Podcasts about storefronts

Hello, listener! This episode features the incredible Lavanya Lakshmi (you might recognize her name because I included her book LEAVE AND COME BACK on my list of All-Nighters for 2026 so far!) and we're talking about families in romance—blood ties, found family, blending families, multicultural families, and more. We also leave you with plenty of recs for where to start your Bollywood journey and excellent books featuring family. Enjoy the show! Get LEAVE AND COME BACK! Connect with Lavanya: website; IG Episodes mentioned: All-Nighters 2026 Part 1 Season of Love SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

"Being on Shopify means you get access to agentic automatically, out of the box." Your store is already selling inside ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Shop, whether you've noticed or not. Aaron Glazer, Director of Product at Shopify, joins Kurt to explain Agentic Storefronts, the new Admin experience that finally makes that presence visible and controllable. The buyer behavior has already shifted. Shoppers now have long conversations with an AI about a whole use case, a camping trip, a problem, a gift, and arrive at your store already sold. Agentic Storefronts shows you the traffic, sales, and conversions from each AI channel, plus the real queries surfacing your products, so you can see where you rank and where you don't. Aaron and Kurt get into why this is the new SEO, why complete product data is the whole game, how Shopify Catalog structures your catalog for agents, what native checkout in an AI channel actually means, and why you stay the merchant of record with the customer relationship intact. Plus a bonus on Rollouts and SimGem heading into BFCM. SPONSORS Swym - Wishlists, Back in Stock alerts, & more getswym.com/kurt Cleverific - Smart order editing for Shopify cleverific.com Zipify - Build high-converting sales funnels zipify.com/KURT LINKS Agentic Storefronts: Shopify Admin > Agentic Storefronts (left nav) Shopify Catalog (for developers): build on the product discovery API Rollouts and SimGem: in Shopify Admin WORK WITH KURT Apply for Shopify Help ethercycle.com/apply See Our Results ethercycle.com/work Free Newsletter kurtelster.com The Unofficial Shopify Podcast is hosted by Kurt Elster and explores the stories behind successful Shopify stores. Get actionable insights, practical strategies, and proven tactics from entrepreneurs who've built thriving ecommerce businesses.

"Service is the new storefront" has been a slogan for the better part of a decade, usually followed by a promise to turn a cost center into a profit center that never quite arrived. What changed is not the ambition. It is that the plumbing finally exists. Recorded live at K:LDN 2026 in London, this conversation is about what becomes possible when a brand can pull customer data from any channel and hand it, in real time, to a human or an AI agent. Phillip Jackson sits down with Kelly Thacker of Klaviyo's product marketing team. Her argument is that the prize is democratization: taking the best in-store associate, the person who knows both the products and the customer, and making that experience available on every channel and to every brand, not just the ones who can staff a great team. Kelly is candid about the failure mode too, the dumb bot that asks a loyal VIP for an email address it should already have. The fix is an agent that knows the business and the customer, with escalation rules the brand sets and widens as trust grows. The number that makes the case is blunt: where is my order is still the most common question to any agent, human or AI, and automating it hands time back to people for the work that actually needs them. She closes by looking further out, to a world where marketing and service stop being separate departments and brands begin building for agent-to-agent shopping, where a customer's agent transacts with a brand's. You Don't Have to Babysit Your Agent Anymore What you'll learn Why the cost-center-to-profit-center promise is finally deliverable, and what specifically changed What separates an agent that delights from the dumb bot that frustrates How brands set the line between automation and human escalation, and widen it over time Why where is my order is the single most valuable question to automate How service data feeds back into marketing and the rest of the relationship What agent-to-agent shopping is, and why it is closer than it sounds Pull quotes "You could be the most loyal VIP customer, and then a chatbot asks, can you give me your email address, and you think, you should just know me." — Kelly Thacker, Product Marketing, Klaviyo [TK] "We meet customers where they are. You build for the future, and you help them slowly get comfortable with that change." — Kelly Thacker [TK] "A poor experience with an agent feels worse than a poor experience with a human, so the human in the loop has to be so important to this." — Phillip Jackson [TK] "This is the moment where people will either rise to the occasion or they'll be forgotten." — Kelly Thacker [TK] Chapters [TK] Cold open and introductions [TK] Service is the new storefront, an old promise made real [TK] Democratizing the best in-store associate [TK] The dumb bot, and what a good agent must know [TK] Human in the loop, escalation rules the brand controls [TK] Where is my order, automating the most common question [TK] Signals from a service chat that make marketing smarter [TK] The future, one brand experience and agent-to-agent shopping [TK] Brands doing service and experience well In-Show Mentions: Learn more about Klaviyo's Composer Associated Links: Check out Future Commerce on YouTube Check out Future Commerce Plus for exclusive content and save on merch and print Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce world Listen to our other episodes of Future Commerce Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The era of the weird, different storefront is over. On Shopify, design that converts beats design that surprises.That is the argument in the third and final episode of our Enterprise Shopify series. Rick Watson sits down with Elara Verret, Chief Digital and Customer Officer at Reitmans, and Isaac Newton, Co-Founder of Pattern (part of Domaine).Reitmans is a 100-year-old retailer with roughly 400 stores. It moved its flagship onto Shopify in under a year. Elara's own team had scoped that work at two to three years.The conversation stays specific. Why the enterprise case for Shopify is agility and focus rather than cost cutting. Where customization earns its keep and where it just leaves you a maintenance bill. What happens when merchants start editing the storefront in VS Code and someone has to ask, politely, to turn off their Sidekick access. And the plateau Isaac sees over and over: brands that grew fast three to five years ago, then watched a dozen copycats erase what made them different.Headless comes up. Both have opinions.The Big Green Bag Of Promise: Enterprise Shopify Webinar Series is sponsored by Avalara, Domaine, and Pattern.The Big Green Bag Of Promise: Enterprise Shopify Webinar Series is not sponsored by Shopify.

