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As the Fed battles inflation and Americans bear the costs, Jon is joined by Lindsay Owens, President and CEO of the Groundwork Collaborative and author of the new book “Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet.” Together, they uncover how corporations collude to manipulate prices—and expose the new tools and technologies companies are using to track us, target us, and charge us more at checkout. Plus, Jon answers listeners' questions about whether there's any point in even asking Trump questions, the Supreme Court, and when to decorate for Halloween! This episode is brought to you by: QUINCE - Head to https://Quince.com/tws for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. TREES.COM - Get 20% off at https://trees.com with code TWS. MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://MintMobile.com/TWS. UPWORK - : Visit https://Upwork.com/TWS right now and post your job for free. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Associate Producer - Rebecca Rottenberg Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode of The Produce Moms Podcast, host Lori Taylor welcomes back Karen White, Vice President of Marketing Operations at Grimmway Produce Group, for a conversation about the company's first-ever back-to-school baby carrot campaign. Karen shares how Grimmway approached the back-to-school consumer journey, the packaging and social activations behind the launch, and the early retailer and consumer response.
Travis Chappell joins DeAndre Woodson on the Double Down podcast for a conversation about reinventing yourself, taking calculated risks, and staying consistent long enough to see your efforts compound. Travis shares how he went from door-to-door sales to podcasting, navigated failed businesses and major pivots, and eventually decided to go all-in on podcast sponsorships. He also explains how he decides when it's time to move on from something, why freedom and autonomy are worth more to him than maximizing income, and how nearly a decade of consistency has made podcasting the most successful thing he's ever done. On this episode we talk about: Why Travis took a massive pay cut to leave door-to-door sales and pursue podcasting How failed businesses, COVID, and changing circumstances forced Travis to reinvent himself The decision to go all-in on podcast sponsorships instead of starting another business Why Travis uses the “deathbed frame” when making major life and business decisions How to recognize when it's time to reinvent yourself versus simply pushing through a difficult season The danger of the sunk-cost fallacy and staying committed to something simply because you've invested years into it Why Travis values freedom and autonomy more than maximizing his income How connection became the central theme behind Build Your Network, Travis Makes Friends, and Dinner Party Why building meaningful relationships can have a greater impact on happiness than material success The role relentless action and consistency played in Travis's nearly decade-long podcasting journey Why people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year but underestimate what they can accomplish in a decade How small wins compound when you stick with something long enough Why Travis believes podcasting remains an under-saturated opportunity despite what people say How being willing to play the long game can give you an advantage over competitors who quit Why Travis is willing to spend years building something even if it doesn't become successful immediately Top 3 Takeaways 1. Know when to pivot—and know when to persevere.Reinvention isn't about quitting every time something gets difficult. Travis looks at whether he's experiencing temporary pain from an obstacle or whether he's facing a fundamental problem that continued effort isn't solving. 2. Consistency compounds.Travis has started and shut down numerous businesses, but podcasting is the one thing he has consistently done for nearly a decade. That consistency has ultimately made it his most successful endeavor. 3. Define success beyond money.Travis could potentially make more money by returning to sales, but he values freedom, autonomy, family time, and meaningful relationships more than maximizing his income. The right opportunity isn't always the one that pays the most. Notable Quotes “It's just relentless action against a desired result, even in the face of obstacles.” “People tend to overestimate what they can do in a year and underestimate what they can do in a decade.” “The only thing I've ever done consistently for a decade is the podcast, and it is, ironically, the most successful thing I've done.” “I'm okay with the trade-off of giving up money in exchange for a high volume of freedom and autonomy.” “Only good things can come from that, you know what I mean? Even if it's not directly monetizable.” Connect with Travis: Instagram: https://instagram.com/travischappell Website: https://travischappell.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Audley Stephenson has interviewed over 3,000 people, but the story he told me this week was his own. When the pandemic shut down professional basketball, it also took away his job as commissioner of a basketball league, and with it, the identity he had built his whole life around. He told me he did not even realize he was struggling until he said one sentence out loud to a friend: "ever since I lost basketball." That was the moment everything clicked.What came next was audacity, a thread Audley says runs through every major turning point in his life. From talking his way into NBA locker rooms with nothing but a friend and a podcast, to switching team colors to coach his own daughter, to building a podcast with over 650 episodes, he keeps choosing to try things before he feels ready.I still think often about one story from this conversation. A guest once left his podcast interview mid conversation to bring back his young son, so he could tell him, in real time, that outlasting adversity is the reason that child exists at all. Audley still gets emotional telling it. (I did too when he shared it.)We also talked about his upcoming book, Living Your Best Audacious Life Ever, and the myths he wants to clear up about what audacity really means.A few takeaways from this episode:Audacity does not require big, dramatic gestures. Speaking up in a meeting or setting a boundary counts too.The relationships you build with genuine curiosity often open the doors that matter most.Naming what you are feeling out loud can be the first step toward understanding it.Waiting for the perfect moment can cost more than acting imperfectly and early.You can reach Audley, and check out his upcoming book here: https://www.bestaudaciouslife.com/In appreciation for being here, I have some gifts for you:A LinkedIn Checklist for setting up your fully optimized Profile:An opportunity to test drive the Follow Up system I recommend by checking this presentation page - you won't regret it. AND … Don't forget to connect with me on LinkedIn and be eligible for my complimentary LinkedIn profile audit – I do one each month for a lucky listener!Connect with me:http://JanicePorter.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janiceporter/https://www.facebook.com/janiceporter1https://www.instagram.com/socjanice/Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode andthink that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the socialmedia buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note inthe comment section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you cansubscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcast reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us andgreatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple, whichexposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute,please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.
What happens when the career or path that got you here no longer feels like the right one? In this episode of The Valley Current®, host Jack Russo talks with author and entrepreneur Lisa Morris about recognizing when it's time for a change and finding the courage to make it. Lisa shares her unconventional journey from performer to entrepreneur to family office executive, as well as the inspiration behind Can You Roller Skate?, a metaphor for saying yes to opportunities even when you don't feel completely ready. Her story reflects a larger idea at the heart of the book: careers and lives rarely follow a straight line, and reinvention can happen at any stage. Jack and Lisa explore what it means to find work that fits your natural strengths, push beyond your comfort zone, and remain adaptable as technology and AI reshape the way we work. Whether you're contemplating a major pivot or simply wondering what comes next, the conversation offers a timely reminder: sometimes it's better to choose your next move before change chooses it for you. Order Lisa's book here: https://a.co/0cu28kWA Jack Russo MBA/JD/LLM NITA Master Trial Advocate Certified Appellate Specialist
What happens when the business you've poured everything into is suddenly taken out of your hands? In this episode of the Evolve to Succeed Podcast, Warren is joined by Ian Elliot, co-founder of Elliot Brown Watches and one of the entrepreneurs behind iconic lifestyle brand Animal. Ian's business journey started with a homemade watch strap, £250 in a bank account and plenty of instinct. Animal went on to grow rapidly, developing a hugely loyal following across surfing, mountain biking and action sports. But behind that success was an increasingly demanding business that Ian and his co-founder were ultimately forced to sell after their bank withdrew its facility. Ian talks openly about the emotional impact of losing a business, rebuilding his identity afterwards, moving into the creative agency world and eventually returning to product with Elliot Brown Watches. The conversation explores brand building, cash flow, entrepreneurship, ambassadors, product versus service businesses, knowing your audience, controlled growth and why a little naivety can sometimes be an advantage. It's a refreshingly candid conversation with an entrepreneur who has built, sold, started again and learned plenty along the way. If you enjoy the episode, subscribe, leave a review and share it with another business owner or entrepreneur. What The Episode Covers How a homemade watch strap became the starting point for Animal Growing Animal from £250 into a major lifestyle brand Building a brand around community, athletes and authenticity The cash flow pressures created by rapid growth Why Ian and his co-founder were forced to sell Animal The emotional impact of losing your identity as a founder Reinventing yourself after exiting a business Building and running creative agency Salad Why Ian believes service businesses can feel like a "hamster wheel" The difference between scaling product and service businesses Why product businesses require "blind faith" How Elliot Brown Watches was conceived Building products that are deliberately difficult to replicate Why relevant audiences matter more than large audiences Using credible ambassadors and storytelling to build a brand What Ian learned about funding, cash and controlled growth Why complacency can kill a business The importance of naivety, tenacity and continuing to evolve Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:25 How did Animal begin? 06:20 What happened when you were forced to sell Animal? 11:29 How do you rebuild after losing a business? 14:19 What did running a creative agency teach you? 19:59 How different are product and service businesses? 26:39 How did Elliot Brown Watches begin? 29:00 How do you break into a crowded watch market? 34:25 How do ambassadors and storytelling build a brand? 38:21 What did Animal teach you about growing differently? 45:10 How do you keep innovating without becoming complacent? 55:06 What advice would you give entrepreneurs starting today? 59:40 What does personal success look like?
