Podcasts about strangers

Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Inmn talks with Eric from the preparedness newsletter When/If about his new book Red Pepper. They talk preparedness models, why it may not always be a good idea to bug out, and how building community is still the number one preparedness tip. Find Eric's book at plutobooks.com Guest Info Eric can be found at when-if.com or ericshonkwiler.com Host Info Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.

Have you ever known something could end badly and still felt like the risk barely mattered in the moment?In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, André, Georgette, Melanie, Justin, and Dan get brutally honest about how risk-taking showed up in their lives with BPD. They share experiences with drugs, sex, unsafe situations, reckless driving, impulsive spending, validation seeking, and choices that made perfect sense in the moment and looked completely different afterward.They also dig into what was happening underneath those choices: chasing immediate relief, escaping painful emotions, wanting acceptance, feeling invincible, and sometimes simply not caring enough about themselves to think about what could happen next.Topics include:* BPD and risk-taking* BPD and impulsivity* Drugs and substance use* Sexual risk-taking* Reckless driving* Impulsive spending* Instant gratification and dopamine* Self-destructive behavior and BPDIf you've ever looked back at something you did and thought, “How did that not feel dangerous to me at the time?” this conversation is for you._____This season, we're discussing BPD through the lens of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD). To meet criteria for BPD in this model, a person must have difficulties in at least two areas of personality functioning (Criterion A): identity, self direction, empathy, or intimacy, along with four or more pathological personality traits (Criterion B): emotional lability, anxiousness, separation insecurity, and depressivity (which are sub-traits of negative affectivity), impulsivity and risk taking (sub-traits of disinhibition), and hostility (a sub-trait of antagonism).In the first two episodes of the season, Dr. Carla Sharp, Dr. Frank Yeomans, and Dr. Alex Stein explain what the AMPD is, how it changes from the current categorical model, and how the BPD diagnosis is changing. In case you missed it, here are the links:Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/MD3kL0yQAYUWatch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/KtVhStCqH1A___Love what we do? Your support fuels these important conversations on BPD and mental health. Consider joining our Patreon community to help us continue this valuable work and unlock exclusive content. Every contribution makes a difference!

MCKENZIE, REALLY, IO, AND ROSIE MARX GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF TOPICS THAT VAUGELY ORBIT JANE SCHOENBRUN'S NEW FLICK “SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA” SORRY FOR YELLING This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Our logo is by Robin Savage. And our theme music is by a lovely mountain goblin. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Summary This time on Strangers we have our September feature, Decanting by B. Garden. Decanting is a short story about being a sommelier on a starship with the dregs of humanity. Read along for free at TangledWildeTangledWilderness.orgrness.org. Get copies of the monthly feature by signing up for the Zine of the Month Club on our Patreon. Guest Info B is a sommelier, writer, and aspiring ghost from Earth. You can find B on BlueSky at godcompost.bsky.social or on their website www.godcompost.com https://godcompost.com/ Host Info Inmn Neruin can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Find out more at https://strangers-in-a-tangled-wildern.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-69f62d for 40% off for 4 months, and support Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness.

In the south, college football is our religion, and for 13 weeks every fall, Saturday is our holy day. Weddings are planned around them. Strangers become friends, and friends become enemies during them. And every single one of them starts with a tailgate and a cooler.I met my lifelong friends at University of Florida. I also met friends who I never learned their names. Friends who I stormed University Avenue with (four times). Friends who I painted my body orange and blue with. Friends who I hugged like family when the clock hit zero and the Gators had won it all. And as a millennial, I had a beer in my hand during most of those sporting events. Right or wrong, for me, that just feels right. So when I was pregnant at an Atlanta United game years later, I was a bit at a loss of what to do with my hands. I grabbed a Heineken 0.0, fully expecting to be disappointed, because every other non-alcoholic thing I tried was basically juice. But this? It tasted like beer. Like, actual beer. What stuck with me wasn't really the taste. It was that I still got to raise a glass when Atlanta scored. I cheersed the stranger next to me. I was still part of it.Sports just brings people together. And in a time when it feels like we're socializing less, listening to music in earbuds instead of festivals, and watching the game on our phones instead of with friends, aren't we all craving just a little more friend time?Heineken knows this first hand. From Formula 1 to the US Open, they're betting that shared passion is still one of the best cures for a lonely world. We sat down with Marketing VP Guilherme de Marchi Retz to hear how they're bringing people back together.

Episode Summary During the week in the apocalypse, we celebrate the only election that matters, Fat Bear Week. Miriam and James dive into all the campaign trail twists and turns as well as talking about our connection to wild spaces. Vote at https://explore.org/fat-bear-week and check out some live cams and more bear info at https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/nature/bears-of-katmai.htm. Host Info Miriam can be found making funnies on our. BlueSky. James can be found on the Natural Causes Podcast, on BlueSky @JamesStout.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/jamesstout, or on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Jamesstout. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and BlueSky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness

Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti has spent years entering the private worlds of people he had never met. In Toy Stories, he photographed children around the world surrounded by their favorite toys. In Home Pharma, he portrayed people alongside the medicines they keep at home. And for his CouchSurfing project, he traveled through 58 countries, staying with perfect strangers. https://gabrielegalimberti.com/projects/In this conversation, Gabriele Galimberti takes us behind the photographs and into the encounters that made them possible. How do you convince parents to let you photograph their children? How do you ask someone to expose something as personal as the contents of their medicine cabinet? And what happens when you arrive in a foreign country and put your trust in someone you have never met?We talk about photography as a way of meeting people and crossing cultural boundaries and about what these intimate encounters reveal about our homes, possessions, vulnerabilities and relationships with strangers.