Hey comrades! Caro's back on the podcast this week to chat our favorite romance reads of the year so far--the books that made us want to stay up all night reading them. Get out your Goodreads and your Storygraph because you're gonna walk away from this episode with an absolutely stuffed TBR. Enjoy the show! Connect with Caro: Insta; Threads; Wuthering Heights episode WRION episodes mentioned: Part of Your World The Love Hypothesis, Part 1, Part 2 SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

A decade ago, a row of North Park storefronts was cleared for a university housing project that never came. The businesses are gone, the buildings are mostly empty, and neighbors are still pushing Northeastern Illinois University to act. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Bernice Radle, an incremental developer in Buffalo, and Alex Montero of Strong Towns Chicago to ask why places like this get stuck. What begins as the story of one vacant block turns into a deeper question: once a place has been cleared for a future vision, what happens when that future never arrives? The conversation explores why smaller, incremental approaches can succeed where larger plans stall, and what gets lost when neighborhoods are left waiting. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES "Northeastern University Fought To Take Over A North Park Block. 10 Years Later, It's Still Vacant" by Millie DeVore, Blockclubchicago.com (May 2026) Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn) Bernice Radle (LinkedIn) Alex Montero (LinkedIn) Articles Mentioned and Downzone: The Corner Side Yard (Substack) Cerrone (Spotify) Brittania Mine Museum (Site) Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons.

There's no HEA with reproductive choice! Jessica Cale of Dirty Sexy History joins me to on this week's episode to discuss BOMBSHELL by Sarah MacLean (the first in the Hell's Belles series) featuring bisexual icon, Sesily Talbot, and Large American Man™, Caleb Calhoun, plus Jessica's upcoming history of contraceptives and abortion, FORBIDDEN FRUIT (out 1/27/27). Obviously, we talk a lot about birth control, abortion, pregnancy, and women's/gender rights history, so if those topics make you uncomfortable, this episode might not be for you. Enjoy the show! Connect with Jessica: website; Instagram Preoroder FORBIDDEN FRUIT Support the National Network of Abortion Funds SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Agentic storefronts attract divided opinions. From early adopters convinced they're an innovative way to service online customers who need a deeper level of assistance, akin to an in-store sales assistant, to cynics who see this as a distraction from fixing your main website.That's why we invited Jojo Regan, co-founder at Manors Golf, to join us and explain how & why they've launched an agentic storefront to complement the main website. As a self-confessed early adopter of technology, Jojo offers an interesting perspective on the role agentic storefronts can play within an ecommerce strategy.In Jojo's opinion, some brands are missing a huge opportunity by sticking to static, traditional ecommerce experiences. We explore how leveraging AI-driven, conversation-based storefronts can transform customer engagement and boost sales.His vision is for a golf apparel brand that lets customers chat, discover and personalise their shopping journey in real-time, without the limitations of static pages. Jojo explains how Manners Golf is pioneering this shift by integrating an agentic storefront powered by large language models (LLMs). He discusses the strategic thinking behind enhancing traditional online stores with dynamic, interactive experiences that mimic walking into a physical shop, where personalised recommendations and discovery happen naturally.Tune in for the following:The way early adoption of innovative tech like agentic storefronts keeps Manors ahead of the curve in ecommerce.The impact of conversational experiences on key metric, such as a 54% reduction in return rate.The future of AI-enabled shopping: personalisedand highly engaging environments that anticipate consumer expectations.Why early investment in these technologies positions brands as industry leaders in the coming AI-driven retail landscape.How Manors Golf employs a team with creative and technical expertise to produce viral content that drives a top-of-funnel strategy without heavy paid marketing.It's still very early days for agentic storefronts, so real-world case studies will help you build your understanding of what is possible, and what is relevant.

In today's MadTech Daily, we discuss Fox agreeing to a USD$22bn Roku Deal to boost streaming, Pinterest adding Amazon storefront links, and e-commerce giant Coupang being fined a record sum over a data breach.

In der heutigen #kassensturz Folge, unseren wöchentlichen Marketing & eCommerce News, geht es unter anderem um folgende Themen:Google haftbar AI Overviewshttps://www.heise.de/news/LG-Muenchen-I-Google-fuer-falsche-Aussagen-in-KI-Uebersichten-verurteilt-11326867.htmlUnternehmen nutzen Reddit, um AI Search zu manipulierenhttps://www.404media.co/companies-are-using-reddit-to-manipulate-chatgpt-and-google-ai-search/YouTube überholt Netflixhttps://www.digital-i.com/news-articles/press-release-youtube-overtakes-netflix-for-average-daily-viewing-time-while-netflix-channel-achieves-widest-reach-of-2025Meta testet Serien-Featurehttps://www.tubefilter.com/2026/06/03/meta-reels-series-feature-microdramas/TikTok startet Event-App für Großereignissehttps://newsroom.tiktok.com/tiktok-pro-eventsZalando startet DFB Fan-Plattformhttps://corporate.zalando.com/de/unternehmen/zalando-praesentiert-exklusives-videoformat-mit-der-deutschen-maennerPinterest integriert Amazon Storefrontshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/06/10/pinterest-bets-on-creators-with-amazon-storefront-integration/Bots überholen Menschen im Internethttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/bot-web-traffic-overtaken-human-web-traffic-data-shows-rcna348522Siri integriert Googlehttps://borncity.com/news/siri-revolution-apple-integriert-googles-gemini-fuer-eine-milliarde-euro/Wird ChatGPT vor seinem IPO eine Super-App?The Information NewsletterEU-Kommission zwingt Meta zu offenem Zugang für KI-Assistenten bei WhatsApphttps://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/ip_26_1276Facebook startet „Creator Assistant“ und baut KI-Übersetzungen aushttps://stadt-bremerhaven.de/facebook-creator-assistant-ki-uebersetzungen-fuer-reels-ziehen-ein/SHEIN zwingt Seller auf Plattform-LogistikChinese Sellers SubstackDoorDash baut Werbegeschäft zum globalen Commerce-Media-Netzwerk aushttps://chainstoreage.com/doordash-launches-new-suite-tools-advertising-partnersAmazon vertieft Print on Demand Angebothttps://www.theverge.com/news/945905/amazon-alexa-shopping-ai-generated-custom-merch-design-printingAnker Innovations reicht (zweiten) Antrag auf Börsennotierung in Hongkong einhttps://www.benzinga.com/Opinion/26/06/53081911/chinas-power-banks-maker-anker-seeks-hong-kong-ipoBeitrag zu Joybuy Marktplatz-Launch von Andre Alpar> ⁠⁠Zum LinkedIn-Beitrag⁠⁠Max & Kristina auf LinkedIn>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Max Rottenaicher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Kristina Mertens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CreditsLogo Design: Naim SolisIntro & Jingles: Kurt WoischytzkyFotos: Stefan GrauIntro-Video: Tim Solle

