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Beth Mazza and Victoria Sivrais are serial entrepreneurs, business partners, and the co-founders of Female Mavericks. Together, they have built and exited two successful professional services firms that advised S&P 500 leaders through high-stakes decisions. Now, as mothers of nine collectively, they're using everything they've learned to help more women build and scale seven-figure businesses. In this episode, they share how their partnership began, how they identified opportunities in underserved markets, why mentorship and proximity to smart people matter, and how they're now helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses without sacrificing the lives they want to live. On this episode we talk about: How Beth and Victoria went from corporate careers to building and exiting successful professional services firms Why identifying gaps in an established market can create opportunities for new businesses The importance of learning from mentors and spending time around people who have the results you want How Beth and Victoria built a highly complementary business partnership based on different skill sets, shared values, and mutual trust Why they're now focused on helping 10,000 women build seven-figure businesses while balancing entrepreneurship and family Top 3 Takeaways Prioritize learning over earning early in your career. Find the smartest person you can, get close to them, and absorb how they think, communicate, make decisions, and operate—not just what they know. Look for opportunities where others aren't willing to compete. Beth identified an underserved market, offered a better-priced service, and challenged CEOs' thinking to win clients despite competing against much larger firms. Choose business partners based on complementary strengths and shared values. Beth and Victoria's partnership worked because one naturally leaned toward strategy and vision while the other excelled at execution, while both shared the same ambition, purpose, and commitment to supporting each other. Notable Quotes "You get to decide if you're the person to build a business around the disruptive thing and if it's the right timing." "I think my career would have been so different if I was at home fifty to seventy-five percent of the time." "As long as you're not making a profit, you are not making money." Connect with Beth Mazza & Victoria Sivrais: Website: FemaleMavericks.com — female entrepreneurs can visit the site and connect with Beth and Victoria about their mentorship programs. Book: Entrepreneur Like a Mother, releasing September 22 **use code Maverick25 code, so listeners can get the bundle. A Word from Our Sponsors: - The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Scribe captures workflows as work happens and automatically generates step-by-step guides with screenshots and instructions, so no one has to sit down and write documentation from scratch. Learn more at scribe.how/tmm and mention Travis Makes Money for your first month of Scribe Capture free on select plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this snippet from Travis Chappell's appearance on the How'd They Do That? podcast, Travis breaks down how investing in himself, seeking mentorship, and starting a podcast transformed his network and business. He shares how he went from knowing virtually no high-level entrepreneurs to building relationships with people like John Maxwell, Tilman Fertitta, and Shaquille O'Neal. Travis also explains why podcasting can be a powerful networking tool, how he used cold outreach and persistence to land high-profile guests, and why rejection is simply part of the process of building something meaningful. On this episode we talk about: Why investing in coaching, masterminds, and mentorship can dramatically shorten your learning curve How starting a podcast became Travis's most powerful networking tool Using a podcast as a way to create genuine relationships and get your foot in the door with high-level people How cold DMs, persistence, and the law of averages can help you land opportunities Building credibility by leveraging relationships with people your prospective guests already know and trust Why rejection is an unavoidable part of entrepreneurship and networking How consistency creates a snowball effect that makes future opportunities easier to create Why Travis believes podcasting remains a relatively untapped opportunity despite perceptions that the space is oversaturated The origin of Guestio and how it helps podcasters connect with guests and shows How podcasting can serve as a forcing function for learning, communication, and personal growth Top 3 Takeaways Invest in yourself before you have assets to invest in. When you're starting from scratch, you are your primary asset. Coaching, mentorship, and proximity to people who have already accomplished what you want can help you avoid unnecessary mistakes and accelerate your learning curve. Create a reason to reach out. Travis discovered that his podcast gave him a natural, mutually beneficial reason to contact people he wanted to know. Instead of simply asking for someone's time, he could invite them into a conversation where he could learn from them while also giving them a platform. Keep asking and let your credibility compound. Rejection is part of the process. The more people you reach out to, the more opportunities you create, and every successful connection makes the next one easier. Over time, persistence, consistency, and social proof can turn cold outreach into a powerful network. Notable Quotes "When you don't have any assets, you are your only asset." "The podcast became like this perfect next step and the perfect foot in the door because it's just an innocent ask." "No is just a not yet." Connect with Travis Chappell: Instagram: @TravisChappell Website: TravisChappell.com A Word from Our Sponsors: - The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Scribe captures workflows as work happens and automatically generates step-by-step guides with screenshots and instructions, so no one has to sit down and write documentation from scratch. Learn more at scribe.how/tmm and mention Travis Makes Money for your first month of Scribe Capture free on select plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - The Yakuza - Part 1Resources: Adelstein, Jake (2009). Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-307-37879-8. OCLC 699874898.—— (2023). The Last Yakuza: A Life in the Japanese Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe Publications. ISBN 9780307908384. OCLC 1376495818.Adelstein, Jake (2024). Tokyo Noir: In and Out of Japan's Underworld. Minneapolis, Minn.: Scribe. ISBN 9781957363912. OCLC 1415747543.Baradel, Martina. 2026. 21st Century Yakuza: Death of Japanese Organised Crime. Oxford University Press.Whiting, Robert (1999). Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan (First ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780679419761. OCLC 45344213_________________________________If you like our show and would like to support us, we encourage you to give your money or resources to a worthy cause. We can get through this. Our strongest weapon is solidarity. Stay strong and help where you can. Thank you.Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.Credits:Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-HostProven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host
The Four Senses of Scripture: Patrick Schreiner on Recovering the Church's Ancient Way of Reading the BibleFor nearly 1,700 years, Christians read the Bible through four interwoven lenses — the literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the eschatological — a framework known as the quadriga. Then modern hermeneutics largely set it aside in favor of the grammatical-historical method alone. In this episode, Chad sits down with Dr. Patrick Schreiner of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to ask what the church lost in that trade, and whether it can be recovered.Patrick and Chad work through his new book, The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible. Schreiner is careful to say the modern method isn't wrong — it's incomplete. They walk through each of the four senses: the literal (grammatical-historical), the allegorical (Christological), the tropological (moral), and the anagogical (eschatological), and discuss how the early church read the Old Testament through Christ, why the fourfold approach preserved the radical unity of Scripture, and how holding the senses in conversation with one another might enrich preaching and Bible reading today. The conversation takes up the standard objections to allegory as well — and how a "medieval mind" can serve modern readers without abandoning the gains of critical scholarship.Dr. Patrick Schreiner (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, The Transfiguration of Christ, and The Ascension of Christ. The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic) includes a foreword by Jonathan T. Pennington.Links:
Mike Calvo of Pneuma Solutions joins Steven Scott to explain how Remote Incident Manager for iOS lets blind users run a Windows PC or Mac from an iPhone, and why AI document remediation is about to change what accessible information costs.Mike also shares how a blind CEO who does not write code now designs product screens with AI, what Pneuma's own trained models do differently from ChatGPT or Claude, and why the company built Accessible Archive to run on a company's own hardware with no per-page fee.[Sponsor]This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Find out more at https://pneumasolutions.com/The RIM mobile client flips the usual remote access story. Rather than controlling a phone from a computer, it turns an iPhone into the controller, so you can connect a keyboard, drop into your home machine, and work with your own screen reader, add-ons and scripts exactly as you left them. Android is in development. Mike explains what is free right now, what carries a subscription, and why the difference comes down to maintaining an open connection back to your machine.Mike then moves on to documents. Pneuma Solutions started in 2019 doing remediation with heuristics and tools like ABBYY FineReader, an approach that broke on corner cases and, more importantly to buyers, disturbed how a document looked. Mike describes how his son David trained models on millions of accessible documents, models that know nothing about history or writing and do one thing only. Because they can run on local infrastructure with a GPU, the per-page cost of remediation disappears, which matters when an organisation is staring at decades of backlog and an ADA Title II deadline.There is a clear-eyed explanation of what remediation actually means, headings, tables, lists, alt text and WCAG standards, plus the just-in-time approach Pneuma is building into upload portals. The example that lands hardest: court exhibits scanned as graphical PDFs, uploaded, published, and then handed to a blind lawyer who cannot read a word of them.Running through it all is Mike's argument about employment. Blind people can describe what they want with precision, and AI has become the lever that turns description into product. He points to his own team, to a developer earning a living largely through vibe coding, and to the unemployment rate in the blind community as the problem worth attacking.Relevant LinksPneuma Solutions: https://pneumasolutions.com/Remote Incident Manager: https://pneumasolutions.com/remote-incident-manager/Scribe: https://pneumasolutions.com/scribe/ADA Title II web and mobile accessibility rule: https://www.ada.gov/resources/web-rule-first-steps/ABBYY FineReader PDF: https://pdf.abbyy.com/ScribeMe: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scribeme/id6739640292Plaud Note Pro: https://www.plaud.ai/pages/plaud-note-proREAPER: https://www.reaper.fmDouble Tap: https://www.doubletaponair.com ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Discover how Barvox, a groundbreaking speech translation app, is giving people with speech differences the power to be heard in real time. Learn how it restores dignity, connection, and independence. This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Find out more at https://pneumasolutions.com/ Barvox is revolutionising accessible communication by “translating” the unique speech patterns of people with verbal challenges into clear, natural-sounding speech. In this conversation, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece speak with CEO and founder Dror Levy, co-founder Gill Epstein, speech therapist Orly Ziv-Maxim, and volunteer Samantha Cohen about how the app works, why it matters, and the lives it's already changing. From autism and ALS to Down syndrome and brain injury, Barvox allows people to build a personal speech dictionary, so their words and personality are expressed naturally—without the rigid and robotic tone of traditional AAC devices. The team shares the inspiring story of Barvox's creation, the emotional reactions of early users, and its potential to transform therapy, education, and daily life for those often left unheard. Relevant Links Barvox Official Website: https://bar-vox.com ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Get in Touch! Send us a message.New stain and finish samples are exciting. The three hours you spent Tuesday reorganizing the sample library to fit them in is not.You've done the math on what your time is worth. Well, you did a while back — then stopped, because it was kind of depressing.Three hours of your week went to pulling discontinued samples, refiling, relabeling. Work that any organized person with a label maker and three free hours could have done. The reason it was you: explaining it to someone else felt like it would take longer than just doing it yourself.Twenty minutes away, at your local design or trade program, there's a room full of students who know SketchUp, understand CAD, and are actively looking for industry experience they can't get in a classroom. Most business owners assume they'd take more managing than they're worth. So they don't call.An intern without structure is just another person to manage. An intern with a clear, contained task and the right tools is something else entirely.In this episode, we walk through The Scribe — the one starting role that makes an intern immediately useful and teaches them your entire business in the process.What you'll hear:Why the tasks that eat your week feel undelegatable — and why that's almost never actually trueHow transcript review becomes the fastest onboarding program your business has ever runWhat you have at the end of six months that you didn't have at the beginningGet the AI Note-taking Guide → cabinetnotes.com
Osaic's Mark Matheny talks through the powerful abilities of Scribe - the powerful workflow documentation platform. Uncork the bottlenecks in your office, helping your team by reducing errors. Scribe also creates better opportunities for faster training, improved accountability and easier scaling. Transform institutional knowledge into context your teams and AI tools can read, without anyone lifting a finger. Learn more about Scribe.
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Shiliang Tang, founder and managing partner of Monarch Asset Management, joins from the Out East Summit to explain how crypto market structure is evolving through DeFi, RWAs, derivatives, and 24/7 trading. He breaks down why Monarch uses a multi-strategy approach across derivatives, market making, arbitrage, funding basis trades, and DeFi because no single strategy works in every market environment. Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 Intro01:10 - Monarch's multi-strategy crypto approach02:05 - Where the biggest opportunities are in this bear market03:35 - RWAs, TradeXYZ, and weekend market dislocations04:10 - Derivatives vs true tokenized assets06:00 - Why traditional markets and crypto rails may run in parallel07:55 - How tokenization can improve repo markets12:00 - Why crypto is still stuck in an attention bear market13:55 - Flows, old wallets, ETFs, and key market indicators17:25 - What makes a token worth holding long term19:35 - Prediction markets as portfolio hedges23:40 - Compute trading as a new asset classSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Discover how GitHub's accessibility initiatives and generative AI tools are empowering blind and disabled developers to code, create, and innovate independently. This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Find out more at https://pneumasolutions.com/ Ed Summers, Head of Accessibility at GitHub, joins Steven Scott to share how open source, AI, and GitHub Copilot are transforming opportunities for developers with disabilities. From building software without prior coding experience to editing videos independently, Ed explains why this is a true renaissance of achievement for disabled creators. The discussion covers the evolution of accessibility in tech, the power of open-source collaboration, and how natural language tools are democratising software development. Ed also highlights GitHub's commitment to removing barriers, improving the accessibility of open source, and inspiring more blind and disabled people to contribute as first-class developers. Share your experiences and support accessibility innovation: complete GitHub's developer survey here:https://gh.io/2026-accesscats-survey Learn more about GitHub accessibility:https://accessibility.github.com ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Seth Ginns, CIO of Franklin Crypto, joins from the Out East Summit to explain why Franklin Templeton believes traditional finance and crypto are finally converging. He shares how his background in public equities and crypto investing led him from CoinFund to Franklin, where the goal is to build institutional-grade crypto strategies for sovereign wealth funds, pensions, endowments, insurance companies, family offices, and other sophisticated allocators. Seth also explains why Ethereum's Lindy effect, stablecoins, RWAs, market infrastructure, payments, AI plus crypto, and tokenization could define the next phase of institutional crypto adoption.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 -Intro 00:45 - From public equities to crypto investing01:45 - Launching CoinFund's liquid strategy02:05 - Why Franklin Templeton acquired the team03:00 - TradFi and crypto convergence04:40 - Why Clarity Act passage is nice but not required06:55 - Franklin Crypto's active strategy focus07:40 - Institutional allocators entering crypto10:40 - Franklin's ETFs, tokenization, and product suite11:55 - How smart money values crypto assets15:55 - Ethereum, Lindy effect, RWAs, and stablecoins18:00 - Market infrastructure, payments, AI, and crypto20:05 - Why Seth is bullish on the next market phaseSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Today Joe rips the mask off the ongoing election theater. Pennsylvania is finally forced into basic voter-roll maintenance under the National Voter Registration Act—sold as some grand victory while grifters like Scott Pressler get exposed for dividing the right and delivering losses. Florida's latest results drive the point home: votes vanishing in real time for candidates like Dan Bilzerian, AIPAC celebrating its slate of winners, and foreign money flooding a system that treats American voters as an afterthought. No free and fair elections—just a broken machine protected by the uniparty.Then the conversation shifts to the operating room and the mind with trauma surgeon and Surgery Unified COO Dr. Jeremy Heffner. From bioengineering roots to the high-stakes isolation of trauma care, Heffner explains how SurgeOn was built to break surgeon silos, how AI tools like Scribe are actually changing clinical workflows, and the hard parallels between physiological system failures and the risks of large language models—sycophancy, dependency, and what these systems are really “thinking.” His new book, Proof of the Impossible, frames the stakes for every clinician and citizen navigating AI.Joe exposes more of the rot in the judiciary, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's FOIA campaign to dox and intimidate private property owners considering leasing to ICE, Democrat nominee Angie Nixon's false claim of nearly 800,000 Black job losses under Trump (directly contradicted by BLS data), and a straight-talk parental-rights message as Colorado kids head back to school. Hard truths, no soft landings.
