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No es habitual que un simple secretario de Estado se asegure la inmortalidad. De los 71 que han pasado por el cargo sólo un puñado se recuerdan con nombre y apellidos. Algunos porque tras ser secretarios de Estado accedieron a la presidencia. Ese fue el caso de James Madison, John Quincy Adams o James Monroe. Otros porque les tocó lidiar con asuntos de la máxima importancia en periodos convulsos. Cordel Hull, por ejemplo, fue el secretario de Estado de Franklin Delano Roosevelt durante más de una década, desde 1933 hasta finales de 1944. Casi toda la segunda guerra mundial pasó por la mesa de su despacho y sus gestiones alumbraron la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Poco después entre Dean Acheson y John Foster Dulles se encargaron de diseñar la arquitectura de posguerra. Hombres singulares para momentos críticos. Esa es la razón por la que se les recuerda. Con Henry Kissinger sucedió algo similar, pero con él se dieron algunas peculiaridades. La primera que entre su salida de la Casa Blanca y su muerte transcurrió casi medio siglo, tiempo más que suficiente para pasar al olvido. Pero no fue así. Kissinger se las apañó durante todo ese tiempo para estar siempre de actualidad. La segunda su origen. Kissinger no era estadounidense de nacimiento, sino alemán. Vino al mundo en una pequeña ciudad de Baviera en 1923. No pertenecía a la burguesía acomodada ni tenía relación alguna con el poder. Su padre era un simple maestro de escuela que decidió marcharse junto a toda su familia unos años después de que los nazis llegasen a la cancillería. Una vez en Estados Unidos los Kissinger se establecieron en Nueva York. Allí el joven Heinz, el nombre que figuraba en su certificado de nacimiento, hizo la educación secundaria y estudió contabilidad con la idea de emplearse en alguna empresa de la City. Había llegado a Estados Unidos con quince años, hablaba inglés a la perfección, pero mantenía un ligero acento alemán que le acompañó hasta su muerte. No parecía alguien llamado a grandes gestas, un contable judeoalemán, emigrante de primera generación y extracción modesta. Pero en 1941 Estados Unidos entró en la guerra. Año y medio después fue llamado a filas y asignado en los servicios de inteligencia. Tres años pasó en Europa y llegó incluso a gobernar de forma interina la ciudad de Krefeld, en el valle del Rin, ya que los aliados no tenían demasiados efectivos que hablasen alemán con fluidez. En la guerra descubrió su verdadera vocación, la de entender cómo funcionaba el mundo y pensar el modo de influir sobre los acontecimientos. Se empleó como analista en la Fundación Rockefeller y eso le llevó de cabeza a la política. Nelson Rockefeller, el nieto del fundador de la Standard Oil, aspiraba a la presidencia del país y fichó a Kissinger como uno de sus asesores. Fracasó tres veces, pero su contrincante, un californiano llamado Richard Nixon, se fijó en el brillante consejero de Rockefeller y le llamó a su lado. Le puso al frente de la oficina de Seguridad Nacional y luego le nombró secretario de Estado. Desde ahí desplegó la doctrina de la “realpolitik”, en virtud de la cual, la política exterior no debía dirigirse desde los sentimientos ni las convicciones morales, sino desde la evaluación correcta de las fuerzas propias y ajenas. Eso le llevó a aconsejar a Nixon que se entendiese con la China popular, que serviría de valladar frente a los soviéticos. Se bautizó a aquella política como distensión. La guerra fría iba para largo y ambas potencias tenían que convivir respetando mutuamente sus áreas de influencia. La URSS recogió el guante y aceptó esa distensión. Pero mientras aflojaba la rivalidad entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética en otras partes del mundo surgieron infinidad de problemas. Algunos heredados como la guerra de Vietnam, a la que Kissinger puso fin llevándose como premio un Nobel de la Paz, o el conflicto entre árabes e israelíes, que resolvió magistralmente forjando un acuerdo histórico entre Anwar el-Sadat y Menájem Beguin. Otros eran de nuevo cuño como la guerra de independencia de Bangladés o las dictaduras militares en Hispanoamérica. Kissinger combinó grandes aciertos con errores estrepitosos, pero esto último no le impidió convertirse en una celebridad mundial y un autor de éxito. Su historia personal es en buena medida la historia de un siglo. Eso mismo es lo que vamos a ver hoy en La ContraHistoria. En El ContraSello: - La Judea romana - 1968 - México y la guerra de secesión Bibliografía: - "Liderazgo: seis estudios sobre estrategia mundial" de Henry Kissinger - https://amzn.to/4a37Tx4 - "Orden Mundial" de Henry Kissinger - https://amzn.to/3TmVspZ - "La diplomacia" de Henry Kissinger - https://amzn.to/3sPwkNJ - "Kissinger" de Niall Ferguson - https://amzn.to/410vwls - "Kissinger" de Walter Isaacson - https://amzn.to/3R2WwfR · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. 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Imagine having the resources to consistently invest in people and projects that transform lives. The Rockefeller Foundation does just that, giving away hundreds of millions annually to make a meaningful difference.

Imagine having the resources to consistently invest in people and projects that transform lives. The Rockefeller Foundation does just that, giving away hundreds of millions annually to make a meaningful difference.

Is the Illuminati real? Are the Rockefellers really apart of a satanic bloodline? The Rockefeller fortune began with oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, America's first billionaire, who founded Standard Oil in 1870. They are named as one of the 13 Satanic Bloodlines of the illuminati. We went into detail of these families in our patreon bonus episode series, as well.Case starts 7:00Support the showCLICK HERE FOR ALL OF OUR INFORMATION!^ MERCH, FB Links, All important links!! ^

We're releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we're on production hiatus. This week's Mini Failure is about the Standard Oil Building in Chicago. During construction, a section of the exterior marble cladding fell off the building, leading to a complete recladding in the early 90s. Original Air Date: February 20, 2022 Episode Sources https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/two-buildings-two-cities-one-problem/article17996906/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_(Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Canadian_Place#Cladding Ways to get in touch with us Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com Website - www.failurology.ca

November 3-9, 1973 This week Ken welcomes antiques expert, and fellow TV kid, The Antique Noman himself, George Higby to the show. Ken and George discuss George's YouTube Channel, referencing the stuff on sets, moving around a lot as a kid, living in Cleveland when this TV Guide came out, Washington State, Raytheon TVs, looking for the thing that's the same, being a car and sports guy, Philco, Cigarettes, concept cars, trying to reverse engineer a color TV for free, shared experience, Emergency!, how weird it was that shows not for kids were merchandised to kids, All in the Family, M*A*S*H, topical TV, sad TV shows, the odd cultural moment of the early 1970s, Norman Lear, how the 1970s may have been more progressive, niches, The Committee Against the Public Authority of Maine, antiquing in New England, Time Tunnel, corded TV remotes, Newport Jazz Fest, Lucy, Get Smart! in Spanish, variety shows, Antiques: Make the Most out of Your Hobby with NOT George Michael, the early days of Antique collecting, nostalgia, The Girl Most Likely To, Joan Rivers, Night Gallery, failed pilots, TV preservation, Benny Hill, local edits of TV, Standard Oil, big business, why Debbie Reynolds was NOT allowed in George's house, early Don Johnson, Sandford and Son, trying to get your antiques and collectibles back after you already sold them, The Odd Couple, hating Room 222, passing up The Brady Bunch, buying the Brady House, Sonny and Cher with Douglas Fairbanks, dogs playing poker, Vincent Price, purpose made collectibles, and how Major Nelson's house from I Dream of Genie is George's dream house. 

Earlier this fall, the Federal Trade Commission filed a high-stakes lawsuit against Amazon.In that suit, the FTC claims Amazon is a monopoly, and it accuses the company of using anti-competitive tactics to hold onto its market power. It's a big case, with implications for consumers and businesses and digital marketplaces, and for antitrust law itself. That is the highly important but somewhat obscure body of law that deals with competition and big business.And so, this week on Planet Money, we are doing a deep dive on the history of antitrust. It begins with today's episode, a Planet Money double feature. Two classic episodes that tell the story of how the U.S. government's approach to big business and competition has changed over time.First, the story of a moment more than 100 years ago, when the government stepped into the free market in a big way to make competition work. It's the story of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil, and a muckraking journalist named Ida Tarbell.Then, we fast forward to a turning point that took antitrust in the other direction. This is the story of a lawyer named Robert Bork, who transformed the way courts would interpret antitrust law.These episodes were produced by Sally Helm with help from Alexi Horowitz Ghazi. They were edited by Bryant Urdstadt. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.

Every Sunday, Gerard and Laurent debrief last week's news in the Energy Transition.On the menu:Siemens Energy bailed outRESource, annual conference on PPAs, beats all recordsChevron acquires Hess. Rockefeller is immortalOffshore Wind activityNuScale SMR SPAC hits an IcebergMichael Liebreich's Hydrogen Ladder v5

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt https://amzn.to/3QcSvVB INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain's Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of mankind and refused to keep the technology out of the hands of the British or any other nation. For John D. Rockefeller, the engine was nothing less than an existential threat to his vast and lucrative oil empire. As electric lighting began to replace kerosene lamps, Rockefeller's bottom line depended on the world's growing thirst for gasoline to power its automobiles and industries. At the outset of this new age of electricity and oil, Europe stood on the precipice of war. Rudolf Diesel grew increasingly concerned about Germany's rising nationalism and military spending. The inventor was on his way to London to establish a new company that would help Britain improve its failing submarine program when he disappeared. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an astonishing new conclusion about Diesel's fate. “Equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author). About the author Until 2011, Douglas Brunt was CEO of Authentium, Inc. He now writes full time and lives in New York with his wife and three children. He is the author of New York Times Bestseller 'Ghosts of Manhattan' and 'The Means'. His third novel, 'Trophy Son', will be released May 30, 2017. You can lean more about Doug at www.douglasbrunt.com

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Merci à HelloFresh de soutenir Timeline ! Profitez de réductions allant jusqu'à 100€ sur vos 5 premières commandes, soit le prix du repas à partir de 2,50€, avec le code Timeline ou en cliquant sur ce lien : http://www.hellofresh.fr/timeline L'ère du pétrole entre le 18e siècle et les années 1930, dont nous parlons dans cet épisode, est une période charnière dans l'histoire industrielle et géopolitique. Au 18e siècle, le pétrole était principalement utilisé pour l'éclairage, extrait de sources naturelles. Au 19e siècle, l'exploitation pétrolière se développe avec le forage de puits en Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, menant à la première véritable révolution pétrolière. L'usage du pétrole se diversifie rapidement, alimentant les lampes à pétrole, les navires à vapeur et les premières automobiles. Au début du 20e siècle, le Moyen-Orient devient une source majeure de pétrole, bouleversant l'équilibre géopolitique mondial. Cette émission sur l'histoire du pétrole est une saga fascinante de croissance industrielle, d'innovations technologiques et de bouleversements politiques. Le pétrole a en effet propulsé notre société moderne, devenant un symbole de puissance économique et de dépendance énergétique. Du premier gisement à l'essor des entreprises pétrolières telles que la Standard Oil, le pétrole a forgé notre monde moderne… Bibliographie: Auzanneau, Matthieu. Or noir. La grande histoire du pétrole. La Découverte, 2015 Ecriture: Lucie Devocelle pour Storycast