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Dr. Mark Grether, SVP and General Manager of PayPal Ads, joins Phillip from PayPal's Manhattan offices to argue that the merchant storefront is migrating off owned websites and into LLMs. This may make the mechanics of customer experience and loyalty a bit murky, but Mark explains how PayPal's "transaction graph,”  built on real purchases across 30 million merchants and 400 million consumers, acts as the deterministic identity layer that the post-cookie ad world has been missing.  We also cover the evolving world of commerce media, from zero-click commerce and CTV attribution to PayPal Ads' newest product, Storefront Ads, which transforms the creative into the checkout.  The Cart Cartographer Key takeaways: Consumers now start product discovery on LLMs, not search engines or merchant sites. PayPal's transaction graph spans 30M merchants and 400M consumers, representing real purchases, not just clicks. Deterministic payment identity beats cookies and probabilistic IDs for cross-channel attribution. Storefront Ads turn any ad into a one-click, pre-populated checkout. Creators run two businesses: generating consumer data, then monetizing it. [00:04:03] "We're not just seeing behavior, we're actually seeing the real transactions. We know what people are purchasing — not whether they search for something or browse for something. We actually see what they are buying." – Mark Grether [00:11:00] "The trick about our identity is it was built from a finance perspective, meaning I need to understand that you are you and not your twin brother. Our identity has to clear a much higher bar compared to probabilistic IDs or cookies." – Mark Grether [00:13:40] "The idea of Storefront Ads is that the creative itself becomes the shop. You're getting exposed to the sneakers, and with one click, you can actually make the purchase. We already know who you are, we know your bank account, we know your address — everything is pre-populated. From a consumer perspective, it becomes super easy to finish a transaction." In-Show Mentions: PayPal's Storefront Ads Learn more about PayPal Ads Associated Links: Check out Future Commerce on YouTube Check out Future Commerce Plus for exclusive content and save on merch and print Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce world Listen to our other episodes of Future Commerce Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, we sit down with Sarah of Lilla + Rose Sourdough Bakery and Steph of Velvet Revival Consignment Collective to talk about turning entrepreneurial dreams into reality.We discuss their professional journeys, the leap into opening a brick-and-mortar storefront in downtown Kewaskum, and the biggest challenges they've faced so far. Sarah shares the art and science behind sourdough baking, while Steph explains how Velvet Revival's consignment model creates a unique shopping experience for the community.The conversation also explores navigating criticism as business owners, the inspiration behind their business names, inventory and marketing strategies, best-selling products, and how they're connecting with customers through local and private events.Whether you're a small business owner, aspiring entrepreneur, or simply love supporting local businesses, this episode offers an honest look at what it takes to build something new in a small-town community.Resources:https://www.lillaandrose.com | https://www.velvet-revival.com/Facebook: Lilla + Rose - Sourdough Bakery | Velvet RevivalInstagram: @lilla_and_rose | @velvetrevivalwi

Konuklar: Tuğba Yurtsever Kara, Eren Dengiz, Gizem Çelikoğlu, Merve Yılmaz Ulaş, Mine Merih Önal 92. bölümümüzde konuğumuz Storefront UI/UX ekibi oldu. Ekip yapısını, projelerini, teknoloji stack seçimlerini ve çok daha fazlasını konuştuk! Trendyol Talks'da Trendyol'daki kültürümüzü, kültürümüzden beslenen iş yapış biçimlerimizi ve ritüellerimizi konuşuyoruz. Trendyol Talks podcast kanalımızı takip etmeyi unutmayın!

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.stcosmocast.comOFFICIAL DISCORD: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/7XBWYR24d5OFFICIAL BLUESKY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cosmocast.bsky.social⁠ ⁠⁠Our Bookshop.org Affiliate Shop, all proceeds go to the show: https://bookshop.org/shop/Ramseslibrary⁠Thanks to our partnets at Titan Manga, we have an advance review of Dark Wing Vol. 3 in English, plus the usual bantern and news you come to expect from this show.TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Intro00:06:14 News00:56:27 Saint Seiya Dark Wing Vol. 3 Discussion02:40:32 ClosingLinks of Interest:Guf's Storefront w/ international shipping:https://gufstore.com/?mode=grp&gid=3110946&sort=nAthe'Art Mythology. Jackie's artist, who is taking commisions right now!https://x.com/Art_atheOrder Saint Seiya Dark Wing Vol. 1, 2,3 and 4 here from our affiliate link and support the show:https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747180⁠⁠⁠ https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747197⁠⁠ ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747203https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747210⁠Universo Saint Seiya: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@UniversoSaintSeiya⁠Team’s Bluesky: Ramses: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/professorramses.vtubers.socialJackie: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/flowermiko.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠Benjas: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/el-benjas.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramses’ Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/ProfRamsesVT⁠⁠⁠⁠MUSIC CREDITS: Opening and Ending by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Cyberdeous⁠⁠⁠⁠ off their album ⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint Sega⁠⁠⁠⁠. Buy this album and many other of their works now on Bandcamp!