“When will be the end of thus exhausting the earth, and how far will avarice finally penetrate?” the Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder asked in 77 AD. Two thousand years later, the answer seems clear. At least according to the contemporary Scottish natural historian James Crawford. In his new book, The Vanishing Earth, the Edinburgh-based Crawford provides dispatches from what he calls the “frontiers of extraction.” From the Atacama Desert in northern Chile to the melting coastline of Greenland, Crawford describes the apocalyptic consequences of our avarice toward the earth. The ultimate frontier of extraction, Crawford warns, is ourselves. Thus he reports on big tech's designs to harvest our thoughts. Consumer headsets are already reading our brainwaves, Apple holds patents for brain-reading earbuds, and another self-styled “leader in real-world neuroscience” once promised “neuro insights for marketing purposes.” The Vanishing Earth's apocalyptic warnings appear both timeless and immediate. Watching Roman miners destroy Spanish mountains, Pliny the Elder wondered when we would finally exhaust the earth. Today, we can quantify the answer. Sometime around 2020, the weight of everything humanity has built came to exceed the weight of all life on Earth. It was just three percent in 1900. We have extracted more in the past fifty years than in all prior human history combined. We now build a city the size of Paris every five days. The ideology of endless growth is only 300 years old, Crawford warns. Pliny the Elder's earth is history. Crawford confesses that he is a product of extraction himself. On his family's windowsill sits a lemonade bottle of the first North Sea crude, siphoned by his father the day it came ashore. “I am Scottish, after all,” he notes wryly. Will our avarice transform extraction into extinction? Not necessarily, Crawford explains. His last dispatch is from Butte, Montana, and offers a ray of hope. There he finds people trying to repair the seemingly apocalyptic consequences of copper mining on the earth. So apocalypse now doesn't mean apocalypse tomorrow. We still have the power to unvanish the earth, the agency to undo the avarice of our ancestors. Five Takeaways • Pliny's Two Questions. Watching Roman gold miners collapse entire Spanish mountains — ruina montium, “the fall of mountains” — the great naturalist Pliny the Elder asked, two thousand years ago: “When will be the end of thus exhausting the earth, and how far will avarice finally penetrate?” Those two questions run like an entwined seam through Crawford's book, and he believes we're now getting the answers. The ideology of endless economic growth, he argues, is only about 300 years old — born in Enlightenment Scotland as freedom from famine and the caprices of nature, and entirely sensible at the time. The problem is that the planet has changed and the ideology hasn't. The “vanishing” of the title isn't only resources: it's the sixth extinction, the biodiversity collapse — and, potentially, us.• A Lemonade Bottle of First Oil. Crawford is a product of extraction, and knows it. His great-grandfather fled Shetland fishing at sixteen, wrote “engineer” on his immigration form, and ended up on Ford's very first assembly line building the Model T. His father apprenticed in a coal mine, worked the Zambian Copperbelt, then spent thirty years in oil — which is why Crawford was born on the Shetland Islands, beside one of the world's largest construction sites. The day the first North Sea oil came ashore, his father — who ran the pipelines and knew where to go — filled a lemonade bottle from an outlet valve; it still sits on the family windowsill. “I am a product of extraction. But then we all are”: microplastics in our bodies, forever chemicals passing from mother to unborn child. As a species, we have merged with what we mine.• Thought Extraction. The journey's final landscape is the mind. Consumer neurotech — EEG headsets promising calm and focus — is already reading brainwaves, and the direction of travel is unmistakable: Emotiv scrubbed “neuro insights for marketing purposes” from its website between fact-check and publication (Crawford found the old language on the Wayback Machine); Apple holds patents for EEG-reading earbuds, with Meta and Snap filing alongside. Rafael Yuste's Neurorights Foundation surveyed the roughly thirty companies selling neurotech to consumers and found that every one of them claimed unlimited access to customers' brain data — with no legal protection in place. The attention economy harvested our behavior; the next extraction, Crawford warns, is the thought itself.• Heavier Than Life Itself. The statistics that stopped Crawford in his tracks: around 2020, the weight of everything humans have built — buildings, roads, plastics — came to exceed the weight of the Earth's entire biomass, up from three percent in 1900. We've extracted more in fifty years than in all prior history; we build a Paris every five days; in ten years China poured more cement than America managed in the whole twentieth century. Hence the global sand shortage (desert sand is useless — “like building with marbles”) that sent him to Greenland, where melting glaciers make the coastline grow while the world's shrink. And hence the hard questions about the energy transition: in 2025 humanity burned more wood, more coal, and more oil than ever before — not a transition but an accumulation, exactly as the Jevons paradox predicted when Victorian Britain worried about coal. Efficiency doesn't reduce use; it multiplies it.• The Forever Repair. The book ends not in despair but in Butte, Montana — once the center of world copper production, its open-cast pit now a lake of sulfuric acid in the heart of the city. After thirty years of argument, a settlement around 2020 gave the city something unprecedented: BP holds a blank check to monitor Butte's soils and water in perpetuity, and the people, rather than abandon their home, stayed to watch over it and tell its story. “It's not you fix and you forget. Everything is a repair.” That, for Crawford, is the ideological shift the whole journey points toward — from extraction to repair. He is hopeful for one precise reason: we got here through a way of seeing the world, and minds can change. In the tradition of Silent Spring — which banned DDT and birthed the EPA — a book can still move the world. “I am Scottish, after all” — but the glass, on inspection, is half full. About the Guest James Crawford is a Scottish writer, broadcaster, and historian based in Edinburgh. The author of Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings and The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World, he presents book programmes for the BBC and spent over a decade with Historic Environment Scotland. The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction (Bloomsbury, 2026) is out now in the US, with the UK edition imminent from Scribe. The New York Review of Books places him with Iain Sinclair, Rebecca Solnit, and Robert Macfarlane: “Riveting.” References: •&nb...
In this episode of the Crypto Rundown, Brian, Joe & Tevo explore the recent crypto market surge, including the largest $3 BILLION short squeeze in history, and discuss macroeconomic factors, tokenized assets, and innovative projects shaping the future of crypto investing.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 Intro01:58 The Largest Short Squeeze in Crypto History03:58 Market Sentiment and Macro Influences07:02 Tokenized Assets and Their Growing Role09:12 Ethereum's Outperformance and Altcoin Trends12:00 Regulatory Developments and Market Confidence15:07 NFTs, Meme Coins, and New Digital Assets19:05 Market Sentiment and Fear Greed Index23:11 Macro Outlook and Future Opportunities25:52 In-Trenches Market Analysis and Tokenized Stocks29:59 Speculative Projects and Meme Coins34:52 Insider Insights and Market Tracking40:05 NFTs with Tokenized Stocks and Physical Assets44:50 Emerging Trends in Digital Assets48:15 Final Thoughts and Market OutlookSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2024, Mass General Brigham, the largest health system in Massachusetts, piloted an AI-powered, ambient note-taking and transcription program among a subset of clinicians to address increasing rates of staff burnout and turnover -- largely driven by the administrative burden of clinical documentation in the electronic health records (EHR). Early results showed promising reductions in clinician burnout, intention to leave, and increased physician efficiency. But concerns about the technology, including the generation of inaccurate notes with errors or hallucinations made physicians resistant to learn and adopt it into their workflows. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Susanna Gallani and host Brian Kenny discuss the challenges leadership at the health care organization anticipated as they considered scaling the AI technology responsibly in the case: The AI Scribe: Enhancing Physician Presence and Curbing Burnout at Mass General Brigham