What happens when we don't talk openly and honestly about sex? Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, joins Katie Street at Cannes Lions to explore how porn became sex education by default and why we need healthier conversations around intimacy, consent and communication. Cindy also challenges the advertising industry to rethink the aspirations it creates - from outdated relationship stereotypes to unrealistic ideas of what makes someone attractive. In this conversation: 00:00 Cindy Gallop's unconventional self-care routine 00:30 Why she launched MakeLoveNotPorn 01:09 When porn becomes sex education 02:22 Promoting consent, communication and healthy sexual values 03:35 Reinventing aspiration through advertising 04:24 Why relationships should be partnerships of equals 06:15 Using humour to challenge relationship stereotypes 07:05 Why the advertising industry needs to talk about sex 07:54 Katie opens up about confidence and intimacy 08:51 Why Gen Z is having less sex 09:43 Building body confidence in the bedroom 10:49 What people really find attractive Subscribe to Marketing in the Madness for more honest conversations with the people challenging the marketing industry. Audio version available on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2UUIgMdZ6FdSCrux5BY7PI?si=c48bdbecb5be4a6e Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-in-the-madness/id1688996981 Connect with us: Cindy Gallop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/ Kate Chundy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katechaundy/ Katie Street LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiestreet/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/streetmate/ Marketing in the Madness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marketing-in-the-madness-podcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketinginthemadness/
Keith raised a $43M Series B for Tome. The product had 20 million users. But retention was terrible and nobody cared enough to complain. So he turned it off before he knew what he'd build next, went from 70 people to 7, and started over. Lightfield just closed a $47M Series A.In this episode, Keith breaks down how he knew Tome would never grow up, why customers lighting up your Slack at 3am is the signal you actually want, and the exact playbook he used to sell an AI-native CRM to YC founders before he charged them a dollar.Why You Should ListenWhy angry customers are a better signal than 20 million happy ones.How to know when optimizing metrics will never re-inflect your business.Why you have to kill the old product before you can find the new one.How to win founders with free software and events instead of cold email.Keywords startup podcast, startup podcast for founders, product market fit, finding pmf, Lightfield, Keith Peiris, Tome, pivoting a startup, AI native CRM, agentic system of record, cutting burn, go-to-market, selling to YC founders, launch videos, B2B SaaSChapters00:00:00 Intro00:02:27 The Customers Who Were Hopping Mad00:07:41 20M Users, Almost No Retention00:09:27 When Your Business Works But Won't Inflect00:11:24 Why His Board Said Burn the Boats00:18:29 Turning Off the Product Before Knowing What's Next00:22:13 Reinventing the System of Record00:30:25 How to Sell to YC Founders00:36:04 Making a Launch Video Hit a Million Views00:44:08 The One Piece of AdviceSend me a message to let me know what you think!
Send us Fan MailWhat if one of the answers to America's drug-shortage problem isn't another pharmaceutical factory - but a genetically engineered yeast cell?For centuries, we've gone to nature to get many of our most valuable medicines - growing poppies, harvesting plants, extracting molecules and building global supply chains around them.But what if we could take the biological instructions that make those molecules and put them into a microorganism?That's the idea behind Antheia - and they've now taken engineered biology all the way to a 116,000-liter production scale.Dr. Christina Smolke, Ph.D. is a pioneer in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, with more than 20 years of experience engineering biological systems. She is the co-founder and CEO of Antheia ( https://antheia.bio/ ), and is also an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Her laboratory pioneered the engineering of baker's yeast to produce complex plant-derived pharmaceutical compounds - work that helped lay the scientific foundation for what Antheia is doing today.Dr. Kristy Hawkins, Ph.D. is Antheia's co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer. She has more than 20 years of experience in synthetic biology and yeast metabolic engineering, with expertise in pathway engineering, high-throughput screening and engineering microbial hosts to produce complex small molecules. Before Antheia, she worked at synthetic-biology companies Amyris and Lygos.Together, Dr. Smolke and Dr. Hawkins founded Antheia around a remarkably ambitious idea: instead of depending on farms, overseas factories and fragile global supply chains to produce the molecules we need for essential medicines, why not program biology itself to manufacture them?Antheia is now using advanced biosynthesis, genomics, computational biology and fermentation to produce pharmaceutical key starting materials and active pharmaceutical ingredients - including thebaine, an important starting material for several essential medicines.And this isn't simply a laboratory experiment anymore. The company has moved its technology toward commercial-scale manufacturing and has received substantial U.S. government support aimed specifically at strengthening domestic pharmaceutical supply chains.Today we're going to explore why the U.S. drug supply chain is so vulnerable, what it would actually take to bring essential medicine manufacturing back home, and whether engineered biology could become part of the infrastructure of American healthcare.#Antheia #SyntheticBiology #Biomanufacturing #DrugShortages #PharmaceuticalManufacturing #DrugSupplyChain #Biotechnology #Biotech #Pharma #AdvancedBiosynthesis #EngineeringBiology #SyntheticBiology #DrugDiscovery #Thebaine #EssentialMedicines #HealthcareInnovation #Manufacturing #SupplyChain #FutureOfMedicine #Science #Technology #Innovation #ProgressPotentialAndPossibilitiesSupport the show
Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India (Stanford UP, 2026) reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic religious milieu that was supposedly more egalitarian than hierarchical Hinduism, colonial Indian subjects thought and acted in terms of caste. Through a focus on one agrarian Muslim caste known as Arains, Ashish Koul shows how some Indian Muslims transmuted caste and emplaced it within their understanding of Islam. During this time, Arain Muslims were derogatively called mali— gardener—instead of what they wished to be seen as—respectable landholders. Seeking to refute such negative portrayals, a group of elite Arains came together to develop a new Islamic vocabulary for caste. Using primary sources in English and Urdu, Koul analyzes the intricacies of caste, religion, and politics among Muslims in colonial India. By asserting that being Arain was a way of being a true Muslim, elite Arains were able to intervene in significant debates about Muslim identity, colonial law, and political representation. Reinventing Caste shows that in order to understand why caste persists among South Asians, we must examine how caste consciousness has been entrenched within multiple religious traditions.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India (Stanford UP, 2026) reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society, was in fact a trans-religious phenomenon in colonial India, as it is today. Even in an Islamic religious milieu that was supposedly more egalitarian than hierarchical Hinduism, colonial Indian subjects thought and acted in terms of caste. Through a focus on one agrarian Muslim caste known as Arains, Ashish Koul shows how some Indian Muslims transmuted caste and emplaced it within their understanding of Islam. During this time, Arain Muslims were derogatively called mali— gardener—instead of what they wished to be seen as—respectable landholders. Seeking to refute such negative portrayals, a group of elite Arains came together to develop a new Islamic vocabulary for caste. Using primary sources in English and Urdu, Koul analyzes the intricacies of caste, religion, and politics among Muslims in colonial India. By asserting that being Arain was a way of being a true Muslim, elite Arains were able to intervene in significant debates about Muslim identity, colonial law, and political representation. Reinventing Caste shows that in order to understand why caste persists among South Asians, we must examine how caste consciousness has been entrenched within multiple religious traditions.