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In this episode, we break down the top ten ways to take your lawn care and landscaping operation from stressful, disorganized chaos to a clean, streamlined machine engineered to maximize your net profit margins.
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Stopping yelling and punishing often feels like the only option, but it rarely helps dysregulated kids learn new behavior. In this episode, parents learn what actually works instead. Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge is an expert in Regulation First Parenting™ and child emotional dysregulation.When you're overwhelmed, exhausted, and nothing seems to get through to your child, it's easy to believe you're failing. But the truth is simpler—and more hopeful.Most parents aren't “bad at parenting,” they're just using strategies that don't reach a dysregulated brain. This episode breaks down why yelling and punishment don't create lasting change and what actually does.Why does my child get worse when I yell or punish?When your child is escalated, their nervous system is in survival mode, not learning mode. That means yelling or punishment adds more threat—not understanding.Their brain is focused on protection, not reasoningMore intensity = more escalation or shutdownShort-term compliance may happen, but no real change sticksReal-life example: You raise your voice to stop a behavior. Your child freezes or explodes again the next day. It feels like nothing is working—because the nervous system never actually calmed.What's really happening in my child's brain during a meltdown?A meltdown isn't defiance—it's dysregulation. The brain shifts into fight, flight, or shutdown, making it nearly impossible for your child to listen or learn.Stress response overrides logic and connectionThe child cannot “absorb” correction in this stateBehavior becomes communication of overwhelmBehavior is communication. Tune in to what the brain is saying.Instead of asking, “Why won't they listen?” try asking, “What state is their nervous system in right now?”Trying to understand your child's patterns more clearly? The Dysregulated Kid offers practical guidance to help you respond with more clarity and less overwhelm.What should I do instead of yelling and punishing in the moment?This is where real change begins. Instead of escalating, you become the calm anchor.Regulate first: lower your voice, slow your body, reduce stimulationConnect next: simple phrases like “I see this is hard”Correct later: teach only after calm returnsReal-life example: Your child refuses homework and starts yelling. Instead of reacting, you pause, soften your tone, and say less. The shift in your calm helps their nervous system settle faster.Before correction can work, the brain must move out of threat and into safety. That's where learning finally happens.Yelling less and staying calm isn't about being perfect—it's about having the right tools.Join the Dysregulation Insider VIP list and get your FREE Regulation Rescue Kit, designed to help you handle oppositional behaviors without losing it. Download it now at www.drroseann.com/newsletterHow do I break the yelling cycle without losing control?Breaking the cycle starts with you regulating first. Not perfectly—just consistently. Staying calm is the real turning point.Regulate yourself before respondingRepair after yelling instead of spiraling in guiltFocus on progress, not perfection
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Unmet generative AI promises, flatlining ROI dashboards, and a relentless corporate appetite for unguided technological progress. By all logic, one would assume we'd take a strategic pause to change course and build foundational human competence. Instead, in a desperate panic, we're witnessing the birth of "AI agent sprawl,” autonomous activity deployed without a map, GPS, or off-switch. This week, I examine what happens when companies try to use autonomous AI as a strategic shortcut to force unfulfilled promises into reality, and how it's fracturing their operational architectures and budgets. You'll see why we have to move past the open-ended rollout hype, put a full stop on unmanaged agental capabilities, and install strict human oversight mandates before these tools trigger a catastrophic bottom-line crisis. My goal is to get you off cruise control by highlighting the following opportunities to protect yourself and your organization:Deconstructing the Autonomy Sliding Scale: We need to stop treating AI agents like a mythical, binary technology that just arrived from space. Autonomy is a volume knob we've been turning up for decades. The real danger occurs when you spin that dial to a ten, completely relinquishing task-by-task control to a digital intern running continuously on autopilot without verifying if your structural architecture can handle the noise. Exposing the SharePoint Trap with Fangs: In the cloud migration era, corporate America turned on SharePoint thinking "what's the harm," only to create an unmanaged jungle of duplicate data and orphaned sites that acted as a silent productivity torpedo. Agent sprawl is that exact same mistake on steroids because a messy SharePoint folder couldn't rewrite your product codebase, communicate with your clients, or execute legally binding corporate spend decisions. Agents can, and left running on autopilot after an employee leaves, they become an invisible, permanent liability. Halting the Autopilot Spend Shock: The financial consequences of ungoverned agent loops are hitting corporate balance sheets hard, mimicking the familiar spend shock of dictionary-thick cell phone bills from the early 2000s. I highlight some recent examples like Uber vaporizing its entire annual AI budget in four months due to recursive agent rework loops, Microsoft aggressively clawing back developer licenses, and a jaw-dropping $500 million single-month bill racked up by an enterprise trapped in an infinite loop. By the end, I hope you're convinced the solution isn't about stopping technology. It's about halting the wide-scale rollouts to reinvest heavily in human AI competence. We must move past the vendor hype, place the right people in the right loops at the right times, and establish the disciplined guardrails required to surgically agentize our operations safely. ⸻If this conversation was helpful, make sure to like, share, and subscribe. You can also support the show by buying me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/christopherlind And if your organization is wrestling with how to balance performance, technology, and people, see how I can help at https://christopherlind.co ⸻Chapters00:00 – From Tokenmaxxing to the Silent Epidemic of Agent Sprawl03:00 – The Strategic Shortcut: Why More AI Doesn't Fix Flatline Hype04:30 – Demystifying the "Agent" Tech Jargon10:30 – The SharePoint History Lesson: Anarchy in the Cloud16:15 – The 2026 Spend Shock: Inside the Uber and Microsoft Budget Crises19:50 – The Contrarian Position: Why I Discourage Wide Agent Rollouts21:45 – Action 1: Applying the Full Stop to Enterprise Agental Capabilities23:00 – Action 2: Shifting Tech Budgets to Human AI Competence24:15 – Action 3: Involving Power Users for Surgical Agentization27:00 – Conclusion: Autonomous Operational Self-Termination #AgentSprawl #AIStrategy #OpEx #TechTrends #FutureFocused
In this episode, I sit down with Courtney Rushing, better known as Rushing to the Kitchen, for an honest conversation about one of the biggest challenges in any fitness journey: staying consistent when motivation fades.We dive into why so many people find themselves constantly "starting over" and how to stop falling off tracking every time life gets busy, stressful, or unpredictable. Courtney shares her perspective on embracing both the highs and lows of the journey, learning from setbacks instead of letting them derail your progress, and building habits that actually last.We also discuss practical strategies for staying objective, avoiding the all-or-nothing mindset, and keeping your focus on long-term success rather than short-term perfection. Whether you're currently crushing your goals or feeling stuck in a cycle of inconsistency, this episode will give you actionable tools to stay on track and keep moving forward.Instagram: @rushingtothekitchenWebsite: rushingtothekitchen.comApply for coaching and learn more:www.nicoleferrierfitness.comInstagram: @nicoleferrierfitnessTikTok: @nicoleferrierfitnessFacebook: Nicole Ferrier FitnessWebsite: www.nicoleferrierfitness.comIf you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs this message today. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations that empower you to build a healthier, stronger, and more sustainable lifestyle.