In this episode of the Rundown Brendan, Hunter, & Tevo focus heavily on Ethereum's recent strength, Bank of America's exposure to Bitmine, rising RWA activity on Ethereum, Paul Tudor Jones adding back Bitcoin exposure, and Stanley Druckenmiller's family office getting exposure to Hyperliquid through an equity wrapper. They also cover the Genius Act, Clarity Act pressure, SEC crypto rulemaking, Citi's constructive regulatory comments, and Nasdaq moving toward 24-hour stock trading as traditional finance slowly starts to look more like crypto.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 -Intro 00:37 - From MSCI and Bloomberg to Derivnex03:15 - Why crypto and tokenization matter now04:45 - Perpetual futures and tokenized index exposure06:15 - Atomic settlement and capital velocity explained07:25 - Why perpetual futures threaten traditional exchanges10:45 - OTC swaps, ISDAs, KYC, and institutional counterparties13:45 - Why Derivnex chose Canton16:35 - Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and digital asset migration18:10 - Institutional adoption and green lights for tokenized financeSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, George Harrington, CEO of Derivnex, joins from the Out East Summit to explain how DRW is building infrastructure to bring OTC derivatives on chain. He breaks down how Derivnex is focused on moving traditional swap transactions, index total return swaps, digital settlement, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits into a more efficient blockchain-based workflow.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 -Intro 00:37 - From MSCI and Bloomberg to Derivnex03:15 - Why crypto and tokenization matter now04:45 - Perpetual futures and tokenized index exposure06:15 - Atomic settlement and capital velocity explained07:25 - Why perpetual futures threaten traditional exchanges10:45 - OTC swaps, ISDAs, KYC, and institutional counterparties13:45 - Why Derivnex chose Canton16:35 - Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and digital asset migration18:10 - Institutional adoption and green lights for tokenized financeSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Discover how the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is driving innovation in accessibility and assistive tech. Learn how the 2027 event and its brand-new Innovation Track give creators, startups, and researchers the stage to showcase life-changing ideas before they hit the market. [Sponsor] This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Find out more at https://pneumasolutions.com The CSUN Assistive Technology Conference has been the global hub for accessibility and inclusive technology for over 40 years. Julia Santiago, Managing Director of the Centre on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge, shares how this legendary event brings together developers, researchers, educators, practitioners, and users to shape the future of assistive technology. In this conversation, Julia introduces the Innovation Track—a new initiative designed to spotlight early-stage concepts, prototypes, and breakthroughs in accessibility. Participants can engage in hands-on demonstrations, gather community feedback, and even pitch their ideas in the Innovation Challenge for a chance to win the Founders Award grant. We also explore the growing role of AI in assistive tech, the shift toward mainstream products with built-in accessibility, and why CSUN is the ultimate platform to test and refine new ideas that can change lives. Relevant Links CSUN Assistive Technology Conference: https://csunconference.org ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into agents and loops — and how most of us are already using them without realizing it. Every time you interact with a chatbot, it acts as an ephemeral agent; the real leverage comes from building persistent ones. Shannon walks through the three-layer system he handed ten grand to inside Claude Cowork: dumb, fixed-rule loops that check prices daily, a weekly management agent, and a third that reports to him with approve-now, veto-now, or auto-execute options. The lesson that keeps surfacing is to keep the LLM out of the daily rules so the whole thing stays unemotional and disciplined. We also share a quick tip: when you can’t find an old chat, let your AI search its own history instead of fighting clunky built-in search. Then we get into Anthropic’s watermarking announcement, where content produced by Claude will carry hidden signals identifying it as AI-generated. We wrestle with the gray area it creates: if we feed our own transcript to Claude for a summary, that’s our content shaped by AI, not conjured from nothing — so the watermark shouldn’t imply Claude created it from scratch. We argue the definition of AI-generated content needs to be far less binary, favoring transparency about the whole chain rather than just the last step, and we look at how open-source models and Apple might reshape all of it. Owning agents, staying curious, and keeping it honest — that’s how we keep living the Charmed Life. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs' Podcast #779 for Casual FridAI, August 14th, 2026 August 14th: Navajo Code Talkers Day 00:01:57 Ask your LLM chat to search itself for old chats you can't find. 00:03:47 Agents & Loops 00:12:20 Scribe. Don’t get caught being the only person who knows how something works. For a limited time, book a demo at https://scribe.how/brain and mention BRAIN for your first month of Scribe Capture free. 00:14:20 Claude is embedding watermarks into your text (and everything else) 00:28:40 Business Brain 779 Outtro This Episode's Big Takeway: Learn to create persistent agents and loops Check out Business Brain Blueprints Tell Your Friends! Business Blueprints Review Business Brain Subscribe to the show feedback@businessbrain.show Call/Text: (567) 274-6977 X/Twitter: @ShannonJean & @DaveHamilton, & @BizBrainShow LinkedIn: Shannon Jean, Dave Hamilton, & Business Brain Facebook: Dave Hamilton, Shannon Jean, & Business Brain The post FridAI – Agents + Loops and AI Watermarking – Business Brain 779 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
In this Crypto Rundown, Tevo and Brian break down a wild Friday episode covering tokenized Pokemon cards, Tether's first KPMG audit, Clarity Act speculation, Fidelity ETH staking, Trezor data exposure, and NFT momentum returning on Robinhood Chain. The episode also covers Tether proving reserves exceed liabilities, the SEC abruptly canceling a crypto meeting, the CFTC preparing to discuss crypto regulatory clarity, and why there may still be life in the Clarity Act heading into September.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 - Intro01:20 - Tokenized Pokemon cards take over crypto03:00 - Collector Crypt crosses major revenue milestone05:50 - Crypto market remains stuck in chop zone08:20 - Tether passes first KPMG audit11:00 - Paolo Ardoino celebrates major Tether validation12:15 - SEC abruptly cancels crypto meeting14:35 - Clarity Act speculation and September odds18:00 - Fidelity adds ETH staking to its ETF23:10 - Trezor data leak and phishing warning25:55 - Gary V, NFTs, and risk appetite returning29:00 - Spritehood launches on Robinhood ChainSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Keone Hon, co-founder of Monad, joins from the Out East Summit to explain how his background at Jump Trading helped shape Monad's high-throughput, low-latency blockchain design. He breaks down how Monad uses pipelining, parallel execution, faster block times, and faster finality to create a more efficient EVM-compatible Layer 1. Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 - Keone Hon joins from the Out East Summit01:00 - From Jump Trading to building Monad02:35 - Why Keone left trading to start a blockchain05:15 - Pipelining and high-performance blockchain architecture08:35 - Monad vs Ethereum block times and throughput10:55 - Why faster finality improves liquidity and DeFi13:40 - Purple, Kuru, prop AMMs, and apps on Monad16:10 - Why Monad is an EVM-compatible Layer 118:55 - Encrypted mempools, MEV, and pre-trade privacy21:30 - Running a Monad validator on a Costco MacBook25:10 - Coinbase token sale and Monad's open access visionSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101Guest Linkshttps://x.com/keoneHD*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of Business Brain, we get into a lesson that landed on Dave’s doorstep — literally. A local candidate finally cracked the code by leaving cookies at a door that’s asked for exactly that for six years, proving that when people tell you what they want, the smart move is to listen and act. We connect that to food rewards inside your own business, from the Friday barbecue to feeding your clients, and why those casual moments teach you more about your team than any formal meeting ever will. From there we make the case that the first step to your next chapter is simply starting your second business. Once you’ve built a team, delegated well, and freed up a little time, complacency is the enemy — a second venture wakes you up, opens new neural pathways, and often feeds energy right back into the first. We trace how BackBeat Media and the parts business were both accidental second acts, and we land on the real engine behind all of it: staying insatiably curious. That curiosity is what keeps us living the Charmed Life, one new idea at a time. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs' Podcast #778 for Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 August 12th: IBM PC Day 00:02:28 Listen to your customers…and use food rewards 00:08:21 Scribe. Don’t get caught being the only person who knows how something works. For a limited time, book a demo at https://scribe.how/brain and mention BRAIN for your first month of Scribe Capture free. 00:10:18 To level-up your life, the first step is to start your second business! Embrace your insatiable curiosity 00:20:04 Business Brain 778 Outtro This Episode's Big Takeway: Embrace your insatiable curiosity Check out Business Brain Blueprints Tell Your Friends! Business Blueprints Review Business Brain Subscribe to the show feedback@businessbrain.show Call/Text: (567) 274-6977 X/Twitter: @ShannonJean & @DaveHamilton, & @BizBrainShow LinkedIn: Shannon Jean, Dave Hamilton, & Business Brain Facebook: Dave Hamilton, Shannon Jean, & Business Brain The post Start Your 2nd Business and the Power of Food – Business Brain 778 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