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On today's pod, David tries to reinvent Alex's DJ persona, Jason sees his favorite movie of the year and Natalie runs into a real jerk . Listen to Jason's latest pod here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZCF3PECqs3wwHrWjQZFAl Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What happens when you stop trying to fit into someone else's category and create an entirely new one? On this episode of the Power of After Show, we're joined by Diane Gilman, the legendary "Queen of Jeans," who built a global fashion empire by recognizing an overlooked audience: middle-aged women who wanted style, comfort, and confidence without compromise. Diane's story is about far more than denim—it's a masterclass in reinvention, entrepreneurship, and identifying opportunities that others miss. We'll explore how she created a new category in the marketplace, the mindset shifts that fueled her success, and why the halftime of life may be the perfect time to leverage your experience, wisdom, and insight to build something meaningful. If you've ever wondered whether your best ideas are still ahead of you, this conversation will inspire you to think bigger about what's possible in your next chapter. More about Diane Gilman here: https://dianegilman.com/ Full article here: https://GoalsForYourLife.com/reinventing-fashion Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/JKG9FiAapwg then subscribe! Chapters 0:00 Intro and the Power of After Show 3:15 Diane Gilmans Early Career in LA and SF 6:45 Transitioning to New York and QVC 10:20 Creating a New Category in Fashion 14:15 Overcoming Doubts from Industry Executives 18:30 The Mindset of Success and Persistence 22:50 Navigating a Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Recovery 26:10 Moving from Cable TV to Podcasting 30:45 Embracing Technology and Social Media at 80 34:20 How to Identify Your Untapped Opportunities 37:50 The Importance of Community and Relationships 40:30 Final Words of Advice and Closing 41:24 Video End See all our books on AMAZON here: https://amzn.to/4bYKIXf Make sure you're getting all our podcast updates and articles! Get them here: https://goalsforyourlife.com/newsletter Resources with tools and guidance for mid-career individuals, professionals & those at the halftime of life seeking growth and fulfillment: http://HalftimeSuccess.com
Andrew kicks off with a fast-moving smart home news roundup, then sits down with Mehul, co-founder of Matic, to unpack how his team built a radically different robot vacuum. The conversation covers Apple event rumors, new smart home apps, Sonos hardware updates, and then goes deep on robot design, privacy, AI, and the tradeoffs behind Matic's no-dock approach.Key topicsAndrew previews the upcoming Apple event, including the iPhone 18 Pro, a possible foldable iPhone, new Apple Watches, AirPods, and the chance of new smart home hardware.Mehul explains his background in computer vision, including early work at Like.com, Flutter, Google, and Nest security cameras.The pair discuss why Matic was built around a taller, boxier form factor instead of the usual disc-shaped vacuum design.Mehul argues that most robot vacuums are automation without intelligence, while Matic is designed to behave more like a human navigating a home.The show highlights several new smart home apps and utilities, including Overflight, Wallflower 3, and Threadalytics.Andrew and Mehul talk through Sonos' new Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra headphones, plus the importance of app intents and assistant integration.The conversation digs into Apple's rumored smart home push, including a possible home security and monitoring service.Mehul explains why Matic uses on-device vision processing, local privacy-first gesture detection, and cloud-based language parsing only for open-ended voice commands.Andrew shares hands-on impressions of Matic's live activities, room queue controls, vocal prompts, and kid-friendly design details.The episode closes with pricing changes, a six-month return policy, and the broader tradeoff between simplicity, intelligence, and maintenance.Send me your smart home questions and recommendations with the hashtag #SmartHomeInsider. Tweet and follow your host at:@andrew_osu on Twitter@andrewohara941 on ThreadsEmail me hereSponsored by:Quo: Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://quo.com/HOMEKIT!Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/homekit!Smart Home Insider YouTube ChannelSubscribe to the Smart Home Insider YouTube Channel and watch our episodes every week! Click here to subscribe.Links from the showIFA News RoundupOrder Matic & get a free year of bagsOverflight: Sky Radar AppWallflower 3 AppThreadlytics AppSonos Ace Ultra & Beam Ultra AnnouncedHomey PortalThose interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: andrew@appleinsider.com
Your brand is being described right now on platforms you don't control — and AI is assembling those fragments into a story you'd never tell about yourself. Matt Beezley, Senior Strategist at Red Fan Communications and creator of the Brand Authority Index, calls it narrative entropy. And in this episode of the Business of Story, he explains exactly why it's the defining brand challenge of the AI search era. Matt has spent more than a decade helping B2B companies across fintech, insurtech, sustainable technology, education, and supply chain find the story that holds through IPOs, acquisitions, and high-stakes go-to-market moments. He built Red Fan's brand positioning methodology from scratch — and then built the Brand Authority Index, a diagnostic tool that quantifies the signals large language models actually use to evaluate, cite, and recommend brands to potential buyers. What those signals reveal should concern every brand marketer: over 80% of AI citations come from earned media, not your website. Query-based rankings barely correlate with what AI actually says about you. And if your brand is described differently on your website, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, and Google Knowledge Base, AI will either ignore you entirely or invent a Frankenstein version of your brand and serve it to buyers at the exact moment they're making a decision. In this conversation, Park Howell and Matt unpack the concept of entity coherence — messaging consistency across every platform where your brand exists — and why it's the single highest-leverage fix available to brand communicators right now. They explore why gated content is killing your AI citation rate, how the prism model helps one core story speak to 25 different B2B buying stakeholders without fragmenting, and why the brands winning in generative engine optimization are doing the same things great marketers have always done — just doing them with discipline and consistency. You will learn why AI detects and discounts AI-generated content, how a three-question monthly sales feedback loop starts closing the narrative entropy gap immediately, and why training AI on your own proprietary data produces results that are, in Matt's words, "light years better" than anything pumped out from a generic prompt. If your brand is invisible in AI search — or worse, misrepresented — this episode is your diagnostic and your roadmap. Connect with Matt Beezley and Red Fan Communications at redfancommunications.com and explore their Brand Authority Index diagnostic. Find Park Howell and the StoryCycle Genie™ at businessofstory.com, and subscribe to Park's Brand StoryOps™ for Agencies newsletter on LinkedIn.
Head to http://factormeals.com/prs50off and use code prs50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last. Save 20% on your first subscription order of AG1 Next Gen or AG1 Pro at http://drinkag1.com/punkrock Tyler Ramsey sits down with longtime friend and former reality-TV collaborator Isabel Reyes, aka Bellatini, to revisit a period of his life she remembers perhaps better than he does. They go back to the wild early days of reality television, when Tyler and Isabel worked on massive productions including Joe Millionaire and Survivor, managing huge casting operations and traveling the world. But behind the success, Tyler's drinking was becoming increasingly unpredictable. Bellatini remembers the late-night phone calls, disastrous wedding speeches, bar incidents and the London hotel room Tyler flooded after falling asleep in a bathtub with the water running. Tyler looks back at how often charisma, friends and sheer luck helped him escape permanent consequences—and why even frightening incidents weren't enough to make him change. The conversation also turns to Bellatini's own reinvention: leaving television behind, becoming a DJ and community organizer, learning to take responsibility for her own happiness, and building a life around creativity, connection and purpose. Sometimes the people who knew you before recovery remember a version of you that you can barely recognize. 00:00 Elizabeth joins Punk Rock Sober 01:27 The golden age of reality TV 03:58 Working on Survivor 08:00 Bellatini on marriage and non-monogamy 08:47 Reinventing herself as a DJ 10:30 Using music to build community 11:25 Starting over when television slowed down 11:50 Growing up in an immigrant family 14:30 Tyler's alcoholism from a friend's perspective 19:05 The London hotel disaster 20:15 Falling asleep in a running bathtub 21:45 “You could have totally died” 25:00 Tyler's drunken engagement-party behavior 27:00 The disastrous wedding speech 31:10 Another wedding speech goes horribly wrong 33:15 Bellatini's second marriage 34:10 Throwing a beer into a packed bar 35:25 Somehow Tyler gets away with it 35:50 Two DUIs still weren't enough 36:20 When Tyler's family became worried 37:00 What do you do when a friend has a problem? 38:00 Taking responsibility for your own suffering 39:15 Stop suffering and “do the math” 40:35 Friends Over Followers 48:20 Identity, race and decolonizing old beliefs Painful Lessons — We Own Mistakes.
