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On February 9th, 2023, 63-year-old Maria del Carmen Lopez was taken from her home in Pueblo Nuevo, Colima, Mexico, in broad daylight. What followed was a chilling silence, broken only by a ransom call and a family's unwavering determination to bring her home. Her disappearance sparked a cross-border search filled with questions, heartbreak, and uncertainty. What happened that day? Who took her? And why did they target her? This is the disappearance of Maria del Carmen Lopez.You can listen to our NEW episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other streaming platforms.—El 9 de febrero de 2023, María del Carmen López, de 63 años, fue llevada de su hogar en Pueblo Nuevo, Colima, México, a plena luz del día. Lo que siguió fue un silencio escalofriante, interrumpido solo por una llamada de rescate y la inquebrantable determinación de su familia por traerla de regreso. Su desaparición desató una búsqueda a través de fronteras, llena de preguntas, dolor e incertidumbre. ¿Qué pasó ese día? ¿Quién se la llevó? ¿Y por qué la eligieron a ella? Esta es la desaparición de María del Carmen López.Puede escuchar nuestro NUEVO episodio en Spotify, Apple Podcasts y todas las demás plataformas de transmisión.—MISSING:Maria del Carmen LopezMaria del Carmen Lopez went missing on February 9, 2023, from her home in Pueblo Nuevo, Colima, Mexico. She was 63 years old at the time of her disappearance and is a dual U.S. citizen. Maria has blonde hair, green or hazel eyes, and weighs approximately 160 pounds. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and has permanent makeup tattooed on her eyebrows and eyeliner. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to her whereabouts.If you have any information, please contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov or (310) 477-6565.Website: https://www.justice4carmen.com/—Link + Sources:Justice for Carmen: https://www.justice4carmen.com/carmenFBI: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/maria-del-carmen-lopez/download.pdfNews Nation Now: https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/mother-kidnapped-daughter-ransom-call/News Nation Now: https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/grandmother-abduction-mexico-maria-carmen-lopez/Univision 34: https://www.univision.com/local/los-angeles-kmex/mujer-estadounidense-lleva-36-dias-desaparecida-en-mexico-autoridades-ofrecen-recompensa-por-informacion-video?spaMode=false&forceRedirect=trueTelemundo: https://www.telemundo.com/noticias/noticias-telemundo-en-la-noche/ciencia-y-tecnologia/video/cada-noche-de-octubre-usted-podra-divisar-al-cometa-del-siglo-tmvo12780595FOX 11 News: https://www.foxla.com/news/maria-del-carmen-lopez-family-hopes-for-return-of-mother-kidnapped-in-mexico-nearly-a-year-agoCBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/fbi-leading-search-for-63-year-old-u-s-citizen-kidnapped-from-her-home-in-mexico/KTLA 5 News: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/daughter-of-kidnapped-dual-citizen-with-ties-to-los-angeles-pleads-for-help-from-biden-mexican-president/Dulce y Picante TV: https://youtu.be/yjx0bl8qQgU?si=QaOwd9RpAfx_2X9f—  Distributed by Genuina Media — Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SVSM_PodcastThreads: https://www.threads.net/@svsm_podcastTwitter/ X: https://www.twitter.com/SVSM_PodcastBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/svsmpodcast.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoViolentoSoMacabroPodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@svsm_podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@svsm_podcast

Our guest this week was filmmaker Jacquil Constant. Jacquil is a Haitian-American Filmmaker who screened his documentary film "Haiti Is a Nation of Artists" at the Pavillon Afriques at Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival. He also started the Haiti International Film Festival in Souther California. Here's the trailer for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVQvmXEk5swTo obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home . Jacquil Constant's career in the independent filmmaking industry spans over twenty years. He's worked with networks such as MTV, BET and VH1. In 2006, he established his own production company, Constant Production. Back in 2015, he founded the Haiti International Film Festival in Southern California. His award-winning documentary "Haiti Is A Nation Of Artists" was made with the focus of depicting Haitian artists creating transformational art to uplift the nation of Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January 2010.Jacquil is a Cinema Professor at Pasadena City College, teaching Cinema Production. Promoting the beauty of Haitian culture is his passion and he has curated multiple Haitian art shows in Southern California. #filmmaking #podcast #filmpodcast #filmmakers #indiefilmmaking #filmbusinesscoach #haitianfilmmaker

Paul Kirz is a classically-trained pianist and musician from Souther California who went to APU. Thankfully, his rigorous training, practicing, and performing in the Music Department kept him so busy that he didn't get the full brunt of all the usual racism, bigotry, and conservative fundamentalism of the school. And as the concept of the divine has come up in the past few episodes, Paul learned to find the divine in music and art as he deconstructed his faith. This episode features Paul's original music throughout, so be prepared to get your groove on. Paul is part of the AAPI arts and activist community in Los Angeles and has been known to attend and perform at the Tuesday Night Cafe, Scott's beloved home community. Chapel Probation is part of the Dauntless Media Collective Join the Dauntless Media Discord for more conversation with all the podcast communities. Scott's book, Asian-American-Apostate- Losing Religion and Finding Myself at an Evangelical University is available now! Music by Paul the Fictitious Prof Join the Chapel Probation Patreon  to support Scott and for bonus content.  Join the Chapel Probation Facebook group to continue the conversations. Follow Scott on Instagram and Twitter and Substack You can subscribe to Scott's newsletter and learn more about the book, the blog, and performances at rscottokamoto.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-okamoto/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-okamoto/support

In this episode of the podcast, Tori from the team jumps on to tell us her ride story of returning to the trails with renewed passion after a long hiatus due to racing fatigue. Tani and Auk cover more industry and shop news, including an upcoming Path feature at Over the Hump!

Amy, also known as eyesontheright4.0 on Instagram, is an educator, Christian counselor, and student of the Bible who, over the last 7 years has been diving into the study of the illuminati, secret societies, pagan religions, Hollywood, the secret symbolism of the "elites," and truths that have been purposely hidden. Amy grew up in Souther California, close to Hollywood and has known people in the industry, and spent time researching and talking with SRA (satanic ritual abuse) survivors and mk ultra/mind control de-programmers - as well as avidly reading to learn more about this beast system that has purposely been set up to keep us in the dark. Within the last few years, the explosion of satanism and exposing these types of "rabbit holes" has increased on the internet. Very few social media and podcast influencers, couple this rising evil with the lens of the Bible and a seasoned maturity of discernment. Amy decided to start this podcast because she felt as though there was so much information but no real  education behind it. It seems that more and more people are uncovering the evil in the world, but aren't coupling that with the hope -giving direction and wisdom to navigate our world better both physically and spiritually. As a Christ follower working in ministry and teaching the Bible over 25 years, Amy has delved into some of these deeper constructs of the supernatural realm through her experiences. With this extensive experience working in the trenches with people all over the world it has equipped her for where she is today. Along with solo podcasts, Amy will also be doing interviews from time to time, and in lieu of a membership you will find deep dive interviews for downloads on her website. Look forward to these interviews with experts in the field of ministry, the illuminati, pagan and occult history, and much more. Website for Counseling: https://www.biblicalguidancecounseling.com Sign up for Amy's newsletter to receive emails about upcoming monthly workshops: https://www.biblicalguidancecounseling.com

Al Bundi is a socially aware comedic and experimental rapper from Souther California who aims to help people through his experiences and art. He is part of a 10-piece band called Boostive that blends reggae, hip hop, R&B and world music genres. He is also a cannabis advocate and farmer who has worked in the industry for over a decade and is now building a cannabis genetics company that promotes sustainable and organic practices. He is passionate about social justice and horticulture and uses his music as a platform to share his vision and values. He is currently performing and recording with his band as well as pursuing his solo career in hip hop. He is a versatile and creative artist who is always looking for new ways to express himself and connect with his audience.HiphopBoostiveExperimentalfarmerCannabisadvocateCreativeGeneticsSeedsExpressionSantaCruzVoiceSmileyGreenTheCannabisConnectionShowSantaCruzCannabisTalkRadio

"Foretold" is the newest podcast from the L.A. Times, and we're sharing the first episode with you here today. In the fall of 2019, reporter Faith E. Pinho received a tip from a woman named Paulina Stevens. Paulina claimed she had grown up in an insular Romani community in California, where she was raised to be a wife, mother and fortuneteller — until she decided to break away. That first call unraveled a story spanning multiple continents, hundreds of years, and complex metaphysical realities.  Follow "Foretold" to hear new episodes every Tuesday. Check out photos and more information about this episode. Read the episode transcript. Dive deeper: Our Romani cultural consultant's op-ed describing how her heritage fits into her own life.

Parvez and Omar take a visit to Souther California to sit down in person with Sue Obeidi and Evelyn Alsultany to discuss the state of Muslims in the media. Sue Obeidi is the Director of the Hollywood Bureau for the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Obeidi ensures that MPAC's Hollywood Bureau is a partner with the entertainment industry. Evelyn Alsultany is a leading expert on the history of representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media and on forms of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism. Alsultany is an Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Evelyn Alsultany – Scholar of contemporary Arab and Muslim American cultural politics and popular culture

THIS EPISODE Josh catches up with Trash Pandas Pitcher Jack Dashwood to discuss his 2022 season in the Rocket City, life in the off-season, growing up in Souther California, and more! ABOUT THE HOST Josh Caray's baseball roots stretch from Atlanta to St. Louis to Chicago to Cooperstown. The grandson of Hall of Famer Harry Caray, son of the legendary Skip Caray, and half-brother Chip Caray is the TV voice of the Atlanta Braves, Josh is the Play-by-Play voice of the Rocket City Trash Pandas. TRASH PANDAS PODCAST NETWORK Join the personalities of the Rocket City Trash Pandas as they tell the stories from Baseball's most meteoric franchise. Play-by-Play Broadcaster Josh Caray presents conversations with prospects and personnel from the organization. In-Stadium Emcee Ricky Fernandez chats about the latest news and promotions.