What if the problem with your diet isn't discipline — it's that you've never learned to think for yourself about food? In this episode, our friend EC Synkowski (author of A Good Nutrition Book) joins us to explain why calories, macros, and micros — not keto, paleo, or intermittent fasting — are the real levers that decide your results.We break down her Three Pillars Method — the 800-gram fruit-and-vegetable challenge, a simple protein target, then a calorie baseline built from your real life instead of a calculator — and why it builds freedom instead of restriction. You'll also learn where cravings actually come from, and how to know when you've done enough and it's time to go learn guitar.

Your deal is not the problem. Your DEAL MARKETING is. Jason Fishman has helped 500+ deals raise HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS with one system. His agency Digital Niche Agency (DNA) doesn't do "posting." They run a Deal Marketing Funnel that forces strangers to see you 7-17 times until they invest. If you're waiting for investors to "find" your great deal — you will lose. In this episode, Jason gives you the ugly truth and the fix: The 5-Stage Deal Marketing Funnel Why it takes 7-17 TOUCHES to get one investor Live Webinars are the #1 closing weapon The ad budget that actually moves the needle The mistake killing your raise

Making your first $1,000 selling your woodworking projects to strangers is a huge milestone, but getting there can feel overwhelming. In this episode, I'm breaking down how to land your first customers, sell your work, and turn your woodworking skills into real money—even if you're starting from scratch.

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1 Peter 2:11-21 NIVRomans 12:2 MSG Holy people do not fit in Honorable lives for the sake of others Submissive for the sake of the Lord Sacrificial servanthood for your own sake Keep Christ on your mind

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux answers a listener who asks if he is a hypocrite for treating later contact as evidence against an abuse claim in one case but not in family abuse. He says kids cannot choose or leave their parents and face heavy pressure to stay bonded, while adults can walk away, and he looks at the visit, delayed report and later messages in this case while welcoming the challenge to his consistency.Question:Hi Stef,In the recent Clavicular charges episode you mentioned that you generally find it hard to give accusers much credibility when they stay in positive and affectionate contact with the person they claim assaulted them, and that this contact is evidence against the horror of the situation. I was surprised by this, though you did say residual contact is not absolute proof nothing happened.To be clear, I'm not claiming Clavicular is guilty or that the accuser is telling the truth, this could well be a false or exaggerated claim.I'm currently reading "Talking to Strangers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Spoiler if you've not read it: The former Penn State assistant coach Sandusky case in particular was a shocking anecdote in the book that highlighted that positive residual contact with perpetrators is not uncommon. Many of his victims kept positive contact for years and even brought partners and their children to visit him and the Weinstein case had a similar pattern.I think reasons for this include minimization, denial, normalizing the event, trying to regain a sense of control, practical dependence, power imbalance, and positive elements coexisting with the harmful acts; the same dynamics your shows explain in depth in the context of trauma bonding, repetition compulsion, and secondary gains.So my question is about what makes positive residual contact evidence against credibility for you in one context but a comprehensible trauma response in another? I wonder if you're applying positive residual contact as a "triage mechanism" where no physical evidence and harm has been established so it's serving as a credibility signal, as opposed to a call-in for example where, although it's still a one-sided account, the caller has given examples as evidence of behaviours and events rather than just narrative. Is this accurate?Support philosophy! https://freedomain.com/donate/GET FREEDOMAIN MERCH! https://shop.freedomain.com/SUBSCRIBE TO ME ON X! https://x.com/StefanMolyneuxFollow me on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@freedomain1GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND THE FULL AUDIOBOOK!https://peacefulparenting.com/Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Subscribers get 12 HOURS on the "Truth About the French Revolution," multiple interactive multi-lingual philosophy AIs trained on thousands of hours of my material - as well as AIs for Real-Time Relationships, Bitcoin, Peaceful Parenting, and Call-In Shows!You also receive private livestreams, HUNDREDS of exclusive premium shows, early release podcasts, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/FREEDOMAIN2026

You can enjoy exclusive and intense erotic audio by grabbing your copy of the Wylde Erotic App on the Apple Store.Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey of seduction and sensuality with Beachside Expose!Meet Nick, a young man with an insatiable appetite for excitement and a natural flair for exhibitionism. With his bold and provocative comments, he thrives on shocking those around him, effortlessly navigating the fine line between pleasure and taboo. But when a sweet, innocent couple moves into the neighborhood, Nick's curiosity ignites a fiery desire that he simply cannot resist.As he sets his sights on the couple, Nick's world of negotiable passion unfolds, revealing a tantalizing game of seduction that will leave you breathless. Will he be able to charm them into his world of erotic exploration, or will their innocence prove to be a challenge he never anticipated?Beachside Expose is an audio erotic story that delves deep into the complexities of attraction, temptation, and the thrill of the unexpected. Immerse yourself in Nick's electrifying escapades as he pushes boundaries and awakens hidden desires in those around him.Perfect for lovers of steamy narratives and provocative plots, this story promises to captivate your senses and ignite your imagination.Are you ready to uncover the secrets of desire? Dive into Beachside Expose and let Nick take you on an unforgettable journey of erotic exploration!Get your copy today and indulge in the passion that awaits!

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Greetings strangers, queer and pleasant. Come hear another episode of our podcast. Starring Laura Kate Magnet-Dale & Jane Aerith Magnet-Dale. A couple of queer, trans ladies who enjoy being very very silly. In this episode: Resident Evil Steam Machine Cairn Final Fantasy XIV and more. You can get early access to episodes of Q&PS over on patreon.com/stonedmonkeyradio Q&PS t-shirts available here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/79965780 www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/79965063 Also, if you'd like to pick up our book - based on the awful nonsense of Supremacy Software, it will be available again soon and an audiobook is currently being recorded.

