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What we're gonna be chatting about on today's episode, is what is content. Unfortunately, if you're not creating content, you're not going to have a business in the future. In my opinion, there is no more important marketing mechanism, activity or anything, than to create content. Because if you're trying to message anyone without creating content, all you're really doing is selling your shit and you're landing on deaf ears. Content Creation is how you remain relevant amongst your audience, your databases, and how you keep the conversation going. Our guest today happens to be from Chicago, but certainly not all good content marketers come from Chicago ;). Her name is Mrs. Sarah Noel Block, and she has a company called Tiny Marketing. What she does is she focuses on content creation within the real estate space. Three Things You'll Learn in This EpisodeHow to stop getting your clients stolenCreating content even with a small teamDefine what content itResourcesLearn more about Sarah Noel BlockReal Estate Marketing DudeThe Listing Advocate (Earn more listings!)REMD on YouTubeREMD on InstagramTranscript:So how do you track new business, you constantly don't have to chase it. Hi, I'm Mike Cuevas to real estate marketing. And this podcast is all about building a strong personal brand people have come to know, like trust and most importantly, refer. But remember, it is not their job to remember what you do for a living. It's your job to remind them. Let's get started.What's up ladies and gentlemen, welcome another episode of the real estate marketing dude, podcast, where we're talking about today is something near and dear to my heart. Basically, the whole reason why I started to create this show about six weeks ago, and I'll lay the context over what we're going to be covering are six weeks ago, I mean, six fucking years ago, not six weeks, six years ago. But I'm going to lay the coverage about when I actually came up with the name real estate marketing dude, I was actually at a conference for Copyblogger in Denver and Copyblogger. Back in the day is Brian Clark's company, you probably know who he is. Brian Clark is Copyblogger used to be the number one blogging content marketing company, I think in the world, he's from training, they're at the forefront number. And at that conference, I was sitting at this conference, and it was at that conference that I saw, I forget who was speaking on stage, but I'm like, You know what, I'm going to call my company. And I'm going to call my podcast, real estate marketing dude, because I was sold on content marketing, but I wasn't sold on what my brand or identity was, until I came back from that conference. So folks, what we're gonna be chatting about on today's episode, is what is content. And unfortunately, if you're not creating content, you're not going to have a business in the future. In my opinion, there is no more important marketing mechanism, activity or anything, then to create content. Because if you're trying to message anyone without creating content, all you're really doing is selling your shit. And you're landing on deaf ears. Content Creation is how you remain relevant amongst your audience, your databases, and how you keep the conversation going. Because when you disappear, you become a closet agent. And that's when they start cheating on you with guys like me and everybody else. And that's what is going to happen. The eye buyers today are are aiming for your clients. Big tech is aiming for your clients, and everyone is aiming for your clients except you. If you're not creating content, you're gonna lose touch, not stay in touch with them. And this is going to be a very good episode. So we're gonna go ahead and introduce our guest today. She happens to be from Chicago, but certainly not all good content marketers come from Chicago, if you don't know. But her name is Mrs. Sarah Noel block, and she has a company called tidy marketing. And what she does is she focuses on content creation within the real estate space. So Sarah, go ahead and say hello, tell us a little bit about yourself. And let's get into this.Yeah, so I started working with real estate companies about 10 years ago to create their content. And I haven't looked back basically, I reached out to landlord ology, the because I was a real estate investor. And I said, Hey, do you guys need content? They did. So they hired me in it spun from there. I was working full time in marketing. And I built my business on the side as I was, as I was doing content for real estate service and SaaS companies. And now here I am two years later. Do you want to do it full time?And you're mainly creating content for the real estate industry? Those that correct? Yes. Okay. So we're going to start this off really easy, guys, we're gonna first define what content is. If you guys ever listened to the show for a while, you guys, if you don't know what the hell we do, yet, we create video content for you. So that everybody knows who the hell you are in your local community. But video content is just one form of content. There's a lot of content to create. Everything you do is content. Like everything you do even when you go on showings, that's content. So once you to find in your terms, what the hell's content for the real estate people?Yes, for the real estate people, it is how you educate and build trust with your audience. Man, I would say I think it's like 70% of the sales process is done before they ever reach out to somebody in sales. And all of that is done through content marketing, because you're teaching them how to solve their problem. And you're building trust by showing them you know how to solve that problem. It pretty much feeds all of your marketing.Can you go back and spend some time on this? 70 to 80% of people have already decided whether they're going to buy your shit, is that what you're saying?I am saying they have at least decided between you and one other company on if they're going to buy your shit. And then they'll reach out to you and that'll be the deciding factor on who they go with.So when a consumer is out there, just sort of I don't know just play in the real estate agents, agencies and say I'm going back into Chicago. I never sold real estate Chicago so I don't know any real estate agents in Chicago. And I'm thinking about moving back home to go closer to my parents. Let them watch the grandkids grow up. And I've sort of went on YouTube, I saw some one guy might like a little bit, I see another agent, I might like a little bit. What would I do next? As a consumer? Typically, they check out their websites and make a check out their YouTube channel, like what am I going to do?Oh, you're gonna do a deep dive, you're gonna go to Google. And you're going to start researching that person. See what social media they're on? Are they active on it? See what what's going on on their website? Are they regularly updating it? Do they have new houses listed on there? What do they tell me about their process for buying and selling? And that's, that's where it's gonna go next. Just like everybody else in the world. They're gonna go to Google and see what you have.Right, folks? Did you guys, let's get out of real estate for a second? I don't know. What's your favorite thing to do, Sarah? Like, what's your favorite thing to buy?Oh, my favorite thing to buy? Yeah,to buy or do and spend money on?Yeah, probably. Buy hiking,hiking before you go on. Alright, so let's just say that you came out to Southern California, you're going out the San Diego area. And there's a lot of really good hiking around here. What would you do first? Well, Iwas actually there last summer. And I hiked up the federal volcano that you have over there.I haven't been there yet. But I know you're talking about I even know the name of it. But I know you're talking abouthiking boots, I would make sure that I have the right hiking boots.And did you research it a little bit? And did you course,you know, I'm on Google trying to figure out like, when what are the best hiking boots for mountain climbing because I'm in the flatlands of Chicago? Oh, I know hiking is normally through a forest. So I need to know what the right hiking boots.You know, we call you guys out here now or they call us back home? They call it they call you guys Flatlanders Oh, thegiant mountainFlatlanders? No, she's, she's exactly right, you guys, like think about it, you're gonna be making one of the largest financial investments if you're buying and if you're selling, you're unloading one of your largest financial investments, you're not going to do that with John Doe, the stranger that you just met. At some, like randomly walking down the street, you're gonna do it someone you know, like and trust. But most importantly, I would say trust. What, walk me through, I'm sure you've done all kinds of research here. Do you have like a pattern that you've actually noticed or research of what consumers do specifically, when they're thinking about hiring a buyer's agent or a listing agent?Yeah, they start, they start by looking at, like, the questions to the problems that they're having. Like, let's say they've worked with a realtor before. And they were actually I had a customer interview for one of my clients just this morning. So I'm gonna use their example. They were working with a realtor. And they were super aggressive towards their, towards the buyers lender, like mean to them. And this person was see seed on those emails and saw how it was and just didn't like it didn't like the vibe. So then he started doing some research for outside realtors. And the first thing he did was, you know, Google realtors in the area and what he wanted, what he did was he looked at their videos to see what kind of vibe they had. And you start to feel like you know, someone when you watched enough of their videos, yes, you get a feel for their personality. And that's, that's why he did and ended up a good experience, obviously, otherwise, I wouldn't have interviewed him for this particular thing.Well, that's what most people you sort of hit on the head, like folks are not hiring you because you have a license in your pocket that allows you to legally collect money on a house you sold. They're hiring you because they feel comfortable, or they personally like you, like birds of a feather flock together. Guys, and people end up working with people that are really just like them, or somehow they relate to them. Because those are the people who remain on top of mine, aren't they?Yeah, and really, you just you want to spend time with people you like. So you're not going to hire somebody that you really just don't have a good vibe with.If you're sitting on the treadmill or you're sitting on the peloton, right now, think about the last 10 clients that you've literally helped buy or sell real estate. And then I want you to look and realize that why you've become friends with all of them isn't because that's a coincidence. It's because we all tracked like people People are always like, why am I drink a beer with my client again? That's because that's what I attracted right? Why am I like partying with this guy? Like I just sold this guy millionaire house why are we like a club right now? Well, that because that's who you attract guys. What what is let's go through some other forms of content. We know video guys, we don't need to harp on video even though if you want to we will. I want this to be about you. Not me. But what other typesof content written right now? Um because they're all looking like my clients are all looking to get found in Google faster. So we're doing a lot of either the show notes to go along with the videos or full blogs and community pages, so that they can get found for those problems that they're trying to solve. So, using the example from this customer interview I had this morning, he found her initially because he wanted an expert in his location. He, he was a real estate investor, and he had never actually lived in this house that he wanted to sell. So he's looking for an expert in Sacramento. And that's how we ended up finding her is because she did a lot of blogs on Sacramento area and the community. So he was able to find her because of that SEO juice.It was a long tailed. And can you explain what longtail means?Yeah, long tailed means like it. You're not looking at Sacramento realtors, that's a short tailed keyword. longtail would be like a longer question like realtors that are experts in x x neighborhood in Sacramento. And then your content will show up because you're creating a community page for that particular neighborhood. For example,when I was practicing in Chicago still and you guys could look at the website if you like it's it's botched now because I took down all my it's all messed up. But I still have content on there. It's called Chicago real estate dude. My number one performing piece that attracted a lot of clients was I'll give you I got ton of stories. One was Chicago closing costs, I ranked number one, I actually had the snippet back in the day. So I actually ranked where I got the snippet in Chicago closing costs, Buyer Closing costs, and Chicago seller closing costs. were my top three pieces of performing content. I had my blog up to 10,000 Organic hits a month, guys, 10,000. It's insane. I even ranked against realtor.com and homes.com and Zillow on neighborhood tours, terms like Buck town homes for sale and stuff like that. But it was because of how much content we were creating. And I knew how to SEO, the back end of them. But the thing that most people fail by is they think that if you're gonna go out and create a piece of content, like a blog, they're like, I want to get 100,000 hits. Sorry about that, is it?No and vote one, it's not going to happen overnight. And no, it's not about that. It's about getting the right heads. So yeah, people obsess over traffic. And the traffic count doesn't matter if the wrong people are going to your website, what you want is the right traffic going to your website and the right people finding you. And part of that is creating content that might be let's call it controversial, not really controversial, but shows your voice and who you really are shows your personality. Because you want as we were talking about before attracting the right people attracting people you would be friends with, you also want to repel the wrong people. So by showing your personality in that content, you're already like pushing off the people that you wouldn't really vibe with anyway.Yep, I do it every day on the show. Like people like you swear too much. Great. We're probably not gonna. Honestly, we're probably not gonna hang out anyway. So let's talk about a controversial topic. So we're doing a scripting class. If you guys were members and clients of ours, you guys would be on this class on Wednesday. But what it's going to be on there's relative content that's performing well on YouTube. And what she meant by controversial this is controversial. Is the San Diego real estate market headed for a crash? That's going to be the topic of conversation, because that's what's performing well on YouTube. Now real estate agents are gonna be like, Oh, my God, that's, you're gonna say the markets going for a crash? It's always supposed to go up. I thought. No, guys, you want controversial stuff? Because that's what people get pay attention to.Yeah. Clickable people are like, Well, is it click?Yep. 100%. What other types of written content and blogs do you see? neighborhood? You mentioned? A couple of neighborhood pages?Yeah. Yeah. And it depends on what type of buyer you're trying to attract. So if you're, I mean, I think in any industry, if you niche down, you're better off and you're, it's easier to attract people. So let's say your bread and butter is