Welcome to PODMAS!! This episode is a little different. This episode Meagan expands on and shares additional thought's on Bishop's top of the hour talk, also known as a toth. Bishop is a singer/ songwriter out of Souther California. This episode dives into using isolation as a tool and not as a crutch. If you loved this episode, you will love the rest of his content, so go give him a follow -> https://www.instagram.com/bishopsworld_/

Podcast guest 527 is Omar Ricci spokesperson for the Islamic Center of Souther California. He is also a board member of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Intellect-love-and mercy foundation. Today we are going to talk about the correlation between stories of NDE's and OBE and Islam and the belief in Prophet Muhammad's OBE in which he came back with the mandate for 5 daily prayers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-s-reynolds/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-s-reynolds/support

It's summertime and it's been hot and dry in Souther California. This begs the question, have you been in a spiritually dry season? Maybe you're in a spiritually dry season right now. How do we get out of spiritually dry season? Is it simply waiting on God, or is there more to it?

We review the Miami game and reflect on USC basketball's now-completed season. We look ahead to the offseason and what this program needs to do to reach the next level. Ian takes a few moments to celebrate his Miami team's achievement. Trojans: Wired begins coverage of USC spring football next week.

Episode #112 Kathy Finn, UFCW 770:30 Happenings of the labor movement in Souther California.2:15 What's your role at UFCW, and how do you find yourself in this line of work?4:30 What is the current status of the current labor negotiations with grocery retailers, and can you describe some of the illegal activities they are engaging in?8:30 What are the policies and working conditions they have imposed?11:30 On hazard pay mandates.14:40 What is the appeal of unionizing through UFCW?18:35 Closing thoughts.

On this weeks episode Demetri sits down with friends and all around great human being Dominico. Dominico originally Hailing from San Diego, moved to San Francisco for college and lived there for 5 years, now finds himself back in Souther California, but this time around it is Los Angles. Togther the two discuss what it was like for each to grow up in a single parent household with their moms. In that conversation they discuss their similarities as well as the rune differences and how that shaped each to them. That leads into how they both had a lot of independence while growing up and how that effected them while being young. Finally since Dominico is a skater the two had to discuss todays Skate culture. Make sure you follow Dominico on Instagram @dominici5398. As always make sure to head to demetrityler.com for more content from Demetri. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/okbetpodcast/support

Ryan S. Peterson is a theologian at BIOLA in Souther California. He greatly cares about the spiritual formation of his students and follows his curiosity about what a human person is, and how we can change. This eventually led him to seek insights from psychology to support his richly biblical and theological orientation as a scholar.

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly John Pandol, Director of Special Projects for Pandol Bros. Inc in Delano, California joins us for some fun! Today John and Patrick have some fun starting out the episode about screen names, supply chain disruptions and and bringing PRODUCE TO LIFE!!!!! Throughout this episode John talks more about the consumer and branding as well as couponing! Do you know where your coupons GO? Talking to the consumer we give them an idea of where some of their produce comes from. From the Salinas Valley to Souther California. Did you know a 3rd of the states WINE GRAPES are in THE CENTRAL VALLEY of CALIFORNIA? Join Patrick and John talking ALL THINGS PRODUCE!!!!! FANCY SPONSORS: Ag Tools, Inc.: https://www.agtechtools.com, Flavor Wave, LLC.: https://flavorwavefresh.com, Noble Citrus: https://noblecitrus.com & Buck Naked Onions/Owyhee Produce, Inc.: http://www.owyheeproduce.com CHOICE SPONSORS: Indianapolis Fruit Company: https://indyfruit.com, Equifruit: https://equifruit.com Arctic® Apples: https://arcticapples.com Sev-Rend Corporation: https://www.sev-rend.com and Golden Star Citrus, Inc.: http://www.goldenstarcitrus.com STANDARD SPONSORS: John Greene Logistics Company: https://www.jglc.com London Fruit Inc. https://londonfruit.com and FoodStory Brands, LLC.: https://www.foodstorybrands.com

Sorry for the rough and real episode but this shit is real, these are real struggles of our lives. Liz stops by Bree's  after her dentist disaster and they decide to record. Bree has a rough day with the kids, crying on the way to school.  But she got to go to the hair salon and relax so it evened out. Also Liz also convinced Bree to get airpods, where has she been this whole time? Why do we feel so old?Also Miles finally slept through the night! This is just in time for his and Liz's surgery anniversaries. It is just a crazy feeling to remember the emotions. Liz also has a cardio appt coming up and she explains why she feels so comforted at a hospital. AndBree shares how she is feeling with Miles' upcoming cardio test. The ladies then go into a rant about giving gifts and the expectations of gifts for holidays and birthday parties, not opening presents at the party anymore and singles being pressured to give more gifts than they are able to receive because they don't have kids to throw a party for or wedding/engagement parties. Complicating everything even more, the financial shift of todays time makes gift giving hard and moving out and starting a life early almost impossible now.Then they dive into RHOSLC , where Jen talks with Heather finally for the first time after her arrest. Jen also talks to her husband, Coach Shah, about how she feels disposable to her friends and family through this process.Tristan Thompson has finally admitted to having an affair and having a baby with another woman. Bree has suspiciouns that Kris may be involoved with him admitting but Liz doesn't think so. Also Drake and Kanye had a concert that blew up the internet, and basically all of Souther California. Hear what made Kim K file to become legally single the day after the concert. Also do you agree with Bree or Liz about Drake's fault in the Astroworld mess?Finally we had to talk about Lala Kent's dirty ring and how she felt like she was a toy in her relationship with Randall, and they weren't building a family.  Be sure to tell us what you think @relatablerealitypodcast on InstagramDOWNLOAD, SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND COMMENT

This week the High-Rise comes at you Live from Palm Springs for another Poolside Session. Our hosts Cy Scott and Emily Paxhia bring you coverage from the Hall of Flowers event to discuss all the major highlights around the latest retail and product innovations to come out of the Souther California market.Also up for discussion as always is the latest MSO news. In the Canadian market Tilray just announced their recent acquisition of a whiskey distillery in Colorado — an interesting move to be sure.  Pretty big news coming out of San Francisco, the city has decided to temporarily suspend taxation on it's cannabis business tax as a way to curb illegal sales. Our hosts ponder, why not remove this tax for the entire state? As always we hope you get an even bigger perspective on all things cannabis from this laid back, data backed ‘Poolside' episode. Please remember to support the podcast by subscribing and leaving reviews on your favorite podcast streaming service — see you next week! https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/supes-unanimously-approve-suspending-citywide-cannabis-tax-to-help-businesses-curb-illegal-sales/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tilray-buys-breckenridge-distillery-with-plans-for-thc-beverages-upon-federal-legalization-of-cannabis-2021-12-08

Lamont is a pastor in Souther California at Reconcile church. He is also a part of the Tribe collective . He is a man of hard won faith, honor, and vulnerability. Graphic Design: Lily Wilder Theme song: "Ten Percent" by Gable Price and Friends Follow us on instagram: @thenehemiahcollectiveSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=CF4DEWWHZES9L)

Max Shank is a coach, owner, author, teacher, and creator. He has done a lot and has the experience to show and talk for it. Based out in Souther California, Max has his own gym where he is teaching clients how to become primal with better movement patterns and better mobility. He joins us in this 2 part series to discuss why movement matters. This is a philosophical episode. Get ready! Website Instagram YouTube

Well well well folks. We believe we are witnessing the great breakup of LC and Heidi while simultaneously watching #speidi be born. This week your hosts, Jo & Morg, recap season 2 episode 5 & 6 of #TheHills. And please bear with us because, like we've said, it's our first time watching this show (we know so timely of us). Jo can't help but mention that Spencer Pratt gives off cult leader vibes and now we cannot unsee that. Audrina wows us with her fashion sense and a newsboy knit hat, which allows Morg to walk down memory lane (layered Old Navy tanks anyone?). All of our Hills girls go to what we called the "Love-Hate Dinner" where Heidi whips out her sidekick to text Spencer, UGH! We get introduced to another Teen Vogue intern from NYC and she does not disappoint. No seriously she is nothing like the LA interns she brings a work ethic that Souther California has never seen. Heidi is seen in more questionable work outfits and takes a poll from everyone she knows if she should stay with the Spencester. Eventually everything comes to a head at a club and Spencer and LC have their biggest fight yet. Who will Heidi choose??   Follow us on instagram @doubleloserpodcast and rewatch The Hills Season 2 Episodes 7&8 before 7/9!

Today's guest plays keys and guitar in a neo-soul / indie pop quintet based in Souther California!Make sure to listen to their newest single, "Call Me" feat. Mason and Addison Rice, out now on all streaming platforms!We discuss their experience collaborating virtually for the first time, love for bassists who ONLY play bass, and advice they have for artists trying to find their creative community!Please welcome, Trevor Plume from The Guest Room!@theguestroommusic@trevor_plume@parkerwierling@onthatnote_podcastLike & Subscribe to spread the looooooooove!

Today's guest plays keys and guitar in a neo-soul / indie pop quintet based in Souther California!Make sure to listen to their newest single, "Call Me" feat. Mason and Addison Rice, out now on all streaming platforms!We discuss their experience collaborating virtually for the first time, love for bassists who ONLY play bass, and advice they have for artists trying to find their creative community!Please welcome, Trevor Plume from The Guest Room!@theguestroommusic@trevor_plume@parkerwierling@onthatnote_podcastLike & Subscribe to spread the looooooooove!

