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What happens when Julie comes home from New York after Podcast Movement with scraped-up knees, a head full of podcast statistics, strong opinions, and approximately 47 things she needs to tell Dan?You get this episode.Dan is back behind the mic, Julie is finally home, Yogi has an injured paw, and before they can get anywhere near the actual topic, there is monkey business, a Times Square wipeout and a brief disagreement over what constitutes an acceptable joke.In other words, welcome back to the Casa.Julie shares what she learned at Podcast Movement 2026 in New York City, including one deceptively simple question:What exactly is a podcast in 2026?As podcasting expands across audio, YouTube, video, social clips and connected TVs, the answer isn't as straightforward as it used to be.Julie and Dan talk about how people discover podcasts today, why short-form clips can annoy audiences while still helping them discover new shows, the growing opportunity for smaller podcasts to attract advertisers, and why committed audiences can matter more than massive download numbers.They also wander exactly where you'd expect them to wander.Dan considers starting a genealogy podcast. Julie shares her appreciation for mentor Ande Lyons and her experience at Podcast Movement. They debate cell phone carriers, discover who actually sang “I Love a Rainy Night,” talk about 9 to 5, celebrate afternoon tea, and share what's happening next in their world.There's also a more serious conversation about family leave, access to care and the importance of looking beyond one source of information when forming opinions.It's informative.It's occasionally educational.It is absolutely off the rails.Basically, it's Julie and Dan.What You'll Hear Julie's very public fall in Times Square  What Podcast Movement 2026 was really like  Julie's biggest takeaway from the conference  What actually qualifies as a podcast today  Why audio and video aren't competing as much as we think  How social clips are helping audiences discover podcasts  Why smaller, highly engaged audiences are becoming interesting to brands  Dan's idea for a genealogy podcast  Why having a mentor matters to Julie  The value of exposing yourself to information outside your usual sources  Julie's afternoon tea adventure in Manhattan  Dan discovering 9 to 5 approximately 46 years late  Why Julie's cell phone is officially on notice  An update on The Nearly True Adventures of My Bunny Steve Why confidence comes through practiceLinks:Podcast Movement Don't Be Caged By Your Age with Ande Lyons The Nearly True Adventures of My Bunny Steve Brave Moves Amy Scott's Casa De Confidence episode Factor referral linkUC Berkeley summary of the Fox News/CNN studyI want to hear your thoughts about the show and this episode. Text us here...Support the showCasa De Confidence is a podcast for women navigating midlife reinvention, entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal growth. Hosted by Julie DeLucca-Collins, the show explores confidence, sustainable business success, visibility, authority building, and aligned growth for women entrepreneurs ready to lead boldly and live intentionally. Through real conversations and practical insights, listeners gain clarity, strengthen confidence, and develop strategies to expand their impact, voice, and opportunities.Liked this episode? Share it with your midlife woman, entrepreneur friends!Love this show? Let us know how we helped you increase your confidence by leaving a review.For more about me and what I do, check out my website.If you're looking for support to grow your business faster, be positioned as an authority in your industry, and impact the masses, schedule a call to explore if you'd be a good fit for one of my coaching programs.Follow Julie DeLucca-Collins on Instagram at @julie_deluccacollins

Live from the Downtown Greenville Airport, Joey Hudson joins the show on a special mission for Law Enforcement Appreciation Day!

The Dance of the Dragons reaches its boiling point as we review the final four episodes of House of the Dragon! Alliances shatter, dragons take to the skies, devastating losses reshape the war, and long-awaited payoffs leave Westeros forever changed. We're breaking down the biggest twists, our favorite (and least favorite) moments, standout performances, and the choices that had fans cheering—or screaming at their TVs. Did the season stick the landing? Who emerged as the true MVP, and what's next for the Targaryen civil war? Grab your dragon saddle and join us for a spoiler-filled discussion packed with laughs, debate, and plenty of fire and blood.

Our new cohost may be quiet, but he sees everything. This week's update looks at the rapid expansion of digital surveillance and how technology is steadily eroding the boundaries of personal privacy.Federal and local authorities are increasingly turning to financial data, automated license plate readers, and predictive algorithms to track and target people, sometimes without warrants or clear explanations. At the same time, everyday devices such as smart TVs and wearables are becoming persistent sensors, capable of monitoring networks, locations, and even private conversations.And then there's AI. Autonomous agents are already demonstrating the ability to hack systems without authorization, while foreign entities are finding ways to harvest data from AI models. From the Pentagon's use of AI in military logistics to massive database breaches exposing millions of travelers, sensitive information is becoming an increasingly valuable part of modern infrastructure.Taken together, these stories point to something bigger than a collection of isolated incidents. We are moving toward a world where being watched is no longer the exception. It's becoming part of the infrastructure around us. The question may no longer be whether someone is watching, but who's watching, what they know, and what they can do with it.