Happy Pride Month! Dive into an oldie but a goodie with this episode on an iconic sapphic romance. The pod will be back with a new episode next week! - Hey pals! Today, we're raving over DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE by Ashley Herring Blake. Join grumpy NYC lesbian Delilah and sunshine PNW small town bisexual and single mom Claire as they reluctantly fall in love and try to sabotage their friend's wedding. Delilah Green is possibly the hottest woman we've read in a book. Claire is the cutest. And we fell in love with this book. Enjoy the show! Brazen banter: A pitch for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour! The anatomy of a wicked stepsister! Having children with a man? Cat Scale: 6 Revolutionary Resources Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail Attachment styles   SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.stcosmocast.comOFFICIAL DISCORD: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/7XBWYR24d5OFFICIAL BLUESKY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/cosmocast.bsky.social⁠ ⁠⁠Our Bookshop.org Affiliate Shop, all proceeds go to the show: https://bookshop.org/shop/Ramseslibrary⁠Captialism strikes again as Saint Seiya invades McDonalds in Japan and we discuss it, but more importantly, Tenkai-Hen is here! we talk the first two chapters of the new series in this episode.TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Intro00:01:36 News01:29:40 Saint Seiya Tenkai-Hen 1-2 Discussion w/ spoilers02:56:42 ClosingLinks of Interest:Guf's Storefront w/ international shipping:https://gufstore.com/?mode=grp&gid=3110946&sort=nAthe'Art Mythology. Jackie's artist, who is taking commisions right now!https://x.com/Art_atheOrder Saint Seiya Dark Wing Vol. 1, 2,3 and 4 here from our affiliate link and support the show:https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747180⁠⁠⁠ https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747197⁠⁠ ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747203https://bookshop.org/a/110374/9781787747210⁠Universo Saint Seiya: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@UniversoSaintSeiya⁠Team's Bluesky: Ramses: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/professorramses.vtubers.socialJackie: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/flowermiko.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠Benjas: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/el-benjas.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠Ramses' Twitch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/ProfRamsesVT⁠⁠⁠⁠MUSIC CREDITS: Opening and Ending by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Cyberdeous⁠⁠⁠⁠ off their album ⁠⁠⁠⁠Saint Sega⁠⁠⁠⁠. Buy this album and many other of their works now on Bandcamp!

In this Watson Weekly interview episode, Rick Watson is joined by Lennart Stevens, VP of Product Management for Agentforce Commerce at Salesforce, who walks through Storefront Next, the latest evolution of Salesforce's commerce storefront.Storefront Next is built for developers and for a world where AI and agentic coding are the default. You can spin up a new storefront inside Business Manager with a click-based setup. Under the hood it runs on Salesforce's Managed Runtime as a hosted headless surface, with an enhanced SCAPI layer that lets apps, kiosks, and other channels pull from the same data. The stack standardizes on React, Shadcn, and Tailwind. Existing customers keep their catalogs, prices, and promotions and surface them through the new API.The Watson Weekly interview is sponsored by Avalara - the agentic AI platform automating global tax and compliance for leading eCommerce brands. For more details: https://avalaratax.watsonweekly.com.Lennart also gets into the agentic tooling (agent shopper, agentic merchandising), quiet AI like product readiness scores that flag missing info without nagging, reusable content blocks and embedded Page Designer components, and turnkey industry templates for retail, cosmetics, and furniture that convert well out of the box. He covers the upgraded CLI, the growing library of skills, and support for UCP as the channel-selling standard.The whole point: cut the standup busywork so developers spend time on what actually moves the business.#watsonweekly #agentforce #storefrontnext #agentic

Listeners! Today, I'm joined by author Jenna Voris to mourn the death of YA romance, Sapphic media, and empathic literacy. Just kidding! We talk all those topics and more, as well as Jenna's adult debut THE LONG CON. Enjoy the show! Connect with Jenna: website; @jennavoris Preorder The Long Con (signed copy) Sapphic soccer: Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner; Ripe! starring Lola Tung SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

What if the biggest mistake in your business model is having a fixed address?Most operators spend their careers fighting for foot traffic. Michael Russo went the other direction. As the Chief Growth Officer of Wild Bill's, he bought a veteran-founded craft soda brand and scaled it into a 60-wagon franchise popping up at over 500 events a year nationwide.In this conversation, we get into why going where your customers already are is more scalable than trying to attract them, how to fail with discipline instead of just failing fast, and why direct customer conversations will teach you more than any analytics dashboard.If you're rethinking your revenue model or looking for a smarter path to scale, this one is worth your time.To learn more about Wild Bill's and their franchise opportunities, visit drinkwildbills.com._________________________________________________________Today's episode was brought to you by Square. If you want restaurant tech that actually supports how you run your restaurant, find out how Square can help at square.com/goodstuff.Free 5-Day Restaurant Marketing Masterclass – This is a live training where you'll learn the exact campaigns Josh has built and tested in real restaurants to attract new guests, increase visit frequency, and generate sales on demand. Save your spot at restaurantbusinessschool.com

At first glance, the buildings didn't look unusual. Empty storefronts. Generic office signs. Businesses that barely seemed open. But behind many of them was a massive flow of Medicaid money — part of a growing network of home healthcare companies accused of exploiting loopholes in the system and billing taxpayers for questionable services on a staggering scale.On this introductory episode of Behind The Story, investigative reporter Luke Rosiak explains how he used government data, computer coding, and old-fashioned reporting to uncover a billion-dollar fraud scheme hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Omari Richins, MPH of Public Health Careers podcast talks with Lydia Babcock, MA, MPH, PMP.Lydia uses participatory action research, ethnography, and mixed methods to help organizations identify root causes, close gaps, and design solutions that actually work for communities. Her work sits at the intersection of public health, medical anthropology, policy research, and community engagement, with experience spanning both domestic and global health settings - including serving as a Peace Corps Community Health Specialist in Malawi.Resume Workshop (May 24th): https://thephmillennial.com/workshops/