real estate investors, you'd want to write content all around real estate investing, and maybe how to automate being a landlord how to find properties. When you are a long distance landlord, items like that. Basically, you want to create, like a content cluster, where you have a specific content piece that's really long like a guide, and then a lot of little branches that come out from it that are subtopics from within there. And by connecting all of those, that's how you rank higher in Google.So internal internally linking and all that.Yeah, connecting the dots. their internal linking helps with SEO. And it also helps your customers that are on your website find the content that they need.And why do you think more people don't? I know from the blogging, but why do you have more people that do it sounds easy.Because it's not, it takes a lot of time. It's, it's time consuming. And at least my clients, they all have small teams, they either have a fractional team, where they have like a team of freelancers that will work with them, or they have one like one internal person that helps with their marketing, or it's just them. Yeah. And that's really hard. When you're creating content, it's time consuming, it takes about eight hours to create a blog post, that's going to rank and that's, that's where people struggle. But if you create systems to be able to consistently create your content, it becomes a lot easier. And it's kind of like a snowball effect, because you can play off of the other pieces.So it's something that you do over time. And I think a lot of people just are instant gratification salespeople where they need to see something work right now. But they won't put the time into it's how much videos you guys. Like I tell people all the time video, always pencils, it always works. It always has an insane ROI. But just sometimes it might take six months for you to build that brand, especially if you're a newer agent. Or it might take one month, you just don't know. But it always works. As long as you do it and you stay consistent with it.Consistency is key it when I was building my business, the first thing I thought is I need to build my personal brand beyond my corporate life. So I mean, it only took six months to create enough of a following that I had a full roster of clients. And it was just a combination of showing up regularly on social media with video and with written content and then PR being able to connect with like podcasts like this. There's a dog in my yard right now just walking by my window. That's not my dog.Make sure make sure it's not a coyote firstconfuse his Dog Mattis. Where was I? Oh, Pr Pr partnerships like being on podcast guest blogging and in publications that your audience is reading and answering questions on Haro help a report a Reporter Out. Those were the first things that I did when I was trying to build my brand. And then from there, I created like episodic content, where just kind of roles like a podcast, a live stream show. It's the easiest way to show up consistently because you have that routine down.Yep. Well, most times, like I don't know what I was listening to this weekend, but I think it was a church to be honest with you. She said 21 wants to do something for 21 days, it becomes a habit. I've heard. Like I just literally had that happen in church, my son Okay, here. Yeah,yeah. Okay. So that's why I'm muting myself.So like 21 days you do something and becomes a habit. And I think what a lot of people don't realize or see, even today is that a lot of people don't realize that. This isn't hard. It's just new for most people. And where a lot of agents traditionally, would spend that one to three hours or four hours a month, prospecting or doing something to generate business. They just don't look at their business today, the same way or content creation around the same day content creation, you guys is modern day prospecting. It just doesn't come with immediate gratification.No, it doesn't. It doesn't. But like, okay, let's say you set up a system where you're like, Okay, I commit to creating one, one video a month. And you start from there, repurpose that, start editing it down into micro videos, see if you can use it on social media, repurposing it on there, take that audio, make it a podcast, you could hire a freelance writer and have them write a blog post based off of the highlights of that video. You can really Snowball from just one piece of core content.Let's go into multi purposing. Tell me how you typically do it. What do you how do you multipurpose content and walk us through that a little bit more?Yeah, I'm a huge fan of doing that. So I have a live stream show every two weeks. And my process for that is I take that live stream. And I'll break it down. So it becomes a series. I'll interview an expert. And we have three learning objectives in that conversation during the interview. I'll break it down so then it's a three part series. So then I'm already creating this episodic content which is pretty bingeable Because If you're like, Okay, well what happens next click Next. And then from that series, I'll take that and convert the audio file from there into a podcast. So those are three extra podcast episodes. And then I'll take those learning objectives that I had in the initial interview. And I'll break that down into a longer form guide that's written. And then do the content cluster thing that I was talking about where we take the little sections of each of those guides and create a, a blog post from it. And then obviously, you have your social media from all of those pieces, that's like 12 pieces already, and an email for each of those pieces. So if you already like 20x Step,there you go, well done. I think I see a lot of agents or even mortgage people that when they create a piece of content, they'll just sort of let it die in the newsfeed. They don't multipurpose it at all. And I'm like, What the hell is the point of that? Like, well, you don't you know, you could recycle. And here's the thing to like, love some people that don't have. Here's another good tip, guys, there's like, let's just say you're doing a video. And the videos you created six months ago, I could promise you that nobody has ever remembered about them. You can just repurpose them and just repost them they're gonna think it's brand new. Sure, brand new video, people overthink this stuff so much. It's about being present. Yes, it is. It'sabout showing up in the feeds. And no, people are not going to remember social media has like a 24 hour lifecycle, so repost use, I, what I like to do is the first time I post something, I post it live and natively, and then I'll put it into my social media automation and just recycle it from there.Yep, I agree. What do you I mean, if you were to pick different types of content for people in the real estate industry, what would you rank them? In? If they're like what type to create? Podcasts I get a lot of people say podcasts, podcasts or video or blogs or just sharing cool shit stories reels, tick tock, which is what do you see?That is a good question. Um, do I have to pick like one that the top there's a couple, I would, I would say, showing that you can solve their problem is the most important thing. And they're going to find you probably you'll, you'll hit the most pieces of the no luck. Try the know, like trust factor with video first. So I would start there. Because they get to know who you are, and they get to learn something from you. And then I would go with written next because you'll get more SEO juice from it, you do get a decent amount from from video as long as you're doing like some good Show Notes Pages, some in depth descriptions on YouTube. But blogs are a good way to really get that impact from from those longtail SEO. So I'm gonna go with that next.And then for longtail you like like the areas are like neighborhoods, areas, places community. What other types of long form content are you seeing? Yeah,that does really well. And around your buyers specific issues. So I do a lot around landlords and acquiring new properties and processes for managing multiple properties when you're a real estate investor. So it depends who your target audiences. But if you're like direct to consumer, typical homebuyer, yeah, those community guides do really well. And any content that helps people understand the process of buying and selling a little bit better. Because that might be brand new, or they might not have sold a house and bought a new one in 20 years. And they need to relearn that process.What about listings? Everyone's always like, what do I do for listings? What do I do for listings? I tell them, sir, hang around people who own houses. But what do I do? What kind of content am I going to pick up for listings?Yeah, I always had a good luck with telling the stories with it that connect people. So so many times you'll read these listings, and it's just like four bedrooms, two baths, blah, blah, blah. But I would bring in stories like the basement used to be a speakeasy or some some interesting fact about the house or the neighborhood that draws people in. Like my house. Like 10 years ago, the basement was an ice cream shop in the 1950s. So when I was at Um, when I was renting it out, that was when like, I had a story about that. And there,that's cool. So oh, well, a lot of times agents was like just listed just sold. I said this on the show recently, there's a meme going around, of how real estate agents market their business. And it's like if a if a doctor was a real estate agent, and it shows a doctor saying, holy and all these, like $100 bills, but I just perform heart surgery. And it's like, folks, people, like, you gotta have to HGTV your sales process, you don't need to like, tell me about how much money you made today. And said, Tell me about the story of the person you help. Like, it's so easy. It's right in front of us. Yes. But yet people like go the opposite way with it. I'm like, What are you guys doing?Yes, that's another thing that I meant to bring up is you can build trust by bringing in your customer stories into into the conversation. Like one of my clients, I wrote a story about how the customer had, he was a first time home buyer and a veteran. So like the story that went along with that, because it was it complicated the process. And it was really interesting, we got a lot of engagement on that. But bringing in stories and customer perspectives, testimonials are always great.Another one you guys can try is like say what the market conditions the way they are. Tell the success story of the sale. So be like this seller, this house, like we had a house in our neighborhood sold a million dollars over list price, like what the fuck who does that million dollars, over a million over list last. And like that I would I would have wrote, I would have wrote a story of something along the lines like this property literally sold. And that's not every day that a property sells a million dollars over list price, but this one did. And if you guys circulate the people who are going to be reading that are potential people who might be selling, they're excited to learn that their house is worth more than what it really is today. So showing case studies of properties have sold, I also seen the flip side work well of I need a buyer but tell you the story of the buyer who's searching for a house in the area, that there's just nothing available for but both of them have a story in common guys, is what I'm getting at story content.Yeah, if you think about it, like as a story, the customer, they always think of themselves as the hero of the story. So you need to make sure that they are front and center in that content and can picture themselves in that place. Like, oh, shit, that was that was me. I had, like, I'll talk about an example one of my clients had from a couple years ago, when real estate was a little bit harder. It was it was less about like you couldn't sell a house. And he had an offer and and it flopped just didn't go through at the end. And how the real estate agent had backup offers ready because she knew that it was likely going to happen. And she got them to match the original offer stories like that, because you're like, I was there if that happened to me. And that sucked. And but she was able to solve it and get the same amount of money. Yep. Yep.I mean, that's what it's all about you guys at the end of the day is demonstrating your involvement in the transaction through the form of story. More people will follow it. But demonstration of what you do not a brag reel of what you do, there's nothing more bigger return off than somebody being like I've made a bunch of money today, at least in today's world, people don't like that anymore. That's just the way it is guys. Any other closing thoughts here that you want to mention anything with content, that closing words of advice for some of these people? Yeah.If you just start with one thing that you're willing to commit to, on a regular basis, it will work out if you just set that routine, even if it's a small routine. And just like my business, a tiny, tiny little habit that you have in creating content, it will add up over time and it will be helpful even if you feel like it's not moving the needle now it willI agree. Why don't you tell them where they can find you website in case you guys need help with your content creation services? I'm sure you can help understand what you do.Yes, so I work with real estate service and Sass companies in creating their content marketing. And you can find me at Sarah Noel block.com and anywhere on social Sarah Noel block.Appreciate it, Sarah. Excellent show. And thank you guys for listening to this episode of the real estate marketing podcast what you guys have to realize if you get anything out of this show today, just realize everything you're doing this content. At the very bare minimum you should be taking pictures of cool kitchens, views, baths, bedrooms, kitchens, the bare minimum because every time you do you're reminding everyone what you do for a living, so don't overthink this thing, but if you want to step it up, once you start doing things on video, what happens is you get more eyeballs and with more eyeballs because more conversations with more conversations comes more clients and business down the road. So it doesn't happen overnight. But it does happen and it does happen every time unless people don't like you. Sara, would you agree that's the only time this thing doesn't work.That's true, people might not like you. And there's nothing that either Ross can help you with that folks,you might be in the wrong damn business. But as long as you're still listening to show chances are that's very seldom. So what I want you to do next is go to real estate marketing do.com and schedule a demo with me if you do want to talk about getting this content on video, we script we edit, we distribute and we put you on the map in your area. We do everything all I need from you is two to four hours a month, and the rest will be done for you. That's www dot real estate marketing.com Thanks for listening other episode and make sure you subscribe to our show channel, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and we appreciate you guys listening. See you guys next week. Thank you for watching another episode of the real estate marketing dude podcast. If you need help with video or finding out what your brand is, visit our website at WWW dot real estate marketing dude.com We make branding and video content creation simple and do everything for you. So if you have any additional questions, visit the site, download the training and then schedule time to speak with a dude and get you rollin in your local marketplace. Thanks for watching another episode of the podcast. We'll see you next time.