This episode is a personal story of recover and resilience with firefighter from Souther California.  Join us as Matty Fiorenza tells us his journey towards healing and resilience.Matthew Fiorenza has been a Firefighter/Paramedic in Southern California for 20 years. After ten years on the job he began having issues with anxiety, stress, and depression and was later diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). After 13 years of marriage and three children, he experienced divorce. At the time, he did not know that it would help drive his passion to help the families of first responders.Today, Matthew is a sober mentor to men and women in the First Responder community and a volunteer at the Save A Warrior program. As an outreach specialist at First Responder Wellness by Simple Recovery, he proactively reaches out to brothers and sisters who may be struggling. Recently, he also became an instructor with Santa Ana College to facilitate mental health blocks to new recruits so they have healthier coping skills. His passion is to provide other first responders with education, resources, hope, and a path towards healing. Matthew, and his partners Dr Stephen Odom and Devin O'Day created Shift Wellness, A business with many different functions including Mental Health Training for First Responders and many different wellness retreats including one for Spouses of First Responders called the Sage Project.Follow Matty:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fireman_matty/Shift Wellness Website: https://www.shiftwellness.com/sign-up

Brandy joins me from Souther California, where it never rains!

To contact Teresa Barnes, RN Your Hear'rific and Terrific Host of Sound Advice A Hearing Friendly Business Podcast:  TBarnes@Hearcommunication.com760-717-8190Hear'rific is a new term to empower people with hearing loss and to have fun with this disabilityYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ9TLLKAu7ZxP8lt21f0KswPodcast references: https://store.hbr.org/articles/https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitalshttps://2020nurseandmidwife.org/nurses-by-the-numbers/#:~:text=Nurses%20compromise%20the%20largest%20sector,%5BNCSBN%5D%2C%202020)https://hbr.org/2021/04/6-strategies-for-leading-through-uncertaintyhttps://www.nursingworld.org/membership/joinANA/?utm_source=googlead&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=acquisition_main&utm_term=membership&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn9zklJyv8AIV9Al9Ch1vggz_EAAYASAAEgJ-iPD_BwE  

Sandra's first love is performing arts.  Actor, singer, dancer, she appeared on several Dancing with the Starts, So you think you can dance. Dance Moms and Rheanna.She chuckles as she shares her trivia that she was the  first tap dancer and first kick off of the live show So You Think Can Dance.Sandra began her acting career at nine years old, playing the little girl character to Lynn Whitfield on Johnny May Gibson FBI, a show about one of the first black FBI agents.Adding to her list of achievements, Sandra is also an author, business owner and Podcast host.Sandra's first book, Book Me:  How To Become A Successful Working Dancer In Hollywood, included tips she learned having been in the industry to  help others have a leg up when they landed at LAX.  Sandra's next book, Passion P.I.P.E.L.I.N.E., (an acronym), was a #1 hit on Amazon's New Release List for One-Hour Slef-Help Short Reads on its debut date.  The book is 8 Chapters  for people who have more  than one passion and how to pull it all together.  She said that those who have several passions need to focus on what they do best and parlay it into a business. As with many others, the pandemic had Sandra shift her focus from dance and fitness in- person classes to becoming a Digital Strategist.  Sandra received her Doctor of Education, with a specific emphasis on Organizational Change & Leadership from the University of Souther California, which allowed for greater expertise relating to her new business, Course Sweetener.  Sandra helps entrepreneurs create online courses, or helps those who have an online course find what may be a missing a component in their through-line to help their clients get from A to B.Sandra's podcast, Sweet Bytes with Sandra, features guests from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, FOX Sports, Revelation, Bedside Reading, and more. You can reach Sandra at https://www.sandracoltonmedici.com,  https://www.collegeofstyle.com, on Twitter as  @sandracolton and on Facebook and Instragram @drsandracoltonmedici.#entrepreneurmind #succeeding #entrepreneurspirit #successminded #inspiration #change #education #lifelessons #buzzsprout #podcast #podcasting #Spotify #GooglePodcast #TuneIn #stitcher #ApplePodcast #iHeartRadio #Pandora #PodcastAddict #Podchaser #Deezer #Listennotes #Overcast #Pocketcast #Castro #CastPost #iamthatgal #liftyourstory #liftyourstorypodcast #iamthatgal #thatgalwiththatguy #sandracoltonmedici #drsandracolton #performinarts #collegeofstyle #dance #arts #performer

Registered dietitian Melanie Murphy gives us the low down on supplementation during menopause, what works and what doesn't and how to best decide which supplements and what dosage to take. We cover some of the more well known supplements such as magnesium and St. John's Wort to other more frequently used in Chinese medicine. Melanie also explains how seed cycling and phytoestrogens are utilized by the body and if they are safe and effective. Melanie Murphy holds a Masters of Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity from USC (University of Souther California) and has her own private holistic nutrition practice. She specializes in gut health and beginning March 1, 2021 she is launching a course focused on helping you to fully embody your physical body so that you can better understand your emotions, free your mind and unlock your spirit. This practical and enlightening course is intended to reintegrate your body to your soul so that you can pursue a more present and joy-filled life. Click here to find out more. Don't forget to subscribe to the Hack My Age podcast for updates on the latest episodes. I highly encourage you to also leave a review so others can find this great content too. Contact RD Melanie Murphy: Instagram: http://instagram.com/healthnmellness Website: http://www.melaniemurphyrd.com Join the Hack My Age community on: Facebook : http://facebook.com/hackmyage Instagram: http://instagram.com/hackmyage Website: http://www.hackmyage.com Clubhouse: @hackmyage (Club: Biohacking Women 50+) Hack My Age VIP Group: http://patreon.com/hackmyage Email: zora@hackmyage.com Newsletter: http://www.hackmyage.com/newsletter This podcast is edited by jonathanjk.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/support

Hello Soul Family, Lately CORD CUTTING has been a BIG theme in my world. It's also the first New Moon of the year--so it's the perfect time for a cord cutting. All of my new clients have been guided to perform much needed cord cutting prior to working with me in healing and starting their Evolve Now Programs, and older clients in the extended program have also been guided to work on their cord cutting. Honestly, I believe it's connected to a few other factors going on energetically at this time-one of those things being that it's the Capricorn New Moon. But it doesn't matter when you're guided to do this practice, anytime you do it is the PERFECT time to do it. If you are new to my Cord Cutting information/podcasts, etc, my episodes 82 & 83 are the ones that I did in May of 2020, but I was just guided to do an updated version for 2021, and of course it lands on today, 1.12.2021. I did my best to keep it short before the meditation, because I go into great detail in those prior episodes, please listen to episode 82 prior to doing listening to and doing this guided meditation. I also just published a new E-Book that's available on my website for download, it contains some of the information on my website, but again--I was guided to do a lot of updates, so there's new information there as well. Read it to learn more about how energy cords work and why you should do this practice, and who you should cut cords from. Enjoy! P.S. Don't forget to check out the Cord Cutting E-Book available on my website! Infiniti is a Top Writer on Medium, a Lightworker, Psychic Physical Empath, Medical Medium, Natural Born Quantum Distance Healer, Psychic Advisor & Card Reader, Channel, Medium, Pet Healer & Psychic, Soul Guide & Spiritual Liaison, Astral Mediation Guided & Ascension Coach. Eliminating Fibromyalgia for herself by learning about the ENERGY in her body and how it works universally, now she heals and eliminates pain in others! She has a holistic wellness practice in Souther California, THE HEALING BUTTERFLY.org and she works with her animal and human clients worldwide via video conference. Discover: Infiniti Be guided today, and always Live In Love.

Happy New Year! Megan and Ashley talk to Leah, a 23 year-old from Souther California, who is living with mitochondrial myopathy. A podcast for families and friends of children with Mitochondrial Diseases. Two moms of Mito kids sharing support and resources and building community. Now on Youtube! All links @http://mitopodcast.com

Today we are talking about sustainable food sources with holistic nutritionist Melanie Murphy. Melanie is a registered dietitian and completed her masters of Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity at USC (University of Southern California) and currently holds her own private holistic nutrition practice. Melanie explains what it means to eat sustainably, why it is better for our health and what happens when we don't. She gave us some great tips on what to look out for when shopping and explains that eating sustainably doesn't mean you need to spend more money. In fact you may spend even less and help the planet and your body while you're at it. Melanie holds a Masters of Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity from USC (University of Souther California) and holds her own private holistic nutrition practice. Don't forget to subscribe to the Hack My Age podcast for updates on the latest episodes. I highly encourage you to also leave a review so others can find this great content too. Find more about RD Melanie Murhpy on: Instagram: http://instagram.com/healthnmellness Website: http://www.melaniemurphyrd.com Join the Hack My Age community on: Facebook : http://facebook.com/hackmyage Instagram: http://instagram.com/hackmyage Website: http://www.hackmyage.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/support

Registered dietitian Melanie Murphy shares the dos and don'ts when it comes to snacking. You'll find some great tips on how, when and if to snack as well as what we can do to keep us satiated physically and mentally. Melanie holds a Masters of Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity from USC (University of Souther California) and holds her own private holistic nutrition practice. Don't forget to subscribe to the Hack My Age podcast for updates on the latest episodes. I highly encourage you to also leave a review so others can find this great content too. Find more about RD Melanie Murhpy on: Instagram: http://instagram.com/healthnmellness Website: http://www.melaniemurphyrd.com Join the Hack My Age community on: Facebook : http://facebook.com/hackmyage Instagram: http://instagram.com/hackmyage Website: http://www.hackmyage.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hackmyage/support

With the background of raging wildfires in Souther California and now coming closer to some of our homes we consider how Jesus teaches that, The burning sensation of hell will never cease upon the people damned to go there to be punished by God forever. You Do Not Want to Go to Hell.