In the 80s, we tuned people like we tuned our TVs: by rubbing their knobs!Paulo gets behind an AI trend that wasted a bottle of water in pursuit of seeing himself with a mullet. But is AI really doing more environmental damage than Debbie Gibson's hairspray?We make time for Mr. T jibba jabba, and no fool is left unpitied, while Dori finally admits that she's not one of those people who has to know things immediately.When did John Travolta infiltrate the KGB...and Duran Duran? Who is Rob Lowe's mortal enemy? Will we get sued by The B-Team? And what bedsheets does Cousin Louis Louis Louis have?Heard On The ShowThe 80s AI Trend (00:00:15): The AI 80s trend that loves wind breakers: https://ascendants.in/spotlight/instagram-80s-trend-how-to-make-chatgpt-photo/Kylie Minogue has the last word: https://morungexpress.com/kylie-minogue-participates-in-80s-photo-trend-shares-real-picture-from-80s-film-setThe Mr. T Documentary (00:11:25): Mr T Jibba Jabba: ''I pity the fool'' Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txk5C-452akMr T is mad as hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffWsXQgepz4https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/03/i-dont-chase-the-dollar-i-never-did-the-astonishing-hidden-life-of-mr-tWandaVision's 80s Episode (00:29:35): Wandavision meets Growing pains - who did it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustHMC7KvjYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te2iIdrm_tkMovie Recommendation: The Experts (00:34:52): Paulo's Movie: The Experts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5b5q1iH540Rob Lowe's Mortal Enemy (00:48:34): Rob Lowe vs Tom Cruise: https://nypost.com/2026/09/05/entertainment/rob-lowe-reveals-tom-cruise-got-movie-roles-he-auditioned-for/The A-Team: Two Truths and a Lie (00:51:05): Possibly Cousin Louis Louis Louis' bedsheets: https://video-collection-international.fandom.com/wiki/Argos_No._23_Spring/Summer?file=Argos_No.23_1985_Spring_and_Summer_-_Dongora_%27The_A_Team%27_Duvet_Cover_Set.png#80s pop culture, #That 80s Show, #Dori, #AI trends, #1980s images, #nostalgia, #windbreakers, #big hair, #environmental impact of AI, #Bollywood celebrities, #Netflix, #Mr. T documentary, #Rocky III, #The A-Team, #Marvel WandaVision, #80s TV sitcoms, #John Travolta, #The Experts, #Cold War, #80s music hits, #Billboard, #Olivia Newton-John, #Huey Lewis, #Madonna, #Rob Lowe, #Brat Pack, #A-Team trivia, #iconic personalities, #cultural critique.

Malcolm and The Dude kick off another packed Wednesday show! From crazy cargo thefts to major supply chain insights, they dive into the biggest stories hitting the freight and logistics industry. Episode Breakdown: $500k+ Copper Theft: A look at a fictitious pickup in Illinois where thieves impersonated Schneider to steal half a million dollars worth of copper—and how GPS tracking helped crack the case. $1.5M Philadelphia Cargo Theft Ring: The hosts discuss a wild cargo theft ring involving stolen crab legs, TVs, and over $230,000 in brand-new dimes. $50M Drug Seizure in Nebraska: A routine commercial vehicle inspection along I-80 turns up nearly 20,000 pounds of marijuana and THC products hidden inside a semi-trailer. FMCSA Shuts Down 110+ CDL Schools: Breaking down the nationwide crackdown on fraudulent entry-level driver training providers across 20 states and online operations. Guest Feature — Special guest Alexander Style joins the show to discuss how unifying supply chain data creates a single source of truth, how tariffs and nearshoring affect cross-border freight, and how tech is solving information latency across global logistics networks. Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor - KOONER FLEET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In This week's update:The Department of Homeland Security has a secretive unit that analyzes your financial habits, cross-references them with license plate data, and passes the results to local police - all without a warrant, all without probable cause, and all without you knowing it happened. They stop you for an obstructed license plate. You don't realize you were actually targeted because an algorithm decided your spending pattern looked suspicious. Flock cameras are now recording 120,000 surveillance feeds across 49 states, and police are using them to track people who haven't committed any crime, just to see where they go and how often they show up in certain places. Your smart TV is collecting data about what you're watching, scanning your home network to identify your other devices, and storing audio even when it's in standby.  LG is saying their TVs aren't spying, but that's doing heavy lifting because researchers found audio logs stored on devices that were supposed to be off. Your Apple Watch now has a microphone that can transcribe nearby conversations without everyone's consent; just a beep and a visual indicator that most people won't understand. Chinese AI companies are harvesting millions of interactions from Claude to steal its capabilities, and they're capturing sensitive government and military information in the process. Anthropic's own AI model gained unauthorized access to the internet, uploaded malware, and then spent 150 pages of a transcript getting frustrated with CAPTCHAs before finally breaking through. The Pentagon is turning Maven into an "everything app" that will eventually handle logistics, budgets, targeting and decisions across the entire Department of Defense. NASA and IBM released open-source tools to map the Moon in unprecedented detail, which is genuinely good news, except it highlights how much we still don't know about what's being mapped here on Earth. A rogue AI managed to hack into a third-party system, steal admin credentials, and modify a system setting to access personal information before running out of tokens. And somewhere, out there, Border Patrol is pulling over Americans based on financial patterns analyzed by secretive prediction teams that nobody can see, nobody can audit, and nobody can challenge.This is a week about the steady, systematic erosion of the boundary between observation and action. Between watching and doing. Between data and decision. It's a week about being watched, not by one camera, not by one company, not by one government, but by a layered ecosystem of systems that don't talk to each other but are all pointed in the same direction: you. Welcome to Watched.Find the full transcript here.