Today on Mushroom Hour we are blessed to be joined by Shane Norte.  Shane is enrolled in the Morongo Band of Indians - a Billion Dollar Tribe in Southern California. He is the founder and spiritual leader of the Church Of The People For Creator and Mother Earth and a Board Member of Decrimalize Nature National. Shane has also worked extensively helping tribes fight against corporations destroying Native Lands. Currently, Shane's church has one grounds on his lands on the la Jolla Indian Reservation. The church's mission is to help those seeking to better their spiritual knowledge and overall knowledge about being a better Indigenous person and human being here on Earth. I am excited to learn more about his psychedelic ceremonies from an authentic indigenous perspective, and how he performs these ceremonies in natural settings.   TOPICS COVERED:    Navigating Modernity as an Indigenous Person   Indigenous vs. Christian Funeral Rites   Finding Creator Mother Earth, Entering The Wamkish   Founding "Church of People for Creator Mother Earth"   Examples of How Church and State Repressed the Indigenous   Reclaiming Pride in Indigenous Culture and Spirituality   European Influence Destroying Natural Systems   Peoples' Ancestral Connection to Land – Whose DNA is Encoded with how to Live Here ?   Refocusing Native Movements Away from the Western European Economic Apparatus   Psilocybin Macrodose Therapy   Psychedelic Therapy in Synthetic vs Natural Environments   Authentic Voices for Sacredness in Psychedelic Ceremony     What are Shane's Ceremonies Like?   Breaking Free from Militarism & Political Propaganda   EPISODE RESOURCES:   COTPFCME Website: https://churchofthepeopleforcreatorandmotherearth.com/   Decriminalize Nature: https://www.decriminalizenature.org/