Kenny do it and friends begin with the hot, hot, weather we're experiencing in Souther California.  We get some more, Conspiracy Kenny.  We also talk about Kenny.s brother Carl and what he hears when he listens to the podcast.  It's a hot one today so don't miss a single minute.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT STYLE PODCAST THAN OUR NORMAL SHOWS. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE. In this Episode we talk to Mr. Steve Straw. Steve has a rich history with Souther California wrestling and we talk about his history along with the current state of "no fan access" "COVID Wrestling". Steve is the Host of The Last Podcast You'd Want. A excellent movie conversation that has hosted many wrestlers and many stars. You cab find The Last Podcast You's want at: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wzmbAGBRH5CNGGSrvKjfA?si=O3-SOCpdRcWBkdEJiZ_B2Q You can find Steve through his Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelastpodcastyoudwant/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TLPYW?s=20 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/stephan-straw Steve share about a upcoming live pro wrestling event on June 6. Information for that event can be found though the following email: contact@fullspectrumprowrestling.com Steve also shares a video from Paul Heyman. That Video can be viewed at : ADULT LANGUAGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi0ga4kKrig

Learn more about Sweet FlowerDue to COVID-19 we are no longer asking for financial support for the show, instead you can now join free mentorship group calls with Fabian to get through this together. Join here.Full Transcript:F Geyrhalter:Welcome to the show, Tim.T. Dodd:Thanks so much. Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. First off, I hope you're safe during what is being seen as the peak week of the coronavirus here in LA, I guess. Thank you for taking time-T. Dodd:Yeah.F Geyrhalter:Yeah. It's crazy right now. It's crazy.T. Dodd:It's frightening. It's alarming for us all. We are safe. Thank you. As an essential business, we remain open, which has been great. We've done a lot of things in the store to make sure that people... In all of our stores that people are safe, and our customers and our team. We've gone through lots of different training. We've done lots of different things in terms of providing people with safe access to supplies, and gloves, and masks, and of course we were I think the first actually in Los Angeles, or even in southern California to instigate curbside pickup and contactless delivery.T. Dodd:We've been rolling that out, and it's been going very well. There's a strong demand for people. People are at home. They're stressed out. They're scared, et cetera, and they feel the need for the products that we offer, for cannabis, and so we're really trying to provide that in the safest and most responsible way that we can here until the social distancing guidelines, et cetera as well. It's been I'd say a pretty challenging few weeks, but I look at the good side here.T. Dodd:We are still open, which is great. We're still providing jobs for our team, and we're still providing an essential service to our customers. How crazy is it that this is now an essential service?F Geyrhalter:Yeah, yeah. Just think about that two years ago.T. Dodd:I've always thought that, but it's pretty cool that that's now part of this. It's interesting. It's been a really fast evolution in our customer behavior and our store behavior. We've pivoted really quickly, so my hat is off to our wonderful team of Sweet Florists in all the stores.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, absolutely. How difficult was it to fully embrace the home delivery system? Was that something that you already worked on prior? Being in LA, I'm pretty sure you're pretty tech forward.T. Dodd:Yeah, luckily we had. We had started delivery several months ago. It was not a core focus of our brand. Our brand is really about providing the high-touch service in-store, but we had decided luckily to move into delivery Q3 of last year, and really to have that as an expansion of our brand footprint beyond the stores to people's homes. It's asking the ultimate permission. You're coming to someone's house to provide them a service.T. Dodd:You're coming to their front door, and they're giving you their gate code, and all that stuff. Particularly in Los Angeles, we have all that stuff. We have a lot of things that are... There's a lot of permissions involved in that, social permission that's unusual. You're basically bringing drugs to someone's home. Obviously when you think about that, you're like, "Okay, we do really want to do with our best foot forward." We started that last year, at the back part of last year.F Geyrhalter:That's very forward thinking.T. Dodd:Yeah, and we had the tech tools in place. Most of us have got some tech backgrounds, either from the business side or from actually on the dev side. We worked with [inaudible 00:03:52]. Someone actually put a company called Onfleet in the middle of all that. Onfleet allowed us to... Which is an app that's used by lots of different delivery services, but it allowed us to provide a much higher touch.T. Dodd:Customers can text the driver anonymously, "Hey, I'm here. How far away are you?" Et cetera. The driver can text back or call back, even. Or people at home base can do that. We put that all together. It's a very good system. It's worked really well. Frankly, we were, I want to say prepared, but we obviously had a leg up as this all started to unfold the way it did. We quickly took everything that we had in place, and we simply amplified it. We brought on more drivers. Investing in the human capital here is really important.T. Dodd:We brought on more drivers. We made sure that the drivers were safe, first and foremost that they felt secure in what they were doing, provided them with gloves and masks and hand sanitizer inside the car. Hand sanitizer is still a really hard thing to get, so that was difficult.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, absolutely.T. Dodd:Just give me one second. Just [inaudible 00:05:09], okay? Matthew, I'm on a call, okay? Please. Thanks. Sorry. My son was [inaudible 00:05:20].F Geyrhalter:That's okay.T. Dodd:Those things are still difficult to get, so we did all those things. Then since then, we've seen a marked increase in delivery. We've probably seen a 500% increase during the surge of coronavirus panic buying that we saw. We accommodated those orders, and then since then it's fallen back somewhat, which is understandable, and I think frankly reflects people are now staying at home a lot more, but they're not panic buying or surge buying. They're thinking, "Okay, I've got a few days or weeks of supply left, and I'll go and get some more soon."T. Dodd:We see large basket sizes for delivery, and we also see the need to expand our zone, so we've done that. We've expanded our delivery zone from... Initially it was around a five-mile radius per store, but if you think of Los Angeles, we're well spread out. We've got Studio City, Melrose, and the arts district locations working right now. We were also about to open up the Westwood location. Obviously with COVID, we're going to push that back. It's very hard to launch a store in a pandemic, and very hard to know how that looks.T. Dodd:I think optically it also has some problems. I don't think s appropriate right now to do that, so we're looking at how to do that just as soon as it's safe, and we think we can market and launch the store correctly. Even with the current footprint, the five-mile radiuses that we had worked really well. We expanded those very quickly to ten-mile radius from each of the stores, and then we're now delivering basically to all of Los Angeles, so from the Palisades on the west side all the way to Pasadena, deep into the valley, and then deep into south LA.T. Dodd:We're looking at further expansion of that, as well. If there's a silver lining on this horrible situation, it is the fact that traffic has died down so we can now reliably service all of these large areas with more staff, obviously, and more drivers quickly. We can get around the freeways pretty quickly. We're averaging about 50-minute delivery times right now, despite wherever they are. At certain peak times, we might get up to about 80 minutes if we have to do a lot of deliveries around the same time.T. Dodd:We're able to now service a very large part of, almost all of Los Angeles from the stores that are open, all the stores in that time frame. That's been I think a benefit of this horrible situation.F Geyrhalter:Right, right. If one can say it that way, but it's true. People are creatures of habit, so I'm sure people will also get used to getting delivers from Sweet Flower now, and then once-T. Dodd:[inaudible 00:08:14].F Geyrhalter:Yep. Say again?T. Dodd:Okay. All right, I dropped you for a second there. I'm sorry.F Geyrhalter:Okay, okay. What I was saying is that people are creatures of habit, so I'm sure that they get used to during the pandemic to start ordering from Sweet Flower, and then later on they might just keep it up because it's already in the system, it's easy for them to get used to it. Some positive things are coming out of this, as well.T. Dodd:Yeah. I think we're seeing, it's always as I think someone else smarter than I said, necessity is the mother of invention. We're seeing that. We're really now, we're making sure that all the staff is safe. Business continuity, which is really staff and customer safety, has got to be first and foremost right now.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely.T. Dodd:These are really challenging times.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely.T. Dodd:Secondly, just remembering who we are as a company. One of our values is community engagement. Last week, after I made sure that... We made sure as a team that all their staff and team had gloves and masks and sanitizer. We had a number of supplies left over. We approached some of the teams that we work with, particularly in Culver City, where we're based. We went out to the local charities that are in need and donated masks and gloves to them.T. Dodd:We also made some charitable donations to local food banks. That's really important, because we're also moving into a... Right after this crisis, there's going to be, or there already is an economic crisis, and we need to be reflective of that, and thinking about how we fit our company in this emerging new new. This new, not normal situation that we're going to be in.F Geyrhalter:Right. Absolutely.T. Dodd:If food banks are getting hurt, everyone is getting hurt. We're trying to help out, and we're doing that with money, and also with some time. I was driving around on Friday afternoon basically seeing some people that we know around our neighborhoods who are elderly and vulnerable, and making sure that they were safe. Then as I said, we dropped off a bunch of different supplies to some of our local charities, as well, to help them out. We're trying to do our small bit as a local business.F Geyrhalter:Right, right. I think it's everyone's responsibility as a business to just start with community. Even the community is at the heart of your brand. Let's take a step back a little bit.T. Dodd:Sure, of course. Yeah.F Geyrhalter:You have a successful track record as a VC, as well. You're investing from C to series C stages, and you had acquisitions from the $100 to $600 million range. I could have actually had you on as a VC guest, because I only have founders and VCs. Today you're wearing your founder hat.T. Dodd:I am, yes.F Geyrhalter:When I first read about Sweet Flower, I was immediately attracted to it because there is one and a million cannabis shops that actually differentiate, and that create a brand atmosphere, as I like to call it, around them that is specific, that actually stands out, and that sets them apart. For Sweet Flower, it's about being curated by and for Los Angeles. Heritage and community is really your brand story. You were quoted in Forbes saying, and I quote you here, "Souther California brands are some of the most recognized in the world."F Geyrhalter:We're talking about obviously the Googles and the Apples. "Within cannabis, I believe that we can build a best in class retail experience and brand." Tell us a little bit about how you have no background in the cannabis business. How did this came about? How did you set out and say, "We're going to create this LA-first brand?"T. Dodd:While I don't sound like it, I call LA home. I'm from New Zealand, but I moved to the States 26 years ago. Now I've spent over half my life here, and most of that has been in LA. I've been lucky enough to live here for the last couple of decades. I'm really focused in this amazing part of the world that I've grown to love and call home. Beyond that, we take a very non-mythical approach to cannabis. We think it's an industry, it's a business. It's a highly-regulated business. My cofounder and I have got a lot of experience in dealing in high-regulated business environments.T. Dodd:We're both actually recovering attorneys. I haven't practiced for many, many years, since 2003, I believe. That training is still part of it, and we take compliance very seriously. We also are both from relatively humble backgrounds, and so we do believe in giving back. That's, as I mentioned, part of what we are about in terms of the company, and that's part of that our ethos. Beyond that, in terms of California, we believe that California is still the largest legal market in the world. Potential legal market.T. Dodd:There are lots of issues in California which I'm sure everyone's familiar about with respect to illegal operations, and over-taxation, and the complexity of the regulatory environment. I won't agree or disagree on those, but they are definitely things that people talk about. We looked at this and said, "Okay, is there a space here for us to participate in this market?" We looked at that as really taking a classic, I want to say McKenzie approach, because I don't have that background, but just looking as a straightforward business approach, strategy, et cetera.T. Dodd:What is the market size? What is our potential entry point? We decided there is a huge... There is a large amount of people going after a core demographic, the stereotypical cannabis user. A young male in a certain demographic in Los Angeles. There were very few brands, and there were really no retail brands other than potentially one that was out there that was focused anywhere else. In fact, that brand was really focused in lots of places.T. Dodd:We were like, "Okay, let's see what we can do in terms of focusing a brand on a customer that is cannabis curious, has not maybe got into cannabis, but is definitely leaning into trying to understand this." My own experience with this was I ride bikes. I cycled for charity. I had a really bad bike accident cycling, broke my pelvis in many places, and my head pretty well, and walked up... I was medevaced off the top of a mountain in a chopper, woke up in hospital, was released a few days later with a big jar of Oxycontin.T. Dodd:Didn't want to do that, decided to go down to get some cannabis, went to a store. I'm on crutches hobbling around with my head wrapped up. I