Some stories have so much trash it's hard to know where to begin, but for scion of the Standard Oil fortune Hugh D. Auchincloss, it's hard to know even where to stop. Auchincloss, about as blue blood as you can get, was married three times, and through that particular journey, ended up being step-father to the future Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwell, from his third marriage, as well as the writer Gore Vidal, via his second marriage. It's this second marriage, to the former Nina Gore, that opened him to the later ponderings of step-son Gore Vidal, and his particularly poisonous pen. Get ready for a bit of a Forrest Gump journey through mid-20th century America, but in this case, a rich Forrest Gump with serious erectile dysfunction. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/DoneDunne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some stories have so much trash it's hard to know where to begin, but for scion of the Standard Oil fortune Hugh D. Auchincloss, it's hard to know even where to stop. Auchincloss, about as blue blood as you can get, was married three times, and through that particular journey, ended up being step-father to the future Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwell, from his third marriage, as well as the writer Gore Vidal, via his second marriage. It's this second marriage, to the former Nina Gore, that opened him to the later ponderings of step-son Gore Vidal, and his particularly poisonous pen. Get ready for a bit of a Forrest Gump journey through mid-20th century America, but in this case, a rich Forrest Gump with serious erectile dysfunction. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by Regain Couples Therapy by BetterHelp. Visit regain.com/trashy today and get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: Doug Brunt— New York Times Best Selling Author and Historian—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his new book: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I.” Brunt writes: “After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that did not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (who wanted to use the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain's Royal Navy) and John D. Rockefeller (the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world). At the outset of this new age of electricity and oil, Europe stood on the precipice of war. Rudolf Diesel grew increasingly concerned about Germany's rising nationalism and military spending. The inventor was on his way to London to establish a new company that would help Britain improve its failing submarine program when he disappeared.” On Wednesday, October 11th Brunt will take part in a moderated conversation in Haverford, PA. You can learn more about his appearance here: https://www.mainpointbooks.com/event/douglas-brunt-mysterious-case-rudolf-diesel. And you can learn more about the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysterious-Case-of-Rudolf-Diesel/Douglas-Brunt/9781982169909 In response to Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel, the United States has sent the USS Gerald R. Ford—a $13 billion aircraft carrier equipped with cutting edge technology—to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. In a statement released on Monday, Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) seemingly blamed an “apartheid state” for the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Understandably, Tlaib received backlash for not vociferously condemning the acts of terror orchestrated by Hamas.

Doug Brunt— New York Times Best Selling Author and Historian—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his new book: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I.” Brunt writes: “After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that did not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (who wanted to use the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain's Royal Navy) and John D. Rockefeller (the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world). At the outset of this new age of electricity and oil, Europe stood on the precipice of war. Rudolf Diesel grew increasingly concerned about Germany's rising nationalism and military spending. The inventor was on his way to London to establish a new company that would help Britain improve its failing submarine program when he disappeared.” On Wednesday, October 11th Brunt will take part in a moderated conversation in Haverford, PA. You can learn more about his appearance here: https://www.mainpointbooks.com/event/douglas-brunt-mysterious-case-rudolf-diesel. And you can learn more about the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysterious-Case-of-Rudolf-Diesel/Douglas-Brunt/9781982169909

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Saturday, Palestinian militants broke through barriers separating Gaza from Israel—raiding Israeli towns, killing nearly 1,000 civilians with another 150 civilians having been kidnapped by Hamas, according to estimates. President of Israel Isaac Herzog said of the attack, “not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day.” Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that in response, Israel “will exact a price that will be remembered by [Hama], and Israel's other enemies, for decades to come.”  3:20pm- According to reporting from Summer Said, Benoit Faucon, and Stephen Kalin of The Wall Street Journal, “Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas's Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group. Officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked with Hamas since August to devise the air, land and sea incursions.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25 3:30pm- During a press conference on Tuesday, the Biden Administration's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was asked about the $6 billion recently given to Iran in exchange for the release of several U.S. hostages. Sullivan denied that any of the money had been spent—however, isn't money fungible? Jim Geraghty writes: “the fact that if Iran knows it is going to get access to $6 billion in frozen funds for humanitarian spending, it can reallocate money that it was going to spend on those humanitarian costs to supporting Hamas and other terror groups.” Geraghty called on the Biden Administration to “refreeze” the billions provided to Iran.   3:45pm- While speaking at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa over the weekend, Republican candidate for president Donald Trump condemned the Hamas attacks on Israel and slammed the Biden Administration for providing billions of dollars to Iran—explaining that he would not be surprised if part of the “tremendous wealth they just accumulated” went towards acts of aggression against Israel. 3:55pm- During an appearance on Fox News, Senator Lindsey Graham proposed that in response to Hamas attacks on Israel, and reports that Iran helped plan the attacks, the United States should destroy oil fields in Iran and bring “the war to the Ayatollah's backyard.” 4:00pm- Dr. Victoria Coates— Former Deputy National Security Advisor & the Vice President of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the horrific weekend attacks on Israel orchestrated by Hamas terrorists. What will happen next? And at what level was Iran involved? Dr. Coates is the author of “David's Sling: A History of Democracy in Ten Works of Art.” You can find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Davids-Sling-History-Democracy-Works/dp/1594037213 4:30pm- According to Brittany Bernstein of National Review, “[t]hen-Vice President Joe Biden's office exchanged 19,335 emails with Hunter Biden's investment firm Rosemont Seneca, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)… The emails call into question President Biden's repeated claims that he never discussed business with his son. Former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer previously testified that then–Vice President Biden joined at least 20 phone calls and/or in-person meetings with Hunter's foreign business associates during their time working together.” You can Bernstein's full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/then-vp-joe-bidens-office-exchanged-nearly-20000-emails-with-hunters-investment-firm/ 4:50pm- During an interview with Chris Wallace, 78-year-old Thursday Night Football play-by-play announcer Al Michaels revealed that he has never knowingly eaten a vegetable in his life! How is that possible? 5:00pm- Doug Brunt— New York Times Best Selling Author and Historian—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his new book: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I.” Brunt writes: “After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that did not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (who wanted to use the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain's Royal Navy) and John D. Rockefeller (the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world). At the outset of this new age of electricity and oil, Europe stood on the precipice of war. Rudolf Diesel grew increasingly concerned about Germany's rising nationalism and military spending. The inventor was on his way to London to establish a new company that would help Britain improve its failing submarine program when he disappeared.” On Wednesday, October 11th Brunt will take part in a moderated conversation in Haverford, PA. You can learn more about his appearance here: https://www.mainpointbooks.com/event/douglas-brunt-mysterious-case-rudolf-diesel. And you can learn more about the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysterious-Case-of-Rudolf-Diesel/Douglas-Brunt/9781982169909 5:20pm- In response to Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel, the United States has sent the USS Gerald R. Ford—a $13 billion aircraft carrier equipped with cutting edge technology—to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. 5:40pm- In a statement released on Monday, Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) seemingly blamed an “apartheid state” for the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Understandably, Tlaib received backlash for not vociferously condemning the acts of terror orchestrated by Hamas. 6:00pm- According to reporting from Summer Said, Benoit Faucon, and Stephen Kalin of The Wall Street Journal, “Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas's Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group. Officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked with Hamas since August to devise the air, land and sea incursions.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25 6:10pm- Despite a Wall Street Journal report connecting Iran to Hamas' weekend attack on Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to confirm Iranian involvement. 6:35pm- On Tuesday, President Joe Biden called Hamas' attack on Israel an “act of pure evil”—emphasizing continued American support for Israel. 6:40pm- On Saturday, Palestinian militants broke through barriers separating Gaza from Israel—raiding Israeli towns, killing nearly 1,000 civilians with another 150 civilians having been kidnapped by Hamas, according to estimates. President of Israel Isaac Herzog said of the attack, “not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day.” Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that in response, Israel “will exact a price that will be remembered by [Hama], and Israel's other enemies, for decades to come.”  6:45pm- While speaking at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa over the weekend, Republican candidate for president Donald Trump condemned the Hamas attacks on Israel and slammed the Biden Administration for providing billions of dollars to Iran—explaining that he would not be surprised if part of the “tremendous wealth they just accumulated” went towards acts of aggression against Israel.