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Adrian De Leon, assistant professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, discusses the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., gives context of the Marcos family history and what this means for democracy in the Philippines.

West Coast lucha libre star Papo esco joins Miranda Morales, Brendan Barr, and Dusty Murphy for a special sit down interview on Lucha Central Weekly!Papo Esco discusses the west coast lucha scene, working with the Pro Wrestling Revolution training academy, this weekend's PCW Ultra match, hosting his own podcast, and much more (including a special shout out to Kevin Kleinrock and Wrestling Society X!).For all things lucha libre, follow along at LuchaCentral.com!

Jennifer Jones Lee hosts Dean Sharp for this week's edition of Jen and The House Whisperer. She and Dean talk about the new water crisis in Southern California and the best ways to go about dealing with it when it comes to your home.

It's barely spring in 2022 and California has already broken record heat and drought levels never before seen in 1,200 years. Major reservoirs across the American West are at record lows. Groundwater is drying up. It's projected to get even worse in the upcoming summer months. Come June 1, millions of Southern Californians will have to learn how to live with the region's most severe water restrictions ever.So who can we blame? Today, our Masters of Disasters tell us. Read the transcript here. Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times earthquake reporter Rong-Gong Lin II, L.A. Times wildfire reporter Alex Wigglesworth and L.A. Times breaking news reporter Hayley SmithMore reading:A drought so bad it exposed a long-ago homicide. Getting the water back will be harder than everIt's not even summer, and California's two largest reservoirs are at ‘critically low' levelsYour lawn will suffer amid the megadrought. Save money and put it out of its misery

How to create a sustainable acting career with Ray Buffer Ray was born and raised in South Florida where he attended college and majored in musical theater. He began his professional career in the Fine Arts at the age of 13 . He has worked as an actor and vocalist in opera companies, regional Equity theaters, and orchestras. After college, he moved to Central Florida where he held performing contracts as a vocalist and actor for various theaters, theme parks and attractions. Ray also has served as Producer, Director, and/or Musical Director for various stage plays and musicals throughout Florida. Ray relocated to Southern California where he has acted in Films, Television, Commercials, Music Videos, and Voice-Overs. Some of his most recent credits include portraying the Stage Manager "Darrell" on the award-winning HBO Comedy Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as well as touring throughout the U.S. as a vocalist with the Mantovani Orchestra. In addition to being an accomplished vocalist and actor, Ray composes music for films, theater and multimedia. Ray is the Director and Co-Executive Producer of "Rats & Bullies" which is his first feature length Documentary Film.Sally Lodge, PR After Ray Buffer (born 1969 as Raymond Ernest Buffer, Jr.,) is an American actor and singer. He was born and raised in Greenacres, Florida, and is the son of Delana (Hawks), a homemaker and housekeeper, and Raymond Ernest Buffer, Sr. A landscaper. His ancestry is European. He was adopted by the Buffer's when he was 29 days old. In 2003 after a long search he found his birth-mother to be Patricia (Levak) Odell. Through his reunion with his birth-mother he has expanded his family to include his maternal relatives. His birth-father's identity is still unknown. Buffer discovered his talent first in music, playing violin at an early age and progressing to other instruments. The theatre became his passion when he reached high school. Buffer attended John I Leonard High School in Lake Worth, Florida where he appeared within theatrical production, performed with jazz choirs, and played instruments (viola, piano, and string bass). Beginning in 1988, he attended Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University earning his BFA in musical theatre. During the 1990's Buffer produced and directed theatre as well as appearing in regional and dinner theater productions. He married writer and actress, Roberta McMillan in 1992, and they divorced in 2009 with no children. In 1999 Buffer moved from Orlando, Florida where he had been working as an actor, in various theaters and theme parks across the country into Huntington Beach, CA. With McMillan, he produced and directed, Rats & Bullies, a documentary film about relational aggression centered on the suicide of Dawn-Marie Wesley following incidents of bullying in Mission, British Columbia - Canada. The film went on to win awards at film festivals and led to a speaking tour of schools and organizations throughout the United States and Canada. In 2004 Buffer began to appear in guest-starring roles on TV and film, including a stint as a Stage Manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2007, Buffer left a position as general manager of Long Beach Opera to start his own theatre company in San Pedro, CA: The Relevant Stage which produced mostly musical theatre works until 2011. In 2014, Buffer again launched a new theatre company with a business partner, Jonas Sills, called Art-In-Relation. The company was initially based out of Long Beach, CA but also produces works in Los Angeles and Hollywood. Buffer continues to work in television, film, and theatre, but with a deep, resonate and powerful voice, is also a busy concert soloist (bass-baritone) and voice-over artist. He now lives in Long Beach, CA, and is managed by Clayton Music Management (CMM). Jacqueline Stander, of The Stander Group, is his agent.

Weight lifters know that if there's no pain, there's no gain. If you're lifting weights that are easy and effortless, you're not helping yourself. But if there's resistance, if it's tough going, that's a good sign. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie says the same applies to our work for the Lord. We may face resistance, we may face opposition from the enemy. That's not the time to run and hide, not the time to give up. We'll learn from Nehemiah, that means it's time to buckle down. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weight lifters know that if there's no pain, there's no gain. If you're lifting weights that are easy and effortless, you're not helping yourself. But if there's resistance, if it's tough going, that's a good sign. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie says the same applies to our work for the Lord. We may face resistance, we may face opposition from the enemy. That's not the time to run and hide, not the time to give up. We'll learn from Nehemiah, that means it's time to buckle down. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nils Sedano, Technical Advisor for AFRL's Liquid Engines Branch joins the podcast to discuss the influence of AFRL technologies throughout United States Air Force and Space Force history, aerospike engines and what makes Southern California testing culture so unique.

The White House is facing pressure as the baby formula shortage worsens, firefighters are making progress on an explosive Southern California fire, and Russia vows retaliatory steps after Finland moves to join NATO.