Portland's city council is studying a vacancy fee — a tax on commercial property owners who can't find tenants — as though the problem is stubborn landlords holding out for higher rents rather than a city that has spent years making itself inhospitable to business. The proposal would penalize property owners for the predictable outcome of Portland's own permissive drug policies, chaotic encampments, and anti-business regulatory environment.The irony is staggering. Portland watched its downtown vacancy rate soar past 30% while businesses fled open-air drug markets and disorder the council refused to address. Now the same council that created the conditions for mass business exodus wants to extract money from the property owners left holding empty buildings. This isn't a policy — it's a shakedown dressed up as urban planning.A vacancy fee won't lure a single business back to a storefront surrounded by tents and needles. It will, however, give property owners one more reason to sell, walk away, or convert commercial space to other uses — accelerating the doom loop rather than reversing it. Portland's council is studying the wrong problem with the wrong solution.CHAPTERS0:00 Opening1:11 Portland Studies a Vacancy Fee2:29 Property Owners Reject Portland…3:52 Portland Ranks Among Worst Real Estate…5:40 Councilor Kunal Proposes Vacant…6:55 Portland Should Cut Taxes Not Add Fees8:21 Portland Commercial Vacancy Rate Hits…9:26 Portland Council Clarifies Vacancy…12:17 Survey: Portland Vacancies Driven by…15:02 Portland Drug Decriminalization Hurt…16:19 Business Leader Says Vacancy Fee…17:14 Portland Street Conditions Shuttering…20:55 Portland Needs Safety Over New Taxes23:05 Businesses Fleeing Portland for Red…Subscribe to @reasonablenews for daily commentary on Pacific Northwest politics and the stories the mainstream media buries.

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Hey comrades! Eloisa James is on the podcast this week to talk about her newest book THE LAST LADY B, first person in historical, gothic romance, Kickstarters, indie publishing, being part of Julia Quinn's inaugural book box, and Shakespeare in romance. You may remember I've mentioned that Eloisa was my advisor in college and arguably the spark that lit the fuse that eventually burst in to the flames of this podcast (did I take that metaphor too far?)--and she is so brilliant and clear-eyed and really has her finger on the pulse of this genre. Enjoy the show! Preorder LADY B from the Ripped Bodice Connect with Eloisa: website; Instagram; TikTok; Facebook *Note: Eloisa mentions that Sonali Dev writes Shakespeare retellings, but she actually writes Jane Austen retellings--still excellent, just a different author! SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

On this episode, I sit down with Sam Atkinson, co-founder of Swap, to get into one of the more interesting infrastructure stories in commerce right now. How do you build the back office that nobody wants to think about, and use it as the foundation for something that changes how people shop entirely?Sam played semi-professional football for West Brom until 18, studied law, worked at McKinsey, ran his own DTC business, and joined a fintech before co-founding Swap in 2023. The through line is someone who kept getting close enough to the hard problems in e-commerce to eventually decide to go and solve them.We get into what Swap actually is, the back office suite covering cross-border, returns, tax, compliance and demand planning, and why building that first gave them something most agentic commerce players don't have: the data, the integrations, and the customer trust to move fast. We talk about the agentic storefront they are already running live, the stats on conversion and returns, how they think about high intent versus low intent shoppers, and why they want to be the agent powering experiences like Brunello Cucinelli rather than replace what great brand teams do. And then the fundraising journey, what it actually looks like to raise capital across multiple rounds, and the state of the fund raising market in 2025 and 2026.Enjoy the show.Book a free demo at: swap-commerce.com/offcuts

Hey comrades! We have romance royalty on the podcast today in the form of Andie J. Christopher, aka the coiner of the Stern Brunch Daddy! We talk about the primordial SBD, Kleypas heroes, yearning MCs, and our favorite toxic hero traits. Enjoy the show! Connect with Andie: website; @authorandiej NYT romance terminology article SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Can you really build a successful clothing brand in a small town?In this episode of Brews & Cruise Podcast, host Chris Jacobson sits down with the two women behind 507 Company, a fast-growing clothing and lifestyle brand based in Winona, Minnesota. What started as a simple idea has turned into a full downtown storefront—and they're breaking down exactly how they did it.From the early stages of building a brand to the realities of running a retail business, this episode dives into the challenges, risks, and lessons learned along the way. If you've ever thought about starting your own business, launching a clothing line, or turning an idea into something real, this conversation is packed with insight you won't want to miss.

Hey comrades! I'm celebrating Autistic Appreciation Month with Birdie Schae as we talk about her upcoming sapphic, autistic, beach volleyball YA romance, SMASH OR PASS. Birdie and I talk the importance of HEAs and providing a  safe spaces for younger readers. This is a celebration of diverse love!  Connect with Birdie: website; @birdienotabird - Insta; TikTok What is comphet? Timothy Janovsky's episode SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