Neil Rankin applied for a job at Pret after the 2008 financial crisis closed his sandwich business. He didn't get it. What followed was seven years in professional kitchens, a Michelin-level career built around fire and meat, and then slowly, a growing conviction that the most important thing he could do with everything he'd learned was to stop cooking meat altogether.Symplicity started in a home kitchen during Covid, hand-making sausages and shaping burgers with an ice cream tub lid. Its first customers were Soho House, Dishoom and Gordon Ramsay. It is now in Waitrose and 3,000 restaurants across the UK and every product is still made by hand, using wild lacto-fermentation, everyday vegetables, miso, flaxseed and flour. In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, recorded at our London Olympia event, Neil sits down for an extended conversation about the journey that brought him here and what he's learned along the way. He explains why he thinks everything truly delicious in the world has been fermented and why he believes the plant-based industry's fatal mistake was starting with bitter proteins and working backwards. He opens up about the genuine tension of being a meat eater building a meat alternative and why retail remains the hardest frontier of all.If this has whet your appetite for next year's Food Matters Live events - you can already register your interest to partner with us in London and Rotterdam. Just head to foodmatterslive.com
Joe Swanberg returns to In the Room with a lot to catch up on.As THE SUN NEVER SETS arrives in theaters September 4, Joe takes us inside his new film starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith, including shooting on 35mm in Alaska, building scenes from real relationships and making a movie while parts of the emotional story were still unfolding in his own life.But we also go deep into the realities of independent filmmaking.Joe explains why he decided to produce five horror features back-to-back like a season of television, how recurring crews, actors and resources allowed them to rethink the traditional indie production model, and what happened when the financing disappeared before the movies were finished.He talks candidly about the stress of unfinished films, collaborators waiting to be paid, distribution money being used to cover finishing costs and the behind-the-scenes financial reality audiences rarely see.We also get into the young filmmakers who reignited his excitement for filmmaking, why a new generation is rediscovering his earliest microbudget work, making movies without waiting for permission, directing actors, improvisation, shooting on film, theatrical distribution, relationship movies, comedy and where independent cinema might be heading next.A conversation about making the work, surviving the work, and finding a reason to keep doing it.
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Are you living the life you truly want — or the life you believe you're supposed to live?For years, Lynda Leonce believed she was doing everything right.She went to college, built a career, worked hard, achieved her goals and created what looked like a beautiful life and family.But behind the achievements was something she didn't fully recognise at first: fear, obligation, expectation and people-pleasing.Lynda eventually reached a point where she could no longer ignore the feeling that she wasn't truly being herself.Her decision to question the “script” she had been following became the beginning of a profound journey towards authenticity, self-awareness, freedom and joy.On this episode of Podcast with Sheila, Lynda shares her personal journey of:✨ Breaking away from expectations✨ Recognising people-pleasing patterns✨ Finding the courage to speak up✨ Discovering authenticity✨ Learning to listen to yourself✨ Reinventing your relationship with yourself✨ Finding freedom after years of striving✨ Understanding that success isn't always the same as fulfilment✨ Learning and growing at every stage of lifeThis isn't a conversation about having all the answers.It's about having the courage to ask yourself better questions.If you've ever felt that you are living according to someone else's expectations, constantly trying to please people, or wondering whether there is more to life than simply achieving the next goal, Lynda's story may give you something to think about.
Richmond Dinh lost $1.2 million before he found the model that built his multi-seven-figure coaching company. He's an international speaker at Funnel Hacking Live, the creator of the Tiny Challenge methodology, and the author of the book behind it. In this episode we get into: - The psychological pattern the $1.2 million loss forced him to break - Proximity is power: why the most important decision you'll ever make is who you spend time with - The Tiny Challenge: how he closes $2,000 to $15,000 deals with one person, over just 3 to 5 days, without a funnel, a website, or an email list - The Five F's: Future, Frustrations, Failures, Fears, and Framing, and why pulling out someone's past failures matters so much to closing them - Why AI is flooding the coaching space, and why the only AI-proof offer sells experiences, community, and challenges - How he runs a team of 24 full-time employees with 0% churn, and what he actually does differently in hiring and culture - Reinventing himself three times: optometrist, life coach, business coach, and what it actually costs to walk away from an identity If you're a coach trying to figure out how to get your first client without a big audience, or a founder rethinking what your offer needs to look like in an AI world, this episode is for you. Subscribe for more real conversations with people who've built something worth owning, and share this with someone still chasing the wrong model. Connect with Richmond Dinh: Website: richmonddinh.com Instagram: instagram.com/richmonddinh Facebook: facebook.com/coachrichmonddinh YouTube: youtube.com/@richmonddinh-neversettle Everything about business. Nothing held back. All Business with Vince Perri is built for business owners who want straight talk about starting, scaling, and building something worth owning. New episodes every week. Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode.
Brian Chau, founder of Effort News, joins Infinite Loops to explore how AI could fundamentally reshape investigative journalism—not by writing articles, but by searching, analyzing, and connecting millions of legal, financial, and government records that humans could never examine manually. Show Notes Brian Chau & Effort News Effort News — Brian Chau's document-led investigative journalism publication, using AI to search and analyze large datasets while keeping the reporting and final writing human-reviewed. Effort News About Effort News — More on Brian's approach to AI-assisted investigative reporting and the publication's editorial principles. About Effort News Effort's Null Results — Investigations where Effort searched the available evidence but found no newsworthy result. Null Results Brian Chau on X — @brianchau57. Follow Brian on X Investigations Discussed The $1.2B Refugee Services Program that Funds Pro-Asylum Religious Groups — Effort's investigation into federal refugee-resettlement grants and the organizations receiving them. Read the investigation The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth — Effort's investigation tracing funding for Partners for a New Economy through donor-side disclosures and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation. Read the investigation Partners for a New Economy (P4NE) — The philanthropic fund discussed in Brian's explanation of tracing obscured donor funding. P4NE Swiss Philanthropy Foundation — The organization that hosts P4NE's pooled philanthropic fund. Swiss Philanthropy Foundation on P4NE How to Go Viral on the New X Algorithm — Effort's analysis of X's open-source recommendation algorithm, which Jim references near the end of the conversation. Read the investigation Freedom Fuel Network — Brian discusses Effort's then-upcoming investigation into the mysterious network of discounted gas stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Effort has since published its findings, Who Supplies Freedom Fuel?, on its site. Effort News Books, Essays & Projects Mentioned Vesuvius Challenge — The project using machine learning, computer vision, and advanced scanning to read carbonized scrolls from Herculaneum without physically opening them. Vesuvius Challenge The Camp of the Saints — Jean Raspail — The 1973 novel Brian and Jim discuss while talking about how AI-generated writing has changed the way readers perceive older literary styles. The Camp of the Saints Influence — Robert Cialdini — Cialdini's work on persuasion, referenced during the discussion of why large language models can be effective persuaders. Influence: Science and Practice What the Tortoise Said to Achilles — Lewis Carroll — Carroll's 1895 dialogue about logic and infinite regress, discussed alongside Agrippa's trilemma. Read the essay On Liberty — John Stuart Mill — Mill's defense of liberty and free expression, which Brian critiques during the episode's discussion of classical liberalism, consensus, and free speech. Read On Liberty
Podcast With Sheila - (Sharing Uplifting & Impactful Real Life Stories)
What happens when the children have grown, retirement arrives, and suddenly you have to ask yourself: “What now?”For Monica Marlatt, retirement didn't mean slowing down and simply passing the time. It became the beginning of an unexpected new chapter.After raising three children, Monica found herself looking for something meaningful to fill her days. What began as a simple love of puzzles eventually grew into an online community of more than 18,000 followers, opening the door to a completely new world of social media, photography, technology and content creation.Today, Monica is a puzzle community builder and creator based in Toronto. Together with her husband, she also hosts social puzzling events on cruise ships, combining puzzles, travel and bringing people together.But this conversation goes far beyond puzzles.On Podcast with Sheila, Monica and Sheila talk about:✨ Finding purpose after retirement✨ Life as an empty nester✨ Reinventing yourself later in life✨ Discovering new passions✨ Learning technology and social media at a new stage of life✨ Finding confidence to try something completely different✨ Marriage and discovering new experiences together✨ Why it is never too late to start again✨ Finding something that gives you a reason to wake up excited about the dayMonica's story is a beautiful reminder that one chapter ending doesn't mean the story is over. Sometimes, it is simply the beginning of a chapter you never knew was waiting for you.If you're approaching retirement, already retired, an empty nester, thinking about reinventing yourself, or simply wondering what your next chapter could look like, this conversation is for you.