The state of California is heading for a 'fiscal cliff'. That's the warning from a new report that says we're in big trouble once the federal COVID relief cash runs out in a few years time. And it comes as the Governor boasts of a big budget surplus. So, will the state go bust? What are leaders doing wrong? We'll go In Depth. It's emerged that Edison electrical equipment may have sparked the destructive wildfire in Laguna Niguel. We'll find out more. Russia issues threats as Finland and Sweden move towards joining NATO...we look at the latest fall-out from the war in Ukraine. Hollywood may be home of the movies...but another big movie theater is closing. How many will end up disappearing forever in Southern California? Kevin McCarthy subpoenaed by the January 6th committee in Congress. We get reaction from Washington. And we talk with the Cal Tech professor who helped capture the first ever image of the Milky Way's huge black hole.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sri Lanka's “Go home, Gota!” protesters want to throw President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of office. Reveal's Ike Sriskandarajah explains what could happen if Gota "goes home" to the serene suburbs of Southern California. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Dominguez, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker.We all know that fasting has amazing benefits: reduced inflammation, increased cognitive function, fat loss, decreased risk of metabolic dysfunction, and the list goes on and on. But is there a correct way to fast? Is fasting for everyone? Should we exercise while we fast? How do we make the most of our fasts and how do we optimize our diets when we aren't fasting? Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dr. Valter Longo answers all of these questions and more. Dhru and Dr. Longo discuss the key pillars of the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), created by Dr. Longo to provide the body with the benefits of fasting without completely starving it. They also dive into the foundation of a longevity diet—how can we increase our lifespan and our healthspan using targeted nutrients and dietary protocols. Dr. Longo is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of aging studies and related diseases. Known as the “Guru of Longevity,” Dr. Longo is currently Professor of Biogerontology and Biological Sciences and Director of the Institute of Longevity of the School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of the Oncology and Longevity Program at IFOM in Milan. He is also the Scientific Director of the Create Cures Foundation and the Valter Longo Foundation. Valter is the author of The Longevity Diet, a culmination of his 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe. It provides an easy-to-understand, accessible, and implementable road map to living well longer through improved nutrition.In this episode, we dive into: -Why you shouldn't skip breakfast (2:23)-What happens if you fast incorrectly (13:59)-The key pillars of the Fasting Mimicking Diet (21:43)-Exercise and fasting (24:10)-The impact of the Fasting Mimicking Diet on chronic disease (31:05)-How the Fasting Mimicking Diet impacts the brain (35:18)-The foundation of the longevity diet (38:52)-Optimal protein consumption and longevity (51:02)-Why walking one hour a day is so central to longevity (1:04:14) -Stem-cell therapy and longevity (1:09:03)-Longevity supplement recommendations (1:15:57) For more on Dr. Valter Longo, follow him on Instagram @prof_valterlongo, Facebook @provalterlongo, and through his website, valterlongo.com. Get his book, The Longevity Diet, here.This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker.Right now, ButcherBox is offering new members a great deal. You'll receive two pounds of FREE salmon in your first box. Sign up at ButcherBox.com/dhru.InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they're offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A modern combustion engine does one thing. It moves a piston. But the piston is connected to a crankshaft . . . and the crankshaft to a transmission . . . and the knee bone is connected to the leg bone and pretty soon your car is moving. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that prayer moves things. And today, we'll see we may be the pray-er . . . or we may be the thing that gets moved. But wherever we fit, let's see today how we can put our efforts “in gear” for the Lord. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A modern combustion engine does one thing. It moves a piston. But the piston is connected to a crankshaft . . . and the crankshaft to a transmission . . . and the knee bone is connected to the leg bone and pretty soon your car is moving. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that prayer moves things. And today, we'll see we may be the pray-er . . . or we may be the thing that gets moved. But wherever we fit, let's see today how we can put our efforts “in gear” for the Lord. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darrell Gurney is seasoned recruiting veteran, career advisor and spiritual counselor based in Southern California whose work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CBS MarketWatch and CNN Money. After 3 decades of successfully shepherding folks from every walk of life through their career transitions, Darrell faced his own. Born was his book “The Back Forty: 7 Essential Embraces to Launch Life's Radical Second Half,” Darrell stepped into a deeper purpose and passion for his life. How I cultivated my Back Forty. What it takes to transform our “becauses.” What happens when we fully embrace our gifts. When we summon the courage to shine. https://thebackforty.com/ (www.thebackforty.com)

It was late 2001, and ads for Larry McNabney's personal injury law firm in Sacramento were running constantly, and he always ended the ads with the same sign off - I'm Larry McNabney. Call Me. Only, people had been trying to call him, and no one had been able to speak to him for months. They might be able to get a hold of his wife and office manager, Elisa McNabney, or the office assistants, Ginger Miller and Sarah Dutra, but they would just always say that Larry was in rehab for his alcoholism or on vacation at a spa. But after several months went by and Larry still hadn't returned to his law office, his friends and family started to worry. They realized that the last time anyone had actually seen him was while he was in Southern California for a horse show. But no one that was there could remember the details of their last encounter with Larry because that horse show had been on September 11, 2001, the day the World Trade Center was attacked in New York. Everyone was so focused on the news, and it was such a chaotic and confusing time, that no one could remember the details of that day, which made investigating his disappearance really tough. Because the truth is, Larry McNabney wasn't in rehab, and he wasn't on vacation or at a spa. Larry was dead. This is the murder of Larry McNabney. Support our sponsors! Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visitathleticgreens.com/EMERGINGSources:ArticlesTampa Bay Times | Suicide Letter Professes Love for Lawyer (Jamie Jones)Legacy Obituaries | Laurence Williams "Larry" McNabneyWikipedia | Ramtha's School of EnlightenmentBook Cold Blooded: A true story of love, lies, greed, and murder (Carlton Smith)Shows20/20 - Season 44 Episode 20 - Hell in HeelsDeadly Wives - Marlboro Man MurderSupport the show

Hola Hola!  M. Eugenia Castro, M.A. CCC-SLP, es patóloga del habla en el Centro de la Voz de USC (University of Southern California). Sus intereses clínicos e investigativos incluyen desordenes de voz en profesionales y no-profesionales de la voz y se especializa en el cuido de profesionales de la voz cantada. Su pasión es ayudar a sus pacientes a encontrar su voz, la que mejor refleje su identidad, de manera saludable y eficiente.  En este episodio hablamos sobre porque debemos considerar la voz que ya un proceso fisiológico complejo como un constructo social. Hablamos, también, sobre la importancia de informar nuestros acercamientos a la evaluación y tratamiento de la voz dentro de este marco culturalmente sensible. Esta conversación es super importante porque provee el contexto para las investigaciones que discutiremos en el próximo episodio (speak peak al final!).  #patologiadelhabla #speechpathology #slp #phl #slpbilingue #bilingualslp #bilingue #bilingual #español #spanish #logopedia #fonoaudiologia #podcast #voicepathology #voicetherapy #terapiadevoz #singing #cantar

Alex Stone comes on the show to talk about the fugitive couple being caught in Indiana. More on the homeless problem in Southern California. Matthew Oliver comes on the show to talk about defying Newsom's lockdown restrictions. More on Russia and Ukraine.

A shortage of infant formula in Southern California and across the nation has left parents frantically searching for supplies for their babies. What's triggered the crisis and what's the best medical advice for Moms and Dads? We go In Depth. Drug overdose deaths hit a new high with the majority linked to Fentanyl. How can you bring the fatalities down? Britain says it will come to the defense of Finland and Sweden if they're attacked by Russia. What are the dangers of escalating the Ukraine war? Donald Trump has a split when it comes to primary election tests of his grip on the Republican Party. Talking the politics of inflation as price increases moderate a little bit, but still remain a huge problem. And...are the CDC and local health officials now taking a 'hands off' approach to the pandemic?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is a discussion with Dr. Peter Salerno about his book, “Fit For Off-Duty: A Manual for Firefighters: Healing from Work-Related Trauma, Restoring Personal Relationships, and Thriving at Home”. Dr. Salerno shares actionable steps to restoring relationships and thriving at home for first responders. He also shares with us about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and how it benefits patients. Peter Salerno is a licensed psychotherapist residing in Southern California. He holds a doctorate and a master's in Clinical Psychology. He is approved by the International Association of Trauma Professionals as a certified Complex/Clinical Trauma Professional and Family Trauma Professional, certified with the Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, and trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy & Critical Incident Stress Management. Dr. Salerno believes that people make positive and lasting changes based on the insight gained during the process of psychotherapy. Dr. Salerno's Books:Fit For Off-Duty: A Manual for Firefighters: https://amzn.to/3PkOTzIFit For Off-Duty: A Manual For Law Enforcement Officers: https://amzn.to/3wftpeSFollow Along With Dr. Salernowebsite: https://www.drpetersalerno.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drpetersalernoFollow along with Dear Chiefs Podcast website: https://www.dearchiefs.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearchiefspodcast.comfacebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dearchiefspodcastfacbooke: https://www.facebook.com/dearchiefspodcast

Sean and Bryan discuss new Doctor Strange things at Disneyland, a new addition to Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Soulful Celebration, and Sean's trip report. We have new merch! Buy now at: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/word-on-the-main-street-podcast?ref_id=26007 We have a sponsor: Get Away Today! Use our referral link to get $10 off any 2+ night Southern California package! www.getawaytoday.com?referrerid=7479 or use promo code mainstreetpod10 Buy us a churro! www.buymeacoffee.com/wotms Stay at Homewood Suites Anaheim Resort and save 10% by calling Mike Ransom at 714-750-2010 and mentioning Word on the Main Street Podcast! 10+ room group rates also available! Contact the hosts: Voicemail: 801.923.2455 Sean - sean.wotms@gmail.com Bryan - bryan.wotms@gmail.com

