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In this episode, Malisha Patel, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hermann Southwest and Sugar Land Hospitals, joins the podcast to discuss how major industry changes are reshaping healthcare delivery. She shares strategies for optimizing workflow, adapting to evolving federal and state policy shifts, and establishing an AI governance council to guide responsible innovation. She also outlines how her organization is navigating the transition to value-based care while maintaining operational excellence.

In this episode, Luis Taveras, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Jefferson Health, shares how he is leading large scale integration, advancing AI with a human centered approach, and transforming IT into a value engine that supports clinical excellence and strategic growth.

Omni Talk Retail is live from eTail West 2026 with continued coverage powered by NetElixir. In this interview, recorded on site at eTail West, Anne Mezzenga speaks with Alex Seaman, Senior Vice President of Furniture.com, about the company's recent relaunch and its vision for the future of furniture shopping. Furniture.com is building a unified, AI driven platform designed to simplify one of retail's most complex and considered purchases. By partnering with trusted national furniture retailers, the platform enables shoppers to browse, compare, and check out across multiple merchants in one seamless experience, while retailers retain ownership of fulfillment and first party customer relationships. Alex explains how Furniture.com is leveraging standardized product data, conversational search, and its in house AI agent Dottie to reduce decision fatigue and bring joy back to home design. The conversation also explores why brand trust and strong retail partnerships will matter even more as AI powered discovery reshapes how consumers shop. Key Topics Covered: • The recent Furniture.com relaunch and AI powered foundation • Agentic checkout and multi merchant cart functionality • Standardizing and enriching product data across 75 plus retailers • Why trust and brand strength matter in an AI driven search landscape • Balancing B2B retailer partnerships with a shopper first experience • Solving decision fatigue in high consideration purchases like furniture Stay tuned for more interviews from eTail West 2026. #eTailWest #RetailInnovation #Ecommerce #AIinRetail #FurnitureRetail #OmniChannel #DigitalCommerce #RetailLeadership

From AI-powered shopping agents to instant payments and embedded finance, commerce is evolving faster than many businesses realise. On Mind Your Business, the Breakfast Show speaks with Krishnaraj Tantri, Senior Vice President, South and SEA, Global Payments, to break down the six forces redefining how consumers pay, spend and interact with businesses across Asia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump is set to deliver the first official State of the Union address of his second term today. While foreign policy tension remains high, polling indicates that voters are primarily focused on the economy at home and their own wallets. Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, Senior Vice President at CRC Advisors, joins the Rundown to break down how the White House plans to address the "affordability crisis," the President's strategy for maintaining momentum on immigration enforcement, and the high stakes of the upcoming midterms.Nearly two million soldiers, thousands of civilians, and hundreds of children are dead as the bloody violence continues four years after Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite a worldwide effort to bring peace, little progress has been made to end the conflict as deadly attacks still rain down on innocent communities. Gen. Jack Keane, a retired four-star general, FOX News Senior Strategic Analyst and chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, joins the Rundown to take a look at the status of peace negotiations and a potential end of the conflict. Plus, commentary by Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter and author of the "Unreported Truths" Substack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI and Information Officer at Seattle Children's, shares how the organization is deploying agentic AI for clinical pathways, ambient documentation and translation tools, while strengthening cybersecurity, optimizing IT spend and expanding digital access for patients and families.

In this episode, Hillery Smith Shay, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer and Senior Vice President of Communications at Children's Minnesota, shares how the organization is embedding a systemwide total experience strategy, launching Epic to power a seamless digital front door, and positioning experience as a true strategic differentiator amid financial and care delivery challenges.

Public health is everywhere, but too often, people don't see it. In this episode, we explore how the field can build a stronger future by investing in the next generation of professionals and improving how it communicates its value to the public. Dr. Kimberly Wyche Etheridge, Senior Vice President of Health Initiatives at ASTHO discusses why workforce pathway programs, mentorship, and hands-on partnerships between universities and health departments are critical as experienced leaders retire and workforce gaps grow. She shares why more students are choosing public health, how practical experience helps bridge the gap between theory and real-world practice, and why retaining early-career professionals requires rethinking workplace culture. From creative funding strategies to proactive pipeline development, she makes the case that investing in people today is essential for protecting community health tomorrow. Then, Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the  de Beaumont Foundation explains why, in a recent article, he argued public health must do a better job communicating its impact. He explores how partnerships across sectors, from business and education to faith communities, can strengthen support, and why consistency, speed, and alignment in messaging are more important than ever. We also discuss how digital creators and influencers are reshaping trust, why public health should meet audiences where they already are, and what it will take to build a clear, unified value proposition for the field.Journal of Public Health Management and PracticeSubscribe | ASTHO

Watch Eddy Cue's Full Interview by Katarina Mogus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfDJGy8sRIWatch Stefano Domenicali (F1 CEO) Full Interview by Katarina Mogus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wf-cEP_WJ8&t=7sToday I sat down with Katarina Mogus to unpack her exclusive interview with Eddy Cue, Apple's Senior Vice President of Services, and what it reveals about the future of Apple TV+, Formula 1's upcoming partnership with Apple, and how the company is reshaping storytelling across film, television, and live sports. We discuss Apple TV+'s massive year. This conversation gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what's coming next.Katarina Mogus YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCoOlRv3bSIbUyVgEkjfeJRA Katarina Mogus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enfliquecreative?igsh=MXR2M3ByNnRtcmluZg==

President Trump is set to deliver the first official State of the Union address of his second term today. While foreign policy tension remains high, polling indicates that voters are primarily focused on the economy at home and their own wallets. Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, Senior Vice President at CRC Advisors, joins the Rundown to break down how the White House plans to address the "affordability crisis," the President's strategy for maintaining momentum on immigration enforcement, and the high stakes of the upcoming midterms.Nearly two million soldiers, thousands of civilians, and hundreds of children are dead as the bloody violence continues four years after Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite a worldwide effort to bring peace, little progress has been made to end the conflict as deadly attacks still rain down on innocent communities. Gen. Jack Keane, a retired four-star general, FOX News Senior Strategic Analyst and chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, joins the Rundown to take a look at the status of peace negotiations and a potential end of the conflict. Plus, commentary by Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter and author of the "Unreported Truths" Substack.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send a textAs loyalty programs move into 2026, brands are confronting a fundamental shift: loyalty is no longer sustained by accumulation alone. Points, miles, and introductory bonuses still matter, but they no longer guarantee relevance or emotional attachment. Instead, transparency, experiential value, and ongoing engagement are becoming the defining forces shaping how loyalty programs earn and maintain consumer trust. We recently spoke with Eileen Peacock, Senior Vice President, General Manager, at Valuedynamx U.S., who shared how shifting consumer expectations, subscription-influenced behavior, and a growing desire for real-world experiences are reshaping loyalty strategy across industries. 

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court decided that President Trump's global tariffs on imported goods were unconstitutional. With Trump promising to find other ways to impose his tariffs, small business owners are unsure of how or if they'll get their entitled refunds. In the Loop spoke with Stephen Woldenberg, Senior Vice President of Sales for Learning Resources, the Vernon Hills-based business that led the charge to bring the legal case to the country's highest court. Plus, we talk to Cécile Shea, nonresident senior fellow on security and diplomacy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.