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Market Proof Marketing · Ep 303: Things We Never Need To Say In The Industry Ever AgainIn this episode, Kevin Oakley,  is joined by Beth Russell and Julie Jarnagin! Kevin recently got back from a conference and shares his thoughts on the experience as well as the importance of understanding your audience. Together, they reflect on the uncomfortable challenge of change but agree that it's necessary and urge listeners to surround themselves with people who will be honest with you and genuinely help you through it. The team discusses things that never need to be said in the industry ever again!Story Time (11:24)Julie had a builder ask if video was “worth it?”It's Beth's birthday week and so she is reflecting over the change this last year.Kevin brings up things we never need to say in the industry ever again News (40:04)Will the Mortgage Rate Spread Narrow or Not? That is the Question (https://blog.firstam.com/economics/will-the-mortgage-rate-spread-narrow-or-not-that-is-the-question)1 in 10 Home Sellers Are Moving Because They're Being Called Back to the Office: Survey (https://www.redfin.com/news/moving-return-to-office-survey-2023/)Where Is the Housing Market Headed This Fall? (https://www.probuilder.com/where-housing-market-headed-fall)Higher mortgage rates continue to impact the housing markets (https://apple.news/AW-eEur1VTc-0uqCPW8w2UQ)Things we love / things we hate (53:31)Beth hates unpackingJulie is listening to a podcast called "The Dr. John Delony Show"Kevin is enjoying the “Compound and Friends” podcastQuestions? Comments? Email show@doyouconvert.com or call 404-369-2595 and we'll address them on the next episode. More insights, discussions, and opportunities can be found at Do You Convert All Access or on the Market Proof Marketing Facebook group.Subscribe on iTunesFollow on SpotifyListen On StitcherA weekly new home marketing podcast for home builders and developers. Each week Kevin Oakley, Andrew Peek, Jackie Lipinski, Julie Jarnagin, and other team members from Do You Convert will break down the headlines, share best practices and stories from the front line, and perform a deep dive on a relevant marketing topic. We're here to help you – not to sell you!Transcript:KevinHi, I'm here. This is six calls into the day Kevin!JulieThat's a lot.KevinMy favorite kind of days. But I'm here. We're going to do it. And I guess feedback. Our producer, I think it was maybe just her feedback, but she likes spicy Kevin.BethSo I think we all love spicy. Kevin's spicy and like trolling. Kevin Oh, I live for it.KevinYeah, I remember the 10,000 hour thing. You school this on?JulieI think.KevinSo I just got exposed at this conference. That's about nothing other than learning. And the people are all totally different is again, that realization of like, I'm old because I care about things that my 20 year old self would have been like. Why does that have what does it matter? Why are we thinking about, you know, what is space made of like it's empty space, you moron, move on.KevinBut I'm here. I'm listening to this guy talk about the units that make up space and how that defines time and thinking. How does this apply to what we do? And I can make connections. And it's it's weird. Just I remember was like going it's it's this 10,000 hour thing of how do I translate that to someone who only has 100 hours in in a way that's meaningful because, you know, like I was trying to download our team about one of my takeaways and then I'm like, this won't mean anything to some people.KevinLike though they will actually think, why did Kevin waste his time going to California to listen and learn about this? And so any time you're sharing, you have to understand your audience and and where they are. But it's it gets harder and some ways it gets easier. This is why now remember why I wanted to talk to you about this Julia is it's it's somewhat easier to process through the stuff like on the back burner of your brain, but it's even harder.KevinLike I'm finding myself pausing more often, like I have a small seizure and it's because I'm it's not because I don't understand the material. It's thinking like, how do I reframe this or filter it for this person who's been in our industry for a month?JulieYeah.KevinYeah. That gets incrementally harder, I think, at least for me.BethI mean, it's hard. I just had a call this week where I was like, I how? What did I just say? Because it was one of those challenging situations of like, how is and that's exactly what's happening to me. It was like there was a stop in my brain of like trying to filter out what was going on in my head and what was coming out of my mouth in a way that would be digestible to the person on the other line.BethAnd it probably was to them. But to me I was like, No, that I need to get back on a rhythm.BethBut that's where the storytelling comes in and I think y'all are both great at that. Even when you don't realize that you're pulling in a story or an example or something. So I see that, you know. Kevin, if we're sitting in on a call and you're pulling from something, some example you've heard or a story, so I think that's what you're trying to attach, the two things you're trying to attach the concept to whatever rolodex of stories and examples are in there somewhere to connect them.KevinYeah. Here's here's the most recent example of this that I still am processing a little bit, is working with a rather I mean, a very large homebuilding organization who wants to create a new set of dashboards on a quarterly basis to give to their leadership team about marketing and online sales and how it's going and they showed an example of an old one that they've been doing internally.KevinI think some other people were helping them and it was like 45 pages and we rebuilt one after much thinking and work. And it's nine pages, I think, or sorry, it's 11 pages. It's 11 pages, but the first four pages are just an illustration of the proverbial funnel illustrating at the state level, individual market level, etc., how everything is working.KevinLike all of the important metrics, the conversion ratios and visually how they all connect and then as I'm thinking about the audience that they're going to give this to and, and this is a presentation format too, I think it's important, understand. So they're like the person who used to do this, they hated their life for that entire day because when I was there trying to stand up and talk, they went through all 45, 50 pages and watched everyone's eyes glaze over or start looking at their phone or, you know, they and we interpret that sometimes as how those people are.KevinSo rude. How could they not? But to me it was more like, actually, you should probably never get past these first five pages that are funnel analysis with this audience. If you get to page whatever, and it's a 14 way breakdown of how their Google ads are performing, something's wrong because it's not it's not the level that a CEO CEOs should be at ever.BethYeah, yeah. They need something to anchor on to. And with that visualization visual visually.JulieThis.KevinJust makes me feel so good about myself. I'm sorry, you're not supposed to.BethThe word with the funnel.KevinThere's many words.JulieLike.BethOh, well, it's something they can anchor to because if you just start going through numbers, if they're trying to connect, they're just going to grab a random stat number and get stuck on that and you're going to get into a weird hole of questions that you may not want to be into. So that gives them a good first thing to hang on to as you're taking them through the journey.KevinWell, okay, I'm going to try to keep my brain and then we'll be we will move on to the real show here in a second. But one thing I through my brain is this is a bad idea. Like as a as a builder partner, they're going to hate this idea that I'm presenting of making the funnel the main part and then being able to break out why afterwards or during Q&A.;KevinBut just really focusing on on funnel analysis. And I kind of saw a little bit like, oh, what if they're not comfortable hanging out at that level for 20 minutes? What the leadership team, there's some people are like, hurry up and get to the part where like I'm in every day and I understand and I know that I know more than they do about it.KevinAnd so I feel comfortable presenting and talking and looking through versus staying high level with high level individuals sometimes can be intimidating. And so there is a little bit of storytelling and example giving that had to give them the confidence of you don't even have to know all the answers. You have to understand the relationships. But that's part of like this will work if they start getting excited and talking to each other about how come appointments are converting to sales in the same way as they were last quarter?KevinOr why do we think so? So is this it's this weird thing of am I just shortcutting the shortcut or is this really the most important anyway, that's.BethI think it's a matter of is the presentation as important as the dialog that occurs around it? You know, like if the presentation doesn't invoke an interesting dialog that can lead to change, then what is the point of the presentation in the first place? It's just another hour of someone else's time. This is why I love the fact that I'm married to my husband and I know that he is listening right now, so shout out might, but he does like he briefs for a living.BethHe briefs very important people for a living and he is phenomenal at his ability to take a very complex subject matter and articulate it in a way that not only gets people engaged and provokes conversation, at least this is what I get. I don't really know what he does. So this is just my perception of this.KevinIf he told you, he'd have to kill you, Yeah.BethThis is my perception of it. But it's fascinating. Watch and watching him talk about the art around the briefing. And it's just like us. Like it's the art around coaching. It's the art around speaking to high level individuals. It's there is an art about it, and you have to tailor what it is that you do to your audience in order to provoke conversation that will lead to change and it's fascinating how many people actually do that wrong.KevinYeah, senior leadership's perspective usually has. Why is this person telling me numbers that I can look at and see numbers?JulieYeah.KevinYou don't need to be presenting like a first grader at show and tell.BethYeah. And it's like, how many times do we hate going to conferences where people are just reading slides? Yeah, like it's you. You've got, you got to make a conversation out of it. And just like in home and home, buying and selling and in marketing for our builders, we have to create emotion during the process because emotion is oftentimes a trigger to everything else that follows.BethAnd so like the ability to do that with high level, you got to you got to like all somewhere to start that conversation.KevinYeah. And not be afraid of a little bit of.BethConflict.KevinConflicts. Right. Fact a lot of times as a marketer, you're that's why I keep going back to the example of Survivor. Like players who win Survivor sometimes are creating conflict artificially when there wasn't one or the amplifying conflict in another party sometimes. I mean it's it's it is such a good like like chess and poker good analogy. Okay a little palate cleanser before I start the show.KevinSean Carpenter texted me those. Sorry, Sean, you didn't give me permission to share it, but you texted me, so you should know better. He said It blew my mind today, listening to the podcast that Jenn wanted to be a vet when she was younger. I feel like this should be a like Red and Jerry Seinfeld voice. And so she ended up marrying her husband and now she still gets to hear Barkin all day at work.KevinDog emoji, laughing face Emoji. All right, let's get started.BethAnother thing that we like more as we get older, come you.KevinYeah. All right. I mean, I want to stand up, you know? All right. Welcome to marketers marketing the podcast from the industry leaders. How do you convert where we talk about the current and future state of marketing and online sales for builders and developers across the globe? We're not here to sell you. We're here to help you and to try and elevate the conversation.KevinIs there a topic you'd like us to cover or a question you'd like us to answer? We'll do it. Simply send an email to show at. Do you convert? Dot com. Welcome to episode 303. I'm Kevin O'Kelly. And with me today is Beth Russell and Julie Jernigan.JulieAnd so.BethI.KevinWe don't have to yeah, we keep talking about this, but there's nothing else to say. We already said it, so we just go right into story time. All right, Julie.JenOkay. I have a fun conversation with the builder this week, so she said, we have this great binder, high quality makes videos for us, but they're really expensive. And she said, we do. You know, that's kind of our company branding video as we do some community videos. But she was like, I want to do all these house tours and this and that, but they're so expensive and I don't have room in the budget.JenSo we had a really fun conversation around video and not just your very produced high quality video. The number one thing I would say, but this doesn't work for them is you need to learn internally how to do some of this video yourself and start doing it. But in this specific case, they are maxed out like their team just got smaller.JenThey all shift roles. They're all they're just doggy paddling, you know, trying to keep up with everything. So then we took it down to the level of finding multiple vendors for different things. So just like you might have a professional pay the big money for the main photo on your homepage, you can do the same thing with video.JenYou can take somebody who is fresh out of college or whatever to do your video. But what it all came back to is even that takes legwork. Like you're going to have to know. You can't just say, I want to do more videos, so we're going to do video if you are maxed out and everything else. So this whole conversation, that video and finding somebody else and that it may take a few people and you're going to have to be really specific at first about what you want it for and what it needs to look like and who's going to edit it and how they're going to know where to go.JenAnd you're going to have to see if that in your priorities of the thing. So it was funny too, because the owner happened to be on this meeting and he was just sitting there quietly. So there's a whole conversation. So it was just interesting because in the end it's still all I love video. I wrote a whole book on content.JenI think everybody needs more and better content, but in the end you only have so many hours, so many man hours and so much budget, and it's whether this is the time for that or if that needs to be on your 2024 plan and how you're going to set all that up. So it was a fun conversation to work through with them.KevinYeah, again, it's different perspectives, different levels, different insights, different priorities. But I think I'll intersperse some things that I took away. But but one of the people who spoke at a conference I went to is the CEO of Shopify, and he talked about how they created a tool that shows the cost of every meeting. So when you invite people, every time you invite more people to your meeting, it shows incremental cost to the organization.KevinWhen you see, you know, $9,000 for a 30 minute meeting, you have to justify in a summary, if you call the meeting, why it's worth that much after it happens. Anyway, a little extreme, you could argue. But then he also started talking about how they every year they just delete all reoccurring meetings. He's going to start just randomly deleting Slack channels.KevinAnd the idea here is if it needs to happen, it'll start again. But if not, you're just keeping things. And so just that idea of revisiting on a regular basis, why am I doing this thing? Could be video, could be Google ads, it could be anything. Why am I doing it? This is the reason that I started. So the reason why I should continue to.KevinI need to take a different spend. Should I be doing this at all? That whole, you know, stop doing list is as important as the to do list.JenWell, and on that level, it's really interesting because she has been there a while, but somebody else has been cut in the marketing director role and that person shifting out. So she's just adopting and she put that person was great at her job. Amazing. But it's somebody walking into something that's already existing. And so I think that's going to be a big job for her, is then figuring out what how.KevinThat's more fun. Let's just talk.JulieAbout that main event.KevinShould she go and start making changes quickly? What what would you both tell someone who's dropped in that position of like taking over for someone who's done a great job but is is no longer in that role?BethI think I mean, having just left somewhere and someone that I, I knew and worked with kind of walk into my position slightly, I think it's really interesting where it's kind of like a marriage of both where, you know, you want to go fast in terms of making your name and learn and get your hands dirty. But you don't want to make too many changes that are going to rock the boat because you might not know enough yet and go in the complete opposite direction.BethSo I think it takes that time, like Julie said, like taking that time to walk through the options and the realities of what is actually available when it came to video and what was realistic. Okay, I see a problem here. I see something that I could change. But at the end of the day, capacity wise, investment wise like this doesn't need to change right now.BethI can do this later. It's not like a necessity for me to go in and just like rip everything to shreds. Essentially. This is me being dramatic.KevinBut yeah, joining me. Other thoughts?JenYeah. No, I agree that there's definitely a time period for keeping it as is and seeing how things work and really not making too many dramatic changes. Right when you walk in unless she's she's been in a role in the department so there are probably think she's familiar with enough the brand new thing she's taking over. Yeah I think it's worth some observation time before making any huge changes which I don't think she is.JulieYeah. Listening to this.KevinThe first thing I always would tell someone is don't change anything for until you are certain you know what the issues are. And what I mean by that, one of the reasons you don't change anything is because it doesn't require any of your cognitive load. If you're maintaining it's a lot easier to maintain than it is to create or destroy.KevinMaybe it's easier to destroy than anything. But that's I know I get off topic, but you're just letting things flow and and observing because one of the things you have to understand quickly is that the scoreboard is not the only scoreboard. So there might be some internal scoreboard or dashboard or whatever that says leads are up, good sales are up, good.KevinBut it all depends on the person you're working for, and it's a combination of that scoreboard and that person's perspective of everything. I've worked for people as a marketing director who have said, you know, like, we don't need more leads. I don't want you doing anything to create more leads. Leads aren't our problem. Go solve this other thing.KevinAnd I'm like, I'm new here. But when they hired me, they told me my job was to create leads. So that's the risk, is you don't have street credibility for that position even if you've been in that organization. Everyone's looking to try to figure out, did they earn this title? Did they just get this title because other person laughs, What's going on?KevinAnd so you still need to do an analysis of both scoreboards and look for the easy win opportunities that cause the least disruption for others. Because that's how you prove value is. I just made everyone's life better and you had to do nothing different. Do that for as long as you can before you have to start getting in the middle of everything else.KevinSometimes you don't get lucky and like the thing that has to be blown up is the fact that I'm I'm laughing. As I say this, it's only been true a couple of times. You're like, We just have to fire all the salespeople and start over. And I can show you mathematically and in the CRM why that's true, that would be a really hard place to start, but that sometimes that is the case.KevinBut if not for as long as possible, get the easy wins that have big impact on other people's roles. All right, Beth, what do you got?BethWell, this week was my birthday week.KevinOh, happy birthday.JulieThanks.BethI'm doing all the sound effects today.JulieThis is great.JenYou should have worn your tiara today.BethI should have worn my tiara on my sash. That would. Except it ripped out my hair, which was not a pleasant experience. It's super pretty, though, so I really should have worn it. That would have been great. But yeah, I'm not typically one to reflect on my previous year. I'm just like, Oh, you know, another year, I'm another year older.BethIt's fine. But this year I was kind of it was somewhat unavoidable because it was on my birthday last year that it became abundantly clear that all the goals that I was working towards and the goals that I had set for myself in my professional career were not going to happen. I was I was not going to achieve them at my current place of work.BethAnd this realization was dramatically catastrophic to me, and it forced me to take off blinders that I didn't even know existed. And it forced me into a period of serious reflection in my life. That period that that lasted from probably anywhere between four and six months, where obviously a lot of changes happened because now I am here. But it's interesting because I was in the mindset at that time before all of this happened that no matter what, I was going to stay on this path, I had my goal, I was going to achieve it, and I had already given so much of myself in order to achieve what I had achieved that the idea ofBethleaving that was so incredibly uncomfortable to me that I had basically avoided any thought of change.JulieYes, fully.BethLike those blinders were were up. But now I was in it like I was forced into a stage where I had to be comfortable in the uncomfortable. And for me there was nothing more uncomfortable than the thought of leaving some place I loved and that I had dedicated my time to. And that had brought me so much joy.BethAnd I share this not just because, like for whatever reason, just to share it. I think it's because No, I know it's because that at one point in all of our lives, we we come to that place or to that crossroad where we have to get comfortable in the uncomfortable, whether it's in our personal life or our professional life.BethWe are at one point in our life going to come across something where we are forced to make a decision that we we never thought that we would make. And it is so incredibly uncomfortable for us. But the reality of it is that it's only through doing that are you able to make a change for the better. And what I learned during that period of my life was that change is okay and that it's important to not go through that alone.BethI had I had to make that decision a very personal and selfish decision. I had to make that and come to that on my own. But I leaned on the people around me that supported me and not just the people that were going to nod my head and nod their head and agree with me or go into a period of self-pity with me or like crawl into that ditch with me.BethBut people that were going to force me to want better for myself and forced me into change and and forced me to ask myself questions that I had I had been previously avoiding because they were so invested in my success and they wanted something better for me. So in saying that, I mean, you don't have to do it alone.BethLean on the people around you, find people that will challenge you and support you, find good mentors.JulieAnd.BethJust make that next change because I think this last year has been incredibly fulfilling for me. Incredibly, incredibly challenging. And I if you would have asked me this on my birthday last year about where I would be in my professional career, I don't think I would I would answer that. I'm a marketing coach. A do.JulieRight.BethAnd it's been fun and exciting. And I'm so happy. I'm so happy that I'm here.KevinWell, we are happy that you are here, but I skating part things that make me feel strange or uncomfortable, like self celebrating ourselves always makes you uncomfortable. Same thing. I mean, I remember the first time, not the first time. It was. It was the third year that Mike Lyon was like, Hey, Kevin, I think there's this thing and I think you could come work with me.KevinAnd I was like, at the time I was 32 years old, I was running to homebuilding divisions for NPR. I had stock options that were worth millions of dollars. And Mike's pitch was, take a 70% pay cut and come work with me and we'll see what happens.JulieAnd I was like.JenI have.KevinFour. I have four kids. My my wife just gave birth to our fourth. What? None of this makes sense. But again, I'm going to keep doing this for a while probably. But this conference that I went to, one of the speakers is the CEO and founder of, I think the second most profitable options trading firm of all time.KevinAnd she showed the slide like if you gave her $100 back in the eighties, you would have $3 million. Now, that's how much money her company has made for herself and her employees. And so now she started this nonprofit specifically trying to teach women how to play poker, because her argument is that women need to learn the skill sets of poker.KevinAnd to her, one of the most important skill sets is knowing that it's okay to take risk. That risk is mandatory. You you have your hand of cards. You've got to make a calculation and decision of what should I do or not do. But also sometimes you if you just fold every hand, you're never going to win. And her take as a woman was just that women are never taught to take risk.KevinAnd even in my own life, like I'm I'm definitely the Yeah, I'll just stay out of poker like just play super conservative, get that pot as big as you can and just like, hope you win by causing everyone else to die of boredom and just, like, irrationally go all in because they're just sick of sitting there like, that's that strategy.KevinBut so when I hear you talking about that story, I just to what I what I translate it to is part of it is chasing the goal that you had. And the other part is just saying like, that's too risky. But now on the other side, do you feel like it was as risky as it felt?BethNo, not at all. And I think, like I battle with the word risk slightly because I don't know if I necessarily felt like it was risky. I think perhaps a little bit it was like, okay, I just built all this. Like, am I willing to risk, like, completely altering everything I just worked for for seven years? Right? So I guess the other is there is a little bit of risk in there involved, but ultimately it came down to compromise.BethIt came down to how much of myself am I willing to compromise and what am I even living out? One of my mentors is bold. Eutelsat is also a very good friend of mine and he was the one that was like sat me down and he was like, What is your superpower and are you living it out right now?BethAnd we had like a two hour conversation actually at some after hours about what that meant. And like he just started ripping out those blinders that I had. And I think it was just that I had compromised a little bit of what my superpower was in order to fit the box of what other people needed.JulieAnd yeah.BethAnd it was it felt really good.KevinOn the psychiatrist psychiatrist couch together. So this is.JulieGreat.KevinI know you don't like the word risk, but what I think is probably happening is the fear of not getting to where you wanted to was causing you to put the blinders on in the first place.BethOh, yeah.KevinIf if if I don't put the blinders on, I'm not going to attain the level or position that I want to get to. And that's all I'm trying to say is, at the end of the day, the biggest risk that the speaker and I go back and talk to other people are look at my own life. It's like the biggest risk would have been not doing anything.KevinYeah, that's I always say that's the don't you're trying to sell someone the donut hole the cut out like not an actual small little piece of a donut but your sound the thing that doesn't exist and saying that's the problem so that's, that's the hard part about it. But taking risk is okay. And I, like any of my friends, personal friends who've been like, Hey, I'm thinking about starting my own business or doing my own thing.KevinMy answer is always do it always, because the risk is not like you're not going to die if your business dies, but you will know whether you actually want to run a business or not. You're