Podcast appearances and mentions of reba mcintyre

Jenee Fleenor is a World Class fiddler and 5x Country Music Association “Musician Of The Year”. She's recorded with stars like John Pardi, Cody Johnson, Luke Bryan and Carly Pearce. She's performed with Martina McBride, Blake Shelton, Steven Tyler and George Strait. She's written songs for Miranda Lambert and Reba McIntyre. She's played at the Grand Ole Opry. And she's part of a new acoustic supergroup called the Wood Box Heroes.My featured song is “My Love” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link. ---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here. To subscribe to the podcast click here.To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click here.To Rate and Review the podcast click here.“Dream With Robert”. Click here.—----------------------------------------Connect with Jenee:www.jeneemusic.com_________________________ROBERT'S SINGLES:“LOVELY GIRLIE” is Robert's new single. It's a fun, Old School, rock/pop tune with 3-part harmony. It's been called “Supremely excellent!”, “Another Homerun for Robert!”, and “Love that Lovely Girlie!”Click HERE for All Links—----------------------------------“THE RICH ONES ALL STARS” is Robert's single featuring the following 8 World Class musicians: Billy Cobham (Drums), Randy Brecker (Flugelhorn), John Helliwell (Sax), Pat Coil (Piano), Peter Tiehuis (Guitar), Antonio Farao (Keys), Elliott Randall (Guitar) and David Amram (Pennywhistle).Click HERE for the Official VideoClick HERE for All Links—----------------------------------------“SOSTICE” is Robert's single with a rockin' Old School vibe. Called “Stunning!”, “A Gem!”, “Magnificent!” and “5 Stars!”.Click HERE for all links.—---------------------------------“THE GIFT” is Robert's ballad arranged by Grammy winning arranger Michael Abene and turned into a horn-driven Samba. Praised by David Amram, John Helliwell, Joe La Barbera, Tony Carey, Fay Claassen, Antonio Farao, Danny Gottlieb and Leslie Mandoki.Click HERE for all links.—-------------------------------------“LOU'S BLUES”. Robert's Jazz Fusion “Tone Poem”. Called “Fantastic! Great playing and production!” (Mark Egan - Pat Metheny Group/Elements) and “Digging it!” (Peter Erskine - Weather Report)!Click HERE for all links.—----------------------------------------“THE RICH ONES”. Robert's sublime, atmospheric Jazz Fusion tune. Featuring guest artist Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears) on flugelhorn. Click HERE for all links.—---------------------------------------Audio production:Jimmy RavenscroftKymera Films Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comEmail Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com Follow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.comYouTubeSpotify MusicApple MusicEmail - pgs@projectgrandslam.com

Send us a textWhat makes a band truly legendary, and which Canadian artists fit that bill? Join us on a nostalgic trip as we ponder these questions and more, starting with a shout-out to our favorite northern bands. Get a behind-the-scenes look at my experience producing an album for Alison Piccioni, now known as Rocky Rose, who's currently electrifying audiences on tour with the iconic Cyndi Lauper. We celebrate Lauper's nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and reflect on the timeless impact of her classic hit "Time After Time." Together with my co-host Tiffany Mason, we fondly recall how the music of Bad Company and others once filled the air at local skating rinks, igniting our love for rock and roll. Our musical journey continues with a look at the often-blurred boundaries between genres and what truly qualifies an artist for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We examine bands like Blue Oyster Cult, Oasis, and Soundgarden, sharing personal stories like how Soundgarden's music became a soothing companion during a bumpy flight. While the cancellation of the CMT Awards brings a bit of disappointment, there's joy in discussing new music, including Trey Calloway's heartfelt "Your Love Is Safe With Me," which we predict will become a beloved wedding anthem. Plus, we give a nod to Shibuzy's chart success and Reba McIntyre's sweet gesture welcoming Kelsey Ballerini to The Voice.From the art of music engineering and remembering late greats like Mike Shipley to celebrating the victories of youth cheerleading teams, our conversation covers it all. Dive into stories of Canadian musical talent, like Bryan Adams and Loverboy, and their journey to breaking into the U.S. market. We wrap up with the lighthearted chaos of Orlando traffic, a Super Bowl lip-sync debate, and the relatable highs and lows of family outings and unexpected revelations at Texas Roadhouse. Whether it's about music, memories, or navigating life's unexpected turns, this episode is packed with vibrant stories and heartfelt insights.LinksJay Franze: https://JayFranze.comVirtually You: https://www.virtuallyyouva.com/ Support the show

If cuddling with a cow is on your agenda, then today is a must listen. Mark is apparently having trouble shaking Reba McIntyre, not that he wants to. Mark reveals one of the best films he's seen in a long time and we dive into the world of Cool Stories in Music with a little-known fact about Neil Sedaka. Mark also speaks with his youngest listener who cusses like a sailor apparently. Not a bad way to start November…but you won't know that if you don't push play…so push it!

Reba McIntyre's national anthem, Usher's halftime show, and all of the commercials