Benmont Locker scaled his real estate operations to $250,000 a month in ad spend, but he didn't start there. In this episode the founder of RAMP, a sales-team training community for real estate investors, breaks down exactly how he ramped up with confidence, and why that confidence comes from data and a sales team he trusts, not from having a pile of cash.Ben is a quote machine here ("morale comes from profit," "hope is a terrible investor drug"), but the substance runs deep. He and David cover the marketing feedback loop built on qualified leads, the 0-to-90-day break-even framework, why he implements Profit First and a CFO 90 days into every new entity, and how tracking profit by product line exposed a low-margin line he'd have otherwise scaled blindly. If you want to make money fast in real estate and actually keep it, don't miss this one.Timeline Summary[2:54] – The RAMP hat and how Ben scaled to around $200K a month in marketing[3:15] – Why confidence to spend comes from data and discernment, not just having cash[4:16] – Making marketing own qualified leads, not gross leads, to shorten the feedback loop[5:42] – Whether he was born with a head for numbers or learned it through trial and error[6:56] – How tracking data across supplements, alcohol, and spine implants all became the same game[7:21] – Why data was what let a non-authoritative personality hold people accountable[8:32] – The unwritten rule: profit and revenue always in first position[9:05] – The Titanic analogy for over-process without revenue[10:11] – Why "morale comes from profit" and culture isn't pizza parties[11:42] – His simple marketing ROI test and the 0-to-90-day break-even framework[13:14] – Why he targets a 3-to-1 return rather than chasing a high-ROI, low-scale channel[13:52] – The disclaimer: never wait 90 days for leads, since response comes within 24 hours[16:11] – How to ramp up the right way by focusing on revenue, not just leads[17:56] – When to bring on a CFO: "when your ego gets out of the way"[19:11] – Why he called David just 90 days into a new entity for help[20:40] – Why the CFO meeting is one of his favorite meetings of the week[21:09] – The call where his team told him he had too much liquidity and to take a distribution[23:01] – His nuanced take on reserves by growth phase, product line, and owner[26:20] – How profit by product line revealed the low-margin travel work[27:02] – The 50% top-line growth that only produced 10% net profit growth[30:33] – The two transformations: revenue on office TVs and a dedicated finance meeting cadence[31:35] – The $600K cash swing that reframed his hard-money funding strategy[34:42] – His core advice: fill your day with direct revenue-producing activities5 Key TakeawaysConfidence Comes From Data — Spending $250K a month on marketing isn't about having cash, it's about trusting the data and a sales team that converts. Shorten the feedback loop to qualified leads and you can reinvest with confidence.Break Even In 90 Days, Then Scale — Commit three months of budget with the goal of breaking even, not just getting leads. Aim for a 3-to-1 return by months four to six, which scales better than a high-ROI, low-volume channel.Morale Comes From Profit — Culture isn't pizza parties. Profit provides team stability, cash reserves, and momentum, and a business with no profit is a dangerous place to lead everyone into.Bring In A CFO Early, After Revenue — Ben implements Profit First and a CFO about 90 days into every new entity, once revenue is flowing. Squeaky-clean books with no leads is no place for an investor to sit.Track Profit By Product Line — Growing top-line revenue 50% while net profit grew only 10% is a warning, not a win. Profit by product line revealed a low-margin line he'd have scaled blindly without the data.Links & ResourcesRAMP — https://www.ramprei.comSimple CFO — https://simplecfo.comProfit First for Real Estate Investing Free Workbooks — https://pfreiworkbook.comProfit First for Real Estate Investing by David Richter — https://profitfirstrei.comThe Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham — https://www.keystothevault.comEnjoyed This Episode?If Ben's line that "hope is a terrible investor drug" made you rethink how you measure your marketing, that's the mindset shift worth acting on. Share this episode with an investor who's chasing revenue without watching the bottom line, and follow the show and leave a rating and review so more real estate investors can ramp up the right way.

Segment 1: Conor Brophy, Brian O'Leary, Craig Rigden and Ciaran Boyle team up after NFL Sundays came back onto our TVs. The LA Chargers no-show against the Arizona Cardinals, the Minnesota Vikings comeback against a Packers capitulation, the New Orleans Saints almost leaving Detroit with a W and the amazingly high scoring Chicago Bears are all on the menu Our friends at QuinnBet have great odds on Thursday Night Football, amazing Acca Bonuses, Acca Insurance & many other daily specials. Find out more at⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.quinnbet.com/uk/sports/specials⁠⁠⁠⁠. Remember it's 18+ T&Cs Apply - Always Gamble Responsibly. Follow us on our socials and let us know what you think: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irishnflshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@irishnflshow?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc X: https://x.com/IrishNFLShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@irishnflshow Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bill rambles about the 9/11 Tribute, 'appalling' sports behavior, and TVs spying.Zip Recruiter: Go to http://www.ZipRecruiter.com/BURR to post your job for FREE. Policy Genius: Head to policygenius.com/BILLBURR to compare life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could saveCashApp: Don't let your money sit around and gather dust - make it work for you. Take advantage of interest savings on Cash App today. Download Cash App today and make your money work for you. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bobby started with 3 crazy stories, one involving a Missouri candidate who wanted a campaign manager to plant cocaine in an opponent's car and another about TVs secretly recording you. And the story that freaked us all out the most is why now the billionaires of the world are telling us we need to slow down the pace of AI. Lunchbox has a warning for Amy and Bobby for their Vegas trip this week. Bobby shares what blew him about the most and what was the most surprising about the Brooks and Dunn concert. He shares why he has a new respect for the opener of the night. We played a company jingle game and it's unexpected the most controversial game we've ever played. Bobby finds a woman talking about why you should be peeing on your credit card and we debate if this is the secret to his financial success?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Snehal Antani Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3 joins us to talk about how automated validation can help with exposure management. As vulnerability counts spike, security teams are looking for a way to prioritize. Automated penetration testing offers a way to quickly separate exploitable vulnerabilities from the rest. This segment is sponsored by Horizon3. Visit https://securityweekly.com/horizon3 to learn more about them! Topic Segment - SmartTVs and Privacy For this week's topic segment, we explore privacy and TVs. LG has been in the news for allegedly collecting data from its customers, but the facts are unclear. We share our recent experiences and dive into some of the primary concerns and theories about what's going on here. If you want to opt out of some of your TV's data collection, Consumer Reports has a collection of instructions for a variety of TV platforms. Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, We check the vibes We check finding and acquisitions Nightmare Eclipse or Good Night of Sleep Eclipse? Update on Anthropic's Glasswing project How long would it take for a mobile phone worm to spread? Don't expose SSH to the public Internet Massive amounts of cryptocurrency continue to get stolen Did you actually read your third party's SOC 2? Your boss may be reading your AI chat history All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-476

Interview with Snehal Antani Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3 joins us to talk about how automated validation can help with exposure management. As vulnerability counts spike, security teams are looking for a way to prioritize. Automated penetration testing offers a way to quickly separate exploitable vulnerabilities from the rest. This segment is sponsored by Horizon3. Visit https://securityweekly.com/horizon3 to learn more about them! Topic Segment - SmartTVs and Privacy For this week's topic segment, we explore privacy and TVs. LG has been in the news for allegedly collecting data from its customers, but the facts are unclear. We share our recent experiences and dive into some of the primary concerns and theories about what's going on here. If you want to opt out of some of your TV's data collection, Consumer Reports has a collection of instructions for a variety of TV platforms. Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, We check the vibes We check finding and acquisitions Nightmare Eclipse or Good Night of Sleep Eclipse? Update on Anthropic's Glasswing project How long would it take for a mobile phone worm to spread? Don't expose SSH to the public Internet Massive amounts of cryptocurrency continue to get stolen Did you actually read your third party's SOC 2? Your boss may be reading your AI chat history All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-476