Don’t drift into retirement. Design yours. Learn more about our next small group coaching program starting in April here. Sign up here. Very Early Registration Discount ends on March 1st. _______________________ What happens when you finally get everything you worked for…and realize something is missing? In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Darrow Kirkpatrick shares what early retirement can really feel like — beyond the spreadsheets and freedom headlines. After leaving his software engineering career, he found himself confronting something he didn't expect: the loss of identity and clout that work had quietly provided. He discovered that early retirement wasn’t just about having time—it was about creating meaning. Instead of retreating, Darrow leaned into challenges. From launching a successful retirement blog Can I Retire Yet? to spending nights alone above 12,000 feet, to confronting his lifelong struggles with fear and panic, Darrow’s journey, chronicled in his new book Two Sticks, One Path, reveals the surprising truth about what can make retirement fulfilling. If you're within a few years of retirement — or already there — this conversation will make you think differently about what comes next –  and why the challenges we choose to take on may matter more than the comfort we think we want. _________________________ Bio Darrow Kirkpatrick is the author of the new book Two Sticks, One Path: A Journey Beyond Fear on the Colorado Trail. Darrow is an early-retired civil and software engineer with five decades of hiking, biking, and technical rock-climbing experience, including first ascents in the Shawangunks of New York and the sandstone belt of Tennessee. He climbed three big walls in Yosemite Valley, California: The Shield and The Nose on El Capitan, and The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome. In 2011 he founded “Can I Retire Yet?” — winner of the 2019 Plutus award for Best Retirement Blog. His personal finance books include “Retiring Sooner” and “Can I Retire Yet?” ___________________________ For More on Darrow Kirkpatrick Two Sticks, One Path: A Journey Beyond Fear on the Colorado Trail Can I Retire Yet? ___________________________ Podcast Conversations You May Like How to Prepare Mentally for Life After Work – Joseph Maugeri The Inspired Retirement – Nathalie Martin Lessons Learned in Early Retirement – Chris Mamula _____________________________ About The Retirement Wisdom Podcast There are many podcasts on retirement, often hosted by financial advisors with their own financial motives, that cover the money side of the street. This podcast is different. You'll get smarter about the investment decisions you'll make about the most important asset you'll have in retirement: your time. About Retirement Wisdom I help people who are retiring, but aren't quite done yet, discover what's next and build their custom version of their next life. A meaningful retirement doesn't just happen by accident. Schedule a call today to discuss how the Designing Your Life process created by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans can help you make your life in retirement a great one — on your own terms. About Your Podcast Host Joe Casey is an executive coach who helps people design their next life after their primary career and create their version of The Multipurpose Retirement.™ He created his own next chapter after a 26-year career at Merrill Lynch, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of HR for Global Markets & Investment Banking. Joe has earned Master's degrees from the University of Southern California in Gerontology (at age 60), the University of Pennsylvania, and Middlesex University (UK), a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his coaching certification from Columbia University. In addition to his work with clients, Joe hosts The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, ranked in the top 1% globally in popularity by Listen Notes, with over 1.6 million downloads. Business Insider recognized Joe as one of 23 innovative coaches who are making a difference. He's the author of Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy. ___________________________ Wise Quotes On the Value of Challenge in Retirement “I find 100% of the meaning that I found in early retirement has come from the challenges I’ve tackled.” On Meaningful Pursuits “The things I did pay attention to starting Can I Retire Yet, a successful personal finance blog, a bucket list item hiking the Colorado Trail, even though I had to do most of it on crutches, those things are incredibly meaningful to me, writing a memoir about it. I think I would have really regretted if I had stayed at my corporate desk through all those years instead of reaching for those bucket list items.” On Adaptation “I did have a series of chronic injuries in my lower body, which got worse. I had a bad hamstring injury, was in bed for a few months, one summer. And as part of the recovery from that, a doctor friend suggested I start using forearm crutches… I wound up realizing I needed to just keep using the crutches on the trail, because they would keep me safe. They reduce the impact on my body, they prevent falls. And if I had any hope of doing a trail as difficult as the Colorado Trail, I needed all the help I could get.”

KNIFE, a 3-minute Micro-Horror Short Film. A slasher told from the point-of-view of the murder weapon. Michael Kuciak is the writer-director-editor of DEATH METAL, and the writer-producer of FROM THE SHADOWS (starring Keith David, Bruce Davison, and Selena Anduze). He has directed music videos and short films, including the award-winning horror shorts KNIFE and STAIRS, and served as a producer and executive producer on several independent feature films. Before focusing on filmmaking, Mike was the Senior Vice President of Development for a literary management-production company. He is the founder and CEO of Blast Furnace Media, and a partner of Alt-House Productions. Mike is a reformed musician; he used to play bass in punk and metal bands in his hometown of Chicago. He now lives in Los Angeles. —— Subscribe to the podcast: Tweets by wildsoundpod https://www.instagram.com/wildsoundpod/ https://www.facebook.com/wildsoundpod

Tell us what you think of the show! With global energy demand at an all-time high, battery storage is evolving from a flexible filler into a critical grid resource. Success in this new era depends less on the hardware itself and more on the digital intelligence used to run it. By leveraging a digital layer to optimize the economics of battery assets, utilities are now rethinking BESS as a high-value, GW-scale engine for reliability and market participation.To understand what this means on a practical level, we sat down with Brian Fellon, the Senior Vice President of Power Solutions at Xpansiv. He explains why battery energy storage systems are no longer an optional add-on but a critical backbone for grid operators. We also explore how utilities are moving from small-scale pilots to gigawatt-scale operations, the role of batteries in managing volatile demand from data centers, how real-time market participation demonstrates measurable value to regulators and ratepayers and much more. Want to make a suggestion for This Week in Cleantech? Nominate the stories that caught your eye each week by emailing Paul.Gerke@clarionevents.com

What does it take to redesign the American healthcare system from first principles?Dr. Jim Weinstein, world-renowned spine surgeon, former CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and current Senior Vice President at Microsoft Healthcare, joins MD-MBA candidate Abhinav Balu on this episode of Healthscape to explore how incentives, data infrastructure, and AI are reshaping care delivery.From the landmark SPORT trial to the creation of the High-Value Healthcare Collaborative, Dr. Weinstein explains why more money isn't the solution, why system design determines outcomes, and why healthcare needs ecosystem transformation, not just better technology.They also discuss Microsoft's Diagnostic Orchestrator AI, the promise of multimodal data, and the importance of judgment in an AI-enabled future.Tune in for a conversation on value, innovation, and the road ahead for healthcare.

In this episode, Amy Assenmacher, RN, Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle at Corewell Health, discusses margin pressure, payer challenges, and rising self pay trends, and shares how front end excellence, automation, analytics, and resilient leadership can transform the revenue cycle into a strategic driver of financial stability and patient experience.

Chris Holman welcomes back Mohamad Hammoud, Senior Vice President and Market Executive for Business Banking for Bank of America in Southeast Michigan, Detroit, MI. Talk about the overall findings of Bank of America's Business Owner Report. What did the report find about the confidence level of business owners across the country in 2026? Are these sentiments reflective of what you're hearing from Michigan's small and midsize business owners in your everyday work for Bank of America? What factors have led to optimism for Michigan business owners? What are the biggest concerns or headwinds for local businesses in 2026? Access to capital is one of the biggest barriers to growth for local businesses. How does Bank of America help improve access to capital for businesses here in Michigan? How much of a factor is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other new technology in how businesses are evolving in 2026 and beyond? What advice would you give to Michigan businesses about the year ahead? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/ Bank of America's Business Owner Report shows that 74% of small and mid-sized business owners nationwide expect revenue growth in 2026, signaling optimism despite continued economic pressure. Mohamad Hammoud, Senior Vice President and Market Executive for Business Banking at Bank of America in Metro Detroit, discusses how the findings reflect what Metro Detroit entrepreneurs are experiencing, and where challenges remain. A recent Detroit Region survey of 1,235 business owners across Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties highlights both opportunity and constraint: 61% of businesses are Black-owned 71% employ just 1–2 full-time workers 45% report annual revenue under $10,000 Access to capital (56%) and cost of capital (48%) are cited as the top barriers to growth Hammoud speaks to why optimism is rising, what financing challenges mean for job creation, and how emerging industries such as electric vehicles, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and information technology position Southeast Michigan for long-term growth. This is a timely, visually compelling local business story with direct relevance to viewers who own or work for small businesses.

Today, Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH's VP and Portfolio Manager, sits down with Mike Werbowecki, Senior Vice President at NFP Canada, who brings more than 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, primarily within group pension plans at firms such as Clarica, Equitable Life, and Manulife. Their discussion focuses on employer-sponsored pension plans in Canada, with particular attention to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans, including the current state of these plans, their limitations, the responsibilities of plan sponsors, and best practices for achieving strong outcomes for plan members. Mike also highlights the challenges both plan sponsors and members are likely to face in the years ahead, particularly as the shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution plans continues. Together, Randy and Mike offer a thoughtful and insightful conversation that provides practical guidance for navigating employer-sponsored pension plans.

In this episode, Scott MacLean, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at MedStar Health, discusses EHR modernization, application rationalization, and the role of AI and digital platforms in improving patient access, experience, and quality across the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. region.