This week, for the 100th episode we have Writer/Actor/Executive Producer Steve Lemme (Super Troopers, Beer Fest, Tacoma FD and many many more) talk about his early career, his on-going collaboration with Kevin Heffernan and doing stand up.Show NotesSteve Lemme on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501399/Steve Lemme on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveLemmeSteve Lemme on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve_lemme/Free Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutogenerated TranscriptSteve Lemme:Some guys were psyched that I had gotten it out there and the studio was psyched because fucking, it was massive. It was a massive announcement that got all those views. And so it was like, then the guys that were kind of mad about it were like, but don't feel like you did the right thing here. What you did was wrong. I was like, I know what I did was wrong. I'll never do it again. They're like, so don't feel justified. I'm like, I know, but then guys are looking at each other. But it is pretty fucking sweet and I definitely did the wrong thing and I would not advise that to anybody.Michael Jamin:You're listening to Screenwriters need to hear this with Michael lemin.Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Screenwriters. Need to Hear this. I'm Michael and this is episode 100 of this podcast. And as an honor, I thought I would bestow this great honor onto the man. Yes. Yeah, I'm giving you the honor. It's an honor for you Lemme onto the man who's kept me employed for the past four years or more. Ladies and gentlemen, if you're listening to the podcast in your car, please pull over and give a warm round of applause to Mr. Steven Lemme. Lemme.Lemme tell people who you are, just by the way, this is the in case they don't know. So Lemme, as we call him, is the star and exec creator and executive producer showrunner of the show. I'm currently running on Tacoma fd, but you may know him. He's got a long track record of indie movies. We're going to talk about how he got these old made, including Super Troopers, bottle Cruiser Club, dread Beer Fest, lamb and Salmon, a bunch of stuff, including the latest one is quasi. I know I'm skipping over your complete filmography, but I want to give you a chance to talk. Let me thank you for being on my show here.Steve Lemme:I feel like you could just go on forever talking about me.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that would be the ideal Pat podcast for you. Just tell me more about me.Steve Lemme:I would prefer that. I would prefer that.Michael Jamin:Why? Is that? Because you're tired of telling your story over and over?Steve Lemme:No, I don't really get tired speaking about myself, but what I get less tired of is like I've gone and done some publicity lately. For instance, I did watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. Do you know what that show is?Michael Jamin:No, I didn't know that. Where is that?Steve Lemme:It's on the Bravo Channel. All those shows.Michael Jamin:All the shows you don't watch. Yeah. Yeah.Steve Lemme:I watch them. I watch because,Michael Jamin:Because your wife watches them.Steve Lemme:Well, that's exactly how a lot of people get sucked into it. It's because somebody else is watching and you walk through the room and you're like, what stupid show are you watching? I started watching, it was Real Housewives of New Jersey, and I walked through, I was like, who are these fucking people? And my wife was like, it's Real Housewives of New Jersey. They're just, last week, this chick right here flipped up a table and called this other one a prostitution whore. And then they actually showed it on the tv. They replayed what happened last week in a flashback. I was like, wait a second, hold on. And I sat down and I was like, hold on a second. Hold on a second. What happened? Why would she flip up a table? What's wrong with her? And she's like, well, that's the thing she's on. And there was born another fan of these shows. And then you try to resist.Michael Jamin:But wait, I want to know, you got to answer the question though. Why is it you didn't want to talk about yourself in the beginning? I asked you, is it because you do so much publicity?Steve Lemme:I got off track, I got off track, but it's not that I don't want to talk about myself becauseMichael Jamin:I think it must get hard answering the same thing over andSteve Lemme:Over again again. Well, sometimes I fascinate myself, Michael, and so I find great comfort in hearing myself speak while I'm saying it. I'm like, oh, this is nice. What I'm saying right now is good. And I'm enjoying my own company. I'm a big believer in actually my way into the arts was my mom saying, because I didn't have a lot of money growing up. And actually that's actually, it's mostly true, but it's more that my mom was a teacher at a really wealthy private school. And so whatever is the reality or not, and I suspect it actually is real. I didn't have much money growing up. It felt less to maybe I was hanging out with people that had, it's like the kind where after Christmas, or you go to their house before Christmas and there's a million presents under the tree.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that's right. AndSteve Lemme:You're like, Jesus, I've got two. And even that's better than a lot of people. That's why I hesitate to complain about it and put myself in that place. But when I was a kid, I would complain about not having toys and my mom would hand me paper and crayons and pencil and pen and scissors and scotch tape and say, make something, entertain yourself. And she would say, if you can't have fun with yourself, you'll never be happy. And so, by the way, am I allowed to be dirty on this podcast?Michael Jamin:You can say whatever you want to say.Steve Lemme:I was about to make a masturbation joke, which I know youMichael Jamin:Would like. I was already there.Steve Lemme:But anyway, my point is, so now that's totally off the market.Michael Jamin:You're saying this. This is your introduction to the arts,Steve Lemme:Right? So anyway, oh, I was saying I enjoy spending time with myself, the arts, but the point is I went on Andy Cohen, watch What Happens Live. And this has happened so many times where the intro, the way they introduce you is dog shit. And he didn't mention the movies, he didn't mention Broken Lizard. He just said he's on a new TV series on Hulu called QuasiMichael Jamin:Thanks for getting everything wrong,Steve Lemme:Which was not true either. And then it's like, look, I'm aware that a lot of, there is a younger generation of people who aren't familiar with Broken Lizard or those movies or Super Troopers or Beer Fest or anything like that, or they haven't watched it, but there are fans there. And also a lot of times if I don't know my mustache, people won't recognize me, but if they say it, if you get a nice intro, at least it gives you some credibility. But in this case, I was some jackass at the bar, the celebrity bartender. And so anyway, I like a good intro. I like to get stroked.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Did I stroke you enough when I brought you on?Steve Lemme:You did. You did. But I could have listened to more. YouMichael Jamin:Could to the thing about you, and I've said this before and I'll say it publicly, there are one of the great joys of working with you is that you are an open book when you talk about stories from your past and you're brutally honest. And the best comedians that I've worked with are the same way. Mark Merrim is the same way. He'd say things in the room, you'd be like, whoa, I can't believe you're telling me this. And you're the same way. So it makes it so much easier to write for you because you're just being vulnerable and you're sharing yourself and there's no judgment there. It's just funny.Steve Lemme:Thank you for saying that. I know that about myself. Kevin will say, I have no filter. That's what he will say, but I'll tell him he's too filtered.Michael Jamin:Right?Steve Lemme:I'll say, Kevin, you need to open up a little bit and share of yourself. Interesting. But it also puts the other writers at ease and encourages them to tell stories. It's like if I'm willing to tell the story about, again, it's like a lot of these things tend to wind up being a little bit crass, but it's like if I'm willing to tell a disgusting story about myself or a story where I embarrass myself horribly,Michael Jamin:Or a sex dream you had, for example,Steve Lemme:I've had severalMichael Jamin:With one of your friends.Steve Lemme:Okay.Michael Jamin:I don't want to say who, that's a great example.Steve Lemme:No. So that's a great example. So can you hear the noise? We'reMichael Jamin:Doing an interview here.Steve Lemme:My wife has come in with the children, so she doesn't know, and I'm displaced. I don't have an office with doors anymore, so I'm,Michael Jamin:There's some damage to his house. So he's got to do an impromptuSteve Lemme:Yeah, the whole, but go ahead side of the house is flooded. Okay. So the story is, so Michael and I have, I'll even say the guy's name.Michael Jamin:Yeah, okay.Steve Lemme:It makes it better. We have a common friend named Eric Levy. You grew up with him in Fresh Chester?Michael Jamin:Yes, in high school. Yeah.Steve Lemme:He and I went to college together, and I don't even know if this is proper improper to say, but I'm not gay and neither is he. But I had a dream about him where he showed up at my house with 50 bags of McDonald's burgers and then it cuts to me fucking him in the ass. But he was on top of me.Michael Jamin:I still love this story and then go on.Steve Lemme:But I told the story because whatever we were riffing on, it was like, what about those? And then I told him about it.Michael Jamin:Yes. And how did he take videos? ISteve Lemme:Called him up laughing the next morning and was like, holy shit, this is so fucking funny. I had this dream about it. You're never going to believe it. And there's a lot of guys who would be like, I'm taking that one to the grave. But the additional joke for me is that when I have with Reba McIntyre, I had a sex dream about her. And to me, when you have a sex dream about somebody, what's the difference between actually having sex with them? Because in real life, if you have sex with somebody afterwards, it's just a memory and it lives longer in your memory. And so to me, it's like if you have a vivid sex dream about Reeb McIntyre, which I did, and then it lives on in your memory, it kind of counts.Michael Jamin:But no, because no consent. She didn't consent to that either. Did Levy,Steve Lemme:You're sayingMichael Jamin:I'm was a nonconsensual sex dream that you had with both of them?Steve Lemme:I don't know. I feel like there's a blurry line there.Michael Jamin:But this is just a good example. You told this story probably the first year to call him after you in the writer's room. And I just remember laughing my ass off thinking, oh my God, this guy's going to be game for pretty much everything we pitch. And this makes easier to write.Steve Lemme:Well, and that's why you and I wound up sitting next to each other because you would always mutter filthy little offerings under your breath to me.Michael Jamin:You would enjoy them. Yeah,Steve Lemme:I didn't. I enjoyed them quite a bit. I enjoyed,Michael Jamin:Lemme ask you that, because I don't know if I've ever asked you this or maybe I forgot. We met you. The show had just gotten picked up and we met through, we had the same management company, right? Yeah, of course weSteve Lemme:Did. I used to be with them. I'm not with them anymore, but Kevin is still with them.Michael Jamin:And that's how we had that meeting. And did you meet with other writers at our level or did you just laise out, say, fuck, we'll just hire these guys. I don't want to meet more people.Steve Lemme:Kevin and I get in trouble like that. We oftentimes do hire the first person we meet, which was you,Michael Jamin:Thank God.Steve Lemme:Yeah. But I think we did. God, they're really making a racket over there. I did. We did meet with one other set of showrunners, I believe. But then what happens anyway, if Kevin and I get past the first interview and make it to the second one by the second one, we're definitely bored and we realize we've made a mistake by prolonging this process. So with us with timing is key. If you get in with us early, if you ever hear about a Lemme Heffernan gig, get your resume to us immediately because youMichael Jamin:Hire the first person you seeSteve Lemme:You got the job. Yeah.Michael Jamin:That's so funny. I know you're good that way. What is it like, I haven't asked you this question, but you do most, you don't do all your projects with Kevin, you do a lot of your projects with him or ever it now, is it everything?Steve Lemme:No, I have some side projects.Michael Jamin:How do you decide what you're doing with him and what you're not doing?Steve Lemme:Well, I try to do most things with Kevin, and I think Kevin would agree to this. For whatever reason, I sometimes find that Kevin is a little tougher to drag into things. I believe he will corroborate this. So I had the idea, we've kicked around the notion of firefighters for a while, but I said to him, let's do it.And then he said, what's the hook going to be? And I came back with this rainiest city in the country hook because it was super troopers, the most asserted stretch of highway in the country. And even then I had to drag him and I want to be careful with this because we developed a show then together and really fleshed it out. So it's like, and he has also had many ideas in those TV sessions. He also had some ideas that he wanted to do, but the animation thing now is another one I felt. I feel like it took me a long time to just get him to really be into it.Michael Jamin:I know it did.Steve Lemme:And actually I'm going to tell you, I think he's only finally into it now. Today,Michael Jamin:Today, todaySteve Lemme:For the last few weeks I We'll tell the story. We'll tell the story. But now and again, to be fair, it's like I was bringing it up probably two years ago, maybe longer, and he would say, okay, sure. But then we'd be writing the series or then we went into pre-production on quasi, which he was directing, but I never just ever got the sense that he really wanted to do it.Michael Jamin:But do you get the sense that he ever wants to do anything?Steve Lemme:No, and that's my point. That's my point. And what I realized with Kevin, and it's fine again, it's like because we're busy, but sometimes you just have to move the ball forward and he'll tell me the same thing just in general about things, and I actually think this is true in Hollywood anyway, if you want to do something, you just have to move the ball forward on your own if you can't get interest. And eventually at some point there's like, okay, this is what I've got.Michael Jamin:Are you, you know what though? When I talk about you, I talk about you guys specifically when I talk about people who've done inspiring things, because when I describe what you broken lizard, I describe you as Hollywood outsiders. There are ways that you can call the traditional way and the way you guys came, you just did it. You didn't ask for permission, you did it and you created a career from yourself and became so valuable that Hollywood now wants you as opposed to you begging Hollywood. It's the other way around.Steve Lemme:I think we're still begging Hollywood. I think with Supert Troopers three and our relationship with Searchlight has evolved to the point where the studio has said, we want to work with you. And that's how we got quasi and that's how we got Supert Troopers two, but Supert Troopers two, they were reluctant, but that's the way the business works. Then that movie did well and there were new studio heads and it's like, okay, this is a new relationship that this's really healthy. I think that everything that Tevin has ever gotten and that I have ever gotten, we have gotten for ourselves. Even though we have agents and I have great agents and managers who bring me things NowMichael Jamin:Are they bringing you, what talent are they bringing you ideas? What are they bringing you?Steve Lemme:My management and my agency will bring me TV and movie ideas to potentiallyMichael Jamin:For who?Steve Lemme:My management company. They have a big lit department, a big book and division, and so does my agency. So my management is Gotham Group, and then my agency is c a a and that every Friday, c a a sends me books, the books that are out, the new books and it's like, yeah, I mean I've never gone down that road. There was only one book I wanted to buy and then the rights to, and then my old manager poo-pooed the idea. And then I found out that three months later, Showtime bought that book and I was like, you son of a bitch. ButMichael Jamin:Wait, when they're sending are these best, these are, how are they getting the books? I don't know anything about it. They're getting bestsellers. These are the bestseller lists, these books.Steve Lemme:So my management company represents authors and c a A. They have a literature, a book literature division in New York City that represents writers and or publishers. I'm not sure really how it works, but I'm just telling you, every Friday I get a list of these things and howMichael Jamin:Interesting it is. It's so funny because you're getting an email list. I don't get an email list of books from U T A, how hard is it to put me on an email list?Steve Lemme:And that's the thing. And the thing is it's been years now and I've never even responded to the email. Then I think that I'm on an automated list now, which is actually, it's nice. I should actually look at the thing. I should look at the list.Michael Jamin:Are there PDFs attached or you request a book?Steve Lemme:I'll forward it to you on the side.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Okay. I'm just curious how Hollywood worksSteve Lemme:Well, but I think it works. It's so funny. It works so differently in every way. In fact, the joke that Kevin and I have, and I'll finish speaking about Kevin and the animation thing, but because kind of a funny story, but Kevin and I have always marveled at how Hollywood never has a shortage of original ways to screw you over.Michael Jamin:Oh, yes.Steve Lemme:And right now we've got another one going, which is that we've got the strike going and Kevin and I have a TV show that we can't promote, and it's like we worked really hard on it. We worked for over a year on it. We actually got pushed, the release got pushed six months or five months because that network in shambles. And then three weeks before it's going to come out, they say it's going to come out in July and then the strike happens. And we had been recording podcasts that would be accompany pieces with the episodes, and my older son acted in last week's episode. I couldn't promote it. My younger son is acting in this week's episode, I can't talk about it. And it's like, that's actually one of the most heartbreaking parts is that I got to act with one son in a scene. And where he was playing, me as a young boy, my character was a young boy and I was playing his grandfather. And then my other son, I got to direct in a scene where he gets to say dirty words and I can't talk about it. And I'm like, Jesus, what a screw here.Michael Jamin:Yeah. That's so fun, by the way. I know I'm hopping around, but what's it like when your comedy soup, broken lizard, is it weird to be acting against these same people over and over again and pretending, okay, now today we're pretending to be one thing, and I'm yelling at you, but we're actually friends on the side. Is that weird? Is there a moment when you're acting like, wait a minute, we're best friends?Steve Lemme:No, because funny, because Kevin and I, first of all with Kevin, he and I have now done so many, so much together and so many emotional scenes together. But we'd like to say it's so emotion. We don't deal with emotion. We deal with foam motion, as you know. And so it's like if you watch quasi, he and I have a few big blowup scenes with voice cracking and Tacoma. We have plenty of scenes where we yell at each other and sometimes we get emotional with each other. And I always think it's funny for us, it's also like we've been friends so long and we're so on each other's nerves all the time that these things are therapy sessions. Because a lot of the time in the show we're discussing things that bother him about me and me about him. And soMichael Jamin:Is there a moment where you're in the scene, you're supposed to be in character, and then suddenly you check, you go, wait a minute, he's just doing his thing and I'm doing my thing. And we're both doing make believe.Steve Lemme:The only time I ever feel that way is if we start improvising. And he starts, we had one, I can't remember what the episode was, but he said, oh, I know it was the episode, the chili Cookoff where he's fucked up on dental drugs. He had his wisdom teeth removed and he improvised a line like, oh, you must be, he's like, are we on a rollercoaster? Are we on a rollercoaster? He's like, oh, hey. Hey Eddie, you have to be this tall to ride this roller coaster. And I was like, well, and there's a maximum weight limit as well. And I felt bad about that. I was like, it didn't matter that he had made a short joke at me. At first, I felt bad that I had made a fat joke, and that happens periodically. I throw one out probably once every three months. So once a quarter I'll make a heavy guy joke.Michael Jamin:Is it weird though hanging out with him outside of work though, when you see each other so much?Steve Lemme:I think I'm good for him. The other day, a couple of months ago, I was like, why don't we just go out and hang out? And he's like, I see you every day. And I was like, that's exactly why we should hang out. We see each other every day because we are working together, but let's go have some beers and some tacos and have some laughs and not work.Michael Jamin:And did you do that?Steve Lemme:Yeah. And it's funny because one of my favorite pastimes is being right over a Kevin. I don't mean in the collaborative sense, but when my point of view is correct and yours is incorrect, which it was in that case, he was like, okay,Okay, fine. Alright, so let's go back to the animation thing. I was saying, I don't even think so with the animations, it took a while for me to get him. He would agree in theory, but then it was like there was never any, whenever he would talk about upcoming projects, I'd always be like, and we should talk about animation one of these days. He'd be like, yeah, okay. And I couldn't get him to engage. And then even I said, finally, let's just sit down. Just give me five minutes. I'm going to go through a list of animation ideas and let's discuss them. He said, okay. And so I sent them to him in advance and literally it was one line. It was like the lumberjacks, it was whatever, and including the one that we're working on. And he said, okay, I like these and that's fine.That's all I needed. And so then I started to flesh those things out and I would show them to him. Now, see, Kevin is a machine. He's a computer, and so if you really want to get his attention, you have to show him a piece of paper with something on it, and he puts it in his pile and he makes a list. And so then a week later I'll be like, have you had a chance to read the thing? And so what Kevin respects is work, which a lot of people do, it's in a creative process. It's like, don't tell me you don't like a joke if you don't have a replacement idea or don't say like, Hey, let's work on something and bother me about it if it's not real, if you just want me to actually make the first step. And so it's like if you give him the first step and it's like, Hey, I've done this work.He respects that, and so he'll read it. So then it was funny then because he was doing, he was editing quasi and we were in the writer's room for season four. You guys are busy. And I said, I'll do all the work on the animation thing. And so it's like I started to flesh it out and then I'd sent him this, the pitch document, here are the characters. And we started to get it together and what we were going to do, and the plan was that during a hiatus, we were going to wind up pitching these two producers who had been the president and vice president of True tv, and they were the ones who bought Tacoma FD and put us on the air, and they'd done everything that Thursday night with us in Practical Jokers. We were winning cable and they were beating t b s, their sister company, and then at t took over and they just got punted.So they did everything and they got fired, but we always had a good relationship and we always said, Hey, we'll work together again. At some point they approached me and they said, Hey, do you want to do some animated? We've got something going. So the idea then I told Kevin was like, we're going to pitch this during the first hiatus. And the hiatus for people who don't know is that after we shoot in blocks, so we shot the first three episodes in one block and Kevin directed all of them, and we took a week off to scout locations for the second block and prep, and that was the block I was directed. And so that was two more episodes, but in that first week, then we were ready to pitch Chris and Marissa. And so even the night before the pitch, I kept saying to Kevin, I was, so tomorrow we are pitching Chris and Marissa.He's like, but it's not like a pitch though. It's a conversation. I was like, well, it actually is a pitch. He's like, but it's not like a formal pitch. We're just talking to 'em. I'm like, no, we're actually pitching them. I'm pitching them the show, but don't worry. I'll do all the talking. And he said, fine. And so the next day we got on the Zoom with them. I pitched them the show, they seemed to love it, and we went our separate ways and they brought it to their studio that they're involved with. And three days later, we found out that studio was going to make an offer, which they did. And then we negotiated that offer for several months, which a lot of people who are not in Hollywood don't realize that sometimes negotiations can take nine months, sometimes a year. In this case, I think it was a six month thing. And in that period of time, we approached you guys, brought you guys in, and then we went to our first meeting with them after the deal. All the deal had been signed and everything. And you remember we were outside?Michael Jamin:Yes.Steve Lemme:Kevin asked me, he was like, have we,Michael Jamin:I asked Kevin, it started, I asked Kevin. Kevin didn't have the answer, so he asked you.Steve Lemme:Yeah, and the question was,Michael Jamin:Have we sold this?Steve Lemme:Have we actually sold this then? And the reason you asked that for people who don't know is most commonly, certainly before the streamers and the network time, there was something called an if come offer. And this was, I think the norm for most people who hadn't done anything. I went to a studio and I said, I've got an idea for a TV show. They might say, Hey, we love it. We're going to make you an if come offer. And what that is is we'll pay you X amount of dollars if a network says they want to do the show. And if not, we're not paying you anything. But because we've made you this offer, you're with us. And that was the norm. And we took that and we would negotiate that. We would negotiate a deal that we're not getting paid on unless somebody else says yes. And it's called an if come offer. And so that was the nature of that question. Have we actually sold this thing? Are we getting paid? And Kevin asked me and I was like, yes, we've sold it. But he put so much doubt into me that it was like, I think we're pitching again.So then we went in and sat with our executive producers, the people who had bought it, the producers who had brought us to them and sold it for us. And I pitched it again, but now I was nervous. I didn't do a great job pitching.Michael Jamin:No, you did great. You did great. And they loved it.Steve Lemme:But then it turns out, yes, we had sold it. We were going to get paid and we were moving forward. So then Kevin was very surprised. He's like, oh, I gave shit about that. And even then, he wasn't totally on board until we saw the animation. We were writing the script and he was like, yes, fine. It's still abstract. But it wasn't until we got into when they sent us potential sketches and artwork for all the characters and the locations and the scenes and settings that he said to me for the first time, this is really cool.Michael Jamin:Oh, good.Steve Lemme:There's a whole other world in Hollywood that we've never been a part of that we're a part of now. I was like, yeah,Michael Jamin:Yeah.Steve Lemme:So anyway.Michael Jamin:That's hilarious. How would you decide what projects not to do with them then?Steve Lemme:Oh,Michael Jamin:I don't think, do you have many? You've done some, but why would you not do a project with them?Steve Lemme:It just depends. And it's funny. There are times where I actually think I've said to him, and I mean this, that even if I do something separately, we'll still produce it with our production company. He'll be involved. I have a TV script that I've been working on for a long time that I probably wrote it back in 2009, and it's very much about that period, my high school years when I was at this elite private school and I was feeling like an outsider, but I wasn't an outsider. I had a great group of friends, and I was actually, I hate to say it, but I was fairly popular, but I felt like I didn't belong at this place. I almost felt like an imposter. And we were there, not because we were wealthy, which it was the school full of wealthy people because my mom had been a teacher there, and now she was gone there. So I didn't, they had only given me a partial scholarship when I was three when I first went there. But that's aMichael Jamin:Good idea. I think that could sell. That's a good idea.Steve Lemme:Well, and there was more to it, which is that I also had this job, I worked as a back elevator manBecause one of my friends, his family was so wealthy, they owned all these buildings in New York City, and he got me a job. I made $10 an hour working as a back elevator man slash janitor, luxury high-rise building in New York City that some people from my high school lived at, which was really hard to have them see me. But more importantly, I worked with these guys down in the basement who were lifers. There was a murderer down there who had fled the Dominican Republic. He had decapitated a guy, and he is a great guy. He's a great guy. He had decapitated a guy after a cock fight, he had a fighting bird. And by the way, he's telling me this story with a thick Dominican accent. He keeps saying, and my cock defeated the other guy's cock. And I'm like, whoa, I'm only 15 years old at this point in time. And the guy picked up his dead cock and theMichael Jamin:CockSteve Lemme:His lifeless dead bloody cock. Yeah,Michael Jamin:Flacid cock.Steve