capable or not going to do it. If death is not on the other side, it's worth trying. Now that also, like as an efficiency focused organization, which I would consider, do you convert like one of the ways I explain to people is we are an efficiency focused digital marketing organization trying to help builders get the best quality traffic for the least amount of money.KevinSo one of the things in there is like a lot of what we do is working and we might not be taking the risk for someone's money individually. So like builder A of 80 or a builder number one of 80, we might, based upon their resources and availability, might not be doing a lot of testing with them. But across all 80 builders, there's always different tests being done and that's a it's analysis of risk.KevinAnd I feel like I should just write a whole blog on maybe a series on risk because it's not talked about enough. And as a manager, we know we have to manage people. We know you have to manage a budget. Managing risk is not talked about enough or understood clearly enough and it's really, really important. It blindsides people more than missing a budget.BethYeah, I would agree. It really takes us even for this.JulieFascinating Hey online sales specialist, your D convert coach Jen Barkan here. Are you looking for guidance, structure and proven methods to help you set more appointments and create more sales than join online sales coach Jesse Suggs and myself, we are offering an intense two day virtual training experience, followed by eight weeks of training and coaching through our online sales academy.JulieThis fall. Jesse and I have been in your shoes and we teach from our direct experience and years of coaching online sales specialists just like you. This will be hands on and real world. No theory here if you're interested, don't miss this incredible opportunity to reserve your spot today by visiting d convert dot.com.KevinOC first story time. Just go the way Olivia reminded me that I want to talk about like things that we just keep repeating in our industry. And it's not really the thing. It's the it's the well, it is partly the thing. So one example would be and these are all things, by the way, I have said too, so it's not casting stones with glass houses, but I remember the very first presentation I gave at the Builders show and it PCBs.KevinI talked about a backpack on Amazon having more content than a home builders quick movement, home. That was 14, 15 years ago.KevinSo let's just get more creative. And this again, this is for for me as as well as everyone else. Let's get more creative with our examples. If we've heard an example 30 times in the last ten years as a as a presenter or someone making content, I think we should all push ourselves to keep looking for more and different examples.KevinAnd I'll give you one of mine that I've pushed, you know, so I've talked about pre-sell without fail and wrote the book and given all kinds of presentations and done it. And yet the audience and this is we keep repeating the same thing because we're like the audience hasn't heard enough and we know repetition is important. So we say it again and again, again.KevinBut I think my challenge is let's get more creative to try to find out if it's not just us. The presenter that's repeating the same thing. People have heard, but not actually finding a way to help them solve the problem. And that's why I use stories analogies is because my hope is that the person I'm telling that to can retell the story and get a similar outcome or help people's opinions or mindset change.KevinSo a lot of times builders on their on their home site maps or community descriptions are talking about, you know, faces one through 17 and all of them are on the map and they're on phase one, but they're showing everything. And so for me, the example is, you know, Apple just came out with the iPhone 15 and the 15 pro and someone tweeted immediately after, like, I'm on my way to Apple.com to order my iPhone 14.KevinCan't wait for it. It's like, no one does that. As soon as the phones announce, the only people buying the 14 are price conscious folks who probably can't afford or wouldn't buy a 15 anyway. But it would be as insane for Apple to put on their website iPhone. I mean, I can do it now. I can. I can project into the future the iPhone 17 coming September of 2025.KevinYou would never, ever, ever see that on Apple's website because you can't buy it yet. And certainly in the process of launch in neighborhood there's there's a period where you're going to put that community out there and you can't buy it because you're building that list. But Apple knows how long they need to build their list, and it's about 2 to 3 weeks from the time we say it's here to the time that you can go online and order it.KevinThey figure it out through probably millions of dollars and out. And, you know, tons of research that that's the only window they need to have. So you got to figure out what your window is. But you don't need to communicate years or decades in advance. You're going to have Homesite 2312 available at some point. So just let's get creative because if if the industry isn't solving that problem, we can go back to content around the backpack if we have to.KevinBut the more interesting question that I think our whole industry needs to start thinking about is what are the barriers? Because the barrier is not anyone I talked to. I don't know if you two are talking to people, but I haven't heard anyone say no, we've got enough content on all of our stuff, like I'm good with it or pictures are all awesome, our descriptions are great.KevinNo one's happy with the content they have. So what's the real problem? And we keep pointing the finger. This is going to get me excited. We keep pointing the finger at marketers and. If you're interacting with marketers on a regular basis, you know, the problem is not that the marketer doesn't want the content. Maybe, and this is why I'm so big on high mark as a potential solution for this in our industry.KevinYou know, this is it. Them and Mark and Beth are doing a presentation at the summit Higher understands that the reason we have crappy content is because people who aren't marketers are constantly changing the product with your regard and no care as to whether we have content just made content. There's just like this little hidden space in every home building company where for people who have no connection to consumers or marketers are coming up with all these new things and changing stuff all the time and like, yeah, just figure it out.KevinJust figure it out. Like that's the freaking problem. And using it addressed not how to hire a photographer. Did you know that you can get renderings that like for it's such baloney. That's not the problem. The problem is that there's these other morons changing things too often that no one's asking to be changed. Like if they're How often?KevinHow often do people redesign cars?JulieRight.KevinIt's usually on like a three year, 3 to 5 year thing, and there's little micro changes in between. They don't and they don't have 45 different cars available at Toyota to go buy for each. Kevin And then we're going to show Toyota's car car selection tool and they're like, this is amazing. Look what it can.JulieDo because there's only seven different.KevinCar types.JulieYeah.BethThere's like five is from.KevinThat's why when NPR bought Heartland and they we had 45 different floor plans and they said no, you can have 12. And after the initial freak out of that's not possible. We'll never sell another house again. Everyone's going to want something we don't have. I got so freaking excited as a marketer because thinking of of, okay, I'm going to defend my budget.KevinI'm going to keep that same amount of money. But now I can develop content around 12 floor plans instead of 45.JulieYeah.KevinIt was like Angels started singing. It was, This is going to be the most incredible thing ever.JulieMm hmm. Yeah. So look for.KevinLook for what's causing things not to change. Not just telling the people that it needs to change. Please.JenI literally just had this conversation with a builder yesterday, and you were not on the call because I asked them what is because they're overloaded? What is eating up your time right now? And that's what that's what it was. That's what I want is this.KevinFor people in a room somewhere making changes without talking to anyone?JenYes. And all they're doing is updating floorplans and rendering and all this. So it's just funny that you say that because I literally just had this conversation with someone yesterday.JulieYeah, well, and.KevinI mean, at Idol, they have collaborative teams that work on such things at Style Craft, where you were both they have collaborative teams. Yeah. Cross department teams that work on this things. Yeah. But so many builders I interact with, I'm like, who does this stuff?BethBut it was still a problem like.KevinSteve in accounting.JulieCommercial. Oh, okay.KevinSteph, thanks.BethThanks, Steve. No, I mean, it would still problem though. I mean, we had a huge group of us coming across, like you said, from all different departments coming together to make these decisions with the changes that were still happening so often that I had to just eventually put my foot down and saying, I'm not changing it until this is an issue or I have this many changes or whatever, or if we're making this many changes, I need this to be the process that we follow because there's just no way that as a singular person or in our case, two people, that we're going to be able to maintain content across 40 communities with 40 differentBethfloor plans, with 40 different variations of things happening, like that's just that is outside of the realm of reality.KevinAnd there are answers coming. And here now to do it better and differently, one from other industries, two from products like High arc. And this is I mean, again, if you're listening and you're coming to the summit, you're going to hear it. It's not like you're going to not hear this talk.JulieBut yeah.KevinThere are ways to get what we want and need.BethAnd there's ways to go about the changes better, which again, I don't want to say too much about because we'll talk about at the summit and I have a blog post that I finally wrote a blog post and Julie edited it, shout out Julie. That is about different ways that we can go about making changes that are planning, planning things out.BethBecause I don't think that as an industry we're doing it the most efficient way.KevinNo, no, not at all. All right. First up from the news, will the mortgage rate spread narrow or not? That is the question from first imdb.com And this. Remember, I went on a tirade about like if you're a marketer trying to ignore what interest rates are and how they are determined, all that stuff, it's time to go to school.KevinBy the way, that was my actual story. I got distracted. I didn't share my story time, but one of the notes that I wrote down was Bill Gurley, a prominent investor venture capitalist, said that the idea of professional research no longer exists for most people, meaning when your teacher in school assigns you to do a research project on, you know, the Pyramids of Giza, you either lie and makes things up or today use GPT, or you go and read books, watch documentaries like you can see in this information.KevinAnd yet the concept of professional research done outside of work hours is like, Are they paying me for news? I mean, I don't know, maybe you just want to find the answer or learn me because it's going to make you better, which will eventually pay you more because you are better. But it kind of goes along with this is a continuation of that rant from previous episode.KevinAnyway, so this is an example of me. So I, I see this article posted in my first reaction as I've spent 200 hours learning about mortgage rates and how that determined all the rest. I don't need to read anymore on this topic, but what the heck, I'm stuck for 2 hours on a plane that's not taking off. So I'm going to read the article.KevinAnd essentially what what the author argues is that one of the things that we're not thinking about that will keep rates higher for longer is the fact that rates being higher, where most people think they're like everyone's dating the rate, right? Everyone's waiting to refi. And one of the things that causes rates to be held higher is the belief that people are going to pay off their loans early.KevinSo if I'm buying a mortgage backed security that's supposed to be full of loans that are 7% for 30 years, what's the likelihood that those loans go for the entire 30 year period and aren't paid off early if rates go back down to five? Right. All those are gone. And so that risk of loans being that's a negative thing for an investor to have loans paid off early.KevinAnd because of that negativity, there's extra costs being that then raise the rate because of that thing. Like I had no idea that that was part of the calculation, but it makes sense now. The inverse is also true on a coaching call this morning and the builder said, Yeah, you know what? We've noticed that buy downs are becoming less expensive for builders or this builder in particular.KevinWhy would that be? Because the inverse is also true. That's why I love learning stuff. It gets me so frickin excited. The inverse is true. Why would a buy down be less expensive? Because what's the likelihood that, yes, I am going to charge the builder money to buy down the rate? What if now that customer is going to get a 4.75% loan?KevinWhat's the likelihood that they will carry that loan through to maturity? It's higher because if rates go down to six or five, they're not redoing that loan. So they were saying, you know, it still has three and a half, 4%, but it's used to be seven to buy that down. So it just never pays to continue doing professional research because it's just always insightful to me when I learn something new.KevinIt makes me excited.JenAnd this article is worth reading because I do not get quite as excited as Kevin on all of this. But this one, when I read it, it was it did lay things out in a way that it was like little light bulbs went off and helped explain it. So if you're also struggling to make sense of all of this, this is a good one to go and.JulieClick on and.KevinRead again because people will see something or say, Kevin's, you know, just a mad old man. No, I'm not saying you have to understand it. I'm saying stop trying to not understand it. That's all I'm saying. Like, keep trying to understand it. Don't just say huh.BethFind new ways to explain what's happening in the industry other than the backpack.KevinYeah. All right. From Redfin.com, one in ten home sellers who found this one, by the way, they deserve a price because this one love this one. One in ten home sellers are moving because they're being called back to the office. We haven't found this article.BethI'm looking, but.JulieI don't see I'm.KevinGoing to default to.JulieFriend. Thank you.KevinOkay. Good job, Olivia.KevinReturn to office. Mandates are forcing some people to choose between selling their home at a loss or losing their job and turn it into a rental. Potentially. Roughly 20% of surveyed sellers say they're moving due to safety, crime concerns, a desire to live somewhere more aligned with their social views and or lower taxes. But 10% said they're moving because they have to go back to the office.BethI mean, it goes back to I think it's an interesting, like granular data point of like because they specifically because they have to go back to the office, because we think about like relocation and things like that. And it says, oh, my work is moving me. But in this case, like, no, your work is forcing you to actually come in and now you need to live closer.BethIt kind of Did you see the Post from the New York Post article about the project by EIA in Montgomery County, Maryland? It almost makes me think about that a little bit because like they are doing a project that allows for lower income people to instead of doing that, the 10% or whatever, they increase it to 40% of lower income in this building.BethAnd they are trying to increase the amount of available housing in a safe area that allows for us a closer commute. And the example in the article of someone who lives in that building is an individual who's like, I think she was like a nurse or a educator or something like that. I'm sorry, I can't remember what my head but she because this became available to her, her commute cut down from a 45 minute commute to a ten minute commute.BethNow, for a little bit of perspective, even 45 minutes in the Montgomery County area. So anywhere around the greater D.C., Baltimore metropolitan area, 45 minutes is a win. So for her to be able to have 10 minutes of a win is is gigantic. And so these people that are are now trying to get to work and having to go to work every day and they're just trying to get closer.BethThey need to get closer. And it goes back to their need to move because their life is requiring them to.KevinYeah, remember, that's the fifth of the five days displacement that causes people to need to find a new home. And we're seeing this you know, we work with builders, I think, in 40 different states. And remember, if it's 10% in the survey that means in some markets it's lower. And in some markets it's higher. And one of the places they reference here is Boise, where two people work for the same employer.KevinIt sounds like to me it's Facebook or Meetup, but they're being told that they both have to come to the office three days a week or lose their jobs. They're probably gonna have to take $100,000 loss in their home in Boise And the home that they are going to end up buying in Seattle is going to be much smaller.KevinSo you just think about those markets. San Antonio is a relocation for remote work, heavy market. Boise was a big market for that. Northern Colorado. Some of these start to make sense. Now the question is, is this going to be it's going to be positive, you would think, for Seattle. And just because there's there's not still a lot available in Seattle from the from the used home market so for for prices in the market so people are being forced to move back to I think it's going to continue to push them higher.KevinYou know super interesting article. Thanks, Olivia, for finding that one. And you did this one I think from CNBC econ. Higher mortgage rates continue to impact the housing markets. Danielle hill, realtor.com chief economist this was you right, that found this one?BethNo, this is shout out, Becca.KevinOh, okay. Okay. Good job.JulieHere.KevinBut this is a video, so I don't know how to go into more of it.BethWe'll have to just embed the video into the show notes now.KevinWell, time out. We'll just pick a different article. So it's like we can't put articles that are videos and. Sorry, that was. I should have thought that one. But we got to we got to be able to talk about it. All right. Next up from Pro Builder AECOM, where is the housing market headed this fall with buyers and sellers glued to the sidelines of a high priced undersupplied housing market, experts weigh in on what's to come.KevinWhat's to come?BethMore of the same.JenThat's one thing. Those were kind of wild. You said, I don't think it's going to get any better, but I don't think it's going to get any worse because it can't get any worse. Number one, don't jinx us. Number two, we've seen it get worse. You know, we've seen it worse than this. So I was shocked by that vote.JenI thought that was a little.KevinYeah. And promote our links to Realtor.com or the full article is we'll put that link in the show notes. But remember, they're talking about the housing market, meaning residential in its entirety. So when they say I can't get much worse, they're talking about existing home, the number of existing home transactions that are occurring. Remember, prices are not bad.KevinIt's the number of homes that are are transacting that he's talking about being so bad.BethAnd guess who's still the bright spot?KevinYeah, I mean, what's the saying? I don't know if we can, but, like, tell this person in a room full of short people.JulieBecause.KevinLike, Yeah, I mean that's the thing that kind of it does affect my mental health a little bit. When people say, again, I'm talking to people not from our industry directly all the time who are like, Oh builders, man, this is just got to be like the best thing ever for them. They're loving now. There are we do have to, to working with who are having their best months ever.KevinYes but there are also a lot of builders who are, you know, eking by hitting their sales goals. Profitability is okay. But again, they're like, this is this is just infinitely harder than it used to be. And then going into the fourth quarter, it's like, oh, man, I really I'm not excited for what we're going to have to ride through here.KevinSo, yes, it is a bright spot in terms of, I would say availability of housing. Yes. So if you if you wiped builders off the map, there were no builders. The whole housing market would be you know, I think the kids say left.JulieLike.KevinSo homebuilders serve a really important purpose and we are there. But the costs of doing business for builders are not improving as fast as we wish they would, which means affordability is still a challenge.BethYeah, and while it's true that it remains market dependent, I think the builder to builder, it's also really interesting to watch. I don't know if you all have seen this, but we had a brief conversation of the doers versus the thinkers. And then there's the people that can think and do simultaneously, which is a magical little unicorn that everyone should have within their organization.BethBut it's a matter of like there's people that are in markets that are still doing well, but they just haven't gotten it right from the builder side because they're not sure how to take advantage of a market where they all where they are the tallest person in the room. They're not using the right messaging. They're not using the right messaging at the right phase of the funnel.BethThey're not getting creative in what they're doing. They're just riding the coattails. And then something blips and they're like.JulieOh.BethWhat do I do with my hands? And it's interesting.KevinYeah, And I love how it ends, actually. This is who is still buying homes today. The answer is you have to purchase a home. And I think Rob Hahn, who's another one of our speakers at this year's event, I think he coined the term the four D's, which were diamonds, death, diapers and divorce. I think we added the fifth D, which is displacement, which kind of talked about what the article terms of having to move back to a different physical location or move physical location.KevinThat's the only reason people are buying. It's not because that there's a red tag clearance sale going on. They're already in the market and that will potentially steal market share if you do that, right. But there's a lot more people being created by that activity. All right. Our favorites. Things we love and things we hate. Let's just rename it that next time.KevinOlivia. Things we love and things we hate. Anything is up for grabs. What do we got today?BethI hate unpacking.KevinAll unpacking. Okay, tell us more about that. Why do you have so much stuff that's you.JulieThat's a.BethGreat question. And we keep purging. Julie and I were just talking about how like one of the beauties of moving is the ability to like it's a forced spring cleaning. And so you, you get to purge like I am still throwing things away left and right. And we did that prior to moving. But you know, it is just can I just can like all the boxes magically just, you know, like Mary Poppins into their place because that would make my life really look a lot easier right now.KevinYeah. It's I love talking about it because we went we're now done with it. Yeah. The whole mental connection that you have to your house and the things that you have to start thinking about again that you stop thinking about at your old house. There's all this emotional energy that's spent, intellectual energy that's spent for moving. What's the physical?JulieYeah, yeah.KevinBlood sucking leech like reality of unpacks in cardboard boxes. Yeah, It's not a good combination. Okay, that's good. You can hate that. Julie, What about you?JenWell, this might be embarrassing. I don't know, but I've been listening to a new podcast, and it's John Delaney, and it's like the old school, like somebody calling in and asking for advice, like, Oh, my God. Like, yep. Or he's it's. That's what we should do, counselor. Guys, I'm like, I'm fast. It like I'm obsessed with it right now.KevinThat's what we should.JenI don't know if it's cringing or where people really. Why don't you listen? But I know I love in it I'm into it right now.BethMillennial need watched or listened to Love Line like let's be racy.JenIt's not racy like that. It is, but it's like just any kind of it gets like a little mini counseling session. And so that has what I've been listening to lately.KevinThere is a gentleman I can't remember his name, but it was on Redwood Studios, AM talk radio, and every day he would take like 3 hours of calls and he would play solitaire. So you'd hear him shuffle the card. Sometimes, like I've always answering people's questions, but every like nine out of ten answers or get a lawyer, he would call them questions and he would ask them on a question.KevinQuestions like, You know what need you need to do is get a lawyer. And this guy made a career off of telling people to go get legal advice. Now, is is.JenThis once more, go get a counselor like you need trauma counseling.KevinSo this is like real life crime podcasts. This is I haven't killed anyone yet, but I'm thinking about it.BethYeah, Yeah Yeah. Is it like a little touch of a Reddit thread? Am I the ahole?JenBecause, like, sometimes that's all I hold.JulieMm hmm. Yeah.KevinMine is a podcast recommendation that I got from another podcast that I listen to called a compound in France. It's a stock market, one most of you shouldn't probably listen to it, but acquired is the name of it and they are, let's see, 3 hours, 4 hours, two hour. They're really long podcasts on a single company kind of giving there.KevinWhat they do is they go and they read 8 to 10 books on a topic that interview people and then it looks like twice a month they do these three hour summaries in audio format. And it's I mean, it's it's all LVMH, the NFL, Nintendo.BethQualcomm, Marvel one or the.KevinAmazon, of course, Altimeter, Sony, Peloton, FDX, Standard Oil like that's a really old company. Sometimes they do multiple parts, but it's one of those podcasts where you don't. I don't feel compelled to listen to all of them. But if there is a company that I really think does something well or I use like my own life and I'm curious about the background, it's just a really great it's like in between an audio book and a podcast, typical podcast in length and complexity.JulieOh, that's fun.BethI'm already Google, right?KevinYeah, that'll do it. Wait. Oh, you have another one, Beth, you want to complain about? Can you have something positive?BethYeah. Seriously, I just love the. I hate this way. No, the positive of our houses. I'm so like, by the time you guys see me next, next week, Monday, I should be in my office, in my new house, and I'm obsessed with the color that we painted it. And it was a little bit of a risk going back to that word, Kevin But it's a ripe olive by Sherwin-Williams.BethIt's a deep, moody green, and my crown molding is painted it. My doors are painted it, my walls are painted it, my panel, it is the whole office is this deep, moody, green, and it has a vibe. And I'm.JulieObsessed.KevinSo you like cozy, like cave? Kind of like it's not going to be dark. No cream.BethBut yeah, it has. And it has has. The ceiling is white and the floors are white. Okay, So like, there's a balance, but I don't know, I just it gives that feeling of like an all leather bag.JulieYeah.KevinIt looks like you should be signing the docket. Like the Declaration of Independence. Yeah.BethBasically, I need a portrait of George Washington.JulieOn the wall.KevinNicole, I learned something from my son, Hayden. He's in fifth grade, so he has to do a report on a president.JulieMm hmm.KevinAnd you could be lying to me, so don't. Don't at me. He's. And he got second choice, I think, to pick any president you want to do. And he picked Grover Cleveland.JulieOkay, Now.KevinEither one of you know any interesting information about Grover Cleveland?JulieNo. Nope.KevinNo. Apparently, allegedly he is the only president to serve two terms that were nonconsecutive.JulieMm.KevinHe was both the 22nd and the 24th president of the United States and had an incredible mustache.BethHe did that. That is true.KevinOh, all right. That's actually it. We're done now. The show is over. Have a good week. We'll see you next time.JulieBye bye. The post Ep 303: Things We Never Need To Say In The Industry Ever Again appeared first on Online Sales and Marketing for Home Builders - DYC.