What does it take to turn the dream of an autonomous SOC into something organizations can actually deploy? Subo Guha, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Stellar Cyber, joins Sean Martin to share how the company's AI-driven security operations platform is making that vision a reality. Stellar Cyber serves SOC teams across more than 50 countries, with a primary focus on MSPs and MSSPs supporting the underserved mid-market, though marquee enterprise customers like Canon are also part of the portfolio.How can agentic AI change the way SOC teams handle alert overload? Guha describes what he calls a "digital army" of AI agents that work around the clock to automate alert triage and catch phishing attacks. The system filters 70 to 80 percent of incoming alerts, allowing analysts to focus on the 20 percent that matter most. With attackers using AI to launch faster and more frequent campaigns, Stellar Cyber takes a human-augmented approach, meaning the AI learns from analyst interactions and continuously guides the SOC team toward faster, more accurate remediation.Why does this matter for MSPs operating on thin margins? Guha explains that the autonomous SOC capability layered on top of Stellar Cyber's XDR platform allows MSSPs to serve more customers, reduce mean time to repair, and grow their tenant base without proportionally increasing staff. When MSSPs grow revenue, Stellar Cyber grows alongside them, creating a mutually beneficial model that ultimately means more organizations get protected.This is a Brand Highlight. A Brand Highlight is a ~5 minute introductory conversation designed to put a spotlight on the guest and their company. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#highlightGUESTSubo Guha, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Stellar Cyber @LinkedInRESOURCESLearn more about Stellar Cyber: https://stellarcyber.aiAre you interested in telling your story?▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlightKEYWORDSSubo Guha, Stellar Cyber, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand highlight, autonomous SOC, agentic AI, security operations, XDR, NDR, MSSP, MSP, alert triage, AI-driven security, Open XDR, Gartner Magic Quadrant, phishing detection, SOC automation 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, Michele Szkolnicki, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, discusses her multi-year initiative to rebuild and stabilize the nursing workforce, achieving a zero percent vacancy in medical-surgical units, and shares how nursing can drive value, improve patient outcomes, and support hospital finances in 2026.