Diana Hartmann, McHenry County Regional Office Superintendent for the Illinois State Board of Education, and Richard Wistocki, former Naperville Police Detective and active Cyber Crimes Detective, join Karen Conti to talk about cyberbullying and the severity of the problem today. Richard discusses Illinois’ law on cyberbullying, what is considered legal, a statute he is trying […]
"The average marketplace deductible grew by about $1,000 per person in 2026. Premium payments increased by an average of 58%... We might be seeing the death throes of the fully insured market."Welcome back to Last Month in Healthcare! This month, Spencer, Nathaniel, and special guest Jonathan Lopez break down the most impactful healthcare headlines and regulatory shifts from May 2026.The episode kicks off with a discussion on the sudden resignation of FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary following reported clashes with the food, tobacco, and pharmaceutical industries. From there, the guys dive into the shocking 58% premium hikes and 37% deductible increases hitting the ACA marketplace as carriers like Cigna exit the space.Finally, Spencer and Jonathan play a World Cup-themed game guessing the cost of medical procedures across different North American cities and answer a listener question about Cost Plus Drugs and the rise of direct-to-consumer pharmacy models.If you'd like your question answered on next month's episode, call/text 469-213-6381 and leave us a voicemail/text.Thank you to our sponsor, Walk On Clinic. This month, we shared a tragic reminder to our listeners on the critical importance of early cancer detection and proactive primary care. To hear Chris's brother-in-law's music, tune in here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1SKw4DO9FNLjcZDb5Q81q4?si=Dwpuz2wOTRawhMDfR5NIsAEpisode Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro: The Importance of Early Detection & Walk-On Clinic(00:02:30) Dr. Marty Makary Resigns as FDA Commissioner(00:04:37) ACA Marketplace Premiums Skyrocket by 58%(00:07:51) HR 8163: Stopping the Squeeze on Physician Reimbursements(00:12:34) Harvard Study: AI Outperforms Doctors in ER Triage(00:14:53) The FDA's Push for Hospital-at-Home Devices(00:17:18) Game: Guess the Procedure Cost (World Cup Edition)(00:21:22) Ask Spencer Anything: Cost Plus Drugs & D2C Pharmacies
Airline CEOs are stunned that demand hasn't buckled under a 20% fare spike, World Cup hotels are still waiting on a booking surge that may depend entirely on which teams advance, and Canadian travel to the U.S. is creeping back but still far below where it was. On today's Skift Daily Briefing, Sarah Dandashy breaks down why travel demand is proving more resilient than even airline executives expected, why the World Cup's hotel story hinges on a potential Messi vs. Ronaldo matchup, and why Brand USA is smartly going after Gen Z Canadians instead of the Boomers who aren't coming back anytime soon. Articles Referenced: Honorable Mention: @AskAConcierge on IG Airfares Are Up 20%. Demand Is Strong. Even Airline CEOs Are Surprised. Hotels Hope for Last-Minute World Cup Bookings Canadian Travel to the U.S. Rebounds but Still Far Below 2024 Levels Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/skift Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry.
Swing into the weekend with a new episode of Pixel Pizza! Stopping by this week are HappySquared and Emlise of the indie studio Minibunnies. They're best known for their work on the atmospheric momentum-based Metroidvania, Rusted Moss. We discuss the development of that game and its post-launch support, and even get into the making of their hotly anticipated successor to Rusted Moss, Iron Bramble! Featuring music from Hitboxx.LINKS:
"The average marketplace deductible grew by about $1,000 per person in 2026. Premium payments increased by an average of 58%... We might be seeing the death throes of the fully insured market."Welcome back to Last Month in Healthcare! This month, Spencer, Nathaniel, and special guest Jonathan Lopez break down the most impactful healthcare headlines and regulatory shifts from May 2026.The episode kicks off with a discussion on the sudden resignation of FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary following reported clashes with the food, tobacco, and pharmaceutical industries. From there, the guys dive into the shocking 58% premium hikes and 37% deductible increases hitting the ACA marketplace as carriers like Cigna exit the space.Finally, Spencer and Jonathan play a World Cup-themed game guessing the cost of medical procedures across different North American cities and answer a listener question about Cost Plus Drugs and the rise of direct-to-consumer pharmacy models.If you'd like your question answered on next month's episode, call/text 469-213-6381 and leave us a voicemail/text.Thank you to our sponsor, Walk On Clinic. This month, we shared a tragic reminder to our listeners on the critical importance of early cancer detection and proactive primary care. To hear Chris's brother-in-law's music, tune in here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1SKw4DO9FNLjcZDb5Q81q4?si=Dwpuz2wOTRawhMDfR5NIsAEpisode Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro: The Importance of Early Detection & Walk-On Clinic(00:02:30) Dr. Marty Makary Resigns as FDA Commissioner(00:04:37) ACA Marketplace Premiums Skyrocket by 58%(00:07:51) HR 8163: Stopping the Squeeze on Physician Reimbursements(00:12:34) Harvard Study: AI Outperforms Doctors in ER Triage(00:14:53) The FDA's Push for Hospital-at-Home Devices(00:17:18) Game: Guess the Procedure Cost (World Cup Edition)(00:21:22) Ask Spencer Anything: Cost Plus Drugs & D2C Pharmacies
Tonight we have terrifying alien grays, speedy entities, a death clock and so much more. Keep it spooky and enjoy!Season 21 Episode 10 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.SHOW NOTES:Support the show! Get ad-free, extended & bonus episodes (and more) on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/monstersamonguspodcastTonight's Sponsor - Upwork - Hire high-quality freelance talent today, visit Upwork.com and post your job for free and connect with top talent ready to help your business grow. Tonight's Sponsor - Lumi Gummies THC & CBD gummies - Feel good, not stoned. Get 30% off your order with code MAU at LumiGummies.comMAU Merch Shop - https://www.monstersamonguspodcast.com/shopMAU Discord - https://discord.gg/ybjc9KUagYWatch FREE - Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle - https://www.borregotriangle.com/Monsters Among Us Junior on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monsters-among-us-junior/id1764989478Monsters Among Us Junior on Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/show/1bh5mWa4lDSqeMMX1mYxDZ?si=9ec6f4f74d61498bMountain Home Air Force Base - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_BaseShip Clock for sale - https://www.ebay.com/itm/192933253210Clock from Marie's story front - https://bit.ly/4al9QXeClock from Marie's story back - https://bit.ly/3QyRrQ0Clocks stopping at the time of death - https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/clocks-stopping-at-the-time-of-death.67597/Stopping the clock for the deceased - https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/stopping-the-clock-for-the-deceased.65901/King Henry XIV story - https://archive.org/details/ripleysgiantbeli0000ripl/mode/2upThomas Edison Story - https://bit.ly/4fE9jmQGhosts of Shepardstown Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqqEoUnB69MRougarou - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=794681231313969Stardust Ranch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtbybpyL4goThe Ranch with a Serious Alien Problem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woRsx2RVY4 Music from tonight's episode:Music by Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/c/IronCthulhuApocalypseCO.AG Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvAMusic By Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudioWhite Bat Audio Songs:Almost DawnSpacewave - GaiaEdge of SanityNebula