Lemme:Yeah. And the claw and the beaker sharpened on these creatures and this guy,Michael Jamin:Did they sharpen them for the fights? Yeah. Wow, that sounds awful. You just made something bad, even worse.Steve Lemme:I know. Well, so then this guy, the loser, picked up his dead bloody flacid, lifeless cock and slapped my coworker across the cheek with it, and the beak cut his cheek. My coworker told me this over lunch break. He was like, I went home and I calmly sharpened my machete and I went to his house and I knocked on the door. He opened the door and I cut his head off and he said, and that is when I came to America.Michael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So I was working down there with these guys, and the irony was that they would get taxes taken out of their paychecks. And I, I was a student, and so I was actually making more than these guys, but they also thought I was a rich kid. I was friends with the owner of the building and they knew that. And to them, I was the richest guy in the world, and I was going to a prep school. I had my whole future ahead of me. So I didn't kind of belong in that world either.Michael Jamin:It's a little flamingo kid.Steve Lemme:There was some flamingo kid there. Yeah. I was also a break dancer and a professional dancer.Michael Jamin:I knowSteve Lemme:That. And I was not really welcome in that community. So anyway,Michael Jamin:Why are you sitting on this? You should get that. Well, there's a strike. I wouldn't wait much longer on it.Steve Lemme:I sent the script out back in 2009, and it was incredibly well received, but this is pre streamers, and I sent it to H B O in Showtime, and I had a meeting with the president of H B O who, she was like, I love your script. I love your script, but I can't do a show about a 14 year old protagonist. And she said, but bring me everything you've got, and this is pre everything interesting. It's pre this new golden age of television. And same at Showtime. I had the same conversation. She's like, the lady was like, I love it. Absolutely love it.Michael Jamin:It was the 14 year old protagonist. That's such an odd thing because everybody hates Chris and Wonder years. There's plenty of shows about,Steve Lemme:But it was R-rated, it was an honest look. It was also part of the pitch was I see all these, when you see high school shows about in New York City, for instance, about a wealthy school, the rich kids are so fucked upAnd so evil and so conniving, and that wasn't my experience. And it was also like, or it's incredibly, incredibly cliquey with the fucking bully rich kids or the scummy fucking drug using druggies. I was like, that wasn't my experience at all, or it's incredibly angst-ridden. And I was like, I feel like there were a lot of incredibly fun experimental times. Yes, there were painful times, but there were also a lot of incredible times, and I never saw a good mixture of those things. Anyway, so I have been, and also the funny thing, the honest part was I made masturbation a heavy part of the show, the Cold Open. My character is masturbating in the shower, and his dad's trying to get inMichael Jamin:AndSteve Lemme:It's like a freeze frame. He's looking at the doorknob and the whole thing is that irony and the hypocrisy of the fact that in high school, your hormones are going raging and you're all masturbating, or the boys certainly were, can't speak to the girls, but no one would talk about it. And so my friends and I would be like, one of my friends would be like, you whack off. I'd be like, fuck no, I don't whack off. I'm not gay. And he's like, no, I know. I've never even touched my dick. I've never even touched my dick. How about you? You whack off. I was like, no fucking way. Do I whack off? And then it's like, but I know you whack off. He's like, fuck you, I don't whack off. And you're like, yeah, you whack off. Everybody's dying to get home and fucking beat off. I was a part of theMichael Jamin:Script dying to get home.Steve Lemme:So I've toned that part down in the script. I literally am revising it right now. I found a great thing that I wanted to include in it, a couple of new things. So I'm writing it. I'm using the strike to write.Michael Jamin:Well, sure. Everyone should be, I guess. But what about you guys also do a lot of standup, which is very different. Do you have a preference to how you spend your days?Steve Lemme:It makes me sad that I haven't done standup in five years.Michael Jamin:Really? Well, what's stopping you?Steve Lemme:Well, now, nothing. And I was thinking about it today, I am like, I should write a new set. Kevin and I filmed our third special right before we sold Tacoma. And when we sold Tacoma, it was when Super Troopers two was coming out. And so we did a few more live shows to promote Tacoma, but then we never had time because then it was like we were writing the season, we got renewed for season two, and then it's like, it's so much work. And even after we write and then we go right into shooting, and then after shooting, the hardest part of the show process is the six months of editing. And then it's like, IMichael Jamin:Think that's the best part. Because you're not on set. It's not as exhausting.Steve Lemme:Well, it's not as physically exhausting. Correct. And I mean, look, now in the days of Zoom, I'm home. I actually, I love it, but there's no time to, that's a nine to 6:00 PM or 11:00 PM job depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the editing process. I'm here with my family. And so it's like we've been fortunate enough to have four seasons where we have a week or two off, and then we have to start getting the writer's room together again. I'm not complaining about at all. I'm not even grousing. The one thing I really enjoyed doing for 10 years before we got that show was standup comedy, which you've done,Michael Jamin:But I mean, I did in college, so I was never at your level where I was touring and booking rooms.Steve Lemme:Well, but you do tour with a one man show and you do.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that's a little different. Yeah, it's not standup. Yeah,Steve Lemme:It's a little different, but it's still performing and getting out there and trying out material. I know if you have a story, I mean, I haven't seen your show,Michael Jamin:You must come. But what I find about it is, and I was talking about this with Taylor Swift, she's got this three hour concert, and when I was performing,Steve Lemme:Wait, wait, wait. You talked about this with TaylorMichael Jamin:Swift? No, I said this with my daughter about Taylor Swift's show.Steve Lemme:That's aMichael Jamin:Different big difference. Yeah. I got to clarify. So Taylor Swift's performing in her show is three, three and a half hours long. And so when I was doing my show, it was an hour and a half long, but it's the end of the day. It's at eight o'clock or whatever. The whole day I'm exhausted because I'm nervous. I'm preparing myself. And then at eight o'clock I'm up, and for the next hour and a half I'm giving everything. And then you're fricking then afterwards, you're still on a high, but you're exhausted. And then you got to do it again the next day where you're like, you're wringing your hands all day and you're pacing and then it is exhausting. You don't thinkSteve Lemme:I do. I do. Especially when you do Thursday, Friday, Saturday and the Friday and Saturday you're doing two shows in the nightMichael Jamin:And you're travelingSteve Lemme:And you're traveling. And also what Kevin and I would do is we would do meet and greets after every show, free ones, not like the ones where you pay extra and you get to come backstage. We would go, we'd tell people we're going to do a meet and greet out here after the show, come by and say hi. And so you're meeting half of the people that were at the show. Oftentimes that meet and greet would take an hour or more. She found that to be even more exhausting.Michael Jamin:Do you have a time limit with each person you're meeting and greeting?Steve Lemme:No, not really. I mean, it depends on the club or the theater. Because the first show, there's a natural out. You've got a second show, come on folks, and then you bang people through. And the second show, that's the one where people come up and they want to chug.Michael Jamin:That's kind of your brand, which is like, Hey, yeah, chug. And we're all college bros. But I wonder what's your thinking? You could do the other way. You could put a little separation between your audience and not do a meet and greet.Steve Lemme:You could, and I'm trying to think if there was ever a time where we came up with a reason or we had a reason not to, but I don't think so. There's something like we've always had this philosophy of meeting the fans and Jim Gaffigan once said it. He said, I'll meet them until I can't, meaning, and now he can't. He's justMichael Jamin:Too big.Steve Lemme:He's too big. It's impossible.Michael Jamin:Hey, it's Michael lemin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.But how long? Is it 30 seconds or are you talking to the guy who doesn't want to talk anymore? How do you know when it's time to move on to the next person? There's a line.Steve Lemme:There's all different kinds of people. There's some people who just want to come and take a picture. There's some people who appreciate that there's a line behind them and you got to keep things moving. There's some people who are going to stay and talk to you until you have them move on. You'll be like, Hey, okay, but I hate to do this. Or the club will have security guards and they'll be like, all right, let's move it along. Let's go, let's go. We got a lot of people there. But I think that's something I've never really, I don't know. I've always enjoyed meeting people, and a lot of times I know a lot of my friends are like, oh God, that person's crazy. Don't talk to them. And I'm like, no, that's the person I want toMichael Jamin:Talk to. Really. Did you really, you're not worried about them forming some kind of parasocial relationship with you and wanting to get really close to you?Steve Lemme:I've never had that happen. I mean, there's absolutely, look, I am a man from the planet earth, and I lived here for a long time before any sort of recognition, fan recognition or celebrity, what's happening for me. And so it's like I can tell when I'm having a real connection with a person as opposed to when they're connecting with me and I don't feel it. And I could certainly, I know when mostly now because I'm skeptical and paranoid and cynical that I just assume it's like if anybody tries too aggressively to be friends, it's over for them.Michael Jamin:Oh, really? I see with you, you're very gracious and you're very social way more than me. So you could spend hours with people. I feel like even people you don't like, and I've seen you do that. I've seen you do that actually.Steve Lemme:Well, it depends where we are, but it's not like if you're at a film festival and some producer is like laughing at everything you say, you're like,Michael Jamin:Yeah,Steve Lemme:Okay, we're not friends. It's people that you're just hanging out with. It's funny because have a friend named Champagne, Rob, who we met in Atlanta, and the reason he's called Champagne Rob is because he and his girlfriend came to our show and they were sitting in the front row drinking champagne, and we just ragged on them. We were like, what the fuck is going on here drinking champagne at our show? They're like, yeah, man, we're having a good time drinking some champagne. It was like we had a great interaction with them. And then on the meet and greet line, afterwards, they came to either the late Friday show or the late Saturday show, the late Friday. If you really want to be friends with us, the late Friday show is the one that you might have a crack at it. We don't go out Thursday night and we don't go out Saturday night.Friday night's the one, you don't have to wake up for anything in the morning. So Friday night's the night we'd go after the late show, we'd go out and usually with people that we were friends with in our town and so on This particular night though, after that show, probably Friday night, then they were on the line and I had a joke about, I was talking about male grooming manscaping, and there was a poll given out to the people in the audience. Do you like it groomed or do you like it hairy? I'm like, it's a standup comedy. It's a set routine where I know that some women are going to be like you. It totally shaved. And you're like, well, what's wrong with a hairy one? And they're like, you get hair in your throat. And then my thing would be like, how far down are you going on this thing?And then basically I'm calling 'em the cookie monster of it was the Dick Gobbler is What and how. They're like, mom, I'm just eating a shit out of this dick and getting all the way down there. And that was a routine I was doing. And so Champagne, Rob's girlfriend happened to be that girl. And so then they came up afterwards and they were like, Hey, I'm the Dick Gobbler. And he's like, I'm champagne rob. And we're like, oh. And we had a good laugh on the line and the guy's like, look. And I had some friends there and they were from Atlanta, and they're like, we don't really know where to go. And the guy was like, I know a speakeasy that's literally across the street, literally across the street. Come with me, well have a great time. He's like, I'm not creepy. Let's just go. It's going to be awesome. And we're like, all right, fine. Fuck it. And we went outside and there was his car, and the license plate was Muff diver. It was the fucking,Michael Jamin:But I'm not creepy, I swear.Steve Lemme:And then we went to this speakeasy and had an awesome time, and of course we're hanging out with the guy there because he's gotten us in this place and we're just having drinks. And it was a totally normal hang, and it was like there was no awkwardness and there was no, it was, a lot of times when you meet these people, sometimes they don't then know what to say and they'll just start to ask you about yourself and they'll ask you questions, how did this happen? And how did this happen? And you're like, well, if we can't get past this stage, we'll never be friends and it doesn't get past that stage. So it's like, but this guy's like, yeah, we're hanging out, we're having a great time. And then it's like, whatever. And then it turns out he was a Giants fan, like Kevin and I am, and he showed us a photo of his toilet that he has at home, and in the toilet down at the bottom where the poop hits the bottom of the toilet was a Dallas Cowboys star. And we're like, this guy's fucking hysterical. So anyway, and then it turned out he was a professional, what do you call it, jet skierSponsored by Hooters. And so the whole thing just made perfect sense. It was like,Michael Jamin:Be good friends in this guy. Let me ask though, if you decided you wanted to go on tour comedy wise, whatever, next week, how fast does that happen? Let's say you already have a set let's, you already have material. Do you call someone and it happens? Do you have a booker and it happens?Steve Lemme:Yeah, I would call at a a, I have my standup agent,Which is actually how I got into C A A. I used to be with c a A, and then I went to U T A and I left U T A, and it was because I had a meeting with their standup agent who, I mean, I left U T A first and then I went to c a A, and it was the standup agent was the one who brought me in because at that point in time in 2009, we hadn't done anything. And so he was the guy who was like, oh, I think I can make some money for our agency with this fellow. And so he brought me in there.Michael Jamin:He books, he pimps you out to the various clubs, basically. Is that how that works? I'm surprised. C A A does that. I thought there was a smaller thing that smaller agents did not. Well,Steve Lemme:No, I mean, but there are agents who are bigger than others, so it's like he represents a lot of big people.Michael Jamin:Yeah,Steve Lemme:Big standups.Michael Jamin:So you could just, alright, literally you made a call today in a week or two, you could start touring basically.Steve Lemme:Yes.Michael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah. But it depends. It also depends on, now it's been five years and we have the show. So the question would be what kind of places can we book? We know we can book the smaller places, we can sell those places out. We always were able to because of the movies that we had made. And so we enjoyed a success there that a lot of standup comedians, a luxury that a lot of that most standup comedians don't have. Because most standup comedians certainly back then had to do the club circuit. And first they would be doing five minutes, and then they strangers to people. So they'd have to make people like them, which to me is like 90% of the battle. Once you've already got the fans, you actually it a little bit more like you're giving a wedding toast. Not that your fans will accept subpar standup comedy, but they're more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. And if you fuck up, you can just look at them and they'll be like, yeah. And you're like, I know I suck. And they're like, yeah, fuck you. And you're like, fuck you.Michael Jamin:Interesting. That's what Jay is doing now. He's on the road doing standup, right? I mean,Steve Lemme:Yeah, he's in the UK right now. He's actually breaking new ground in that. He's going do a show, a couple shows in England, which is, it's sort of like the logical next step for American standups. You go and do the uk, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia.Michael Jamin:But you're not really interested in doing that now. I mean, because first of all, it's hard family. How long do you want to be on the road for? Or is that your thinking or No,Steve Lemme:I mean, I love doing standup comedy. I don't love touring. I only liked it because I was with Kevin and I wasn't alone. I did a couple of solo dates, and I found it to be very lonelyMichael Jamin:Because the entire day, you're lonely,Steve Lemme:You're alone. And then at night after the show, it's like if Kevin and I were sort of wired, we could at least go back to the hotel bar and have a beer, or we could go to one of our rooms and smoke a joint or something like that. Whereas when you're alone, it's like you might hang out with the other comedians just fine. People want to make new friends. Or you go out with a staff or you meet a fan or something. Somebody's at the show, I don't know. Or you go out by yourself or you go back to the hotel room, but you're wired and it's a really weird thing to just get in bed and watch TV or something like that. Yeah,Michael Jamin:It's so interesting to be talking about. I don't know, all this is so new to me. The life of a performer for you. It's fascinating to me.Steve Lemme:Well, I think that is, it's funny. The worst standup experience I ever had was I was booked to do a solo weekend in Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. ThatMichael Jamin:Was lovely in the fall. It's perfect.Steve Lemme:It was perfect. And I'll tell you, it was probably, yeah, it was the fall. And what happened was to promote the show, I was interviewed by a Vermont free newspaper,And the journalist asked me all these questions. And so Super Troopers two had been finished, and the studio said, we're going to wait a year to release it, because next year, on April 20th, April 20th Falls on Friday, so we can release the movie on Friday, April 20th on four 20. And so we're waiting for that day, the time to do it. We're like, okay. But they didn't announce the day, and they kept being like, they didn't know when they were going to announce it. And they kept it off, kept putting it off. They kept saying, soon, soon, soon, soon, soon. And it was killing everybody. And so I was doing this interview with this free newspaper, and the guy said, do you know the release date of Super Troopers two? I said, I do, but I can't tell you. And he said, come on, what is it? I was like, I honestly can't tell you. And he's like, come on, please tell me. And I was like, I can't tell you. I'm not going to tell you. And he said, okay. And so then we kept doing the interview, and then the interview was over, and he said, okay, the interview is over. And he said, now, as a fan, can you just tell me? And I said, I can't, I'm not going to, but I'll give you a hint. OhMichael Jamin:No,Steve Lemme:There's a very popular stoner holiday that falls on a Friday next year. And he said, okay. And he was like, that's awesome. I was like, yeah. So then I was flying the next day to Vermont, and when I landed, there was messages, a text message from Heman like, you're in trouble.Michael Jamin:You guys are big mouth. What a puts, whatSteve Lemme:A puts. And then the guy had an even kind of made fun of me. He's like, he wouldn't tell me the release date, but I pushed him and pushed him, and finally he told me it's four 20. And so that Jay was pissed off and my producer was pissed off. The studio was fucking furious. They wanted to announce it make best, but they had all the materials. They just weren't doing it. And so they were like, it was still this little teeny newspaper, a free newspaper, and it was like less week's.Michael Jamin:And you gave them the scoop, this free fucking Vermont mapleSteve Lemme:Syrup. You get in a pizzeria, you just fucking,Michael Jamin:Yeah, I don't, you throw away, you wipe the table with,Steve Lemme:Yeah, get theMichael Jamin:Scoop.Steve Lemme:I was really fucking, this is Thursday. I did a show that night and I was fucking devastated. So I went out there and did a half-hearted show. My heart was heavy, and it was wait and see if anybody picks us up. And then Friday morning it got fucking picked up and was everywhere. And meanwhile, there were email threads with all the studio, the president of the studio and a hundred people from Searchlight, and then all the broken lizard, not me. And even my producer, I was like, dude, I'm suffering over here. You got to tell me what's going on. He just wrote back. He was fucking pissed off. OhMichael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah, no, it hurt. And I was like, I went jogging that day. And then they released it that day. They did the official release of the trailer and the date, and it got 8 million views in the first fucking 24 hours alone. But nobody was talking to me that whole weekend. I didn't know any of that, but I knew it was out there. But I knew I had rushed the process, but like I said, they had it andMichael Jamin:They just wanted to punish you.Steve Lemme:But then the next week there was a meeting at Searchlight on Wednesday to now game plan, and it was like the big question was, so that weekend fucking sucked. I did press on Friday morning and I did two shows on Friday night and Saturday night, and I had friends coming to the shows and I was so sad. I was sad Steve and I was alone. And the one guy who was kind of forgiving, who was actually totally forgiving was Kevin. And I also say Paul Soder, who you worked on Tacoma. Those guys were not so secretly they were like, you know what? I'm fucking glad you did it. Now it's out there finally. And they were psyched because now we could finally fucking talk about it. We were getting ass about all the time. So those guys were cool about it. The other guys weren't as happy with me. And then the big question was, was I going to go to that studio meeting? And I fucking went. I was like, I'm going to take my poison.Michael Jamin:Let'sSteve Lemme:Go.Michael Jamin:Did they give you shit there?Steve Lemme:I went in and I made the saving Grace was that the trailer got 8 million views in the first 24 hours, and it was like, holy shit. It exceeded, it far exceeded and was now on pace at that moment in time. It was like that actually might have been the actual trailer. This was just a teaser and the announcement and it was huge. And so they were happy about that. That's the only thing that saved me because a couple of 'em, the head of marketing and the president were not that fucking psyched with me.Michael Jamin:It's so interesting because usually they'll try to keep, you're the star of this movie. Usually they try to keep that, they try to hide their disdain from actors. They don't say it in front of their face. It wasSteve Lemme:A big deal and it caused massive shock waves and a shit storm then people had to fucking deal with while I sat there telling jokes. In Vermont,Michael Jamin:That's always the worst when you're, yeah, you have to wait through something. I know that feeling terrible. I've been there before. ISteve Lemme:Was sick. I was sick aboutMichael Jamin:It. Yeah, sick. Yeah, exactly.Steve Lemme:And mad at myself. How could I be so stupid? The whole thing?Michael Jamin:Did you confront that guy and say, Hey, you're a dick.Steve Lemme:No, I wanted to fucking die. I wanted the whole thing to die.But the funny thing was is that then the next internal broken lizard conversation was that because some guys were psyched that I had gotten it out there and the studio was psyched because fucking, it was massive. It was a massive announcement that got all those views and so was then the guys that were kind of mad about it were like, well, don't feel like you did the right thing here. What you did was wrong was like, I know what I did was wrong. I'll never do it again. They're like, so don't feel justified. I'm like, I know, but then guys are looking at each other. But it is pretty fucking sweet. And I definitely did the wrong thing and I would not advise that to anybody.Michael Jamin:Funny. Well, that's so interesting.Steve Lemme:It was an accident. It was an accident.Michael Jamin:Happy accident.Steve Lemme:It was a stupid mistake.Michael Jamin:I have to, this whole thing is that's what I love about you. You're just this open book and you tell, I feel like I get an education at the Hollywood from what you guys do. But tell me this though, as I've taken an hour of your time and you've been very gracious, but as you're, now that you're a showrunner for four Seasons now, and you obviously do a lot of hiring, I got a lot of people who listening to this podcast, sparring writers, what do you look for in a script? What do you look for in a new writer? All that stuff.Steve Lemme:So it's an interesting question for right now, because over the last, when we started with Tacoma, it was really at the beginning. Maybe it wasn't the beginning, but for me as a show runner, when we were putting together the writer's room, diversity was the first and most important thing that we were being told that we had toMichael Jamin:From the studio,Steve Lemme:The network in the studio to incorporate into the writer's room. And it was women, people of color across the board, everythingYou need to do this, which was fine. What I found was that then it used to be that I could, when we had a production deal at Warner Brothers for many years, and it's like you receive these movie scripts that were R-rated comedies and you were looking at, because that's what we were doing and we were going to be producing for other people. So it was like you just get every R-rated comedy sent your way. And so now, because of the diversity thing, we were receiving all kinds of scripts from all kinds of writers, from all kinds of backgrounds. And so it's like I couldn't receive a script from a Korean American woman, girl, young lady, of either whatever her sexuality was, and that experience would be reflected in the script,Which is not something I could relate to. So what I began to look for was the jokes inside the script, where before I didn't really, I could tell jokes and stuff, but I was just looking at the whole thing. Do I like the whole idea and stuff in terms of the scripts I started being sent, they weren't ideas that I could particularly relate to unless it was like, okay, you're the son of an immigrant who's going to a private school where they are out of their element. Okay, that I can relate to. But it was in any script I started to look for what's the type of joke they're telling? Is it a more highbrow joke? Are there a bunch of some dumb jokes? Is it word play? What's the type of humor here? And so that's what I started to look for in terms of the writing material.And then I found when I focused on that actually, but the plot of the script didn't matter at all. It was like, can they tell a story and are the jokes that they're setting up and paying off the type of jokes that I think will work for our show type of jokes, I will. Because it or not, everybody's got a style of humor. And if you're not telling the kind of jokes that I like to tell, it's I'm just not going to funny. And I can't hire you because in the writer's room, everything you're saying, I'm going to be like, it's dead air between us. I don't know. We're not on the same page. So I started to realize I could just look for the type of sense of humor and then nothing else really mattered. So I look for the type of jokes. I like to know that they can tell a story from beginning, middle, and end.And then the other thing is bring the person in. You find those scripts that you like. And then now we're going to do the zoom meeting. And I'll tell you what, if you're the first person I meet, you got the job, got the job. No, but in this case, and as we proceeded through each season, you started to realize that you actually, you do want to meet everybody, but then it becomes a personality thing. Can we riff with each other? And again, it's like it's not so much where you're from or who you are, what you represent. Can you and I have a conversation and have a funny conversation? That's what we look for too. Because as you know, it's like we're 17 weeks in a writer's room together. And the first few seasons we were in the room, and then the last couple of seasons we've been on Zoom. But in collaboration, sometimes there are disagreements and it's like we have to each other. We have to live with each other for 17 weeks, and I have to read your material and you have to accept my criticisms and ideas. And you have to my ideas. Because the truth is, if we're having a disagreement on something, I know who's going to win the argument.Michael Jamin:Yeah. People don't realize that.Steve Lemme:Yeah.Michael Jamin:Young writers often don't realize that the winner of the argument has already been decided. And that person sitting at the end of the table,Steve Lemme:I want to hear you defend your idea, but what I don't want, number one, what I don't want is for you to interrupt me a lot. What I don't want is for you to get mad. If I'm not taking your idea. Also, it's my show. Forget that it's my show. I'm the one whose responsibility is, if my joke sucks, that's my fucking problem.Michael Jamin:Yours.Steve Lemme:Nobody's going to say, wait a second, that joke sucked. Lemme see who wrote this episode. Oh, it's that person. I'm not going to hire them. Doesn't work that way. So like the personality is important,Michael Jamin:Right? Sure.Steve Lemme:And that's it for us. It'