In this episode of “Why I Teach,” Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), sits down with Dr. Kevin E. O'Donnell, Professor of English and recipient of the 2024 Stephen L. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Appalachian Studies Association. With more than 30 years of experience teaching literature, composition, and environmental writing, Dr. O'Donnell shares insights on storytelling, writing pedagogy, the impact of technology in the classroom, and the power of honesty in writing. He also discusses teaching The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, Appalachian literature such as Serena by Ron Rash, and his upcoming book, The Woodlands of the Mind: Rambles Through Campus Forests. Find out more: ETSU Common Read: https://www.etsu.edu/provost/common-read.php ETSU Festival of Ideas: https://www.etsu.edu/festival/ ETSU College of Arts and Sciences: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/ Podcast Transcript:  [Music] Dr. Kevin O'Donnell I love John Green's writing for one thing. It's really accessible. His voice draws you in. He starts with these quirky topics. He'll be writing about Super Mario Kart. Within a few pages, he's talking about community and luck versus skill, and these bigger issues. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Hi, I'm Kimberly McCorkle, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at East Tennessee State University. From the moment I arrived on this campus, I have been inspired by our faculty, their passion for what they do, their belief in the power of higher education, and the way they are transforming the lives of their students. This podcast is dedicated to them: Our incredible faculty at ETSU. Hear their stories as they tell us why I teach. In this episode, we will sit down with Dr. Kevin E. O'Donnell, Professor of English and recipient of the 2024 Stephen L. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Appalachian Studies Association. A native of Northeast Ohio, Dr. O'Donnell earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and has taught at ETSU for more than 30 years. His courses include Advanced Composition, American Literature, Literary Nonfiction, and Environmental Writing. He's the author of numerous publications, including Seekers of Scenery: Travel Writing from Southern Appalachia, co-authored with Helen Hollingsworth. This year, he looks forward to the release of a new book, co-written with his ETSU colleague, Dr. Scott Honeycutt, titled The Woodlands of the Mind: Rambles Through Campus Forests. Enjoy the show. Dr. O'Donnell, welcome to the show. I start my podcast with the same question for every guest. Take me back to your first day as a faculty member at ETSU, and looking back on that day, what is one piece of advice that you would have given yourself? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Well, it's a great question. I have to think back and see if I can remember 30 years. It's half a lifetime ago, you know. But if I could give myself advice, I would say, young Kevin, trust the process. With writing, it's so challenging. You get papers from the students, especially in the first-year classes on the first day. And they've got all kinds of issues, and the first thing you see are the problems when you read them, and you want to fix everything. But just trust the process. You know, if they've got 15 weeks, if they get four or five good writing experiences, including revision and feedback, and over the course of 15 weeks, you can do a lot. Yeah. Thank you. Reflecting on your 30-plus years in the classroom here, how has your approach to teaching literature and composition changed over the years? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, that's kind of a related question. I don't think my philosophy has changed, but a lot of the technology has changed. I mean, I kind of developed the belief in grad school that you learn to write by having an audience, writing for audiences. But 30 years ago, typically, students would print one copy, and if you were lucky, you could circulate it, do some group work and stuff, but you couldn't publish it. And then with the development of the internet, making easier access to the internet available, I started publishing my students' work on the web, and then they started publishing their own, and you get it out in front of an audience a lot more. And that's great for writing pedagogy. And then multimedia, doing this kind of stuff, like the Whisper Room over in... We were talking about that earlier over in the Innovation Commons. Yeah. I've had my students doing that, so that's part of writing now, I think, is multimedia. You can't just think of it as words on a page. Typically, anything, it's words on a screen, and then the spoken word component, recording. So that's changed how I teach a lot. I'll have my students do an audio piece and then post it on YouTube, say. That's what they did last semester. They must enjoy that. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell The response to it was great. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle   How do you see the connection between storytelling and how we understand our environment, culture, and region? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, storytelling, I mean, it's... You could argue that all understanding is narrative. Like, people understand things in terms of people in places doing things, which is character-setting-plot, you know? So with the Environmental Studies minor, there's a required course that's environmental writing. We get students who are being trained in science, like biologists, who take that minor, and they come in and read some environmental literature, and you've got these science writers using narrative to make sense of the science. So I think it's a crucial component. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Which literary work or author has been especially rewarding for you to teach over the years, and why? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, I love that question. There's been a lot of them. I'm teaching a book this semester, a 2008 novel by Ron Rash called Serena, which is a super well-written, super fun novel, but it takes place in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the 1920s when the Smokies were being logged. So it's set against the backdrop of this huge natural resource extraction story that shaped Appalachia, the logging of the great Appalachian forest. But it's also really dramatic. It's got these tightly written chapters. There's some great villains and some shocking murders, and it's a great book. And Ron Rash is coming to our literary festival in April. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Fantastic. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell So students are reading that novel, and I've taught that four or five times over the years, and it's a great, great book for an environmental writing class. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Is he a regional author? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell He's at Western Carolina. He's down in Cullowhee. He's probably about ready to retire, but he grew up in upstate South Carolina. And yeah, he's a great writer. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle It must be great for students to connect to a book that's about the region. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, and a lot of students didn't know the story that it tells, and people know the area, recognize places where scenes take place. Yeah, so it's great. That's a good one. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Earlier this year, you presented an outstanding lecture to kick off this year's Common Read, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. What about that book resonated with you, and why do you think it was a good fit for ETSU's campus community? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, I think it was a great fit, or it seems to be getting a good response from students. And part of it, for 15 years or more, I was a fan of the Vlogbrothers. They do their YouTube science stuff. And the format is, it's basically the essay format. You've got two, 3,000 words. I love John Green's writing, for one thing. It's really accessible. His voice draws you in. And he starts with these quirky topics. Like he'll be writing about Super Mario Kart. And within a few pages, he's talking about community and luck versus skill and these bigger issues. And so I like that they're inviting, these essays are inviting and they draw you in. They're really accessible. You can read one in 15 minutes. And the five-star review format is kind of fun. Like that, my students want to write those. You give that as a writing assignment. Here's an essay, you're going to make it ostensibly a review of something. That you're going to give five stars. So your job is to evaluate. Students like it. So I think it was a good choice. I'm excited about him. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle That's great, yeah. I know, as you said, a lot of students are excited. They've connected to his work for a long time. Students who've said he taught them what they know about history, for instance. As you know, we are excited to be able to welcome John Green to campus in just a few days to speak at the ETSU Festival of Ideas. From your experience, how does engaging with an author and hearing them talk about their work deepen students' connections to a text compared to just reading it in a classroom? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, I think it's a big deal. It can change your relationship to the text. It sure humanizes it, you know? One thing about reading, even if you're reading for a class, reading seems like a really solitary activity. You go to your quiet space and you're sitting by yourself. But then these students are going to come together and see hundreds of other people who have also connected with the same text and see the author. It just makes it very visceral, the sense of how social reading is, even though it feels solitary in some ways it is, but it's a deeply social act. And I think one of the things I'm excited about is it's fun seeing other people who are excited about writing that you're excited about. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Right, yeah. Feels like you're in a community of readers when you watch an author talk about their work. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Right. Yeah, yeah. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle As I mentioned in the introduction, you have a book coming out this year. Will you please share a preview of The Woodlands of the Mind and a bit about what inspired you and Dr. Honeycutt to write the book? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, thanks for asking about that. So it was really inspired by the ETSU campus. We've got, well, you know about University Woods south of the railroad bypass there. We've got 30 acres of, couple dozen at least ancient oak trees up there. And it's a really special place. And Scott Honeycutt and I, for years we'd been taking our students over there to do classrooms and to do awareness stuff and to do walks. And back in 2018, I think it was before COVID, we wrote a small grant and brought an author to class, author to campus rather, Joan Maloof, who is a biologist from Maryland who's also written some very good books, including one that Scott and I are fans of called "Among the Ancients" where she goes around and visits different old, remnant old growth forests and writes about them, but also writes about regional history and natural history. So we brought her to campus. It turns out she's the founding director of the Old-Growth Forest Network. And long story short, she came to campus, did a public nature walk with people over in the woods and then did a talk in the evening at the old East Tennessee Room and generated a lot of excitement, which led to us forming an ad-hoc committee to see if we can get the University Woods to be part of the Old-Growth Forest Network. As a community forest, Dr. Noland, our awesome president, was very supportive of this. So long story short, later that spring, Joan came back on her own dime for a dedication ceremony we did where Dr. Noland spoke and read a little poem on some other people, and we designated it as a community forest. So that experience, Scott and I to look around and it turns out a lot of universities have often old-growth remnants, which are rare attached to their property, partly because of the history of universities and land use, especially in the East. So we started learning about these places. So we thought, well, no one's written about this. So we've selected 15 places from Rome up to Maine, some small colleges, some bigger schools, like Virginia Tech and Penn State. And we split them up and we went around and wrote, kind of inspired by Joan Maloof, these travel essays with history, natural history, and we package them together and sent our proposal to the University of Georgia Press, and the editor called us back the next day and said she wanted to publish it. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Congratulations. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah, thanks. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Look forward to reading it. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Awesome. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle What books do you have on your to-read pile and do you have any favorite books or authors that you'd recommend for consideration for future common reads at ETSU? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Right. Yeah, my to-read pile is pretty big and half of them I never get to. I own a lot of books I've never read. I'm glad to hear that it makes me feel less guilty. But something about owning them, I hope that maybe I'll soak up. I don't know. And even better if you put them on your bedside table to look at you, yes, yeah. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yes, one I was thinking about that I read recently is Beth Macy who is, she wrote a book called Dopesick that the Hulu miniseries starring Michael Keaton was based on, was pretty much directly from that book. And it's a great book. But more recently in the fall, she came out with a book called Paper Girl. It's sort of a memoir she tells about growing up underprivileged in rural Ohio and then goes back there now and finds a version of herself and to look at how kids don't have the same opportunities, basically, young people. And in the process she's also talking about being a journalist and how people respond or don't respond to journalism and conspiracy theorizing has sort of moved into the vacuum where journalism has moved out of and which sounds all serious, but it's a fun book and it got a lot of attention in the fall. That one, she lives down at Roanoke. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Interesting. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell We should get her up here. That would be a good one. But my dream author would be Elizabeth Kolbert. She's a New Yorker magazine writer who probably about 10 years ago she published a book called The Sixth Extinction which won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction which is an amazing book. It's about the planet that is currently undergoing a major extinction event, which is a grim topic. But she writes these essays where she goes around and talks to people and they're really engaging. She's the best science writer I know and she's a best seller. I think there'd be enthusiasm about her. She's got a new book, which is a collection of her New Yorker essays. So Elizabeth Kolbert--I don't know if we could get her. I don't know if she does campus visits but she'd be a good get. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Great suggestions. Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Yeah. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Finally, what impact do you hope you've made on your students? Dr. Kevin O'Donnell Gosh, that's a big one. Been thinking about that a lot now that I'm 30 years into this. I would hope when my students leave my class they understand that good writing is about honesty. Because I think students come in and when they're supposed to do academic writing they feel like they need to adopt this persona that's the voice of authority. And they don't feel confident in that authority. So they put on a role. And that, as much as anything, leads to tangled sentences and unclear writing. But if you can be honest about your relationship to your material and your audience, and in a simple way, not like deep profound, doesn't have to be deep profound honesty, but that's honesty is what good writing is about. That's, I would hope students would leave my class with that understanding. Dr. Kimerly D. McCorkle Dr. O'Donnell, it's been a pleasure speaking with you. Thank you for your thoughtful reflections on teaching, literature, and the Common Read experience. Thank you for the way you engage your students with literature. I'm looking forward to adding your new book to my reading list this year. Thanks for listening to "Why I Teach." For more information about Dr. O'Donnell, the College of Arts and Sciences, or this podcast series, visit the ETSU Provost website at etsu.edu slash Provost. You can follow me on social media at ETSU Provost. And if you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to like and subscribe to "Why I Teach" wherever you listen to podcasts. 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Bruno Felicidade Jones is Senior Vice President at Trace Brand Building, a company specializing in brand strategy, digital marketing, and agile digital transformation to help businesses enhance customer experience and drive sales. Under Bruno's leadership, Trace Brand Building has enabled clients to achieve impressive results through innovative AI-driven marketing systems, and Bruno himself is recognized for over two decades of experience in brand building and digital transformation. An advocate for leveraging AI to accelerate content creation, Bruno frequently shares practical strategies for establishing authority and trust online, optimizing for search engines, and building a strong digital presence. In this episode… If you think a polished LinkedIn profile is enough to build credibility online, think again. In an era where AI tools decide who gets seen and who gets ignored, the real question is: how do you prove your authority and earn trust in a way that both humans and machines recognize? For Bruno Felicidade Jones, a seasoned brand strategist and digital authority expert, the answer lies in mastering E-E-A-T: experience, expertise, authority, and trust. He explains that search engines and large language models are constantly "crawling" your digital footprint, evaluating not just what you say about yourself, but how the broader internet validates it. That means optimized team bios, linked LinkedIn profiles, external reviews, authoritative backlinks, structured service pages, and content that reflects real-world perspective, not generic AI filler. When done right, this layered approach doesn't just improve rankings; it positions your business as the obvious, credible choice in both search results and AI-generated recommendations. Tune in to this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast as John Corcoran interviews Bruno Felicidade Jones, Senior Vice President at Trace Brand Building, to discuss how to drive authority and trust to get more traffic and sales. They explore E-E-A-T fundamentals, optimizing About and service pages, leveraging off-site reviews and backlinks, and using long-tail content to win AI visibility. Bruno also shares advice on turning email newsletters and sales insights into revenue-driving SEO assets.

AI is revolutionizing how health information is managed. Utilizing sophisticated algorithms, it can assist professionals in making more informed decisions. For instance, optical character recognition (OCR) can read and interpret medical records, identifying potential compliance issues and ensuring every page represents the correct patient.  In this episode, host Sandy Vance chats with Anupriyo Chakravarti, the Chief Technology and Product Officer at Verisma, about how healthcare organizations can use intelligent automation to reduce risk and uncover compliance gaps in order to free staff to work at the top of their license.  In this episode, they talk about: What Verisma can do for healthcare organizations Use case examples Some of the risks Verisma mitigates by finding missteps like unauthorized disclosures  AI is taking over the world of informatics Enabling people to work at the top of their license is critical People are not anti-AI, they are anti-opacity A Little About Anupriyo: Anupriyo Chakravarti joined Verisma Systems, Inc. in 2017 as the Senior Vice President of Research and Development. Anupriyo brings 25 years of experience as a highly effective leader in healthcare IT product management and software development for Fortune 500 companies and startups. Anupriyo joined Verisma after serving as vice president of product management and marketing at McKesson, where he led the product management and marketing functions of the Extended Care Services (ECS) business unit. Before McKesson, he worked for 11 years at Surgical Information Systems (SIS), where he led software development, and ultimately product management, to deliver solutions for the surgery and anesthesia departments at health systems and ambulatory surgery centers. Prior to working with SIS, Anupriyo worked for Arthur Andersen, Ryder Dedicated Logistics, IBM and TATA Motors. Anupriyo has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Roorkee in India.   