What happens when you take the price off a restaurant menu and simply trust people?When South Minneapolis restaurant owner and chef Dylan Alverson removed the prices from Modern Times Cafe, he thought he was responding to a crisis in his neighborhood. Instead, he launched an unexpected experiment in human nature.Over the next seven months, more than 30,000 meals were served with no prices attached. People donated. Strangers showed up to help. Farmers brought food. Tradespeople fixed things for free. People from very different walks of life sat together at the same tables.And then things got complicated.Dylan discovered that removing the price tag didn't remove the challenges. It forced him and his staff to confront questions about dignity, fear, addiction, generosity, community, and what it really means to welcome people.What started as a gamble became something much bigger: a real-world experiment in what happens when we choose trust over transactions.In this episode of the Kindness Chronicles Podcast, Dylan shares what he learned—and why, after everything he witnessed, he still says:“I have hope for humanity, strangely.”

Ephesians 2:11-22

In Christ we are free to belong because Jesus brings us near, tears down the walls that divide us, and turns strangers into a family being built together by his Spirit.

In Christ we are free to belong because Jesus brings us near, tears down the walls that divide us, and turns strangers into a family being built together by his Spirit.

In Christ we are free to belong because Jesus brings us near, tears down the walls that divide us, and turns strangers into a family being built together by his Spirit.

Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, we have a conversation with the editors of Circle Aleph, a seasonal publication focused on rekindling the Jewish anarchist literary traditions. We talk assimilation, what Jewish anarchism is, and some explorations of folklore. Inquire about the publication, getting copies, or submitting at circlealeph@proton.me or find them on Instagram @Circle_Aleph Host Info Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.

The doctors may have finally pushed things too far. The Psy Wilds come pouring into the lab - coral, mushrooms, and something else entirely.But who did Clarence contact in this other place?And what will happen now that he's face to face with the Lord of the Psy-Wilds?PLAY THE DUST WORLD RPG NOW:We've released the epic RPG Dust world and we want your help. Dust World PBTA is RPG Empire's sci-fi western game that's simple, fast, and Powered By The Apocalypse. Are you ready? Enter The Gun-Filled Lands Of An Obliterated Civilization. Play as gunslinging anime-inspired heroes on their mission to discover the truth behind the lost civilization and its technology.GET THE GUIDE NOW:https://www.therpgempire.com/shop/p/b2ck9ai8u8d7i6j5xs48oojt742uq2Dust world RPG Podcast is an actual play Role-playing podcast like the Adventure Zone Podcast or Critical Role. The setting is a sci-fi western a few hundred years after a great war burned the earth and a virus called white horse dissolved most organic matter into dust creating the wastelands.Dust World RPG is a Powered By The Apocalypse game. Dust World is a Tabletop Role-Playing game created by Paul Parnell Copywrite 2020. The setting was created by Paul Parnell and Michael Yatskar. The game was written by Paul-Thomas Parnell and Dumaresq de Pencier.OTHER PROJECTS FROM THE RPG EMPIRE:Strangers in the Pines: A Monster Of The Week actually play roleplaying podcast inspired by things like Gravity Falls, Stranger Things, and Fringe. It takes place in a small strange town called Pine Forge nestled in the Blackwood national park in Northeast Oregon, USA, and follows, the exploits of 3 unusual high school students as they try to unravel the mysteries of the Strangers in the Pines.https://www.therpgempire.com/strangers-in-the-pinesCONNECT WITH US:Join our Discord Server to chat with us and talk all things RPGs: https://discord.gg/2jnyGv9Follow and send us DMs on Instagram: @theRPGempireJoin the Empire!

Naomi Alderman is an award-winning novelist, broadcaster, TV producer and videogames creator. Her latest novel The Strangers blends memoir and speculative fiction to explore grief, identity and our search for meaning when our lives are uprooted by events out of our control. Naomi joins Anita to discuss why stories can sometimes help us navigate loss more powerfully than facts, and whether the mysteries we cannot explain reveal something essential about what it means to be human.A Scottish nurse has told an employment tribunal she did not believe her union representative took her objections to sharing female changing rooms with a transgender colleague as seriously as she did. It's the second employment tribunal Sandie Peggie has brought over the dispute with Dr Beth Upton – a transgender woman who was born biologically male. And whilst employment tribunals seldom make headlines, this one is about gender-critical beliefs in the country that has been at the forefront of testing these beliefs in policy and law. Anita speaks to Lorna Gordon who is covering this story for BBC Scotland.Morcheeba emerged in the mid 1990s alongside groups like Massive Attack and Portishead, and became pioneers of the British trip-hop scene with hits including Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, The Sea, and Trigger Hippie. They are currently on an international tour, and upcoming dates include the Troxy as part of EFG London Jazz Festival on 13 November. Anita talks to singer Skye Edwards about her life and career, and she performs live with bandmate Ross Godfrey, from their album Escape The Chaos.Why are women waiting months, and sometimes more than a year, for a procedure that can take just minutes? The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare says access to hormonal coils has become a postcode lottery, with women seeking treatment for heavy periods, endometriosis and perimenopause facing long delays. It launches a campaign today called Why are Women Waiting? Nuala hears from Hattie Simpson, who waited nearly seven months for treatment, and Dr Zara Haider, President of the College.