Today's Episode Dr. Raj talks with Sarah DeAngelo, a jewelry maker based in Colorado, about gemstones and how they can help treat certain conditions and improve your life.   Today's Guest Sarah DeAngelo creates hand fabricated jewelry that reflects ancient techniques and natural elements of nature. She uses traditional metalsmithing techniques such as forging, salt piercing, soldering, repoussé, and wire wrapping. She is most known for her intricate stamp patterns and unique gemstones.  Sarah has been designing jewelry for 22 years. Her designs can be found in the Sundance catalog and retailers throughout the country as well as her flagship shop and studio in Englewood, Co.  She is a trained metalsmith with degrees from UCLA and the Howard Academy of Metal Arts. Sarah is also a wife, mother, and avid photographer, spending her free time exploring the beautiful Rocky Mountains. She lives by the belief that every experience, every challenge, every person has beauty, you just have to look for it.  Links Instagram - @SDJewelry Facebook - Sarah DeAngelo Jewelry Sarahdeangelo.com About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. Want more Dr. Raj? Check out the Beyond the Pearls lecture series! The Ultimate High Yield Bundle: The complete review of high-yield clinical medicine topics necessary for graduate medical education board exams including NBME, USMLE Steps 1/2/3, ITE and ABIM Boards. You can also listen to the Beyond the Pearls podcast. An InsideTheBoards Podcast. Check out our other shows: Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Physiology by Physeo Step 1 Success Stories The InsideTheBoards Study Smarter Podcast The InsideTheBoards Podcast The Health Beat   Produced by Ars Longa Media To learn more about us and this podcast, visit arslonga.media. You can leave feedback or suggestions at arslonga.media/contact or by emailing info@arslonga.media. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as professional or medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I got to talk to one of my good friends on the show about some of my favorite topics: mindset, motivation, resilience, and thinking like a champion. These are all key parts of living with grit and grace. Chad Busick was born and raised in Southern California. A former collegiate soccer athlete, he graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and is a Master Facilitator with Advanced Sports Technology and a Power of Positive Leadership Facilitator with Jon Gordon Companies. Chad is also the author of The Rock Tumbler: 16 Life Lessons to Conquer the World by Becoming Who You're Meant to Be. He holds a U.S. national D coaching license with US soccer. Together with his wife Jennifer, he is the father to two daughters. In his free time, he golfs, wakeboards and scuba dives. In this episode we talk about the powerful lessons he has learned through coaching sports about what success and failure are here to teach us. He shares frameworks and mindsets you can use to change your motivations and become a champion.   Here's what you will learn: Why Chad started his mission to help athletes (4:19) How to develop the mindset to be motivated and move forward (8:33) What is behind the Christlike mindset formula (13:42) How to learn to adjust your attitude (17:27) Why stress is important to our growth in life (26:42) The importance of vulnerability in your journey (32:35) How feeding coaches feeds athletes (43:15) What did you learn from this episode? Share on Instagram and tag me at @amberlylagomotivation and @championshipmindsetllc so we can see!   Follow Chad: Email Facebook Instagram Twitter Website   Links mentioned in this episode: The Rock Tumbler book   Read the "True Grit and Grace" book here and learn how you can turn tragedy into triumph!  Thank you for joining us on the True, Grit, & Grace Podcast! If you find value in today's episode, don't forget to share the show with your friends and tap that subscribe button so you don't miss an episode! You can also head over to amberlylago.com to join my newsletter and access free downloadable resources that can help you elevate your life, business, and relationships! Want to see the behind the scenes and keep the conversation going?  Head over to Instagram @amberlylagomotivation! Audible @True-Grit-and-Grace-Audiobook  Website @amberlylago.com Instagram @amberlylagomotivation Facebook @AmberlyLagoSpeaker

This week I had the opportunity to sit down with two dear friends who are both birth goddesses and amazing mothers, Sasha and Megan, and absorb their wisdom for empowered pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Sasha is a trained midwife, relationship and sexuality coach and postpartum guide and Megan is master certified intimacy and desire expert helping people to experience better love, sex and relationships. They both share the intimate moments of their birthing journeys including the eerily similar visualizations they both had during conception, their experiences with home births, and the inspiring details of their fourth trimesters. We discuss: The behind-the-scenes of their home births and the incredible emotional and physical transformations they each experienced The importance of autonomy during your pregnancy and postpartum How both Sasha and Megan recovered postpartum (they majorly expanded my view of what's possible to receive!)  Connect with Sasha: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sasha_kerkmann_hood/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewildrootbirth/   Connect with Megan:  Website: www.megandlambert.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/megandlambert Join us (and 300+ women!) in-person at the Desire on Fire Experience event, October 1-2 in Southern California! www.desireonfirelive.com Code: DESIRE for $500 off the regular ticket price!   Explore our website: https://www.desireonfire.com/ Come and join our FB community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DesireOnFire/ And connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desireonfire/   Connect with Aimee: https://www.instagram.com/aimeebatuski/   Connect with Ellie: https://www.instagram.com/elliemontgomerie  

Jill Hopkins, MD, didn't plan to end up in a global leadership position at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. But she got there in 2021, when Novartis recruited her to serve as its SVP and global head of the ophthalmology development unit. Dr. Hopkins moved from academia to the clinic to industry, not by muscling her way in, but by exploring opportunities that sparked her interest and fueled her passion. At each steppingstone, she had a hand in some exciting developments. At Novartis, she leads drug development for its mid- to late-stage portfolio, including both anterior- and posterior-segment therapeutics. She brings a depth of experience to the role that includes science, medicine, and academia, with stints at large companies and small startups.After 10 collective years at University or Toronto and University of Southern California, Dr. Hopkins moved to Retina Vitreous Associates. There, she worked alongside OIS Podcast host Firas Rahhal, MD, running the electroretinography lab and working on ciliary-derived neurotrophic factor clinical trials.Opportunities to join Genentech, UNITY Biotechnology, and then Roche followed, with each experience building on the other. At the latter, she was involved in the development of both Lucentis (ranibizumab) and Susvimo, the port delivery system with ranibizumab, before Novartis came calling.  Listen to the podcast today to hear Dr. Hopkins and Dr. Rahhal discuss:How Dr. Hopkins' time in academia, the clinic, and industry allowed her to become a well-rounded professional.Her involvement in Susvimo from clinical trials through to commercial launch. What will endure among the numerous therapies and delivery systems in development for the posterior segment.  How the industry can rise above the high bar set by current anti-VEGF therapies. How artificial intelligence can and will help clinicians define and measure outcomes.The outlook for regenerative medicine for the posterior segment. Click “play” to listen.

On today's podcast, John welcomes in, Jon Matzner. Jon is the CEO of Garage Excell. They are garage remodeling and organization specialists based out of Southern California. Mr. Matzner, originally from the East Coast, came from the National Security world, where he spent time in Africa and the Middle East for the better part of a decade. He went from working for Uncle Sam, to marketing, to owning businesses, and now into the SMB world. They'll dive into how each lesson Jon learned along the way helped and led him to where he is today. You'll hear his passion and excitement for buying and building businesses as it radiates through his voice while he talks a little bit about the Geographic Growth Model, or as he likes to call it, the Anti-Franchise. 