Pain is an important warning signal, helping you protect your body from damage. That's why we can view acute pain as an asset. Chronic pain, though, can be debilitating. In this episode, a pain psychologist offers a roadmap for managing chronic pain. At The People's Pharmacy, we strive to bring you up to date, rigorously researched insights and conversations about health, medicine, wellness and health policies and health systems. While these conversations intend to offer insight and perspective, the content is provided solely for informational and educational purposes. Please consult your healthcare provider before making any changes to your medical care or treatment. How You Can Listen You could listen through your local public radio station or get the live stream at 7 am EST on Saturday, June 13, 2026, through your computer or smart phone (wunc.org). Here is a link so you can find which stations carry our broadcast. If you can't listen to the broadcast, you may wish to hear the podcast later. You can subscribe through your favorite podcast provider, download the mp3 using the link at the bottom of the page, or listen to the stream on this post starting on June 15, 2026. Managing Chronic Pain Nobody likes feeling pain. Joe remembers that as a child, he would ask the doctors and nurses if the procedure was going to hurt. They always lied and told him it would not. As a result, he ended up not trusting them. We often think of pain as located in the body part that hurts (hence, tell me where it hurts). In actuality, though, pain is a complex phenomenon the brain and its interpretation of the situation at least as much as the body. That is why Dr. Rachel Zoffness maintains that pain is biopsychosocial–the result of three overlapping circles in a Venn diagram: biological, psychological and sociological. The biological circle includes our genetics, tissue damage, diet, sleep and movement. Psychological factors are never just psychological. The brain uses the same limbic system to process emotions and pain, so our feelings about our situation have a major impact on our pain experience. In the sociological realm, we find access to care, a history of trauma, and factors like racism or poverty. One result is that pain is incredibly subjective, varying from one individual to another and even from day to day. Another example of the power of the brain to generate pain is phantom limb pain. You may have heard of someone whose foot hurts even though the leg was amputated. Dr. Zoffness tells us about a boy with hand pain after a fireworks accident that resulted in his arm being amputated. The hand wasn't there, but the pain was real. What Is Your Pain Recipe? In managing chronic pain, it helps to know what your pain recipe is. What factors contribute to a bad pain day? A few common ones are poor sleep, too much junk in the diet, lots of stress, too little movement. Once you have the recipe for a bad pain day, you may be able to turn that around to find the recipe for a low pain day. If you get enough sleep, does that turn down the pain dial? How about diet? We also discuss the power of self-hypnosis and biofeedback. If you can practice warming your hands up, as Dr. Zoffness has learned to do, you can also practice making yourself more comfortable. She shares another story of a teenager who suffered from crippling migraines, social anxiety and generalized body pain. He had not been to school in years, but taking very small steps at first–just standing in the sun on his front porch–he was gradually able to build himself a low-pain recipe. Taking the dog to the dog park helped him move his body and his brain started producing chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. Eventually Sam was able to return to high school, even graduating. Using Pain Medicines in Managing Chronic Pain Physicians have often learned that managing chronic pain is something of a prescription puzzle. Which drug will work best for this patient? A decade or more ago, the answer was frequently opioids. That's no longer the case. As a result of the overdose epidemic, doctors usually try to prescribe some other type of medication. Two of the most popular are gabapentin and tramadol. When our listeners tell us about their experience with gabapentin, the results range widely. For some people, it seems to be a life-changing medication. For many others, it is lackluster at best, and for some, the side effects of brain fog, dizziness, breathing problems, edema and an increased risk of dementia are too much. Dr. Zoffness has heard similar reports about gabapentin. Her guideline for pain medicine is to try it for three months and see if it makes a (positive) difference. If not, ask the prescriber to help you taper off. Stopping any pain medicine suddenly could be a mistake. For managing chronic pain, people need a healthcare professional who can help them create a personalized pain management plan. For improving sleep, which is often a key ingredient in the pain recipe, she recommends cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI). The sleep hygiene protocol she suggests can also be helpful, dimming lights and gearing down as the day comes to a close. The Roadmap for Managing Chronic Pain The last section of Dr. Zoffness's book is a detailed pain protocol. She reminds us that there is no quick hack for pain. If trauma is part of the pain recipe, addressing the trauma will be useful. Medications are important tools, but they are not a permanent fix for chronic pain. She wants us all to remember that if the brain can change, pain can change. It is in our power. This Week’s Guest Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a leading global pain expert, pain psychologist, speaker, author, and thought leader in pain medicine. She is faculty at the UCSF School of Medicine, teaches pain science at Stanford, and is a winner of the prestigious Mayday Fellowship. Dr. Zoffness is the author of Tell Me Where It Hurts: The New Science of Pain and How to Heal. Her website is www.zoffness.com Dr. Rachel Zoffness, pain expert at UCSF The People's Pharmacy is reader supported. When you buy through links in this post, we may earn a small affiliate commission (at no cost to you). Listen to the Podcast The podcast of this program will be available Monday, June 15, 2026, after broadcast on June 13. You can stream the show from this site and download the podcast for free. Download the mp3, or listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
The guys from Lonely Island made a hilarious mockumentary 10 years ago called, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. It didn't do great at the box office, but over the years people have figured out how funny it actually is. Adam Rupp was the one who introduced it to Rob, and they've watched it on the Home Free bus many times. He was great on this episode and hope you enjoy!
