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TPUSA's Pastor's Summit was one of the largest gatherings of faith leaders in America, but it wasn't just for pastors. One of the event's highlights was a conversation on stage between Charlie and Catholic Daily Wire commentator Michael Knowles. Charlies and Michael talk about Dante, the existence of Hell, the spiritual falsehood of the trans movement, and more. Listen in to an ad-free conversation you don't want to miss!Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Summit of Greatness is back! Buy your tickets today – summitofgreatness.comIn this powerful Masterclass episode, a group of exceptional individuals come together to share their wisdom and daily practices that foster personal growth and self-improvement. Through their expertise and experiences, this episode offers a transformative journey towards self-discovery and empowerment. You can expect to gain valuable insights and practical healthy habits that can inspire profound personal growth.Ryan Holiday is one of the world's foremost writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. Ryan shares powerful insights on life, how to be self-critical and self-aware, humility, philosophy, reading, learning, research, and strategy.Terry Crews discusses the recognition of childhood anger, Terry's final push to try therapy, some lessons he learned in therapy, and why competition is the opposite of creativity. After making a big pivot in his life, his talent, hard work, character, and dedication have made him one of the most sought and respected talents in the industry.Gary John Bishop is a leading personality development expert, coach, and New York Times bestselling author for his book – Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. Gary's “urban philosophy” approach brings to light a new wave of personal empowerment and life mastery that has helped countless people in improving the quality and performance of their lives.Gabby Bernstein is a dear friend, an international speaker, podcast host, and, of course, New York Times bestselling author. I've always left our conversations feeling inspired, motivated, and with more tools and resources to improve my life. So, make sure you check out those other episodes. In this episode you will learn,Why people struggle to have courage and how to overcome that.The biggest lessons we can learn from stoicism when it comes to finding peace, wealth, and developing discipline.Why thinking about our own mortality can help us rather than hurt us.How getting revenge isn't the best solution to your problems.Why it's important to own your truth and be vulnerable.For more information go to www.lewishowes.com/1444Ryan's full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/1171-guestTerry's full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/1258-guestGary's full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/1251-guestGabby's full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/1235-guest

Nebraska State Senator goes nuts, check out the video. Summit bike trail passes. Minnesota bicyclists get a new law called the Idaho stop. Johnny Heidt with guitar news as we reflect on the passing of Tina Turner. Heard On The Show: St. Paul City Council approves Summit Avenue Regional Trail plan Kickoff to Summer at the Fair begins Thursday WATCH: Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh chants on floor of Legislature for more than two minutes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie is in Nashville for TPUSA's Pastor's Summit, one of the largest gatherings of Christian leaders in America. Two of the attending pastors, Russell Johnson of The Pursuit and Jurgen Matthesius of Awaken Church, join Charlie to talk about the secrets to growing a faith community, resisting lockdowns, and spreading the message of Christ in the profoundly hostile cultures of Seattle and southern California.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know the episode is going to be good when the guest challenges the host. Justin Breen brought magic to the podcast this is one for the ages Justin is the Founder/CEO of the global PR firm BrEpic and exclusive connectivity platform BrEpic Network. The purpose of his life is to be a connecting superhero for every visionary, abundance, investment-mindset entrepreneur who shares their stories with the world. He is an active member of Strategic Coach 10x and Abundance 360 Summit. Dr. Peter Diamandis wrote the foreword for Justin's latest book, Epic Life, which made the Wall Street Journal/USA Today Bestseller Lists.

F-16s for Ukraine. The United States and its allies are planning to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as part of a long-term effort to strengthen its military. The decision was announced by the Biden administration on Friday at the G-7 Summit, and comes after months of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleading with the U.S. and other allies to provide the jets. Until now, Biden had refused the requests. Tickets are officially live (and public!) for our event in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 3rd. Thanks to all the folks who bought tickets over the weekend — we're off to an awesome start, and on track to sell this baby out! Remember: Our goal is to sell out the venue, and then take Tangle on the road. Please come join us! Tickets here. You can read today's podcast ⁠here⁠, today's “Under the Radar” story ⁠here⁠, and today's “Have a nice day” story ⁠here⁠.  You can also find our previous coverage of the war in Ukraine here, and our latest YouTube video on the border crisis here. Today's clickables: Quick hits (1:50), Today's story (3:51), Right's take (5:50), Left's take (9:18), Isaac's take (13:05), Listener question (16:46), Under the Radar (18:54), Numbers (19:51), Have a nice day (20:26) You can⁠ subscribe to Tangle by clicking here⁠ or drop something⁠ in our tip jar by clicking here.⁠ Our podcast is written by Isaac Saul and edited by Jon Lall. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.  Our newsletter is edited by Bailey Saul, Sean Brady, Ari Weitzman, and produced in conjunction with Tangle's social media manager Magdalena Bokowa, who also created our logo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tanglenews/support

Monday, May 22nd, was a windy but good day for summits and records. About fifty more people summited, advancing the season total to close to 500. The season could end this week as winds will become too dangerous. In this Podcast, we have reached the summit, and I describe how it feels and then the descent to Camp 2. Remember that you can see daily updates on my blog at https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/ Climb On!AlanMemories are Everything --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alan-arnette1/support

Are you a work-at-home mom struggling to balance productivity and personal goals while taking care of your family? The Purpose Driven Mom Summit might just be the solution you've been looking for! In this episode, Cara Harvey, founder of A Purpose Driven Mom, shares her journey of how the summit has grown over the years and become a catalyst for her business. With over 8,000 attendees in 2022, the summit offers practical tips and strategies for moms to manage their mom life without perfectionism or guilt. But planning a successful summit involves intensive work and a well-thought-out strategy. Cara shares her summit process of dreaming, planning, and executing the summit, emphasizing the importance of backward planning and breaking down tasks into manageable chunks. She also stresses the need to balance personal life and summit planning and encourages listeners to take care of themselves and recognize when it's time to rest. So, are you ready to shift your thinking around productivity and join the Purpose Driven Mom Summit?   Join the Purpose Driven Mom Club at: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/club The 15-Minute Formula Book by: Cara Harvey https://apurposedrivenmom.com/book FREE GOAL-SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE-DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast333

Show Notes: John Driscoll is the President of Walgreens Boots Alliance and the co-host of the second largest healthcare podcast on YouTube, CareTalk. In this episode, host Will Bachman welcomed John to the show. John has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, having played a leading role in creating successful companies like MedCo, Surescripts, Oxford Health Plans, and Care Centrix. John discusses topics such as monkeypox, mask mandates, baby formula shortages, Silicon Valley Bank's failure, and healthcare related topics. He also shares his  opinions on a variety of healthcare issues.  The Future of Pharmacies  John started his career in health care after being influenced by his mother, a nurse. After college, he developed housing programs for homeless and mentally ill people. He then became a management consultant, before moving to Asheville Health Plan. He has worked in multiple parts of the health industry spectrum, gaining experience in Medicare and Medicaid.  He has found his career to be full of big and challenging problems, but is motivated to improve the world and create successful businesses. His main initiatives involve investing in Village MD, Summit, and Espadin Shield Specialty Pharmacy to show how an integrated pharmacy and clinical model can improve outcomes at lower cost. Walgreens is also working with health plans and has 9000 stores and 90,000 clinicians to provide access and convenience, trust, and traffic. Their goal is to become essential in healthcare by leveraging their expertise in retail and pharmacy services. He discusses how pharmacies can become better partners to health plans by taking advantage of their advantages in brand marketing, trust, convenience, and patient specificity. He shares  a specific example of how a large regional health plan achieved a return rate of three times greater on colorectal screenings than before they partnered with the pharmacy. The pharmacy was also able to increase the rate of colorectal screenings up to 51% in underserved areas due to the support of non-clinical personnel in their stores. Additionally, the pharmacy is partnering with health plans to reduce admissions to nursing homes by 20% through nurse visits, follow-ups, and care navigation. The system leads to better patient and contact information.  Overall, the pharmacy is providing an invaluable service in helping health plans lower costs while improving outcomes. He explains how his company invests in bespoke automation machines to allow pharmacists to spend more face-to-face time with patients, and how pharmacists could be more involved and take on more responsibility in the treatment of patients and how this would expand access to more care in an overburdened health system. Pharmaceutical Healthcare,  the Pandemic, and Value-based Care John reflects on  health regulations and restrictions and also the risk taking and flexibility that came into place under the COVID pandemic. He confirms how important it is to prepare for pandemics in terms of vaccine supplies, communication, and pre-deploying and integrating national and state employees in operations. He also notes the critical role of pharmacies in crisis situations. He tackles the issue of employee burnout and the current pharmacist shortage and the steps Walgreens is taking to solve the problem across states. On value-based care, he explains how it is the future, especially in the U.S. where healthcare is more expensive than any country in the world, how this is unacceptable, and how this should be approached to address health issues earlier to avoid hospitalization.  The CareTalk Podcast  John talks about the inspiration and intention of his podcast, what the content is and what has surprised him throughout the conversations. Guests that have been on his podcast include Andy Slavitt, Zeke Emanuel, Tony Cosgrove, and Amy Abernathy. When asked what he learned from his guests,  John shares that he was surprised to find out that even though healthcare is very complicated and people are in silos, there is still room for novel and provocative opinions that can be explained. He also found out that everybody knows that drug costs are too high, but there are practical ways to bring them down without destroying the biotechnology industry that is creating new drugs to cure aging and extend lifespans.  The podcast explores various issues surrounding health care and how to best address them. Toby Cosgrove from the Cleveland Clinic brought up the importance of creating heart-centered care in a large inner city hospital. It was noted that there are a lot of people working on solutions to healthcare problems, such as telehealth and AI to solve labor shortages. He also touches on the potential for AI and Chat GPT to be used in health care. While it is still early days, he mentions that there have been some companies experimenting with using these tools. Health Care and AI John talks about the impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare. He believes that AI has the potential to reduce administrative costs and waste in healthcare by simplifying billing and reconciliation processes. He also believes that AI can help in drug discovery, clinical pathways, and personalized care.  He is looking forward to having guests on CareTalk with whom he can discuss the economy, healthcare costs, and the pandemic's effect on inflation. He wants to discuss  the current chaotic economic landscape that is impacting healthcare, and the labor industry in particular. He mentions the growth of traveling nurses who are paid by private equity firms and how hospitals have had the worst six months financially in US history. He sources his information from HealthTech Nerds,  the Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Health Affairs, and Jim and Science,  the MIT Tech Review, Science and Cell, all as good sources of information. He suggests Kaiser Family Foundation and Kaiser Health News as exceptional sources, as well as government sources such as CMS for basic data. Timestamps 03:20 Walgreens Boots Alliance's Healthcare Initiatives 06:35 Partnering with Health Plans to Improve Outcomes and Lower Costs 09:52 Improving Patient Care Through Pharmacist Interaction 10:48 Automated Fulfillment Centers and Patient Care at Walgreens 28:45 Healthcare Innovations  31:54 Exploring Solutions to Healthcare Challenges 32:15 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare  36:49 Exploring the Impact of the Changing Labor Industry on Healthcare  Links: https://www.caretalkpodcast.com/ https://www.walgreens.com/ Unleashed is produced by Umbrex, which has a mission of connecting independent management consultants with one another, creating opportunities for members to meet, build relationships, and share lessons learned. Learn more at www.umbrex.com.