If you are someone who has either grown out of your home-based studio, or you don't even have a spot for a home-based studio, this episode is full of tips for you! I am talking with Heidy of Decor by Heidy about opening a brick and mortar store and some of the choices she made along the way that finally got her to her beautiful store located in Florida. She also shares a really smart idea about outsourcing deliveries and how it's helped the installation side of her business, too. And I'm excited that this month kicks off a new sponsorship and a new partnership with Betallic, who chose Heidy as their guest! Betallic is known around the world for high-quality foil and latex balloons, and for supporting the balloon community through education and inspiration.  If you're looking to grow your skills, be sure to check out Betallic Balloon Club, an online community where you can subscribe for monthly classes (including Heidy's!), learn new balloon recipes and connect with balloon artists from all over the world. Plus, mark your calendars for the IBC event happening October 20-22, 2026, in Miami, Florida.   In the UGlu Hotline, hear one listener's tip for finding what colors are comparable across brands.   Unlock three free bonus episodes!    RESOURCES MENTIONED: Sales Sets Betallic  Havin' A Party Wholesale (save 5% on orders $200+ with code PODCAST) buildwiththeguild.com UGlu by Pro Tapes (save 5% on orders $200+ at Havin' A Party with code PODCAST)  DM @thebrightballoon on Instagram to ask a question or leave advice for the UGlu Hotline! 2026 Bright Balloon Planner  @balloonboutiquebyheidy  - - - - On the Bright Side Apple | Patreon Join the Bright Balloon email list  The Bright Balloon on YouTube 

Portland city leaders are exploring a new “vacancy fee” aimed at tackling the growing number of empty storefronts downtown. With high vacancy rates hurting foot traffic and economic recovery, the proposed policy would charge property owners who leave retail or commercial spaces unused for extended periods, encouraging them to lower rents or find tenants faster. The idea is still in early stages, with the city funding a study to determine how the fee would work and its potential impact. Supporters say it could help revitalize downtown, while critics worry it may discourage investment and unfairly burden property owners.

4/1/26Episode SummaryThis episode explains what Shopify's “agentic storefronts” are, why they matter, and what store owners should do to prepare.It frames a shift in e-commerce: shopping is moving from websites to AI conversations, where tools like ChatGPT recommend and surface products directly from Shopify catalogs.The traditional funnel (search → click → browse → buy) is changing into a single conversational interaction, with AI handling discovery, comparison, and decision-making.Success in this environment depends less on storefront design and more on structured product data, clean metadata, and catalog quality, since AI relies on that data to decide what to show.The episode emphasizes that merchants must shift their strategy from “driving traffic” to being selected by AI, which requires better product organization, clear attributes, and consistent data.It concludes with practical guidance: optimize your catalog, ensure accurate data, and start treating AI platforms as a new high-intent sales channel.Show LinksDatify - https://apps.shopify.com/datifyShopify Help on Agentic Storefronts - https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-sales-channels/agentic-storefrontsShopify Product Taxonomy Explorer - https://shopify.github.io/product-taxonomy/releases/2026-02/Video & Transcripthttps://jadepuma.com/blogs/the-shopify-solutions-podcast/episode-182-a-practical-guide-to-shopify-s-agentic-storefronts 

Hey pals! Enjoy the treat of this absolutely decadent deep-dive into DREAMING OF YOU by Lisa Kleypas with co-host of Fated Mates and co-founder of Derek Craven Day (aka the most important romance holiday in February), Jen Prokop. We put on our analysis hats and notice things about this book that we've never noticed before, proving once and for all why this is one of the all-time great all-nighter romance novels. Enjoy the show! Connect with Jen: website; @jenreadsromance New York Magazine MAGA women article KLEYPAS EPISODES: Ep. 20 - Marrying Winterborne Wallflowers #1: Ep. 75 - Secrets of a Summer Night Wallflowers #2: Ep. 85 - It Happened One Autumn Wallflowers #3: Ep. 87 - Devil in Winter Wallflowers #4: Ep. 96 - Scandal in Spring   SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Today's MadTech Daily covers OpenAI testing an Ads Manager and preparing its Agentic Storefronts feature, Meta being expelled from IAB Sweden while it plans major staff layoffs, and TikTok investors facing a huge bill from the Trump Administration. 

Jake Martin and co-host Landry Smith return after a long break to discuss the current “state of play” for gaming, including major shifts at PlayStation and Xbox, the Switch 2's early momentum, and how PC and console experiences are increasingly converging. They share frustrations with rising subscription costs and debate whether subscription models help or hurt creativity. In Landry's new segment “Let's Fix That,” they call out digital storefront “slop”—misleading, low-quality, and explicit shovelware flooding PlayStation and Nintendo shops—and suggest stronger curation and publishing limits. They wrap with what they've been playing, including Landry's praise for Xenoblade Chronicles X and Jake's surprisingly addictive time with Pokémon Pokopia.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:48 Show Rundown and New Segment02:30 State of Play10:54 Are Game Subscriptions Worth It?14:06 PC vs Console23:14 Lets Fix That - "E-Slop"38:32 What Are Ya Playin'?38:50 Xenoblade Chronicles X44:27 Pokemon Pokopia54:48 Wrap Up and Plugs