In this week's Q&A episode, Keana answers your most honest and vulnerable questions about dating, self‑worth, emotional safety, and navigating modern relationships with clarity. Building on the main episode, Dating Apps: Do They Help or Hurt?, this conversation goes deeper into the emotional realities women face while dating — from discouragement and overthinking to hope, boundaries, and breaking old patterns.This episode is full of grounded wisdom, practical guidance, and gentle truth‑telling to help you date from a place of worthiness, not fear.✨ What We Cover in This Episode1. Connection vs. Validation on Dating AppsHow to tell whether you're using apps from a grounded place or from a place of insecurity — and the emotional signs that reveal the difference.2. Why Dating Apps Feel DiscouragingA breakdown of emotional burnout, dopamine crashes, comparison, and the psychological design behind swiping.3. Getting Attached Too QuicklyWhy early emotional attachment happens, how fantasy‑bonding forms, and how to pace yourself with intention.4. Early Red Flags to Watch ForThe subtle signs of inconsistency, vague intentions, and low effort — and why they matter.5. Taking Breaks Without Feeling BehindHow to rest without guilt and why emotional pacing is essential for healthy dating.✨ Questions NOT Based on This Week's Episode6. Staying Hopeful When Dating Feels DiscouragingHow to hold onto hope without slipping into fantasy — and how to stay aligned with who you're becoming.7. Stopping the Habit of Second‑Guessing YourselfHow to separate intuition from anxiety and rebuild trust in your own judgment.8. Dating Without Losing YourselfHow to stay grounded in your identity, routines, and boundaries while building new connections.9. Why You Keep Attracting Unhealthy PartnersUnderstanding familiar patterns, trauma bonds, and how healing shifts your attraction.10. How to Stop Overthinking in DatingTools to stay present, calm your nervous system, and let people reveal themselves over time.✨ Listener Reflection PromptsAm I dating from worthiness or loneliness?What emotions come up for me after using dating apps?What patterns do I notice in my dating choices?How can I stay connected to myself while dating?What boundaries support my emotional safety?✨ Submit Your Question for Next Week's Q&AHave a question you want answered on the podcast? You can submit it directly — anonymously if you prefer to this email keanawmitchell@gmail.comPut “Submit a Question for the Podcast” in the subject line of your email. Your question may be featured in an upcoming episode.✨ Final ThoughtsHealthy love is possible for you — not because you're perfect, but because you're worthy. Thank you for listening, for growing, and for choosing yourself.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announces the immediate suspension of federal funding for the Los Angeles Housing Services Authority due to a lack of accountability and measurable results. He argues that despite a massive surge in taxpayer spending, the region's homelessness crisis has only intensified, signaling the failure of the "housing first" model which he claims merely warehouses individuals without addressing underlying issues. To rectify this, the administration is shifting toward a paradigm of self-sufficiency, prioritizing "wraparound services" that target root causes like mental illness and addiction rather than just tracking expenditures or unit counts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announces the immediate suspension of federal funding for the Los Angeles Housing Services Authority due to a lack of accountability and measurable results. He argues that despite a massive surge in taxpayer spending, the region's homelessness crisis has only intensified, signaling the failure of the "housing first" model which he claims merely warehouses individuals without addressing underlying issues. To rectify this, the administration is shifting toward a paradigm of self-sufficiency, prioritizing "wraparound services" that target root causes like mental illness and addiction rather than just tracking expenditures or unit counts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week in the Share Shed, one listener wakes up to discover he'd apparently spent 40 minutes running barefoot on a treadmill at 3am… after swimming in a stranger's pool and blacking out at a party.The only problem? He remembers none of it.A hilarious story with a surprisingly thoughtful twist about sobriety, fitness, and what happens when one obsession gets replaced by another.The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It's not about judgement, it's about recognising how wild things could get when alcohol was in charge, and laughing about it now we're on the other side.But sometimes, it's also a place for the harder stuff, the honest bits we don't always say out loud.If you've got a story you'd like to get off your chest, funny, awkward or something a bit more serious, you can send it to Vic at:vic@soberawkward.comAnonymous is absolutely fine. In fact, for legal reasons, probably preferable!!
You know that feeling when you're consistently publishing podcast episodes, showing up every week, and creating valuable content... but the clients just aren't coming?Most people immediately assume the answer is to increase downloads. More listeners must equal more sales, right?Not necessarily.One of the biggest misconceptions in podcasting is that visibility automatically creates revenue. While audience growth certainly matters, converting listeners into clients requires something much more important: attracting listeners who are actually ready, willing, and able to buy.That's where many podcasters unknowingly get stuck.They spend months building trust with an audience without ever asking whether those listeners are qualified buyers. Because if your audience doesn't have the budget, authority, need, or timeline to invest in a solution, no amount of content will create the podcast client conversion you're hoping for.In this conversation, we're unpacking the BANT framework and why it may be the missing piece behind your listener to client conversion strategy. You'll learn how to evaluate whether the people listening to your show are genuinely positioned to become customers and why more downloads won't automatically solve a sales problem.We're also diving into the role of podcast marketing strategies and why keywords matter far beyond discoverability. The right SEO strategy helps convert podcast listeners by attracting people who are actively searching for solutions instead of simply consuming free content.If you're focused on podcast business growth, building a podcast for online business, or looking for coaching for podcasters, you'll walk away with a fresh perspective on how your audience, content, and offer work together. Because successful podcasting strategies aren't just about reaching more people. They're about reaching the right people.And that's the real secret behind converting listeners into clients.When your content speaks to buyer-ready listeners, your offer solves a problem they want solved now, and your messaging creates a logical next step, your podcast becomes much more than a marketing channel. It becomes a business asset that supports sustainable online growth and long-term results.If you're ready to grow your podcast so it creates authority, visibility, and real business growth, come join me inside Podcasts That Convert at janditchfield.co/join.
Raw sewage, dead animals, life-threatening logs are just some of the obstacles athletes worry about facing if they have to get into the water for their sport. New research from Waikato University has found climate change and the impact of extreme weather events have had a huge impact on getting young people into surfing, kayaking and waka ama. Joining us to talk about the concept of 'polluted sport' is the University of Waikato's Holly Thorpe
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-The money has simply gotten too big and out of control—credit the NCAA for being somewhat better recently on not letting players getridiculous amounts of years in school to continue to collect NIL money, but it's still not fixed-But if a player who knowingly bet on sports and his own team in years past is allowed to continue to play college sports, what exactly can't youdo to continue to keep playing? The moral compass is lost and it seems like any type of compass at all is gone.Our Sponsors:* Check out Hims and use my code hims.com/EARLYBREAK for a great deal: https://www.hims.com* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Most people don't miss out on their first investment property because of the market - they miss out because they're focused on the wrong things.In this episode, Mike and Jess sit down with Ilse Wolfe, Director of Wolfe Property, to unpack the six biggest mistakes holding Kiwis back from their first investment property, including affordability, equity, financial foundations, timing, expectations, and choosing the right location to build long-term wealth.Next Steps: Thinking about your first investment property? The Lighthouse Financial team can help you understand your borrowing power, structure your finances, and create a plan to build long-term wealth with confidence.Learn more about Wolfe Property hereFor more money tips follow us on:FacebookInstagramThe content in this podcast is the opinion of the hosts. It should not be treated as financial advice. It is important to take into consideration your own personal situation and goals before making any financial decisions.
Episode 5430: Stopping Election Fraud Before 2026 Midterms; Declassifying Files On President Trump's Assasination Attempt
Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. It said it had delivered what it called a 'painful response' to Israel, warning it against further attacks, including in southern Lebanon. Also: On a visit to Spain, the Pope has been speaking about child abuse carried out by members of the Catholic Church. The British prime minister Keir Starmer gives tech companies a three-month deadline to stop children from seeing or sending explicit images. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day visit, his first to the country in seven years. And can a AI humanoid robot perform as well as a human magician?The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Israeli settlers stand next to part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank. Credit: REUTERS
Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. We examine the links between Iran and Hezbollah.Also in the programme: Armenia's pro-EU incumbent wins election; a new online archive of the complete writings and drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.(Picture: A screenshot taken from a handout video released by the Israeli Military says to show a strike on an aerial defence system in Iran at an unknown location. Credit: Reuters)
Can anyone stop Kimi Antonelli? Harry Benjamin and Andrew Benson join Rosanna Tennant after another dominant display from the young Italian. They discuss whether Antonelli is already on course to run away with the championship after extending his lead at the top of the standings to 66 points. The team also debate George Russell's recent struggles and asks whether we're finally seeing Lewis Hamilton return to something approaching his very best form.