In this episode, Tevo and Brendan analyze the current crypto market trends, hedge fund positioning, institutional involvement, and macroeconomic factors influencing Bitcoin and Ethereum. They explore the implications of recent data points, regulatory developments, and infrastructure growth for future market movements.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 Market overview and current sentiment00:34 Hedge fund positioning and historical context02:10 Signs of bullish exhaustion and potential bottoming06:24 Institutional activity: Bitcoin treasury and regulatory outlook08:12 Traditional finance's increasing involvement in crypto10:50 Global regulatory developments and adoption trends17:51 Stablecoin growth and future opportunities21:09 Infrastructure expansion and long-term positioning23:26 Interest rate environment and macroeconomic signals29:01 Housing market dynamics and potential impacts30:32 Interactive visualization of market sentimentSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Josh Lim, Global Co-Head of Markets at FalconX, joins from the Out East Summit to break down how crypto market structure is evolving as liquidity, institutions, and tokenization mature. He explains why crypto has shifted from a frontier asset class into a technology layer for payments, market infrastructure, and traditional finance rails. The conversation covers the 10/10 liquidation event, thinning altcoin liquidity, what makes a token truly investable, Bitcoin's role as collateral and a potential flight-to-safety asset, and why stablecoins, payments, speculation markets, and major L1s are where investors are focusing. Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Why Josh left Wall Street for crypto02:50 - Crypto shifts from asset class to technology layer05:15 - What went wrong during the 10/10 liquidation event07:30 - Why liquidity has concentrated in fewer crypto assets08:15 - What makes a token investable today10:35 - AI capital rotation and crypto momentum11:25 - Two scenarios for crypto to regain momentum14:00 - Bitcoin risks, quantum fears, and concentration concerns18:40 - Options, volatility, funding rates, and market signals27:00 - What FalconX does for institutional crypto markets30:05 - Robinhood Chain, RWAs, and 24/7 on-chain marketsSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Count the tabs it takes to move one renewal. Management system, carrier portal, the other carrier portal, quoting platform, email, Teams, back to the CRM, then a spreadsheet. That is eight, and not one of them is the conversation with the client. Nobody designed it that way. Nobody approved it. And you are paying your most expensive person to do it. In this solo episode, Mike Allton makes the case that the most expensive piece of integration software in your agency is a licensed producer, and that the AI you bought last year did not shorten that list. It lengthened it, and the new switches cost more than the old ones, because every one of them makes you rebuild your context out loud. Then he gives you the fix, in three steps you can run Monday morning without spending a dollar: Count, Name, Seat. Count the switches in one recurring job. Name the one where the most context has to get rebuilt from nothing, which is almost never the one that annoys you. Then give that context a seat to live in, using the three shapes of a Digital Crew: Scout, Scribe, and Coach. Also in this episode: why memory features do not solve this, the switchboard operator who kept getting better boards instead of a better question, how one benefits manager in Utah stopped being the cable between his carriers, the three rails to set before any client data goes near an AI tool, and the four objections Mike hears in every room. The wedge is the same as always. Redesign the work before you deploy AI. Take the AI Adoption Reality Check: https://theaihat.com/reality-check/ Read the companion piece on the Toggle Tax: https://theaihat.com/what-is-the-toggle-tax/ Show notes: https://theaihat.com/how-to-increase-insurance-agent-productivity-without-buying-another-tool/ Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeallton/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover how the FeelSpace Navibelt is transforming navigation for blind and partially sighted people through innovative haptic feedback technology. Learn how this discreet vibrating belt enhances independence, boosts confidence, and changes lives. [Sponsor] This episode is supported by Pneuma Solutions. Creators of accessible tools like Remote Incident Manager and Scribe. Find out more at https://pneumasolutions.com In this episode of Double Tap Weekend, Steven Scott speaks with Susan Wache, co-founder of FeelSpace, the company behind the Navibelt. This wearable navigation belt uses gentle, continuous vibrations to guide users in real time, whether pointing north, ensuring straight-line walking, or connecting with the FeelSpace app for directional routing. Susan shares the inspiring journey from cognitive science research to a product that empowers blind users, helping them cross streets, navigate parks, and even explore new cities with confidence. We explore the belt's core functions, accessibility benefits, and unique features like Beeline mode for navigating towards personal favourites, as well as the real-life emotional impact of users gaining freedom and independence. Relevant Links Pneuma Solutions: https://pneumasolutions.com FeelSpace Navibelt: https://www.feelspace.de ----Follow on:YouTube: https://www.doubletaponair.com/youtubeX (formerly Twitter): https://www.doubletaponair.com/xInstagram: https://www.doubletaponair.com/instagramTikTok: https://www.doubletaponair.com/tiktokThreads: https://www.doubletaponair.com/threadsFacebook: https://www.doubletaponair.com/facebookLinkedIn: https://www.doubletaponair.com/linkedinSubscribe to the Podcast:Apple: https://www.doubletaponair.com/appleSpotify: https://www.doubletaponair.com/spotifyRSS: https://www.doubletaponair.com/podcastiHeadRadio: https://www.doubletaponair.com/iheartAbout Double TapHosted by the insightful duo, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, Double Tap is a treasure trove of information for anyone who's blind or partially sighted and has a passion for tech. Steven and Shaun not only demystify tech, but they also regularly feature interviews and welcome guests from the community, fostering an interactive and engaging environment. Tune in every day of the week, and you'll discover how technology can seamlessly integrate into your life, enhancing daily tasks and experiences, even if your sight is limited."Double Tap" is a registered trademark of Double Tap Productions Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this Crypto Rundown, Tevo and Brian McNutt break down a choppy but improving crypto market, with Bitcoin holding in the mid-$60,000 range, Ethereum gaining more institutional momentum, and Solana continuing to show signs of activity. They discuss the Clarity Act vote being pushed back to September, why the market may have already priced in the delay, and why crypto could still move forward through SEC and CFTC action even without immediate legislation. The episode also covers Tom Lee's thesis that crypto is downstream from AI, the rise of on-chain financial apps, tokenized equities, meme coins paired with stocks, and Robinhood Chain bringing new energy back into the trenches.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comCheck out NPR: https://npr.orgGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 Market overview and recent price action01:03 Discussion of Bitcoin and Ethereum price stability02:23 Bullish signals from on-chain activity05:05 Market sentiment and Fed rate hike whispers07:21 Update on the Clarity Act and legislative outlook09:12 Michael Saylor's AI-themed earnings call10:52 Crypto downstream from AI and industry trends12:01 AI's impact on stocks and blockchain adoption14:05 The future of crypto integration in finance16:07 Recent successful crypto picks and community insights17:02 Robinhood's meme coin strategy and next moves19:44 Uniswap's new trade pools and launch pad22:21 NFTs evolving into real asset rewards29:04 Michael Saylor's AI rap and market reactionsSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of the Crypto 101 Podcast, Spencer Applebaum, General Partner & Co-Head of Venture at Multicoin Capital, joins from the Out East Summit to explain how Multicoin approaches crypto investing across liquid tokens, venture, and crypto-related equities. He breaks down why the firm remains fully focused on crypto while many peers chase AI and robotics.Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comCheck out NPR: https://npr.orgGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 - Intro01:25 - Multicoin Capital's crypto-only investment thesis03:00 - Why public research helped Multicoin grow05:30 - Liquid hedge fund vs venture investing strategy07:10 - Tokens vs equity in crypto projects09:40 - Clarity Act, CFTC, SEC, and regulatory momentum12:40 - How Multicoin thinks about long-term crypto investing14:00 - Hyperliquid, Solana, Robinhood, and Zcash positions17:10 - Why Apollo buying Morpho matters20:45 - Digital asset treasury companies and MicroStrategy22:40 - What could restart the crypto bull marketSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Environmental journalist, Michael Dulaney looks at viruses and bacteria that can move between bats, horses, seals, pigs, voles and even polar bears, and the conditions that lead to human infection.These diseases are known as zoonoses.Michael says climate change, urban sprawl, animal farming and even homelessness contribute to wild animals coming into ever closer contact with people, leading these illnesses to move from creatures to us.To understand how this process works, Michael has researched the volunteers dedicating their lives to conservation. He has camped out on a freezing Victorian night to try to catch ducks with a net shot from a cannon, to test them for bird flu. He has gone frog hunting in the jungles of Indonesia, and he's visited a suburban Melbourne apartment where a dedicated citizen gives up her master bedroom to a collection of injured flying foxes, while she sleeps in the spare room.Michael also explains how the curious case of Trench Fever fits into the zoonotic puzzle. It was found first in Edmonton, Canada in 2022, when patients developed a serious heart condition after they were given organs donated by homeless victims of the opioid crisis.Further informationSentinels: When diseases spread between animals and humans is published by Scribe.This episode was produced by Alice Moldovan. Conversations' Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.This episode covers H5N1 bird flu, covid-19, pandemic, lockdown, flu, cat flu, swine flu, hendra virus, horse racing, horse trainer, fly by night bat clinic, Werribee poo ponds, necropsy, chicken farms, disease-proof pigs, PRRS, CRISPR, vaccines, vaccination, smallpox, pox virus, borealpox and northern red-backed vole.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.