Seven leaders from some of the globe's most powerful nations met in Japan on Friday, seeking to reduce dependence on China while maintaining ties with the world's second-largest economy. Many also are urging Beijing to use its influence for good, to bring the Russia-Ukraine conflict to a close. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Do you "trust" God, but still have a tight grip on your finances? Relationships? Future? God truly has the best planned for us on the other side of trusting Him with everything we're still holding on to. So how do we grow in trust? Go all in, surrender your understanding, and bring Him in. Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/49079912 Paradigm is a weekly gathering of Kansas City college and 20s-30s young adults who desire to see Jesus made known throughout the city! Want to come & see? Email us at paradigm@livingproof.co to give us a heads up so we can greet you, or just show up any Tuesday night at 7pm to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a relaxing environment, hear messages relevant to college and young professionals, and build relationships with other young adults. Subscribe to the ParadigmKC podcast and YouTube, follow us on Instagram & Facebook, find our location, and learn more at http://paradigmkc.com/.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: Although numerous whistleblowers reported abuse of power by the federal government at a House Select Committee hearing on Thursday, Newsbusters notes that the country's major nightly news broadcasts—ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Evening News—did not report on the hearing at all. While speaking with former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman, MSNBC host Nicole Wallace exclaimed that the FBI whistleblowers—who testified before Congress about FBI abuses of power—were guilty of insubordination. Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about the G7 Summit taking place in Japan. President Joe Biden is expected to leave the Summit early to engage in debt ceiling negotiations with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Republicans. Dr. Coates also weighs-in on the U.S. State Department adding pronouns to the emails of all its employees—in the process mislabeling the genders of many officials. PLUS, the Pentagon announces a $3 billion “accounting error.”

The Durham report shows Barack Obama spied on President Donald Trump, knowing he was innocent. Communist China announces what it is willing to do to conquer democratic Taiwan. Articles from the latest issue of the Philadelphia Trumpet. And a discussion about a railroad. Links [01:56] Obama and Russia Hoax (11minutes) America Under Attack [13:13] China-Taiwan (10 minutes) “Taiwan Betrayal” [23:07] G-7 Summit (8 minutes) “Breathing Fire on the Trans-Atlantic Alliance” [30:52] Turkey Elections (8 minutes) Obadiah: The Most Terrifying Message in the Bible [39:20] Iran-Russia Railway (15 minutes)

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Once an outcast from the international community, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is attending an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia today. It's the first one he's attended since Syria was suspended from the regional body 12 years ago at the outset of the country's brutal civil war. We'll hear from an opposition activist who's deeply upset by the invitation extended to the al-Assad regime. Also in the programme: why the people of central Somalia are gasping from drought, but now fleeing flash floods; and how one researcher uncovered a new date for the first recorded kiss. (Photo shows Bashar al-Assad arriving in Jeddah to attend the Arab League summit. Credit: SANA/Handout via Reuters)

Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about the G7 Summit taking place in Japan. President Joe Biden is expected to leave the Summit early to engage in debt ceiling negotiations with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Republicans. Dr. Coates also weighs-in on the U.S. State Department adding pronouns to the emails of all its employees—in the process mislabeling the genders of many officials. PLUS, the Pentagon announces a $3 billion “accounting error.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/19/2023): 3:05pm- On Thursday, several Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblowers testified before a House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The hearing addressed alleged abuses of power by leadership within the FBI. 3:15pm- In his latest editorial at National Review, Andrew C. McCarthy writes: “Even before the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, congressional Democrats had formulated a plan to project the illusion that the most perilous threat to American national security—not just in our time but in our history—was domestic terrorism fueled by white supremacists… House Democrats were proposing their so-called ‘Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act'… The real purpose of this legislation is twofold: (1) stigmatize as terrorism policies that progressives oppose; (2) establish in law requirements that induce the FBI and other federal agencies to inflate the number of domestic-terrorism investigations.” You can read McCarthy's full editorial: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/democrats-cook-the-fbis-books-on-domestic-terrorism/ 3:30pm- Rich has to remember to grab his trunk meat…what??? 3:40pm- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower Steve Friend alleged that Director Christopher Wray is content with the way his bureau has become overtly politicized. 4:05pm- Although numerous whistleblowers reported abuse of power by the federal government at a House Select Committee hearing on Thursday, Newsbusters notes that the country's major nightly news broadcasts—ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Evening News—did not report on the hearing at all. 4:20pm- While speaking with former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman, MSNBC host Nicole Wallace exclaimed that the FBI whistleblowers—who testified before Congress about FBI abuses of power—were guilty of insubordination. 4:30pm- Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about the G7 Summit taking place in Japan. President Joe Biden is expected to leave the Summit early to engage in debt ceiling negotiations with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Republicans. Dr. Coates also weighs-in on the U.S. State Department adding pronouns to the emails of all its employees—in the process mislabeling the genders of many officials. PLUS, the Pentagon announces a $3 billion “accounting error.” 5:05pm- The Drive at 5: While speaking with FBI whistleblowers at Thursday's House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Rep. Matt Gaetz' (R-FL) questioning seemingly revealed that undercover officers were present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Gaetz tweeted that this is despite FBI Director Christopher Wray saying otherwise. On Friday, Gaetz held a press briefing to further address the explosive Congressional testimony. 5:15pm- On his MSNBC show, Chris Hayes claimed it was hypocritical for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to advocate for the prevention of “gender affirmation care” for children while concurrently arguing for parental rights in education. 5:25pm- During a Zoom meeting to discuss nominees to serve on the King County Regional Homelessness Authority Board in Seattle, co-chair of the committee Shanee Colston lost her mind when someone objected to appointing a convicted child rapist to the board—bizarrely defending the selection by exclaiming, “this is about equity!” You can read more here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12096893/Screaming-Seattle-official-tells-meeting-shes-glad-support-PEDOPHILE-homelessness-board.html 5:40pm- James Varney—Writer at RealClearInvestigations—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent story, “Court Backlog Clog: It's the Story of Immigration Now and It's Growing Inexorably Worse.” Varney writes: “The average wait time for a ‘Notice to Appear' before a judge at one of the nation's 66 immigration courts is now four and a half years. In some cities it is much longer. In New York City, new migrants do not have to appear in court until 2032.” Locally, the backlog in Mount Laurel, New Jersey is over 4,000—with no new court dates for migrants until May of 2026, according to estimations. You can read the full article here: https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/05/15/the_backlog_clog_its_the_story_of_immigration_now_and_its_growing_inexorably_worse_899422.html 5:50pm- While speaking at the Austria World Summit, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued that climate change has “always been on humanity's mind” including in “scriptural traditions.” Does that mean Noah was the first victim of global warming? 6:05pm- According to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) filing, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted warrantless searches against U.S. citizens nearly 300,00 times between November 2020 and November 2021. 6:25pm- Tom Szymanski—Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican Party—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a bill proposed by Democrats that would prevent Sheriff Shaun Golden from serving as Monmouth County GOP Chairman. Thankfully, the bill has been pulled. 6:45pm- In his latest piece at National Review, Jeff Zymeri writes: “Justice Neil Gorsuch has penned a passionate polemic against the emergency powers that were widely used during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that while they may have solved some problems, they created many others. Gorsuch's statement came in the Supreme Court's final word on the effort of a group of states to challenge the end of Title 42.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gorsuch-condemns-the-breathtaking-use-of-emergency-powers-during-covid/

Markets turning lower on reports that debt ceiling negotiations have stalled as President Biden attends the G-7 Summit in Japan. We look at how to position your portfolio. Plus, is AI an existential threat or a big opportunity for cloud companies? We'll debate. And if only a handful of mega-cap tech companies are propping up the market, is it time to trim tech? We'll ask one technician tracking the data. 