Pals! We're back with the second half of Bridgerton season 4! This one definitely goes at or near the top of our favorite seasons for one main reason: it's capital R Romance! Shocking that a show adapting romance novels is at its best when it focuses on the love story, right? We also discuss whether we think Francesca or Eloise will be the star of next season and who we think the new Lady Whistledown is. Enjoy the show! Eloise as a matchmaker video SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Today - Douglas Mayor Jose Grijalva says he wants to be the one out front selling the city to businesses — working directly with property owners and potential tenants, and keeping City Hall in the background until the paperwork stage.Support the show: https://www.myheraldreview.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most businesses start with an idea. The resilient ones start with a pivot.Before Local Fixture became a creative landmark in Whittier, it was an e-commerce hustle when larger companies overtook the market. This episode is about what happens when entrepreneurs read the writing on the wall, trust their instincts, and build something rooted in community instead of algorithms.In today's episode of Amiga Handle Your Shit, Jackie Tapia sits down with Erika and Jason Chung, founders of Local Fixture, to talk about their journey from ranking number one on Google for handbags in the early 2000s to creating one of Whittier's most beloved local storefronts. What began as a search-engine-optimized online business eventually transformed into a physical space designed to foster connections and create a curated local experience.Jason shares how his early success in e-commerce forced him to pivot when corporate giants overtook the market, and how family investment and calculated risk made their first storefront possible. Erika reflects on the vision behind Local Fixture — inspired by Westside boutiques, fueled by the desire to bring something fresh to their hometown, and shaped by the needs of young families craving thoughtful, curated products.Together, they unpack what scaling really looks like: outgrowing a beloved space after 12 years, navigating leases, managing cash flow, and building a team that feels like family. They also dive into practical business lessons — from reading Profit First to prioritizing cash flow, to using organic social media and AI experimentation to stay relevant without massive marketing budgets.Tune in to episode 272 of Amiga Handle Your Shit for an honest conversation about pivoting, scaling, family-run business dynamics, and building something local that big corporations cannot replicate.Episode Takeaways:How ranking #1 on Google for handbags led to an unexpected pivot (04:00)Why competing with Amazon forced a strategic shift into brick-and-mortar (05:00)The role of family investment in launching their first storefront (08:00)How inspiration from Westside boutiques shaped the Local Fixture concept (09:30)What scaling actually looks like after 12 years in one location (10:20)The philosophy behind creating an in-store experience customers cannot get online (11:30)Navigating hiring, delegation, and working as a married couple (14:00)Why passion and realistic expectations matter more than hype (15:40)Why cash flow management is the backbone of any sustainable business (16:00)How organic social media — and even AI — plays a role in modern marketing (18:00)Resources:Local Fixture websiteInstagramTikTokConnect with Jason:Email: jason@localfixture.comLinkedInLet's Connect!WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedInJackie Tapia Arbonne's websiteBook: The AMIGA Way: Release Cultural Limiting Beliefs to Transform Your Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary in Dallas, the Brewer Storefront is the community-service and pro bono arm of the national law firm Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, established in 1995 to provide high-level legal advocacy to individuals and organizations who would otherwise likely be unable to access the "big law" resources they provide. Attorneys Ian Shaw and Josh Harris join us to tell the story of the Storefront, the amazing impacts they've achieved, and their plans to continue making a tremendous difference in Texas and beyond.Learn more about the Brewer Storefront at https://www.brewerattorneys.com/pro-bono.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.

Loon Comrades! You know this couldn't be a book podcast if I only gave you an episode on the Heated Rivalry show. Today, I'm talking about Heated Rivalry: the book by Rachel Reid with my certified Local Gay Icon™  friend, Braun, who says both the show and the book changed his life, and his perspective on the possibilities of queer media. We squeal over Shane, Ilya, Scott, and Kip; pitch some fanfic ideas featuring a surprise guest we're both a fan of; and talk about how the book differs from the show (and which one we like better). Also, stick around to the end to listen to us convince you to run for local office! Connect with Braun: Instagram Fated States Oath (local political donation)   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family! Bookshop.org Storefront: buy a book mentioned in the episode through this link and I earn a small commission Buy me coffee WRION merch! My feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight TikTok: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Comrades! To paraphrase the wise words of Kate Bush, I wouldn't leave you out in the cold, so this episode I'm letting you into the window of my thoughts on Wuthering Heights (the book by Emily Bronte) and "Wuthering Heights" (the movie by Emerald Fennell). I'm joined by Caro, aka @difficultwomanreads, a Wuthering Heights internet scholar and haver of many right opinions about gothic literature. We talk Heathcliff and Cathy as romance MC archetypes, what adaptation really means, and plenty of romance novels to read next if you want that Wuthering Heights angst with the HEA guarantee. What did you think of the new movie? Enjoy the show!   Connect with Caro: Insta; Threads Heathcliff cosplay: @antiquated.omens Episodes on books mentioned: Lisa Kleypas: Wallflowers - Secrets of a Summer Night; It Happened One Autumn; Devil in Winter; Scandal in Spring Lord of Scoundrels Lothaire: Part 1; Part 2   SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, Emily features San Francisco wire sculptor Kristine Mays discussing her politically charged exhibition "State of the Union" at Modernism Gallery. Created in response to the uncertainty and division at the beginning of 2025, the show explores themes of American identity, social justice, and individual responsibility through intricate wire sculptures.Kristine walks through several powerful pieces: "This is America," a frayed wire American flag with beads representing blood and tears; "Human Complacency," depicting the see/hear/speak no evil concept; and "Modern Day Lynchings and Hashtag Memorials," featuring hand-embroidered names of Black people killed by police on silk ribbons. Many works incorporate quotes from writers like Audre Lord, whose words "your silence will not save you" inspired Mays to create this body of work as both political statement and personal healing.She traces her creative journey from childhood craft projects with her mother to her current practice working with construction-grade wire. She explains how she creates faceless figures and sculptural garments that allow viewers to project their own stories and recognize loved ones through gesture alone. The meditative quality of working with wire and its durability appeal to her desire to create lasting legacy work.A major milestone: the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture recently acquired her piece "Hush Harbor." Kristine, who has participated in San Francisco Open Studios for over 20 years, credits her "divinely led" journey and her mother's early encouragement to create without fear of failure.About Artist Kristine Mays :Kristine Mays, a San Francisco native has been an exhibiting artist since 1993. She was the Grand Finale Winner in 2015 of the 5th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series National Competition. This competition not only provided an opportunity to exhibit her work at Art Basel Miami, but she had a solo exhibition at the Scope NYC Art Fair as well, and was also afforded a chance to collaborate on a large scale public mural. Her mural is on the side of the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco on Fillmore and Geary Streets. (It has large wire feathers placed among the portraits that adorn the walls, reflecting the fleeting existence of black jazz musicians in San Francisco.) In 2015 she also participated in the Hearts in San Francisco program, creating a large 400 pound heart for their annual public art installation. The heart spent a few weeks on display in Union Square before going to its final home upon purchase from AT&T.In 2009, Kristine was a featured artist in the San Francisco Art Commission's "Art in Storefronts" pilot program, a project which transformed vacant storefronts and commercial corridors into a destination for contemporary art, bringing a new energy to the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. A participant in the San Francisco Open Studios program for over 20 years, Kristine has also served on the Board of Directors for ArtSpan-- the Producers of SF Open Studios and has participated on several of their committees. Kristine served as the 2011-2013 artist-in-residence at the Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco. She is a graduate of Lowell High School, received her Bachelor Degree in Arts Administration from DePaul University and has occasionally served as a grant review panelist through the San Francisco Arts Commission.Seeking to create impact and change with her art, Kristine has participated in raising thousands of dollars for AIDS research through the sale of her work by collaborating with organizations like Visual Aid, the San Francisco Alliance Health Project and WE-Actx. Her work has received local and national press including mentions in the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, The New York Post, The Washington Post, Source Magazine, Artsy, and the interior design blog Apartment Therapy. She is represented by Simon Breitbard Fine Arts in SF, the Richard Beavers Gallery in Brooklyn and Zenith Gallery in Washington DC.Kristine has participated in programming at the De Young Museum, Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) and exhibited at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles, CA. Collectors of her work include an eclectic mix of people including Star Wars creator George Lucas and the dearly departed Peggy Cooper Cafritz (who amassed one of the country's largest private collections of African-American art). Her work is displayed in many Bay Area homes and private collections throughout the USA.Visit Kristine's Website:  KristineMays.comFollow Kristine on Instagram: @KristineMaysFor more about Kristine's exhibit, "State of the Union" CLICK HERE--About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Dearest, gentle comrades, it's here! The Bridgerton Season 4: Part 1 episode! I'm joined by multi-time guest host, Elodie, to chat what we loved about this season and what we didn't. We swoon over Sophie and want to shake Benedict for being such a dummy. We explore the Lady Danbury/Queen Charlotte subplot, Violet's absolutely *blooming* boobs, and the upstairs/downstairs dynamic. We also rant about what the heck is going on with Eloise's character and give the Michaela antis the set down they need. Let us know what you think of this season in your review or on socials. Enjoy the show! Bridgerton Episodes: Season 1 E1; E2; E3; E4; E5; E6; E7; E8 S2 S3: Part 1, Part 2 Elodie's previous episodes:  When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare Always Only You by Chloe Liese Alison's Francesca/Michaela reel   SUPPORT THE PODCAST by visiting my Bookshop.org Storefront to get any book mentioned in the episode. If you use this link or go directly from my store, I earn a small commission. You can also buy me a coffee, shop some WRION merch, or grab something from my Sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! FOLLOW THE PODCAST on Instagram/Threads @wereaditonenight or FOLLOW ME on Instagram @thealisonfinch Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