Today's episode of the Punk CX podcast features a chat I had with Ricardo Semler, a champion of radical, employee-friendly corporate democracy, a vision he successfully realised during his 40 years as CEO of Semco Partners. He went on to build Semco Style Institute (SSI) on that foundation and has shared its learnings with companies across the world in the intervening years. This chat was a bit of a fan-boy moment for me, as I read his first book, Maverick, back in the 1990s. It blew my mind then and continues to inspire me today. He joins me today to talk about a new ebook he recently published, The End of The Boss. We talk about the book, the Relevance Imperative, how today's corporations are structurally unprepared for the forces reshaping work, particularly AI and remote autonomy, to say nothing of rebellious Gen Z and Gen Alpha talent, a new organisational architecture: the Round Pyramid, why employees should be able to hire and fire their own bosses, and the example of the Botanique Hotel & Spa, which applied the Round Pyramid in practice and what happened to customer, employee and business outcomes. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Why your contact centre cost model is broken – Interview with Robert Bradshaw of WiserOwl – and is number 600 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders who are doing great things, providing valuable insights, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to both their customers and their employees.
Vendor management has become a strategic advantage for multifamily operators, helping teams reduce risk, control costs, and make smarter decisions across their portfolios. In this episode, Reid sits down with Bobbi Steward, CEO and Co-Founder of Revyse, to discuss how connected data, AI, and automation are transforming the way operators manage vendor relationships—and why Revyse's recent acquisition by Get Covered marks the next step in that vision.The conversation also explores marketplace strategy, enterprise risk, AI adoption, and the growing need for technology that simplifies operations without replacing people. If you're interested in vendor management, PropTech, or how AI is reshaping multifamily operations, this episode offers practical insights into where the industry is headed.
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In this episode, Hilmarie sits down with Keila Doyle to explore what happens after entrepreneurial success and why sometimes the biggest opportunity begins with stepping away instead of rushing into the next venture. Following the successful exit of her first tech company, Keila shares how taking time to reset led her to discover an unexpected passion for golf and an overlooked problem that would become the foundation of her next business.The conversation explores how personal frustration can become the seed of innovation. Keila explains how the lack of meaningful performance tracking in golf inspired , an AI-powered platform that transforms traditional paper scorecards into personalized insights, helping players measure progress and improve their game. Beyond the technology, she reveals why community, belonging, and human connection became even more important than the data itself, proving that great technology should strengthen relationships rather than replace them.A defining moment in the episode is Keila's Green Pill realization that everyday frustrations often hide extraordinary business opportunities. Rather than searching for the next big idea, she learned to pay attention to the problems she experienced firsthand and build solutions around them. She also shares how golf fundamentally changed her mindset, teaching her to stop dwelling on past mistakes, stay focused on the next shot, and embrace steady progress instead of perfection.At its core, this episode is about reinvention, resilience, and building businesses that solve real human problems. Keila's journey is a reminder that success isn't about constantly chasing the next milestone. Sometimes the greatest breakthroughs happen when you slow down, stay curious, and turn your own challenges into opportunities that can improve the lives of others.About The GuestKeila Doyle is the founder and CEO of Golf Hero, an AI-powered golf platform designed to help players track their progress, analyze their performance, and build stronger connections within the golfing community. Combining her background in technology with her passion for innovation, she is redefining how golfers use data to improve their game while making the sport more accessible and welcoming for beginners.Before launching Golf Hero Keila built and successfully exited a technology company in London, gaining extensive experience in digital product development, entrepreneurship, and scaling businesses. Today, she focuses on creating technology that solves practical problems without losing the human element, helping golfers measure meaningful progress, connect with others, and enjoy the game with greater confidence and purpose.Quotes2:27 - I realize that everything, that in everything that you do, can have like a possibility and an opportunity to change.8:12 - I always recommend people to play golf because it teaches you so much about discipline, about focus. 8:51 - You just get a rejection or you make a bad decision, but you can move forward. That's the same as life. So, it's so good for you to have that mental training.17:33 - My number one advice to anyone, any entrepreneur, is focus on your peace needs to be first place.23:06 - I realized that everybody needs to start somewhere. We all need to learn something. So, we just need to be more gentle with ourselves. And I need to be more gentle with myself that progress takes time. Useful LinksInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/keiladoyle/The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review
Standing out with your story, treating your blog like an ecosystem, and reinventing yourself as a creator with Timothy Pakron from Mississippi Vegan. ----- Welcome to episode 586 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Timothy Pakron from Mississippi Vegan. Reinventing Yourself as a Creator Timothy came to food blogging by way of studio art and his passion for fresh produce, not the blog itself. He started sharing his photography and vegan recipes on Instagram first, built an audience there, and landed a cookbook deal before he ever put much focus into a blog. In this conversation, Bjork and Timothy talk through what it looks like to build a body of work around a strong personal point of view, and why story and connection have carried his career from Instagram to a second cookbook (Garden Variety), and a thriving blog. They also chat about the practical side of running a content business today: how Timothy uses AI tools as a strategy partner for auditing and refining old posts, how he's adjusting to a search and social media landscape that keep shifting under everyone's feet, and how he thinks about his blog less as a static archive and more as an ecosystem that needs constant tending. If you're trying to figure out how to stand out with your story or navigate a creative career that has real ups and downs, this episode is for you. Three episode takeaways: Treat your blog like an ecosystem — Timothy doesn't think of his site as a place where posts go once and stay finished. He walks through why constant refinement, from updated photos to reworked copy, keeps older content fresh and performing well, and how he uses AI to help spot which posts need attention and to sharpen his strategy around them. Your story is your differentiator — With a background in studio art, Timothy has always leaned into what makes his perspective his own. He talks about his passion for the creative process, being intentional with how he shares his story and connects with his audience, and why that connection matters more as content gets easier to produce at scale. Watch the industry without falling into comparison — Timothy shares how he stays aware of what other creators are doing without letting it eat into his time or his creative confidence. He talks about drawing inspiration from other people's success instead of measuring himself against it, and why he sees his creative expression as something no one else can replicate. Resources: Mississippi Vegan Garden Variety Cookbook Pinch of Yum Keysearch Mississippi Vegan Gumbo Jeremy Finds AI Raptive Mediavine Pinch of Yum Income Reports Ugmonk Follow Timothy on Instagram Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group Thank you to our sponsors! This episode is sponsored by Clariti and Raptive. Interested in working with us too? Learn more about our sponsorship opportunities and how to get started here. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership.
What happens when the life you planned is no longer the life you're living? In this episode of the Hi Felicia Podcast, I sit down with Jenny Erickson for a powerful conversation about grief, reinvention, energy, motherhood, and having the courage to create a life that actually feels like yours. After experiencing the devastating loss of her children's father, Jenny found herself redefining what it meant to be a mother, a woman, and a business owner. Instead of simply trying to rebuild what existed before, she began asking a different question: What do I want my life to look and feel like now? We talk about creating the life you desire in the present moment, aligning your energy with the things you say you want, and simple practices using herbs, teas, and intentional moments to reconnect with yourself. Jenny also shares her decision to dramatically downsize her life, move into a van, and hit the road — and what that experience is teaching her about freedom, fear, possessions, motherhood, and choosing your dreams even when real-life constraints exist. In this episode, we talk about: Creating your dream life without waiting for the "perfect" circumstances What energy alignment actually looks like in everyday life Simple ways to shift your energy in the moment Using herbs and teas as intentional wellness practices Reinventing yourself after profound loss Allowing grief and joy to exist at the same time Why Jenny decided to downsize her life and move into a van Freedom vs. responsibility — and why they don't have to be mutually exclusive Letting go of the version of life you thought you were supposed to have Making bold choices when there are still very real constraints Giving yourself permission to want something different This conversation is a reminder that reinvention doesn't always begin because you're ready. Sometimes life changes the plan for you. And sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is decide what you want to create from here. CONNECT WITH US Follow the Hi Felicia Podcast on Instagram: @thehifeliciapodcast https://www.instagram.com/thehifeliciapodcast/ Connect with Jenny Erickson on Instagram: @hellojennylynne https://www.instagram.com/hellojennylynne/ LOVE THE HI FELICIA PODCAST? If this episode resonated with you, I'd be so grateful if you took a minute to rate and review the Hi Felicia Podcast wherever you listen. Your ratings and reviews help more women discover these conversations, grow this community, and allow me to continue bringing you guests and conversations that inspire you to think bigger, evolve, reinvent, and create a life that feels like YOU. And if you know a woman who needs to hear this conversation right now, send this episode her way. ❤️ Thank you for listening, sharing, and being part of the Hi Felicia community.