Apple, wary of leaks, is restricting employee use of ChatGPT and other external AI tools. TikTok creators sue Montana over the state's ban of the social-media app. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As world leaders convene in Japan for the G7 summit, contemporary concerns including climate change and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are on the agenda alongside a resurgent worry: nuclear war.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Detrow, and international correspondent Anthony Kuhn.The podcast is produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Unlock access to this and other bonus content by supporting The NPR Politics Podcast+. Sign up via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.

This week, Erin and Sara discuss lip blushing, time management, worst kisses, getting out of your own head, and more.Executive Producers: Erin Foster, Sara Foster, and Allison BresnickAssociate Producer: Montana McBirneyAudio Engineer: Josh WindischThis episode is sponsored by: Athletic Greens (athleticgreens.com/foster)Hungryroot (hungryroot.com/foster)LMNT (drinklmnt.com/foster)BetterHelp (betterhelp.com/foster)Hiya (hiyahealth.com/foster)Foria (foriawellness.com/foster)

Japan is set to host the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, the site of one of the only two nuclear attacks in history. Also, a comedy group in China is being heavily fined for a viral joke that made light of a Chinese military slogan. And, a longtime ban on dreadlocks at elementary schools in Malawi has been lifted. Plus, we hear the second part of report on how a Sudanese warlord rose to power, while operating with impunity.

Karuna Rawal is the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of Nature's Fynd and Martha Williams is a consultant with Egon Zehnder specializing in the retail and consumer sectors.This is the second installment of three episodes inspired by the 2023 Marketing Leadership Summit at the Kellogg School at Northwestern. The Summit is an annual gathering, organized by Kellogg faculty, with executives from Egon Zehnder and McKinsey.Nature's Fynd is a remarkable company that emerged from NASA research on microbes in Yellowstone National Park, where they unearthed a groundbreaking nutritional fungi protein. This protein offers a sustainable alternative to traditional agriculture methods by significantly reducing resource consumption. The company has raised more than $500 million in capital, and its first consumer products are breakfast patties and dairy-free cream cheese. During this episode, Jim, Karuna and Martha discuss purpose, leadership, and resilience while reflecting on the summit. They provide advice on navigating career changes and Karuna shares what it's like to be the CMO of a unicorn company.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Since the launch of Chat GPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has been dominating headlines, sparking excitement but also concern over the pace at which the technology is developing and driving misinformation.The UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, Amandeep Gill, is busy working on a Global Digital Compact to be adopted at the UN's Summit of the Future in 2024 – a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity for leaders to agree on common principles for addressing tech challenges.Ahead of Wednesday's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, he has been talking to UN News's Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer about using AI for good, why it's not too late to regulate, and how getting AI governance right will be important for multilateralism itself.

Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamous Pack 31- a group of hikers that met online and named themselves after the date they started, March 1, 2003. This community, built on meetings at the ALDHA Gathering and a thousand online hours, still remain friends to this day and Liteshoe, along with many of those original Pack 31 folks can often be found at the Gathering, sharing their stories and knowledge with a new class of hikers. Guest Links- The Ordinary Adventurer- https://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Adventurer-Vermonts-Adventurers-Musings/dp/0979708109/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NFP8PYVQADLE&keywords=jan+leitschuh&qid=1644972714&sprefix=jan+leitschuh%2Caps%2C83&sr=8-1 Connect with Anna, aka Mud Butt, at info@traildames.com You can find the Trail Dames at: Our website: https://www.traildames.com The Summit: https://www.traildamessummit.com The Trail Dames Foundation: https://www.tdcharitablefoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traildames/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/traildames/ Hiking Radio Network: https://hikingradionetwork.com/ Hiking Radio Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingradionetwork/ Music provided for this Podcast by The Burns Sisters "Dance Upon This Earth" https://www.theburnssisters.com

If you missed the She Who Wins conference, we've got you covered. Erin and Nicole are here to give you the inside scoop. Erin had an amazing opportunity to take the stage as a speaker, sharing her knowledge and expertise with the audience. And with all the other incredible speakers from the event, they too had some serious ahas and takeaways. From learning how to step up their networking game to realizing their own self-worth, these two left feeling empowered and they're here to give you all the details. You'll also want to tune in for Nicole's hilarious and inspirational story about her 4-hour trip to T-Mobile! So kick back, relax, and get ready for some serious insight - you don't want to miss out on this!   If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple “plays” to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie   To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: hello@bauthenticinc.com  If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration!  Follow b Cause on Twitter (really it's mostly Nicole)   Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram  Join the b Cause Podcast Facebook Group    Take our simple, fun and insightful"What's your workplace superhero name?”quiz  Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book,"You Do You (ish)" Check out our blog for more no-BS career advice Work with Us Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsustainable for younger audiences. Tweetable Comments “You have no idea where something can unfold. Try it. Try something that feels comfortable to you.” “Doing everything in the moment is not always the answer.” “The perfectionist in me wants to do everything awesome, and it wants to do everything perfect. It wants to do everything the way it's supposed to be done, but there is no supposed to be.” “I'd always said to myself, “You're okay, Nicole. You don't have broken down cars on your lawn. You don't have a toilet on your lawn. You're okay.” And guess what? I now have a toilet on my lawn.”  

During this walk, we discuss all things player development. Truly a global conversation, panelists will speak from their lived experiences as well as from their professional roles and responsibilities. Discussion Points: NFL International Football Development Player development at the NBA Africa Academy and within the Global South Future of player development across professional and collegiate sports Decentering Western ways of knowing in player development programming Increasing non-male representation in player development roles Panelists: Dr. Lacee' Carmon-Johnson, Manager, Basketball Advancement, Toronto Raptors Will Bryce, NFL International Ed Jones, Founder and CEO, Beyond the Field Program, LLC Alfred Roland Aboya Baliaba, Head Coach, NBA Africa Academy Facilitator: Tim Bryson, Founder/CEO, Walk With TFB, LLC This is a recorded session from the 2023 Internationalization and Athletics Summit, hosted by Walk With TFB. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkwithtfb/support

Join me today for Episode 727 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: - Use discount code NoKYCwSE for 15% off of ColdCard Mk4 hardware wallet - Ledger gets stupid - River and it's $35 Million funding round - MiCA has been approved - Nigeria warms up to Bitcoin - MicroStrategy's 2023 Summit now on video #Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd #BTC Articles: Coinkite for ColdCards: https://coinkite.com/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/trusted-seller-vends-fake-trezor-wallets-stealing-crypto-kaspersky https://decrypt.co/140317/ledger-crypto-wallet-under-fire-over-seed-phrase-recovery-service https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/us-31-trillion-debt-makes-bitcoin-case https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/05/16/one-million-individual-wallets-now-hold-a-whole-bitcoin/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/river-announces-35-million-series-b-fundraising-round https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/nostr-app-manager/ - https://www.cnbc.com/futures-and-commodities/ - https://bitinfocharts.com/ - https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/ - https://mempool.space/ - https://fountain.fm/charts https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-council-approves-mica-regulations https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nigeria-regulation-friendly-to-bitcoin https://decrypt.co/140295/valkyrie-files-btfd-ticker-leveraged-bitcoin-futures-etf-application https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/microstrategy-bitcoin-lightning-for-corporations-talks-online/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-argentina-launches-introduction-to-lightning-course Find me on nostr npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub) 6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex) StackerNews: stacker.news/NunyaBidness Podcasting 2.0: fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Instagram: instagram.com/bitcoin_and Mastodon: noagendasocial.com/@NunyaBidness Support Bitcoin And . . . on Patreon: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcast Find Lightning Network Channel partners here: https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx (Nodestrich) https://t.me/plebnet (Plebnet) Music by: Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Misty O. chats with Shannon about her experience with The Summit by Varsity cheer competition at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. She shares lessons she's learned from attending with her daughter for multiple years. After the competition, Misty and her family added on a Walt Disney World vacation with several days in the parks. This trip was the first opportunity for her youngest son to ride major rides. Listen to hear what Misty thought of their first experience with DAS pass and their inaugural stay at the Polynesian DVC studios. Post trip begins at 47 minutes. Links: Cheer competition FAQs 2023 Complete Guide to Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival Dine with Orcas Guide to Disability Access Service at Disney World Disney World Touring Strategies 7 Step Disney World Planning Process Leave me a message (including trip report submissions) Please use the SpeakPipe link below to leave us a message with your first name, location, and trip info. You can do that using your computer or phone at https://www.speakpipe.com/WDWPrepToGo   Subscribe to get new episodes There are a few ways to get new episodes of WDW Prep to Go (if you're used to listening on the website, subscribe so you can take new episodes with you on your phone) Subscribe in iTunes  (and please leave a review!) Subscribe in Google Podcasts Listen on Stitcher Follow on social media Instagram Twitter Facebook Pinterest TikTok YouTube Become a Patron Get a quote request for a future trip from Small World Vacations Visit the site Things we recommend   Affiliate Links: Amazon DVC Rentals Quicksilver Tours and Transportation Small World Vacations Designer Park Co - Use code “WDWPrep” to save 10%