look like a real mess. It was like, "Well, do you know the difference between Indica and Sativa?" I was like, "Well, sure, I do, but what is the point of that question?" Then I thought about the customer journey that I was having, which is a really bad experience. I was hoping for a wellness experience. What I received was basically a transaction.T. Dodd:Sweet Flower was based on the premise that we can provide a wellness experience to all of our customers, not just a transaction. We want our customers to come to be loyal, to enjoy the experience they're having in the store, to receiving very high service component, and to receive education and engagement. I think we're getting the feedback that I was hoping for. We're receiving extraordinarily high reviews, anecdotal and data-driven reviews that are saying, "Hey, we really enjoyed the experience we had at Sweet Flower."T. Dodd:"We really enjoyed the peace, the experience we had. The products were really good. The service was great. We will come back." Really moving away from deal-driven behavior, we are saying, "Hey, we still do deals." Moving away from people who are trying to sell product cheaply, whatever, and deal-driven behavior. Transactional-driven behavior to loyalty-driven behavior and service-driven behavior. That's really what we're doing.T. Dodd:I view our product, what we're offering is not cannabis. We're offering a wellness experience. I think what we're seeing today is actually some vindication of that. People are selecting us because they want to spend time with us, either on a website, or if they come into the store even today, they're coming into the store because they want to understand the effect they can get. Not just, "I want THC, whatever component percentage flower." What I'm looking for really is, "I can't sleep, or I'm really stressed, or I'm in pain, or I'm anxious, or I want to be social with either, given the constraints of the current environment. I want to enjoy myself."T. Dodd:That's important to people, and that's what we're providing. I've always viewed Sweet Flower as providing a wellness experience. That's what I was hoping for when I hobbled into the store on crutches. That's what I didn't get, and that was a big part of me and my partner in Sweet Flower deciding that we would build this company. In terms of LA, I just believe southern California has a certain creative spirit. I've been lucky enough to work in large, creative organizations in California most of my career.T. Dodd:Warner Brothers, and then Technicolor, and at both places I found a tremendous amount of people who had incredibly engaging careers that were driven from their creative spirit, their creativity. That's a big part of Sweet Flower. We celebrate where we're from. The Sweet Flower love mark, our logo is the California state golden poppy. We have the sun in our logo. People move to LA partly because of the weather. That's part of who we are. It drives our activities and drives all of our engagements with each other, because it's such a great place to live.T. Dodd:We wanted to celebrate that. Then last, the name. We deliberately didn't call it anything too heavy, too dank, too cush, too 420. We didn't really want to have really obvious callouts to cannabis. The flower is not a flower, it's a poppy. It's a golden poppy, but the name itself is Sweet. We're not saying this is a brand for women, but certainly I think a lot of our customer base are female, and enjoy that, and certainly I do think part of marketing is to...T. Dodd:You can put out your brand, you can put out your marketing material. It's how people receive that, and then feed it back to you that's important. You know if you've missed the mark if what you intend to do, your intended audience is not actually what you get.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. Yep.T. Dodd:Yeah. I think in most cases, we've been very successful in terms of defining who we think our audience is, and having our audience say, "Yeah, this fits. This fits us." I think the biggest learning experience I had so far is the cannabis curious. People I think assume that they have a lot of knowledge, and it's been interesting. We've had a lot of people coming in with knowledge about some things, and actually we've educated them. We do have some extraordinarily experienced Sweet Florists, sales associates, in the stores.T. Dodd:That's been a very good experience for us. We're trying to just engage people as they are. When they walk in, they can have a lot of experience with cannabis or not. Initially we did call out the cannabis curious notion a bit more than we do now. We're I think... It doesn't really matter. People are super experienced with cannabis or not at all. There's always something to learn, and there's always new products in the market, particularly in California. Rather than talking about cannabis curious, we're really now talking about cannabis curated.T. Dodd:We have a fantastic buyer, Michelle Mendoza, who has been involved in cannabis here in Los Angeles for I think for two decades, and has ran the original California dispensary in West Hollywood way before any of these other stores came in. She has a tremendous background and a fantastic reputation in cannabis circles here in Los Angeles in particular. With Michelle's help, and then working with Kiana [inaudible 00:21:50] joined us as our CMO. Kiana also has a long history of engagement in cannabis, and before that in fashion.T. Dodd:Kiana and Michelle have really helpful us curate I think a fantastic selection of brands in-store, and then working with those brands, we've been able to curate... Sorry, to create a number of fantastic events and activations. Obviously now in this new engagement we have where we're socially distancing, a lot of it is influencer events that are happening online and on Instagram rather than elsewhere, but we're really doing that at the moment as a reaction to COVID.T. Dodd:With Michelle and Kiana, we're really now focusing on this cannabis curated moment. That, though, is congruent with the brand. It fits the brand. The notion of calling your customers cannabis curious, we backed off that a little bit. I think that that is... I don't really want to call our customers anything. I think all of my customers are fantastic. We're honored to have them in our store. We respect where they're all coming from, whether they have a lot of knowledge of cannabis or zero. Doesn't matter. We want to provide them with that same level of engagement and service.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, you meet them where they're at, right?T. Dodd:Yeah.F Geyrhalter:And people come in with different backgrounds, as you nicely stated. Talking about the community again, and you talked about these events, because to me it's super interesting to think about how you actually activate a community. Do you currently, or will you in the future when things go a little back to normal, or maybe like you said virally, how do you collaborate with other brands? Do you collaborate with other brands? What's in store for your community growth?T. Dodd:Yeah, so we've actually I think been at the forefront of brand retailer partnerships. I just think it's very interesting to have walked into the cannabis industry when we did. A lot of the foundational structure of the industry was getting set up, and some of it was antagonistic. There was a lot of, "You're going to have to pay for shelf space to be on my stores," and all this kind of stuff. We never did that. We never did that. We didn't think it was the right thing to do.T. Dodd:It might have provided us with some extra revenue, but the [foreign 00:24:23] of that is that we're now just leasing shelf space to brands. Instead, I think we actually got a lot more value, realizable value, not just soft dollars, but actually revenue from customers because we decided to partner with our brands. We see our brands, our core brands are partners. Obviously COVID versus pre-COVID, it's a hard cut, almost, because we have not had any events in the store, in any of the stores since this even became a potential threat.T. Dodd:Before that, before COVID, we were working very closely with brands big and small to do activations in the store. We launched a number of products in the store, particularly on our Melrose store, which is a great location, across the street for the Improv, and there's bars and restaurants all around there. We hope that neighborhood comes back quickly once this horrible situation is over. That said, at has always been a core part of our base. Frankly, that allows us to tag our brand's customers as our customers, or as our brands tag our customers as theirs.T. Dodd:It's collaborative, and that's the key here. I don't think anyone gets ahead of this by trying to get around each other. Post-CO, or now that I guess we're in COVID, we're not post-COVID, but in the current situation we are, we launched a very strong influencer engagement campaign with our brands to push delivery just last week. The week before, we had somewhere in the range of 45 to 50 different influencers all based here in Los Angeles that we worked with. All of them got a Sweet Flower branded bag that contained products from our core brands, our core brand partners.T. Dodd:Our brands and us worked together to do that. We worked with the influencers to do that. This is not a paid campaign. This was organic and really came from a similar point of entry, which is, "Let's make sure we do something responsible for push delivery as the new way of receiving and getting cannabis products." That was great. Through that campaign, 50 influencers with a total reach of around 20 million followers-F Geyrhalter:Wow. That's impressive.T. Dodd:A lot of whom... Yeah, obviously some of them around outside of our geographic reach. They're not here in southern California, but a lot of those people are. The ones that aren't are still now seeing Sweet Flower as a brand. They're seeing Sweet Flower as something that's enabling people to be safe at home, and it's also enabling their favorite brands to work with a delivery service like Sweet Flower to drive traffic and engagement, and frankly sales, which is fantastic.T. Dodd:We're now pivoting from being a dispensary that offers delivery to being both, to being just a chain of dispensaries, a chain of retail stores, and also a very robust delivery service. That campaign we did really was all about delivering, and it was all about working with these brands. That was great. That I think will continue. We see a lot of demand for that. On our delivery service, we currently offer everything. Everything in the store is available for delivery. That's really important, so people can get the same products they could-F Geyrhalter:Totally. Yeah.T. Dodd:If they walk in and they can get that to their home, and that's super important. I think going forward, we want to expand that. We want to expand the reach of the delivery. We want to expand obviously its robustness in terms of the tech underneath it. Then if we have more brands to work with, because I worry a little bit about what's going to happen in the brand space given COVID, and given California overall, even before COVID. We want our brands, our core brand partners to have a good foundational business.T. Dodd:We believe that we remain the best channel for them to do that. We're really looking forward to working with some brands on some exclusive launches, some more exclusive promotions, et cetera, yeah, in the coming months.F Geyrhalter:We talked about expansion for a second with the potential... Well, with the Westwood location when the time is right. What are the plans, and how would a brand that is positioned so uniquely for LA ever expand outside greater Los Angeles without losing its authenticity? Would it be online? How do you see that? Or would you ever go outside of LA?T. Dodd:We've already announced we've got Westwood coming, Culver City next, and then we also were a successful applicant... We're one of the top six applicants in Pasadena. That's the current forefront. Beyond that, obviously we are looking at new opportunities outside Los Angeles, but probably staying in southern California for the moment. That's probably not a brand decision. It's more a decision around capital allocation. Where is it smart to allocate capital? I think that those are more at the moment, more about capital allocation and brand fit.T. Dodd:I think California brands play really well everywhere. I look at Vans, Levi's. I look at some of the really strong retail brands that we have here, and frankly the California lifestyle-F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. Absolutely.T. Dodd:Seems somewhat universal, so I think our brand plays well in northern California. I think our brand could play well in neighboring states. I don't have an aspiration at the moment to go beyond or out of state too much. I think when we started this journey, what seems like a long time ago, it was all about being a multi-state operator. That time has changed in the industry. Investors were asking, "When are you guys going to go out of state? You need to be in different states." My pushback was always, "Why?"T. Dodd:LA county is 26% of the population of California, and by far away the most cannabis-leaning and attending population of California. Los Angeles County, if it were to be a state, is the eighth largest state in the country.F Geyrhalter:Plenty of opportunity within, yeah.T. Dodd:It's like saying, "Well, I can see that if I was starting someplace else, you'd be asking that questions, but I'm not. I'm starting here." What's the rationale for that? Is that just a canned question? Lots of people are asking these kinds of... Investors and et cetera.F Geyrhalter:It's a typical question, right?T. Dodd:Yeah, sure.F Geyrhalter:The reason why I ask it was because Sweet Flower, the entire tagline is it's curated by and for Los Angeles. It seems to me like it is so positioned to be not only an LA brand, but also only for LA, right?T. Dodd:Sure.F Geyrhalter:Which obviously you can pivot the brand whenever you start reaching outside of LA and more into southern California, but that's where I was heading with that question, because it has LA at its heart, and right now it is catering specifically to LA. Which I think a lot of people in LA love that, because quite frankly, there is not much in LA that is born in LA for LA, because everything is very global, and everyone in LA is an immigrant. You're from New Zealand, I'm from Australia.F Geyrhalter:We both lived here for half of our lives or however long. I think that there is something really special about a brand that is positioned from a brand positioning point of view just for Los Angeles.T. Dodd:Yeah. I lost you there for a second, so I apologize. I'm not sure what happened. [inaudible 00:32:54] came back on. It's an interesting challenge I think for us to think about it. I do think that there's a great New York City surf wear brand called Saturdays.