What happens when a deadly outbreak is stopped before most people ever hear about it? Dr. Paige Armstrong, director for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Global Health Center, explains how the CDC works with partners around the world to detect and contain emerging health threats before they reach U.S. communities. From Ebola in Uganda to Marburg in Tanzania, Dr. Armstrong shares real-world examples of how surveillance systems, laboratory networks, trained public health workers, and trusted international partnerships help stop outbreaks at their source. Also, Dr. Marcus Plescia, former ASTHO Chief Medical Officer and District Health Director for the Fulton Health District, District 3-2 in Atlanta, Georgia discusses the massive public health preparations underway for the FIFA World Cup in Atlanta. We'll hear about the complex planning required to protect millions of visitors during one of the world's largest sporting events.Outbreaks You Never Heard About: Because CDC Was There | Global Health Protection | CDCDeveloping a Policy Action Plan to Improve Access to STI Medications WebinarBridging Systems: How Kentucky is Improving Response to Emerging Health Threats | ASTHO
In this episode, I'm giving my personal take on one of the biggest debates in modern waterfowl hunting — short-stopping ducks. Is it real, or is it just something hunters blame when the migration slows down?After spending a lifetime chasing ducks here in Louisiana, I've seen some incredible years and I've also seen some of the toughest seasons we've ever had. From strong pushes of birds pouring into the marsh to winters where it felt like the migration never truly made it south, I've watched the changes happen firsthand over many years in the blind.This episode is strictly my opinion based on my experiences as a Louisiana waterfowl hunter. We're talking about changing weather patterns, warmer winters, increased food and habitat farther north, hunting pressure, flooded agriculture, and whether or not all of that is affecting the way ducks migrate today compared to the past.I'm not claiming to have all the answers, and this isn't meant to be a scientific breakdown — just an honest conversation and perspective from someone who has spent a long time watching the migration and living the lifestyle.Whether you agree or disagree, this is a conversation that almost every serious duck hunter is having right now.
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This episode is such a good one — and it has two parts that fit together perfectly.First, meet Eli — an 8-year-old from Lakewood who decided to start saying Tehillim… and then actually kept going.What started as a “we're bored, let's say Tehillim” moment at the kitchen table turned into something much bigger. Eli finished the whole Sefer Tehillim once, started again, lost a chart, remembered where he was up to, kept going, and is now saying Tehillim as a zechus for his grandfather, Meyer ben Tzirel Perel, who needs a refuah sheleimah.But this conversation became about so much more than Tehillim.We talked about grit — not the cereal kind — the real kind.Resilience. Endurance. Courage.Eli shares what it feels like to keep trying, even when a goal feels huge. He talks about stage fright, getting up anyway, creating skits in class, managing a bunch of third grade boys, bringing in props, costumes, fake gold coins, paper beards, and somehow making the whole thing work.Sometimes we think “big accomplishments” have to look very serious. But sometimes they look like a kid with a Tehillim chart, a creative brain, a little stage fright, a lot of ideas, and the willingness to try again.Then, in the second part of the episode, we talk about grit in a totally different way — through biking.We hear from Rami and Shuey about the upcoming TDK Junior Father-Son Bike Ride in Baltimore, and what it means to push yourself, ride together, and be part of something that is fun, challenging, and meaningful.Because grit isn't only something you use when you're sitting with a Tehillim chart.Sometimes grit looks like getting back on the bike. Sometimes it looks like riding a little farther than you thought you could. Sometimes it looks like a father and son doing something side by side. And sometimes it looks like a whole community showing up for something healthy, exciting, and good.My favorite part of this episode is how it reminds us that kids are not simple. A kid can be quiet and also loud. Creative and also serious. Nervous and also brave. Fun and also focused. And when kids are given space to practice all the different parts of who they are, it is incredible to watch what comes out.Thank you to this week's sponsors:Hosiery Plus — for the basics, swim, socks, hosiery, and all the things your whole family needs. https://hosieryplus.com/TDK Junior Bike Ride — coming up June 21! A father-son ride, family fun, and such a great Baltimore event. https://bikercholim.rallybound.org/tdkjrWhee by SR / — for beautiful outdoor play that gets kids moving, climbing, imagining, and actually playing. https://wheesr.com/Listen to this episode with your kids, and then ask them:What's one big thing you could do… one small piece at a time?Support the show
Dr. Shay Taylor-Allen is celebrating a near-miracle this year. In Cinderella style, she transformed from a janitor to a doctor at the very same hospital, the Yale School of Medicine. AND Kirk Moore, the principal at Pauls Valley High School in Oklahoma, was named prom king for a special reason. To see videos and photos referenced in this episode, visit GodUpdates! https://www.godtube.com/blog/janitor-to-doctor.html https://www.godtube.com/blog/principal-named-prom-king.html Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Xen Baynham-Herd, Head of Growth at Base, joined us to discuss the growing adoption of Coinbase's Base network.Topics: - Visa added Base to its global stablecoin settlement network - Tokenization and stablecoins on Base- AI Agents and Robotics on Base - Will Base launch its own native token? Brought to you by
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Have you ever felt the need to spend money on things you don't need when you get anxious? Well there's a new name for it: ‘Doom Spending'. It has become quite common among young people in Ireland at the minute, so how do you stop it?Joining Seán to discuss is Lecturer in Accounting at UCC, Oliver Browne...
It's a View from the Bunker's Wayback Wednesday, with another interview drawn from our archive of programs dating back to June, 2009. This week, we go back to 2010 and interview with Joe Jordan of CE4 Research Group about the truth behind “alien” abductions. First released February 7, 2010 THE WORLD is more like The X-Files than most people would like to believe. Of course, coming from Hollywood, The X-Files didn't present the whole story behind UFOs and alien abductions. Joe Jordan is the President and co-founder of CE4 Research Group, an alien abduction investigation and research team based out of Cocoa, Florida. Joe has been a Mutual UFO Network Field Investigator since 1992. He's been a guest speaker at six Roswell UFO Festivals in Roswell, New Mexico, including the 60th Anniversary Conference in 2007, and he hosted the official Roswell UFO Festival Conference in 2008. Joe is the co-author with David Ruffino of the book Unholy Communion: The Alien Abduction Phenomenon, Where It Originates and How It Stops. We discussed his research into the phenomenon, where the “aliens” really come from, and how contactees and experiencers can make them go away. Follow us! X: @viewfrombunker | @sharonkgilbert | @derekgilbertTelegram: t.me/gilberthouseSubstack: gilberthouse.substack.com | sharonkgibert.substack.comYouTube: @GilbertHouse | @UnravelingRevelationFacebook.com/viewfromthebunker Thank you for making our Build Barn Better project a reality! The building has HVAC, a new floor, windows, insulation, ceiling fans, and an upgraded electrical system! We truly appreciate your support. If you are so led, you can help out at www.GilbertHouse.org/donate. Download our free app! This brings all of our content directly to your smartphone or tablet. Best of all, we'll never get canceled from our own app! Links to the app stores for iOS, iPadOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle Fire devices are at www.GilbertHouse.org/app. Please join us each Sunday for the Gilbert House Fellowship, our weekly Bible study podcast. Log on to www.GilbertHouse.org for more details. JOIN US IN ISRAEL! We will tour the Holy Land October 11–23, 2026 with an optional three-day extension to Jordan. For more information, log on to GilbertHouse.org/travel. Special offers on our books and DVDs: www.gilberthouse.org/store. Discuss these topics at the VFTB Facebook page (facebook.com/viewfromthebunker) and check out the great podcasters at the Fringe Radio Network (Spreaker.com/show/fringe-radio-network)!