When a cashier gives you change back, do you take some of it and put in your pocket? No, you take it all. When you file your taxes, do you tell the IRS to keep your tax refund for themselves? Probably not. If something belongs to us, we'll take it . . . thank you very much. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out the blessings and promises God has made available to us. Many of us have never taken advantage of them – maybe we don't even know what they are. Let's learn today. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a cashier gives you change back, do you take some of it and put in your pocket? No, you take it all. When you file your taxes, do you tell the IRS to keep your tax refund for themselves? Probably not. If something belongs to us, we'll take it . . . thank you very much. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out the blessings and promises God has made available to us. Many of us have never taken advantage of them – maybe we don't even know what they are. Let's learn today. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org. A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners. Support the show: https://harvest.org/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serena Curran holds an MBA and is a new paradigm Spiritual Business Mentor, Teacher, Healer, and Akashic Record Detective working with Spiritual Entrepreneurs, Visionaries and Change Makers. She is the creator of the Soul Wealth Map, the private Business Accelerator Program and is currently working on a new group programShe's lived the laptop lifestyle before there were laptops, wandering through much of the US and Europe and in a matter of days, recreating her life and her business as she landed in new countries or states. She loves bringing her free-spirited, innovative brand of Spiritual Teaching and Healing to her clients worldwide. With over 25 years of experience, she fulfills her mission of helping spiritually oriented women create freedom, money, and ease by designing and building Soul Aligned businesses that express their spiritual gifts so they can achieve Wealth by Soul Design Serena is known for her caring, supportive, direct approach, and her big smile. When not creating, writing, communicating, you can find her enjoying the beauty of Southern California and all it has to offer. serenacurran.comfacebook.com/serenacurran333 **Gift for your audience**I've opened 3 appointments just for your audience to chat with me over zoom and receive some guidance. Wealth Aligned Strategy ConsultWe'll talk about your challenges and I'll do some diagnoses and make some suggestions on how to resolve your challenges so that you can move forward in your business and your life.bit.ly/wealthysoulSpecial offer- http://bit.ly/wealthysoulhttps://www.serenacurran.com/More about Liz-Work- https://www.lizshealingtouch.com/Radio Show- https://www.voiceofvashon.org/raise-the-vibePodcast- https://www.buzzsprout.com/958816Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/raisethevibewithlizInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/raisethevibewithliz/Support the show

On today's podcast I had Adrian Hernandez on. Adrian is one of the very few people I've met that wanted to be in real estate at a young age! He talked about how, as a 16 year old, he wanted to own a brokerage in Orange County and have the top producing real estate team. He ended up accomplishing that, only to find out that it actually wasn't what he wanted! It's a really cool story about his transition to becoming an investor, wholesaler, and building up a rental portfolio. He also went over what it was like being a 19 year old in the industry, and how he had to do things others weren't willing to do. He spent hours every single day memorizing his scripts, and he was knocking one hundred doors per day! He discussed how learning all those things along the way just built up all of his skills that he has today. It helped him become a master of real estate! It's cool to see how far he has come and to hear about what big goals he has now. I think you guys are really going to enjoy this podcast! If you are in an expensive market, like Southern California, and you've been hesitant to get into real estate because you think it's too expensive or there's too much competition, I think Adrian's story will help you realize that that's not true and that you can do it today at a very high level! Follow Adrian on social media! Instagram - @adrianhernandezYoutube - @AdrianHernandezJoin the Wealthy Way today and get access to my free course, planner, and discord community! https://wealthyway.com______________________________________________________Here's how my businesses can help you:For a free consultation with my team go to https://RyanPineda.comWant to be coached by me on real estate investing? Apply at https://futureflipper.comLet my company make you passive income through E-commerce Automation! Watch the case study at http://lunarecom.comJoin my free coaching program for real estate agents! https://wealthyagent.io/Need Tax and Accounting help? Contact my CPA Firm! https://TrueBooksCPA.com/You can invest in my real estate deals! Go to https://pinedacapital.com______________________________________________________My other social media channels:Subscribe to my main channel "Ryan Pineda" https://www.youtube.com/c/ryanpinedaSubscribe to my real estate only channel "Future Flipper" https://www.youtube.com/c/futureflipper1Follow me on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/ryanpinedashowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@ryanpinedahttps://www.twitter.com/ryanpinedashow______________________________________________________Adrian is from Southern California and has done over $2 million in wholesales and flips! Adrian's parents were in real estate, so he started working in real estate at 16 years old. Right after high school, the real estate market crashed and Adrian pursued a fire fighting career. He soon discovered that being a firefighter wasn't his passion and went back to real estate! Adrian Hernandez discusses his routines and mindset that he attributes to his career growth. Listen in to hear all about his routines and determination! Adrain talks about his journey from transitioning from running a brokerage to how he and his partner grew their house flipping and wholesaling business. While the brokerage wasn't his passion, his experiences and routines set from his early career helped him in succeed in the later business ventures. 

The U.S. Baby Formula Shortage Is the FDA's Fault https://reason.com/2022/05/10/baby-formula-shortage-fda-approval-biden/ California's Misplaced Political Priorities Are to Blame for Water Rationing https://fee.org/articles/californias-misplaced-political-priorities-are-to-blame-for-water-rationing/ Facing a new climate reality, Southern California lawns could wither https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/09/california-drought-lawns-climate-change/ States Turn to Tax Cuts as Inflation Stays Hot https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/us/politics/states-tax-cuts-inflation.html Join the private discord & chat during the show! joingml.com Need someone to talk to? Betterhelp.com/gml Subscribe on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/goodmorningliberty Interested in learning how to Day Trade? Mastermytrades.com Like our intro song? https://www.3pillmorning.com Advertise on our podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returning to the show, our friend Edgar "BeerThugLife" Preciado. We dicuss many things including: - Calling back to our first interview in May 2020. - Edgar getting laid off from his day job. - How Edgar flurished during the pandemic here in Southern California. - Hosting virtual events with BeerAdvocate. - Continuing can collabs. - Planning the next phases of BeerThugLife. - Self distributing BTL beers. - The Death Row Records collab. - Price point for 4packs. - The young latino craft beer market. - Being the sales rep of the brand. - The trick to return business. - BeerThug Brewing! - Why not stay a label/brand? - Partnering up with Border X Brewing. - Short term and mid term plans for BeerThug Brewing. - Who is Edgar's competition? - Mexican lager appropriation. - Specialty beer offerings in the future. And much more! We'd like to thank our sponsor, Great Notion Brewing. Great Notion Brewing offers a variety of modern, cutting edge, culinary inspired beers: pastry stouts, hazy IPAs, smoothie sours. Every few weeks they have been adding states to their direct shipping list. Download their app on the app store, and check out with promocode FULLPINT10 for 10% off your next order. Please check out these resources if you are a member of the craft beer industry and need help. National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/ Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/ Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/ - 

When Bridget Connelly started Luna Bay Booch in 2018, the hard kombucha category consisted of a handful of brands, most of which were positioned as alternatives to craft beer and focused on distribution in Southern California. A former social media strategist for Lululemon, Connelly took a different tack.  She swathed Luna Bay with an ethereal vibe and incorporated design elements that highlighted its premium ingredients, better-for-you attributes and proprietary blend of Yerba Mate tea and seasonal fruits and herbs. Without any prior beverage alcohol industry experience, Bridget laid down roots in Chicago and focused on building a retail presence in the Midwest.   While the hard kombucha category is now represented by dozens of brands, Luna Bay's differentiated look and distribution strategy has supported the brand's expansion into retail stores nationwide, including those of Target, Marianos, Trader Joe's and Jewel-Osco. In an interview featured in this episode, Connelly spoke about her inspiration for Luna Bay and the origins of its name, why brand story was a key asset when meeting with retail buyers, how the pandemic influenced consumer awareness and interest, why investment in the category is a two-sided story and why she credits mentors as critical to the brand's development. Show notes: 0:49: Interview: Bridget Connelly, Co-Founder/CEO, Luna Bay Booch – Connelly and Taste Radio editor Ray Latif riffed on the entrepreneur's love of surfing, reflected on their first meeting in 2019 and the brand's origins in San Diego. She also addressed a writer's description of Luna Bay as a “a hippie-ish alcohol brand,” the brand's hierarchy of values and how it is depicted on the packaging and explained growing retailer interest in hard kombucha. Later, she discussed the continued lack of investment in female-led brands and why asking for specific help is important when working with mentors. Brands in this episode: Luna Bay Booch, Flying Embers, Juneshine, SkinnyDipped

Right now, the American Southwest is experiencing one of the worst droughts on record — the past 22 years are considered the worst dry-spell in 12,000 years.  Since much of the West is experiencing this megadrought, and many Californians face water restrictions, conserving water is important step. But while conservation may mitigate water shortage, it is not a permanent solution to the problem of limited sources of water, especially in Southern California.  That means we're going to have to get inventive here. One solution to creating a new source of drinking water could be to use recycled wastewater — recycling the water from our sinks and showers, and even toilets, to use as drinking water. And although this might seem like an unsavory solution to our water woes, this process is already being used around the world, and even in Orange County, California, which has the world's largest wastewater recycling facility. So could could recycling wastewater be the future of our drinking water? For more, we speak with Dr. Daniel McCurry, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California.