The DOOMSDAY Clock: Are We Getting Smarter or Dumber? | Conversations with StrangersIs humanity advancing or unraveling? In this episode of Conversations with Strangers, we break down the Doomsday Clock and examine how modern culture, technology, and information overload are impacting human intelligence and critical thinking.Key Topics Covered: Understanding the Doomsday Clock and what it means today The Flynn Effect vs. the modern debate on cognitive decline How technology and AI are reshaping human thought processes Real, unscripted conversations with everyday people

This week, we review Resident Evil. We also discuss HMH Brackets in Confessions of a Cinephile, Media Consumption, and more!The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments.Review of Resident EvilDirector, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.comIMDb.com Synopsis: Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.RATINGS:95% RT critic 91% RT audience81 Metascore, 7.7 IMDb user score3.8 Letterboxd, $60,000,000 (Domestic); $48,300,000 (International) Boxoffice Concessions of a CinephileIn this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc…Topic Horror Movie Havoc 2026 BracketLink to View the SpreadsheetLetterboxd list of the filmsMedia ConsumptionMovies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the timeMatt's consumptionFall 2: Deadpoint, Scream (1996), Scream 2, BuddyPrep for HMH: Burnt Offerings, Lifeforce Jon's consumptionThe Dog Stars, Buddy, Onslaught, Fall 2: Deadpoint, Fall, Halloween IIIPrep for HMH: Lifeforce, High Tension, Doomsday, The Lords of Salem, Carrie, Ravenous, The Banana Splits Movie, Rabid (2019)Regal Month of Masterpieces: Double Indemnity, Hud, Rear Window, Strangers on a TrainListen on Spotify | Apple Podcast | StitcherBAMP on Bluesky | BAMP on Instagram | TeePublic MerchandiseJon on Bluesky | Jon on IG | Jon on Letterboxd.comMatt on Bluesky | Matt on IG | Matt on Letterboxd.comBerkreviews.com | WhatIWatchedTonight.co.uk

Manchmal ist es ein gut gehütetes Geheimnis, eine tiefe Sehnsucht nach Veränderung oder neuen sinnlichen Erfahrungen. Eine Lust und intensive Zuneigung, die da war, nicht selten aber unterdrückt - weil die Aufmerksamkeit so lange im Außen lag: So war es auch bei Rosa Rots erster Klientin: Ende 50, verheiratet, Mutter. Sie habe schon seit Jahren nicht mehr Männern hinterhergeschaut, sondern Frauen. Mit Rosa sollte sich diese Sehnsucht nun erfüllen. Die Künstlerin Rosa Rot bietet seit einigen Monaten Escort für Frauen an. Auch aus Protest, um den Mythos zu widerlegen, dass Sexarbeit einzig und allein aufs Patriarchat einzahlt (was sie in vielen Fällen auch nach wie vor tut, das wollen wir hier nicht verschweigen!). Und um zu zeigen: Ja, Frauen sind lustvolle Wesen, es braucht Orte, an denen sie ihre Fantasien und Wünsche ausleben können. Rosas Motto: " Stell dir vor, die Welte wäre nur für Frauen". Heute dürfen Ann-Marlene und Caro mit Rosa in ihre Welt abtauchen, und eine andere, noch wenig bekannte Seite der Sexarbeit zeigen. Seid ihr dabei?

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff    LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/ Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/ Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a real self-made story with Matt Wright, the British backpacker who landed in Australia with nothing and built the country's largest used-car operation before selling it to Toyota's global trading arm for $120 million.   Matt breaks down the COVID gamble that turned a struggling car business into a $500 million empire, the crypto bet that funded his first big move, and why he's now giving away $3 million of his own money to fund founders in Australia, the UK, and the US.   If a broke backpacker staying in a "share house" full of strangers can build a nine-figure exit, your excuse just ran out. This one's required listening.  

The defense opened with scripture. Co-counsel Emily Smith stood before the jury in the Caleb Flynn murder trial, read from Proverbs, and then immediately admitted that her client had an affair. It was a deliberate, calculated choice -- an attempt to take the sting out of the prosecution's strongest emotional evidence before they could weaponize it. Her message to the jury was direct: Caleb Flynn is a flawed man, not a murderer.Tony and Robin Dreeke break down that gamble and then turn to the prosecution's physical evidence. First responders testified that Ashley Flynn was found on the bed with a towel placed over her head. Robin explains the behavioral significance of that detail -- why investigators treat the covering of a victim's face as one of the strongest indicators that the killer reportedly had a personal, emotional connection to the person they killed. Strangers do not cover faces. People who cannot bear to look at what they have done allegedly do.The alleged staged break-in gets the same treatment. The front door was unlocked. The damage to the frame was reportedly created with multiple tools and was inconsistent with an actual forced entry. Robin walks through why people who attempt to fake a break-in so often create physical evidence that looks more like demolition than a crime, and how investigators are trained to spot the difference.Then there is the detail from the first officer on scene. When Sgt. Rissmiller arrived, Caleb was not inside the house. He was outside, waiting in the yard with his two dogs. Not attempting to help Ashley. Not calling anyone else. Standing with the pets. Robin examines what that behavioral choice tells investigators about whether a person is experiencing the chaos of an unexpected tragedy or allegedly managing the aftermath of something they already knew about.Links:Subscribe on Substack: hiddenkillers.substack.comYouTube: youtube.com/@HiddenKillersInstagram: @HiddenKillersPodcastFacebook: facebook.com/HiddenKillersPodcastTikTok: @HiddenKillersPodcastX/Twitter: @HiddenKillersPodLegal Disclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurderTrial #CourtroomStrategy #BehavioralAnalysis #RobinDreeke #MiamiCounty #TrueCrimePodcast