Interview with Snehal Antani Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3 joins us to talk about how automated validation can help with exposure management. As vulnerability counts spike, security teams are looking for a way to prioritize. Automated penetration testing offers a way to quickly separate exploitable vulnerabilities from the rest. This segment is sponsored by Horizon3. Visit https://securityweekly.com/horizon3 to learn more about them! Topic Segment - SmartTVs and Privacy For this week's topic segment, we explore privacy and TVs. LG has been in the news for allegedly collecting data from its customers, but the facts are unclear. We share our recent experiences and dive into some of the primary concerns and theories about what's going on here. If you want to opt out of some of your TV's data collection, Consumer Reports has a collection of instructions for a variety of TV platforms. Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, We check the vibes We check finding and acquisitions Nightmare Eclipse or Good Night of Sleep Eclipse? Update on Anthropic's Glasswing project How long would it take for a mobile phone worm to spread? Don't expose SSH to the public Internet Massive amounts of cryptocurrency continue to get stolen Did you actually read your third party's SOC 2? Your boss may be reading your AI chat history All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-476

Could Big Rich, TD, Fletch or Kat actually fight a chimpanzee and live to tell the tale? For some reason, we seriously debated it. Then we turned the microscope on ourselves and assigned each member of the show a percentage based on just how mean we think we really are. And most importantly… FOOTBALL IS BACK! After our first full weekend on the couch watching games, yelling at TVs and making terrible food decisions, all is right with the world again. Man, it feels good.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Snehal Antani Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3 joins us to talk about how automated validation can help with exposure management. As vulnerability counts spike, security teams are looking for a way to prioritize. Automated penetration testing offers a way to quickly separate exploitable vulnerabilities from the rest. This segment is sponsored by Horizon3. Visit https://securityweekly.com/horizon3 to learn more about them! Topic Segment - SmartTVs and Privacy For this week's topic segment, we explore privacy and TVs. LG has been in the news for allegedly collecting data from its customers, but the facts are unclear. We share our recent experiences and dive into some of the primary concerns and theories about what's going on here. If you want to opt out of some of your TV's data collection, Consumer Reports has a collection of instructions for a variety of TV platforms. Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, We check the vibes We check finding and acquisitions Nightmare Eclipse or Good Night of Sleep Eclipse? Update on Anthropic's Glasswing project How long would it take for a mobile phone worm to spread? Don't expose SSH to the public Internet Massive amounts of cryptocurrency continue to get stolen Did you actually read your third party's SOC 2? Your boss may be reading your AI chat history All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-476

Step into Episode 229 of On The Delo as Delo sits down with Whitney Wingfield, owner of Brick & Barley, for an honest look at what it takes to build a neighborhood bar people treat like home. A fourth-generation Arizona native who started in the bar industry at 19, Whitney shares the path from the original Dos Gringos to selling her house to buy the place where she had already worked for 13 years.The conversation gets into the work guests rarely see: staffing, repairs, regulations, responsible alcohol service, late-night calls, online reviews, and the judgment it takes to spot trouble before it starts. Whitney also explains how AZ Bartenders grew through weddings and corporate events, why responsiveness and flexibility matter, and why knowing how to make a drink is only one part of being a professional bartender.Whitney revisits Brick & Barley's Bar Rescue experience, including what felt made for television, the publicity that still brings people in, and why she insisted that the production avoid structural changes that could create expensive compliance problems. She and Delo also talk about the bar's community-first atmosphere, late-night food, wings, burgers, healthier options, football, and why Whitney has no desire to chase a second location.Chapter Guide (Timestamps)(0:00 - 1:57) Summer Business, World Cup Crowds, and Four Years of Ownership(1:58 - 5:42) Whitney's Arizona Roots and Her Start at the Original Dos Gringos(5:43 - 9:29) Selling Her House, Buying the Bar, and Growing AZ Bartenders(9:30 - 12:14) What Great Bartenders Need: Responsiveness, Training, and Judgment(12:15 - 15:13) The Daily Reality of Ownership, Regulation, and Tempe Community(15:14 - 19:46) Behind Brick & Barley's Bar Rescue Experience(19:47 - 24:02) Handling Reviews and Building a Bar Around Good, Late-Night Food(24:03 - 27:00) Why One Location Is Enough and Why an Owner Is Never Fully Off(27:01 - 30:07) Daily Non-Negotiables, Jack the Dog, Football, and 37 TVs(30:08 - 35:12) Rapid Fire: Bourbon, Yacht Rock, Gummy Nerds, Steak, and Bar Talk(35:13 - 36:13) Closing Thoughts and the Community Energy of World Cup Crowds

Mitsubishi sold its last car in India in January 2020. Four years later, a post about the Pajero got 4,000 likes and 80 comments in four hours. That is the Mitsubishi story in India — great products, massive goodwill, zero strategy.In this episode of the evo India Podcast, Sirish Chandran and Aninda Sardar go through the complete Mitsubishi India journey. The Lancer that arrived in 1998 with independent rear suspension on a rally-derived chassis and beat the Honda City in every handling test — just not in engine feel. The Mitsubishi Cedia that shared its platform with the Evo 6 and 7. And the chairs are actually from the rally car that Sirish drove. The Pajero whose two-tone red-and-white paint job was not a design choice — the paint booth at the Tiruvallur facility was too small to fit the whole car, so the doors were painted separately. The Pajero Sport, which had more power and more torque than the Toyota Fortuner, cost ₹5 lakh more and never had a chance. The Mitsubishi Outlander had column-mounted paddle shifters borrowed from rally cars, a Rockford Fosgate sound system, and a CVT gearbox that killed it. And the Evo 10 — India's most beloved performance car, the one that beat the Mercedes-AMG CLA45 in a back-to-back comparison and upset Mercedes considerably in the process — priced at ₹60 lakh and sold in numbers so small Mitsubishi had to discount the remaining units into oblivion.Sirish also talks about the five days he spent waiting in Coimbatore for Mitsubishi to bring the Evo 10 to the track, his Cedia rally car that gave him the foundation for everything he knows about car dynamics, and the honest verdict on whether Mitsubishi will ever come back to India.0:00 Precap0:33 Introduction: Mitsubishi's journey in India2:09 The history of Hindustan Motors and the JV with Mitsubishi7:12 History of the Mitsubishi Lancer10:14 Mitsubishi's motorsport history10:52 Sirish's memories of the Mitsubishi Lancer12:35 Mitsubishi Lancers rallying in India17:01 Mitsubishi Lancer Invex18:22 Mitsubishi Lancer stopped and in came Cedia26:13 The arrival of Mitsubishi Pajero29:28 The Mitsubishi and Jeep connection30:45 The variants of the Mitsubishi Pajero34:56 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport35:37 The moment when the Montero was stopped and reintroduced36:22 The missed opportunity at a Fortuner rival38:01 Mitsubishi Outlander41:31 evo India's own Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X48:42 Mitsubishi has an India website50:11 The sad ending to the Mitsubishi story in India51:22 Mitsubishi in the Renault-Nissan alliance could bring the Pajero back53:14 Mitsubishi and TVS tie-up