Prior to our client summit, I had personal experience launching courses and high-ticket programs through virtual summits. Truthfully, I thought that memberships were "less than" and didn't really understand the appeal...but that has changed! In this episode, I'm sharing the truth about launching a membership through a virtual summit, keys to the strategy, and why I think every membership site owner (who enjoys big projects) should give it a try! For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/225

John Bush joins us for an extra episode to chat about Exit and Build Land Summit III, the 60 day exit plan, living your best life in the meantime, the great reset agenda and getting connected in your local community using tech and the infrastructure.   We also talk about crypto, workshops, advice for homesteading, solar and wind, off grid, the Great Reset, Freedom Cells, setting goals, and finding out what you really want.   Check out the Summit coming up May 18-22, 2023   livefree.academy   https://livefree.academy/op/exit-and-build-land-summit-iii-registration/   John Bush has been an activist for over 20 years.  He's done all of the “fighting” you're supposed to do to change the government, hold corrupt corporations accountable, and take back our liberty. ALL that effort fighting the machine didn't produce an ounce of lasting liberty.  His activist struggles simply slowed the march of tyranny, rather than creating more freedom.  That's when John switched his focus from being an activist to being an entrepreneur, a creator, and a builder of liberty.    He birthed the concept of Freedom Cells, which, which the help of other activists like Derrick Broze, has blossomed into a GLOBAL web of radical freedom-loving people trading with each other, forming real-life communities together, protecting one another, and paving the way for a free future.    EXIT AND BUILD LAND SUMMIT III   This is the ONLY event in the world gathering some of the top experts in the most important areas of freedom, including: The biggest names in the permaculture industry giving exclusive presentations on growing bushels of your own food on any-sized property. World-renowned experts in survivalism and off-grid living sharing their secrets of living a sovereign life on the land (including alternative energy, water collection, food production, and more). Veterans in the rural real estate industry revealing trade secrets for getting high-quality land at the best prices (even in this economy). Seasoned community creators and builders showing you how to join one of the HUNDREDS of existing intentional communities or make your own to create the ultimate lifestyle of liberty, a built-in parallel economy, and power in numbers. Legal experts breaking down their insights and strategies for using your state, county, and town's laws in your favor, structuring land deals with other community members, and setting up contracts to make communities work better together And so many more.   They're going to reveal proven plans and strategies for ANYONE in any situation to acquire land, produce their own food, and build or join a safe, friendly, and pro-freedom intentional community.   Help support the show, because we can't do it without ya. If you value this content with 0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites, please assist. Many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!!   Support the show directly: https://www.patreon.com/grimerica Our Audiobook Site: www.adultbrain.ca Our Audiobook Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@adultbrainaudiobookpublishing/videos Grimerica Media Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@grimerica/featured Darren's book www.acanadianshame.ca Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin www.contactatthecabin.com Other affiliated shows: www.grimerica.ca The OG Grimerica Show www.Rokfin.com/Grimerica Our channel on free speech Rokfin Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimericans  Https://t.me.grimerica https://www.guilded.gg/chat/b7af7266-771d-427f-978c-872a7962a6c2?messageId=c1e1c7cd-c6e9-4eaf-abc9-e6ec0be89ff3 Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: Champignon Magique  Mushroom Spores, Spore Syringes, Best Spore Syringes,Grow Mushrooms Spores Lab Get Psychedelics online Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/grimerica-outlawed http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grimerica-outlawed Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/  Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ ART - Napolean Duheme's site http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/  MUSIC Tru Northperception, Felix's Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com

Building community around what you're passionate about can lead you –and your business– to achieve incredible things! In this week's Wake-Up Call, we're spotlighting Ilana Muhlstein, a Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, bestselling author, and the creator of the 2B Mindset and 2B Pregnant eating plans! Ilana will share her personal story of creating the 2B Mindset, its transformative impact, and how Total-Solution Packs can help you create income and build a community. Plus: 7 Star Diamond, Siobhan Little will join the conversation to explain how she leveraged the power of 2B Mindset to help thousands of women feel good and earn an income. You won't want to miss out on this enlightening episode of the Wake-Up Call! Plus: 1 Star Diamond Laurel Hope Hart shares her Summit experience!

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Peter McCullough and Malcolm Out Loud –When the nose is not properly cared for, it can become a breeding ground for bacteria, which can lead to infections, viruses, and other complications. In the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, nasal hygiene was responsible for saving many lives, and it's no telling how many more we could have saved, had this life-saving information been embraced...

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Bitcoin is down .5% at $27,324 Eth is down slightly at $1,825 Binance Coin is down slightly at $315 G7 representatives meet re: digital assets ahead of summit. US SEC revises LBRY fine US DOJ says they'll crack down on exchanges that aren't holding to KYC/AML requirements. Secret service to hold Reddit AMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Real Estate Experiment show, host Ruben Kanya shares valuable inside information that he acquired at the Midterm Rental Summit held in San Diego. The summit, organized by Jesse Vasquez, brought together several leaders in the midterm rental industry, providing a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Ruben begins by discussing the insights shared by Furnished Finder CEO, Brian Payne. Brian's data sheds light on the supply and demand dynamics associated with midterm rentals nationwide. This information is crucial for anyone looking to venture into the midterm rental market. Understanding the current state of supply and demand can help operators make informed decisions and maximize their rental potential. Additionally, Ruben delves into the importance of fostering deep relationships with relocation specialists, particularly in the insurance sub-niche of midterm rentals. He emphasizes that his own team at Invested Escapes is focusing on this specific area. By collaborating with relocation specialists, operators can tap into a specialized market and provide tailored solutions to insurance professionals and their clients. Ruben underscores the value of these relationships in expanding the reach and profitability of midterm rentals. Throughout the episode, Ruben shares the key takeaways he gathered from the Midterm Rental Summit, which took place just two weeks ago. His aim is to provide listeners with valuable insights that can significantly reduce the time and effort required to transition from short-term rentals to the untapped space of midterm rentals. Whether you are an experienced short-term rental operator or someone looking to enter the industry, this episode promises to deliver actionable information that can accelerate your success in the midterm rental market. Get MTR/STR Coaching from me here: https://experimentrealestate.com/hospitable-hosts Join our MTR Insurance Network Here: https://www.shorttermgems.com/MTRInsuranceNetwork Get Your Airbnb Millionaire Blueprint: https://experimentrealestate.com/#blueprint Get coached on how you can repurpose your existing home or investment property into an Airbnb with me: https://experimentrealestate.com/hospitable-hosts Guesty Unique Link: https://hosts.guesty.com/?=therealestateexperiment Hospitable Hosts book: https://amzn.to/3e4LEhE Apply for an American Express Card with this link: http://refer.amex.us/RUBENKr8et?xl=cp01&mpt=v0 #midtermrentals #midtermrentalsummit #realestate

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Join Tom, Stephen, and William as they review the two-part Season 2 finale of Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 — “The Summit” and “Plan 99.” An infiltration proves more challenging than expected. The Ion Cannon Podcast is your source for entertainment reviews from a galaxy far, far away. For a decade and a […]

Rev. Steve Andrews, pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Lee's Summit, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Revelation 2:1-7. The seven letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor share many features. Each one is addressed to the angel of the church. Since the word “angel” means “messenger,” this would seem to indicate the pastor or bishop of the church. The first letter is sent to the church in Ephesus. Jesus identifies Himself as the One who is holding the angels of the churches and is present among His churches. He encourages the church in Ephesus in their patient endurance in resisting false teaching, yet He critques the way they have abandoned the love they had at first. He calls them to repent and promises the fruit of the tree of life to the one who conquers by faith. “Come Lord Jesus!” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Revelation given to St. John. Although some look at Revelation with fear, it is a book of supreme hope in our crucified, risen, and ascended Lord. The book of Revelation gives a heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances so that the Church in every generation is challenged, comforted, and assured of final victory through Jesus Christ.