Three details from the crime scene testimony reportedly tell investigators more than any single piece of forensic evidence could. A towel placed over Ashley Flynn's head. A front door that was unlocked despite alleged signs of forced entry. And a husband who was outside the house with his dogs when police arrived, instead of at his wife's side.Tony and Robin Dreeke break down each of those details through the lens of behavioral analysis. Robin starts with the towel. In his experience, when a victim is found with their face covered, investigators immediately narrow their focus. Covering the face is reportedly one of the most reliable indicators that the killer had a personal relationship with the victim. It suggests guilt, shame, or an inability to confront the physical reality of what was done. Strangers almost never do this.The alleged staged break-in is next. Prosecutors told the jury that the damage to the front door was caused by multiple tools and did not match any known pattern of forced entry. The door itself was unlocked. Robin explains why staging a break-in is one of the most common -- and most commonly botched -- elements of a domestic murder cover-up. The instinct to overdo it, to make the scene look more dramatic and more convincing, reportedly creates the exact inconsistencies that trained investigators are looking for.Then Robin turns to Caleb's behavior in the minutes immediately after the 911 call. When the first officer arrived, Caleb had left the house and was standing outside with the family dogs. Robin examines the priority set embedded in that decision. In a genuine crisis, a spouse's instinct is almost always to stay with the victim, to attempt aid, to be as close as possible to the person they love. Going outside to secure the pets suggests a different set of priorities -- the priorities of someone who may have allegedly already known that there was nothing left to save.Links:Subscribe on Substack: hiddenkillers.substack.comYouTube: youtube.com/@HiddenKillersInstagram: @HiddenKillersPodcastFacebook: facebook.com/HiddenKillersPodcastTikTok: @HiddenKillersPodcastX/Twitter: @HiddenKillersPodLegal Disclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#CalebFlynn #AshleyFlynn #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #StagedScene #BehavioralAnalysis #RobinDreeke #MiamiCounty #CrimePodcast

Strangers who never met, on different continents, report the same impossible detail. A four-foot owl in the road—right before an hour of their life vanishes.➡️ Listen on Patreon Today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/theswervepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exclusive episode only on Patreon in The File Room.What is The File Room? More episodes. Early access. Ad-free. Your name shouted out.1 exclusive deep dive every monthUnlock "The File Room" — full archive accessEarly access — episodes drop Sunday (public waits until Wednesday)Ad-free listeningShoutout on the podcastHow It Works: You get a private RSS link when you join Patreon. Drop it into Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast—wherever you already listen. No extra app. No logging in. Episodes just appear.Most of your day is dead time. Commutes, work, errands, chores, tasks that don't need your full attention. The File Room fills all of it with something you actually want to hear.Make dead time the best part of your day.$5 a month. Cancel anytime.I'll see you in The File Room!

Would you be interested in going out to dinner with complete strangers? Axios came up with this concept to introduce new people to each other. Bruce and Gaydos share their thoughts. 

What would make you leave your home and take your family on a dangerous journey, knowing you might still be turned away when you reached the border? That question opens my conversation with Mary Fontana, author of Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the U.S.–Mexican Border. Mary has spent more than 20 years involved with Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, where migrants and refugees are welcomed as guests. We talk about the families behind the immigration headlines, the risks they face on their journeys, and the ways U.S. actions and policies have shaped migration. Mary also takes us inside Annunciation House. Its volunteers do more than provide food and a place to sleep. They live alongside their guests, share meals, learn their names, and build a community together. I was especially moved by how Annunciation House began. Its founders moved into a house near the border before they knew exactly how they would serve. They listened to their neighbors, recognized a need, and opened their doors. Mary's stories ask us to consider both the courage it takes to seek safety and what it means to welcome someone when they arrive. I hope you'll join us for this conversation on Your Radical Truth. Listen to episode 060: https://yourradicaltruth.com/060-Mary-Fontana Learn more about Mary: https://maryfontana.com

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Episode Summary This Week in the Apocalypse, Brooke and Inmn talk about the climate, how the world will inevitably pass the 1.5 degree celsius threshold that supposedly spells doom, underreported climate deaths, floods, and why we probably need different metaphors. Host Info Brooke can be found on Blue Sky @OgemakweBrooke. Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness

Cold messaging gets a bad reputation, especially from influencers who tell you it is gross and beneath them. But here is the truth Ray shares in this episode: most of us do not have the level of influence to just sit back and wait for leads to show up. In this episode Ray teaches exactly how to start conversations with strangers online in a way that actually gets responses, and he tells the story of Christina Danielle, a student who refused to do videos or content and instead became the number one recruiter in her entire company for five years straight using nothing but cold messaging. Ray breaks down the biggest mistake people make when reaching out to strangers, trying to build rapport too soon, and gives you the two specific times when rapport actually belongs in the conversation. He walks through exactly what a prospect is thinking when a stranger messages them, and how answering those unspoken questions fast is what gets you a reply. Ray also shares a real story from a coaching call the night before this episode, where a couple nervous about reaching out to med spas finally hit send on their first message and are already on track to hit a new rank. Whether it is social media or email, this episode gives you the mindset and the exact approach to finally start those conversations with confidence.