In this Crypto Rundown, Tevo and Brendan break down one of the biggest Bitcoin hardware wallet hacks in history and explain why it was not a Bitcoin breach, blockchain failure, AI threat, or quantum attack. Clarifying that the issue came from a firmware and seed-generation problem tied to the wallet company itself. The episode also covers BlackRock's continued push into tokenization through Ethereum and Solana, We also cover some bottoming data points and why one inverse signal is the most bullish thing we have seen yet! Ultimate Guide to Keeping Your Crypto Safe for $3https://www.cryptorevolution.com/crypto-safety-guide?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Rundown&utm_term=20260804Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.comCheck out Quince: https://quince.com/CRYPTO101Check out Shopify: https://shopify.com/crypto101Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.comCheck out NPR: https://npr.orgGet my #1 altcoin pick for this month.Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio for just $1.00 today! Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution" and start making big profits from buying, selling,Get immediate access to my entire crypto portfolio.. just $1.00 today! Go here to get access: https://www.crypto101insider.com/cryptnation-directm6pypcy1?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Get your FREE copy of "Crypto Revolution: Your Guide To The Future of Money". In this book, I reveal how to make (and keep) a fortune during this crypto bull run! http://www.cryptorevolution.com/free?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=YouTube&utm_content=Podcast&utm_term=20250916Chapters00:00 Intro and overview of crypto market developments01:09 Deep dive into the cold card wallet hack and its implications04:23 Market sentiment and narratives around blockchain safety08:12 BlackRock's new tokenized funds on Ethereum and Solana11:14 Market activity, trading volume, and bottoming signals15:29 Fear and greed index, market sentiment, and investment strategies18:19 Saylor's Bitcoin selling and institutional strategies27:50 Jim Cramer's Bitcoin sell-off and market capitulation signalsSubscribe to YouTube for Exclusive Content:https://www.youtube.com/@crypto101podcast?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media for leading-edge crypto updates and trade alerts:https://twitter.com/Crypto101Podhttps://instagram.com/crypto_101*This is NOT financial, tax, or legal advice*Boardwalk Flock LLC. All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofrCreative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZAROMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Our Sponsors:* Check out Omaha Steaks and use my code BEEF for a great deal: https://www.omahasteaks.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/CRYPTO101 for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out ShipStation and use my code crypto for a great deal: https://www.shipstation.com* Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/crypto101 for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
I sat down with Eric Jorgensen, CEO of Scribe Media and author of The Book of Elon. Here are 3 things that stuck with me: What you think is your best is a fraction of what you're capable of. Elon isn't just working harder, he's cut through the noise to focus on what matters. First principles thinking breaks you free from conventional limits. Stop reasoning by analogy, asking what everyone else does. Start asking what's actually possible. The gap between those two questions is where innovation lives. Your uniqueness is your advantage. The world rewards people who are singular, -- Eric Jorgenson is the CEO of Scribe Media. He published two books with Scribe prior to becoming CEO. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant has sold over 1,000,000 copies, been translated into 30+ languages, and seen over 4,000,000 digital copies given away for free. He runs an early stage technology investment firm called Rolling Fun, and was previously in Growth & Product roles at Zaarly. Watch our previous interview Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Eric Jorgensen: Eric Jorgensen Books: https://www.ejorgenson.com/books-1 Website: https://scribemedia.com X: https://twitter.com/scribemediaco LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scribe-media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scribemediaco Facebook: https://facebook.com/scribemediaco YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCen_O0dVTbVAK-XF9IjPitQ *E - explicit language may be used in this podcast.
At Macstock 2026, Max Mellman showed off his his iPhone app, I Love a Piano. Max explains how the app stands out through realistic haptic feedback, intuitive navigation, portrait and landscape support, and a design that encourages exploration instead of intimidation. Chuck and Max also discuss his inspiration, teaching career, future iPad support, and broader music education projects. This edition of MacVoices is brought to you by the MacVoices Dispatch, our weekly newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on any and all MacVoices-related information. Subscribe today and don't miss a thing. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Macstock 2026 setting 01:00 Meeting Max Melman and his Macstock experience 03:05 The story behind Beloved Melody 04:25 Introducing I Love a Piano 06:15 What makes the app different from other piano apps 09:10 Experiencing the haptic keyboard firsthand 11:40 Portrait, landscape, and intuitive navigation 14:05 iPad support and future development 16:05 Pricing, availability, and App Store release 17:35 Teaching music and inspiring students through technology 20:10 Music education projects and closing thoughts Links: iLoveAPiano.app http://iLoveAPiano.app Scribe.band http://scribe.band Guests: Max Mellman's beloved melody (of my parents Belove and Mellman) is his software design studio. He is a veteran elementary music teacher, musician, arranger, and UI designer from New Jersey. I'm also the author of The Bagel Song and the creator of the app I Love a Piano. Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe: Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss
From alert to root cause in one minute - how PagerDuty built autonomous incident response on Amazon Bedrock, and the future of triage and trust. Topics Include:PagerDuty's agents must perform during 2am outages — stakes are highSoftware shipping accelerated dramatically; production environments largely did notA 9:30pm slowdown traced to a race condition solved two years earlierThe fix was documented — but the context wasn't at handPagerDuty Advance ships four agents: SRE, Scribe, Shift, InsightsWhy four, not one? Focus and predictability in non-deterministic systemsSaurabh Shanbhag: Bedrock is far more than a model serviceZero data retention, PrivateLink, TLS — why enterprises pick BedrockFrontier models everywhere burns tokens; classify, route, distill, fine-tuneSRE agent triages alerts before you even join the callOne minute to root cause — context beat raw intelligenceHuman surfaces versus machine surfaces: MCP and CLI move fastest"The model eats the harness" — every upgrade invalidates foundational componentsFeeding agents everything failed; compartmentalised investigation threads work betterNew York Life's three stages of trust, and the seatbelt override that wasn't Participants:Tom Hogarty - Senior Director Product Management, PagerDutySaurabh Shanbhag – Sr Partner Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services See how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/
Good morning from Pharma Daily: the podcast that brings you the most important developments in the pharmaceutical and biotech world. Today, we're diving into the latest groundbreaking advancements, strategic corporate maneuvers, and pivotal regulatory updates shaping this dynamic industry landscape. Starting with some exciting news, Scribe Therapeutics has successfully closed its initial public offering, raising a significant $129 million. This substantial funding will drive forward their pioneering work in gene editing technologies, particularly focusing on therapies for cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). By leveraging CRISPR technology, Scribe Therapeutics is positioned at the forefront of developing transformative treatments for both rare and common diseases. This advancement could potentially revolutionize how these conditions are managed, offering new hope for patients worldwide. On the regulatory front, Amgen is actively working to maintain its competitive edge in the U.S. market by submitting a comprehensive data package to the FDA for its drug Tavneos. This strategic move highlights the competitive nature of the pharmaceutical landscape where maintaining market access and drug positioning is crucial. Additionally, an FDA panel has recently endorsed lifting restrictions on four peptides, a decision that could significantly enhance therapeutic options in wound healing and autoimmune diseases through compounding pharmacies. This shift indicates a broader acceptance of peptides' therapeutic potential, which are increasingly being explored for their targeted therapy applications. In clinical trial news, Meiji Seika Pharma has reached a significant milestone with its combination therapy involving HBI-8000 and nivolumab. The therapy has successfully met the progression-free survival endpoint in a Phase 3 trial for advanced melanoma. This approach combines an epigenetic immunomodulator with a PD-1 inhibitor, representing a strategic method to harness immune system modulation for cancer treatment. Such advancements highlight ongoing innovations within oncology therapeutics and emphasize opportunities for improved patient outcomes through novel treatment combinations. However, not all clinical trials meet success. Sanofi's recent decision to halt Phase 3 development of amlitelimab for atopic dermatitis due to insufficient data serves as a reminder of the inherent challenges in drug development. Similarly, Ipsen's Bylvay did not meet its primary endpoint in a pivotal trial for biliary atresia patients post-Kasai surgery. These setbacks highlight the complexities involved in translating scientific discoveries into viable therapeutic options and underscore the unpredictable nature of drug development. Shifting to corporate strategies, Roche has decided to discontinue its development of an obesity asset, acmopatide, while placing support behind another candidate, enicepatide. This decision reflects dynamic prioritization within pipelines as companies navigate scientific data alongside market demands. Meanwhile, Fresenius has launched a €200 million corporate venture capital fund targeting innovations across biopharma, medtech, and digital care sectors. This move aligns with an increasing trend towards supporting early-stage innovations addressing unmet medical needs. In mergers and acquisitions news, Scancell's acquisition of Neophoria Therapeutics via reverse merger showcases strategic maneuvers within the sector aimed at securing financial stability and market presence through listings such as on