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know them. Yeah.T. Dodd:It opened up in New York, and now LA, and now everywhere. Still very much a New York City brand.F Geyrhalter:True.T. Dodd:That's the kind of stuff where I think we're not a clothing brand. We're a retailer. I think New York City, where I lived for quite some time before I moved to LA, same thing. Wide acceptance of core brands from other places. I think we're a core brand. You can define a core lots of different ways, but I think we fit. I think we play well in different parts of the states. I don't know where this goes, if we're ever going to be in a shopping mall in the midwest. I don't know.T. Dodd:I think the idea, it would really be that this brand is for now, at the moment, for the next foreseeable, the near future, and frankly prognosticating about the near future is probably really silly given what's going on. The idea is we are a really strong fit for what our vision is for a cannabis retail here in California. I think we fit well elsewhere, but we'll be selective. We'll have to make decisions about... Just I've been very selective, we as a team have been very selective about our locations.T. Dodd:Where we are set up in Los Angeles. I spent a little bit of time in commercial real estate when I was at Warner Brothers, looking at at the time the Warner Brothers real estate portfolio. We looked at 100 locations for these stores. There are six stores currently, and we passed on most of them. Some of them would have been cheaper, and some of them would have been different. Obviously different. A different vibe, a different location. We weren't just going, doing it based on scarcity or density.T. Dodd:We were also doing it based on what we felt was the right building to have, the right province for the brand. Some of these buildings that we've got required a lot of TI, tenent improvement, but they're also really good branding opportunities. They're big with big locations, good locations. We can put the flower on the front of the store, and it's cool. That was really part of it. We've been very selective about these things.F Geyrhalter:Design is super important for you guys, right? The store layout, how it feels, how people enter it, entire customer journey.T. Dodd:Yeah.F Geyrhalter:Overall, your brand design and language, it feels very authentic, down to Earth. It's balanced. It's also gender neutral, even though you hinted at the idea that it's female forward, in a way, but it feels very neutral. You've got this highly curated custom photography, you've got these pastel colors, and that's all key to a very specific visual language for Sweet Flower. All of that is underlining your mission to set a new standard for modern cannabis retail that is inclusive, diversive, and approachable by all.F Geyrhalter:I know branding was super important for you guys from the get-go, but how early on did you invest in branding? How was that journey when you said, "Okay, we got to start thinking about the visual and verbal aspect of our brand at this point?"T. Dodd:That's a very straightforward question to answer. It was immediate. The first thing we did was, "Okay, so who are we? What do we stand for? What's our brand? What does our brand... ?" Once we decided to do this, and then decided roughly, a rough sketch of what Sweet Flower could become, and before we really had the name, and it locked in our heads, I sat down with a design team that I had worked with previously a little bit in a prior career, and came up with who is our customer?T. Dodd:We started with that. Who is our customer? Then what do we offer that customer? Then why does that customer want to come to see us? Simple, basic questions. That helped us frame the central question, who are we? I think we did that, if we started on a Sunday, we did that on a Monday. It was basically the next thing that we did. We invested in the brand, and we invested in the logo, the water marking, the brand ethos, the design, the look and feel of the stores. It's all congruent. The door has to be congruent.T. Dodd:We did not want to do anything that was going to turn off, because we're also in a really interesting situation because we were applying for different licenses in different cities. Some of those cities didn't really, like Culver City for instance, which has been fantastic. That is a forward leaning, thorough application process run by I think a very sophisticated group of people. Again, you're applying for the permission to basically sell a drug in someone's neighborhood. You have to be thinking about that.T. Dodd:You don't want to come in and say, "Okay, this is a right. California has adopted this, and you guys have to do it." That isn't the case. Anyway, it's always the local municipality gets to decide. We've always been focused on who we are, where we're from, and where we fit in that community.F Geyrhalter:That's part of your audience, right? You have to cater to all your different customers, and you wouldn't have the customers if you wouldn't get licensed within a certain city. That is important.T. Dodd:Yeah. You want to have your customers feel comfortable going to see you. If I think of the over... If I could sum up Sweet Flower in one word, it's trust. We want to grant people the right to trust us. We want to have people feel that they feel... To feel good about going to see us, that we're going to provide them with a good experience. They're not going to pay some crazy ripoff prices to staff. They're going to feel good about leaving the store, and going home, and trying these products.T. Dodd:If they don't like them, they can come back, and we can... Obviously, there's certain regs about returns, but we can always work with people about other things. We want to provide them with their trust, and extend that trust to delivery, extend that trust to our community, extend that trust to our drivers, and our delivery people, and our staff in the store, and our store managers. That's really important. I think that's where we want to come to. It's a trusted environment. Safe.T. Dodd:Beyond just being safe, it is an element of trust. That's hard to do. It's really hard to get people to trust you.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. Especially in that space, yeah.T. Dodd:Yeah. You start frankly in cannabis with three or four feet back from anywhere else, right?F Geyrhalter:Yeah.T. Dodd:It's a stigmatized business still, and probably rightly so. We just to have decide that it's not a right, it's a privilege to operate a store in these communities, and you've got to build that trust. If we've messed up, we want to fix things up quickly. I'm not aware of anywhere we have, but people often... These people just stigmatized bad cannabis operators, so they all think we've got green hair and piercings, and we get high all day. That's not who we are. A lot of that is just being visible.T. Dodd:Frankly, when we went to Culver City, the first thing we did was put our corporate office in Culver City. I work out of Culver City, at least I did until just recently.F Geyrhalter:Yeah.T. Dodd:Yeah, every day. We're around. You go, "Okay, there's the... " I'd go to the Starbucks and meet the, you run into the cops. They'd say, "Oh, are you the weed guy?" I'm like, "Yeah, I'm your friendly neighborhood drug dealer," and they're all going to crack up. If you do that 100 times over the course of a few months, I guess, people are like, "Okay." It becomes a little bit more normalized, and you're approachable, and not from some... What they think of as a cannabis person is not who you reflect, and that's important, too.T. Dodd:I think it comes down to trust. That's, like I said, you don't get that overnight. You don't get that over a year. You need to just work at that all the time, and it's super easy to lose, too. We just want to make sure we're that we're always trying [inaudible 00:42:09] as best we can.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. No, and that is the number one thing that people seek for these days in cannabis stores, anyways, is trust. If you amplify it the way that you do it as a brand, it makes a whole lot of sense. Usually as an investor, when you had your investor hat on, let's switch your hat for a second, how early on did you ask startups to invest in branding? Because usually for startups, it's all product, product, product, right?T. Dodd:Yeah.F Geyrhalter:For you, because you're a knowledgeable industry veteran, you understand what it takes. You started with asking all these right questions. Most cannabis businesses never do that, they don't even know what they're about. They just want to sell product.T. Dodd:For a second there. Can you hear me?F Geyrhalter:Okay. Yeah, I can hear you. Shall I repeat this?T. Dodd:Yeah. Sorry. It just dropped for a second. Not sure why.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, yeah. No worry. Look, the Internet, there's...T. Dodd:Yeah. There's ten million more people using it.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, exactly. Exactly.T. Dodd:It's probably not built for this, yeah.F Geyrhalter:Let's put on your investor hat for a second. When you as an investor, how early on did you tell your startups to invest in branding? Because most startup founders think it's a ginormous waste of time, because for them it's all product, product, product. Most investors, for them it's a ginormous waste of money because for them it's all about speed to market, and let's keep the money for the product for later on, and for marketing. How did you advise your startups?T. Dodd:Most of the startups I was working with were tech, and so it was product oriented. There wasn't a significant amount of focus on branding. Some of the companies I was working with or looking at were creative services companies that was more of a B2B player than a B2C player like Sweet Flower. The B2B players did require branding. A lot of that was built around talent. It was their own talent, and so they did invest early in branding.T. Dodd:Particularly when you're dealing with creative services, creative people, you can't stop them. They're very focused on that. I think for us, we had to invest in branding early, because one, we wanted to differentiate ourselves from the pack, and I think we've done that very well. Secondly, we were also in the middle of... We quickly started to apply for licenses in competitive license markets. Having a branding pack, having a design pack, having the look and feel that distinguished us from everyone else is, in those markets, in those races super important.T. Dodd:Now we've gotten not just the branding. We also now have a very strong operational backbone. We feel good about that decision. I think branding is critical for a retail outlet. A lot of people say, "Why do you guys have to brand these stores at all? Why don't you just take whatever name they had originally, and when you move them, just reopen them as that?" My philosophy here was really simple. You follow what works. What works for people is a very, again, building trust.T. Dodd:You have to have a common backbone. You have to have a standard look and feel. When you go to a Starbucks, or an Alfred Coffee, or a Sephora, or a Lay Labo, those are the brands that we were looking at. Analog brands in different sectors. It's very important to say, "Those brands have a common look and feel." We felt the same way about cannabis retail. No different. That was a core part of it, so we invested in branding early. I would not change that decision. I think it was the right thing to do.F Geyrhalter:What does branding mean to you now, now that you've gone through this process yourself? What does branding mean to you, Tim? It's a big question. Big loaded question to finish things off.T. Dodd:Yeah. I'll try and give the simplest answer. I think we're all... I'm not a Jungian psychologist, but we're all kind of powered by iconography. We're all powered by things we see that basically make us reflect on who we are and the situation that we're in. Branding to me is assembling those icons, color, logos. A flower, the sun. Simple things, and assembling those in a way that makes you think, "Okay, that's reflective of something that I like, that I want to engage with." It's possibly just that simple.T. Dodd:We're all basically fairly limbic. You can take away a lot of the cerebral cortex, but really at the end of the day, we're fairly basic animals. I think we reflect and response to things that are appealing to us different ways, right? For us, it was like, "Let's have a very simple brand. Let's use a cool gray palette. Let's apply a little bit of navy for bold." Nothing too shocking. We didn't want to be some super-dynamic motif. We wanted to be very straightforward. Let's use powerful iconography, powerful typography, good fonts, big fonts, and just keep it simple.T. Dodd:That allows people to apply their own feelings to the brand, I think. The brand icons are important, and the love mark that we have with the flower and the poppy... Sorry, the sun and the poppy are really important. I love that. I like seeing it. Every time I see that in a different way, that people are thinking about it, to me, it feels good. There's just something I like about it.F Geyrhalter:Yeah, it's so simple, but yet it tells a story, right? It also tells the story of what you actually want to feel, and that relief, and that kind of a space.T. Dodd:Yeah. Just selling wellness. Yeah. We're selling wellness. We're selling something. It has to stand out a little bit because it's a commercial brand. We're obviously, as you drive down the street, we want to make sure that you see Sweet Flower's logo, and our bold icons on the side of the stores. Yeah. I think it really just comes down to that trust, and that this is about wellness. Beyond that, I think people apply whatever they want to the brand. That's the cool part.T. Dodd:It's like, having people tell you what it means to them when they come into Sweet Flower. We've had some really amazing feedback and testimonials from people. That's really nice to see.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. Where can listeners get to know your brand? Mainly online, because there's a small, small, small part of our listeners from LA, but a lot of international listeners. Where can they get to know you?T. Dodd:SweetFlower.com is the website. We're constantly retooling the website. It also has a transactional component, ecommerce platform on the back of it. The website itself tells a story. I think the best way to think about us, though, for people who are outside of our community is on Sweet Flower Shops on Instagram. Sweet Flower Shops is really a nice component of that. That's non-transactional, obviously, and that really is much more about our brand story.F Geyrhalter:Totally agreed. Yeah.T. Dodd:And our partnerships and other things. That's where we see [inaudible 00:50:25]. I think Sweet Flower Shops is a really nice way for us to get our brand messaging and story out there, as well.F Geyrhalter:Awesome, Tim. Listen, I'm looking forward to following the journey. It's really-T. Dodd:Thank you, Fabian.F Geyrhalter:It's crazy times right now, but it's amazing how you guys are dealing with it, and how you're pushing forward, and how it is all about your community first, your employees, and then the people that you can currently help. Really, really appreciate you taking the time in these busy times. Stay safe out there-T. Dodd:Of course, yeah.F Geyrhalter:For most, be healthy, right?T. Dodd:Yeah, you, too. Stay safe, be well, and we'll see you soon, I'm sure. I much appreciate the time today. It's been great. Thank you so much.F Geyrhalter:Absolutely. Thanks, Tim.