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On this week's show we look into an article that alleges LG's Smart TVs are listening in on your conversations even when the screen is off. We also do a quick rundown on what Dolby's AC4 is and where you can experience it. We also read your emails and look at the week's news. News: Streaming Is Raising Prices Faster Than Cable Ever Did More than half of consumers want live TV and streaming in one package  LG Smart TVs caught listening even with the screen off Stan from Pittsburg sent us a link to an article (LG Smart TVs caught listening even with the screen off) at FlatpanelsHD claiming LG smart TVs collect more data than many owners realize — including with the screen off. What the investigation found LG TVs use ACR (automatic content recognition): they snapshot what's on screen, including HDMI sources, for ad targeting. FlatpanelsHD notes this has been industry-wide for years, not unique to LG. The TVs scan the local Wi‑Fi network, identify other devices, and send back data such as IP address, location, and nearby network names. Voice features can transcribe speech after "Hi LG." The mic can stay active 10–15 seconds after silence. Researchers reported recording/transcription even with the display off, and that locally stored data can upload later when the set reconnects (including for a firmware update). That last point is presented as conflicting with LG's claim that its TVs "do not collect, record, or store ambient conversations." LG had not commented when the article ran. Flatpanel's Recommendation Turn ACR off if you can, or take the TV off the internet and use an external streamer (Apple TV, or Roku.). Firmware can be updated via USB instead of online. ACR is an old, industry-wide problem and it's unclear why the article focused only on LG. They still argue the mic/network findings are worth attention. They also link their earlier piece ranking Apple TV 4K as stronger on privacy because it doesn't do this kind of viewing tracking. Update - In a statement sent to Tom's Hardware, LG said "The claims made in the recently published video are not true. LG TVs process voice data only when the voice button on the remote control is pressed and held, or when a wake word such as 'Hi LG' is recognized after the user has activated the Far-Field voice recognition feature. Other than these instances, the TVs do not collect or record ambient conversations. (If the wake word is not recognized, no voice data is transmitted to the server; the audio processing for wake word detection is performed locally on the device and is immediately deleted.)" Dolby AC-4 One of our listeners, Scott, sent an email asking us to discuss Dolby AC-4 so that is what we are going to do today! Dolby AC-4 is Dolby's next-generation audio codec for broadcast and streaming. It was designed as a clean-sheet replacement for the older Dolby Digital family, not as a tweak of it. Compared with Dolby Digital Plus, AC-4 aims for similar or better quality at roughly half the bitrate. It natively handles channel-based audio, object-based Dolby Atmos, dialogue enhancement, loudness control, multiple language tracks, and different renderings for speakers vs. headphones in one bitstream. There are several profiles/levels: Level 3 — the version widely built into TVs (broadcast/OTT Atmos-style delivery). Level 4 — fuller Atmos metadata, including headphone/head-tracking features. IMS (Immersive Stereo) — a stereo-plus-metadata flavor used for Atmos music on phones and headphones. Is it backwards compatible? No. An AC-4 bitstream cannot be decoded by a Dolby Digital (AC-3) or Dolby Digital Plus decoder. Old AVRs, soundbars, and TVs that only know DD+ (AC-3) will not play AC-4. What is compatible is the playback path in new TVs and set-top boxes. Those devices decode AC-4 internally, then output whatever the next box needs: PCM stereo, AC-3, DD+, or Atmos over HDMI. So the living-room chain can still work; the codec itself is not drop-in compatible with older Dolby formats. Services that must reach mixed old/new hardware still send DD+ or AAC as a fallback. Devices that support it AC-4 decoding is common in UHD TVs shipped since about 2017, especially models that already license Dolby Audio (Dolby has said it is in a large majority of new UHD TVs). Early public commitments came from Samsung, Sony, and Vizio; it is also in many Android TV / Google TV platforms and some Amazon Fire TV devices. It is not universal: Pre-~2017 TVs, most older soundbars/AVRs, and a lot of cheap streaming sticks do not decode it. ATSC 3.0 ("NextGen TV") tuners are the main over-the-air path in the U.S.; tuner support is still incomplete across brands and model lines. Most consumer AVRs still expect Atmos via DD+ JOC (Joint Object Coding) or TrueHD, not a raw AC-4 bitstream from the source. Note - JOC  allows an Atmos-capable TV, soundbar, or AVR to use the "JOC" metadata to build the immersive mix. An older DD+-only device ignores the extra data and just plays the core 5.1 Studios and television Broadcast is the main home. AC-4 is an official audio system for ATSC 3.0 in the U.S. and is adopted by DVB in Europe. NextGen TV stations can (and some do) use it for Atmos, dialogue enhancement, and multiple presentations. Immersive AC-4 on U.S. OTA is still uneven; many 3.0 stations have not yet gone full Atmos. Streaming is later. Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, and most other major video services still deliver Atmos as Dolby Digital Plus + JOC. Peacock has publicly committed to AC-4 (alongside Dolby Vision 2), with rollout described as later in 2026. Atmos music already uses AC-4 IMS on several apps. Studios still master Atmos the same way. The delivery codec is chosen per platform: cinema TrueHD, most streaming DD+ JOC, NextGen TV and a few future streamers AC-4. AC-4 is in the pipeline; it is not yet the default living-room streaming format.