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There are some phone calls that divide your life into a before and an after.My guest, Kylie Hammonds, was just 26 when she received one of those calls. Her mom, Tabitha, had died suddenly, leaving Kylie and her brother searching for answers about what happened that night.Kylie takes me inside the events surrounding her mother's death, the fentanyl discovered during the investigation, the questions surrounding her father, and the painful reality of grieving her mom while also grieving a father who was still alive.In this episode:The phone call that changed Kylie's life foreverThe unanswered questions surrounding her mom's sudden deathWhy the investigation left Kylie and her brother searching for answersHow she learned to release the anger she carried toward her fatherWhy preserving the voices and memories of the people we love matters so muchBut this conversation became about so much more than loss.Kylie shares what three years of grief, anger, prayer and healing have taught her about forgiveness, giving yourself grace, and how easily we convince ourselves we'll have more time with the people we love.Later, Kylie's boyfriend Michael Curtis joins us to share how watching her navigate this unimaginable loss inspired him to create Forevermore, a platform designed to preserve the voices, stories and memories of the people we love.And at the very end, Kylie plays the only voicemail she has left of her mom.It's only a few seconds long, but when it's the only chance you have to hear someone you love again, a few seconds is everything.Key Moments:00:00 The phone call that changed everything05:13 Flying home without knowing the truth10:03 Why her brother warned her at the airport15:07 The heartbreaking scene inside the house20:05 Strangers caught entering her mom's office24:48 Her father's story starts falling apart29:10 The addiction Kylie never fully understood33:07 Fentanyl changes the entire investigation38:22 The discovery that changed how she saw her dad42:04 Grieving a father who is still alive49:21 What grief taught her about surviving loss57:30 The tragedy that shaped Michael's view of loss1:02:00 How Kylie's grief sparked a bigger idea1:12:00 Using AI to preserve a loved one's voice1:17:00 The questions that uncover your life story1:25:16 Hearing a loved one's voice after they're gone1:32:12 What she'd give to hear her mom againConnect with Me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyler.hall/Connect with Kylie:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylie_knh/Connect with Michael:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelrrcurtis/

A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC September 13, 2026, the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. “Be Astonished” series. Texts:  Psalm 100, Colossians 3:11-17                               There is something about this Sunday that feels different. Some of it is simply the rhythm of the year. Summer vacations are winding down. School is back in session. Our groups and classes and choirs and ministry teams are coming back to life. Today we kick off another program year at Foundry. And there is an energy that comes with that. You can feel it. There is something that happens when people gather. When we see people we haven't seen for a while. When a room fills up. When conversation and laughter get louder. When voices join together in song. What is that? Over the next six weeks, we are going to explore that question—and a number of others like it—as we begin a new worship series called “Be Astonished.” The title is inspired by a poem called “Sometimes,” by Mary Oliver, a poet whose work has helped many people pay closer attention to the wonder of this world. Near the end of that poem, Oliver offers what she calls “Instructions for living a life”: “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” What a beautiful invitation. And a good reminder in the swirl of life and the distractions that invade our spaces all day every day—so many of which are painful: another act of violence. Another cruelty. Another frightening headline or devastating image. Paying attention to wonder doesn't ask us to look away from any of that. It asks us to refuse to look only at that. Because every day, even in the midst of all that is heartbreaking and wrong, there is also beauty and goodness and love. There are obvious wonders like a spectacular sunset or the face of a newborn baby. But wonder is also tucked into ordinary places: a song that lifts our spirit, a single flower pressing through pavement, tenderness offered in grief, suddenly seeing something familiar as though for the first time. Pay attention. The pain is real. And so is the beauty. The cruelty and grief are real. But, oh, so are the kindness and the love. We can hold these things together. Perhaps part of what sustains us for faithful life is learning to do exactly that. So for the next several weeks, we're going to practice paying attention to what inspires awe and ask what it might reveal about God, ourselves, one another, and this beautiful and broken world. And as we begin, there is a beautiful convergence I hadn't noticed in my initial planning. At sundown this past Friday, our Jewish neighbors began Rosh Hashanah, entering the ten holy days leading to Yom Kippur—days traditionally known as the High Holy Days or the Days of Awe. Days of Awe. Their practice during these days is also about paying attention—to life and relationships, to what has been and what might yet be. They stand in awe before their Creator as they honestly reflect on how they are living, as they seek and offer forgiveness, and turn again toward God and neighbor. What a wonderful reminder: awe isn't only about fleeting moments of wondrous beauty. Awe can give us perspective, help us see more fully, and remind us that us that even amid pain and brokenness, God's mercy and love are also part of the story. The social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent years studying this experience of awe[i] —something poets, artists, and religious traditions have been talking about forever. His research identifies eight common sources of awe, experiences that can pull us out of our preoccupation with ourselves and into deeper connection with others and the wider world. And one of those wonders is, well, look around. It is us. It is other people. More specifically, it's what can happen when human beings gather together. Keltner uses an old sociological term for this experience: “collective effervescence.” Now, I know. That sounds like something you would order at a fancy bar. But you know the experience. You've been at a concert when thousands of people suddenly sing the same words together. (“Sweet Caroline!...) You've been at a game and all of a sudden you're doing the Wave. You've been at a vigil when hundreds of people fell silent together. You've marched with others for something you believe in. Maybe you've been in this sanctuary when we started singing a hymn and somewhere along the way it felt as though you weren't singing the hymn anymore. The hymn was carrying you. Something happens when human beings gather, when our bodies move together, our voices join together, our attention turns toward the same thing. For a moment, the boundaries of the individual self become a little more porous. The world is not only about me and my concerns and my fears and my little corner of existence. I become part of something larger. Collective effervescence is one, scientific way to describe that. The Psalmist simply says: “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness; come into God's presence with singing.” Psalm 100 is not a solitary song. The verbs are plural. The invitation is communal. Make a joyful noise together. Serve together. Know together. Enter the gates together. Give thanks together. And at the heart of the psalm is this: “Know that the Lord is God. It is God who made us, and we are God's…” We are God's. There is an alternate ancient reading of that line that says, “God made us, and not we ourselves.” We are not self-created. We are not self-sufficient. We are not self-made people whose lives belong only to ourselves. We are God's. And God made us for relationship, for connection, for community. Maybe that is part of what we experience in these extraordinary collective moments. Something deep within us remembers. I am not alone. I am part of something larger than myself. Sometimes the person standing beside you is part of how God reminds you that you are not alone. And God knows we need that reminder right now. There is so much anxiety in the air. Many are carrying deep concern about what the coming months will hold for our nation, for our neighbors, for people we love. And this weekend carries other memories and meanings as well. Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, our nation experienced an almost unimaginable act of violence and loss. We remember those who died, those who ran toward danger to help, families whose lives were forever changed. We remember the fear and grief of those days. And we remember something else too. We remember how powerfully human beings can be drawn together. Some of that drawing together produced extraordinary courage and generosity and care for neighbor. Strangers helped strangers. People lined up to give blood. Communities gathered to grieve and pray. And we also know that fear can draw people together. Fear can create a “we.” So can hatred. So can nationalism. So can the conviction that we will only be safe if they are kept out, silenced, defeated, controlled, destroyed. Collective effervescence is powerful, but it is not automatically holy or healing. Human beings have always been capable of becoming a “we.” The deeper question is: What kind of “we” are we becoming? The small Christian community at Colossae was trying to figure out what it meant to follow Jesus in a world filled with competing claims about who they were and where they belonged. Who was the “we” they were becoming? Their world knew how to categorize people just as well as ours does. Those categories carried judgments about who was civilized, who had status and power, who belonged—and who was looked down on, ignored, kicked out. And into that world comes this astonishing claim: “Christ is all and in all.” Differences don't disappear. But the categories human beings use to separate and assign value to one another cannot diminish God's creative design. We are part of something bigger—someone bigger—than ourselves. We are the Body of Christ. And if we are paying attention, if we remember we are created by God to be connected one to another as members of the Body, then we begin to understand how we are called to live and move together in ways that nurture and sustain our shared life. The author of the letter to the Colossians describes it poetically saying to the Body: “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.” Bear with one another. Forgive one another. And “above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” Let the peace of Christ be the rule and not the exception among you. Teach, sing, be thankful together. Practice becoming the “we” you are created to be. Practice. Because Christian community doesn't happen simply by occupying the same sanctuary for an hour on Sunday. It takes practice! Compassion for those we find difficult, humility as we listen to others, forgiveness of those who hurt us, and—Lord have mercy—patience in the midst of all the things…every one of these take practice. And this is why I get excited about a Sunday like this one. Because what we're beginning today is not simply another year of church programming. All those groups and classes and choirs and ministry teams we are launching again aren't just things to fill up the calendar. They are places to practice. Places where we learn to pray and serve and forgive and organize and sing and laugh and sometimes disagree and still come back to the table. Places where we practice paying attention, where we experience awe, collective effervescence, the wonder of being together. What kind of “we” will we practice becoming? There will be plenty of forces in the months ahead trying to answer that question for us. There will be voices telling us whom to fear and invitations to construct our “we” by identifying a “them.” But we are given grace to become another kind of “we.” We are, astonishingly, the Body of Christ. We are given grace to pay attention to the beautiful diversities that make up the human family and the creation as a whole. We are given grace to pay attention to the opportunities for learning and growth all around us. To pay attention to the energy that flows when we move together in the ways of Jesus Christ, when we practice the fruits of the Spirit, when we nurture and honor every member of the Body, when we clothe every thought, word, and deed in love. So pay attention when this room begins to sing. Pay attention when children race through these hallways and somebody greets them by name. Pay attention when people gather around a table and strangers slowly become friends. Pay attention when a group of people decides that someone else's suffering is their concern and figures out what to do about it. Pay attention when someone else's faith carries you because yours isn't quite strong enough that day. Pay attention. Be astonished. Because through it all, beneath it all, within it all, is the goodness of the Lord, whose steadfast love endures forever, whose faithfulness flows to all generations. And that, Beloved, is something worth telling about.   [i]Dacher Keltner, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life, Penguin Books, 2023.