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In today's episode of the IC-DISC podcast, we sit down with Jackie Campbell, a savvy CPA, founding partner of a thriving firm in Tampa, and the engaging host of her own radio show and podcast, Beyond the Money. Jackie generously shares her firm's unique 360-degree approach to financial planning, propelling clients towards a secure future. We dig deep into the importance of believing in oneself, the necessity of having succession plans, and how to stay connected with clients. Jackie highlights the importance of strategic planning, building generational wealth, and her passion for helping those in the "retirement red zone" and first responders.   SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Jackie, a CPA and founding partner at a firm in Tampa, Florida, shares her firm's unique approach to financial planning. They take a 360-degree view of their clients' financial history and patterns, and use these insights to strategically plan for the future. Her firm has created the 'hero package', a document storage system designed to prepare clients for unexpected life events. This has proven to be an extremely beneficial tool for clients and their families. Jackie also runs a radio show, Beyond the Money, where she promotes financial literacy. She shares her clients' successes and educates listeners on various financial topics. She transitioned from radio to podcasting to delve deeper into financial topics. This medium allows her to explore complex subjects in greater detail and share her wealth of knowledge with a broader audience. Jackie believes in the importance of self-trust and confidence. She encourages listeners to believe in their capabilities and not be overly concerned with others' opinions. She emphasizes the importance of having a succession plan for businesses. Having a plan in place can prevent confusion and complications in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Jackie's firm serves clients all over the United States and Europe, focusing particularly on those in the retirement 'red zone' and first responders. Her unique timeline process helps clients plan for upcoming life milestones. She advocates for progress over perfection. She believes that being organized and having all important documents and passwords in one place can make a significant difference. Jackie's firm is considered a full-service planning firm. They collaborate with attorneys and other professionals to provide a comprehensive 360-degree view of their clients' lives. Through her radio show and podcast, Jackie has been able to interview celebrities and share their personal financial planning stories. These interviews provide listeners with a unique perspective on financial planning and management. LINKSShow Notes Be a Guest About IC-DISC Alliance About Campbell & Co GUEST Jackie CampbellAbout Jackie TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) David Spray Good morning, jackie, how good morning. Jackie Campbell I'm doing ve past the summer storms, he will be doing good yeah. David Spray a native of Houston, texas, the Gulf Coast, summer sto part of florida, are you? Jackie Campbell I'm right, just north abo right there in the center, the west coast. David Spray Okay, and that part of the state. Jackie Campbell I but I'm originally from t florida panhandle, where t beaches are up near Fort nice, and what brought yo part of florida. Wow, my and he was in law enforci with the state of florida here for his very first s of Tampa and we've been h 10 years now. David Spray And I guess in your career it was z started there as anywhere up here at University of in Tampa and you know it working. Jackie Campbell The next thing y firm one of the youngest state of florida having m have kids and they start history. David Spray Oh, that is awes before you. You, you struck. Jackie Campbell Well, I started with the. Even knew what a CPA was high school. I kind of fou job when I was in college sort of kind of all, came bit of experience in diff and public accounting be had my college sugary, so a few different things p and decided that public a more my line and kind of head of schedule of havin a lot of ideas and you kn it your way, I guess is t any specific event that the move or well, having t had this great idea, you think we're smarter than two toddlers and I thought more time with my kids. David Spray I and you know that lasti and you know three employ to get an office locatiin and just kept going from would imagine, because I m started our career probab, back when we started our weren't as kind of family are now, or they that that will train you very well. Jackie Campbell Larger firms, the regional, expect you know a lot f. David Spray Okay, so you started your. Why don't we just kind of the firm? What would you, your clients say, make your than just the average CPA? Jackie Campbell think just experience has right. I think that is on is different. One thing t clients is just the trust and you know you would t really easy to earn or to, but you know that's not, and we've been in busines over 30 years so that's working with not only one. We go into the second and whether it's a small busi or whether it's just an, I already been retired and so I would say that pretty, we are a planning, firm th thing that we do a little. We don't just look at hist, our historians looking at happen. I think we have an unique ability is to be a going on now what the pa and what that pattern is, be moved forward and plan strategic, being tactical along the way as those ma come along the planned on. So I think that you know the 360 degree lens is re became duly licensed as f. We were allowed so back the first time a CPA acti than one license because a responsibility and the know been regarded as a. So just looking at that f with attorneys, collabori, make sure that we get tha and what the advisors are, the strategy, what that' does take place. David Spray Yeah, I I've always thought that presented themselves that for CPA firms because you know the trusted advisere communicating with your cl annually just because of compliance and it just se for whatever reason it j of CPA firms have maybe d but really weren't able t practices very well. So y life from your client's p to have kind of this one. Obviously the legal is st with somebody else for th three legs of that stool, the planning and financia, the legal you're covering. That sounds great and th guys end up typically bei, would you say, because yo at like a state planning in the attorneys for that many plans are created. B would do you all have you that, or is that pretty much and the attorney to to imp. Jackie Campbell I would say it depends on. Some people are really n always looking and learni what options or oppurtunit for them, so they will su ideas. Sometimes it's jus conversations. You know a plan, it's just very we isn't sure. But yeah, we role. Quite often I had s through the years where s an attorney, they would h, they would have a trust a be titled in the trust, a advisor or the insurance having a certain plan or ramifications of their t legally can't talk about, I can't talk, I can't dis to talk to your accountso prepare and then as the C kind of cleaning everything. Wait, you have a trust W all your financial account. It's just about pulling t and making sure that is t in direction that you're that road mount together. The other day, the one th it's in the water is the. The same story. It's hard. Professional advisors you advice and see a lot of p challenges and the oppurt when it comes to yourself, to the scenario. David Spray Yeah th the shoes situation right, you all are. You also set, in addition to the planin, the implementation, as far you know, insurance prode funding vehicles in that. Jackie Campbell Yeah, we're considered a firm. So you know, pretty with money we're able to with someone and find a s, someone who actually spea either tax law or that str, to look at it as products. It that way we look at I trying to get to and to a best, most economical way that makes a lot of sense. David Spray You have all those capabil umbrella because I have s a heavy planning focus b on the independence that actually implement the pro. You have to rely on you, commission, you know dr person let's say to do t, then that can be kind of know, you don't necessarily client over to somebody h a more aggressive style th. I think that's great that to really do it all. And to that that, what do you? The 360? Jackie Campbell Yeah, the 360 planning. David Spray Okay, yeah, no, like a great, a great dis you do so talk to. So w now shift gears. I'm rea you do. In the media world you have a radio show y which came first, the rad the book the radio show been doing that for about. Jackie Campbell I think it's a little over radio in the Tampa Bay area, as someone who was really mom would always say oh, her from behind my skirt looking for a place to h. Funny how the thing that most when you're younger develop and that's your s to be and you know I th there. You're always tryi a little bit but I love that I work with and they and really I think help for radio because I come a lot of things to say S so many individuals and f family and the hard one w. It just makes it so natu. Able to actually pull multiple professions together and pull that full Three sixty together for someone is just it. To me that's so rewarding because not everybody can see multi dimensional aspects. Radio was first. We called our radio show beyond the money. That's because it's really beyond the money. It's about what are you trying to get the freedom to do with your life or your business? What are you trying to grow into? Multiply and freedom of relationships, freedom of purpose those are things that we hear from Dan Sullivan, the founder and strategic coach and it. And when you just really focus on you, what are you trying to get the freedom to do, not just the freedom from doing. I think it's a totally different mindset. David Spray Sure is your radio show like the weekly show. Jackie Campbell Yeah, we have. We do air the same show on Saturday and on Sunday as well, and then we have podcast that came as a result a few years later, and that's the beyond the money podcast. David Spray Okay, so as far as the radio show. So what station is it on and what time is it come? On? Saturday and Sunday. Jackie Campbell Yeah, it's W X, j B, it's a local station and ninety nine point nine here in the Tampa Bay area. But you can I mean these days you can access everything all over. David Spray And then do you have calls callers that call in with questions. Is that kind of the format? Jackie Campbell We do not take live calls because highly count compliance, regulated industry. Oh sure, we don't do that. But sometimes they will call the radio station and they will leave a question for me to talk about. And I do a live conversation on Wednesday mornings with the morning DJ just to talk about what's going on in our area and if there's any changes in law changes and sort of just kind of finger on the polls. David Spray Wow, that's so, that's great. So that that ended up leading to the podcast. And so how do you view the podcast differently than the radio show? What are the kind of pros and cons of the podcast versus the radio show? Or is the podcast just a rebroadcast of the radio show? Jackie Campbell It's kind of a combination. We have a little over 250 episodes on our podcast and it's a little bit of combination. Sometimes I have what we call on tour interviews. I've had the pleasure to interview Reba McIntyre, yeah, in Nevada, and we talked about mama and the rope and pen and she's he's great she's just who you see on TV. Who you see on stage is exactly who she is in person Martina McBride. You know quite a few others get the pleasure to go to Nashville here in a few weeks and interview a few as well. So we do take some celebrity interviews and those are just more on a personal level, and then it could be some professionals that we work with, we collaborate with here in our area and we have them on as guests as well. We have a licensed mental health counselor, because you know emotions and is certainly all about your financial picture for individuals and business owners, and we have a quite a few other professionals that will have on from time to time. David Spray Okay, that really sounds great, and then it sounds like the last piece of the media stool was the book. Is that right? Jackie Campbell Yeah, this is something that I've been thinking about for a while. You know what it's. There's a concept called the 90 minute book and I said it took me nine years to actually hit 100%. But you know, sometimes things just happen when they're meant to be and this is just something. It's some of that really hard one wisdom that I was talking about. You know, you don't really know how challenging it is to go through cleaning up Financial records from someone until you experience it up close and personal. And I've seen many families do things right and I've seen the outcome of that and I've seen them Just have a total mess. Nobody knows where the keys are, literally and for figuratively, you know, for their financial life, and it's just such a stressful time both you know, emotionally, physically and mentally, and then Figure out and put the puzzle together. I came up with a book I have a what we call a hero package and my wind file came first. That came about eight years ago and that's a document storage system For how to gather all of your important documents and your passwords and you know who are your professional advisors and really what are the succession plan steps that would need to take place. So sort of giving, like an owner's manual. You know how to run my life without me if I'm not able to or not here. So just a real gift for your loved ones and your next to can and your family members. David Spray So I'm curious about that. Talk to me a little bit more. So you talk about the hero file, and then you talked about something else when my wind file W H E N. You, having my southern accents, sounds not sure which way to say it but it's my wind file when the time comes right. Jackie Campbell It's just a really go to book. We never know what's going to happen, doesn't matter how old you are, how young you are sometimes life just happens, and it's just a really great way to collect all those things, and that was the very start of it. The book that I just released was be prepared, creating peace of mind for you and your loved ones, and it sort of ties it all together ideation behind it, my why, my personal why, and also just some highlights of you know what to have in your black book or your lock box, whatever you call it, just just to make it a little bit easier for those that you love and care about the most. David Spray Sure, and I guess the one of the great things about your practice and your comprehensive, you know, 360 degree view of your clients lives is if the only planning they do is just tell their loved ones to call Jackie, that probably get some, you know, a lot further ahead than they would be if they didn't have a Jackie, right. Jackie Campbell That's exactly the point and so many of my clients have said that. I just told them call this person right here and she will know everything, she will know. And you know I just got another one of those calls this week from one of my clients. You know both. Both the parents happen to be sick and not doing well and the kids came in from out of state and of course they knew, called Jackie Campbell and she'll be able to help you navigate through some of these things and work along with the attorney, and you just never know when that time is going to come. And that's I take that as an honor to be able to do that. Another long term client just passed away a few weeks ago, very, quite young, and you know the family is. You know we're actually going to be meeting in a few days here and going through some of the things that we've been doing. You know I really value the relationships that I'm able to build with my clients and I think they're often at a much deeper level because of the trust and because of going the extra step to be on the money not just how much money do you have, how to invest it, where to put it, do you have life insurance, do you have your state documents or are you in compliance with the IRS? It's just really about thinking at a much more personal level with them and kind of always looking and planning ahead, because not everyone has that skill and ability. David Spray Well, it's a good thing that that you're a big fan of strategic coach and Dan Sullivan's approach to life, because it doesn't sound like you're going to be able to retire anytime soon. It sounds like there's too many families depending on on you to just be able to just decide you're done and just disappear tomorrow. Is that a fair assumption? Jackie Campbell That's a fair assumption. Yes, as long as you love what you're doing, you know there's really no reason to stop. It's truly about that's one thing I learned from Dan Sullivan is, you know, having whatever you're doing, your life is short and really enjoy what you're doing and have a purpose for what you're doing. And you know, compliance wasn't my thing. I mean I could do it. I started at a very young age and, you know, before computers even did the tax returns for you. So you really learn With the pencil and the eraser, you know, as the numbers carried page to page. But just being able to go that, that higher level, I just really am blessed that I am able to take my unique abilities and just help somebody else kind of tie those things up with a bow. I'm a big fan of enjoying life and confetti moments and you know people have this idea or ideal that they want this hallmark type life. And OK, what do we need to do to work towards that? It's probably never going to be ideal, but enjoy the confetti moments that come along the way and celebrate them, because we don't know how many of those we're going to have. David Spray What's the example of a confetti moment? I really like that expression like graduations, marriages, child or, you know, child being born. Jackie Campbell Yeah, well, those are the big ones, right, and those are the obvious ones that people think about. They have dinner, they do flowers or balloons or whatever birthday cake. But it's also the smaller ones that come along the way. Maybe you're reaching a goal or a milestone or you're like, if you're a business owner, it's your largest quarter yet, or you've reached your dreams. Check, it could be a lot of different things. Maybe you finally got the right team in place that you're able to take some true free time. It could be a lot of different things that go along. We look for confetti all the time around here. We just had to find the ones that were easier to clean up because we were having a mess. But you know, the last day of tax season, our staff is real, our team is just loves the throw in the confetti. This year we celebrated our 30th year in business and just having that celebration you know, my family was there, team was there, their family and some of our long term clients and just being able to share the appreciation and the gratitude that we have with them confetti just a lot of fun. David Spray That's awesome. You mentioned your personal. Why, if it's not too personal, what is your personal why? Jackie Campbell That is when my dad was sick. You know you spend our I had spent, you know, two thirds of my career helping others that weren't related, and they were. You know I built a relationship with them and helping them the parents, the moms, the dads, the grandparents get ready for the next generations and I had not really paid attention to my own family, the ones I love and care about the most, and I guess I had it's just you always like wish you had done things. I should have done this. I should have done that when my dad was ill, in the last 30 days of his life in the hospital. You just realizing some things that should have been done and how difficult that was. You know my mom was the CFO of the family and she knew where everything was Any insurance, any medical record that the doctors asked for. My mom was able to go and pull it out of a file cabinet. She was really organized. My dad would not have had a clue where the passwords were, how to turn on the computer. He worked on the military base totally different career and mindset and most families have one CFO that pays the bills and does all the filing. And if you look at where we're at now. I guess 20 years ago we didn't have all the electronic files, so you were able to wait 30 days, wait 60 days and you're gonna get a letter from whatever account or safe deposit and you're gonna get an invoice or something in the mail. That doesn't happen anymore and we have so many things in the cloud on computers, on tablets, and if you don't have certain keys or pens or passwords, you can't even obtain obtain any of those records or documentation. So that was just a real big eye-opener that, wow, my dad probably isn't the only person that would have been in a jam and I would have had to really help comb through every piece of paper because I didn't know what my mom's filing system was. And you have this concept and this idea that your parents are gonna live forever and while he did pass away at a young age, the time goes by so quickly. So that was my personal experience. And I do remember when we were in the hospital and the nurse came in and said this room is in dire straits today. So whatever they need, they get. And I just thought, dire straits. You're right, that is so true. You get to that dire straight point. And one more thing would just be unbearable to have to go find accounts and where's the money and is there life insurance? And many people, especially the older generations, they keep money and finances really close to the vest. So it's just a way of having let's talk, let's have that conversation, and I'm just so blessed that the feedback that I've gotten from my family, my clients and those around me saying wow, I'm glad somebody's really brought this to my attention that you might need to leave a little bit of a cookie crumb trail for someone else behind you. David Spray Okay, so thank you for sharing that and, if I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that before your dad's illness you'd been helping clients at a certain level. But then it really you experienced at first hand how difficult it can be to try to while you're dealing with end of life health issues but also dealing with layering onto that getting passwords and other stuff in order and you're saying that experience personally gave you kind of a newfound insight and passion to make sure that your clients were not in that situation. Does that about summarize it? Jackie Campbell That completely summarizes it, yeah. David Spray Well, that's, and how long ago was that? Jackie Campbell That was about 10 years ago. That happened and I knew I wanted to write a book but it took me a while to get to it. And I did get 80% of the book done. But it was the personal why that I couldn't get past making that and I thought about that for a while, off and on, and I thought, oh, I've got to get that done. It was on my list of goals every year finished my book and it's just a short read. It's not a very thick book. I'm not a big. I normally will skip chapters if it's a big book anyway, get the most important parts out of it. But the main thing is to inspire people with this book and the final way I was able to get that executed was I realized that it wasn't about me, it wasn't about my dad, it wasn't about what I did or didn't do. It was truly about helping others be the hero of their family, Because we really I would say the majority of the population wants to honor your parents, what they want to happen, and this is a way for them to keep their dignity you to keep your dignity in some tough decisions that you might have to make. But it's just a way to let your parents or your loved ones be the hero of their story and have that big handoff, that baton. That's just gonna be such a gift and blessing, and I don't know that somebody who receives it might realize how difficult it might have been otherwise. But you're working with clients since then and some that have children that live out of state or completely away and they just they don't even know where, how to open the garage, what the garage code is, or they're just not basically here. They don't know these things, and I have just seen so many examples of how this would have been just such a true blessing and a gift to who's next. David Spray And it's interesting, as you talk about the hero part, that's another reminds me of something that Dan Sullivan always says who do you want to be a hero to? Was that inspired by that question by Dan, or was it unrelated? Jackie Campbell It's definitely. I mean, I've been a strategic coach for about 10 years so it's definitely had a significant influence in my thinking because, as he says, we're in the thinking business, so it's definitely part of it and it's just. I personally wish my dad was able to be the hero and have all those things done. My mom certainly still is the hero and she just has given me invaluable feedback on putting this together and some of the things that she's done for years. It's in several of my clients. I've been able to collaborate with them some long-term clients, our client advisory board and get some really great feedback from them and how they've kind of kept track of things and put it all together to really just kind of make it something. That's one go-to place and we do have a digital version of it now as well the my Winfile. The book goes along with it, and we also have a for those that just like cheats. Cheats and checklists. We have a guarding your legacy checklist. So that's what we call the Hero Pack. It's just a system, a go-to system to really kind of pull things together for your loved ones. David Spray That's awesome, by the way, if it makes you feel any better. I also teamed up with Stuart and his team from 90-Minute Books for my book, and it also took me many years to do a 90-Minute Book. The good news is, when I do my second one, it'll be not much more than 90 minutes, because now that I really understand that it's all about progress, not perfection it's, and, like you said, you're authoring the book as a resource to people, and every day that perfectionism slows down, good enough, there's people that could be benefiting from a good enough version. So, anyway, I just wanna let you know you're in good company. It also took me many years to get my 90-Minute Book done. Jackie Campbell Yeah, he did say I'm not alone. David Spray Yeah no, I think so. I think I know the answer to this question, but I'd like to ask you anyway. So what do you get the most satisfaction from in your role, in your firm, in the way you've structured your role, what gives you the most satisfaction? Jackie Campbell That's a really great question. I think I'm really energized by being able to see things come together, not just having the conversation, not just talking, to hear myself talk, but to have someone that really values my input and my recommendations and will walk alongside me to actually get those executed. I think that is really the trust that I try to build and really value most. And I'm working now with a client that they've been clients for a long time and just really high ranking in the military, so super organized, very strategic, very tactical, and they're thinking and their operations and I've worked with them for a long period of time, so I've worked with them, now their children and now the next, the third generation, with the grandchildren. And to be able to help someone set up their very first Roth IRA at 19 years old, it just melts my heart and it's like, oh, this is just such a great generational trend to build and you see all the bad things that happen, but just to see that positive thinking and growth that happens with those next generations. I just really enjoy that and worked with quite a few war veterans and from the Normandy days that still were there on the beaches of Normandy and to hear some of those heartbreaking stories and all the different things and life events that have gone on for over a hundred years and some of those really confetti moments and really difficult times and now working with the grandchildren of those families, I mean that's what I value the most. David Spray Sure, yeah, it's what is the saying too. The biggest blessing is to be a blessing for others. Right For sure, and that comes through. Do you have an ideal client? Do they? Are they typically located geographically near you? Just because of the closeness Do you like to have with your clients, do they typically tend to be geographically close? Jackie Campbell I would say most are in the, I would say, southeast region, but I do have clients all over the United States. I have some that live half a year over in Europe as well. So with technology there's no border anymore. With Zoom you're able to get on and I have a whiteboard, and with our Zoom meetings and we're able to actually share that. I really enjoy using whiteboards when I'm working with clients because I can kind of organize their thoughts a little bit and make sure that I'm understanding what they're looking to do. But it doesn't really matter. We work with clients all over the state of Florida. You know many really like to have that in-person meeting and sit across the table from you, especially as they get a little bit older. Yeah, but we do both for sure. David Spray Okay, yeah, that's good to know, because I have clients all over the country and from time to time they're looking for a CPA introduction. So that's good to know that there's no geographic constraints. But so, since there's no geographic constraints, though, what else are you looking for in a client? I assume you don't need any more high maintenance clients who don't do what you tell them, who are uncooperative and don't trust you. I guess you have enough of those clients already. Is that a safe assumption? Jackie Campbell Yes, that is correct. One of those is too many. David Spray One of those is too many right. Jackie Campbell That's right. Yeah, that's an entirely different business model. It's funny, you know, like you, when you first start your business, it's what they call threshold clients. Right, it's like anyone who comes across the threshold. Yes, I can help them, and you do, and you're so grateful for that trust and confidence that they have in you to start with them. But I really am passionate about those that are in the retirement red zone, that are looking for those real important upcoming milestones. One of my unique processes is taking someone through a timeline and you know it's a very visual timeline when are you at, Where's your spouse at, what are the next milestones coming up and what do we need to plan for in advance From a tax efficiency standpoint, from an income planning standpoint, from insurance, health and long-term care, legacy planning I mean all of those things kind of come together and then, of course, your investments what is the most appropriate amount of risk that you're trying to take or need to take? So it's just about pulling all those things together. So I would definitely say the retirement red zone and beyond, enjoying retirement. I'm really passionate about law enforcement and first responders. You know, growing up in a first responder family, my husband was in law enforcement. We were high school sweetheart setting. He's been in law enforcement as soon as he was able to carry a gun, so he wasn't able to buy bullets yet, but he was able to carry a gun and work in the jail. So he worked with the state of Florida. He was a state trooper and a deputy sheriff and you know, having that entire career, you see things from a different perspective. So I'm really passionate about helping the first responder community my brother's in law enforcement, his entire career, my sister-in-law, my husband's dad, I've got a cousin. We're just, you know, a kind of you have one side of the family is on one side of the law. One side could be on the other side of the law, but you know, that's another real area of passion for us and an ideal client. And because they're paid so little for the sacrifice, you know, and there are decisions on their timeline, which is a totally different timeline than the normal average worker or business owner. So we also my husband has, we have a podcast that we do beyond the badge. David Spray Oh yeah. Jackie Campbell Yeah. David Spray So that's, great. Jackie Campbell Yeah. So I can't believe that I got him to be so vulnerable to actually do that. But yeah, I've had him on TV and a podcast so but he's actually really good at it. So, and only somebody who's lived that life can really, you know, talk and really you know correlate to someone who is has lived in that life and as a first responder. And then the other ideal client for us as a firm is someone who is an entrepreneur, business owner, entrepreneur. That is in that red zone. You know a lot of entrepreneurs never really want to retire, but it doesn't mean they don't sell off part of their business or have a succession plan so they can move on to something else that they're really passionate about or a different purpose at a higher level. But it just when they start making those changes, when they get to those milestone ages around 55, that's really where you know there's going to be some real key confetti moments and milestones or mile markers however you want to look at it that that are going to require some different thinking. David Spray I tell you your husband just sounds like like my kind of guy. But the thing that I'm most impressed with I'm always impressed with guys who marry their high school sweetheart, because that tells me there's a guy who says, you know what, if I, you know, screw this up and she ends up dating other guys in college, I may never get her back. You know I better go ahead and you know, you know, get this deal closed before she has a chance to realize that you know there's other guys out there. So I'm always impressed with guys who marry their high school sweetheart. I say that's very you know, that's very wise, beyond your years, when you recognize in high school your life partner is. Jackie Campbell Yeah, he was way wiser than I was. You know I'll give him credit for that one. David Spray Well, good. So, speaking of younger years, what do you wish you knew when you were 25? Jackie Campbell Oh gosh, I love that question. I think I like it better when I ask it, though. David Spray I'm sure I do too. Jackie Campbell You're wiser than you think you are and don't care about what everybody else thinks, and stop making up those stories about what you think that they're thinking. I think we overanalyze, we worry about others too much than to actually live our own dreams, and there are truly people that are never going to be happy for you, for your success and your achievements. But you know you can love them anyway, or you just don't tell them everything, but just don't lower your expectations for what you think you're capable of and what you want to achieve in life. David Spray Yeah, I think that's great. I heard I was listening to a podcast and I remember the person said you know, they said we worry too much about what other people think. And they say, really it's a form of arrogance, because other people don't think about you. Everybody's so focused on themselves that, believe it or not, they really don't notice that you, that your shirt was wrinkled or you had some small stain on your shirt sleeve, like people are so self-absorbed they really don't care about what you're doing. So embrace that concept and realize that nobody really cares. Nobody's staying awake at night worrying about you. Know whether you're writing a book or not writing a book, or whether there was a typo in your book or so, yeah, I really, I think that's great. Trust your gut and don't worry about others. Jackie Campbell It's an insecurity for sure. I would say that there's definitely a lot of hard one wisdom. I think the one that stands out to me, you know, as I've gotten older, is your health is truly the number one, most important part of your retirement plan, and I don't think it's ever worded that way when you're younger just truly investing in your health, your skin, you know your core part of your body, you know it's not just the muscles, it's all of it, it's truly all of it. And I think if we're taught that that is the very first step in your retirement plan before saving money, that you know we could see things and enjoy retirement a little bit longer. David Spray That's really great. What's the saying? That a healthy man has a thousand dreams and the unhealthy one has a one dream. Jackie Campbell Yeah, to be healthy. Yeah. David Spray So well, that is really great If people want to reach out to you. What's the best way for somebody to reach out? I know you're on LinkedIn. Do you accept LinkedIn? You know connections. Jackie Campbell Yes, linkedin would be a great way to reach out to me. It's under Jackie or Jacqueline, j-a-c-q-e-l-y-n, and online you can reach out to me as well, mycamblincocom, or I can give a phone number if you'd like to give out Sure. David Spray Yeah, go ahead 7365. So last question is there anything I didn't ask you that you wish I had? Jackie Campbell I would say you pretty much covered it all. And one other thought of kind of where I'm going next and this really came out quite a bit the past few years during COVID was as a business owner or a CEO of a company. You know, typically, the larger the business, you're going to have some sort of succession plan already written and in place. But for most business owners they don't have a succession plan or a when file for themselves not just personally, but for the company and one thing that I am working on is a 100 day succession plan. David Spray Oh, wow, okay. Jackie Campbell And that's where you know somebody like me. I have other partners but, you know, really spelling out some of those key things that they don't know. They know a lot they're still going to have to. You know, hunt and peck for a few things that you know still are just my personal logins, my personal, where do I keep the keys, so to speak, and you know who is the. You know, like you said earlier, go see Jackie Campbell. She's going to be the one who has all the information, all the important details of what to do next. You know who is that next important person, what is the order of what should happen if something happened and I became unable to fill my role and or passed away? So I really think you know, business owners have a big responsibility to their family at a much higher level, and that's just a great way to kind of pull all those things together. David Spray That's great and that, and correct me if I'm wrong, but that's that vaguely sounds familiar that I heard Dan Sullivan talk about that same concept. Does this sound like another Dan Sullivan inspired one, or am I reading too much into it? Jackie Campbell You might be reading too much into it. I don't know. I don't remember him saying anything about that, but I know he's always about building out 90 day plans. David Spray Sure. Jackie Campbell We do a couple of things by a hundred days here at Campbell and company, so I don't know if that's something we picked out along the way or we just didn't like to do the quarterly plan. David Spray I'd say it's because you're an overachiever. If a 90 day plan is good, then a hundred day plan must be even better, right, jackie? Jackie Campbell It must be, and it gives you a little bit extra time to measure the results and benchmark. David Spray So well, that is awesome. Well, I really appreciate you taking time out of your day and I really love your story and I know many of our listeners will find it interesting too. And again, thank you. Thank you for your time and I hope the weather in Southern Florida clears up the rest of the day for you. Jackie Campbell Well, thank you, I think the thunderstorms are gone and probably bright skies coming. The great thing about the weather here in Florida, and I guess in Texas as well, is it'll change pretty often. David Spray That is for sure. Well, hey, well, thanks again, jackie, and have a great day. Jackie Campbell Thank you, david, appreciate it. David Spray Hi, this is David Spray, and welcome to another episode of the ICDisc Show. My guest today is Jackie Campbell from the Greater Tampa Bay Area. Jackie is a really interesting CPA who has a practice that also includes comprehensive financial planning and she has a 360 degree view of her client's financial situation. She has a really unique perspective and she's a podcast host with over 250 episodes on this subject. She has a radio show, she's frequently a guest on radio and TV and she's also authored a book. So there's just a lot of great nuggets on the importance of planning and making sure that, when your time is up, that your heirs will have a seamless transition financially and emotionally. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. Good morning, jackie. How are you today, hi? Jackie Campbell good morning. I'm doing very well. If I can get past the summer storms here in Florida, I think we'll be doing good. David Spray Yeah, I'm nearly a native of Houston, Texas, so I understand the Gulf Coast summer storms thing. What part of Florida are you calling in from? Jackie Campbell I'm right, just north above the Tampa Bay area, right there in the center part of the state on the west coast. David Spray Oh, okay, and are you a native of that part of the state? Jackie Campbell I am a native of Florida, but I'm originally from the Panhandle, the Florida Panhandle, where the world's most beautiful beaches are up near Fort Walton Beach. David Spray Nice, nice. And what brought you to the current part of Florida. Jackie Campbell Wow, my husband. We were married and he was in law enforcement, so he worked with the state of Florida. So he was transferred here for his very first station right outside of Tampa, and we've been here ever since, 37 years now. David Spray And I guess you were early enough in your career. It was easy to get started there, as anywhere. Jackie Campbell Oh yeah, I finished up here at University of South Florida right in Tampa and you know you start working the next thing. You know I had my own firm, one of the youngest females in the state of Florida having my own firm and you have kids and they start school and the rest is history. David Spray Oh, that is awesome. So how long before you struck out on your own? Jackie Campbell Well, I started with the CPA firm before I even knew what a CPA was, and that was right out of high school. I kind of found that as a summer job when. I was in college, yeah, and it just sort of kind of all came together. So I had quite a bit of experience in different bookkeeping and public accounting before I even had my college degree. So it was a few years, tried a few different things public and private and decided that public accounting was going to be more my line and kind of was a little bit ahead of schedule of having my own firm. You know have a lot of ideas and you know want to kind of do it your way. David Spray I guess, as they say, was there any specific event that prompted you to make the move? Jackie Campbell Well, having two small children, I had this great idea. You know, sometimes we think we're smarter than we might be. I had two toddlers and I thought well, I'll get to spend more time with my kids if I have my own business. And you know, that lasted for about six months and you know, three employees. We finally had to get an office location and just kept growing and just kept going from there. David Spray Well, and I also would imagine, because my sense is that we started our career probably similar times. In fact, when we started our career, the firms weren't as kind of family friendly as they are now, were they? Jackie Campbell That's right. I mean they will train you very well, especially the larger firms, the regional firms. But they do expect you know a lot from you. David Spray Sure. Okay, so you started your firm, and so why don't we just kind of talk a bit about the firm? What would you say, or what would your clients say, make your firm different than just the average CPA firm? Jackie Campbell Well, I think just experience has a lot to do with it, right, I think that is one one thing that makes us different. One thing that I hear a lot from clients is just the trust that they have for us. And you know you would think that trust is really easy to earn or to build in relationships, but you know that's not necessarily the case, and we've been in business now for a little over 30 years, so that's a long time of working with not only one generation, but often we go into the second and third generation, whether it's a small business owner, an entrepreneur, or whether it's just an individual who's already been retired and enjoying retirement. So I would say that pretty much makes us unique. We are a planning firm. That, I think, is another thing that we do a little bit differently and we don't just look at history Most CPAs are historians looking at, you know, everything that happened. I think we have, and as part of my unique ability, is to be able to look at what's going on now, what the pattern was in the past and what that pattern is most likely going to be, as we move forward and plan forward and, you know, being strategic, being tactical, trying to help clients along the way as those major milestones and events come along, the planned ones and the unplanned. So I think that you know and that looking at the 360 degree lens is really important. We became duly licensed as financial advisors when we were allowed, so back in the late 90s was the first time a CPA actually could have more than one license because of the high fiduciary responsibility and CPA is always, as you know, been regarded as a really trusted advisor. So just looking at that full package and working with attorneys, collaborating with them, just to make sure that we get that full service and what the advisors are intending to happen, or the strategy, what that's going to be, actually does take place. David Spray Yeah, I think that's great. I've always thought that really, since those opportunities presented themselves, that it was a great opportunity for CPA firms because you know they're already, you know the trusted advisor, you're already communicating with your clients, at least annually, just because of you know the tax return compliance, and it just seems so, so natural. But for whatever reason, it just seems like a lot of CPA firms have, you know, maybe dipped their toe in it but really weren't able to integrate those two practices very well. So, yeah, I can imagine why, from your client's perspective, it's great to have kind of this one stop shop. I mean, obviously the legal is still. You know you're partnering with somebody else for that, but at least two of the three legs of that stool you know, the CPA, the planning and financial advisory and the legal you're covering and under one roof, that sounds great. And then like how do you guys end up typically being like the quarterback, would you say, because you know, like when you look at like estate planning, obviously you're bringing in the attorneys for that, but it seems like so many plans are created but not implemented. Do you all have, you know, some role in that, or is that pretty much left to the client and the attorney to to implement those plans? Jackie Campbell Well, I would say it depends on the individual. Some people are really entrepreneurial. They're always looking and learning and paying attention to what options or opportunities may be out there for them. So they will sometimes come with ideas. Sometimes it's just a matter of having conversations. You know, we all kind of have a plan. It's just very well laid out or it isn't Sure. But yeah, we do take that quarterback role. Quite often I had so many conversations through the years where someone would meet an attorney, they would have illegal documents, they would have a trust and then nothing would be titled in the trust. And then you have the financial advisor or the insurance advisor and they're having a certain plan or their certain tax ramifications of their transactions that they, you know, legally can't talk about and say, oh, I can't talk, I can't discuss taxation, You'll have to talk to your accountant about that, or tax preparer. And then as the CPA, we would end up, you know, kind of cleaning everything up, saying, wait, you have a trust, why isn't? Why aren't things? All your financial accounts titled that way? So it's just about you know, pulling that plan together and making sure that is this the true plan and direction that you're going, and pulling that road map together. You know, I heard something the other day the one thing that doesn't know it's in the water is the fish. And it's the same story. It's hard for us to see even professional advisors. You can give really great advice and see a lot of pitfalls and potential challenges and the opportunities for someone else, but when it comes to yourself, you're just too close to the scenario. David Spray Yeah, the classic cobbler in the shoes situation. Right, and then can you all. Are you also set up to actually, you know, in addition to the planning, actually you'll do the implementation as far as you know acquiring, you know, insurance products, you know for funding vehicles, and that as well. Jackie Campbell We do. Yeah, we're considered a full wealth management firm, so you know pretty much anything dealing with money. We're able to do it, or collaborate with someone and find a solution for it, or someone who actually specializes in that that either tax law or that strategy but we try to look at it as products at all. We don't address it that way. We look at it as what are we trying to get to and to achieve, and what is the best, most economical way to get there? David Spray No, that that makes a lot of sense and it's great that you have all those capabilities under one umbrella, because I have seen firms that have a heavy planning focus but you know, are so focused on the independence that you know that they won't actually implement the products you know. So then you have to rely on, you know, a kind of a traditional commission, you know driven, you know insurance person, let's say, to do the implementation. And then that can be kind of tricky because you know you don't necessarily want to turn your client over to somebody who might have a, you know, a different, a more aggressive style than you do. So yeah, I think that's great that you just have the ability to really do it all and I think it speaks to that that. What do you call your approach? The 360? Jackie Campbell Yeah, the 360 degree complete planning. David Spray Okay, yeah, no, I can. It seems like a great, a great description for what you do, so talk to. So what I'd like to do now is shift gears. I'm really curious about all you do in the media world. Jackie Campbell You have a podcast, you have a radio show, you've authored a book which came first the radio show, the podcast, the book the radio show actually came first, been doing that for about nine or 10 years now I think it's a little over nine been doing radio in the Tampa Bay area. You know I grew up as someone who was really shy. You know my mom would always say, oh, just have to pull her from behind my skirt because I was always looking for a place to hide. And it's funny how the thing that you're afraid of most when you're younger is how you grow and develop and that's your spot, that you're supposed to be. And you know I think you're never really there. You're always trying to raise the bar a little bit. But I love radio. I had someone that I worked with and they coached me along and really I think helped me find a voice for radio because I come, turns out, I had a lot of things to say. So you know, working with so many individuals and families and my own family and the hard one wisdom that we have it just makes it so natural and easy. And I think being able to actually pull multiple professions together and pull that full 360 together for someone is just to me that's so rewarding because not everybody can see multi-dimensional Aspects. So radio was first. We called our radio show beyond the money. Okay that's because it's really beyond the money. It's about what are you trying to get the freedom to do with your life or your business? What are you trying to grow into? Multiply and freedom of relationships, freedom of purpose those are things that we hear from Dan Sullivan, the founder and strategic coach. And and when you just really focus on you, what are you trying to get the freedom to do, not just the freedom from doing? I think it's a totally different mindset. David Spray Sure, and is your radio show like the weekly show? Jackie Campbell Yeah, we have. We do air the same show on Saturday and on Sunday as well, and then we have Podcasts that came as a result a few years later, and that's the beyond the money podcast. David Spray Okay, so as far as the radio show. So what station is it on and what time is it come? On? Saturday and Sunday. Jackie Campbell Yeah, it's W X, j B, it's a local station and ninety nine point nine here in the Tampa Bay area. But you can't. I mean these days you can access everything all over the year. David Spray And then do you have calls Callers that call in with questions. Is that kind of the format? Jackie Campbell We do not take live calls because you know highly count compliance regulated industry. Oh sure, yeah, we don't do that, but sometimes they will call the radio station and they will leave a question for me to talk about. And I Do a live conversation on Wednesday mornings with the morning DJ just to talk about what's going on in our area and there's any changes and law changes and sort of just kind of finger on the pulse. David Spray Wow, well, that's so, that's great. So that that ended up leading to the podcast, and so how do you view the podcast differently than the radio show? What are the kind of pros and cons of the podcast versus the the radio show? Or is the podcast just a rebroadcast of the radio show? Jackie Campbell It's kind of a combination. We have a little over 250 episodes on our podcast and it's a little bit of combination. Sometimes I have what we call on tour interviews. I've had the pleasure to interview Reba McIntyre, yeah, in Nevada and we talked about mama and the rope and pin and she's he's great. She's just who you see on TV. Who you see on stage is exactly who she is in person. Martina McBride you know quite a few others get the pleasure to go to Nashville here in a few weeks and Interview a few as well. So we do take some celebrity interviews and those are just more on a personal level. And then it could be some professionals that we work with, we collaborate with here in our area and we have them on as guests as well. We have a licensed mental health counselor, because you know Emotions and is certainly all about your financial picture for individuals and business owners, and you know we have a quite a few other professionals that we'll have on from time to time. David Spray Okay, that really sounds great. And then it sounds like the last piece of the media Stool was the bunk. Is that right? Jackie Campbell Yeah, this is something that I've been Thinking about for a while. You know it's. There's a concept called the 90 minute book and I said it took me nine years to actually it's 100%. But you know, sometimes things just happen when they're meant to be and this is just something. It's some of that really hard one wisdom that I was talking about. You know, you don't really know how challenging it is to go through cleaning up Financial records from someone until you experience it up close and personal. And I've seen many families Do things right and I've seen the outcome of that and I've seen them Just have a total mess. Nobody knows where the keys are, literally and for figuratively, you know, for their financial life, and it's just such a stressful time, both you know, emotionally, physically and mentally. And then to try to figure out, put the puzzle together, I came up with a book. I have a what we call a hero package and my wind file came first. That came about eight years ago and that's a document storage system for how to gather all of your important documents and your passwords and you know who are your professional advisors and really what are the succession plan Steps that would need to take place. So sort of giving, like an owner's manual. You know how to run my life Without me if I'm not able to or not here. So just a real gift for your loved ones and your nexa can and your family members. David Spray So I'm curious about that. Talk to me a little bit more. So you talk about the hero file and then you talked about something else when the my, when file. Jackie Campbell WHEN You're having my southern accent sounds not sure which way to say it, but it's my wind file. It's when the time comes right. It's just a really go-to book. You know, we never know what's gonna happen, doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are. Sometimes life just happens, and it's just a really great way to collect all those things, and that was the very start of it. The book that I just released was be prepared, creating peace of mind for you and your loved ones, and it sort of ties it all together ideation behind it, my why, my personal why, and also just some Highlights of you know what to have in your black book or your lockbox, whatever you call it, just just to make it a little bit easier for those that you love and care about the most. David Spray Sure, and I guess the one of the great things about your practice and your comprehensive, you know, 360 degree view of your clients lives Is if the only planning they do is just tell their loved ones to call Jackie, that probably get some, you know, a lot further ahead than they would be if they didn't have a Jackie, right. Jackie Campbell That's exactly the point and so many of my clients have said that. I just told them call this person right here and she will know everything, she will know. And you know, I just got another one of those calls this week from One of my clients. You know both. Both the parents Happen to be sick and not doing well and the kids came in from out of state and of course they knew Call Jackie Campbell and she'll be able to help you navigate through some of these things and work along with the attorney. And you just never know when that time is going to come. And that's I take that as an honor to be able to do that. Another long-term client just passed away a few weeks ago, very, quite young, and you know the family is. You know we're actually going to be meeting in a few days here and going through some things. But you know I really value the relationships that I'm able to build with my clients and I think they're often at a much deeper level Because of the trust and because of going the extra step to. You know, beyond the money, not just how much money do you have, how to invest it, where to put it, do you have life insurance? Do you have your estate documents on order? Are you in compliance with the IRS? It's just really about thinking at a much more personal level with them and kind of always looking and planning ahead, because not everyone has that skill and ability. David Spray Well, it's a good thing that that you're a big fan of strategic coach and Dan Sullivan's Approach to life, because it doesn't sound like you're going to be able to retire anytime soon. It sounds like there's too many families depending on on you to just be able to just Decide you're done and just just appear tomorrow. Is that a fair assumption? Jackie Campbell That's a fair assumption. Yes, as long as you love what you're doing, you know there's really no reason to stop. It's truly about I. That's one thing I learned from Dan Sullivan is, you know, having whatever you're doing, your life is short and really enjoy what you're doing and have a purpose for what you're doing. And you know, compliance wasn't my thing. I mean I could do it. I started at a very young age and, you know, before Computers even did the tax returns for you. So you really learn the way with the pencil and the eraser, you know, as the numbers carried page to page. But Just being able to go that, that higher level, I just really Am blessed that I am able to take my unique abilities and just help somebody else kind of To tie those things up with a bow. I'm a big fan of enjoying life and confetti moments and you know people have this idea or ideal that they want this hallmark type life. And Okay, what do we need to do to work towards that? It's probably never going to be ideal, but enjoy the confetti moments that come along the way and celebrate them, because we don't know how many of those we're gonna have. David Spray There, and what's the example of a confetti moment. I really like that expression. Like graduations, marriages, child or, you know, child being born. Jackie Campbell Yeah, well, those are the big ones, right, and those are the obvious ones that people Think about. They have dinner, they do flowers or balloons or whatever birthday cake. But it's also the smaller ones that come along the way. Maybe you're reaching a goal or a milestone or you're like, if you're a business owner, it's your largest quarter yet, or you've reached and achieved your dream. Check, it could be a lot of different things. Maybe you finally got the right team in place that you're able to take some true free time. It could be a lot of different things that go along. We look for confetti all the time around here. We just had to find the ones that were easier to clean up because, no, we were having a mess. But you know, the last day of tax season, our staff is real, our team is just Loves the throw in the confetti. This year we celebrated our 30th year in business and just having that celebration you know, my family was there, team was there, their family and some of our long-term clients and just being able to share the appreciation and the gratitude that we have with them lots of confetti. It's just a lot of fun. David Spray Now, that's awesome, you'd mentioned your personal. Why, if it's not too personal, what is your personal why? Jackie Campbell That is when my dad was sick. You know you spend our.