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Karolyn Pearson, Senior Executive Vice President Operations, EducationDynamics, Matt Harris, Sr. Director of Communications, & Scott Bacon, Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Jacksonville UniversityIn this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe SallustioHow does AI create feedback loops for crisis comms by writing coverage in both positive & negative light to prepare for multiple scenarios?Why use AI as thought partner to craft narratives around financial challenges when media members are using AI too?What makes strategic PR shift narrative from lazy financial challenge coverage to addressing workforce needs with Mayo Clinic & Baptist Health partnerships?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠We make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

In this episode, Matt Timmons, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Manning Family Children's, shares how the organization rebuilt its pediatric heart center through focused leadership, culture change, and physician recruitment. He also discusses 2026 priorities including campus expansion, a new NICU, growth in pediatric cancer and sickle cell care, and scaling school based health programs amid Medicaid funding uncertainty.

The Steve Gruber Show | Justice on the Line: Epstein Files, Border Chaos & Midterm Consequences --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:02 – Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute. Isaac explains why achieving American energy dominance will require a renewed commitment to nuclear power. He discusses how nuclear energy fits into long-term reliability, affordability, and national security goals. 28:00 – Rob Rene, Founder of QE Strong. Rene breaks down the science behind red light therapy and addresses whether it's a scam or a legitimate health tool. He explains the potential benefits and how listeners can learn more at qestrong.com/gruber using code GRUBER. 38:03 - Monologue 46:57 – Christina Buttons, investigative reporter at the Manhattan Institute. Buttons takes listeners inside Minneapolis's ICE Watch Network and examines how certain protest organizations escalated tensions. She discusses the structure, funding, and impact of activist networks in the city. 57:10 – David Buzzard, Army veteran, two-time Purple Heart recipient, Combat Infantryman, and congressional candidate in North Carolina's 7th District. Buzzard argues that peace talks alone don't stop wars and shares his perspective shaped by firsthand combat experience. He discusses national security and leadership priorities. 1:16:04 - Monologue 1:24:57 – Jim Lee, Senior Vice President of Data Policy and Analytics at the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. Lee explains how rising pharmaceutical prices continue to drive up overall healthcare costs. He discusses the impact on hospitals, patients, and insurance premiums. 1:35:00 – Rep. Joe Aragona, representing Michigan's 60th District in Clinton Township. Aragona outlines a bipartisan legislative plan aimed at lowering housing costs. He discusses how regulatory reform and targeted policy changes could improve affordability. 1:43:46 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses a viral video of a grandmother who lost her grandson to violence and voiced support for tougher crime policies. The conversation also covers school choice, affordability, and the political issues likely to shape upcoming midterm elections. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... The First Episode is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/LcYYLfQWCY0

People believe research matters. What they don't always see is how it shows up in their lives.In this episode of Pulse Check: The Reputation Rethink, host Dayana Kibilds digs into one of the clearest findings from Ologie's national study: across politics, geography, and education level, the public overwhelmingly agrees that research — especially in STEM and medicine — is higher education's most important contribution beyond teaching.And yet, only about two-thirds of people believe colleges and universities are actually making an impact through research.So what closes that gap? Clearer storytelling.Day is joined by two higher ed communications leaders who have built national campaigns around that exact idea:Marina Cooper, Senior Associate Vice President for Integrated Marketing and Brand at Johns Hopkins University, behind the Research Saves Lives campaignKamrhan Farwell, Senior Vice President of University Relations at Boston University, behind the You Are Why campaignTogether, they unpack how research storytelling can:Make complex work feel real and relevantBuild public trust without politicizing the messageMobilize partners across campus, government, and advancementEnergize internal communities as much as external audiences - - - -Connect With Our Host:Mallory Willsea https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallorywillsea/https://twitter.com/mallorywillseaAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:The Higher Ed Pulse is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — The AI Workforce Platform for Higher Ed. Learn more at element451.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Joseph Lenzie, Senior Vice President, Treasury Management Officer Lead at Associated Bank, joins Steve Grzanich on this week's Thought Leader conversation to break down why traditional fraud detection isn't enough anymore, and how the financial world is evolving, from smarter fraud defense to the broader economic and risk trends shaping 2026.

In this episode, Doug Simon talks with Valerie Combs, Senior Vice President and Head of Communications at IAC, to explore what it truly takes for legacy brands to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving digital world. Valerie explains how companies can modernize without losing the trust and equity they've built over decades. She also shares how brands can lead with their values.D S Simon Media is a recognized innovator in broadcast public relations and the creator of the industry's first AI-Powered Broadcast Media Tour™. Since 2020, the firm has scheduled and produced more than 5,000 media segments annually, further establishing itself as a category leader. Clients include top brands in healthcare, technology, travel, financial services, food and beverage, consumer goods, entertainment, retail, and non-profits. Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026, the firm has won more than 100 industry awards.

In this episode, I speak with Reggie Nicolay, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Training at Realtors Property Resource (RPR), about how AI is reshaping the way consumers find and choose real estate agents. Reggie explains why visibility in AI search now depends on consistent digital profiles, local content, reviews, and trusted data signals. The episode also explores how RPR's AI-powered market trends, script writing, and new mobile AI CMA help agents communicate more clearly, build trust faster, and win clients earlier in the decision process. Resources Mentioned ScriptWriter in RPR. This link is a guided tour to the feature: rpr.me/scriptwriter ScriptWriter for Residential (Market Trends): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b79gYo2FAI0 ScriptWriter for Commercial (Trade Area): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52eNXdIivMA Mobile AI CMA (beta): https://blog.narrpr.com/tips/ai-cma-in-rpr-mobile-faster-pricing-conversations-agent-first-control/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeNChOdvEzY RPR AI Tools Hub: https://blog.narrpr.com/ai/ Reggie Nicolay AI Playbook: The AI Advantage: Winning Clients Before Your Competitors Do https://rpr.me/ebook Feb 12th, 2026 RPR Survey of Agents Using AI - https://blog.narrpr.com/tips/real-estate-agents-use-ai/  Books Mentioned Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller -  https://a.co/d/7FSuJUS    Guest: Reggie Nicolay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reggie.nicolay Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reggienicolay LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolay/   Host: Rajeev Sajja Website: http://www.realestateaiflash.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsajja  Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rajeev_sajja  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedIn.com/in/rsajja    Resources:  Podcast, Newsletter, and Resources - http://www.realestateaiflash.com  Join our Instagram Real Estate AI Insiders Channel - https://ig.me/j/AbZCJG37DqBPPtxi/ Subscribe to our weekly AI Newsletter - https://realestateai-flash.beehiiv.com/subscribe Agent Bio Visibility Optimizer GPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-687e4fde4ac48191aa71be5a671951b5-agent-bio-visibility-optimizer 