Sung Kang connects with two of his close friends virtually via Zoom during these tough times of the coronavirus lockdown. Roger from Souther California has a 2018 Honda Odyssey and McCaleb from New York has a 2002 Corolla aka "Alice". They also get to meet Sung's 1963 Datsun 320 "Oppa". https://sungsgarage.com

Craig Pickerill has spent the last 15 years working in the entertainment industry as an editor, director and producer for some of the biggest studios and brands around. He now runs his own video production & creative services company (roguemotion.tv) and utilizes the skills he has gained over the last 15 years to help entrepreneurs, business owners and individuals turn a kingdom idea into a God sized vision.Outside of video production his passion is to help others cultivate their creative gifts, unlock their imagination and partner with the ultimate creator to produce work of true originality in complete freedom in who they are.Originally from Souther California, Craig and his family reside in central Oregon. Married to a wonderful wife, father to two busy little girls, Craig loves all things outdoors, athletics and the chance to disconnect for reflection and growth.

This week we visit with Carlos Galan owner of Diamond In The Rough Detailing. We actually recorded this episode when we were down in Souther California for The IDA Meet and Greet hosted by Oscar Hernandez of Eight O Five Auto Detailing: Show highlights: Met Oscar Hernandez at 5 Day Advanced Training and they stay connected His thoughts on the first IDA Meet and Greet in Southern California 20 years experience but with the way the industry is changing education is critical Started as a kid cleaning his dad’s cars. Opened his first shop at 25 Broad detailing service provider for fleets, dealerships, and retail customers Struggles of owning a business and not being able to do what he loves - detailing cars When in business zone be focused, when in personal zone be as focused Build an environment of collaboration with other detailers IDA Meet and Greet and training at 3D Oxnard Ladies having a BIG impact on the auto detailing industry Contact Carlos at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DNRAutoDetailing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dnrautodetailing Website: https://www.diamondintheroughdetailing.com Mafia Memoirs is a production of RoadFS and Zenware Zenware: https://zenware.com RoadFS: https://roadfs.com

Pablo Gonzalez is a real estate agent in the city of Los Angeles and belongs to the realty super star group, Realty Republic. I wanted to have him on the podcast to explain the process of buying a home to people like myself that have zero idea about what its like. In a time and a place like Souther California where property is a giant issue, with rent hikes and home prices rising, its crucial to know how you can own a part of this pie. Pablo is a great person, and I’ve personally seen him treat any and all people super well. If you are looking for a home contact him at Realty Republic, you will not be disappointed in his personality and honesty. If you are not looking yet use this episode as a resource to learn about what the process of home ownership is like.