What happens when you open your front door and just never close it? For over 40 years, Rabbi Mordechai Machlis and his late wife Henny hosted Shabbos in Jerusalem for anyone who walked in. No invitations. No RSVPs. Forty years of Shabbosim plus every Yom Tov adds up to well over half a million meals, served to everyone from homeless men to the Archbishop of Canterbury. This is the story of the most open house in Jerusalem.Learn more and support the work: machlis.org✬ SPONSORS ✬► Jwed: Find Your Chosen OneJWed has been helping Jewish singles find each other for over 25 years, with more than 4,000 verified marriages.→ https://jwed.com► Wheels To Lease: #1 Leasing CompanySimple, stress-free leasing on any major brand, delivered right to your house.→ CALL/TEXT: 718-871-8715→ EMAIL: inspire@wheelstolease.com→ WEB: https://bit.ly/41lnzYU→ WHATSAPP: https://wa.link/0w46ce► Colel Chabad: Help Families for Yom TovHelping the neediest people in Israel with food, shelter, and basic necessities, and before Yom Tov that work goes into overdrive. The Pushka App makes giving tzedakah every day simple.→ https://pushkapp.cc/inspo► Bitbean: Software Built for GrowthBitbean builds custom software designed to solve real problems and help businesses scale, serving everyone from TorahAnytime to platforms processing billions of dollars.CALL HERE→ 732-806-1125LEARN MORE→ https://bitbean.com✬ IN MEMORY OF ✬This episode is in memory of:• Shimon Dovid ben Yaakov Shloima• Miriam Sarah bas Yaakov Moshe#IFTNLchaim.