Alyssa—a longtime “Swiftie”—leads us in a deep dive into the history of Holiday House, Taylor Swift's oceanfront mansion in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The co-hosts turn their attention to “the last great american dynasty,” a track off of Swift's 2020 album Folklore, from which we learned that, just like us, she too enjoys digging into the history of her own home and learning about the people who lived there before her. In the song, Swift sings about the fascinating life of Rebekah Harkness—an American socialite who purchased Holiday House in 1948 with her second husband, Standard Oil heir William Harkness. Following her husband's death, Harkness spent much of his fortune hosting lavish parties, buying her own ballet company, and pissing off her neighbors in the small resort community of Watch Hill along the way. After scouring through old newspapers and reading ‘Blue Blood,' the out-of-print biography on Rebekah's life, Alyssa breaks down the song line by line, revealing which of the wild anecdotes mentioned in the song are true (did Rebekah really dye her neighbor's dog key lime green??), which aren't, and what's missing. She also shares her own theory about the lyrics, and why she thinks they may suggest that Holiday House is haunted by Rebekah's ghost. Later, the co-hosts discuss Swift's own struggles since buying the home in 2013, including her many (horrifying) encounters with stalkers trying to gain access to the property.  CREDITS Alyssa Fiorentino - Co-host & Producer Hadley Mendelsohn - Co-host & Producer Jessy Caron - Producer Jacob Stone - Sound Editor & Mixer To advertise on the show: https://www.advertisecast.com/DarkHouse or email us at sales@advertisecast.com.  RELATED LINKS Holiday House old postcard (PHOTO): bit.ly/3qG8dzS ‘Blue Blood' by Craig Unger: https://amzn.to/3sjhuy9  ‘Watch Hill Through Time' by Chaplin Bradford Barnes: https://amzn.to/45Bbb7B  “Taylor Swift: A former resident of your house would like to meet you” The Day (ARTICLE): bit.ly/44sIhpm  Watch Hill Historic District Nomination Form (PDF): bit.ly/3OKhWx4 Rebekah Harkness or Jane Lynch? (PHOTO): bit.ly/3KQigt5 Daimoku - Nam myoho renge kyo - 15 minutes (VIDEO): bit.ly/3OHG6bi ‘Blue Blood' recap series by @JessiSwiftTok (TIKTOK): bit.ly/44iUsVt ‘Blue Blood' analysis by @Kristina Parro (TIKTOK): bit.ly/3qLttnG Westerly RI including Taylor Swift's house...Ocean House Watch Hill DJI Phantom 4 Drone view in 4K (VIDEO): bit.ly/3OJjo2B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