Jeremiah is a poet living in Souther California, who writes what I would call Romantic literature. On this show we discussed the nature of poetry, spoken word and wrap, and his forthcoming book, which is in the genre called "slave-narrative."I also have a book recommendation for him and for you in this conversation. A Victor Hugo book that is often overlooked.Enjoy this conversation with Poet Jeremiah Cobra.Get Jeremiah's book of poetry and short stories "Beauty and Perspective" www.bookofadriel.com

Jeremiah is a poet living in Souther California, who writes what I would call Romantic literature. On this show we discussed the nature of poetry, spoken word and wrap, and his forthcoming book, which is in the genre called "slave-narrative."I also have a book recommendation for him and for you in this conversation. A Victor Hugo book that is often overlooked.Enjoy this conversation with Poet Jeremiah Cobra.Get Jeremiah's book of poetry and short stories "Beauty and Perspective" www.bookofadriel.com

Often to understand poetry, it helps to compare two poems of a similar subject. On this episode I will be comparing a new poet to an old one. The new: Jeremiah Cobra is a writer and poet living in Souther California. He recently published his first book of short stories and poems in a compilation, "Beauty and Perspective." I'll be reading and discussing his poem A Flower's Bloom. The old: William Blake (1757-1827). Blake is one of the great Romantic poets of the 18th and 19th century. Considered a visionary in his own time, his series Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience commonly portray a deceptively simplistic scene, but hide a beautifully dark vision of the world.I'll be reading and discussing his poem The Blossom.Read these poems here: https://www.kirkbarbera.com/single-post/2018/10/31/BLOOM-poetry

Often to understand poetry, it helps to compare two poems of a similar subject. On this episode I will be comparing a new poet to an old one. The new: Jeremiah Cobra is a writer and poet living in Souther California. He recently published his first book of short stories and poems in a compilation, "Beauty and Perspective." I'll be reading and discussing his poem A Flower's Bloom. The old: William Blake (1757-1827). Blake is one of the great Romantic poets of the 18th and 19th century. Considered a visionary in his own time, his series Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience commonly portray a deceptively simplistic scene, but hide a beautifully dark vision of the world.I'll be reading and discussing his poem The Blossom.Read these poems here: https://www.kirkbarbera.com/single-post/2018/10/31/BLOOM-poetry

Arif Taj is one of the most successful Team Leaders in Sport Clips. Along with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Shamaila, Arif owns and operates 6 locations in Souther California. With a strong background in management and franchising, Arif has refined recruiting strategies and created marketing opportunities to help Sport Clips succeed. In this episode, Arif and Shamaila discuss their unique approach to marketing, charitable fundraising and how to maintain a strong brand reputation.

I sit down with Tony who tells his story about growing up in a military family, what its like going to four different High Schools in four years and traveling the world before settling down. He talks about his experience getting lost in Central America and what it was like being a firefighter in Souther California before moving to Washington.

Arif Taj is one of the most successful Team Leaders in Sport Clips. Along with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Shamaila, Arif owns and operates 6 locations in Souther California. With a strong background in management and franchising, Arif has refined recruiting strategies and created marketing opportunities to help Sport Clips succeed. In this episode, Arif and Shamaila discuss what they have done to build a strong culture that fosters employee retention.

Jacob Swodeck is one of the most followed and respected Realtor in Souther California. What makes him unique is his comfort with public speaking, and his perspective on his business. In this episode we go into how to attract talent, how technology has disrupted the Real Estate industry, and some easy ways to get comfortable in front of an audience. You can connect with Jacob at: Phone: 909-973-4011 FB: http://bit.ly/JacobFB1 IG: http://bit.ly/JacobIG1 Web: http://bit.ly/JacobWeb1 Email: JLKSwodeck@gmail.com TED Talk Mentioned: http://bit.ly/TEDTalk2 Follow Access to Success at: FB: http://bit.ly/A2Sfb iTunes: http://bit.ly/A2SPodcast IG: http://bit.ly/igA2S  

Hope y'all been enjoying the summer as much as we have. This episode we sit down with Tatsuo Takei (@tatsuo_takei) and politic about his start in surf culture in Souther California, who were some of the first people he photographed and where he sees his photography going. We also spin some short takes with @surfersjournal cover shot of @mr._t00ts, @andreacolemanphoto shooting Malibu and @bangbangboogie at the @surf.relik. So get our of that heat, twist a cap and spend the next 2 hours with the crew y'all. This episode is brought to you by our homies over at Nicaragua Craft Beer   Make sure to check us out at https://www.instagram.com/bodegaboardercrew/ Merch available here http://www.bodegaboardercrewstore.com Sticker packs via bodegaboardergrew@gmail.com No need to bust a craze on some waves...there's always more during the next swell.   TRACKS PLAYED THIS EPISODE 1. Mortal Combat - Big Daddy Kane 2. This Is Something for the Radio - Biz Markie 3. She's Crafty - The Beastie Boys 4. Illegal Business - Boogie Down Productions 5. Mind Blowin' - The D.O.C. 6. Sons of 3rd Bass - 3rd Bass 7. If It Ain't Ruff - N.W.A. 8. Ahh, Let's Get Ill - LL Cool J 9. Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Eric B and Rakim 10. She Watch Channel Zero - Public Enemy 11. Caught Up (Remix) - Chubb Rock 12. The Hunted Child - Ice T 13. Smoke - Kid Frost 14.  I'm Housin' - EPMD 15. I'm the Magnificent - Special Ed 16. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker 17. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff 18. Man In the Hills - Burning Spear 19. Transport Connection - Sister Nancy   Til next time suckas... keep those toes wet #JustTheTip #ToesBeforeHoes Merch available here http://www.bodegaboardercrewstore.com and follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bodegaboardercrew/   LOOSIES links  https://rafflecreator.com/pages/23228/loosies-san-diego-premier-for-stoked-mentoring https://www.facebook.com/events/261326714642610/   Tatsuo Takei links   http://www.tatsuotakei.com/ https://vimeo.com/271144446 https://vimeo.com/48779251     SHORT TAKES: Mr Toots cover shot for Surfers Journal https://www.surfersjournal.com/feature/cover-shot-medium   Joel, Tudor, Tosh Tudor, Tommy Coleman, Jared Mell and Sean Tully at Malibu by Andrea Coleman https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBbIkknNEV/?taken-by=andreacolemanphoto   Jared Mell at the Relik https://vimeo.com/277320183    

Welcome to another episode of The Fervent Few podcast. Every two weeks we present you with this bonus episode of the GBH podcast where we chat with members of our subscriber community. The Fervent Few subscribe to GBH like a magazine making a monthly contribution via Patreon. Members join us in a forum to talk about a wide range of topics that doesn’t just stop at beer. And every week we pick one of these topics and present the community’s answers to readers in the form of an article posted to Good Beer Hunting. You can find out more information by visiting patreon.com/goodbeerhunting On this episode we play Where in the World is Michael Kiser and we talk to James Raynon who just moved to Chicago from Souther California. We’ll talk to him about the differences in locales and his time in the Fervent Few. But first we find out where Michael Kiser is hiding.

THE THEME PARK DUO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES, GOOGLE PLAY AND STITCHER! Have you ever just wished that your favorite closed attraction from the past would make a resounding return to the world of theme parks and amusement parks? One more ride on The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management at The Magic Kingdom? One more trip into the twilight zone on the Tower of Terror at Disney' California Adventure? Well this is the episode where the Duo talks about oldies that have gone the way of the dodo. Everyone has their personal attachment to attractions whether its at Disneyland in Anaheim California or Universal Studios in Orlando. So the Duo gives their personal TOP 5 closed attractions here in Souther California. It is a whirl wind of emotions, sad stories and wonderful memories. Not only do we reminisce on amazing rides and attractions of the past, but we do talk about the new night time show coming to Universal Studios Hollywood in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We mention that permits have been filed to drastically change EPCOT's future and Sea World in Orlando will be receiving a Sesame Street themed area to their park! Last but not least, we have a Haunting Headlines announcement with The Shining being confirmed for both Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights. Grab your photo albums, fire up that projector and come with us as we stroll down memory lane of our favorite closed attractions! Check out our website: themeparkduo.com Follow us on social media: @themeparkduo Contact us: themeparkduo@gmail.com

This week we discuss how much we love Andrea Martin's performance as Quark's mom, political parallels with the Kai Winn, and we discuss how Star Trek uses Souther California to make every planet. Note: Sorry for the delay, had some technical issues that won't affect the episode. Note 2: Here is the map we discussed in the episode: https://am21.akamaized.net/tms/cnt/uploads/2010/05/fake-filming-locations-e1274448150961.png

Welcome to another episode of Making It with Chris G where we have Conversations with people in the world of entertainment who are making it, from behind the scenes to the spotlight. Sharing their stories and insight to help you get one step closer to Making It.  Jon Phillips is the CEO of Silverback Music Management with offices in Los Angeles, CA and New Orleans, LA. One of Jon’s first artist’s in his management career was Sublime. Other artists on Silverback include Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, Dumpstaphunk, Fishbone, The Aggrolites, The Grouch & Eligh, The Beautiful Girls & MatMchugh, and Ethan Tucker. In this episode we talk about when Jon first started working with Sublime to getting them their first record deal. We talk about the release of the self titled album which sold over 27 million copied, and due to the unfortunately loss of singer Bradley Nowell before the album came out, never had a band to tour behind the record. We talk about how Jon tried to blend the cultures of Southern California Reggae with the sounds of New Orleans, and much more. Keep in touch with Jon at Silverback Music Management: http://silverbackmusic.net/https://www.facebook.com/silverbackmusic https://www.instagram.com/silverbackmusic/ https://twitter.com/silverbackmusic  Keep in touch: www.makingitwithchrisg.com https://www.instagram.com/chrisgoyzueta/ https://twitter.com/chrisgoyzueta https://www.facebook.com/makingitwithchrisg  

Dieter Heinz Kijora of HG Motorsports  joins us along with Patrick Stevenson. We do our usual thing but along the way Dieter shares the impressively deep background his family has in Souther California motoring history, also we learn how Matt ended up in a sling several years ago.  

The Green Divas just spent some time in Souther California. Listen to this Green Divas Health & Beauty episode to hear about all the fun healthy activities in SoCal -- yoga, juicing, and that California state of mind.

Bob Singh and Ken Ogden, Founders of Radius Power talk with host Ric Franzi about their engineering-oriented firm which provides an extensive line of EMI Filters that meet the front-end requirements for AC and DC power applications.  Their firm is a global designer and manufacturer serving a variety of industries.  A part of the interview is spent discussing their diversification efforts and how it is transforming their firm. Lisa Johnson, Owner of LBJ Flooring discusses her family owned and operated firm specializing in quality flooring and installation for residential and commercial projects throughout Souther California.  Ric talks with Lisa about the secrets to her business success running one of Southern California's prestigious flooring company's for over seven years.