It's the Locked On Blazers Listener Summit where three regular listeners join the program to discuss the Portland Trail Blazers offseason. If you want to be involved in a future summit, listen to the show to get details on the next round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes:  https://wetflyswing.com/448 Presented By: Yellowstone Teton, Angler's Coffee Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors Our stillwater guru, Phil Rowley, sits down with Nico Sunseri of Pyramid Fly Co. to take us to Pyramid Lake fly fishing. Nico shares his extensive knowledge of the area, giving us insight into the unique fishing techniques that work best on this North American stillwater. We hear about the history of the extinct-but-not-so-extinct Pilot Peak strain Lahontan Cutthroat. We also hear about Phil's time fishing the waters of Pyramid Lake. Pyramid Lake Fly Fishing Show Notes with Nico Sunseri 01:51 - Phil went Pyramid Lake fly fishing earlier this year with Nico Sunseri and the Pyramid Fly Co. crew. A few things changed since his last visit to this North American stillwater in 2011. 02:24 - Nico also runs the BearFish Alliance Podcast, where Phil has shared his stillwater experiences as a guest several times. 07:32 - Nico grew up in San Dimas, where Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was filmed. He is relatively new to fly fishing but has been an avid spin angler since he was a kid and used to fish at the Puddington Reservoir. 12:05 - Pyramid Lake is located 40 mi northeast of Reno, Nevada. It is home to Summit and Pilot Peak strain Lahontan Cutthroat. The Pilot Peak strain was the original strain at Pyramid Lake and was thought to be extinct in 1943 due to overfishing. Other species in the Pyramid Lake Ancient Cui-ui Tui Chub Sacramento Perch 28:56 - Nico talks about the different techniques you can try when fishing Pyramid Lake. 35:57 - He walks us through his setup with a switch rod. 46:09 - Nico also talks about using ladder chairs at Pyramid Lake. 51:40 - Nico talks about the best times to go to Pyramid Lake. March is the most popular month to hit the Pyramid Lakes waters. 55:38 - Nico tells us about the Pyramid Fly Co and how he and Capt. Robert Hagerty partnered up. He also talks about the team of experienced guides like Morgan Kane, Trevor Herring, and Cole Hildahl. 1:00:36 - Nico shares about the wide range of services offered by Pyramid Fly Co., details about the delicious food they serve, and the different accommodation packages they offer. 1:11:57 - Pyramid Fly Co. can also be found on Youtube, where viewers can catch some exciting fly fishing action on Pyramid Lake. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/448

There are many striking similarities between what's happening here in America and what's happening in Brazil. For instance, the 2016 election, which saw a populist victory in Donald Trump, was mirrored in Brazil's 2018 election, which saw a populist victory for Jair Bolsonaro. America's Jan. 6 was mirrored by Brazil's Jan. 8—the so-called Brazilian attack on Congress. And more recently, just as President Donald Trump's home was raided in Florida, President Jair Bolsonaro also had his home raided over in Brazil. Specifically, last Wednesday, Brazilian police raided Bolsonaro's home, arrested some of his close aides, and seized his cell phone as part of their probe into his COVID vaccination records. According to the official narrative, the Brazilian federal police found supposed evidence of someone tampering with Bolsonaro's vaccine records, prior to him flying to the United States. However, there is something odd about this probe. While it was the case that most foreign visitors needed to be vaccinated in order to enter the United States, there were broad exceptions for diplomats, as well as high-level government officials from other countries. Furthermore, Bolsonaro has been fairly public about his not getting the COVID-19 vaccine himself. In fact, a few years ago, during the global U.N. Summit in New York City, there was a famous photo of Bolsonaro standing outside a New York pizza shop eating a slice on the street, because he wasn't allowed to enter the establishment without proof of vaccination. Even after this police raid on his home, here's what he said in a statement: “For my part, there was nothing falsified. I didn't take the vaccine. Period.” With all that as the background, it's worth mentioning that this raid, as well as the arrest of his aides, didn't necessarily come as a surprise to Bolsonaro. In fact, while he was here in the United States—I was the last American journalist to interview President Bolsonaro prior to him returning to Brazil—and I asked him directly about whether or not he expected to be arrested by the opposition party when he returned. Watch the interview for his response. ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

In episode 82 of Soul Care for Therapists, Dawn Gabriel interviews Whitney Owens, a licensed professional counselor, group practice owner, and faith-based private practice consultant. Whitney shares her passion for connecting faith-based practice owners and making changes in the world by helping them have the lifestyle they want to do and the work they want to do with God in the process. Whitney Owens is a licensed professional counselor, group practice owner, and faith-based private practice consultant. She is located in Savannah, Georgia, where she manages a private pay group practice with 10 plus clinicians. Along with running her practice, she consults practice owners around the country on how to start and grow a successful faith-based practice. She hosts summits, a weekly podcast, and a membership community for faith-based practice owners called Wise Practice. She has spoken at numerous events such as both the Georgia and Maryland annual professional counselors conferences as well as trainings for Florida's Counseling Association. In 2023 she will be speaking at Meet You in Kentucky, which is for group practice owners, as well as hosting her own summit in Savannah. In her free time, Whitney enjoys spending time with her husband and two girls, running, reading, and relaxing in the backyard. A Passionate Faith-Based Private Practice Consultant Whitney Owens is passionate about connecting faith-based practice owners and making changes in the world by helping them have the lifestyle they want and the work they want to do with God in the process. She believes in the power of faith and how it can make a difference in the lives of those who practice it. According to Whitney, "You can't create it yourself. I can put a structure together, but all I can do is wait on God." Whitney believes in the power of God in connecting people. When God shows up, it's magical and indescribable. Whitney believes in being open to the Spirit and letting it guide her. During a retreat to Asheville, she realized that rushing was her problem. She wasn't making space for the Holy Spirit. The retreat was about rest and making space for the Holy Spirit to stop. Whitney learned that she needs to stop and take time to read and soak in the words of a song instead of just listening to it. She had a weeping moment that reminded her of the importance of community, crying with one another, and making that space to do life differently. Being vulnerable allows people to “know you” and connect with you.  Changing Lives Through Faith-Based Practice Whitney is passionate about changing lives through faith-based practice. She believes that it's important to help faith-based practice owners have the lifestyle they want and the work they want to do with God in the process. Whitney hosts Summits, a weekly podcast and a membership community for faith-based practice owners. She loves to plan big parties with her besties and sell tickets to help her pay for the Summit. She believes that when people come together with open hearts and minds, God will show up and change lives. Breaking Down Your Own Walls in Leadership Whitney believes that breaking down your own walls is essential to being a great leader. According to Whitney, "When you're starting a business, it's hard not to get caught up in the comparison game. You're looking at other people's practices and thinking, oh, they're doing so well, they're doing better than me." She advises against this mentality and recommends being true to yourself and your vision. Whitney believes in taking the time to get to know yourself and understanding what you want. She advises against creating a vision board without knowing what you truly want. Being True to Yourself and Your Vision Whitney believes in being true to yourself and your vision. She believes that it's important to take the time to get to know yourself and your goals before creating a vision board. She recommends looking inward and understanding what you want before creating a board that aligns with your vision. Action Steps Take time for rest and reflection: As Whitney shared, it's important to make space for the Holy Spirit in our lives by taking time for rest and reflection. This can involve setting aside regular periods of time for meditation or prayer, going on retreats, or simply taking a break from the busyness of daily life. Embrace community: Whether it's through attending conferences, joining a support group, or simply reaching out to colleagues in your field, cultivating community can help you to feel supported and connected in your work. Be open to change: As Whitney mentioned, it's important to be open to the Spirit's leading, even if it means deviating from our plans or expectations. This can involve being willing to take risks, trying new things, and being open to feedback and criticism from others. Whitney Owens offers valuable insights for anyone in a leadership position, whether in the field of counseling or elsewhere. By breaking down our own walls and embracing vulnerability, cultivating community, and being open to change, we can become more effective and compassionate leaders, capable of making a positive impact in the world.  Links and Resources Wise Practice Summit 2023 Contact: whitney@whitneyowens.com  Website: Whitneyownes.com and Watersedgecounseling.com FREE PDF on Tips for Marketing with Churches: Whitneyownes.com Instagram: @WhitneyOwensConsulting Facebook: Whitney Owens Podcast: Wise Practice Podcast  Free Facebook Membership Community for Faithbased Practice Owners:  

Today's episode is sponsored by PaleovalleyMake sure to support this podcast and head over to Paleovalley.com/CATG to get 15% off your first order.Thank you for supporting this podcast.EPISODE SUMMARYIn this episode, Laura and Judy share the behind-the-scenes around KetoCon Carnivore panels, CIRS, and the upcoming Carnivore Summit. EPISODE NOTESKetoCon 2023 RecapWomen's Carnivore Panel and HormonesUndereatingHigh-fat Carnivore60 grams is Not Enough ProteinCarnivore Panel – Doctor's VersionUlcerative Colitis, Rheumatoid ArthritisCarnivore and Fasting HarderPlants are Killing YouCIRS is UndeniableReal Talk – Carnivore and CIRSCarnivore Summit – The What and Why RESOURCES: CATG Ep. 105 – Hormones and CarbsCATG Ep 101 – Why Carnivore Harder Doesn't Work (Craig Emmerich Reference)#Carnivore75Hard SPONSORS: Paleovalley: use Code CATG at https://paleovalley.com/promos/catg for 15% off your order!_____ JUDY'S RESOURCES:Judy's Book, Carnivore CureFree #Carnivore75Hard ProgramNutrition with Judy ArticlesNutrition with Judy ResourcesJudy's InstagramNutrition with Judy PodcastJudy's YouTubeJudy's FacebookLAURA'S RESOURCES: Laura's LocalsLaura's Discount Codes & InterviewsLaura's AmazonLaura's YouTubeLaura's Instagram_____ DISCLAIMER: This podcast should never be considered medical advice and is for educational purposes only. Do not self-diagnose. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.Head over to paleovalley.com/catg and get 15% off your first order. Promo code CATG