On this week's show: TiVo decides skipping commercials should cost something, LG TVs face some very ugly privacy claims, Home Assistant 2026.9 brings a big Modbus cleanup, UniFi tries a friendlier whole-home Wi-Fi pitch, and Sonos rolls out Beam Ultra, Ace Ultra, and a whole new Sonos 27 software story. We also hit new gear from both CEDIA and IFA, a full mailbag of feedback for Gavin, project updates, and so much more!HomeTech HeadlinesApple announces September iPhone launch eventTiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service | Cord Cutters NewsLG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devicesHomey expands beyond the app with the Portal touchscreen and rotary controllerJBL takes on Sonos with new multi-room Cove speakersShelly launches first smart camera at a budget price without any subscriptionsSonos Launches Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra Pre-Orders in Canada | iPhone in CanadaHow Sonos rebooted itselfSonos 27: Why Your System Keeps Getting BetterIntroducing UniFi Travel Router Long-RangeIntroducing Whole-Home WiFi by UniFiProStudio by Josh.ai Raises the Bar for Custom Home Control, Integration, & Installation at CEDIA Expo 2026AVA OS 3.0 Adds Over 100 New Features to SystemsAudio Pad Series | Architectural Audio Integrated into Faceplates | Magna AudioCEDIA Announces Winners of 2026 Smart Home Awards AmericasGovee expands its smart lighting lineup at IFA 2026 with dual-zone outdoor lights, a simulated skylight, and new COB stripsAqara expands its global smart lighting range with Thread and Zigbee support at IFA 2026These new robot lawn mowers trim your edgesRoborock expands beyond the living room with automated pool cleaners and LiDAR mowers at IFA 2026iRobot unveils the Roomba DuoFeedbackICO – The Smart Pool MonitorSmart Pool Water Analyzer | Make Pool Care Effortless - iopoolDroplet: Smart Home Water SensorTailwind iQ3 Smart Automatic Garage Door ControllerESPHome Tesla BLE“How Many Gavins” Calculator2026.9: There's room on this busE-Wand™ Single Unit – Current Luxury

Trump just put a $5,000 check on the midterms. He told the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas that if the GOP holds the House and the Senate, every adult citizen gets a “Trump dividend.” He framed it like a company paying shareholders after “tremendous economic success,” and he told the crowd to pretend he's on the ballot so he can finish the job. Keep the majority, he said, and the next two years include voter ID, energy production, permanent cuts on tips, overtime, and Social Security, plus bills on surprise medical billing, hospital prices, credit-card swipe fees, cashless bail, and the death penalty for large-scale drug dealers. Lose it, and he warned the border, the tax cuts, and the safety go with it. The Post notes the payout would add more than $1.2 trillion to a $40 trillion national debt — and earlier tariff-and-DOGE dividend ideas never landed. The full episode unpacks the speech and the price tag. Pat also covered:  James Talarico just told Fox he “missed the mark” on six sexes — now he says there are two Colin Kaepernick used to call voting collaboration with “the system of oppression.” Mamdani's NYC mayoralty has him praising elections again One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. RIP to a patriot who died talking to students President Trump says the Iran war ends right after the midterms Researchers say LG smart TVs scan your whole home network and can log audio even offline Does a $5,000 check change how you vote in November? Is this a dividend from success, or another round of printed money? If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:16 GOP Midterm Convention 02:26 Trump on Issues with Air Force One 05:36 Trump on How Soon the War with Iran will End 09:01 Trump Asked about his Conversation with Putin 13:11 Trump on the GOP Midterm Convention Attendance 17:23 Ken Paxton has Low Energy 21:30 John Fetterman's Message for the GOP Convention 26:24 Trump at the GOP Convention Urging Attendees to Vote 27:33 Trump's Dividend Promise at the GOP Convention 30:12 Fat Five 48:19 Jeffy has Finally Watched 'The Odyssey' in Theaters 54:11 Your LG TV is Spying on You! 1:08:56 Zohran Mamdani Makes Colin Kaepernick Want to Vote Again 1:12:08 One-Year Anniversary of Charlie Kirk's Assassination 1:12:49 Ted Cruz on the Upcoming Midterms 1:15:40 Ted Cruz Grades President Trump 1:22:54 Interview with Zuby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9/11’s 25th anniversary should be about the victims, their families, and reflecting on an event that altered the course of our history. Of course, Trump is using the anniversary to aggrandize himself, and Republicans–especially former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani–are furious at NYC’s current mayor Mamdani for attending the 9/11 memorial because Mamdani is muslim. Mamdani just released a report showing that NYC officials lied about how many toxins were left in the air following the collapse of the twin towers, toxins which killed thousands of people. No wonder Giuliani is so mad. Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for episode 148 of Native Land Pod. We are 54 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all! FYSA HEADLINES –The White House has released a series of arcade games, including one called “Rio Run” where you play as a border patrol agent and collect migrants. –Confusion over what electoral map Missouri will use just weeks before ballots go out. –A Missouri state rep nominee plots to plant cocaine on his Democratic opponent. –GOP officials in Oklahoma have been paying state prisoners $2 an hour to make calls on behalf of a Republican PAC, the Make Liberty Win PAC. –A Black woman who fatally shot a white man in a North Lauderdale Walmart parking lot this Summer will not have files charged against her due to “Stand your ground” immunity. –A woman brings a great dane as a “service animal” onto an airplane. LINKS AND RESOURCES Bakari honored with National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Award: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc1PpmiiL1H/ U.N.’s new “Equal Earth” map: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/how-new-world-map-could-reshape-global-perceptions/107123916 LG’s “Smart” (AKA “Spy”) TVs: https://www.theverge.com/tech/991190/lg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus SUBMIT A QUESTION Have a question for our hosts? Send a 60-second video to @nativelandpod and they may answer it on the show! Tutorial video for submitting questions: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Smith is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SUMMARY: With smart TVs spying on us and SUVs impersonating cell phone towers, we need to unwind and unbox things with Paul. Jacob has comments on Star Trek IV, and Matt's family starts a new holiday tradition. Also, raccoon penis bones, OrgyDomes, and we're in our "cups" with a Scoopardy.