¡A ver lo que sabéis de coches! ¿Qué fue antes, los motores de explosión o la gasolina? Si has respondido que la gasolina, te has equivocado. Y como castigo, tendrás que oir este podcast. Y si has acertado, como premio, tendrás que oir este podcast, donde te contamos muchas curiosidades sobre este combustible, entre ellas el papel clave del magnate Rockefeller en este asunto. Porque el archimillonario Rockefeller tiene un papel clave en la estandarización y venta de la gasolina… ¡llegó a tener prácticamente el monopolio mundial! Te vamos a contar qué es exactamente la gasolina, de dónde surge el nombre, como el petróleo se tiraba porque no servía para nada y algo muy olvidado, lo mucho que la gasolina ha colaborado en la evolución del automóvil. Parece lógico pensar que la gasolina se inventó antes que el motor… Pensarás “¡Pero sin gasolina no puede haber motores!”. Pues no es así, es cierto que no puede haber motor sin combustible, pero el único combustible que había no era la gasolina. Antes que el señor Nikolaus August Otto diseñase y patentase el motor de 4 tiempos en 1876, que muy mejorado se sigue utilizando hoy día, hubo un motor y una patente anteriores. Me refiero al belga Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir que patentó un motor de combustión interna parecido a un dos tiempos que patentó en 1860 y que desde luego, por potencia y tamaño no era tan bueno como el de Otto, pero fue que sepamos el primero. Incluso hizo un coche, el Hippomobile. Ambos motores tienen una cosa en común usaban otros combustibles, como el gas, el aguarrás, el metanol, algunos procedentes de la destilación del carbón y otros combustibles, diversos alcoholes e incluso petróleo refinado. Este petróleo “refinado” era un subproducto del petróleo, pues del petróleo se extraía alquitrán y otros productos, lubricantes y lo que sobraba, que era más volátil que nuestra gasolina de ahora, era “éter de petróleo”. Parte de este éter se vendía en las farmacias y sobre todo en las droguerías de la época para usarlo como disolvente de pintura y como quitamanchas, pero la mayor parte se tiraba… ¡cómo han cambiado las cosas! Si recordáis el famoso viaje de Bertha Benz en el Benz Patent Motorwagen recordaréis que paraba a repostar en las droguerías y farmacias. Lo bueno de estos motores es que no eran demasiado exigentes y casi cualquier combustible que fuese volátil, les servía. Se sabe que hubo yacimientos de petróleo desde la antigüedad, casi todos encontrados de forma casual, en Mesopotamia, en regiones de china, norte de África y medio oriente, y se utilizaba para asfaltar los caminos, para quemarlo en lámparas de iluminación y para “calafatear” o impermeabilizar barcos, para cocer ladrillos… y poco más. Pero a alguien se le ocurrió destilarlo y separarlo en diversos componentes como el alquitrán, productos impermeabilizantes, lubricantes, incluso productos de belleza… y sobraba la parte más volátil que, en muchos casos, como os he dicho, se tiraba. Y a primeros de los años 1860 surgieron los primeros pozos de extracción y las primeras refinerías, las primeras de ellas en los USA, en concreto en Pennsylvania y en la costa Este. Y era un lio, porque perforabas en terreno y hasta que conseguías controlar la salida de petróleo se encharcaba todos y se contaminaba al agua de los alrededores… y además sus características cambian según el yacimiento de donde vengan… había que estandarizar. A ver, que nadie lo dude, el señor John Davison Rockefeller tenía dos características: Su notable inteligencia y su notable falta de escrúpulos… una combinación que le permitió convertirse en la persona más rica y poderosa de su tiempo. Su negocio prosperó en la guerra Civil Americana, en la que vendía de todo a ambos bandos. Pero fue un visionario. Primero, anticipó que la necesidad del petróleo y sus derivados iba a caer en picado, pues se usaba en la iluminación y la llegada de la electricidad lo iba a sustituir a toda velocidad… como así fue. Y luego porque también anticipó que el petróleo iba a ser importante para otros cometidos, entre ellos mover los recién inventados automóviles, que estaban creciendo de forma exponencial. Y estaba el problema de que cada gasolina o éter era distinto… había que estandarizar estos productos. Y de la mano de Rockefeller nace una nueva compañía la Standard Oil que comienza a vender productos de calidad estándar en todos los USA y en gran parte del Mundo. Os voy a dar dos datos que os parecerán increíbles: Rockefeller llegó a controlar más del 90 por ciento del mercado del petróleo de los USA y más de 70 por ciento de todo el Mundo. Un mérito importante de la Standard Oil fue adaptarse al mercado. Porque muy al principio de la expansión del automóvil los motores necesitaban combustibles muy volátiles, porque para que funcionasen los carburadores tenían que convertir la gasolina en vapor. Estos combustibles, que eran esos primero “éteres” y luego llamaron “gasolinas ligeras” eran muy volátiles, más caros de refinar y peligrosos de manejar y transportar, precisamente por su volatilidad. Pero un genio, Wilhelm Maybach, inventó un carburador en el que la gasolina no se “evaporaba” sino se pulverizaba… un sistema que se sigue usando hoy día, aunque ya casi no hay vehículos nuevos con carburador… usados, a millonadas. Y se inventó la llamada “gasolina media”, que es la “madre” de la que usamos hoy en día. Esta gasolina estaba compuesta por un rango de moléculas más amplio, se podía aprovechar una mayor parte de petróleo, era menos volátil, más segura, con una mayor concentración de energía y, además, más barata de producir. No podemos acabar esta historia sin contaros de donde viene el nombre de gasolina, que también tiene su gracia. Y tiene que ver con “egos” y con demandas. El escritor inglés John Cassell estaba en los USA a mediados de los años 1.800 y vio el nacimiento de este derivado del petróleo. Cuando habló de él en Europa lo llamó “Cazeline”, supuestamente un derivado de su nombre. Y comenzó a importarlo. Pero un simple tendero de Dublín comenzó a copiarlo y cuando Cassell lo demandó simplemente cambió la C por una G y la “Cazeline” comenzó a llamarse en Europa “Gazeline” que evolucionó a “gasolina”. Digo en Europa porque en otros países de habla Hispana se la denomina Nafta o Bencina. La conclusión es muy sencilla: ¡Qué gran invento! ¿Qué hubiese sido de nosotros sin la gasolina? Y hemos elegido como coche del día un coche muy especial… ¡Vamos a gastar gasolina! ¿Qué os parece como coche del día un nuevo Ford Mustang 5.0 Ti V8 manual de 450 CV? Si, gasta 12 litros a los 100 km pero… ¡vale la pena!