EP305 - Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 earnings  Amazon and Shopify both reported their Q1 2023 earnings last week. Amazon had a strong first quarter, slightly over-shadowed by it's slowing AWS growth. Shopify also had strong Q1 2023 earnings although it did not achieve profitability. Shopify also announced a second reduction of headcount and announced that they were selling all of the recently acquired logistic assets. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 305 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, May 4th 2023. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show, this is episode 305 being recorded on Thursday May 4th May the 4th be with you I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:39] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott showed listeners Happy Star Wars Day May the 4th be with you hope everyone had a great Star Wars Day Jason people can't see you but you are wearing your Jar Jar Binks cosplay. Jason: [0:53] I kind of assumed people just assume I'm always wearing that. Scot: [0:57] You should do the whole episode and jar jar speak well said Jason what's a new at the Amazon what. Jason: [1:10] I feel like people don't get the jar jar one I did I did do an act during covid-19 doing all this pitch theater online I did a pitch on Halloween in a Darth Vader mask. And we won the pitch so I feel like I should be doing costumes more. Scot: [1:28] Awesome you guys intimidate them and it's called the Darth Vader intimidation closed when you wear the Vader the Vader suit. Jason: [1:34] Exactly exactly and it had the voice changing thing and so it is. Scot: [1:38] Honest I find your lack of faith yeah there's a lot of death lot of lot of puts you can use in a pitch. Jason: [1:48] Yes unfortunately not a large enough chunk of the total addressable Market are Geeks. If you like is wrong I know how I got in this like funky like creative advertising world with all these I kept custody clients like I totally don't fit in. Scot: [2:09] Yeah been a misfit toy my whole life so sir not going to stop anytime soon embrace it Jason. Jason: [2:15] Yeah it was announced today that we won a big new client lvmh and so I like went on LinkedIn and joke that like it was largely thanks to my my stature is a luxury influencer. Scot: [2:29] Nice congrats your tick-tocks on luxury have one the death. Jason: [2:32] I know I know for a long time people were like why are you wasting your time with that and now they know. Scot: [2:38] Who will we have it's been a while since we dropped a pod because we both had spring breaks and then you've been traveling a bit so it's great to be back. Jason: [2:49] Yeah it's super fun to catch up with you and with the audience. I feel like the last show we did was right after shoptalk so I did get to see a bunch of folks and now you know it's a treat your season is starting to heat up so I have a bunch of upcoming trips so. If listeners are going to any of these shows make sure you make a point to catch up with me and you could see the jar jar costume. In person so I'm actually doing this show from. The famous Mayflower Hotel in Washington d.c. because I'm in town for the. Home and Commercial products Association I'm doing the keynote for their annual conference tomorrow morning. And then I'm going to sap Sapphire which is their big customer show in Orlando in on May 15th if you like. There's a fair amount of our listeners that go to that show and then to fun ones that are you know core Commerce shows after that we have Commerce next by our friends Scott Silverman is in New York in June so June 20th. And I'll be doing some fun stuff stuff on stage there and then in RFC you know has their kind of future looking executive digital Summit. [4:07] On the beach it Tara no in Rancho Palos Verdes it's called the inner F Nexus on July 10 and all both be giving a keynote and I will also be interviewing Kara Swisher so I feel like. I'm going to spend an hour just making fun of Scott Galloway with her. Scot: [4:25] Nice yeah that's good the dog dog is off the porch whoo. Jason: [4:30] Exactly I was thinking about like maybe bring a mask I've already you know I have audio collection of a lot of my favorite Scott Galloway predictions meaning which didn't come true. Scot: [4:43] Macy's Woodberry Amazon and apparel. Jason: [4:47] But I feel like this is. Scot: [4:48] Amazon to be Roadkill. Jason: [4:50] Like Freaky Friday like so like Cara is this like super famous interviewer and I am interviewing her and we're doing it at Tara know where she started code conference so it's very topsy-turvy. Scot: [5:03] Yeah yeah just bring red tears without her trademark thing. Jason: [5:07] I assume she just travels with one of her own yeah that Herman Miller red chair yeah. Scot: [5:09] BYO RC okay. Jason: [5:15] I actually think she's not with Vox anymore so I don't know you know she may be in withdrawn not she may have said said goodbye to the red chairs will have to ask her. Scot: [5:24] Look that's that's question number one. Jason: [5:26] Yeah but besides all of that we are just getting started on q1 earnings season and you know of course for most of our listeners one of the most important earnings calls happened last week. Scot: [5:39] Yeah it wouldn't be a Jason and Scot show if we didn't have some Amazon news. So on April 27th which was last Thursday when we're recording this Amazon had their earnings it was what Wall Street would call a clear beat meaning both top and the bottom line where a beat this is welcome news because Amazon's earnings have been kind of like not not mrs. but not amazing. [6:07] So revenues came in two percent above consensus which is a slight beat but what got Wall Street very excited was operating income came in 57 percent above and longtime listeners will know I usually cover the retail portion of Amazon and Jason covers the cloud or a WS part, we're going to mix it up because I read all the reports and what was most interesting right now in kind of the world of Internet stocks the whole world has been turned upside down by chat GPT which is put out by open AI Sam Altman startup who is partially owned and supported by Microsoft there and investor and the hole, infrastructure runs on Azure their cloud computing, platform this has been a huge win for Microsoft because it's enabled them to add a chat gbt like component to Bing. [7:02] And you know the buzz is that, search is dead a lot of people are even speculating maybe even apps will be dead you know maybe maybe you don't really need apps on a phone if you could just talk to your phone and say hey book me restaurant reservation as 6:30 at the one of these three restaurants why do you need a nap if an AI can go to that room so there's there's a lot of people in the Wall Street and Tech world are, I would say there's like this wall of worry around this new innovation and this is real so chat GPT was the fastest product to 100 million users what was it Jason like four weeks or something. [7:42] Like an egg yeah if you see a chart it's like this a vertical wall whereas like Facebook and some of those kinds of things were previous record holders for this and it took, you know years and so-so. Jason: [7:54] Two months to a billion or 4 months to a billion users. Scot: [7:58] Yeah so it's just this crazy adoption curve unlike anything we've ever seen before so you know there's, this was top of mind when this came out so the so while streets pretty obsessed with what's going on with the cloud also Amazon's Cloud division has been slowing their growth it was the you know the darling of the Amazon portfolio and now it's been slowing because as we head into this recessionary period, also another concern is we cover this a little bit last time but Silicon Valley Bank failed we've had all this kind of startup craziness and a lot of those startups use cloud computing and Amazon so, so that was what all eyes were on and you know what we saw was the growth did slow to 11 and a half percent which was less bad than what people were thinking so is kind of viewed as positive which is always one of these counter, Wall Street all about expectations not like the real absolute numbers but 11.5 percent growth is this is this part we've been covering this for for. [9:04] Years of this point five years and it's always growing north of 50% but this time it really slowed down and they're even projecting for next quarter or slow 2011 Amazon did Jesse did talk a lot about AI there they've talked about how they're going to do a lot of people the other problem with Chad gbt is it looks the prior to the prior a I think we all spend a lot of time with which was Alexa now feels wildly inferior because you're having these really robust conversations with chat gvt and Alexis can do like, yeah it's not really like at that level of conversational AI you can get some weather maybe play a song and a couple other little things add something it'll talk to you about do you want to reorder your dog food and yeah that's about it right so very, Barry and then you know that used to be cool and now in a world where we're chatty be teeing it feels inferior so Amazon like Google is a little bit on their heels from this and they basically came out and said we're going to do a lot around Alexa here and it will we're dedicated that being by far the best voice assistant, and we'll be adding chats ubt like capabilities but then for AWS they basically said look there's all these language models out there and we're going to be neutral will have all kinds of different flavors kind of thing so whatever you want we'll have. [10:30] And the one of the concerns is these large language models use a ton of gpus and those are expensive. Azure is adding a ton of workloads from this and their conference call they went so far as to say. It's like accelerated growth dramatically at Azure they're getting all these loads that they would have never seen before thanks to their relationship and, they're scaling up this gpus and so it kind of feels early and Aang's like maybe Microsoft has got like this. Bit of an advantage over both Google and they WS so, so you know it was interesting because I'm saying all that because what happened is they announced their up a little bit that day and then they announced and they were down and they've been kind of sideways since then so and what was clear be quarter with AWS not as bad as you would think it would be you had the numbers would say oh the stock should go up 5 to 10% but they didn't because I don't think everyone really liked, body language around you know what's going on chat gbt and Amazon's response. [11:40] So that was a that was a long part but that was I thought it was kind of interesting. The whole world and like the last yeah six months has been turned upside down by this and it's always an option or that always gets my attention because this is where unique opportunities are created for disruption and all kinds of what happens is when my favorite books is the innovators dilemma when something new like this comes along, people that were previously the leaders have a really hard time adapting to it because they get baked into their business model so for example to pick on Google it's very hard for them to offer a chat interface on the core Google search because, every pixel of core Google search is like so highly optimized and them hitting their numbers relies on that that real estate. [12:28] Basically not changing that to change that real estate and experiment with something that is expensive and not monetized is. Almost impossible you know it's it will certainly make them lose