▷ Beyond the Scoreboard: Investing in the Sports Economy - Webinar: https://youtu.be/MCgjEG1UE8c ▷ Learn about the GOLS ETF: https://youtu.be/RU27jDocPH4 ▷ Ways to Play - Sports Investing: https://youtu.be/Gim5Zq3Dwbs In this bonus segment, "Extra Innings," Chris Marangi answers additional questions from Gabelli's live webinar on investing in the sports economy. Sports is more than just a game: it's a global business ecosystem built upon media rights, live experiences, and fan engagement. In this webinar, Gabelli Opportunities in Live and Sports (GOLS) Portfolio Manager Chris Marangi will discuss the key trends driving the sports and live entertainment economy and review the key revenue drivers of the industry. Chris will share his outlook for 2026 and beyond and explain how they evaluate opportunities across the ecosystem. Moderated by Katie Durkin, Senior Vice President. 2026 Playbook: The key trends that will drive the sports and live entertainment economy this year - The business of sports: Understanding key revenues drivers – media rights, ticketing, sponsorships, experiences, gaming, data, and infrastructure - Introducing GOLS: The Gabelli Opportunities in Live and Sports ETF (GOLS) – invest like a billionaire. - Investable ecosystem: Discussing the investable opportunity set including franchises, leagues, venues, and platforms - Investment process: How we apply Gabelli's Private Market Value with a Catalyst™ investment approach to uncover mispriced opportunities - Portfolio positioning: How GOLS may fit alongside core equity, thematic, and alternatives allocations - Stock spotlights: Examples of GOLS holdings - Q&A: Live questions from attendees 0:00 Gabelli Opportunities in Live & Sports - Extra Innings 0:27 GOLS Fees 0:48 Women's Sports 1:31 ETF Transparency 2:16 Diversification 3:08 Media plays 4:44 Betting 6:02 Europe - US: Football/soccer, NBA, F1/NASCAR, NFL? 8:05 Valuation gap between private vs. public sports franchises 9:25 Catalysts for sports teams 10:54 Atlanta Braves - broadcast/profit dynamics 12:44 Private equity and firms developing sports ETFs 14:13 What's next for GOLS? Raising capital? 14:57 Contact us 15:12 Important Disclaimers To learn more about Gabelli Funds' fundamental, research-driven approach to investing, visit https://m.gabelli.com/gtv_cu or email invest@gabelli.com. Connect with Gabelli Funds: • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/investgabelli/ • X - https://x.com/InvestGabelli • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/investgabelli/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/InvestGabelli http://www.Gabelli.com Invest with Us 1-800-GABELLI (800-422-3554)

▷ EXTRA INNINGS: Additional questions from our sports investing webinar - answered: https://youtu.be/keX4WHIrHU0 ▷ Learn about the GOLS ETF: https://youtu.be/RU27jDocPH4 ▷ Ways to Play - Sports Investing: https://youtu.be/Gim5Zq3Dwbs Sports is more than just a game: it's a global business ecosystem built upon media rights, live experiences, and fan engagement. In this webinar, Gabelli Opportunities in Live and Sports (GOLS) Portfolio Manager Chris Marangi will discuss the key trends driving the sports and live entertainment economy and review the key revenue drivers of the industry. Chris will share his outlook for 2026 and beyond and explain how they evaluate opportunities across the ecosystem. Moderated by Katie Durkin, Senior Vice President. 2026 Playbook: The key trends that will drive the sports and live entertainment economy this year - The business of sports: Understanding key revenues drivers – media rights, ticketing, sponsorships, experiences, gaming, data, and infrastructure - Introducing GOLS: The Gabelli Opportunities in Live and Sports ETF (GOLS) – invest like a billionaire. - Investable ecosystem: Discussing the investable opportunity set including franchises, leagues, venues, and platforms - Investment process: How we apply Gabelli's Private Market Value with a Catalyst™ investment approach to uncover mispriced opportunities - Portfolio positioning: How GOLS may fit alongside core equity, thematic, and alternatives allocations - Stock spotlights: Examples of GOLS holdings - Q&A: Live questions from attendees 0:00 About Gabelli 1:52 Opportunities in live & sports 4:20 Major trends in sports & media 5:17 Investable Universe 5:53 Private Market Value (PMV) & financial engineering 8:16 GOLS target audience 10:09 Why now? 12:05 GOLS Portfolio Holdings 15:23 Diversification 18:00 Golf 19:03 Cord cutting, cable, media rights 20:11 Baseball - likelihood of a lockout? 21:31 Institutional adoption 23:02 Contact us 23:27 Important Disclaimers To learn more about Gabelli Funds' fundamental, research-driven approach to investing, visit https://m.gabelli.com/gtv_cu or email invest@gabelli.com. Connect with Gabelli Funds: • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/investgabelli/ • X - https://x.com/InvestGabelli • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/investgabelli/ • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/InvestGabelli http://www.Gabelli.com Invest with Us 1-800-GABELLI (800-422-3554)

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Tracy Kreikemeier, Chief Relationship Officer, & Bethany Moran, Senior Vice President, Partnerships, EducationDynamicsIn this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe SallustioHow does the EDDY Intelligence Platform replace fragmented AI point solutions with 1 enterprise solution across marketing, enrollment & human capital?Why do modern learners never stop shopping post enrollment requiring institutions to continuously roll out the red carpet rather than just retaining?What makes revenue & reputation both mandatory when 1 without the other is either unsustainable or admired but going nowhere?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠We make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

What makes a romantic getaway truly unforgettable? On this episode of the Palmcast, we sit down with Debbie-Ann White, Senior Vice President of Weddings and Celebrations for Unique Vacations, Inc. Unique Vacations, Inc., the worldwide representative for Sandals and Beaches Resorts. With nearly 30 years of experience, Debbie explains why the Caribbean remains at the top of so many couples' travel lists, and how the right setting makes it easier to slow down and reconnect. She highlights standout resorts and destinations, sharing what sets each apart and what couples can realistically expect during their vacation, especially those who may be seeking a more romantic escape.

Jeffrey Condren is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Mesirow Wealth Management in Highland Park, Illinois. With over two decades of experience in the financial industry, Jeff specializes in guiding business owners through complex transitions—from business exits to legacy planning. He works primarily with entrepreneurs and multi-generational family businesses, particularly in manufacturing and healthcare sectors throughout the Midwest. His expertise includes tax-efficient wealth strategies, estate structuring, values-based investing, and helping families navigate the challenging conversations around succession planning. Jeff is known for his practical approach to transforming business liquidity into lasting family legacies while addressing the often-overlooked emotional and relational dynamics that can make or break generational wealth transfer.SHOW SUMMARYIn this episode, Jonathan Goldhill is joined by Jeffrey Condren, a certified financial planner with extensive experience in wealth management and advising multi-generational families. They explore why secrecy often leads to entitlement, the pitfalls of striving for fairness over equality, and the critical need for early and transparent conversations about values, expectations, and the realities of running a family business. They emphasize that successful generational transitions require exposing heirs to responsibility and decision-making early on. The episode also covers the nuances of assigning business roles to family members, handling business valuations realistically, and the importance of external mediation to navigate complex family dynamics.KEY TAKEAWAYSSuccessful families surface conflict early and structure it, rather than avoiding itFair and equal are not the same thing in family business transitionsExposing the next generation to business realities early prevents friction laterFirst-generation business owners struggle most with letting go of controlBusiness valuations should be updated every 1-2 years, not left for 7+ yearsDepression-era children often feel they never have "enough" money, regardless of actual wealthSuccession planning takes years, not months - there's no light switch solutionThe earlier difficult conversations happen, the smoother the transitionQUOTES"Successful families do not eliminate conflict. They surface it early, they structure it and use it to clarify values and expectations.""Fair versus equal. It is very different for a lot of people, and it's a very hard conversation to have, and there's no right or wrong answer.""Getting a business owner to think about their future self not involving the business... takes time. It's not a one hour conversation.""Tom Brady, arguably one of the greatest quarterbacks... had a quarterback coach. So when you stop and think about that, he probably doesn't need one, but there's still someone pointing out techniques that maybe he's not seeing.""How long things actually take - there's not a light switch solution to anything in life. The sooner they're willing to have the conversation, the smoother it is.""The idea of them not being involved in the business is so hard for them to comprehend that they don't know where to start and they'd rather ignore it."Connect and learn more about Jeffrey Condren.https://www.linkedin.com/in/condren/If you enjoyed today's episode, please subscribe, review, and share with a friend who would benefit from the message. If you're interested in picking up a copy of Jonathan Goldhill's book, Disruptive Successor, go to the website at www.DisruptiveSuccessor.com 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, host Sandy Vance chats with Sophie Cheng, the Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at Sinch. They discuss the most common communication pitfalls and share a handful of remedies so you can start sending smarter messages. You'll walk away with tangible tips on how to: ✔️ switch from omnichannel to optimal channel✔️ leverage AI to fix your no-show problem✔️ build patient trust through advanced messagingIn this episode, they talk about:What Sinch does and how it uses AI to simplify and personalize communication for customersHow AI-driven communication is being applied in healthcare and what leaders need to understandWhy better communication leads to faster interactions, improved patient experiences, and higher conversion ratesHow omnichannel communication strategies streamline workflows for healthcare organizationsHow Sinch helps organizations identify the right channels and interfaces for their patient populationsWhat it means to operate at the speed of trust, and why transparency mattersHow AI can make patient interactions feel more empathetic and humanWhy organizations should never underestimate the impact of their communication strategyA Little About Sophie:Sophie Cheng is the Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at Sinch, the global leader in CPaaS and the company behind the Customer Communications Cloud. With more than 15 years of international marketing experience, Sophie has held strategic roles across Europe, Asia, and North America, partnering closely with Product, Growth, and M&A leaders to manage complex, global portfolios. At Sinch, she leads global product marketing, partner marketing, and analyst relations, helping organizations deliver seamless, trusted communication experiences across messaging, voice, and email.Before Sinch, Sophie served as VP of Global Product and Customer Marketing at ZoomInfo and led Product Marketing at Chorus.ai. A true global citizen, she has worked extensively across EMEA, APAC, and the U.S. Sophie holds advanced degrees from the University of St. Gallen and Singapore University and is an active member of the CMO Alliance.