  In this episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Andrea, who is not only a talented cookie artist but also the proud owner of a vintage cookie camper. Andrea takes us on a journey through her creative life, starting with her passion for art as a child and her love for floral design. She shares how her artistic background and her experiences in the flower industry have influenced her unique style of cookie decorating. We learn about Andrea's love for Cookie Con, a convention where cookie enthusiasts gather to share their love for all things cookie-related. Andrea describes it as a place where she found her tribe, a community of like-minded people who speak the same language of cookies. She reminisces about winning an award at Cookie Con and the joy of connecting with fellow cookie artists. One of the highlights of the conversation is Andrea's cookie camper, which she affectionately named "Cookie." She tells us about the serendipitous moment when she stumbled upon the idea of owning a vintage camper for her cookie business. We hear stories of her successful pop-up events and even her backstage experience at a Reba McIntyre concert, where her cookie camper stole the show. Throughout the episode, Andrea emphasizes the importance of embracing creativity and taking risks. She shares her process of creating unique cookie designs inspired by real flowers, staying true to nature, and ensuring her cookies are not only beautiful but also meant to be enjoyed. She also encourages listeners to keep pushing forward, even when facing failures, as it's all part of the journey toward success. Andrea's infectious energy and can-do attitude shine through as she talks about her passion for creating and her determination to make things happen. Her story serves as a reminder that dreams can turn into reality when we dare to follow them with enthusiasm and perseverance. So sit back, relax, and get ready to be inspired by the incredible journey of Andrea and her delightful cookie adventures. Do you want to learn more about cookie decorating? Check out The Cheerful Box at  https://cheerfulcutters.com/pages/the-cheerful-box You can find Andrea by visiting https://instagram.com/andykayscookies?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://andykayscookies.com/ https://m.facebook.com/andykayscookies/?wtsid=rdr_0tHJ97imjfLK73plf https://youtube.com/@andykayscookies6101 https://www.tiktok.com/@iamandykayscookies?_t=8dYazjuVYAF&_r=1