mountains of Revenue and even worse on ibadah, so it's really kind of fascinating to Think Through the strategy here of what's everyone going to do and how do they adapt to this new world and to some extent Amazon not as bad as Google I would argue but that Amazon is a little bit of a in a pickle. Um it got even so bad also around the same time Jeff Bezos was at Coachella and he was just out there dancing and wearing this kind of fun butterfly shirt and everyone's kind of like you know it almost felt like fiddling while Rome burned so a lot of people are like and then you know so Disney's CEO has come back and a lot of people are projecting that maybe we'll see a day where like a Larry Page comes back to Google and a Bezos comes back to Amazon to it's going to be interesting to see what happens this next next three to six months are gonna be really fun to watch in the world of large trillion-dollar internet companies to see what's going down. Jason: [13:39] Oh for sure and I keep saying this but we're going to have to do another. Deep dive on AI and chechi because there are so many it's changing so, fast and there's this whole like shift from keywords to prompts and you know like all of you know Google's intrinsic strengths are suddenly becoming weaknesses there's this interesting battle, um between like these AI capabilities as destinations versus these AI capabilities as. Sort of infrastructure that that you add to any destination right and so you know the interesting thing about Chad gbt you can license the. The GPT for engine and build it in your own apps or your own website but 1.2 billion consumers a month, are going to chat. Open a i.com so that's now a destination on the web that's bigger than Bing. [14:40] Like move more people last month went to their website opening eyes website then went to Bing and that's a, Game Changer I get it's feels like a huge missed opportunity side note that there's not ads on that website yet I'm sure I'm sure that that that is coming in Italy but so there are all these like super interesting changes. I kind of feel like even if all that wasn't playing out like just the the fact that AWS is decelerating a little bit. [15:10] Would be the news from this earning thing and it's what everyone's talking about and it's almost a shame because it's kind of masking what otherwise like is a pretty remarkable quarter compared to like what most of their peers are likely to do. Scot: [15:25] Yeah yeah walk us through some of the highlights that you saw in the non aw site. Jason: [15:30] Well so the first thing if you look at North American gmv it grew 13% in q1 so that that is a deceleration from, their Q4 growth but like to put that in comparison. Us retail sales grew four percent in the first quarter so so you know this is kind of back to pre-pandemic levels where Amazon's growing. Despite being you know the largest or second largest retailer in the US depending on how you count growing quite a bit of water faster than the industry, you don't normally we would we compare Amazon's growth to all retailers growth but also to all of e-commerce has growth, so the US Department of Commerce comes out with their Q2 growth numbers in a couple weeks so May 18th I think if you want to mark your calendars will do a show and talk about that but. Just kind of interpreting the data and extrapolating. [16:31] U.s. e-commerce and q1's likely to grow about 10% which is kind of a recovery for e-commerce but still, that means Amazon the largest e-commerce player out there is growing faster than the industry as a whole which is. You know typical for Amazon but you know not very typical in the rest of the world so the retail story was, was really strong and it was driven almost exclusively by your favorite part of the retail Echo System the marketplace right it was almost all. [17:00] 3p sales which I want to say grew 16 percent. Or fifteen percent for the quarter so so 3p continues to be a super important part, and you know I always like to talk about the ad business ads were up 21% which is a, a deceleration of the ads business as well just like AWS but a couple interesting things, there's a ton of headwinds, for traditional dip digital ads right now as the economy is getting a little more challenging you know a lot of brands are cutting back on their spinned because the privacy issues they're cutting back on a lot of the traditional digital channels, um so you look at like metas ad business in q1 it grew three percent Google's ad business grew to percent. [17:55] Pinterest was the leader of those kind of traditional platforms their ad business grew five percent, and Amazon which is has a bigger ad business than Pinterest Amazon grew 21% so that that growth you know continues to be remarkable, um I did a quick back of the napkin estimate and I, I know AWS generated about 5 billion dollars in earn income for the quarter the ad unit probably generated 7.1 billion dollars in earning come for the quarter so quite a bit more, profit to the bottom line coming from that ad business then coming from from AWS, and then you know Amazon you know as they always do they kind of pepper and some favorable stats so they talked about how. They they had 26 million customers for same-day delivery in q1 which is fifty percent growth year over year so you know you. You kind of you've seen a lot of other retailers that as the economy has gotten kind of tough they've kind of. [18:58] Ratcheted back their service level a little bit like you're seeing a lot of people starting to charge more for returns you're starting to see delivery promises get stretched out a little bit and you know Amazon is kind of. Adjusting their returns policy as well but like they're they're all in on that fast same day delivery. And it seems like consumers are continuing to embrace that. Um there's this kind of big strategic shift that they talked about Scott that I know you've been falling which is kind of the shift from a national fulfillment model to a regional fulfillment model. And this is all about getting more efficiency so the idea is you know in the old model you placed an order and you know they ship from whatever Warehouse fulfillment center had the goods in stock so often that. Are shipping things from pretty far away, and mold you know in a you know your your multicart order could have Goods coming from a lot of different fulfillment centers and you know this quarter the focus is really on redesigning the whole fulfillment center to optimize. [20:06] How many trips they have to make to your house and how many, how much of the goods can all come from the same fulfillment center so there's a laser focus on kind of getting the inventory in each fulfillment center right for the market that it's serving, um and the you know in their investor call the CFO was talking about how like they're starting to they're already starting to unlock. Um significant improvements in their operating margins as a result of cutting down on the amount of trips in order to serve the same amount of gmv and they think there's a lot of Headroom to continue improving math if you've been following that kind of, Regional shift it almost feels like the Reinventing the you know kind of against innovators dilemma they're Reinventing their whole fulfillment model despite the fact that they have the. The world's largest fulfillment model. Scot: [21:00] Yeah yeah I think this is really interesting and in some ways maybe the go Puffs the world kind of showed him how to do this ironically enough and you know and this surge of same-day delivery I think they're having. I think you know in the early days the same day delivery I remember Sebastian going ham he was SVP saying yes he was at our conference and he said something like we just put out there to see and we were surprised by how many people use it and then you know they had data that indicated this is like five years ago that it was addictive because you. [21:37] We have forget which of us going this is your zero friction addiction so once you have one of these low-friction experiences you're like yeah yeah you know of course I would like it yeah, I'm running this morning all like it the same day but that's making them for deploying a lot more of the product to be able to satisfy that demand but they have the data to do it the key is it's a you know there's, there's this you know something like 300 million skus out there in the cloud that you can buy a small portion of those percentage-wise large sales wise is in the network of FCS and then the system learned what to, put at the edge near you and that same day thing there's a set of skus and it's probably down to 10,000 at that point, that they know those are the most frequently Asked seemed a things it's going to be things like toilet replenishable toiletries, dog food for me all those types personal items Healthcare Beauty and you know it's not the it's not the Xbox or something that can kind of weight well I guess some of that could be but you know there's plenty of stuff people are happy to wait for so, that that edge Network allows them to Ford deploy 5 to 10,000 excuse and get them to you really fast. Jason: [22:56] Yeah and I think what's interesting is that it turns out that the. The those skews that are needed for same-day delivery in Raleigh are not the same as the skills that are needed in Chicago and AI is really helping them sort of optimize. Those fulfillment centers and the numbers are actually a little bigger than your you're saying there are now like 300,000 same day skus in the system and in some markets there they have over 100,000 skus available for same-day so it y you know there. [23:26] They're kind of expanding from the head in skews to you know at least the chunky middle scuze. On that same day delivery and it and it seems like that's continuing to work for them. I just think it's you know again a lot of people that had you know the huge infrastructure lead the Amazon had him fulfillment centers you know would. But I find it hard to disrupt that model and pivot to a new model and it seems like you know Tim zones credit they're they're not afraid to disrupt themselves and it feels like that's kind of what they're doing here. And it seems like it least pull narrowly it's working you know they're also. Over the covid time there have been some capacity constraints and they rolled out a lot of technology to help help third-party sellers better manage their own. Capacity and you know I'm hearing from third-party sellers that that is going better that they have you know are better able. [24:29] Predict the cost and the capacity that will be available for them and they're not getting as many unpleasant surprises as they as they kind of had had in the past of that that stuff is all interesting, I also think Amazon's big enough that they're they're you know kind of a. A good surrogate for for the actual consumer economies at this point and so is interesting you know they talked about the Americans can consumer and you know the North America was where a lot of Amazon's growth was. Um They they had a statement that they're continuing to see the US consumer is being conscious that she's definitely moderated her spending on discretionary categories, she's trading down to more value oriented eizan's. [25:16] You know there continues to be healthy demand for Staples and you know I think we heard similar things from other big retailers like Wal-Mart and Target so that kind of felt in line but what was interesting was Europe. The growth is much slower but it was a significantly higher beat versus expectations than North America was and they had kind of an interesting