Season 5 Episode 26: In this podcast episode, Ashley Okawa, public information officer at the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, interviews Troy Tortorich, general manager of the Chevron Salt Lake City refinery. He shares insights about Chevron's history in Utah, starting in 1948 when Standard Oil built a refinery in the state. Tortorich discusses the refining process, including the production of Tier 3 fuels, which help reduce tailpipe emissions and contribute to better air quality. Chevron's commitment to education, the environment, and community inclusion is highlighted, showcasing partnerships with various organizations to support student STEM programs and protect critical wetlands habitat. The episode also delves into Chevron's two-pronged approach to carbon reduction, emphasizing a future with lower-carbon energy solutions like renewables, hydrogen, and carbon capture.  To learn more about Chevron, listeners are invited to attend the Community Tour Day in the fall, celebrating Chevron's 75 years in Utah.

And Another Thing With Dave, by Dave Smith #AATWD In this episode, 7 in an 8 part series with Paul Rhodes from the Stereo app. feminism eminent collapse WEF "Well, my friend, we've covered a lot of ground. Essentially, it all boils down to what you said about being human - treating others with respect and how we want to be treated. Feminism has been rebranded, but at its core, it's about treating everyone as equal citizens. Anything else is preposterous, right? It took us a long time to chip away at the fact that only white, land-owning men had rights when this country was founded. We've made some progress, but it wasn't until 1920 that women were granted the right to vote. That's not that long ago. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were also relatively recent." I am a supporter of female leadership and I have nothing more to say on the matter. However, I must return to my scientific background. Continuing to do the same thing and expecting different results is foolish. We cannot afford to be complacent, as the next time a man gains control of a high yield atomic weapon, the consequences could be catastrophic. It could potentially knock the planet or even the moon out of orbit, leading to our demise. We would either decay and fall towards the sun, collide with another object, or be flung out into the vast expanse of space. In any case, life as we know it would come to an end. "Yeah, I agree with you. I don't know. I believe it's time for women to hold all powerful positions within the government. It's been a long time coming. When you look at the picture, it's evident. I am a free thinker. We were attempting to do the same thing as you mentioned. I am looking at our past and the consequences it has brought us. As you said, it's insane to keep trying the same thing and expecting a different outcome." "Well, you know, this country broke up Standard Oil into five different companies, and that's how we started with anti-trust legislation. Why? Because having a monopoly in society for anything is incredibly dangerous. That's why I believe religion is dangerous. We've allowed it to have a monopoly on moral training for centuries. It's no wonder we're still here. Someone can claim to be religious and then go blow up an abortion clinic. Where's the moral fortitude in that?" Thank you for tuning in! If you are digging what I am doing, and picking up what I'm putting down, please share the podcast on social media and with friends. Reviews are greatly appreciated. You can leave a review on Podpage directly, or can access Apple Podcasts, or Spotify through podpage. Link below Thanks again!!! Follow me and find More of My Content with link below ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/andanotherthingwithdave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you to my listeners throughout the world. Now heard in 65 countries. According to Spotify my podcast is in the top 20% of podcasts shared internationally. Listener locations: 69% USA 11% Canada 6% United Kingdom  5% India 2% Germany 2% Romania 1% Russia less than 1% in 50 plus countries THANK YOU all !!! #aatwd #andanotherthing #davesmith #podcast #conspiracies #truther #andanotherthingwithdave --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andanotherthingwithdave/message

Versace's old mansion which is now a hotel has ties to Christopher Columbus, Standard Oil, and even Donald Trump.  This amazing place is spectacle to behold, and cost a staggering $32 Million Dollars to renovate from an apartment building to a home.  The reported hauntings didn't start with Versace's death, but started with the original owner.  What haunts these halls, come find out as we explore this haunted location.  Thank you for listening to the Paranormal Peeps Podcast. Check us out on Twitter @CPRParanormal on Facebook Paranormal Peeps Podcast or Coldspot Paranormal Research and on Instagram coldspot_paranormal_researchSupport the show

All in the Day's Work by Ida Tarbell audiobook. In this autobiography, written when the author was 82 years old, Ida Tarbell looks back at her life and remarkable career as an investigative journalist. Ms. Tarbell is best known for her 1904 work, 'The History of the Standard Oil Company,' which was a significant factor in the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly. She was a noted writer and lecturer, served on two presidential committees, and is considered by her actions to be an important feminist (although she was critical of the feminist movement) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some recent events in the tech industry have questioned the spirit of open source, the value of contributions, and the standards that various entities should be held to. This is not a new concept, and it's often complicated.SHOW: 738CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:GCore - Global Hosting, CDN, Edge and Cloud ServicesUse promocode “CLOUDCAST” to receive a €100 credit on Gcore servicesEquinix Global Data Centers and Networking Learn more and signup at https://deploy.equinix.com/. Use the coupon code CLOUDCAST to get $500 in credits to get started.Find "Breaking Analysis Podcast with Dave Vellante" on Apple, Google and SpotifyKeep up to data with Enterprise Tech with theCUBESHOW NOTES:Meta's LLAMA-2 is not Open Source (OSI opinion)LLAMA-2 doesn't fit the definition of open source (Twitter)Are Software Companies Bad Businesses? (Clouded Judgment)John Rockefeller Jr. and Grand Teton National ParkGrand Tetons National Park (Wyoming, USA)History of Standard Oil, Trusts and MonopoliesTHE TECH WORLD HAS A STRANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH FREEThis past week I didn't think about tech very oftenBut coincidentally the world I was in had a historic overlap with some discussions in the tech world.FREE IS GOOD RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S DEEMED TO BE NOT GOOD?When do we determine that free is a good thing or a bad thing?When do we determine that work or contributions are valuable? Or invaluable?Are there always good actors and bad actors when something of value is involved?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet

Links: Center for Growth and Opportunity Where's my Flying Car by J. Storrs Hall Eli on Twitter Eli's Substack Ethan on Twitter Ouros Energy Episode #32 of Smart Friends: book recap of Where's My Flying Car? Episode #34 of Smart Friends w/ J. Storrs Hall Episode #58 of Smart Friends w/ Brett Kugelmass Timestamps: (00:04:09) Eli Dourado & Ethan Loosbrock's backgrounds (00:05:53) Impact of Next-Gen Batteries on the future: Flying Cars, EVTOL Jets, Electric Vehicles, AR Contact Lenses, Off-Grid Power, and more. (00:10:51) Lithium-Ion Battery's role in sustainable energy (00:11:52) Higher Energy density is the key metric for battery quality (00:27:18) Why Ethan Loosbrock devoted his life to battery technology (00:30:55) How Ethan Loosbrock and Eli Dourado met and worked together  (00:33:32) What needs to happen to change the world through batteries (00:43:02) Starting Ouros Energy, the Standard Oil of Batteries To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend >> Or at least give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners!

John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, was one of the wealthiest people in history and also considered one of the cruelest, unethical business leaders of all time. He had a lot of influence on the public education system in the US... What are the roots of modern education? What are its flaws and how it could be improved? Get a free coaching call,  https://truththeory.com/coaching/send me an email

How does a movement unite the disparate interests of producer and consumers? By directing their shared ire against a powerful middleman. That is how opponents of the Standard Oil monopoly on kerosene refining and distribution joined forces to take on the corporate giant. In his dissertation project, Minseok Jang, PhD candidate at the University of Albany, explores the materiality of kerosene and its impacts on people at every link in the commodity chain; from oil fields through refineries and pipelines to the homes and businesses of end-users. Jang argues that the unique qualities contemporaries perceived in kerosene created both opportunities and risks. When Standard Oil attempted to monopolize the opportunities while externalizing the risks, the firm goaded an array of people into united anti-monopolist action. In support of his work, Jang received an exploratory grant from the Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society at the Hagley Museum & Library. For more information on our funding opportunities, and more Hagley History Hangouts, visit us online at hagley.org.

In today's episode, build off the discussion we began previously with our episode on  Nikola Tesla, where we argued that a physics model based on Etheric Energy became classified during the early decades of the 20th century.  Here, we will pick up that story and  investigate the hidden role that this "classified science" played during the build-up to and unfoldment of the Second World War. Along the way, we discuss the background collusion that was going on between German and American financial and industrial cartels before and during the war. We also discuss the Bank of International Settlements, and the role the propaganda has played in shaping our perception of events.To find the written article this episode is based on, see my Substack:thewisdomtradition.substack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comwww.alexsachon.comThank you,- Alex

Here are some things you might have done. First, you might have heard James Urbaniak as the voice of Dr. Venture in the hit animated series, The Venture Bros. Secondly, you might have seen James acting in The Fabelmans, Difficult People, Henry Fool, and American Splendor. Thirdly, and most importantly for our program, you may have wished to know a lot more about what it's like to spend one's early childhood in Bayonne, New Jersey. Fortunately, James is with us to fill you in and extensively on that third point. As you listen to James's mellifluous voice and prepare to drift off to sleep, you will gain knowledge of what it's like to be dispatched to the deli to retrieve a pound of bologna.Hey Sleepy Heads, is there anyone whose voice you'd like to drift off to, or do you have suggestions on things we could do to aid your slumber? Email us at:  sleepwithcelebs@maximumfun.org.Follow the Show on:Instagram @sleepwcelebsTwitter @SleepWithCelebsTikTok @SleepWithCelebsJohn is on Twitter @johnmoe.John's acclaimed, best-selling memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback.Join | Maximum FunIf you like one or more shows on MaxFun, and you value independent artists being able to do their thing, you're the perfect person to become a MaxFun monthly member. 