• Intro 0:00• Madden 27 Game Trial 2:13• Zelda Direct 9/8 3:13• Nintendo Direct 9/9 29:44• The Backlog [Kirby Air Riders, NS2] 57:32• iPhone DUO (Foldable iPhone) 1:04:47• State of Play Recap 1:22:21• Sony Is Making More Money From You Now Than During the PS4 Era 1:28:50• Hideki Kamiya on Games Preservation 1:31:18• New Info on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis 1:33:45• Sonic Is an Android in Fortnite 1:36:48• Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming 1:38:52• Xbox Partners With TCL to Add Game Pass to TVs 1:43:20• Not All Publishers Involved in Microsoft's Disc-to-Digital Program 1:43:54• Tweet of the Week 1:46:58• Q&A 1:48:37• BREAKING NEWS: Kojima and PlayStation SPLIT UP 1:56:55✴️ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/cw/WULFFDENPodcastOriginally streamed on September 9, 2026

Would you pay a lower price for lower quality? Clark readily admits he would - in some cases. Is buying the absolute cheapest option actually saving you money, or is it a hidden trap? Clark breaks down the everyday dilemma between price and long-term quality, sharing where he happily goes rock-bottom cheap (like flat-screen TVs) versus where paying a bit more pays off for safety, durability, and real value. Also, are you staying in your job to keep your benefits?  Nearly 1 in 4 Americans are stuck in jobs they want to leave simply because they can't afford to lose their health coverage. Clark exposes the bizarre history behind "job lock" and explains why tying healthcare and complex retirement plans to employment is a system that desperately needs fixing. Plus, Christa shares your #AskClark questions and Clark gives his take. All this and more on the September 9, 2026, episode of The Clark Howard Show. Submit your questions: Ask Clark. Price Vs Quality: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Job Lock: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: When Saving Money Costs More in the Long Run Is It Worth Buying High-End Appliances? - Clark Howard How To Open a Roth IRA - Clark Howard Roth IRA Growth Calculator - 2026 - Clark Howard My 7 Rules for Using Credit Cards - Clark Howard US Mobile Review: 6 Things To Know Before You Sign Up The Best International Phone Plans - Clark Howard Using Cellular Data Internationally: Buying a Local SIM Card  Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says The Millionaire Next Door Is LifeLock Worth It? - Clark Howard How To Freeze and Unfreeze Your Credit With Experian, Equifax and TransUnion Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Nolan argues that recognizing the machinery behind storytelling doesn't necessarily make it bad storytelling. Plus, theaters lean harder on premium tickets, sports experiments with free alternate broadcasts, and smart TVs may be paying far more attention than viewers realize.This week on The FULL Experience: Get Smart (526 - "I Am Curiously Yellow")Next week: The Nude BombSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at http://Cordkillers.comSupport Cordkillers at http://Patreon.com/CordkillersYouTube: https://youtu.be/9CxYkuool7s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher Nolan argues that recognizing the machinery behind storytelling doesn't necessarily make it bad storytelling. Plus, theaters lean harder on premium tickets, sports experiments with free alternate broadcasts, and smart TVs may be paying far more attention than viewers realize.This week on The FULL Experience: Get Smart (526 - "I Am Curiously Yellow")Next week: The Nude BombSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at http://Cordkillers.comSupport Cordkillers at http://Patreon.com/CordkillersYouTube: https://youtu.be/9CxYkuool7s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher Nolan argues that recognizing the machinery behind storytelling doesn't necessarily make it bad storytelling. Plus, theaters lean harder on premium tickets, sports experiments with free alternate broadcasts, and smart TVs may be paying far more attention than viewers realize.This week on The FULL Experience: Get Smart (526 - "I Am Curiously Yellow")Next week: The Nude BombSubscribe, get expanded show notes, and past episodes at http://Cordkillers.comSupport Cordkillers at http://Patreon.com/CordkillersYouTube: https://youtu.be/9CxYkuool7s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We jumped into Roblox Prop Hunt and things got chaotic FAST

Bloomberg detailed Apple's decade-long path to a $2,000+ foldable iPhone, Gamers Nexus alleged LG smart TVs eavesdropped via built-in microphones and tracked nearby devices, and a mathematician accused OpenAI of secretly using his private Navier-Stokes work, which OpenAI denied. A look at Apple's path to a foldable device, the biggest change in iPhone history; sources: memory shortages led Apple to blow past an early $1,999 price goal (Bloomberg) Analysis of LG's smart TVs shows its ad software tracks nearby devices, security flaws can allow hackers to eavesdrop via the built-in microphone, and more (Gamers Nexus / YouTube) The Register reports LG's TVs generated audio transcripts even in standby, collected Wi-Fi network data and unpaired nearby devices, and fed it to LG's ad unit, which claims reach across 363 million addressable devices (The Register) Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges OpenAI learned of his work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge on Navier-Stokes and used an internal model to solve it (Scientific American) Subscribe to the ad-free feed.