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On episode 264, we welcome Arlie Russell Hochschild to discuss Trump's appeal in rural America, 'the pride paradox' and shame being the natural result of believing you're completely in charge of your own destiny, how Pikeville, Kentucky addressed a white supremacist march, navigating political polarization and learning how to humanize each other, shame and blame as irrelevant to real but complex understandings of the world, the different ways of navigating the emotional distress of a changing economy, and the predispositions fascists take advantage of. Arlie Russell Hochschild is the author of many groundbreaking books, including The Second Shift, The Managed Heart, and The Time Bind as well as Strangers in Their Own Land, which became an instant bestseller and was a finalist for a National Book Award, and Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right (both from The New Press). Hochschild is professor emerita of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. | Arlie Russell Hochschild | ► Website | https://sociology.berkeley.edu/professor-emeritus/arlie-r-hochschild ► X | https://x.com/hochschild_r ► Stolen Pride Book | https://amzn.to/46AHOon Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMomentPodcast ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemomentpodcast ► TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@seizethemomentpodcast ► Patreon |  patreon.com/user?u=32208666  

A late-night laundromat trip turned into something much more personal when she and a friend met two struggling men and their large black dog. Their story was heartbreaking, and although she had almost nothing to spare, she did what she could—food, a little money, and the promise that she would return with more.Everything about the encounter felt ordinary and completely real. But when she came back, the laundromat was empty. The men were gone. So was the dog.Then a woman outside told her something that made no sense at all: she had watched her drive away earlier, and according to her, no one else had been there.So who exactly had she spent that night helping?#AngelEncounter #GhostlyEncounter #MysteriousStrangers #ParanormalEncounter #UnexplainedEncounter #SpiritVisit #BlackDog #SignsFromBeyond #TrueGhostStories #RealGhostStories #ParanormalMystery #GhostStoryLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, we have a rerun of a favorite episode. Inmn is joined by Wōen and Roxanne from the Woven Ends Collective to talk about death, dying, death work, and everything from how to determine who gets to make decisions about your end of life, to how to have your remains dealt with in the manor that you would like, to how to bring community collaboration into death. Scroll back in our feed to listen to part two where we talk about the work of death doulas. Host Info Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness.

A late-night laundromat trip turned into something much more personal when she and a friend met two struggling men and their large black dog. Their story was heartbreaking, and although she had almost nothing to spare, she did what she could—food, a little money, and the promise that she would return with more.Everything about the encounter felt ordinary and completely real. But when she came back, the laundromat was empty. The men were gone. So was the dog.Then a woman outside told her something that made no sense at all: she had watched her drive away earlier, and according to her, no one else had been there.So who exactly had she spent that night helping?#AngelEncounter #GhostlyEncounter #MysteriousStrangers #ParanormalEncounter #UnexplainedEncounter #SpiritVisit #BlackDog #SignsFromBeyond #TrueGhostStories #RealGhostStories #ParanormalMystery #GhostStoryLove real ghost stories? Want even more?Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Jay Haddad hated being a plumber. He lived for the weekends - free diving, waterfalls, surfing, the beach - and when he and his wife had their first daughter at 23, the outdoor life they'd promised each other suddenly got hard. On his first Father's Day, they bought some fabric from Spotlight, watched a YouTube tutorial on how to thread his mother-in-law's dusty sewing machine, and made a waterproof beach pool so their daughter had somewhere safe to play. Strangers on the beach kept stopping to ask where they could buy one. That was the moment Sunny Seekers began - with zero e-commerce experience and a first sewing attempt Jay describes as shocking. In this episode, Jay is unusually raw about the whole grind: a year of failed fabric testing, three supplier disasters in a row, the brutal reality of a seasonal product, and the personal toll of three hours of sleep a night that nearly broke him before he learned to build sustainably. What you'll learn in this interview: How the product idea came straight from Jay and his wife's own friction as new parents - and why being your own target customer can be its own form of validation The scrappiest possible start: a first prototype sewn on a borrowed machine, tested at the beach, validated by strangers walking past asking where to buy one Why sewing in a circle nearly defeated them - and how the DIY version proved the concept before a single dollar went to a factory The year lost to fabric testing: sourcing waterproof fabric on Alibaba, missing an entire summer season, and why Jay is still glad they waited to get it right How he used Alibaba's "request for quotation" feature to find a manufacturer for a product nobody had made before - and didn't even know what search terms to use The unit economics that made it a real business: fabric alone cost $130+ per pool in Australia, but a finished unit from overseas landed at ~$25 and sold for $115 Selling out the first 200 units in a month before Christmas 2024 - and the nagging question that haunted the whole next year: do people buy this after the holidays, or only as gifts? Three separate supplier nightmares - loose threads on 200 units, a botched print at the wrong scale, leaking carry bags ironed shut by hand - and how he pushed through each one right before peak season The Black Friday scaling playbook: starting at $10/day on meta, doubling ad spend as orders doubled, reaching $1,000/day, and hitting a record $50K month in December 2025 The hardest lesson of a seasonal brand: how post-Christmas ads got expensive fast, why he was left holding stock and no cash through winter, and what he changed about looking after himself mentally to survive the off-season If you've boxed yourself into an identity - your trade, your job title, the industry you happen to be in - and quietly wonder whether you could build something of your own, this episode is for you. Jay had no network, no experience, and no idea how to sew. His story is a grounded reminder that the unglamorous grind of prototypes, supplier failures, and slow seasons is exactly what turns someone from "a guy sewing in the back of the house" into a founder. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → ⁠⁠⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠ SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →⁠⁠⁠ https://foundr.com/xero⁠⁠⁠ WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/operators⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH BY JAY HADDAD Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/sunnyseekers_/ Website →⁠ ⁠https://sunnyseekers.com.au/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast⁠