Low milk prices are a grim reality for dairy producers in the near term, with growing trade and federal action serving as remedies to get farmers through tough times, NMPF economists said in a Dairy Defined Podcast.“There really is no quick fix to get back into balance,” said Will Loux, Senior Vice President for Global Economic Affairs and the head of the joint economics team for NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council. “I do think there are real ways that, from the Whole Milk to Healthy Kids Act, to the National Milk Exports and Trade program, to opportunities to beef up Dairy Revenue Protection, to making sure folks are utilizing that program or Dairy Margin Coverage. There are ways to help, I think, mitigate the pain that we see dairy farmers feeling today from a policy perspective.” Loux is joined in the podcast by Stephen Cain, Vice President for Economic Policy and Market Analysis.

With the Munich Security Conference underway, Senior Vice President of CRC Advisors and Host of the 10-Minute Drill podcast Matt Whitlock reviews the performance of Democrats such as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as they struggle to articulate their parties foreign policy agenda on the world stage. Meanwhile, Americans are in the midst of another partial government shutdown, which Matt analyzes as a result of congressional leadership catering to an aggressive online base. I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Matt discusses the infrastructure crisis involving a massive raw sewage leak into the Potomac River and the lack of transparency from local officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Mark R. Ginsberg, President, Towson UniversityIn this episode, President Series #445, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,YOUR cohost is Christi Segal, Senior Vice President of Managed Services & Executive Business Development, EllucianYOUR host is Christi Segal, Senior Vice President of Managed Services & Executive Business Development, EllucianHow does a 126 year old small Christian liberal arts university become 1 of only 4 schools in the world offering pre-K through doctoral programs & the only Christian institution in that category while achieving largest freshman class in 42 years?Why does a president who writes to campus every Friday believe retention is everyone's job from cafeteria workers to coaches & how does knowing students' names literally keep students enrolled & in some cases alive?What does the longer the perspective the better the decision mean for combating society's default to quit when life gets hard & how can higher education teach perseverance that transfers to jobs, marriages & life beyond the transfer portal culture?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today! 

Will you retire with purpose? Don’t leave it to chance. Design Your New Life after you leave full-time work. Learn more about our next small group coaching program starting in April here – and sign up here. __________________________ What if the word retirement is setting us up for the wrong life? After years in senior leadership roles, Cesar Aguirre discovered something most of us miss about retirement: the word itself matters more than we think. In English, we “retire” – we withdraw. In Portuguese, you become “aposentado” – left aside or left behind. But in Spanish-speaking cultures, retirement is called “jubilación” – which comes from the word for joy. That distinction changed everything for Cesar. Because when he stepped away from his career, it wasn’t the loss of work that shocked him – it was the jarring shock of losing an identity. He realized retirement isn’t just a life transition, it’s an identity transition, offering an opportunity to redefine who you want to become, and retire with purpose. Cesar joins us to share the framework he developed through his own transition – a ten-chapter roadmap for moving from “what I’m leaving” to “what I’m moving toward.” He’ll reveal why planning goes far beyond your finances, how to measure success when you’re no longer producing output, and the key warning signs that show up early when retirement first starts going wrong. This is a conversation about why approaching retirement with more intention might just create the most fulfilling chapters of your life. How will you retire with purpose? Cesar Aguirre joins us from Florida. __________________________ Bio César Aguirre is a seasoned HR executive with over 40 years of experience in global talent development. Now in active retirement, he embodies reinvention with passion as mentor, consultant, and author. In his book, Retirement with Purpose: The 10 Rs of Retirement, he shares his vibrant energy and insights to help readers rediscover purpose and embrace joyful living in their post-career lives. He currently resides in a lively 55+ community in Central Florida with his wife, inspiring others to design their authentic journeys for the second act of their lives. _______________________ For More on Cesar Aguirre Retirement with Purpose: The 10 Rs of Retirement _______________________ Podcast Conversations You May Like How to Prepare Mentally for Life After Work – Joseph Maugeri Re-Visioning Retirement – Susan Reid, PhD How to Retire – Christine Benz _________________________ About The Retirement Wisdom Podcast There are many podcasts on retirement, often hosted by financial advisors with their own financial motives, that cover the money side of the street. This podcast is different. You'll get smarter about the investment decisions you'll make about the most important asset you'll have in retirement: your time. About Retirement Wisdom I help people who are retiring, but aren't quite done yet, discover what's next and build their custom version of their next life. A meaningful retirement doesn't just happen by accident. Schedule a call today to discuss how the Designing Your Life process created by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans can help you make your life in retirement a great one — on your own terms. About Your Podcast Host Joe Casey is an executive coach who helps people design their next life after their primary career and create their version of The Multipurpose Retirement.™ He created his own next chapter after a 26-year career at Merrill Lynch, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of HR for Global Markets & Investment Banking. Joe has earned Master's degrees from the University of Southern California in Gerontology (at age 60), the University of Pennsylvania, and Middlesex University (UK), a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his coaching certification from Columbia University. In addition to his work with clients, Joe hosts The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, ranked in the top 1% globally in popularity by Listen Notes, with over 1.6 million downloads. Business Insider recognized Joe as one of 23 innovative coaches who are making a difference. He's the author of Win the Retirement Game: How to Outsmart the 9 Forces Trying to Steal Your Joy. _________________________ Wise Quotes On The Power of Language “Retirement becomes a celebration, not a retreat. I think the languages shape mindset. And mindsets shape behavior. So when retirement is framed as a joy, planning shifts from survival to flourishing become more natural.” On Measuring Success in Retirement “A good day is no longer about output, it’s no longer about how much you produce. It’s about action that is intended, an action that aligns with a master plan.” On What He’d Do Differently “I wish I had thought about it and prepared for my post-work identity a little sooner and more deliberately. In my job in HR, I helped many others plan careers, but I underestimated how much my own self-worth was tied to that job in that title. I think I did it humbly. I can say that I did a solid job planning financially, but probably not as good in preparing emotionally for the change. For a brief period of time, a few months, I underestimated that the identity shift that was occurring and the loss of a daily structure that I was so accustomed to.” On What He’s Gained in Retirement “Presence, the ability to not just having the time, but having the mindset of real presence, presence with my wife, which I neglected for a few years while I was traveling or working, presence with my kids, now with my grandkids, the rest of my friends, and new friends. I also gained a space and time for mastery, my hobbies. I enjoy cooking, well, time to do more and do a little better, exercising, riding the bike three or four times a week, playing pickleball. Retiring has given me time to go more in depth on my preferences instead of just speed, because in my working years, I was always rushing. Even when I was at home, I needed to accomplish, I needed to do things. I needed not to be idle. And retirement has now given me presence and bandwidth.” On Warning Signs “I think there are three main things that one needs to start paying attention to. Isolation. If you don’t have that network, social network, family network, and you become isolated. A loss of structure. Doing nothing without a structure or living in the past tense. When people stop connecting with others, when they drift through the days without an intentional plan, or when they only talk about what they used to be, that should be a warning, – a huge yellow flag for oneself and for loved ones that are looking after them.”