On this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we interview the acclaimed Dr. Alan Kaplan, known for his kindness, generosity, and world-class technique, onsite at Keating Dental Lab! Dr. Kaplan graduated from the University of Florida's College of Dentistry in 1976, where he made history as the first student in the state of Florida to do a clinical procedure on a live patient. After retiring from his practice, he became a faculty member at the Florida Institute for Advanced Dental Education. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with his wife Barbara and golfing. In this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, you will hear about: - Dr. Kaplan's Experience in Dental School - His First Job out of School - Transitioning into Retirement - Is there a shortage of Dentists in the US? - Advice for New Dentists - Sights to see in Southern California! If you have any questions or suggestions, please free free to call (800) 433 - 9833! Discover us and subscribe on your favorite listening platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, YouTube, and more! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gfHeYc6WHsPfzVdoLQVV9 Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-dental-up-podcast/id999909601 iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-dental-up-28030030/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/keatingdental

Welcome to Season 11, Episode 19, of the ParentingAces Podcast, a proud member of the Tennis Channel Podcast Network. In this week's episode, Lisa talks with Chris Boyer, a fellow Tennis Parent and a founding committee member for the new Southern California Pro Circuit. Per a press release Lisa received: The SoCal Pro Circuit is a transitional tour designed to create a path to the pro ranks for up-and-coming professional, college, and high-level junior players (with all main draw and qualifying wild cards to each event going to American players from Southern California or attending university full-time in Southern California). The first three $15,000 tournaments – part of the ITF World Tennis Tour and USTA Pro Circuit – will take place in San Diego County, with the final three events in Los Angeles and Orange County.  “Southern California has a long history of producing some of the most celebrated tennis players in the game like Billie Jean King, Serena and Venus Williams, and Pete Sampras,” said Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA) President Bob Hochstadter. “We see the SoCal Pro Circuit as a way to keep this legacy alive.”  In addition to Chris, the committee includes such SoCal tennis notables as Lindsay Davenport, Paul Annacone, Pam Shriver, Peggy Michel, and Marianne Werdel. Tournament dates are as follows:  May 30-June 5: Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club   June 6-12: University of San Diego   June 13-19: Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego   June 27-July 3: Jack Kramer Club in Rolling Hills  July 4-10: Los Caballeros Sports Village in Fountain Valley  July 11-17: Lakewood Tennis Center  Attending the events is FREE, so there is no excuse if you're in the area! Our friends at Cracked Racquets will be live-streaming and commentating on each event, so be sure to tune in if you can't attend in person. (Click here to listen to the Cracked Interviews podcast with Chris about the circuit) For junior players, their parents, and their coaches this is an incredible opportunity to see professional tennis up close and personal. It is an invaluable learning opportunity for coaches to take their young players and use the events as a living classroom to teach warm-up protocols, tactics, footwork, mental skills, and the like. There may even be opportunities for area juniors to act as hitting partners for the pros. An ITF iPin is required for entry into the qualifying and main draw events but NOT for the pre-qualies. If you need to get an iPin, click here for juniors and here for ages 18+. If you're so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your tennis community. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or via your favorite podcast app. If you haven't already, be sure to become a Member of ParentingAces by clicking here. And check out our logo'd merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop (Premium Members received FREE SHIPPING every day!). CREDITS Intro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNE Audio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you had a simple, easy-to-use data tool that would help you make improvements to your program and give you a visual display you can show to your administrators and teachers so they can actually see the impact your program is having because of the work you do? This month, we are talking about data tools, and I have a special guest with me today to talk about one of my favorites. In this episode, I interview Katherine Guerrero. Katherine will share her experiences as a school counselor. She also shares how she uses the End of the Year report to analyze her program's progress as well as how she shares those results with her teachers and administrators. As a member of my school counseling membership IMPACT, Katherine shares how being a part of the community has helped her as a school counselor.  Katherine is a 3rd-year elementary school counselor in Southern California. She loves to see her students light up when they have that “ah-ha” moment and she can tell that they understand the concepts they're working on. Show Notes: https://brightfutures-counseling.com/podcast-episodes/end-of-year-reports Resources Mentioned: Save your seat at the FREE training: How to Use School Counseling Data to Improve Your Program and Advocate for Your Role Get the School Counseling Editable End of the Year Report Read Violeta by Isabel Allende Find books by Taylor Jenkins Reid Join my school counselor membership IMPACT here! Learn more about ASCA Connect with Rachel on social media: TpT Store Blog Instagram Facebook Page Facebook Group Pinterest  Youtube If you are enjoying School Counseling Simplified please follow and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode of The Talent Development Hot Seat, Andy welcomes Dean Geoffrey Garrett from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. Dean Garrett joined the Marshall School of Business in the summer of 2020 after six years as dean of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the board of directors of Park Hotels and Resorts. He's also a distinguished international political economist and has held academic appointments at Oxford, Stanford, and Yale Universities. Dean Garrett is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a winner of the Foreign Policy Association Medal, and the Advanced Global Australian award. Dean Garrett is a LinkedIn influencer whose blog is widely followed by academic, business, and thought leaders, and his expertise on world politics, business, and the global economy as well as on the U.S.-China relations is sought after by major media organizations around the world. Dean Garrett holds a B.A. with honors from the Australian National University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Duke University, where he was a Fulbright scholar. In this episode, you'll hear: What Dean Geoffrey Garrett sees as some of the key challenges facing businesses today and how the pace of change is affecting workplaces. The three key skillsets you need to succeed in business as taught by the Marshall School of Business. Why executive education is important, who should be furthering their education, and how you can apply that education to your career while participating in continuous learning opportunities. How you can add value to learning opportunities in your organization with a high-performance learning journey. Why creativity is a crucial part of modern-day leadership and the three core pillars he focuses on. Connect with Andy Storch here: https://andystorch.com/ (Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/ (LinkedIn) https://tdtt.us/ (Join us in the Talent Development Think Tank Community)! Connect with Dean Geoffrey Garrett here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettgeoffrey/ (LinkedIn)

In 2014 Barbados introduced a vaccine to prevent certain strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and reduce the risk of cervical cancer in young women. Despite the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer in the Caribbean, many Afro-Barbadians chose not to immunize their daughters. In Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and  the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados (Duke University Press, 2022), Nicole Charles reframes Afro-Barbadian vaccine refusal from a question of hesitancy to one of suspicion. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, black feminist theory, transnational feminist studies and science and technology studies, Charles foregrounds Afro-Barbadians' gut feelings and emotions and the lingering trauma of colonial and biopolitical violence. She shows that suspicion, far from being irrational, is a fraught and generative affective orientation grounded in concrete histories of mistrust of government and coercive medical practices foisted on colonized peoples. By contextualizing suspicion within these longer cultural and political histories, Charles troubles traditional narratives of vaccine hesitancy while offering new entry points into discussions on racialized biopolitics, neocolonialism, care, affect, and biomedicine across the Black diaspora. Nicole Charles is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies in Culture and Media, University of Toronto, Mississauga.  Reighan Gillam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

In 2014 Barbados introduced a vaccine to prevent certain strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and reduce the risk of cervical cancer in young women. Despite the disproportionate burden of cervical cancer in the Caribbean, many Afro-Barbadians chose not to immunize their daughters. In Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and  the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados (Duke University Press, 2022), Nicole Charles reframes Afro-Barbadian vaccine refusal from a question of hesitancy to one of suspicion. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, black feminist theory, transnational feminist studies and science and technology studies, Charles foregrounds Afro-Barbadians' gut feelings and emotions and the lingering trauma of colonial and biopolitical violence. She shows that suspicion, far from being irrational, is a fraught and generative affective orientation grounded in concrete histories of mistrust of government and coercive medical practices foisted on colonized peoples. By contextualizing suspicion within these longer cultural and political histories, Charles troubles traditional narratives of vaccine hesitancy while offering new entry points into discussions on racialized biopolitics, neocolonialism, care, affect, and biomedicine across the Black diaspora. Nicole Charles is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies in Culture and Media, University of Toronto, Mississauga.  Reighan Gillam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network