NASDAQ. These activities illustrate broader industry trends where companies seek growth through strategic partnerships and acquisitions to enhance technological capabilities and market reach. In oncology developments, GSK has achieved a landmark FDA approval for Jideytro following its acquisition of Nuvalent. This milestone underscores the strategic importance of mergers and acquisitions in achieving rapid growth and diversification in oncology pipelines. The quick payoff from this deal highlights how targeted acquisitions can accelerate therapeutic advancements. Turning our attention to HIV prevention strategies, Merck is expanding access to its investigational PrEP pill Alimatravir through voluntary licensing agreements even before regulatory approval. This proactive strategy mirrors Gilead's successful model and emphasizes the industry's shift towards accessibility and patient-centric approaches. Finally, technological advancements continue reshaping industry practices with AI integration into incentive compensation models being explored by companies like Novartis in collaboration with consulting firms such as ZS Associates. These efforts are part of a larger digital transformation within the industry aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making processes. As we wrap up today's insights, it's clear that these developments highlight an era where scientific innovation intersects with strategic business decisions and regulatory frameworks. The implications for patient care are profound as these efforts translate into more effective therapies with potential impacts on treatment accessibility, efficacy, and personalization. As the industry continues to evolve rapidly amidst scientific breakthroughs and regulatory changes, maintaining a balance between innovation, regulation, and market dynamics will be crucial for sustaining growth and improving health outcomes globally.Support the show
In this episode of Business Brain, we dig into the tools that make us better operators, starting with Markdown, the plain-text format John Gruber built to be human-readable and computer-friendly, and now the format our AI overlords love because it burns fewer tokens and runs faster. We share a free live-preview tool at markdownlivepreview.com and Dave’s go-to Mac app, then get real about software pricing: consumers overwhelmingly want to buy outright while enterprises prefer subscriptions, and why recurring revenue is what keeps the small developers we love in business. Then we get into the FridAI meat: using agentic browsers like Comet to stress-test our own websites the way a customer would. How many clicks to find your contact form, file a warranty claim, or unsubscribe? We ask AI to surface the friction points, audit our SEO and AI engine optimization, and flag security holes, because an unpublished private API is not a private one. We even threw out one of our own user interfaces for a chat interface and watched engagement jump 10x. Test every customer touchpoint, keep the friction out, and keep living that Charmed Life. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs' Podcast #773 for Casual FridAI, July 24, 2026 July 24th: Tell an Old Joke Day 00:01:32 MarkDownLivePreview.com Marked (macOS app) 00:08:43 Scribe. Don’t get caught being the only person who knows how something works. For a limited time, book a demo at https://scribe.how/brain and mention BRAIN for your first month of Scribe Capture free. 00:10:34 SPONSOR: FanVue. Are you ready to start your own creator journey and make it big? Visit https://www.fanvue.com/ today and launch your career! 00:11:48 For the apps you use: subscription vs. buy it outright? 00:13:19 Using an Agentic Browser to Test Your Website Comet Browser from Perplexity Things to look for: How easy is it for my customers to contact me? Go find [x] FAQ and tell me how easy it was. Pretend you have [x] question. Tell me how to solve it. How effective is my SEO? How effective is my AIEO? Have it review your site for security holes Business Brain 773 Outtro This Episode's Big Takeway: Use AI to Test all the customer touch points of your business Check out Business Brain Blueprints Tell Your Friends! Business Blueprints Review Business Brain Subscribe to the show feedback@businessbrain.show Call/Text: (567) 274-6977 X/Twitter: @ShannonJean & @DaveHamilton, & @BizBrainShow LinkedIn: Shannon Jean, Dave Hamilton, & Business Brain Facebook: Dave Hamilton, Shannon Jean, & Business Brain The post FridAI – AI Browsers Test Your Website + Markdown – Business Brain 773 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
In this episode of Business Brain, we welcome a special third brain to the table for World Brain Day as Lisa joins Shannon and Dave with real questions about turning household clutter into a reselling business. We walk through the exact path we’d take: start by selling what you already own, research your market before spending a dime using eBay’s free product research, and register on every platform early so your accounts have time to warm up. From first-edition Stephen King books to collectible dolls, we get into where to sell, how to price with sold-listing data, and why the profit is always made when you buy, not when you sell. We dig into the reselling gold that never shows up in the how-to guides: buy with math and sell with emotion, work every deal backward from what it sells for, and lean into the one unfair advantage nobody can copy. People buy from people, so a credibility statement and a noble cause in your listing turn “eBay user 559678” into a real human someone wants to support. We cover sourcing from B-Stock, GovDeals, and BidSpotter, using Claude to crunch manifests, and setting a hard bidding ceiling and walking away. Small wins compound, personalization wins the sale, and that’s how we keep living the Charmed Life.We turn clutter into cash: reselling research, pricing with math, and why people buy from people on Business Brain. 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs' Podcast #772 for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 July 22nd: World Brain Day 00:01:34 With a new business, learn the system Start with small wins! 00:04:35 Learn what your market is? Use eBay Product Research Learn from them. Add video if your market uses that! BStock.com Shannon Jean's Reseller Mastermind 00:10:11 For your listings Your credibility statement. One or two sentences at the beginning of your listing. A quick blurb that helps you stand out. What's your noble cause? (trying to get out of debt, lifelong learner, paying for a new car) People buy from people. 00:12:25 Scribe. Don’t get caught being the only person who knows how something works. For a limited time, book a demo at https://scribe.how/brain and mention BRAIN for your first month of Scribe Capture free. 00:14:18 SPONSOR: FanVue. Are you ready to start your own creator journey and make it big? Visit https://www.fanvue.com/ today and launch your career! 00:15:31 What sites to use…beyond eBay? Poshmark (mainly fashion, plus others) Facebook Marketplace Vinted Depop Tools: Comet Browser Claude Create your social accounts 00:18:17 All the profit is made when you buy. You never want to buy ANYthing until you KNOW what you can sell it for Buy with math and sell with emotion 00:22:15 Where do we buy? BStock.com GovDeals BidSpotter 00:26:20 Do Your Research! Work the deal backwards 00:28:25 Auction or Buy It Now? 00:30:18 This Episode's Big Takeway: People Buy From People. Bring Your Personality. 00:31:22 Business Brain 772 Outtro Check out Business Brain Blueprints Tell Your Friends! Business Blueprints Review Business Brain Subscribe to the show feedback@businessbrain.show Call/Text: (567) 274-6977 X/Twitter: @ShannonJean & @DaveHamilton, & @BizBrainShow LinkedIn: Shannon Jean, Dave Hamilton, & Business Brain Facebook: Dave Hamilton, Shannon Jean, & Business Brain The post Reselling, Unfair Advantage, People want to Buy from People – Business Brain 772 appeared first on Business Brain - The Entrepreneurs' Podcast.
"It's not an accent, it's an identity."The way we speak shapes more than how we're understood—it shapes how we're perceived. Peter Novak believes the goal of communication isn't to eliminate an accent, but to communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and authenticity. As a linguist, communication coach, and expert in accent bias, Novak helps multilingual professionals communicate more effectively while embracing the identity their voice represents. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, he joins Matt Abrahams to explore how accent bias influences the workplace, why clarity matters more than sounding "native," and the practical techniques anyone can use to communicate with greater confidence and impact.Key Takeaways:Clarity matters more than sounding native. Effective communication comes from making your message easy to understand, not eliminating your accent.Your accent is part of your identity. Multilingual communicators bring unique perspectives and strengths that should be embraced, not hidden.Activity:Focus on clarity. Record yourself explaining a familiar topic for one minute. Listen back and identify three words or phrases to emphasize and two places to pause. Record it again, focusing on clarity rather than sounding perfect, and compare the difference.Episode Reference Links:Peter Novak82. It's Not About You: Why Effective Communicators Put Others F… Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInChapters:(00:00) - Introduction (00:52) - Accent Bias (03:55) - Accent and Identity (05:55) - Processing Fluency (08:25) - Clarity Over Perfection (10:26) - The Power of Prosody (15:33) - Speaking with Confidence (17:56) - The Final Three Questions (22:13) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors. These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.To see what Scribe could look like for your organization, head to scribe.how/thinkfast and mention Think Fast for your first month of Scribe Capture free.
Adobe Express and Canva are packed with AI tools that save teachers hours — Amy Storer shares the features her teachers love most. Innovative learning specialist Amy Storer (Montgomery ISD, TX) walks through the AI-powered tools inside Adobe Express and Canva that teachers and students are getting most excited about — from studio-style student podcasts to interactive games you can build without writing a line of code. She also shares a favorite bonus tool for creating step-by-step how-to guides, and closes with a word of encouragement for any teacher feeling buried by "all the things." In this episode, you'll learn: How Adobe Express's Create a Podcast and one-click Enhance make student podcasting simple Why Animate a Character is an easy win for your youngest learners and GT projects How Canva Code lets you build interactive, self-grading activities with no coding A hidden Canva presentation timer and how Scribe turns clicks into a how-to guide Amy's "pick one tool" philosophy for teachers who feel overwhelmed Full show notes and links: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e948 If this one gave you an idea you can use, share it with a teacher friend who could use a time-saver.