I've often thought of writing a book titled: "It Takes Two, Three Is Better" just to document that virtually everyone who's ever built something great needs someone else - an advocate or a partner.Think Rockefeller & Flagler of Standard Oil; Jobs & Wozniak of Apple Computers; Schwarzenegger & Columbo from the bodybuilding world; or even Goodwill & Gerdeman of Creative Liberties right here in Sarasota.Wait... who are those last two you ask?I'm very happy to welcome (back) Elizabeth Goodwill & Barbara Gerdeman of Creative Liberties Artist Studio & Gallery.In this episode, you'll hear ...The big expansion Barbara & Elizabeth are going through right nowHow they use Blackberry Martinis in their business planning meetingsWhy they believe Creative Liberties is becoming a true artist communityHow you can get involved... and much, much, more!Thank you for stopping by today as it is my hope you will listen, learn and connect!FacebookInstagramVisit Us!Creative Liberties Artist Studios & Gallery901 B Apricot Ave, Sarasota, FL 34237Email us: info@creativeliberties.net(941) 799-6634Hours:Thursday - Saturday, 10am–3pmSunday - Wednesday by appointment only

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world — it's impossible to spend an hour (or 3!) with him and not come away inspired to go take over the world. This conversation is an “extended, IRL version” of monthly calls that we do together where we share stories, swap life and podcast advice, and just genuinely enjoy sharing time with someone who shares our outlook and enthusiasm for the history of entrepreneurship. Pull up a chair, grab a beverage (or energy drink in David's case) and join us!ACQ2 Show + LP Program: Subscribe to the shiny new ACQ2! Become an LP and support the show. Help us pick episodes, Zoom calls and more. Sponsors:Thanks to our fantastic partners, any member of the Acquired community can now get: Up to 10% on your first year of business insurance with Vouch One week of free PitchBook access! Links: Go subscribe to Founders! Some of our favorite episodes: Bernard Arnault, Brunello Cucinelli, Edwin Land, Kobe Bryant Topics: (00:01) - Intro (03:30) - David's time with Charlie Munger (06:00) - Henry Flagler after Standard Oil (09:00) - What makes a great biography, and how to capture all sides of complex characters? (11:30) - Studying history is a form of leverage to achieve success (13:30) - How do we figure out what the true story is for an episode we're doing? (21:00) - Silicon Valley should focus more on durability than growth (22:00) - How David Senra got into reading biographies and podcasting (26:10) - What were each of their influences before starting Acquired and Founders? (36:00) - How to suck less over time (38:00) - What motivates, Ben, David, and David to get better? (45:30) - Dead ends: business model changes, paid podcasts, changing the name to “Adapting”, and Senra's “Autotelic” (52:00) - “You're not advertising to a standing army, you're advertising to a moving parade” (56:30) - Comparison of podcasting business models (01:00:40) - Senra's insane Readwise "healthy twitter" habit (01:05:00) - Is it possible for the ultra-wealthy not to mess up their kids? (01:15:30) - The fleeting moments you get to spend with your kids (01:17:30) - The value of building relationships with best-in-class peers (01:20:00) - How the book publishing industry works (01:29:15) - How to differentiate yourself as an investor in 2023? (01:39:00) - The greatest historical examples as content marketing (02:02:30) - The best businesses are cults (and Senra starts one on the episode) (02:07:30) - Senra gives feedback to Ben and David on Acquired episode format (02:16:00) - Steve Jobs' 1997 product matrix (02:17:30) - The moral imperative to market products that help people (02:23:30) - Ray Kroc and Steve Jobs: deeply flawed founders (02:24:00) - The founders we idolize are world-builders (02:28:30) - When yachts and jets are underpriced assets (02:32:30) - How to compete when money is cheap vs. when there are real interest rates (02:40:00) - When Ben and David have fixed broken episodes in post-productio (02:45:00) - Why masters of craft are so interesting to study (02:46:00) - Should you listen to advice? (02:53:00) - The Cuban experience immigrating to Miami (02:53:30) - Senra's first job detailing cars (03:01:30) - College entrepreneurship programs (03:04:30) - Ben's experience learning UNIX as a kid (03:09:00) - David remembers Tim Ferriss guest lecturing in college Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert — of the Acquired podcast — invited me to San Francisco for a discussion on our mutual obsession: spending every waking hour studying the history of entrepreneurship and sharing those lessons on our podcasts. Follow Acquired in your podcast player here or at Acquired.fm This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch with Tiny by emailing hi@tiny.com. [3:00] David's time with Charlie Munger[5:30] Henry Flagler after Standard Oil[8:30] What makes a great biography, and how to capture all sides of complex characters?[11:00] Studying history is a form of leverage to achieve success[13:00] How do we figure out what the true story is for an episode we're doing?[20:30] Silicon Valley should focus more on durability than growth[21:30] How David got into reading biographies and podcasting[25:40] What were each of their influences before starting Acquired and Founders?[35:30] How to suck less over time[37:30] What motivates, Ben, David, and David to get better?[45:00] Dead ends: business model changes, paid podcasts, changing the name to “Adapting”, and Senra's “Autotelic”[51:30] “You're not advertising to a standing army, you're advertising to a moving parade”[56:00] Comparison of podcasting business models[1:00:10] Senra's insane Readwise "healthy twitter" habit[1:04:30] Is it possible for the ultra-wealthy not to mess up their kids?[1:14:30] The fleeting moments you get to spend with your kids[1:17:00] The value of building relationships with best-in-class peers[1:19:30] How the book publishing industry works[1:28:45] How to differentiate yourself as an investor in 2023?[1:38:30] The greatest historical examples as content marketing[2:02:00] The best businesses are cults (and Senra starts one on the episode)[2:07:00] Senra gives feedback to Ben and David on Acquired episode format[2:15:30] Steve Jobs' 1997 product matrix[2:17:00] The moral imperative to market products that help people[2:23:00] Ray Kroc and Steve Jobs: deeply flawed founders[2:23:30] The founders we idolize are world-builders[2:28:00] When yachts and jets are underpriced assets[2:32:00] How to compete when money is cheap vs. when there are real interest rates[2:39:30] When Ben and David have fixed broken episodes in post-production[2:44:30] Why masters of craft are so interesting to study[2:45:30] Should you listen to advice?[2:51:00] David's first job detailing cars[2:52:30] The Cuban experience immigrating to Miami[3:01:00] College entrepreneurship programs[3:04:00] Ben's experience learning UNIX as a kid[3:08:30] David remembers Tim Ferriss guest lecturing in collegeIf you have scrolled this far and still haven't followed Acquired in your podcast player please do so here! 

The gilded age, Ohio's lock on federal politics courtesy of Standard Oil, Mark Hanna. A laissez faire Congress and the Ohio Presidents

My guest in this episode is Dr. Naomi Lamoreaux. She explains how antitrust enforcement has changed since its lax era of the 1980s. She adds that it's not just antitrust, patent law, which is seemingly a highly technical field of law, is also a product of our political system. Dr. Lamoreaux takes us back to John D. Rockefeller, to the days of Standard Oil, to how the term antitrust was adopted and how the scope and enforcement of antitrust has ebbed and flowed over the centuries. This history is replete With colorful characters such as Judge Learned Hand and later Judge Bork, and iconic companies such as General Electric, International Harvester, and United States Steel Corporation, and organizations such as labor unions, NAACP and the Ku Klux Klan. Dr. Lamoreaux is a professor of Economics and History at Yale University's Department of Economics. She is also a Senior Research Scholar at University of Michigan Law School To learn more about Lamoreaux, you can visit her academic homepage. In addition, below are links to two fascinating episodes: S2E40: OPEC, Prices At the Pump & Oil History, Dr. Weaver S2E13: CRISPR Patents, Dr. Zyontz S1E17: History of US Patents, Mr. Pepe & Dr. Brenner I hope you enjoy these episodes. Adel Host of the History Behind News podcast HIGHLIGHTS: get future episode highlights in your inbox. SUPPORT: please click here and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.

In the early 1960s, Michael Rockefeller vanished somewhere off the coast of Papua New Guinea. His disappearance shocked the nation and prompted a manhunt of historic proportions. Years later, the true fate of the heir to the Standard Oil fortune has been uncovered — and it's more disturbing than anyone at the time imagined. https://allthatsinteresting.com/michael-rockefeller credits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ida Tarbell begins to investigate Standard Oil. As she digs deeper, she receives help from some unexpected sources.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John D. Rockefeller makes a bold move, one that helps him crush his opponents. Soon, disaster strikes in Titusville, Pennsylvania. And that means it's time for Ida Tarbell to return home—and to take on Standard Oil.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Standard Oil faces an organized resistance. But that doesn't slow down John D. Rockefeller. The oil titan continues to build his empire, and soon, some of his enemies have to make a terrible choice. They can keep fighting—and go bankrupt. Or they can team up with Rockefeller.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/americanscandal.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Beginning with Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon) in the late 1940s, oil companies have invested heavily in universities, not just to fund engineering programs and, eventually, climate science, but also to fund the public policy centers and economics programs that shape policy solutions. Fossil Free Research, a new group formed by many of the same students who pushed their campuses to divest from fossil fuels, is demanding that the world's top universities break their addiction to fossil fuel money and in late September they logged their first big win: Princeton University. In this episode we take a look at the roots of fossil fuel funding in universities and the evolution of the movement to root it out.

With the Supreme Court and Royal Dutch/Shell waging war on Standard Oil, John watches the company he's spent his life building fall apart. But the break-up of Standard nets John more money than he's ever had, and he spends much of the rest of his life trying to give it away. To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmoversSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The United States government and the public turn on John D. Rockefeller, leaving Standard Oil vulnerable to their biggest overseas competitors, Shell and Royal Dutch. To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmoversSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John D. Rockefeller attempts to expand Standard Oil's operations in Asia. But an English merchant, a Dutch oilman, and members of one of the wealthiest families in the world are ready to take on John and claim the Asian oil market for themselves.To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmoversSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join editor Libby Nelson (@libbyanelson) and reporters Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) and Madeleine Ngo (@maddiengo) for a summer policy wrap-up. Inflation, the economy, and gas prices were on everyone's minds, but we have even more policy news to talk about. Both Congress and the Biden administration made one last late-summer policy push with the Inflation Reduction Act and student loan cancellation. What does this all mean for you? Listen to find out! References: School vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are not happening  Will student loan forgiveness make inflation worse? Inflation is finally slowing down. Will things get cheaper?  The inflation numbers are bad — but how bad are they?   GDP declined again — but that might not mean we're in a recession  ”Standard Oil” octopus cartoon  Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser A.M. Hall, deputy editorial director Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the 19th Century, J.D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil vanquishes the competition on its way to the top of the oil industry. Rockefeller is truly untouchable, until two rival competitors from overseas join forces and merge their companies to take him down.To listen to Business Movers ad-free, join Wondery+ in the Wondery App. Click here to download the app: https://wondery.app.link/businessmoversSupport us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.