Today on the Share Shed we have one confession and one question.First up, a listener wakes up in Las Vegas with more than just a hangover… let's just say Elvis may have been involved and somebody accidentally got married.Then we tackle a question many people quietly ask themselves: if your hands shake the morning after drinking, is that a sign you're an alcoholic?The answer might surprise you.Pour yourself a cuppa and join us for today's Share Shed.The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It's not about judgement, it's about recognising how wild things could get when alcohol was in charge, and laughing about it now we're on the other side.But sometimes, it's also a place for the harder stuff, the honest bits we don't always say out loud.If you've got a story you'd like to get off your chest, funny, awkward or something a bit more serious, you can send it to Vic at:vic@soberawkward.comAnonymous is absolutely fine. In fact, for legal reasons, probably preferable!!
Episode 5416: Stopping The H1 Scam; Law Enforcement Warns Of Data Terrorists
Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias sits down with Skye Perryman, CEO of Democracy Forward, to break down the legal fight against Trump's $1.788 billion slush fund — and why the Department of Justice made a huge legal mistake. They also discuss Democracy Forward's efforts to expose DOGE's voter data security breaches, and how their work is an important reminder that due process is available to all of us. Even when going up against the president.Subscribe to our free newsletters or upgrade to support our work: https://bit.ly/3OK7w4A Learn more about Democracy Forward: https://democracyforward.org/
What do you do when you're 40, building a "perfect on paper" life, and a routine first mammogram turns into a stage 4 cancer diagnosis? In this episode, Jen sits down with Chelsea Hassink, who was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver — and later her brain — at just 40 years old, with two young kids at home. Chelsea takes us through her entire journey: the intuition that told her it was worse than the doctors first said, six rounds of chemo, her decision to stop treatment and spend a year going fully integrative, and her transformative three weeks at Hope for Cancer in Mexico. She opens up about the brain tumor that led to a craniotomy, temporary paralysis, and a recovery she credits as much to mindset as to medicine. This is a raw, hopeful conversation about refusing to be put in a box, advocating fiercely for yourself, and merging the medical and integrative worlds on your own terms. Chelsea shares the exact framework she lives by, the role faith and prayer have played in her healing, and why she believes the stress she was carrying — not genetics — created the terrain her cancer thrived in. In this episode, we cover: Chelsea's original diagnosis and the "boring" checkup that missed every red flag Why she trusted her intuition over her initial stage 2 diagnosis Stopping chemo after 6 rounds and going integrative for a full year What Hope for Cancer is really like — and the mind, body, spirit work that changed her The bold, specific prayer and the "messenger in the parking lot" that led her to her craniotomy Losing and regaining mobility after brain surgery Where her scans stand today — and how she handles a curveball Finding an oncologist who meets you where you are (without guilt or scare tactics) Her 4-bucket healing framework: Nutrition & Movement, Emotional & Spiritual, Non-Toxic Therapies, and Detoxification Specific therapies: mistletoe, high-dose vitamin C (and how to do it safely), SPDT / sono-photodynamic therapy, hyperthermia, coffee enemas, sauna, red light, vibration plate, acupuncture Her go-to supplements and why supplementation is deeply individual The #1 thing she wishes someone had told her at diagnosis: you have time to pause Resources & mentions: Hope for Cancer (integrative clinic, Mexico) SPDT — sono-photodynamic therapy (light + sound device) Supplements mentioned: black seed oil, beta-glucan, PectaSol (modified citrus pectin), Vitamin D3, curcumin with K2, greens powder Follow Chelsea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassink_health_bites/ Chelsea's book — currently in the works Community: Not Today Cancer — The Inner Circle GET BrocElite: Mara Labs supplements - Use code NotTodayCancer for 20% off Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jendelvaux/ Email me: coachjennyd@gmail.com A note: This episode shares personal experiences and is not medical advice. Always work with your own care team before changing your treatment, diet, or supplement routine — especially while on chemo. Don't forget to share this episode so it reaches more people who need it. And as always — not today, cancer.
In this episode, Dr. K pulls back the curtain on his personal "protocol" for maintaining mental health and focus while balancing high-pressure roles as a psychiatrist, content creator, and caregiver. He argues against making life "too easy," suggesting instead that we should intentionally train our cognitive fitness to resist the deconditioning effects of modern technology. By viewing energy as a finite battery and learning to disbelieve the mind's biases, he provides a framework for building long-term resilience and reclaiming a sense of autonomy. What to expect in this episode: The Intentional Struggle: Why Dr. K sleeps with his phone next to his bed specifically to train his willpower by resisting the urge to use it for the first hour of the day. Energy vs. Caffeine: Understanding that caffeine is a "loan" against future energy rather than a source of it, and how to identify the specific habits that actually recharge your internal battery. The Power of Pratyahara: An introduction to the meditative practice of sensory withdrawal, which helps you pull your attention away from digital triggers and back into your mind. Stopping the "Power Through": Why you should immediately quit entertainment like video games or TV shows the moment they become boring instead of wasting time waiting for them to "get good". Passion Projects First: The psychological importance of spending the first hour of your day on personal goals to maintain a sense of autonomy before the world's demands take over. Disbelieving the Mind: How to recognize and distance yourself from black-and-white thinking and toxic comparisons, treating the mind as an imperfect instrument rather than a "beacon of truth". Strategic Napping: Why a 20-minute nap is the "sweet spot" for physiological recovery without entering the deeper sleep stages that cause grogginess. The Role of Foundations: A candid look at how financial security and a supportive family provide the necessary foundation that allows these mental health protocols to be truly effective. Dr. K's NEW Guide to Love, Sex, & Relationships is here! Order now: https://bit.ly/4dO3x0VHG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3SztHG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we are talking about something that I genuinely think is shaping our careers, our creativity, our relationships, and our confidence more than we realise, which is the fear of being cringe. I did a bonus episode on this over a year ago now and it got such a huge response, and since then I've come to genuinely think the main thing that holds most people back is not lack of talent, not lack of ideas, not even lack of discipline. It's fear of what other people think. So this episode is basically me unpacking all of that, the psychology behind why we care so much about what people think, why we massively overestimate how much people are paying attention to us, and the practical things that have genuinely helped me stop letting fear of perception make my decisions for me. +CHAPTERS0:00: Intro 1:34: The Context 7:29: Step One: Shrinking the audience 14:38: Step Two: Redefining the evidence 17:01: Step Three: Putting it into practice 19:12: Looking back +SIGN UP TO THE WORKING HARD NEWSLETTER: https://graceb.myflodesk.com/k0sfhlac34+SOPHIE TEA'S EPISODE: https://youtu.be/o-G4jPyLNWA?si=E_X7Dq-I18o4Zx2j EMMA'S EPISODE: https://youtu.be/mPn1JFfwfSE?si=5ZTOxFZM5LIFfmKK+FOLLOW THE PODCASTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/workinghardpod/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@workinghardpodcast+DILEMMA SUBMISSIONIf you'd like to submit any dilemmas to the podcast to be answered in the bonus episodes, please send them to podcast@grace-beverley.com with the subject beginning DILEMMAS or DM us @workinghardpod on Instagram!+MY LINKS: https://gracebeverley.komi.io/+RETROGRADE, SHREDDY, TALA and THE PRODUCTIVITY METHOD are my own businesses, therefore any mention of them - whilst not being a sponsorship - is monetarily endorsed. As usual, sponsorships do not change my opinions nor my honesty, but I will always disclaim to make sure motives are clear
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Welcome back, Gorgeous Listeners! On today's show, Karen and Katie chat about a variety of things, including the beauty of stopping by unannounced. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy!