We are excited to welcome Villa Maria Academy alumna Kate Mastrian Kanne ‘89, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Internal Communications at UnitedHealth Group, on as a guestfor The Rambler Podcast.With nearly three decades of leadership experience in health care, business strategy, and communications, Kate shares her journey from her time at Villa to leading enterprise-wideengagement for one of the largest health care organizations in the country. From marketing and brand leadership to shaping culture and employee experience at scale, her career reflects discipline, adaptability, and a deep understanding of how communication drives impact. In this episode, Kate reflects on the foundation built during her years at Villa, the professional pivots that shaped her path, and the leadership lessons she's learned along the way about preparation, resilience, serving others, and staying grounded in what matters most. It's an inspiring conversation for anyone striving to lead with clarity, purpose, and integrity!

In this episode, Bryan Sisk, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Memorial Hermann Health System, discusses leading a workforce of more than 14,000 nurses across a large, diverse footprint. He shares insights on nurse retention, academic integration, culture building, and how health systems can create sustainable and empowering environments for the next generation of nurses.

In this episode, Olu Jegede, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer at Cone Health, shares how the system is embedding health equity into care delivery through initiatives like “CATCH 5 in 5” and blood pressure equity programs. He discusses measurable outcomes, community partnerships, and the challenge of sustaining equity focused investments while navigating financial and operational headwinds.

Real-time payments are already transforming how money moves, but most payment professionals still don't understand the opportunity. In this episode of the Merchant Sales Podcast, James Shepherd and Patti Murphy sit down with Jim Colassano, Senior Vice President at The Clearing House, to break down the RTP (Real-Time Payments) network and why instant money movement could reshape merchant settlement, cash flow, disbursements, and business payments. They discuss how payments can settle in seconds, why adoption is accelerating, and what ISOs and processors need to do now to stay competitive. The episode also includes a Today in Payments segment with Patti Murphy covering major industry news, including interchange legislation, consumer spending trends, digital wallet adoption, and emerging payment innovations. If you're a merchant sales agent, ISO owner, or payments professional, this episode will help you understand one of the biggest infrastructure shifts happening in the payments industry today.

In this episode, Kyle Glass, Regional Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth, discusses how the academic community hospital partnership is growing oncology, neuroscience, and orthopedic services while improving patient access and navigation. He also shares perspectives on competition in a crowded market, consolidation pressures, and how AI and technology are shaping the future of access and the revenue cycle.

Discover how Nasdaq uses data platforms at a massive scale to power markets and prepare for AI. Angie Ruan, Nasdaq's CTO of Capital Access Platforms, explains how large-scale data systems support market integrity, transparency, and decision-making across public and private markets. She defines what it really means to be AI-ready, how leaders should modernize data platforms, and how market fundamentals help separate real AI value from hype.Key Moments:Why Nasdaq Is More Than a Stock Exchange (06:10): Angie reframes Nasdaq as a global technology company rather than a traditional exchange, explaining how data, platforms, and engineering underpin trust, resilience, and transparency across public and private markets.The Scale of Market Data Powering the Global Financial System (11:15): Angie breaks down the massive scale of Nasdaq's data ecosystem, including hundreds of billions of market messages per day and platforms supporting more than $90 trillion in assets. She explains how data quality and reliability are foundational to market integrity and decision-making.Building a Unified Data Intelligence Platform at Nasdaq (16:35): Angie explains how Nasdaq approaches data architecture, governance, and platform design to create a unified data intelligence layer. She shares why access control, operational efficiency, and data trust matter more than raw data volume when enabling analytics and AI at scale.The AI-Ready Playbook for Data and AI Leaders (19:20): Drawing on her experience across startups and large enterprises, Angie outlines a practical framework for data and AI transformation. She emphasizes cloud adoption, breaking down silos, listening to business needs, and treating platform modernization as both a technical and organizational challenge.Is AI a Bubble? Using Market Data to Separate Hype from Reality (31:00): Angie applies a data-driven lens to the AI bubble debate, examining earnings growth, margins, return on equity, and capital investment. She explains why current financial indicators suggest today's AI moment differs fundamentally from past technology bubbles.Key Quotes:“ The foundation of any data strategy is actually cloud… If you don't put the data or the actual system in the cloud, it's much harder in terms of services and platform, let alone AI.” - Angie Ruan“Data is great, but the more important [thing]... is how we put it all together.” - Angie Ruan“ The world is going to change so fast… Being curious [and] continuing to learn, it is so important.” - Angie RuanMentionsInside the Invitation-Only Stock Market for the WealthyNasdaq eVestment: The Institutional Intelligence Platform Powering $90T+ in DecisionsGuest Bio Angie Ruan is the Chief Technology Officer, Capital Access Platforms at Nasdaq. An award-winning industry leader, Ms. Ruan holds four technical patents and has been instrumental in driving digital transformation across many industries, including enterprise application, e-commerce, payment, and capital markets. She most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Chime before returning to Nasdaq where she was the Senior Vice President of Global Technology, responsible for overseeing the development of Key Market Technology Products and Corporate Platforms. Prior to joining Nasdaq, Ms. Ruan served as the Global Group Technology Vice President of consumer experiences and platform for American Express, where she was responsible for the digital transformation of American Express web and mobile technology. Before then, she was the Unit CIO for U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business, and was also Head of Engineering for Global PayPal Retail and Merchant product lines. As well, she held various executive engineering leadership roles at eBay including building the eBay messaging system, creating the eBay mobile platform, and transforming the DevOps organization.Recognized as one of Silicon Valley's Women of Influence, Ms. Ruan holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and studied undergraduate in Computer Science at Tsinghua University of China. Hear more from Cindi Howson here. Sponsored by ThoughtSpot.

As financial pressure mounts and the healthcare safety net continues to strain, academic medical centers are drawing on their culture of innovation to pursue better outcomes — and narrow life expectancy gaps in the communities they serve. In this episode of Radio Advisory, host Rae Woods sits down with leaders from Rush University Medical Center to explore how health systems can stay focused on results amid tightening margins, political scrutiny, and ongoing uncertainty in grant funding. Dr. Omar Lateef, President and CEO of Rush, and Dr. David Ansell, Senior Vice President for Community Health Equity, describe how Rush treats gap-reduction as a long-term operating strategy rather than a moral or messaging exercise. They share practical examples of how local partnerships, targeted investments, and day-to-day operational choices can improve outcomes while still making financial sense — and why avoiding battles over language helps keep the focus squarely on results. We're here to help: How Rush University Medical Center is addressing the root causes of social determinants of health 264: Research funding is being slashed. What's the real industry impact? How research funding cuts are impacting healthcare (and how to respond) 12 things CEOs need to know in 2026 Healthcare Policy Updates Timeline Tool: How policy changes will impact your bottom line Who gets the chance to be healthy? | Rush The Rush Center for Community Well-Being at Sankofa Wellness Village | Rush Health disparities in Chicago and the work to solve them with Rush University Medical Center (AMA) The Anchor Strategy — A Place-Based Business Approach for Health Equity | New England Journal of Medicine Rush Signs on as First Partner for Local Laundry Service | Rush David Ansell Books – New: The Death Gap 2026 Advisory Board Summit Washington, D.C. A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on RadioAdvisory.advisory.com.

On today’s FRESH NEW PODCAST, host Dave Wager opens with 1 Corinthians 12:26, a reminder that the Body of Christ is connected, when one member suffers, we suffer together. His guest is Michael Johnson, president of Slavic Gospel Association, who also brings a strong communications background to the role. Michael began his career in international advertising (1986–1995) as an account manager and supervisor serving major consumer brands, then moved into nonprofit agency leadership at KMA Direct Communications and Douglas Shaw and Associates, serving as Senior Vice President for 11 years before rejoining SGA. In this conversation, that blend shows up clearly, he's telling the story of gospel work with clarity, history, and real-world outcomes, while emphasizing that the mission stays rooted in faithful local churches. Michael walks listeners through SGA's roots and purpose. Founded in 1934 by Peter Deyneka, the organization began by supporting believers behind the Iron Curtain through covert Bible distribution and Christian radio partnerships, strengthening Christians who often had to listen in secret at great personal risk. Today, the focus is still the same at its core, equipping local churches instead of sending western missionaries, with a network that includes thousands of evangelical Baptist congregations across the former Soviet region. Michael notes he is building on the biblical and ministry foundation laid by Peter Deyneka and Bob Provost, with Bob continuing to advise as President Emeritus. As the discussion turns to the war in Ukraine, the theme becomes practical compassion, the church as a visible refuge, including their “Heat and Hope” effort to resource churches with generators and supplies so they can serve as centers of warmth, help, and gospel hope during harsh winters.