A client told me recently that the strategy I gave them was premature — that I couldn't possibly know their business well enough after a 15-minute call to hand them a plan, and honestly, I understand why it looks that way. But what I have that most people don't is the vantage point of hundreds of private clients, and after all of that pattern recognition, I can tell you there are really only five containers that reliably create predictable revenue online: the high-ticket asynchronous coaching model, the weekly live webinar to a $500–$2,000 offer, the webinar to an application for a $2,500–$5,000 program, live launching, and the biweekly paid workshop. In this episode I walk through all five — the pieces and parts that make each one actually work, the price band each one lives in, and the real downside of each — and then I get into what I think is the actual problem: AI will happily generate you a 50-page marketing plan that looks official and is way, way too complicated, and you will build it, because it looks right. The truth is you need to do one thing really well long enough for it to cook — burner on high, not on low while you anxiously watch the pot — and the thing that trips people up is mistaking the simplicity of the strategy for the simplicity of the execution. If you're sitting on a plan you'd never have built without AI writing it for you, this one's for you.
Clay interviews David Osborne, author of the 1992 bestseller Reinventing Government, about the challenges of the American public education system. How well are we preparing young people for the mid-21st century? Why is the United States slipping behind many other nations in educational metrics? David has spent the last few years focused on how we can reinvent public education. His new documentary film Turnaround: The Reinvention of the New Orleans Public Education System chronicles the astonishing success of charter schools in historically problematic school districts. How much does the survival of our republic depend on better schools for all Americans? This episode was recorded on April 27, 2026.
Kenneth Goodrich joins The Rodriguez Show to talk about his new album The Last Day, a fresh and experimental project that still delivers on the bars, hooks, and energy at the heart of his music. Kenneth takes us back to the motocross injury that completely changed the direction of his life. After spending years identifying as a motocross racer, he found music while recovering in a hospital bed and eventually had to leave his old identity behind to fully commit to becoming an artist. He talks about moving to Long Beach, learning hip-hop culture, teaching himself music production, and why he ultimately decided he needed the creative freedom to make everything himself. We also get into the deeply personal side of his recent music, including I Miss My Mom, Grandma Called, and the fear that comes with putting your real life into your art. Kenneth breaks down the world-building behind The Last Day, why he's moving away from the idea of being a "starving artist," balancing multiple jobs with music, overcoming perfectionism, and why authenticity has become more important to him than chasing the perfect hit record. Plus, Kenneth shares his advice for artists learning to produce their own music, how repetition unlocked his creativity, and the experiences in Long Beach that helped him find his confidence as a rapper. The Last Day is out now. Follow Kenneth Goodrich: @kenn.goodrich Watch every week for music news, dj mixes, artist interviews and more!
When Genise Fulton became a mom at 19, she assumed some of the life she imagined for herself would have to be put on hold. Years later, she's proving that “later” doesn't mean “never.”Now retired and living in Thailand, Genise is embracing a chapter centered around travel, wellness, fun, and—most importantly—herself. From Mexico, where she obtained permanent residency, to Vietnam, Costa Rica, and now Thailand, she's created a life that looks very different from the one she once thought was possible.In this conversation, we talk about early motherhood, retirement, travel, reinventing yourself, and what happens when you finally give yourself permission to live the life you once thought you missed out on.And there's a little plot twist: Genise and I first met in Bangkok in 2025, only to discover that we had once lived just ten minutes apart in New Jersey. Because apparently, we had to travel halfway around the world to meet.
What if the biggest unlock in crypto isn't moving money faster — it's not having to move it at all? Ethan Buchman, co-founder of Cosmos, CEO of Informal Systems, and founder of Cycles, sits down with Alex Kehaya to explain why 16th-century bankers may have understood finance better than we do today — and how he's bringing their playbook on-chain.From medieval merchant credit networks to a decentralized clearing protocol built for modern crypto market makers, this conversation goes deep into the history of money, why platforms are "dead" in this cycle, and what real product-market fit looks like in 2026.In this episode:
Ever wondered what resilience looks like in real life? Lisa Pagotto sold her house, rebuilt her business after the pandemic wiped out global travel, and launched a private aviation experience that's changing how people explore Australia. Her story is wild — and deeply inspiring. In this episode of A Swift Kick in the Ass, John W. Curren talks with Lisa Pagotto, founder of Crooked Compass and Crooked Compass by Air. Lisa shares her remarkable journey from hitting a career ceiling, selling her house to fund a dream, surviving the pandemic collapse of global travel, navigating personal upheaval, and ultimately discovering a new business model in grounded private aircraft. This is a story of grit, curiosity, and the courage to rebuild when everything falls apart. Learn more at: crookedcompassbyair.com
What we model matters—and sometimes the lessons we pass to the next generation begin with the way we choose to live our own lives. ❤️Join me for another powerful episode of Let's Break the Silence with Angeline, featuring my special guest Lisa Trippi.Lisa is an educator who has spent years working with children and families and studying human development. She is also a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and a woman who believes deeply in encouraging others, building confidence, and helping people become the best version of themselves.Our conversation actually began before Lisa ever sat down with me for this interview.After watching Episode 205 of Let's Break the Silence with Angeline, Lisa shared a thoughtful perspective about children, behavior, and the responsibility adults have to pay attention to what young people are watching, hearing—and most importantly—what they are seeing modeled by the adults around them.I knew there was a deeper conversation to have.In this episode, Lisa and I go beyond her professional experience and talk about the woman behind the wisdom—her journey, the experiences that shaped her, and what she has learned about family, confidence, reinvention and purpose.✨ In this conversation, we explore:• The life experiences that shaped Lisa• Why she chose to study human development• What years of working with children and families taught her• Why children learn so much from what adults model• Teaching children about respectful and unacceptable behavior• The influence of television, social media and the world around us• Confidence, self-worth and personal growth• Reinventing ourselves through different seasons of life• Finding purpose through serving and encouraging others• The legacy we leave through the way we liveOne of the most important questions we explore is:What are our children learning—not from what we tell them, but from what they watch us do?And I believe that conversation connects deeply with the mission behind Let's Break the Silence with Angeline.Breaking cycles doesn't always begin when something goes terribly wrong.Sometimes it begins much earlier—with awareness, communication, boundaries, compassion and teaching the next generation what healthy behavior looks like.
What happens when you realize the career you've built isn't the dream you actually want anymore? My friend, actress, producer, and Self-Made Celebrity coach Michelle Lang is back to talk about finding your way back to your creative identity, reinventing yourself in Hollywood, and using social media to create opportunities on your own terms. Michelle and I talk about: reinventing yourself as an actor, artist, or creative after losing confidence in your dream how Michelle generated over 100 million views by embracing her weirdest creative instincts why social media is changing Hollywood—and how actors and creators can use it to build their own leverage motherhood, shadow careers, and giving yourself permission to want more why the people around you need to see who you're becoming, not just who you've been We also talk about claiming your identity before you have external proof, letting yourself be “too much,” creating from desire instead of fear, and why Michelle is officially done trying to make herself more normal for the internet. Michelle will be joining me at the upcoming Self-Made Celebrity Retreat, where we'll be coaching, creating, connecting, and filming my new reality series. You can join us through The Self-Made Celebrity or purchase a ticket to attend the retreat. Find all the details in the links below. Find me, Whitney Uland, on Instagram and TikTok @whitneyuland Find Michelle Lang on social media @themichellelang Find Stephanie Zeller's Trigger Free Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Would you mind introducing yourself and the company you're with?Before you became the “Amazonaholic” and recovering thought leader, who were you? What did the early days of Ryan look like?You built and sold Quiverr after driving over $1 billion in Amazon sales for brands like Drunk Elephant and Sun Bum. Looking back, what was the turning point that took Quiverr from a small idea to a successful business?After selling Quiverr and becoming part of a much larger organization, how did your mindset shift as a founder? How did you adjust when the company you built was no longer entirely yours?You've worked with more than 70 brands and have been in eCommerce and Amazon for a long time. What are one or two lessons from your journey that every founder or brand builder should take to heart—or something you wish more people would slow down and understand?