The New York Times‘ obituary (5/18/26) for former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman quotes him saying that “policemen never get the benefit of the doubt.” The racism of Mark Fuhrman, the Los Angeles police detective whose involvement in the O.J. Simpson murder investigation helped sink the prosecution's case, was so well-known comedian Dana Carvey once mocked him with a Nazi salute, calling him “Mark the Fuhrer-man.” Fuhrman's death this month (New York Times, 5/18/26) took middle-aged and older Americans back to 1995, when the televised trial of Simpson, accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, dominated media for much of the year. During the trial, audio recordings and witness testimony revealed Fuhrman's use of the n-word and other racist views, sinking his credibility as the cop responsible for recovering the “bloody glove,” the key piece of evidence tying Simpson to the killings. Because he had previously testified that he never used the word, it opened an opportunity for the defense to suggest he wasn't honest about other things—and had a motivation to frame a Black celebrity. Unrelenting racism In July 2017, CNN‘s Kyra Phillips played new excerpts from the Fuhrman tapes. The tapes portrayed hours of unrelenting racism. “All these n*****s in L.A. city government…all of them should be lined up against a wall and fucking shot,” he said. And often sexism as well: “What if I’ve just been raped by two buck n*****s, and a female shows up?” During the trial, witness Kathleen Bell testified that Fuhrman had said, “If I had my way, all the n*****s would be gathered together and burned.” Bell told the court, “When he sees a Black man with a white woman driving in a car, he pulls them over,” with no traffic violation needed (Washington Post, 9/5/95). Fuhrman became the national representation of the American racist cop. He invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about his handling of evidence (LA Times, 9/7/95), offering the shadow of a doubt the jury needed to acquit the former football and movie star. In his fiery closing argument, defense attorney Johnnie Cochran characterized Fuhrman as “this perjurer, this racist, this genocidal racist.” Fuhrman pleaded no contest to a perjury charge a year later (CNN, 10/2/96). But there was something bigger about Fuhrman, and it's something we can deeply feel in the media environment today. ‘Unwitting catalyst’ Mark Fuhrman interviewed in ESPN‘s OJ: Made in America (2016). The legal “dream team” Simpson assembled certainly focused on pushing the jury for an acquittal—that's a defense lawyer's job. But as outlined in both the dramatized The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story on FX and ESPN's OJ: Made in America, defense lead Cochran also built a larger case for a larger audience. (Side note: FAIR's Janine Jackson briefly appears in the ESPN documentary in a segment about media coverage of the trial.) Nicole Brown Simpson was killed at her Los Angeles home, along with Ron Goldman, on June 12, 1994, just two years after the city was engulfed in racial rioting as a result of an acquittal of police officers who had been videotaped brutally beating a Black man, Rodney King. For much of America, the rioting was a dividing moment. Civil rights activists saw it as the explosion of a powder keg under pressure of decades of tension between LA's Black community and the cops. A great deal of white America saw the rioting as an inexplicable overreaction. Press voices had their doubts too. Newsweek (5/10/92) called the looting “a manic fiesta, a TV game show with every looter a winner.” Cochran set out to change the narrative, to demonstrate to the white public that Black Los Angeles has systemically suffered from racist policing. Ben Ehrenreich (Guardian, 4/22/20): “The thousands of African Americans who migrated to Los Angeles from the Jim Crow south had found similar cruel realities awaiting them.” In Set the Night on Fire, Mike Davis and Jon Weiner outline the ongoing war against the Black community by LA cops in the 1960s, erupting in the 1965 Watts riots. From the Guardian‘s review (4/22/20): LA's police make dramatic appearances in almost every chapter, clubbing peaceful protesters, brutalizing activists and killing so many Black men, and with such absolute impunity, that Davis and Wiener's claim that “the Manson gang were bit players compared to the forces of law and order” ends up feeling more than fair. In the authors' telling, the wanton violence of the police acted as a consistent if unwitting catalyst to historical change: It was the chaos that followed a ferocious LAPD assault on anti-war protesters that added to Lyndon Johnson's decision not to run for re-election in 1968, and the LAPD's murder of a Black Muslim named Ronald Stokes—seven other Muslims were shot in the same incident—that pushed Malcolm X towards a broader vision of Black liberation. The shared experience of LAPD violence, Davis and Wiener write, forged a “common culture of resistance” among Black and Chicano youth, white hipsters and anti-war activists, and the city's gay community. This situation hardly improved with the economic turmoil of the 1970s, or the reactionary retreat of the 1980s. For many Black Angelenos, the 1992 riots weren't about one videotape, but about this entire history. Cochran had an opportunity to reveal the situation in the early ’90s to America. And with Fuhrman, who was called by the prosecution to bring the bloody glove into evidence, Cochran was able to show a feverishly racist man at the center of this investigation. ‘Kill somebody and go have some chicken’ Sean Hannity (Hannity, 1/10/23) interviewing Pam Bondi (then a former Florida attorney general) and Mark Fuhrman. In the end, Simpson was acquitted, and Fuhrman became a symbol of a divided America. It’s quite telling that the disgraced cop later found a landing place on Fox News. The Murdoch media empire created the news network the year after the Simpson trial as the antithesis to what it claimed was a liberal slant in corporate television news. Bringing on Fuhrman as a recurring guest—and, later, giving him his own show on Fox Nation—didn’t just promote his own public rehabilitation, it foretold a shift in “acceptable” discourse on right-wing TV. Fox‘s Greta van Susteren (5/19/05) defended having him on as a frequent guest: Mark happens to be a very, very, very smart detective—one of the best I have ever worked with and I have worked with many. He really thinks about the investigations we book him on the show to discuss. But Fox was attracted to Fuhrman not by his smarts, but by his hate. The racism that spilled out in the Simpson trial—Fuhrman's animosity toward the people who he was sworn to protect and serve—catered directly to the Fox audience. Another Fox star that routinely showcased Fuhrman was Sean Hannity (Extra!, 9/13). On Hannity & Colmes (11/16/06; cited by Media Matters, 11/20/06), Fuhrman asserted that the the type of “people” he “dealt with … for 20 years” will kill somebody and go have some chicken at KFC. You will catch them eating chicken and drinking a beer after they just murdered three people. He added that “these people are out there. They’re all over the place.” In another appearance, Hannity (Hannity, 7/16/13) brought the ex-cop on to speculate on whether Black people would riot if George Zimmerman were found not guilty of murdering an unarmed Trayvon Martin in Florida. “Mark, it seems to me like it's going to be a dangerous scenario for the cities where this is going to occur,” said Hannity. Fuhrman replied, “I think you're right, Sean,” and proceeded to fantasize about protesters “assaulting people, assaulting officers, so when you cross that line, it's