editorial on Europe they said that, European demand while cautious came in better than expected, we see customer confidence increasing with inflation tickling down in the EU and that's kind of at odds with a bunch of other retailers that that are competing in Europe that are still you know kind of talking about, the consumer Demand Being really repressed in Europe and the European consumer really struggling due to even higher inflation then then what consumers are experiencing here in North America so, um it either sounds like Amazon's having a better go of it than a lot of other retailers in Europe, or Amazon is being the first one to sort of see the economy turning a little more favorable in Europe so. I kind of found that interesting. [26:42] Yeah well again you know the. Historically like Europe is smaller than North America for Amazon but it you know because it's smaller it was growing faster but you know there have been more. Challenges supply chain disruptions there's more uncertainty in a lot of the European economies and so you know it's like for global companies I'm particularly brands that do business everywhere. Um that European softness has been a challenge the one outlier of all that is luxury so it does feel. Like kind of a bifurcated economy that like luxury can you know is actually kind of bounce back in Europe and is continuing to do pretty pretty well worldwide while. High inflation is hurting a lot more of the kind of staple Industries a lot more. Scot: [27:35] Having Survived the Great Recession of 08 and 09 at Chow buzzer the weird thing about the data was the luxury segment accelerated you have to have the the wealthy folks do find during economic downturns turns out. Jason: [27:50] Yeah this was a weird one in that like that's for that was for sure true where the demand was shifted in unusual ways because often you have a lot of. Really wealthy consumers are also tend to be really mobile consumer so you have, historical you'd have a lot of really wealthy people from China that would go to France and buy a lot of luxury goods and in covid of course nobody was going anywhere so there was this huge, spike in luxury goods in China so like the overall worldwide demand for luxury was very high but there were these weird mismatches where the demand was not coming from the markets that it typically came from and now it feels like it's. Reverting more it's starting to revert to more traditional. [28:37] So there was a another interesting earnings call this morning. Scot: [28:41] Yeah so Shopify came out with their earnings and they've had just kind of set the stage. In the during covid they were Off to the Races and they've had a really hard time in the last year kind of in that post covid era as they invested so much and then covid the e-commerce growth reverted to the mean as you've been, so good at pointing out and they thought it would just continue up into the right and so they did about a ten percent reduction in force I think is a year ago maybe a little longer, and so then this morning they came out and they beat Lowered Expectations to put this in perspective of their growth has slowed to 25% and they were consistently growing well north of 50% so they're they're definitely, this was good for a while there were kind of Contracting but now at least they're back to growth they are losing money but they should get back to profitability here in a quarter or two but the big surprise was you know if you recall they were going to take on Amazon and they started really building out some fulfillment and they bought a couple companies to do that and started building out this whole infrastructure called Shopify fulfillment Network or sfm. [30:00] So they announced on the call today that they're just basically abandoning that whole strategy and the assets they previously bought an aggregate for over two billion dollars they sold to a company called Flex port for a billion so that had to hurt so basically a billion dollar loss on the strategy and they basically said you know the future is AI and that's where we're going to put our effort, and then when they sell this unit there also some people go with that but they're also announced they're doing at 23% that would include some of those people it's not it's not entirely clear. [30:36] How many will be core Shopify versus the people leaving with the sfn I think it's. Relatively small you know I don't think that's happened was like this huge. People operation like you have an Amazon anyway so they're going to reduce headcount by 11,000 people 29k so from 11,000 29k, so about 23% reduction these things are always kind of. [31:06] Little tricky emotionally because you feel for those people that are losing their jobs and found out this morning that's going to be no fun, but then Wall Street loves a good reduction for us because that means more profits oh, the stock this is a huge win for the stock because Wall Street has hated hated hated this idea if you take this super high margin software business and you layer in a super low margin fulfillment business, so you know Wall Street this is part of the innovators dilemma, once you've baked your margins in at 85% or whatever you can't then go to Wall Street and say we're going to bring that down 15% 270 because we're going to be fulfillment and that's a, yeah 30% margin business your blend that in with our 85 you get us to 70 or whatever it is, so so Wall Street was very happy to see them abandoned us, it does raise the question one of the reasons they got in this is you and I talked a lot about Shopify versus Amazon and you know the same time. Amazon is raising the bar on e-commerce we just talked about this two same day, Shopify was going to arm the rebels so that they could at least keep up with two day now they're abandoning that you know there's gonna continue to be, yeah this could be a big moment in history where Shopify messes up and you know. [32:29] What's a I going to solve if you have this great product recommendation or something that doesn't show up for five days in Amazon eats the Shopify Merchants lunch because they just are better at Logistics so this is this is a big decision throwing in the towel and it's going to be interesting to see, if this is wise or not I obviously lean towards I don't think this is going to be a great in decision for him. Jason: [32:57] Yeah it is tricky. The you know I would also mention there's this so I you know scary service from Amazon looming on the Shopify Horizon that it's not clear Shopify his really declared what they want they're going to do with yet which is the. The by with prime service which is you know in in effect to use that really solid Amazon Fulfillment Network even when you sell stuff on Shopify. And so you know maybe they're they're dumping on the Shopify fulfillment Network stuff in there just gonna see the Fulfillment Amazon we'll have to see. Um I do I've decided to correct one thing you said like Shopify is huge on talking about e-commerce regress to the mean. That's actually not true right get when they talk about that they're talking about the ratio of e-commerce sales to retail sales and it's partly true for that. That you know we kind of went from 14 or 15 percent of all sales being online to 17 or 18 percent and we bounced back down to 15%. Um you know that that shape varied while we you know depending on the category so image digitally immature categories like Grocery and Automotive had kind of a permanent Spike whereas, like apparel you know had kind of a temporary bump. [34:23] In absolute dollars e-commerce is way bigger than before the pandemic e-commerce is 90% up from from 2019 and so when when they kind of use that. As an excuse for the layoffs I would say like don't buy it right like that. [34:41] There's a lot more demand for digital Goods than there were in 2019 and Shopify isn't laying people off because that demand has receded like throwing people off because they haven't perfectly figured out what the right business model is and from my standpoint. They're still a little dyslexic on who they're even trying to serve they still have all this language around you know serving the small Independent Business the mom-and-pop and arming the rebels and all that but like you know when you listen all the success stories in their earnings calls. It's it's Staples it's why it's it's you know it's it's bigger or midsize specialty retailers that are moving to the platform, it's not the rebels I, Kendall Jackson and Kendall Jenner and Staples are not the rebels and so I don't know like I think they like that that narrative but like I'm not sure they've come a perfectly aligned their product offering to the. The companies that are like driving the bulk of their gmv growth and when they you know do focus on the long tail Mom and Pops. It really makes that gmv number kind of office gated because there's so much churn over there right and they go or gmv went up 25%. Was that because like all your customers are thriving and they're all growing or is it because you just added way more companies that will have a nine-month mortality rate than you then you did the quarter before. [36:09] So I think it's like I definitely like there's a lot of strong, sort of advantages and and experiences still in the Shopify ecosystem and. Feel like shot pay is getting some traction the shop app has got a lot more traction than I originally predicted and now there are some legitimate. Marketplace features in there there's a lots of things going for them I certainly would not write them off but I do think. Like in the next couple of quarters we need to see some more clarity about like what they want to be and where their growth is really going to come. Scot: [36:46] Yeah yeah it's going to be we'll be tracking it closely on the show as we have them so it's going to be interesting to see I don't think either of us had this in our predictions though sadly. Jason: [36:57] Yeah no I mean I was definitely caught by I never thought this Acquisitions made sense but I certainly thought that you know they would hold on to him longer so I don't know I guess if you're an investor like. Like once you realize it was the wrong decision like there's probably something good about like cutting bait quickly instead of trying to. Drag it around drag it out longer just because you you don't want to own up to the mistake. So anyway that feels like a pretty good recap of the two big earnings there's a you know a bunch of the traditional retailers will be record reporting over the next four weeks and of course we'll have US Department of Commerce data, including q1 e-commerce. Later this month so lots of reasons to have another new show and I still do think we got to get that. That large language Model A I show on the on the books. Scot: [37:52] Yeah yeah we will we're through our vacation period and we should have some time to lay that down and Jason you've got a keynote tomorrow and you got some slides to work on buddy so we're going to make this a short one in the pantheon of Jason and Scot show lengthy episodes. Jason: [38:09] Yeah yeah we'll give it a few minutes back to our listeners and I will go write a keynote for tomorrow. Scot: [38:15] Awesome it's always good when you're up against deadlines so you're going to crush it. Jason: [38:20] I feel like the one thing I have going for me is the present the content will be very Timely. Scot: [38:26] Good yep fresh like. Jason: [38:30] Awesome Scott thinks every very much everyone for listening as always enjoyed the show we sure would love it if you jump on iTunes and give us that five star review and until next time happy commercing!