Les, Kurt, and Jason return after a very very long break and so so so many Gay Prides! Yes, prides have parades, and Les sat through part of a really long one before being coerced into marching IN one, but Jason will only watch the parades if they're done at the posted speed limit (flying drag queen wigs be damned)! Then, Kurt has some Blac Chyna news (that may or may not be from before our long break). Then, the guys take a dip in Hallmark's Big Sky River which is, apparently, a movie they all watched. Despite the over-priced gas in this small town, it still has what it takes to attract residents like (not) Reba McIntyre, and a woman going through an (oft-mentioned) “terrible divorce.” This movie has an extended scene involving grabbing a chicken. It also has a friend hint that one of the characters should have a fling. Get your air horn, cuz this ain't your mom's Hallmark.    Facebook : alifetimeofhallmark Instagram : lifetimeofhallmarkpodcast Theme song generously donated by purple-planet.com

Grammy nominated musician Tim Menzies is a stalwart in country music – writing songs for Reba McIntyre and opening for the likes of Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton. But his life took a turn when he became a Christian...and later, decided to pursue Christian music inspite of his success in the country genre. Tim tells Jess about his new album "He Reminds Me" out March 3, and the moment his five-year-old son turned his world up side down. Pre-order/save "He Reminds Me" : https://ffm.to/tm_hrm Connect at https://www.timmenzies.com/. MUSIC I Dropped My Keys by Tim Menzies Sanding off the Edges by Tim Menzies He Reminds Me by Tim Menzies What Are You Waiting for? by Tim Menzies I Want To Go Like That by Tim Menzies Say Something by Tim Menzies On My Father's Side by Tim Menzies Build A Boat feat. Gabby Barrett by Colton Dixon GET PODCAST MERCH HERE: https://tee.pub/lic/YOUMEPOD SPONSORS JesusWired is your number 1 source for Christian music news, reviews and interviews. Visit them now at https://JesusWired.com. Are you a creator? Soundstripe gives you unlimited access to royalty free music from some of the world's best composers. Go to SOUNDSTRIPE.COM and enter YOUMEPOD to get 10% off at checkout. SUBSCRIBE/CONNECT/LET'S BE FRIENDS: https://linktr.ee/betweenyoumepod Produced by Bspoke Media Productions

The year is almost over. What is left to do except offer you my last-minute ranking of the best books I've read and enjoyed in 2022.I will warn you – I am poorly and my voice sounds like ten miles of bad gravel. This sounds like the Reba McIntyre book club. I am HUSKY!!Hang around for the afterword when my voice finally gives out as I labour over a long and elaborate thank-you for listening and supporting the show this year. At times 2022 has felt like a waking nightmare, but here in Spookybooklandia, we've kept things ironically nice.  Love to you all.Happy New Year. Here's to the next.Books mentioned: A Child Alone With Strangers (2022), by Philip FracassiAll the White Spaces (2022), by Ally Wilkes Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy Burn the Plans (2022), by Tyler Jones The Hollow Kind (2022), by Andy DavidsonScreams from the Dark (2022), ed. Ellen DatlowHouse of Hunger (2022), by Alexis HendersonReluctant Immortals (2022), by Gwendolyne KisteThen I Woke Up (2022), by Malcolm DevlinThe Clackity (2022), by Lora Senf Support Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Guest Interview: Shaun Earl/Topics: Working with Tyra Banks, Alfonso Ribeiro and NuContext for Dancing with the Stars, Coyote Ugly, Happy Anniversary Stacy & Dan! Travis neighbors The Udovichs, D Studio, Jon Chu, It's all in how you say it, Getting great hair and make up on set, Travis and Stacy on Directing Jolin Tsai's PLAY World Tour in the round vs. end stage, collaborating with 15 choreographers, Franz Harary, Paula Abdul, Vanessa Williams, RENT, Soul Train, Cheryl Song, FAME, Debbie Allen, West Side Story, Karyn White, Becoming a Triple Threat, Solid Gold, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Northside School of the Arts, Jaime Rogers, Julie McDonald, Coming to America, Michelle Whitney Morrison, LA & Babyface, Art Palmer, Sean Cheesman, Reba McIntyre, Susan Salgado, Austin Powers, Keith Young, Sybil Azur, Shanice. Rehearsal scheduling conflicts, We love Japan! DANCE HERO: Galen HooksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest Interview: Shaun Earl/Topics: Working with Tyra Banks, Alfonso Ribeiro and NuContext for Dancing with the Stars, Coyote Ugly, Happy Anniversary Stacy & Dan! Travis neighbors The Udovichs, D Studio, Jon Chu, It's all in how you say it, Getting great hair and make up on set, Travis and Stacy on Directing Jolin Tsai's PLAY World Tour in the round vs. end stage, collaborating with 15 choreographers, Franz Harary, Paula Abdul, Vanessa Williams, RENT, Soul Train, Cheryl Song, FAME, Debbie Allen, West Side Story, Karyn White, Becoming a Triple Threat, Solid Gold, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Northside School of the Arts, Jaime Rogers, Julie McDonald, Coming to America, Michelle Whitney Morrison, LA & Babyface, Art Palmer, Sean Cheesman, Reba McIntyre, Susan Salgado, Austin Powers, Keith Young, Sybil Azur, Shanice. Rehearsal scheduling conflicts, We love Japan! DANCE HERO: Galen HooksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fancy was her name and she is bringing it to Austin! Check out the details and reminisce on her oldies but goodies with Whitney and Amy.