Why do some brands become genuinely loved while others are simply bought?In this episode of The Unified Brand Podcast, Chris Outlaw sits down with Meghan Labot, Managing Director for North America at LOVE, to explore how brands can uncover what makes them distinctive, remain culturally relevant, and build deeper connections with their audiences.Meghan explains why great brand strategy isn't necessarily about inventing something new. Instead, it starts by uncovering an undeniable brand truth—something authentic to your history, identity, and purpose—and using it as the foundation for everything that follows.They explore why brands need to think beyond traditional product categories and start competing for moments in people's lives, how cultural shifts create new opportunities, why chasing trends can make brands lose their identity, and how heritage brands can evolve without abandoning the equity that made them successful.Meghan also shares the thinking behind LOVE's work with Back to Nature and Moët Ice Impérial, including how an unexpectedly simple observation about a champagne bottle helped inspire a distinctive creative idea.Plus, Meghan reveals why certainty creates confidence—and how finding something your brand can be certain about can give leaders the courage to make braver creative decisions.If you're a founder, marketer, strategist, or business leader trying to build a brand people don't just recognize but genuinely care about, this episode is for you. In this episode:Why the strongest brands transcend their productsHow to uncover your brand's undeniable truthWhy cultural relevance shouldn't mean chasing trendsHow to compete for moments instead of categoriesWhy heritage brands should evolve rather than reinventHow looking outside your category can reveal cultural opportunitiesWhy great creative ideas often feel obvious in hindsightHow certainty can give brands the confidence to be braveMeghan Labot — LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/meghanlabotLOVE — Website: lovecreative.comLOVE — LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/love-LOVE — Blog / News & Insights: lovecreative.com/blog-----Whether you're a founder, marketing director, or business leader managing a growing brand across multiple teams or regions, this episode will help you identify the hidden friction points holding your brand back.Take the Brand Power Assessment: BrandPowerScore.co.ukBook a Free Brand Discovery Call:Subscribe for more episodes focused on building stronger, smarter, and more unified brands.Watch podcast clips & deep dives on YouTube: Elements Brand Management
My guest today is Neil Movva, founder of Sail. Sail is building what Neil calls a token factory, an inference company designed for a specific kind of future, one where AI agents run in the background for hours or days at a time rather than answering a human in real time. In that world, latency matters less and cost matters more, and Neil has built the whole company around driving the cost of a token as low as it can possibly go. What makes this conversation special is that it is one of the most detailed tours I have ever done through the full stack of intelligence, the software, the chips, and the power, and how all three connect. Along the way we cover the trade-off between speed and cost that lives inside every GPU, his scavenger strategy for buying the chips and power nobody else wants, his contrarian view on Nvidia, and why the premium the frontier labs charge for being three to six months ahead may not last. Please enjoy my conversation with Neil Movva. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- Become a Colossus member to get our quarterly print magazine and private audio experience, including exclusive profiles and early access to select episodes. Subscribe at colossus.com/subscribe. ----- Ramp's mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. ----- Trusted by thousands of businesses, Vanta continuously monitors your security posture and streamlines audits so you can win enterprise deals and build customer trust without the traditional overhead. Invest Like the Best listeners get a special offer of $1,000 off Vanta when you go to vanta.com/invest. ----- WorkOS is the infrastructure B2B and AI-native companies use to sell to enterprise. It covers everything enterprise security requires: SSO, SCIM, RBAC, Audit Logs, AI governance, and more. Trusted by 2,000+ fast-growing companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Vercel. ----- Rogo is the AI platform for finance. They're building agents for Wall Street that are trained to understand how bankers and investors actually do work: from diligence and modeling, to turning analysis into deliverables. To learn more, visit rogo.ai/invest. ----- Ridgeline has built a complete, real-time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and much more through an all-in-one real-time cloud platform. Visit ridgeline.ai. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant. Timestamps: (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like The Best (00:02:20) Neil Movva (00:03:22) Building a Token Factory (00:05:32) The Rise of Long-Running Agents (00:08:47) Deep Research and Cybersecurity (00:15:12) The Full Stack of Intelligence (00:20:03) Throughput Versus Latency (00:24:58) The Future of AI Chips (00:33:19) Why Transformers Work (00:36:43) The Future of Data (00:44:05) The Market for AI Chips (00:47:56) Is the AI Boom Different? (00:51:08) Reinventing the Data Center (00:56:43) Scavenging Power (01:01:04) Where Compute Is Most Inefficient (01:07:02) Open Versus Closed Models (01:10:37) A Trillion Tokens a Day (01:12:42) The Contrarian Case on NVIDIA (01:14:38) Advice for AI Hardware Founders
What if healthcare wasn't just about treating disease—but helping people become the strongest, healthiest, most vibrant version of themselves?In this fascinating and forward-thinking episode, I sit down with John Goldman, Human Performance Advocate, visionary in Precision Medicine, and Founder & CEO of Rebel Health Alliance.John shares why he rebelled against the traditional healthcare system and created a revolutionary parallel healthcare model focused on prevention, optimization, and coordinated personalized care. Instead of waiting until people get sick, Rebel Health Alliance is designed to help individuals proactively improve their health, energy, resilience, and quality of life through data-driven, highly personalized support.We explore how modern lifestyles are quietly making many people sick and overweight—and why small daily habits, consistency, structure, and proactive health choices can dramatically transform our future.John explains how Rebel Health Alliance combines cutting-edge diagnostic technology with a carefully curated team of experts—including doctors, strength coaches, dieticians, and epigenetic counselors—all coordinated around the individual. Through virtual care, members gain convenient access to personalized support through text, voice, and video while keeping costs more affordable than traditional healthcare models.One of the most inspiring moments in the conversation is when John shares his personal goal of becoming a “bad ass grandpa”—living a long, healthy, energetic life filled with vitality and purpose. His mission is not simply helping people avoid illness, but helping them truly thrive.We also discuss:Why prevention matters more than waiting for diseaseThe limitations of insurance-based healthcareThe importance of discipline and daily habitsRebuilding energy, focus, and resiliencePrecision medicine and personalized careThe role of accountability and support in long-term transformationCost-sharing options for unexpected medical emergenciesWhy health optimization should feel personal and human—not transactionalJohn's passion for empowering people to take ownership of their health is contagious, and this episode offers hope for anyone searching for a more proactive and personalized approach to wellness.You can learn more about John and Rebel Health Alliance at: Rebel Health Alliance WebsiteConnect with John on social media:Twitter/X @JohnGoldmanInstagramLinkedInIf you enjoyed this episode, please share it with someone who is ready to take a proactive approach to their health and future.Listen, Share, and SupportIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who may need hope today.Be sure to subscribe, leave a rating and review, and help us spread more healing and inspiration to the world.Free Resource for HealingIf you're ready to release stress, calm your mind, and begin healing from within, visit:
What does it take to earn the trust of one of America's most respected communities when you have none of the traditional credentials? In this powerful episode of The ToosDay Crüe Show, Stephen and Jake sit down with Anna Redmond, Founder & CEO of Brav, to discuss her unlikely journey from Harvard and venture capital into the world of physical security, where she built a company trusted by veterans, first responders, and organizations across the country. Anna shares how she entered an industry where she had no military or law enforcement background, why humility became her greatest leadership tool, and how surrounding herself with experienced professionals helped transform an ambitious idea into a thriving business. The conversation also explores her latest venture, AllCoin, an innovative platform preserving the legacy of military and first responder challenge coins through blockchain technology—ensuring that the stories, service, and sacrifice behind every coin are never lost. Along the way, the crew dives into entrepreneurship, servant leadership, trust, security, resilience, innovation, and the value of doing hard things. Whether you're a veteran, entrepreneur, business owner, first responder, or someone looking for the courage to take your own leap into the unknown, this episode delivers practical wisdom, inspiring stories, and plenty of laughs. In This Episode: • Building credibility in an industry where you're the outsider • Leadership lessons learned from veterans and first responders • Why humility is one of the greatest business advantages • How Brav is changing physical security consulting • The future of digital challenge coins through AllCoin • Entrepreneurship, innovation, and taking calculated risks • Why "Do Hard Things" is more than just a slogan • The importance of preserving military traditions for future generations If you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to follow The ToosDay Crüe Show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who's building something bigger than themselves. Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Keep Hustling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does it take to build a technology-forward footwear company from the ground up? In this episode of Shoe-In Show, Matt Priest and Sandi Mines sit down with Jennet Chow and Mike Chen, Co-CEOs of Evolution Design Lab, to talk about one of the most innovative stories in footwear today. From humble beginnings selling shoes at swap meets to building proprietary software that manages the entire shoe manufacturing supply chain, Jennet and Mike have built EDL into a company that sits at the intersection of fashion, technology, and design. They share how they've adapted to market shifts, fostered a collaborative culture where 80% of employees are women, and leveraged AI to transform product development for their clients and their own brand, Jellypop. A conversation about what the future of footwear design actually looks like — and the people building it. With special guests: Jennet Chow, Co-CEO, Head of Design, Evolution Design Lab and Mike Chen, Co-CEO, Evolution Design Lab Hosted by: Matt Priest, FDRA and Sandi Mines, FDRA