pretty obvious, and, you know, this is completely drawn on racial lines now.” ‘They just take more and more’ “You can always find something that doesn’t look like justice was served one way or another,” Mark Fuhrman tells Megyn Kelly (and right-wing novelist Brad Thor) on Fox‘s Kelly File (7/8/16). Fuhrman had nothing but contempt for the Black Lives Matter movement erupting in Ferguson, Missouri. He told Fox News' Megyn Kelly (8/10/15): Stopping traffic is not a lawful demonstration. Stopping pedestrians is not a lawful demonstration. Stopping regular traffic on sidewalks in front of buildings. That is not lawful demonstrations. And they should enforce it. And you know, when you allow some kind of, you know, leeway, they just take more and more. And now we have people that are not on the city council and they’re not on the police department, no matter how represented the Black community is. They are not there. You’re dealing with gang members and street drug dealers that are just hanging out. They’re armed and they’re taking advantage of a hesitant police department. How did Fuhrman respond to a video of “a white school police officer in a Columbia [South Carolina] classroom grabbing an African-American student by the neck, flipping her backward as she sat at her desk, then dragging and throwing her across the floor” (New York Times, 10/26/15)? He made the officer a saint on Fox. Media Matters (10/27/15) quoted Fuhrman: He requested her. He verbally did that. The next level is he put a hand on her. She escalated it from there. He used soft control. He threw her on the ground, he handcuffed her. He didn’t use mace. He didn’t use a Taser. He didn’t use a stick. He didn’t kick her. He didn’t hit her. He didn’t choke her. He used a minimal amount of force necessary to effect an arrest. In 2019, he attacked Democratic presidential hopefuls for their police reform rhetoric on the Ingraham Angle (8/2/19), saying those politicians were looking to win “that 18-to-25-year-old base that is involved in all these movements—these anti-government, anti-establishment, anti-republic, anti-Trump” movements. He eventually was given his own show on Fox News spinoff Fox Nation, the Fuhrman Diaries, which ran from 2018 to 2022. (Fox promoted him as “America's most controversial detective”—LA Times, 11/29/18.) ‘Total reputational annihilation’ Just because someone lied under oath about using racial slurs dozens of times doesn’t mean they should be canceled (Wall Street Journal, 5/20/26)—and by “canceled,” we mean given their own TV show. People can and do change over time. Fuhrman gave a somewhat nuanced view on Fox News (Ingraham Angle, 5/29/20) about the police killing of George Floyd, which resulted in widespread political unrest. He called Floyd's killing “a slow-motion homicide,” and said the video footage was “a slow and really painful thing to watch of somebody grinding somebody’s face into the pavement until they’re dead.” At the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, columnist Matthew Hennessey (5/20/26) christened Fuhrman a victim of cancel culture, admitting that he was a “bad cop,” but that he was among the first to suffer the total reputational annihilation that has become a hallmark of life in the digital era, where everything you say—or have ever said—will one day be used against you in the court of public opinion. It’s a strange sort of “reputational annihilation” that gets you regularly showcased on a national cable TV network, and then gives you your own show. Fuhrman’s afterlife as a commentator foretold a media conservatism that flips the narrative about racist policing on its head, where prejudice becomes a sign of expertise. It’s a legacy we live with today in MAGA America, even with Fuhrman having departed this world. Research assistance: Priyanka Bansal
Send us Fan MailYou can be disciplined, self-aware, and deeply committed to growth and still feel like you are living the same week on repeat. That is exactly why we recorded this bonus conversation: to go inside our Growth Model and hand you a practical piece of the “how” you can use today, not just the theory.We break down why getting stuck is usually not a motivation problem or a knowledge problem. It is an unconscious perspective running in the background, often built from old pre-programming, that quietly drives your emotions, your energy, your actions and your results. We explain how the brain is designed to keep you safe and automate patterns, why it focuses on what is broken, wrong or missing, and how that creates an unconscious loop that keeps reinforcing itself.Then we teach the five-part Growth Model in plain language: reality, perspective, emotion, response and results. We walk through the four levels of self-coaching, from blaming the outside world, to taking ownership and shaming yourself, to interrupting the pattern in a micro moment, and finally to reprogramming so the new response becomes automatic. We also do a step-by-step example using a common trigger: the alarm goes off, you want to work out, and your mind says “I'm exhausted.” You will hear exactly how to shift the perspective so the emotion changes, the response changes, and the result starts moving.If you have ever tried accountability, new routines, or another program and still felt stuck, this will give you a clearer diagnosis and a cleaner next step. Subscribe to Modern Leadership Coaching, share this with a friend who is doing the work, and leave us a review. What micro moment are you going to coach yourself through this week?Want to show up as the best version of you in the moments that matter most?Start by taking our 2-minute quiz at modernleadership.us/quiz!Are trying everything, but you keep coming up against the same wall and nothing seems to be working?Are you putting in the action and energy, but nothing is improving?If so, that's what we built our "How to get Unstuck" quiz for.Start by taking our 2-minute quiz at modernleadership.us/quiz. It's not about putting in more energy or action, it's about finding out what's actually keeping you stuck.
This week on the Share Shed we're talking drunk online shopping… you know, those slightly terrifying mystery parcels that arrive two days after a blackout.From sequinned capes and stuffed frogs in hats… to accidentally booking holidays to Spain you have absolutely no memory of organising.Basically: If you've ever opened your front door hungover and thought, “What in the name of Christ have I bought now?” …this one's for you.The Share Shed is where listeners send in their funniest, cringiest and most unbelievable drinking stories. It's not about judgement, it's about recognising how wild things could get when alcohol was in charge, and laughing about it now we're on the other side.But sometimes, it's also a place for the harder stuff, the honest bits we don't always say out loud.If you've got a story you'd like to get off your chest, funny, awkward or something a bit more serious, you can send it to Vic at:vic@soberawkward.comAnonymous is absolutely fine. In fact, for legal reasons, probably preferable!!
Episode 5399: Rally Against Mamdani; Stopping Fraud In The Government
The hosts are joined by fellow funnyman and writer (and if you remember far enough actor) Soren Bowie. The gang talk about this very funny faux-documentary from 2016 as well as the sketch troupe behind it: The Lonely Island. They discuss what makes the writing tick and even pull out the old projector to do some joke mathematics. Features: Soren Bowie: https://bsky.app/profile/sorenbowie.bsky.social Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store
Episode 5388: Creating Tech Freedom From The CCP; Stopping The RINO Coup
Episode 5389: Stopping The AI Overthrow Of American Industry