This week on Xbox Expansion Pass, the conversation centers on how quickly the gaming industry is shifting — and what that means for hardware, platforms, and players. A Nintendo Direct packed with Xbox-adjacent announcements signals just how normalized multi-platform publishing has become. At the same time, new data shows hardware sales continuing to slide across the industry, even as engagement and monthly active users remain strong. The discussion also digs into the Epic Games Store's record year, what multiple storefronts could mean for future Xbox hardware, and why competition — not exclusivity — may be the defining force of the next generation. Additional topics include: Xbox titles becoming expected on Nintendo platforms Why engagement now matters more than boxes sold The risks and rewards of pricing games at $70+ Live-service optics vs actual game quality What a Windows-based future could mean for consoles

Hey comrades! The state of the romance genre is wild right now and I'm so excited to have author Adriana Herrera on to talk about it. We chat where the romance genre is and where it's going, fanfiction and fandom, community, feminism in romance, and (of course) Heated Rivalry. It was so awesome to hear Adriana speak and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did! Connect with Adriana: website; @ladriana_herrera: Insta/Threads AH2 Collections Her Night with Santa episode   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family! Bookshop.org Storefront: buy a book mentioned in the episode through this link and I earn a small commission Buy me coffee WRION merch! My feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight TikTok: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Omari Richins, MPH of Public Health Careers podcast addresses the pressures faced by graduates as they transition into the public health workforce. He emphasizes the importance of navigating this phase with intention rather than rushing into job applications. Omari encourages listeners to define their personal anchors, choose guiding themes for their career journey, and focus on commitments that shape their actions. He advocates for a sustainable job search strategy and highlights the value of mentorship and support during this critical time.

Hey comrades! It's the first deep dive (deep cut? slice? stab?) of the year and we're really getting under your skin with listener suggested serial killer romance BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynne Weaver. I'm joined by returning guest host Katie to talk about this bonkers romance in which two bonkers people, Sloane and Rowan, fall in love and also murder a good amount of people on the way. Enjoy the show! Katie's previous episode: Morning Glory Milking Farm C.M. Nascosta episode Ep. 80 - Xeni   Dr. Death Podcast Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family! Bookshop.org Storefront: buy a book mentioned in the episode through this link and I earn a small commission Buy me coffee WRION merch! My feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight TikTok: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Melanie Scofield of Jacksonville, OR shares how her battle with cancer led her to create one of the country's best farm stands by focusing on building community, serving others, and being consistentGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/158

In this explosive deep dive, Tara exposes the staggering scope of government fraud hiding in plain sight — starting with $19 BILLION in daycare fraud alone. From Minnesota to California, federally funded “childcare centers” exist only on paper: boarded-up buildings, barred doors, zero children — yet tens of millions flowing in taxpayer money. Tara breaks down how Biden-era rule changes weakened oversight, how fraud metastasized nationwide, and why panic has set in among Democrat officials as investigators finally move in. This episode connects the dots between mass migration, job shortfalls, welfare dependency, and systemic fraud — and explains why independent journalism on X shattered a media blockade that once made all of this untouchable.