"If these masters are still continually trying to improve their own craft, I don't have any excuses."The world's best don't reach the top and stop learning—they keep refining their craft. David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass, has spent years sitting across from elite performers, athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs—and he's discovered that excellence is less about talent than a relentless commitment to growth. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, he joins Matt Abrahams to share lessons from building a company around learning, persuasion, and communication. From earning the trust of high-profile talent to leading creative and technical teams, Rogier reveals why curiosity, adaptability, and authentic relationship-building are essential communication skills.Takeaways:Lead with curiosity. Build trust by asking thoughtful questions and focusing on the other person's needs, not your own. Never stop improving. The world's top performers continuously seek feedback, refine their skills, and embrace lifelong learning.Activity:Study an expert. Watch a communicator you admire—a speaker, leader, or interviewer—and identify three techniques they use to engage their audience. Try incorporating one of those techniques into your next presentation or meeting.Printable Extended Takeaways & ActivitiesEpisode Reference Links:David RogierMatt's MasterClassConnect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInChapters:(00:00) - Introduction (00:39) - The Power of Learning (01:28) - Building Trust (04:21) - Creating Great Content (07:23) - Leading Different Teams (09:45) - Learning from Masters (10:54) - Communicating with a Stutter (14:00) - The Final Three Questions (17:39) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors. These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.To see what Scribe could look like for your organization, head to scribe.how/thinkfast and mention Think Fast for your first month of Scribe Capture free.
How to communicate with impact when the stakes are high.Communication isn't about getting information out. It's about making sure it gets through. In an era of fragmented attention and endless platforms, the challenge isn't finding ways to speak—it's finding ways to connect.According to Farnaz Khadem, Vice President of University Communications at Stanford, great communicators start with three questions: What's the goal? Who's the audience? And what does the data tell us? Whether guiding a university through a crisis, helping experts share their ideas with broader audiences, or deciding where a story should be told, she believes effective communication centers around understanding people. "People want to know what's actually happening," she says. "And if what is happening is you don't know what is happening, you have to tell people you don't know."In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Khadem joins host Matt Abrahams to discuss the importance of preparation, transparency, and active listening when communicating during uncertainty. From navigating the opportunities and risks of AI to crafting stories that create genuine connection, she shares practical lessons for building trust, adapting to changing audiences, and communicating effectively when the stakes are highest.Episode Reference Links:Farnaz KhademEp.22 Under Pressure: How to Communicate Clearly and Timely During a Crisis Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (02:38) - Communication Fundamentals (03:58) - Choosing the Right Channel (05:38) - Building Communication Networks (06:50) - Coaching Better Communicators (08:44) - Crisis Preparation (10:47) - Crisis Response (12:40) - The Power of Storytelling (14:28) - AI in Communications (17:29) - The Final Three Questions (24:23) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors. These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.To see what Scribe could look like for your organization, head to scribe.how/thinkfast and mention Think Fast for your first month of Scribe Capture free.
Even as geopolitical tensions roil financial markets, wealthy consumers are defying the gloom — private jet demand is surging at events like Monaco and Cannes, and Broadway just recorded a record 1.9 billion dollar season. This divergence between financial anxiety and high-end consumer spending raises important questions about where the real economy actually stands.Today's Stocks & Topics: Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V. (OMAB), Market Wrap, KPP Newsletter, CSX Corporation (CSX), The Wealth Effect Paradox: Why Rich Consumers Are Spending Big While Markets Wobble, Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL), Key Benchmark Numbers: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline, AI Build-out and Commodities, Defense Sector.Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
USAA is returning nearly one billion dollars to Florida policyholders following legal reforms that have dramatically reduced frivolous claims and litigation costs in the state's notoriously troubled insurance market. This is a powerful case study in how regulatory and legal environments — not just weather — drive insurance affordability across the country.Today's Stocks & Topics: Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE), Market Wrap, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B), Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD), Florida Home Insurance Reform Is Working — And It Could Reshape the Entire Market, Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares (VBR), iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (EIDO), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Spacex (SPCX), Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT), The U.S. Treasury issues Treasury Bills (T-Bills).Our Next Wealth Webinar: “Beyond the Yield: How to Invest for Your Income Needs” June 30th, 2026 - 12:00 pmTo sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717793889555/WN_XuoDgMVwSv6wZXXurrZTLgOur Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Friday's stronger-than-expected jobs report sent stocks tumbling and reignited fears that the Federal Reserve may be forced to raise rates rather than cut them. With gold falling sharply and bond markets repricing, investors need to understand what a potential rate hike cycle means for their portfolios.Today's Stocks & Topics: Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Market Wrap, Constellation Energy Corporation (CEG), Is the Fed's Next Move a Rate Hike? What a Strong Jobs Report Means for Your Portfolio, Investing in Industrials, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL), Markets and the War, Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG), Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER).Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
After years of AI euphoria, a growing bear case is emerging around the mega-cap tech companies pouring hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure — with serious questions about when, or if, those returns will materialize. This week's tech selloff and tumbling AI-related stocks suggest the market may finally be demanding answers.Today's Stocks & Topics: Primoris Services Corporation (PRIM), Market Wrap, Oil Stocks, Is the AI Trade Over? The Bear Case Against Hyperscaler Spending, 401k Allocation, Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEMAX), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), K92 Mining Inc. (KNT.TO), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (VTI), The IPO Market.Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
With markets simultaneously hitting record highs on AI optimism while facing war-driven inflation and potential rate hikes, some prominent voices are questioning whether passive index investing is still the right default strategy. We weigh the evidence on when active management or factor-based strategies may genuinely add value — and when they don't.Today's Stocks & Topics: Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR), Market Wrap, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX), PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), Are Index Funds Enough in a Volatile Market? The Case for and Against Active Strategies, Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Bitcoin Strategy, NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), IPOs Time.Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
(From NATO allies boosting budgets in response to Russia's aggression to Asia-Pacific nations rearming amid China's military buildup, defense spending is rising on virtually every continent. We examine how investors can think about the long-term defense sector tailwind without simply chasing headlines.)Today's Stocks & Topics: Lincoln National Corporation (LNC), Market Wrap, AT&T Inc. (T), The Clorox Company (CLX), Insulet Corporation (PODD), Defense Stocks 2026: How the Global Security Boom Creates Long-Term Investment Opportunities, The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (HIG), Key Benchmark Numbers: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline, WESCO International, Inc. (WCC), KPP Newsletter, Fidelity Total Bond Fund (FTBFX), Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (BSV), Lithium.Our Next Wealth Webinar: “Beyond the Yield: How to Invest for Your Income Needs” June 30th, 2026 - 12:00 pmTo sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717793889555/WN_XuoDgMVwSv6wZXXurrZTLgOur Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
A new survey finds that net worth — not income — is the dominant driver of financial anxiety, suggesting that many high earners are far less financially secure than their paychecks imply. We dig into what this means for how everyday investors should be building and measuring their financial progress.Today's Stocks & Topics: Carvana Co. (CVNA), Market Wrap, Expand Energy Corporation (EXE), Vista Shares Electrification Supercycle ETF (POW), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX), Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU), Net Worth Milestones by Age: Why Net Worth Matters More Than Income for Financial Security, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX), Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL), Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Million Dollar Retirement? Our Next Wealth Webinar: “Beyond the Yield: How to Invest for Your Income Needs” June 30th, 2026 - 12:00 pmTo sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717793889555/WN_XuoDgMVwSv6wZXXurrZTLgOur Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Gold is dipping even as the Middle East conflict intensifies and inflation worries mount — a counterintuitive move that has investors scratching their heads about where to find safety. We explore what's really driving gold prices and whether the precious metal still belongs in a defensive portfolio.Today's Stocks & Topics: Treasury Bill, Market Wrap, Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD), Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM), Gold's Confusing Signal: Why the Safe-Haven Trade Isn't Playing Out as Expected, Select STOXX Europe Aerospace & Defense ETF (EUAD), Salesforce, Inc. (CRM), Uranium Royalty Corp. (UROY), AstraZeneca PLC (AZN).Our Next Wealth Webinar: “Beyond the Yield: How to Invest for Your Income Needs” June 30th, 2026 - 12:00 pmTo sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717793889555/WN_XuoDgMVwSv6wZXXurrZTLgOur Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Treasury yields are edging higher as U.S.-Iran military exchanges rattle markets and inflation expectations climb, creating a challenging environment for fixed income investors. We decode what's driving yield movement right now and whether bond investors should be repositioning for a higher-for-longer world.Today's Stocks & Topics: Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC), Market Wrap, Phibro Animal Health Corporation (PAHC), Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI), Is the 10-Year Treasury Yield About to Break Out? What Rising Rates Mean for Bonds and Borrowing, Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA), Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI), The IPO Market, Dividend Reinvestment, Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VO). Our Next Wealth Webinar: “Beyond the Yield: How to Invest for Your Income Needs” June 30th, 2026 - 12:00 pmTo sign up: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717793889555/WN_XuoDgMVwSv6wZXXurrZTLgOur Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out Scribe and use my code scribe.how/invest for a great deal: https://scribe.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands