choice in GPS, cycling computers. For the past two years. Take a look on their websites for a limited time offer our listeners can get a free heart rate monitor with the purchase of a hammerhead crew to just visit hammerhead IO right now, and use the promo code, the gravel ride at checkout to get yours today. Remember it's an exclusive limited time offer for our podcast listeners. So don't forget that promo code, the gravel ride for that free heart rate monitor strap. Would that business behind us, let's jump right into my conversation with Brian. Hey Brian, welcome to the show. [00:04:27] Brian Fruit: Awesome. Super glad to be beyond today. [00:04:30] Craig Dalton: Yeah. I'm excited to dig into Lizard Skins a little bit, but I'd love to start out, as we always do, by a little bit about your history and how you ultimately got into cycling, and let's talk about the origin story of lizard skin. [00:04:44] Brian Fruit: Well, that's a, that's a good one. Yeah, it's been. Three decades ago now dating myself a little bit I was a college student at BYU and I got my first mountain bike. I worked, you know, most of the summer and saved up some money and got a mountain bike and, and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. Not just for the awesome writing that we were able to do in the mountains. Just as a way to get around campus and commute. It was just so much more liberating than fighting the parking spots. So I just fell in love with cycling. I think I'd, you know, from a very small age, I've always loved everything with wheels on it. And then this mountain bike was, that was a revelation. So fast forward a few more years and I'm a senior about to graduate and there's a company. Called Reflex bikes. [00:05:35] Craig Dalton: I remembered them. [00:05:36] Brian Fruit: yeah, they made these cool lugged frames. You know, some of them were aluminum tubes, some of 'em were carbon tubes, and they sold to another company. Look, that makes, you know, pedals and things like that. [00:05:49] Craig Dalton: And did Reflex have some sort of Utah connection or were you just familiar? [00:05:54] Brian Fruit: they were making 'em here in Utah, [00:05:56] Craig Dalton: I, Wow, I didn't know that. I had a girlfriend who had that one of those bikes in the very early nineties. [00:06:02] Brian Fruit: Did it creak? [00:06:03] Craig Dalton: It creeped. And the one thing I remembered too about it was that there was some really challenging cable routing. So when it came time to build it up, it was like a nightmare. Getting something through the bottom bracket, I think was what I struggled with. [00:06:17] Brian Fruit: Yeah. So it was a cool bike and it had a great designer and, and he had sold the business. And, and moved over to Europe actually to, to work on design there. And, and apparently there was a, a trademark issue on the name reflex. And the people that owned it were no longer willing to allow that name to be used. And so, Look just said, I think we're just done with this, but this doesn't make sense for us to be involved with. So they decided to liquidate everything. So rims and cranks and headsets, and you name it, bottom brackets, shifters, handlebar. And, and so they sent out these postcards to all these stores, and my friend worked as a bike patrol at Sundance Ski Resort, brought the. Postcard home. And I'm like, that's kind of interesting. So I drove up there the next day and I bought $300 worth of bike parts. Didn't have any money. I was just a college student and all the way home like, Oh, what am I doing? I don't have 300 bucks is the worst decision ever. And I sold all those parts that night to just random people in the apartment complex and friends that I rode with. It's cuz there was no social media back then. This is, you know, early 90. 92, I believe. And and the next day I went up there again, like, you know, being drawn to the, you know, bike parts, like the bug to the blue light zapper, and bought like $300 of the parts again and all the way home. Like, Oh, what am I doing? This is the worst decision ever. Sold all those parts again. And that was it. You know, over the next six weeks I was buying and selling parts and I sold them to bike stores and I sold them to individuals and I, I sold about $30,000 worth of parts, made a decent amount of money on that, bought my wife a wedding ring and saved up a little money for us to get married. And, and that's kind of how how my life got started. You know, in the bike world, I just kind of fell in love with the whole, the whole scene and, and not the people, but even like the smells when you walk into a bike store, I just like the smell of a bike store. It just, I know that sounds weird, but it just feels right in bike stores. I, even, when I'm on vacation, I like to go try to find a bike store to pop my head in and look around, so, [00:08:49] Craig Dalton: What an, that's an amazing kind of origin story, and I love the name dropping of reflex. It brings back very, very fond memories for me. So did you continue sort of pursuing kind of like a distribution type business model? [00:09:04] Brian Fruit: So, that lasted for about six weeks. You know, they were selling all those parts at this big discount and that just kind of made me think, man, something in the bike industry would be really fun. And we looked at two or three ideas and, and. None of 'em actually worked out. And then a friend introduced me to another friend and that guy's name was Lance Larson. And Lance had this idea of making neoprene and Velcro accessories for bicycles and calling 'em lizard skin. and but Lance wasn't a, a writer and he wasn't really familiar with the space. So he and I connected and, and in the simplest terms, the original, you know, premise was that he would make the products and I would sell 'em. It, it didn't really work out exactly like that. There was a lot more crossing over, back and forth, but Lance and I got to work together for eight and a half years. And, and built the company from nothing. The very first month we did $350 of annual sales. [00:10:09] Craig Dalton: Do you remember what the first product was that you came out with? [00:10:12] Brian Fruit: Yeah, yeah, it was the little neoprine and Velcro chainstay protector and man, they were small back then. It was like a really small length and really small diameter. And now, you know, they make the tubes so much larger. You know, the, the old one wouldn't even fit on a bike today. [00:10:29] Craig Dalton: Yep. Yeah. If you think about those old steel tube change stays that used to wrap, they were tiny, like the, like the size of your pink. [00:10:36] Brian Fruit: Yeah, so small. Exactly. And we made all kinds of fun colors and, and we made these little headset seals that would keep the dirt and grim out of the headset. And then eventually we started making fork boots, which would keep the dirt out of the front fork because the seals back then weren't very good. And then we made a same kind of a boot for the rear shock. And eventually started making rubber injection molded grips. And then we added in some BMX products. We made BMX pad sets and BMX plates and BMX shin guards and elbow guards. And and then, you know, I bought my partner out and, and that, that took several years and there wasn't a lot of extra cash, you know, cuz. Everything just seemed to go to him to, to buy him out. And, and eventually we got that all done. And, and then we were able to really kind of move forward more dramatically because we had, you know, some money to work with. [00:11:34] Craig Dalton: Right, Right, right. Yeah, I, I think back across that period that you're describing, and I do remember those original lizard skin chain guards, but I probably, I remember more. Like the arrival of color, cuz back in the early nineties, certainly on the mountain bike scene, that was the heyday of anize parts and finding any, any way to make your bike a little bit more colorful and have a little flare to it. [00:11:59] Brian Fruit: Oh, people were putting on Coca Cranks and Cook Brothers and, and you know, Paul components and everything was purple and red and yellow and, you know, green and yeah, you could buy a, a Chris King headset and it was all Rastafari and [00:12:16] Craig Dalton: Yeah, a hundred percent. A hundred percent. So, yeah, absolutely. I mean, it was, it was like there was so much innovation going on back then in the world of mountain bikes, and I mean, I think that's what I've enjoyed about the last several years in the gravel bike world is you just see that kind of innovation. No one knows exactly what's right. The bike designers have been given a lot of freedom to design bikes that, you know, range from a road plus bike to a full on bike packing bike, and they're all in this, this quote unquote new genre of gravel cycling. [00:12:49] Brian Fruit: It is fun. I rode a friend of mine's you know, bike packing bike just earlier this week, and. It was super fun, you know, it just had a, a cool geometry to it. And, and he had, he had outfitted mountain bike breaks onto his, you know, drop bar controls, and it had some significant breaks. You know, he's a bike store guy and he figured out how to do it. It was awesome. [00:13:16] Craig Dalton: at what year did you sort of transition your business partner out and start to think really like what new products could you innovate? [00:13:24] Brian Fruit: Yeah, so I bought him out in 2001 you know, early part of 2001. And you know, we, the philosophy then was like, turn over every rock just. If nothing else to see what was under underneath. And you know, we bought different equipment to do our manufacturing with. We, we just really tightened up to try to make everything more frankly more profitable and more efficient. [00:13:50] Craig Dalton: Yeah. I meant to ask earlier, did you, at what point did you bring manufacturing in-house and what does that look like from an equipment perspective? [00:13:59] Brian Fruit: So we were making these little neoprine and Velcro accessories in the United States from day one and, and still do 30 years later. So what it takes is, I mean, we did it differently. You know, in the old days, the equipment we used wasn't very efficient. We've got. Good stuff now. And so it's a dye press with a still rule dye and then that allows you to cut the fabric out in these perfect shapes. And anybody that's working on the dye press the first day, you know, you have to make sure and tell 'em, you know, if, if you're dropping the dye or if the dye is slipping outta your hands, just let it hit the ground. Like don't try to catch it, you know, cuz it's [00:14:45] Craig Dalton: Sharp all over. Yep. [00:14:47] Brian Fruit: we can, we can fix the, we can fix the dye. It's [00:14:50] Craig Dalton: And then after you, after you're dye cutting the neo printer, are you then going into a sewing process? [00:14:57] Brian Fruit: We have really nice commercial sewing machines. We use a zigzag stitch on it and we sew that in-house with different sizes of Velcro on each side. And then kind of do some trimming to make it look. And then we package it up all, you know, done in the us. So, you know, that was a good thing and we were able to make a super high quality product and, and we sold a lot of those. Eventually a lot of the brands started adding some type of a. Chain protector or you know, chain stay guard to the bikes and it, and definitely impacted our sales. But we added these other products, you know, injection molded grips, and eventually we created a great relationship with odi where they made a. a significant line of lock on grips for us under their, under their patent and technology, but sold by us, under our name and, and to our customers. [00:15:53] Craig Dalton: With ODI manufacturing in the US as well. [00:15:56] Brian Fruit: That's correct. Yep. They're out in California actually, so, you know, it's like, double hard in the United States and California , but great product and they, they have great tooling and they could make these grips just so crisp and clean and, and the technology they have just, and still have is, is second to none. So we teamed up with them on, on lock, on grips. And then eventually we really wanted to come up with a lightweight mountain by grip that was just different. And so we checked into another industry and we made some appointments and we started visiting factories, hoping to get this lightweight grip you know, maybe for cross country racing. And, and unfortunately we weren't successful in finding, you know, that. You know, through maybe another industry. But on that trip we figured out that we found a company that could make tape for us. And it was literally my, my general manager, Brad Barker. And he and I were on this trip together, and as we were about to walk out the, the the building, the business, he kind of turned around and asked them. It was like, Hey, could you guys make tape for. And they're like, Oh yeah, we could totally do that. He says, Great. I'll, I'll, I'll be in touch. So, you know, he says, Brian, I really wanna try this. I really wanna, you know, sink my teeth into it. So, you know, he was working with the factory back and forth about nine months and making samples for handlebar tape for road bikes. The first sample was like, what, 12 or 18 inches long? And we're like, Well, this is not gonna work. And then the next sample was, you know, really long, but the product didn't stretch. Well, that's not gonna work. And so we went through rendition, after rendition after rendition, frankly, not knowing how to create the proper tech kit to speed the process along, but just trial and error and. [00:18:01] Craig Dalton: was there something in the road bike market that you felt was missing like some type of performance out of the grip that you guys saw as an opportunity? [00:18:09] Brian Fruit: Yeah, that's a great a great question. We, we did feel like that there could be something different. Most of the tape that was available at that time was the synthetic cork and you know, gets dirty and it kind of slippery and it wasn't really any. as to it or any technical, anything. So when we came out with ours, it was completely different and had a much different texture and feel. It, it actually felt softer even though it was the same thickness and way more grippy and it was cleanable. You could just take a little alcohol and a, and a clean, you know, white rag or something. You could clean it right up and, and it wasn't stained and dirty. So we ended up finding a product that was gonna work and we were really proud of, of the product we had designed. And then the factory told us how much it was gonna cost and it was like one of those, you know, stressful moments and we're like, Ugh, how's this ever gonna work? Cuz Bar Tape at that time sold for 15 to $20 for, you know, the common synthetic co. [00:19:18] Craig Dalton: Yep. [00:19:19] Brian Fruit: Ours was gonna be $35. . And so we're just like, Oh, this is gonna be tough. But everybody that touched our tape loved it. And so we're like, Well, we just gotta get people to touch it, you know? Cuz once they do, they'll love it. And that's the phrase, Touch it, feel it, love it came from [00:19:39] Craig Dalton: Yeah. I, you know, it's so, it is poignant when you put your hands on some lizard skin tape, it feels different. You know, I'm riding it on my, my bike right now and. Everything you've just described is what I've felt about it, like it feels When I'm barehanded I often ride barehanded and I, I feel much more connected to the grip because of the sort of, I dunno, stickiness is the right word, but this kind of sticky quality that I feel when riding it that's quite different than court grip. [00:20:12] Brian Fruit: Yeah, it's, it's grippy, you know, and it's from this patented, you know, technology and material that that our partner supplier created in tandem with us. And and it's just been absolutely wonderful. [00:20:28] Craig Dalton: So it's, so, it's so interesting to me as, Sorry to interrupt Brian. Just as like a business journey, you sort of realize, hey, we've got something unique here, but I can't tell you about it. You've gotta feel it and touch it to believe and see. I can imagine, like in the bike industry, that's a challenge, right? To kind of just translate that into the hands of enough people to develop a passionate following to say, I'm willing to pay this premium price for this performance now that I know about it. [00:20:59] Brian Fruit: So I happened to be on a, a family trip, and again, I love bike stores, right? So we have a distributor in Guatemala that, that was selling our product and they had a bike store. So I went and visited that store while we were on this family trip. And there was a customer that came in and he had a road bike, I think it was a tri bike actually. And the handlebar tape was all falling off and, and I just happened to hand him my handlebar sample that I had and he just fell in love with it. And he told the, the manager owner of the store there, he's like, I want this. And and we told him kind of what the price was, and that's a lot of money in Guatemala. and he's like, No, no, I want that tape. Like, so give me that tape. And, and that's kind of how it's worked. Like we pay a ton more for our tape. It's not that we make a lot of money on it. We actually have a pretty tight margin on it, but the manufacturing cost is just a lot more because of what the product is and the, the materials that are, that are used. But once you feel it, it's like, . Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna splurge and I'm, I'm, This is what I want. [00:22:12] Craig Dalton: So are you still using the same manufacturing partner [00:22:15] Brian Fruit: We are, Yeah. And they've come up with, you know, new technology and, and you know, improvements to the polymer to make it, you know, even more grippy and even more durable. So it's been nice. You know, we did a complete redesign on the tape a couple years ago, two or three years ago now. And the new tape actually has a pattern on it. And if you looked at that pattern with like a, a jeweler's loop or a magnifying glass, you would see that the pattern is like, It, it's multi depth. So some of the little bumps are really deep, some are less deep, some are really shallow, just to maximize the feel and control on the bike you know, with, with these different dimensions into the pattern. So pretty technical. [00:23:05] Craig Dalton: Yeah. I think as as riders, we benefit from your obsession over this one little part of the bike. Say, how can we make it the best it can be? [00:23:15] Brian Fruit: I mean down that same conversation, and this is not a, This is me telling a bad story about myself. Unfortunately, not a good business story, but our plug that we had was really cool looking and was shiny and, and had the little lizard on it, but it did have a tendency to fall out. You know, if you didn't leave enough tape tucked in. So some people, it worked great and it never fell out, but other people, it fell out. So I wanted to get a new screw in plug and, and unfortunately we allowed ourselves to run out of plugs during that process. And probably lost a million dollars of sales just because we didn't. The actual plug that I wanted and I didn't want to go back to the old plug, cuz in my mind it already moved on to the new plug and the supplier for the new plug was being a Turkey and not making a for us. And, and we had to actually switch, you know, suppliers and, and but honestly now we have an amazing screw and plug which is a super simple thing and like, it shouldn't even be like a big thought, but. It probably cost me a ton of money making that transition, just cuz we didn't, we didn't wanna continue on with the old one and we didn't have our ducks in a row on the new one we thought we did. But but [00:24:32] Craig Dalton: I think anybody who's ever manufactured anything can commiserate with that story, myself included. [00:24:39] Brian Fruit: So, but now we got a great plug and the supplier's good and, and everything's, everything's functioning well. [00:24:46] Craig Dalton: You know, one of the, one of the things when you visit the lizards in skin site as a customer is that the first thing you see is an array of colors. And you're like, Great, if I wanna create some accent color, like you just have so many different unique colors available for the bar tape. But when you select your color and you get into it, you also then realize there's this secondary, probably much more important from a performance perspective, opportunity to choose your thick. Of color. For most riders, you probably buy bar tape and you don't even think about it. I don't know what the average is. Maybe it's a two and a half millimeter, but on your site you've got, I think it's 1.8 millimeter, 2.5, 3.2, and 4.6 millimeter bar tape, which is a pretty wide array. [00:25:35] Brian Fruit: So when we started this journey on making Hbar tape And we really tried to figure out what everybody else was doing and trying to get understanding. So we were out there with a micrometer trying to measure it and, and kind of the normal standard tape out there was about 2.5 millimeters, but nobody ever called that out. There was never any technical data. It was just a box and it. You know, Hbar tape with no detail. So we came out originally with the 2.5, which is still our very best seller and it's kind of the most common that you would see. But we had a request for some thinner tape, and there were some customers that said, Oh man, you know, you need to make it a little thinner. So then we came out with a 1.8 in limited colors. And, and we found that certain people in, in certain, you know, applications really like the thinner product and especially people with a little bit smaller hand because they just couldn't get their hand comfortably around, you know, this big fat bar. Big fat tape. Then we had a lot of people was like, Oh, why don't you make a thicker tape? You know? And I think they were like, Man, if you're gonna make a thinner one, why don't you make a thicker one? So then we came out with a 3.2 and you know, the packaging was bigger. Everything about the, the thing is just bigger. And people loved it. Like, man, it, it quickly became a great seller for us. Not better than the 2.5, but it was better than the one eight in fact. And so we've done real well with the three, two, and it lays down nice. And then we just had certain customers you know, wanting to do gravel rides, you know, cobbles, maybe they just have hands that hurt. You know, they have, could be an injury, just could be the way they are on the bike. But their hands just go numb and get sore. They. They wanted more cued. And so some people would like double wrap their bars. You know, but that, that has some challenges to it. So it came out with this 4.6 and it's a beast. It is a big, old fat role. But super comfortable when you get it on. It is a little harder to lay it down, you know? And. In all honesty, if you're wrapping 2.5, that's pretty easy. 3.2 takes a little more finesse and 4.6, it takes a decent amount of experience to make it lay nice and flat, but. [00:28:07] Craig Dalton: interesting to layer in those op those options for gravel cyclists. Obviously, like on this podcast we've got had lots of discussions around, you know, how do you create suspension? You start with your body, then the tires. Then grip tape's gonna play. Play a role in there. And again, for all the reasons you're just talking about, for some people, they're really taking a lot of abuse in their hands for one reason or another. Maybe they've got an injury and I, I could see having that option available to them, even if it's for a special purpose, a special event, wrapping your bars in a separate way. I remember back in the Perry Ru Bay classic days. When you're talking about people doing double wrap bar tape, everybody was consorting themselves in the prop peloton to find some way to make their bikes more comfortable. For days like Perry rba. [00:28:57] Brian Fruit: Yeah, and there's been a few different products made, you know, like, little gel packs and little foam pieces and stuff to put underneath there, and. And, and they work to some degree, but you know, the gel packs are break or they'll get kind of wiggly and the handlebar tape doesn't work well with it. And by doing this nice 4.6 and the 3.2, like, it just fits. It's just there. It's solid. You don't have to worry about a bump or a weird spot on there. And it, and it's been successful. [00:29:30] Craig Dalton: And as I understand things, you've been also getting feedback from a couple pro tour teams for the bar tape. [00:29:36] Brian Fruit: We were very fortunate to get a pro tour team to use the HA Bar tape many, many years ago. That first team was the con and this was kind of like a Forest Gump moment. But they were using our tape and one of their writers Johnny Hoer. Always being indebted to him. He was leading the polka dot jersey competition, the mountain mountain points in the tour, Frances, and it was a flat part of the beginning of the, of the tour. So ultimately he was doing breakaways and getting these points and on one of those days that he was in a breakaway, you know, getting a, a handful of mountain. A press car bumped him and another rider. And they went off the road and into a Bob wire fence. They hit that fence so hard that it actually pulled the P wood post outta the ground. And as just hardcore professionals, they got back on the bike, all cut up and dazed and, and jerseys and shorts all ripped up from the Bob wire. And, you know, their team gives 'em a push and off they go. You. At the end of the race, you know, Johnny gets off and he had been bandaged by the medical car and you know, they're trying to bandage him as he was riding his bike. So by the time he finished the race, you know, most of the bandages were falling off. It was a mess. And they interviewed him afterward and his attitude was like, this was an accident. I wished it wouldn't happened. This is gonna really mess up my opportunities at the tour, but it could have been worse. Let's move on. The other gentleman, writer that got hit had a very different take. His team was trying to find out who was responsible, who was gonna pay. It was just very bitter and, and interestingly enough, everyone fell in love with Johnny. And they started looking at his bike and once those chain rings he used and what kind of bike it was and what was his saddle and what kind of handlebar tape he used. Oh my goodness. Our handlebar tape started selling like crazy. [00:31:55] Brian: So all the distributors started having a run on the product and they ran out of, you know, lizards, skins, bar tape, and and boom. That was it. That was our four Gump moment. Handlebar tape became the most popular aftermarket tape in the world. And it was because, you know, one guy was was cool, you know, [00:32:17] Craig: And thrown into and thrown into a barb wire fence. I remember those images. [00:32:22] Brian: Oh. But you know, he just handled it right. You know, I think a lot of times in life we all have bad things that happen to us that are out of our control, but it's how we handle those things that kind of impact, you know. How we interact with the rest of the world [00:32:42] Craig: Yeah, as you remind me of that story, I remember very viscerally thinking about, gosh, this is gonna be another Primadonna roadie that has a tantrum. And I remember how you describe like the other team, the other writer. It was just this big to do and you know, who's gonna pay for this and how do we replace how he would've done throughout this tour juxtaposed to how Johnny handled it and how their team handled it. [00:33:10] Brian: Yeah, it was it was, it was pretty crazy. So, taught me, you know, a great lesson, right, of, you know, it's important to manage how we react you know, to, to potentially bad things, you know, happening to. So, you know, how we behave can really, you know, change overall how something goes down. [00:33:34] Craig: Yeah. Such, such an amazing journey and so cool that you've been able to do it using us manufacturing all this time. I love that part of the story. Before I let you go, Brian, I did wanna touch on one other thing because I think it's interesting. I mean, the gravel cyclist should go to your site and check out the different dimensions of bar tape and all those cool colors. You have great product. It definitely delivers that kind of grippiness and unique feel that we were talking about earlier. But I was also bemused to learn that you're also into several different sports, and I think the listeners would kind of dig hearing just a little bit about your journey into those other sports. [00:34:13] Brian: Y. So Hannah Bar tape was, was doing extremely well. And one of the guys from work Brad Barker that helped design the tape. Originally, he loved baseball. He had boys that were playing on baseball teams. Had another friend from college that, that gave me that little postcard for the sale at at Reflex actually. He. He was one of the guys that helped me feed my mountain bike passion. He had three boys that loved baseball and they were all putting this tape on baseball bats, bicycle tape on baseball bats. So it, it, it was like, Huh, is there something there? So we started making two thicknesses of baseball grip. We made a 1.1. Which is kind of the traditional thickness for baseball. And we made a 1.8, which is a little thicker. You know, think of the 3.2 in cycling, that kind of thing. And we put it out there. We won best of show for the first trade show we went to, and, and you know, nothing really happened. But when we sold the stuff into a store, it, it, it did. . So we figured out, it's like, well, we just have to increase the amount of stores. So we eventually got a bunch of stores selling it, and then there was a local probe by the name of John Buck. He connected up with us and wanted to go to a trade show and we said, That'd be great. You can share our booth and you can show your product in our booth and it, and it'll be fun. So we start that and at that show, . He brings his bats and we wrap 'em for him. And the whole time he's like feeling the bat, you know, while talking to customers about his products. And at the end of the show he's like, you know, if you made this thinner, I would use it in the pros and I would get other people to use it in the pros and I think have something. So Brad came back from that show and we talked and he says, this is, this is the convers. and we both looked at each other like 130 years of history with people using like sticky stuff, pine tar on baseball bats. Like, how in the world are we gonna change that tradition? Like, that's never gonna happen. And they were like, Yeah, probably not. And they were like, What? What should we do? And we both agreed it's a pro player, we should probably make it. So we did, we made a, a thinner version, one or a 0.5, really, really. and John started using it. Hunter Penn started using it. Big Poppy started using it like, you know, Miguel Cabret, I mean, just tons of these great players and they were sluggers and and eventually we got invited to go to the Equipment Manager show for Major League Baseball, which then led to us getting a license of Major League Baseball where we became the official bat grip on field license. for Major League Baseball and, and it was amazing and our sales grew, grew, grew, which allowed us to hire more people and get into a bigger, you know, better facility and you know, hire more designers and then continue to make more products and and grow the company. [00:37:33] Craig: Yeah, cuz now you're in baseball, hockey, lacrosse as well as cycling. [00:37:39] Brian: and recently we just added pickle. [00:37:42] Craig: Of course, the rise of pickleball, that is the moment in time we're in [00:37:48] Brian: So it and each of these sports, the product is different. So we're not just repackaging, we're actually redesigning the product each time. So you know how long it needs to be, what's the thickness, what type of a backing do we use? For cycling, we use an EVA backing, but for baseball we use afil. [00:38:09] Craig: Yeah. [00:38:10] Brian: you know, different patterns and the gripping qualities on the patterns are very different. So, we've, we've replicated ourself effectively in all these different sports. [00:38:23] Craig: When you, when you think about the business now, what percentage is cycling versus everything else? [00:38:29] Brian: Wow. I mean, in 2020, you know, there was a surge and cycling was the biggest part of the. 2021, it was still great. 2022. You know, cycling sales have, have slowed a little bit because there's a lot of inventory that's been shipped out there. So baseball is now the biggest part of the, of the business. Cycling is second, and then hockey would be third. [00:38:52] Craig: Gotcha. [00:38:53] Brian: So, [00:38:55] Craig: Yeah, super interesting story. Totally appreciate you sharing the journey with me. I enjoyed the conversation. [00:39:02] Brian: Oh, you bet. It, it's been a lot of fun. You know, I look back I, I wouldn't have wanted to go a different route, you know, I've loved the cycling industry and I actually started lizard scans and then several years later I, I started a bike store and then a couple years later I bought another bike store and, and I still have those bike stores. They're, they're great. I love 'em. And, and it, it just, it feels like walking into the Cheers bar, you know, from, from that sitcom. So when you go in the bike store, that's what it feels like, you know, it's just like, it, it's just, it's another home, right? [00:39:42] Craig: absolutely. Yeah. We all, I I hope that many of the listeners out there have that kind of relationship with their local bike shop, cuz I certainly do in my town. I love going there, I love seeing all the team that works there and, and just saying hi and having that familiar, you know, love of the sport that you can share. [00:40:00] Brian: Yeah, it's just, you know, fun getting to have friends continue to come in and get to see 'em. I mean, it's almost like a little mini fan family reunion, like every day that you go in the store. So [00:40:12] Craig: Yeah, absolutely. Well, have a great weekend, Brian, and we'll talk again soon. [00:40:17] Brian: appreciate it. Take. [00:40:19] Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Big, thanks to Brian from lizard skin for joining I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit about his journey and are intrigued by some of the other product categories that they've found themselves in over the years. Definitely go check them out@lizardskins.com. Uh, as I mentioned earlier, that bar tape's been, it's been interesting trying out the different diameters. I'm still in the 2.4 camp, But I am curious about that 1.8 thickness bar tape as well. If you're interested in connecting with me, please join the ridership. That's w w w dot the ridership.com. That's a free global cycling community. It's hosted on slack. So it's basically a slack channel that you can communicate with other gravel, cyclists. From all around the world. If you're able to support the show, please visit buy me a coffee.com/the gravel ride. Or ratings and reviews are hugely appreciated until next time. Here's the finding some dirt under your wheels