WorldWide Entertainment TV's Shea Marie Diva & Vixens Podcast Episode 19 includes country singer Analisa Carter. She is a country singer, songwriter, and performer based in Griffin, Georgia. She speaks on various topics that include the recent Monica controversy at the annual Country Music Awards event. Growing up, she loved poetry and started writing music at the age of 8. A self-proclaimed military brat, Analisa credits her younger years for providing a diverse experience that contributed to her love of music. After spending majority of her life working in corporate America, Analisa decided to chase her dreams and pursue her music career. Carter is a rising star on the country music scene with her distinct sound, which combines country and rock music to create a unique hot country tone. As the talented artist says, "Dreams, everyone has them. The tough part is achieving them, but the fun part is chasing them!" During the interview she provides her top 5 artists, how she constructs her music, why people should take time to listen to her style of country music and more. Visit https://www.worldwideentertainmenttv.com for more on this artist!Support the show

This week I covered Only In My Mind by Reba McIntyre. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mariela-the-terrible-singer/support

I am very excited for this Founder Friday! When we talk about coffee shops we often talk about culture, authenticity, and relationships. I have the immense pleasure of presenting to you a conversation with someone whose business and way of operating in the world of coffee exemplifies those things. Today we are talking with the dynamic Jackie Nguyen, founder of Cafe Cà Phê, a ground breaking Vietnamese coffee shop based in Kansas City, MO.  Jackie is a first generation, Vietnamese American, daughter of a refugee. Born and raised in sunny San Diego, California. After graduating California State University, Fullerton with a BFA in Musical Theatre, she moved to New York City to pursue a career on Broadway. Some of her favorite jobs were performing on stage with Reba McIntyre, Ashlee Simpson, many holiday seasons with How The Grinch Stole Christmas the Musical and most recently traveling the country with the Broadway Revival Tour of Miss Saigon.  After ten years of being a New Yorker, ten International and National Broadway tours, she decided to take a career pivot, relocate to KCMO and pour her heart into Cafe Cà Phê. Spending 8 years of being a barista, a trip to Vietnam last year, and a  yearning for entrepreneurship, the idea of a Vietnamese coffeeshop was born. I have had the honor of having Jackie as a client since the start of her business and am so excited for you to hear the story of Jackie and Cafe Cà Phê's mission, development, and impact on the KCMO community and beyond. In this conversation we cover: Her unique way of researching the concept Pivoting from the world acting to coffee  Responding to changes in the plan due to COVID The difference of the Vietnamese cafe culture  Overcoming huge operational challenges Making a place for the KC Asian community Learning to run a coffee trailer from scratch Networking and building relationships Finding locations to pop-up and a long term residency Authentic expression and vulnerability What is next for Cafe Cà Phê Links: Instagram https://www.cafecaphe.com   Episodes to listen to next:  281 : The Vietnamese Coffee Revolution w/ Sahra Nguyen of Nguyen Coffee Supply 279 : Founder Friday! w/ Daniel Brown and Nephthaly Leonidas of Gilly Brew Bar 199 : Founder Friday w/ Mario Jimenez of Banana Dang Coffee, Oceanside, CA 086 : Founder Friday w/ JoEllen Depakakibo / Pinhole Coffee 097 : Founder Friday w/ Erica Escalante of The Arrow Coffeehouse   Visit our sponsors! www.prima-coffee.com/keys www.pacficfoodservice.com        

In this episode we talk about God in the NCAA tournament, how cancel culture should really be the called cancer culture (get it?), and complete our discussion of the book Financial Peace. https://www.christianpost.com/voices/a-lenten-meditation-on-cancel-culture.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 

Listen to the Best Music Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and watch on YouTube: https://linktr.ee/thebestmusicpodcast The Best Music Podcast #9 | Jim Peterik — Songwriter | How Jim Wrote "Eye of the Tiger", "Vehicle" www.jimpeterik.com www.theidesofmarch.com www.aprideoflions.com www.jimpeterikslifeforce.com www.facebook.com/officialjimpeterik The undeniable Grammy-winning, rockstar, master songwriter, storyteller, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jim Peterik's career can hardly be summed up in a 366-page book, never mind a podcast intro. Let's just say that his songs have made it into the top 10 over the period of four decades and in two separate centuries. He has multiple, multi-platinum releases and over 1,000 published songs with acts like Ides of March, Survivor, The Beach Boys, Cheap Trick, Reba McIntyre, Sammy Hagar, .38 Special, Pride of Lions, Van Zant, and so many others. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebestmusicpodcast Blog: https://bestmusiccoach.blogspot.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thebestmusicpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestmusicpodcast/ 0:00 Intro 2:23 Warm-up questions 5:57 How Jim writes hits in different genres 8:12 Which top 10 songs are Jim's favorite? 10:45 #1 Song "Vehicle" The Ides of March 12:13 Album: Vehicle 13:10 How Jim learned guitar 15:03 How The Ides of March got started 17:00 Bald Medusa 18:55 Album: Play On 2019 19:05 How Jim wrote "Eye of the Tiger" for Rocky III 25:33 Jim's guitar collection 27:00 A Pride of Lions 31:45 Jim Peterik's Lifeforce 34:20 Jim Peterik & World Stage 36:52 Lifestyle: Sleep 38:20 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation 40:41 Practice: Time of day 41:16 Jim Peterik's world stage "Women Who Rock the World" 43:13 Practice: Practice is doing 44:26 Creativity: Steps to stay creative 46:13 Creativity: Time of day 46:55 Creativity: Dealing with rejection 49:18 Writing with .38 Special 51:50 Songwriting: How it starts 53:21 Songwriting: Changing form 55:39 Songwriting: Cataloguing ideas #jimpeterik #eyeofthetiger #theidesofmarch #musicians #songwriter #songwriters #composers #musicmajor #musicmajors #musiceducator #musiceducators #musiceducation #podcast #thebestmusicpodcast #clips #musicpodcast #singer #guitarist #guitarplayer #trombonist #trumpet #violin #viola #cello #bass #brass #trombone #mandolin #banjo #drums #percussion #timpani #marimba #oboe #sax #saxophone #clarinet #basoon #alto #soprano #tenor #piano #keyboard #survivor #idesofmarch #theidesofmarch #sammyhagar, #rocky #rocky3 #rockyIII #grammy #grammywinning Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman Audio and Video: Zach Ramey zacherylramey@gmail.com Video Thumbnail: Jean Tomasulo https://www.behance.net/jeantomasulo Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography

When Anthony Smith moved from East Tennessee to Nashville in the mid-1990s, he didn't realize a golden era of country music ended. However, Anthony is leaving his mark on a new era in Nashville because of his songwriting chops.  Anthony's songwriting credits include "Run" and "Cowboy's Like Us," by George Strait, "Chrome" and "I'm Tryin," by Trace Adkins, "I'm Already There" by Lonestar, as well as cuts by Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Reba McIntyre, and Chris Stapleton. Listen as Anthony, and I discuss his songwriting strategies and how the music business is continuously evolving. 

Designer Ripley Rader is back talking with MollyMay+ in this slow round of rapid fire. Ripley and MollyMay+ discuss the best sequins, why Friday is so special to the both of them, and of course - Reba McIntyre. Also, decide for yourself who is having the better lunch!Follow @schmollymac on InstagramExplore from this Episode:Ripley Rader website and Instagram WARNING: This episode may contain information and descriptions that may be triggering. Please feel free to engage in a way that makes you feel safe and comfortable. There’s also a good sprinkling of colorful language.Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.

This hymn writer from East Liverpool, Ohio gave us a much-loved hymn that has been recorded by many artists, including The Andrew Sisters, Reba McIntyre, and Carrie Underwood! This hymn has been a comfort to so many people for so many years, as a reminder that Jesus provides rest and peace to all those that are weary and over-burdened. Come home.... and let's sing together. Find us on Twitter: @hymntalk Find us on Facebook: Hymn Talk Twin Talk Send us an email: hymntalktwintalk@gmail.com Psalm 104:33

Another Foggy morning has Drew weirded out about just how thick the Fog is at his new home in Monroe. Fitz is super excited to announce that Carrie Underwood will co-host the CT 40 Christmas Special with him! In the What Are You Kidding stories, a man having trouble finding love on dating apps takes out a billboard and it works, a woman threatens her neighbor's dog if she doesn't give up her WiFi password, a man convinced he saw a semi hauling a UFO crashes while into a pole while filming it, a man is killed laying on the ground at a fast-food drive-thru, a 68-year-old woman and her son team up for a road rage shoot-out, and a woman will professionally decorate your Christmas Tree for $600. Ryder's home in Auburn was burglarized over the weekend and he tells us the harrowing tale, but P1 Vern calls him out for describing the unstolen valuables still in the house. Drew has an update on the construction of his new home in Monroe and admits he's somewhat afraid of the wildlife in his unknown surroundings. In the Fitz Files a "Dancing With the Stars" screw-up almost sends the wrong couple home, Reba McIntyre's new boyfriend is a TV actor, and Carrie Underwood tells of first meeting her hero Loretta Lynn after Loretta swatted her on the behind. On Make Up or Break Up, Luke from Arlington is heartbroken after over hearing his wife Katie telling a friend not to "settle" like she did; Katie swears that's not what she meant and says he is hyper-sensitive. Its Text the Truth Tuesday: tell us your dirty secrets and we promise to keep them anonymous. Our Zoom with Tim McGraw was awesome, and we listen to some of his beautiful answers to your personal questions. Fitz has a list of all the things people like to talk about that nobody wants to hear about, like your politics, your past sports exploits, and, yes, your babies. Who had Baby Kangaroo Loose in Monroe on Their 2020 Bingo Card? We talk to the Monroe Police Information Officer about an escaped Kangaroo and how you can help.

Michael joined John on the Phone to talk about his new Music - Brand New Heartache , we also spoke about his Previous Songs , including - Please don't cry ( with Neil Finn) and Turn this Love around. Michael is an Australian singer/songwriter. His music has been described as a fusion of folk, Americana and rock with hints of artists such as The Beatles, Wilco, Eagles and Ron Sexsmith. From intimate solo shows to full band performances, his songs are deceptively simple about complex things: love, family, home, and trust. Michael's new single Please Don't Cry ( ft. Neil Finn) was recorded in NZ at Roundhead Studios a few years prior as part of an experience offered by Medicine Mondiale. Michael knew that opportunity had to be his and grabbed onto it with everything he had. He won and got to spend two days recording with Neil Finn. Neil chose two songs from a batch of demos and the final versions of these songs, especially Please Don't Cry have a warm and personal feel that Michael is so excited to share. Neil worked with Michael on two songs Please Don't Cry and Hinges both of which also feature Neils vocals on the track. They were never released as Michael went to the US soon after to record his debut EP. Upon returning from that experience and release, Michael finished the Roundhead songs back in Australia working with old pals Gideon & Daniel Frankle who helped shape the track with extra instrumentation, lap steel by Ed Bates, Mixed by Tony Buchen (Courtney Barnett, Tim Finn) and Mastered by Steve Smart ( Vance Joy, Midnight Oil). In the past couple of years Michael had been co-writing with Grammy-award winning artist Frank Myers ( All 4 One, Lonestar, Alabama). This songwriting resulted in an EP recorded at Ocean Way studios in Nashville. Produced by Frank Myers and Jimmy Nichols ( Faith hill, Reba McIntyre) the songs were recorded and mixed by Steve Marcantonio (John Lennon, J. Geils, George Strait, Alabama and recently Thomas Rhett, Taylor Swift and Steven Tyler) The songs became Michael’s new EP ‘Turn This Love Around’. Please Don't Cry re-recorded for the US market with a distinct Nashville tone was the first single released and In September 2018, Burrows released his second single "Turn This Love Around." The song debuted at No. 39 on Australia's iTunes Store, No. 2 on the iTunes Rock Chart, and No. 14 on Australian Independent Record Labels Association's singles chart. The singles received light to mild rotations across commercial, independent and community stations. From ABC with Myf Wurhurst to Triple M, Triple M Country and album of the week for ABC Widebay. All 3 single releases have been picked up by Coles Radio ( Australia's largest digital station) In January 2019, "Turn This Love Around" made its US premiere on Atwood Magazine and landed on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for 5 weeks, reaching its peak at No. 24. The single's success carried over to his following single "Brightest Star," which peaked on the same chart at No. 25. Both singles became part of Burrows' debut EP Turn This Love Around, which was released in June. Both Billboard tracks have also received significant radio play within the US in 2019 appearing on shows like 'The Jim Brickman show ( syndicated to 200's of stations), NPR's WLRN ( Folk & Acoustic Music Show) , Voice Of America (measured weekly audience of more than 275.2 million people around the world), Acoustic Cafe ( RDR Radio, LLC) and hundreds of other commercial stations across the AC and AAA radio format. Just recently Michael's songs made the official ballot for the Grammys 2019 for two songs ' Turn This Love Around ' ( Best pop solo performance & best pop vocal album) and ' Brightest Star' ( Best American Roots performance & Best American Roots song)

Dickey Lee began his career in the 1950s in Memphis during the birth of rock and roll recording in the legendary Sam Phillips' Sun Studios rubbing elbows with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and other legends. In the early 1960s, Dickey became a rock and roll star performing several chart topping songs including some notable “teenage tragedy” songs from the era. He migrated to Nashville where he teamed up with many writers including legends Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill authoring or co-writing a string of country hits. In Nashville, he found his home and has had over 30 chart topping songs including 8 number ones earning Dickey induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1995. His songs have been recorded by music legends including Elvis Presley, George Jones, George Strait, Reba McIntyre, Emmy Lou Harris, Anne Murray, Connie Francis and many others.  In this episode Dickey discusses his hit songs “She Thinks I Still Care,” “Dream Boy,” “Patches,” “I Saw Linda Yesterday,” “Ruby Baby,” “Memphis Beat,” “I've Been Around Enough To Know,” “In A Different Light,” “You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving,” “I'll Be Leaving Alone,” “The Door Is Always Open,” and “Keeper Of The Stars.”Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/back-story-song/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If you sat next to Mark Narmore on an airplane, chances are you wouldn't think he is an award-winning songwriter.  He also hails from Muscle Shoals royalty. That's the way this humble wordsmith prefers it. In the late 1980s, Mark was a student at the University of North Alabama. For pocket change,  he spun records at WLX in Lexington, AL. An aspiring songwriter, Mark honed his skills by working at the feet of Fame Recording Studios founder and producer, Rick Hall.  It was at this famous studio where he wrote "The Moon Over Georgia," a top-ten Country Music hit for the group Shenandoah. RELATED: Emily Elgin is a real Oklahoma Cowgirl, and a damn good singer/songwriter too! In 1995, Mark and Walt Aldridge, another hall of fame Muscle Shoals songwriter, penned "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" for Blackhawk. However, his blockbuster hit came along a decade later when Craig Morgan cut "That's What I Love About Sunday," which was the most performed song on Country radio in 2005.  Mark grew up on the outskirts of Muscle Shoals listening to his cousin, keyboardist Spooner Oldham. He also had the good fortune of seeing the infamous Swampers and dozens of major artists who ventured to Fame and Muscle Shoals Sound recording studios during the 1970s and 80s. Keyboards are his primary instrument, yet this versatile musician can also play guitar and sing. Artists such as Josh Turner, Alabama, Reba McIntyre, Terri Clark, Guy Penrod, and others have recorded his material.  RELATED: Garth Brooks Steel Guitarist Talks About Playing With Country Music's Elite Mark continues writing songs for Noble Vision Music Publishing in Nashville, TN. He also has a star at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Mark and his wife, Sandy, live in his hometown of Center Star, AL. You don't want to miss Mark discuss his career and his memories of the Muscle Shoals recording scene.    

This week Keegan, Cassi and Christina have a frank talk about anatomy, play FMK with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Reba McIntyre, get frustrated with another flirty fisher, get scared about the person who would leave 30 voicemails in one day and get mad about a very demanding date. Keegan wraps it up with a Crazy in Love story of Amy Dudley. Got a story to share? Go to http://www.myworsdatepodcast.com!