Lovable CISO Igor Andriushchenko on soft guardrails vs. hard boundaries, securing vibe coding for non-developers, and building a security program at a 10x company.I sit down with Igor Andriushchenko, Head of Security and CISO at Lovable, the AI development platform behind one of the fastest growth stories in the space. Igor joined as the first security hire when the company was around 40 people. A year later he is running a 20+ person team covering product security, GRC, IT, and platform safety for a company with 400 laptops in MDM and no sign of slowing down.We get into what it actually takes to secure AI-native development, both inside a hypergrowth startup and on a platform where most of the people shipping software are not developers and definitely not security practitioners.In this episode:Building a security program for the company you will be in 12 months instead of the one you are in todaySoft guardrails versus hard guardrails, and how to decide which one a problem deservesWhy hard blocks push AI-assisted workflows into the shadowsRooting guardrail decisions in business goals, risks, and threats rather than tool defaultsDemocratized development without democratized security, and what a platform owes the 99%Lovable's auto-fix toggle, per-app threat models, and the goal of an app with no security tab at allWhether models will ever produce secure code by default, and why defense in depth still carries the loadGoverning the reality that every employee vibe coding an app looks a lot like a new vendorGRC engineering as the way to measure control efficiency layer by layer against AI-powered attackersCRA, NIS2, and the EU AI Act landing on citizen developers who never thought of themselves as software manufacturersChapters: 0:00 Intro 0:23 Igor's background from DevOps to CISO 3:54 Scaling security at a 10x company 6:07 Reinventing the team when growth breaks it 08:26 Soft guardrails versus hard blocks 14:05 Tying guardrails to business risk 17:32 Democratized development, undemocratized security 18:52 Shared responsibility on an AI dev platform 21:16 Auto-fix, per-app threat models, and no security tab 25:21 Will models produce secure code by default? 29:56 Every employee vibe coding is a new vendor 30:57 Enterprise controls, publishing gates, and PII scanning 36:39 AI-powered attackers and why good enough changed 40:43 GRC engineering and measuring control efficiency 46:19 CRA, NIS2, and the citizen developer 52:41 Trust centers for builder apps 54:08 Closing thoughts on the vibe coding communityGuest links: Igor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-andriushchenko Lovable: https://lovable.devResilient Cyber: Newsletter and episode archive: https://www.resilientcyber.io Subscribe for more conversations with security practitioners and leaders.
When Ned Bell's wife was recovering from cancer surgery at Vancouver General Hospital, the unappetizing food she was served left a bad taste in his mouth. So the five-star chef teamed up with her surgeon to rethink patient meals. In this encore episode, Dr. Brian Goldman visits Chef Bell to see how the “Planetary Health Menu” is improving patient health while reducing the carbon footprint of hospital food.
The 90-Day Reinvention is back. Join me this September for three months of deciding, designing, and embodying who you're becoming next. https://schoolofselfimage.com/join Back in May, I stopped recording. No warning, no explanation. Just silence. In that silence, I was being called to change something. This is me finally telling you what that something is: the seven signs I've learned to recognize when I'm standing at the edge of my own reinvention (you might recognize these, too), and the real reason my business needed to catch up with who I've become. Here's what we cover: Why reinvention isn't about becoming someone new; it's about coming back to the truth of who you already are Why I'm no longer interested in being a "better" version of myself, and what I'm chasing instead The word that quietly changed every choice I made this year The big misconception about reinvention, and why your life doesn't have to be bad for you to want one The seven signs you're on the edge of your own reinvention and why they show up in the strangest places – your closet, your calendar, your silence What I'm bringing back this September, and why I'm doing The 90-Day Reinvention differently this time Did you enjoy this episode? Subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review! You can also listen to this show on YouTube and on all your favorite podcast platforms. How to Connect with Tonya Leigh Website: https://schoolofselfimage.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyaleigh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyaLeighOfficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyaleighofficial/ Pinterest: https://ph.pinterest.com/tonyaofficial/ Twitter: https://x.com/tonyaleigh YouTube: https://schoolofselfimage.com/yt-tl #schoolofselfimage #becomeunrecognizable #selfimagetransformation
After years of chasing news stories and crashing on deadlines, NPR health and science correspondent Allison Aubrey began to reconsider what she wanted out of her life. Aubrey argues that this is a feeling that many women over 50 face, as they search for meaning beyond career achievement and parenting. In her new book, “Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love,” Aubrey reveals steps for building a happier, healthier midlife. She tells the stories of women who are redefining their lives and joins us to share her own journey toward new meaning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Daily Boost Podcast One Question Reinvention August 13, 2026 | Episode 5519 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description There's nothing I talk about more than Operation Reinvention. Every client I work with is reinventing something — a job, a relationship, money, motivation. And almost every one of them tells me the same thing: I want to change my life, but I don't want to give up what I've got. Good news — you don't have to. Reinvention isn't about piling on more tips, tricks, and hacks. It's about subtracting. Simplifying. Today I'm handing you the one question I ask myself every time I want to change something. Write it down. It works. Featured Story I've spent a lot of years trying to keep people married, and I'm pretty good at it. But sometimes they come to me after the divorce is final, and there's not much I can do about that. So eventually I'll sit down with a divorced woman and ask what she wants in her new man. You know what she says every single time? I'll tell you what I don't want. And strangely, if she doesn't pay attention, she marries the same thing again. When I push a little, she'll finally answer. And basically every woman on the planet says the same thing: I want him to make me smile. That's it. Important Points Reinvention doesn't mean starting over. Protect the foundation you've already built and change everything around it. Stop collecting tips, tricks, and hacks. Subtract instead — ignore some of the old stuff and do something different. You don't need a plan until you have a strategy. Get clear on what you're working with, then take one simple step. Memorable Quotes "My goal is not to be additive; it's to be subtractive. Ignore some of the old stuff and do something different." "Goals are cool. You should use them. But sometimes you've got to follow your gut and figure things out along the way." "Very few people know what they want. All I need to do is get them down the road one step and reframe them just a bit." Scott's Three-Step Approach Write down the question — the single change that would automatically and positively disrupt everything in your life. Then take the pressure off. Agree you don't know what the answer will be yet — you only know it won't be what you have. Now trust the clue already sitting in your mind. Name the one change you've been holding down and make it today. Chapters 0:01 - Reinventing without giving up what you've got 1:07 - Why another tip or hack won't change your life 2:31 - The three weeks before you ever need a plan 4:08 - The one question I keep written down at my desk 5:43 - What every divorced woman tells me first 7:46 - The one change already sitting in your mind 9:15 - A challenge waiting for you at motivationtomove.com Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Johannes Klæbo is a Norwegian cross-country skier, an 11-time Olympic gold medalist, and the most decorated Winter Olympian in history. Johannes caught the world's attention with his signature sprinting on skis, sweeping his events and winning the most gold medals ever at a single Winter Olympics. But it wasn't always so; this conversation explores how he got from the middle of the pack at age 14 to the top of Olympic history. We get into Norway's philosophy of raising top athletes, the training mishap that turned into his uphill technique, his 32-hour training week, and his competitive spirit that never switches off. He also tells me the one thing he changed before the Olympics, and it has nothing to do with training. At only 29 Johannes is already one of the greatest Olympians of all time, and it was an honor to have this conversation with him. Enjoy. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today's Sponsors: Rivian: Electric vehicles that keep the world adventurous forever