Julie Giroux joins the show to talk about her remarkable career as a composer and orchestrator as well as her generosity, love of video games, and diversity in music.  Topics: Julie’s background growing up in Louisiana and how she went from playing the piano by ear to Los Angeles orchestrating for one of the biggest mini-series of the 1980’s just days after her graduation from LSU. Some stories and anecdotes from her time writing for film and television, including the why she stopped playing her French horn. The importance of orchestration and how it is the most crucial learned skill for composers. Julie’s love of role-playing video games and how they help her be creative, the video game industry, and what games we’re playing right now during the pandemic. Julie’s generosity and how the person that is doing the giving benefits the most. Julie gives me a composition tip that I really needed to hear and just when I think the interview is over we end up talking for 20 more minutes about women and diversity in music! Links: Julie Giroux Giroux: Riften Wed Giroux: One Life Beautiful Giroux: Bookmarks from Japan Biography: Julie Ann Giroux was born 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and Monroe, Louisiana. She received her formal education from Louisiana State University and Boston University. She studied composition with John Williams, Bill Conti and Jerry Goldsmith, to name a few. Julie is an accomplished performer on piano and horn, but her first love is composition. She began playing the piano at the age of three and had published her first piece at the age of nine. In 1985, she began composing, orchestrating, and conducting music for television and films. Within three hours after arriving in Los Angeles, she was at work on the music for the Emmy Award winning mini-series North and South, followed soon by work on the television series Dynasty and The Colbys, as well as the films Karate Kid II, White Men Can’t Jump, and Broadcast News. She received her first Emmy nomination in 1988 for North and South Part II - Love and War, and over the next three years was nominated each year for her arranging and original compositions for the Academy Awards show. To date, Julie has well over 100 film and television credits and has been nominated for an Emmy several times. When she won her first Emmy Award, she was the first woman and the youngest person ever to win the award in that category. Julie has also been privileged to arrange for Celene Dion, Paula Abdul, Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, Reba McIntyre, Little Richard, Billy Crystal, Michael Jackson and many others. Julie is an extremely well rounded composer, writing works for symphony orchestra (including chorus), chamber ensembles, wind ensembles, soloists, brass and woodwind quintets and many other serious and commercial formats. She began writing music for concert band in 1983, publishing her first band work Mystery on Mena Mountain with Southern Music Company. Since that time, she has composed and published numerous works for professional wind ensembles, military bands, colleges and public schools and has conducted her music in clinics worldwide. She is also a very well received speaker and clinician. Julie is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Grammy Nominated Songwriter, worship leader, singer and producer Michael Dixon is a Houston Tx native. While studying music at the prestigious Prairie View A&M University, he began todevelop his gift of writing and performing. Also an accomplished Background Vocalist, working with an array of artist spanning across genres. Artist like Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Yolanda Adams, Gary Mayes, Alabama, Reba McIntyre and Lyle Lovett to name a few. Michael released his first album The Walk on Water Project that debuted at #9 on the Billboard gospel charts. Michael is currently working on a new project set to release in the fall.https://www.instagram.com/mikewritez/?hl=enFor more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188The Dear Agency specializes in helping you understand your coverage BEFORE you need it!We offer all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including Auto, Home and Life.Contact Dawn Dear at 210-507-2169 and visit us at 7529 N Loop 1604 in Live Oak, TX or farmersagent.com/ddearSupporters:Sanctuary of HopeA Place of RefugeSanctuary of Hope provides a caring and nurturing environment to single expectant mothers ages 12-22 and their children.Every Life CountsPregnant and not sure what to do? You are not alone. Learn more about how we can help you.Be a part of the inspired visionPlease consider joining efforts with the Sanctuary of Hope to help set a positive course for single young mothers and their unborn children.https://www.sohcares.org/ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

We are family – Sister Sledge – Disco Slap remix Movin on up – Block and Crown original mix Reflections of a disco ball – Mothers favourite child feat Tanya Tiet – Joey Negro ext mix Voulez Vous – Jackers Revenge - Lissat remix Strength – Free form five – The Shapeshifters club mix Whatchagannudu – Phil de burn – ext club mix Your body – Sharam J ext 2020 mix 9-5 – Dolly Parton – Buch le butch ext mix Keep me hangin on – Reba McIntyre (classic paradise mix) Dancing on my own – Robyn – Buzz Junkies Club mix Abba – Lay all your love on me – Mighty Mouse remix Gimme Gimme Gimme – Sgt Slick Melbourne recut Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie (dirty disco eagle Houston house mix)

Grammy Nominated Songwriter, worship leader, singer and producer Michael Dixon is a Houston Tx native. While studying music at the prestigious Prairie View A&M University, he began todevelop his gift of writing and performing. Also an accomplished Background Vocalist, working with an array of artist spanning across genres. Artist like Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Yolanda Adams, Gary Mayes, Alabama, Reba McIntyre and Lyle Lovett to name a few. Michael released his first album The Walk on Water Project that debuted at #9 on the Billboard gospel charts. Michael is currently working on a new project set to release in the fall.https://www.instagram.com/mikewritez/?hl=enFor more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comSponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188The Dear Agency specializes in helping you understand your coverage BEFORE you need it!We offer all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including Auto, Home and Life.Contact Dawn Dear at 210-507-2169 and visit us at 7529 N Loop 1604 in Live Oak, TX or farmersagent.com/ddearSupporters:Sanctuary of HopeA Place of RefugeSanctuary of Hope provides a caring and nurturing environment to single expectant mothers ages 12-22 and their children.Every Life CountsPregnant and not sure what to do? You are not alone. Learn more about how we can help you.Be a part of the inspired visionPlease consider joining efforts with the Sanctuary of Hope to help set a positive course for single young mothers and their unborn children.https://www.sohcares.org/ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Former child actor, now standup comedian and podcast host, Mitch Holleman tells me the story of how he went from booking TV commercials in Florida, to moving to NY, and eventually to LA... where he landed the role of Jake, the 6 year old son of Reba McIntyre's character on the sitcom Reba. Mitch was on that show 6 years, but later on at age 15, he saw his friend, comedian Victor Trevino perform. And Mitch was truly, truly inspired. instagram.com/mitchholleman/ peoplewelovepodcast.com

For Ep 11 of NAPODPOMO, it’s Follow Friday (#FF) on Twitter and that makes it the perfect time for a Recommended Listening. In honor of National Podcast Post Month, I’m sharing the NAPODPOMO show created by podcast buddy Paul Csomo. We’re “Checkin’ In With Csomo.“Checkin’ In With Csomohttps://anchor.fm/paul-csomo“Checkin’ In With Csomo” is a daily, short form show from the mind of Paul Csomo of the Varmints podcast. It very simply gives a more in depth look at the “Florida Man” behind the award winning podcast about animals. Whether it’s answering questions about difficult decisions, or about why he hates Reba McIntyre, it’s really neat getting to learn more about the most name dropped man in indie podcasting.NAPODPOMO 2019 Feed here: http://odddadoutpodcast.com/category/podcast/napodpomo2019/feed/and on the website at http://odddadoutpodcast.com/napodpomo2019/Join the Facebook Group Oddballs: Friends of The Odd Dad Outhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/odddadoutDonate on Patreonhttp://patreon.com/join/odddadoutFollow Along on Social athttps://www.twitter.com/odddadout/https://www.facebook.com/odddadout/https://www.instagram.com/odddadout/

For Ep 11 of NAPODPOMO, it’s Follow Friday (#FF) on Twitter and that makes it the perfect time for a Recommended Listening. In honor of National Podcast Post Month, I’m sharing the NAPODPOMO show created by podcast buddy Paul Csomo. We’re “Checkin’ In With Csomo.“Checkin’ In With Csomohttps://anchor.fm/paul-csomo“Checkin’ In With Csomo” is a daily, short form show from the mind of Paul Csomo of the Varmints podcast. It very simply gives a more in depth look at the “Florida Man” behind the award winning podcast about animals. Whether it’s answering questions about difficult decisions, or about why he hates Reba McIntyre, it’s really neat getting to learn more about the most name dropped man in indie podcasting.NAPODPOMO 2019 Feed here: http://odddadoutpodcast.com/category/podcast/napodpomo2019/feed/and on the website at http://odddadoutpodcast.com/napodpomo2019/Join the Facebook Group Oddballs: Friends of The Odd Dad Outhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/odddadoutDonate on Patreonhttp://patreon.com/join/odddadoutFollow Along on Social athttps://www.twitter.com/odddadout/https://www.facebook.com/odddadout/https://www.instagram.com/odddadout/

The ground is rumbling this Spooktacular and this week Da Boyz are digging deep into the ground with 1990's TREMORS! They chat about the beginning of Ron Underwood's career, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Reba McIntyre and, of course, lots of Kevin Bacon! Plus, how did educational safety films for the Navy lead to the birth of the Graboids, and where does this film hold up on that horror/comedy scale and what was its lasting impact? Also, a brief tribute to the late Robert Forster. Don't touch the ground! Don't make a sound! It's TREMORS! Twitter/IG: @reconcinemationfacebook.com/reconcinemationCover and Episode Art by Curtis Moore (IG: curt986)Theme by E.K. Wimmer (ekwimmer.com)

Carolina is heading to Atlanta for a HUGE game in the Tar Heel season against Georgia Tech...the guys break down the match-up with the Yellow Jackets (4:02).Then, former Tar Heel defensive back Matt Merletti joins the Pod for an awesome interview on the Butch Davis era in Chapel Hill, how a prank call to an NFL cheerleader changed his life forever and why Osama Bin Laden knew Matt's name and wanted him dead (23:16).Plus: #FiveSecondChallenge (1:08:45) and Adam's List includes: Carolina Starter jackets (1:17:47), a City Planner claps back at Adam's roundabout complaints (1:21:06), Reba McIntyre gets sold short (#IDontEvenWantThis) (1:25:39) and some more Tar Heel basketball nuggets (1:31:48)

This week's MOLLYMAY+ is all about one of Molly's favorite humans on the planet. Her muse, her icon, her inspiration... Reba McIntyre! Listen in as Molly share's the reasons she adores Reba - from her style to her song lyrics. Plus, Molly shares her epic Reba concert experience (you know it's a good story if Molly was in the same vicinity as Reba). There is absolutely some colorful language (you've been warned).Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.

Balls’ childhood friends are here in the studio for some quality time, and we are kicking back with Josh Wheeler whose here all the way from Saudi Arabia! Balls first discusses his appointment with his urologist, and Wendi shows off a new character. Balls discusses he and Josh’s experiences in Nash-Vegas, where Josh performed at the Country Music Festival. The team talks Country Music stars, Reba McIntyre, and country music love. Then it’s Josh in the hot seat to talk music, his career, and Netflix and chillin’. TAGS: Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Rascall Flatts, Kelsey Ballarini, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Joan Jett, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Brett Michaels, Iron Eagle, Top Gun, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Jason Statham, Garth Brooks, Maren Morris, Mary Kelsey,  Netflix and Chill, CMA Festival, R.I.P. Brad Delp, Boston

3-time Grammy-Nominated lyricist, Pamela Phillips Oland, has written over 500 songs that have been recorded and enjoyed in the U.S. and around the world. Her work has been recorded by no less than the spectacular talents of Aretha Franklin & The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston & Jermaine Jackson, Anne Murray, Philip Bailey, Earth Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Reba McIntyre, Peabo Bryson, The Jacksons, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dusty Springfield, The Crusaders, The Whispers, The Brothers Johnson, DJ Ralphi Rosario, Michael Learns to Rock, and Selena. The post Pamela Phillips Oland appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden.

Today on The Mike Wagner Show...country/western singer (finalist on The Voice Season 1) and Indiana native Cherie Oakley talks about new soon-to-be big hit "Work It" now streaming and played in over 4,000 gyms throughout the US, Canada and the world! Plus how she got involved with Reba McIntyre and her single "Turn Up the Radio" and working with great country acts including The Band Perry, Martina McBride, Kelly Clarkson, Vince Gill, Gretchen Wilson and more! Grab your friends and some joe and enjoy another great episode on The Mike Wagner Show!

Join us this week as we welcome country music singer songwriter, Jimmy Parker. A Virginia native, Jimmy is a true-blooded country music singer. He has stayed true to his roots since he started pursuing country music for a career. After serving in the Military and then moving around the east coast for several years playing music, Jimmy moved to Nashville in 1990. Since then he has released 6 albums. Today, he not only sings but acts as well having appeared in the hit TV shows, "Nashville" and "Still The King." He's also a star on the hit NCS TV show called, "Hicksville Junction." He's appeared in a movie with John Colbert called "All Saints" and a music video by Reba McIntyre called "Back to God." He loves his travels around the country performing for House Concerts, Theatres, Casinos, listening rooms, Cafes, etc. Many people are jumping on this band wagon and getting Jimmy to come play a Concert for them, their families, and their friends. He has played for crowds as big as 5,000 people. He has toured many states in the U.S. and has even toured and performed in Australia capping it off with some performances in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia known as the home of the largest country music festival in the world. We will talk to Jimmy about his upcoming schedule, get a behind the scenes look at his music, feature his latest songs, and ask him to share his message for the troops. Please be sure to visit Jimmy Parker at http://www.jimmyparkermusic.com/ and spread the word. And as always we will give shout outs to our deployed military listeners. Our message to the troops: WE do what we do, because YOU do what you do.

Also, Jackie had a Tinder Date nightmare and Grandma called it out! Gender wars. Jim's run in with Reba McIntyre had Zac cursing. The Preds playoffs shall begin in days. Anyone Anyone asked about fake names, UFO's, and wardrobe malfunctions.

Bob is an international Speaker, Coach and Trainer. As a leading Results Strategist, Bob continues to work with entrepreneurs, sales professionals, celebrities, professional athletes as well as any who desires to take their life and business to the next level. Bob's body of work includes authoring several e-Books, recording audio programs, hosting radio programs. He also hosts a weekly live video-streaming, interactive program with members worldwide. Bob has worked with a distinguished list of clients including Coldwell Banker, Long Beach Grand Prix, Arbonne International, ReMax, World Ventures, Oakley Inc., Pre-Paid Legal,. In addition, Bob has loved working within the entertainment industry; the Academy Awards, the WB Music Awards, Victor Awards, The Grammy's and, as a result, has been able to interact with and study some of the great artists in the world including Garth Brooks, The Backstreet Boys, Reba McIntyre, and Will Smith.

Bob is an International Speaker, Coach, and Trainer. As a leading Results Strategist, Bob continues to work with entrepreneurs, sales professionals, celebrities, professional athletes as well as any who desires to take their life and business to the next level. Bob's body of work includes authoring several e-Books, recording audio programs, hosting radio programs. He also hosts a weekly live video-streaming, interactive program with members worldwide. Bob has worked with a distinguished list of clients including Coldwell Banker, Long Beach Grand Prix, Arbonne International, ReMax, World Ventures, Oakley Inc., Pre-Paid Legal,. In addition, Bob has loved working within the entertainment industry; the Academy Awards, the WB Music Awards, Victor Awards, The Grammy's and, as a result, has been able to interact with and study some of the great artists in the world including Garth Brooks, The Backstreet Boys, Reba McIntyre, and Will Smith.

Country star, sweetheart, and mother of Lady Antebellum singer, Hillary Scott shares her expertise in creating engaging performances that transcend genre. Linda has been traveling with Kenny Rogers for over 20 years, has won a GRAMMY next to Reba McIntyre, and enjoys a lively singing career of her own.

Grayson Perry chooses It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones and I'd Rather Ride Around With You by Reba McIntyre.

Anton du Beke of Strictly Come Dancing joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein. Anton has been with Strictly from the beginning, having famously partnered Ann Widdecombe, Nancy Dell'Olio, and most recently Judy Murray. As he is about to go on tour with his dance partner, Erin Boag, he explains how he became involved in ballroom dancing and why his favourite dance is the Foxtrot. The poet Mr. Gee shares seasonal poems. The award winning broadcaster Stephanie Hirst, formerly Simon Hirst, describes her lifelong passion for radio, her musical influences, the events that have led her to change gender and live as a woman, and how her family have supported her. Vicki Brewer shares the story of her favourite Christmas present - a personalised board game from her daughter and son in law, in which the content was tailored to stories from the family's life. JP Devlin meets John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the iconic 1970s punk band The Sex Pistols. John talks frankly about Christmas, his childhood illness, trains and his relationship with his parents. Glyn Johns talks about his career as a sound engineer/producer with bands from The Rolling Stones and The Eagles to The Who and Led Zeppelin. And Grayson Perry shares his Inheritance Tracks: It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones and I'd Rather Ride Around With You by Reba McIntyre. Anton and Erin's new production That's Entertainment is on a nationwide tour from 22 January - 29 March 2015. Sound Man, by Glyn Johns, is published by Blue Rider Press. Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored by John Lydon Grayson Perry: Who Are You? can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery until 15 March 2015. Produced by Louise Corley.

She:kon and Thanks for joining the award-winning Native themed online radio show Native Trailblazers! Listen in Every Friday at 7pm EST with hosts Vincent and Delores Schilling! TONIGHT WE WELCOME COUNTRY MUSIC STAR - CRYSTAL SHAWANDA! Having played with such greats as Reba McIntyre, Crystal Shawanda has just released "The Whole World's Got the Blues," now available on iTunes. Tonight we'll hear about the life of being a country star and what it takes to succeed! Visit her website at www.crystalshawanda.co  Join us live in our chat room - Here's how  Check out our website & Sign up for our mailing list: www.NativeTrailblazers.com   Vincent Schilling (Journalist, Author, VP Schilling Media, Inc.) www.Twitter.com/VinceSchilling Delores Schilling (CEO, Schilling Media, Inc.) www.Twitter.com/DelSchilling Google Plus: www.google.com/+VincentSchilling  Native American Google+ Community - Here

Sage Karam has two loves -- wrestling and racing. While his senior year on the mats at traditionally tough Nazareth Area (Pa.) High School didn't go as he wanted, Karam accomplished the first goal in his dream, racing at the Indianapolis 500.The 19-year-old didn't just race at the historic Brickyard, he finished ninth. Normally not happy with a ninth-place finish, Karam was satisfied because it was his first Indy 500, a race he'd dreamed about winning since he first attended the race 11 years ago.Karam talks about what it was like to go through the qualifying process, having a makeshift senior prom in the garage at the track and what his overall experience at the Indy 500 was like.Karam has a bright future ahead of him on the track and he breaks it all down in episode 63 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. Even country music icon Reba McIntyre thinks so!Congrats to @sagekaram for placing 9th at the Indy 500!!!So proud of you!!! http://t.co/6TrPcySRiu— Reba McEntire (@reba) May 25, 2014LinksSageKaram.com@SageKaram on TwitterShort Time is presented by Flipswrestling.