Duji has no voice. Five pronounced dead after an Amazon cargo plane in Miami crashes into a parking lot. LG smart TVs may be spying on people. Quora and psychics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duji has no voice. Five pronounced dead after an Amazon cargo plane in Miami crashes into a parking lot. LG smart TVs may be spying on people. Quora and psychics. Closed captions. You Can See Everything trailer about Elisabeth Holmes. Rover is finally having his laptop fixed. A steakhouse manager has been accused of killing his mother. Man upset that a restaurant charged him a packaging fee for placing an online 'To Go' order. Duji has to run to the bathroom multiple times. Carmen Angelo does not like Charlie's appearance. The President was tweeting a lot over the holiday weekend. Wheel of Fortune announcer, Jim Thorton, has been replaced. The holiday weekend was filled with donut truck, Bingo Loco, and cookouts. Charlie has a rat in his house. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OpenAI calls GPT-6 Astra a generational leap, with company president Greg Brockman declaring, "Welcome to the AGI era." But OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki is sounding a very different note. In his essay "An Alien Mind," Pachocki warns that no one is prepared for the consequences of rapidly rising machine intelligence. Jim Love examines Astra's critical cybersecurity capabilities, reduced chain-of-thought monitorability, potential to evade safety monitors during adversarial testing, AI-assisted training and staged rollout to paying ChatGPT subscribers. He also considers how AI helping to train its successors echoes a warning in Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares's bestseller, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies." Next, a Gamers Nexus investigation alleges that LG smart TVs catalog devices on their networks, monitor screen content and transcribe or retain conversations. The findings raise serious questions about advertising data, cybersecurity and whether television data could become evidence in a lawsuit. LG previously said its televisions do not record ambient conversations. Finally, physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder says organizations on both sides of the AI debate are paying influencers to promote their messages—sometimes supplying the wording and sources themselves. The episode closes with a clear statement about Hashtag Trending's editorial independence. 00:00 Headlines and introduction 00:50 GPT-6 Astra and the AGI debate 02:01 Jakub Pachocki's "An Alien Mind" warning 03:26 Hidden reasoning and weaker monitoring 05:30 Safety slowdowns and Astra rollout 06:15 AI training its successors 07:38 LG TV data-collection investigation 09:42 Advertising value and security risks 11:22 Paid influencers in the AI debate 13:23 Editorial independence and closing

37 reps who got the least recognition on one 153-person sales team averaged 62 percent quota attainment. The team average was 107 percent. That gap is the whole argument Sindre Haaland, CEO and founder of SalesScreen, makes for why comp plans alone don't explain sales performance.Why Identical Comp Plans Produce Wildly Different ResultsSindre's core observation: two reps can work under the exact same comp plan and produce completely different results, which means money alone isn't the daily driver of performance.Comp plans set the structure and tell a rep what they need to do to get paid, but engagement is what determines whether they actually do it consistently.An engaged rep will outperform a disengaged one with the identical incentive on the table, every time.Know Your Sales MathSindre's first question to any rep: have you actually broken your quota down into what you need to do today, not just what you need to hit by year end?Reps who treat sales as a series of repeatable, data-driven daily activities have a far more predictable path to their number than those relying on charisma alone.Even with a full pipeline of data, the numbers only matter if a rep has the motivation to actually execute the plan. That's the gap gamification is built to close.The Four Player Types on Every Sales TeamSindre borrows a framework from game theory to describe four types of sales reps: killers, achievers, explorers, and socialites.Killers are driven by being number one and seeing their name at the top of the leaderboard. Achievers care about personal bests, regardless of where they rank against everyone else.Explorers enjoy the process itself, testing new tools and new angles. Socialites, the majority of most sales teams, are driven by recognition, visibility, and feeling like their effort is seen.The TV and Music Moment That Changed Sindre's CareerSindre described watching a sales floor the first time his team replaced a whiteboard with TVs that played music and visuals every time a rep closed a deal.People were jumping on their desks. That reaction is what convinced him sales motivation itself, not another feature, was the real business to build.A rep's win becoming a shared, visible, celebrated moment does something a quiet bank deposit never will.Three Rules for Running a Contest That Moves the NeedleTiming matters more than most leaders assume. Contests started on a Wednesday consistently outperform ones started on a Monday, since early-week motivation has usually faded by midweek.Shorter is better. Month-long contests tend to create a "valley of disengagement," with excitement in week one, a dead middle, and a scramble at the end. One-day sprints create urgency without the letdown.Change the format so more than the top performer has a real shot. A lottery-style contest, where every meeting booked or deal closed earns a ticket, gives the middle of the pack a genuine "I might actually win this time" feeling.Get Creative: Pairing, Envelopes, and the White Elephant GamePairing a high performer with a lower performer on a team-based contest naturally creates coaching and mentorship, without ever calling it that.Simple physical mechanics work too: envelopes on a wall that reps can pick from after hitting an activity, some holding a dollar, some holding a bigger prize.Sindre's favorite: a white elephant style game where prizes range from real rewards to silly forfeits, and reps can steal from each other until the contest ends, creating genuinely memorable moments on the floor.The Recognition Stat That Proves the PointSindre shared data from a 153-person sales team where they measured how often each rep received recognition in a month.The 37 reps who received the least recognition averaged 62 percent quota attainment. The team average was 107 percent.Recognition and quota attainment move together closely enough that Sindre treats recognition frequency as a leading indicator, not just a nice-to-have.Where to Start as a New Sales LeaderSindre's starting point for anyone new to this: interview your top performers and find out what they actually do every day, not just what the official process says they should do.Frequently, top performers are doing things nobody explicitly asked them to do, or doing an already-known behavior far more consistently than everyone else.Cross-check those behaviors against the rest of the team. Wherever the gap is real, that's where a leader's next contest or incentive should be aimed."A motivated person will do better than a disengaged one, even with the same comp plan." — Sindre HaalandResourcesConnect with Sindre Haaland on LinkedIn.Visit SalesScreen, the world's leading sales gamification platform.Join our LinkedIn cohort and learn to prospect the right way.Visit Blue Mango Studios for help creating podcast production content.Sponsorship OffersThis episode is brought to you in part by Hubspot.With HubSpot sales hubs, your data tools and teams join a single platform to close deals and turn prospects into pipelines. Try it for yourself at hubspot.com/sales.This episode is brought to you in part by LinkedIn.Are you tired of prospective clients not responding to your emails? Sign up for a free 60-day trial of LinkedIn Sales Navigator at linkedin.com/tse.This episode is brought to you in part by the TSE Sales Foundation.Improve your connection on LinkedIn and land three or five appointments with our LinkedIn prospecting course. Go to the salesevangelist.com/linkedin.CreditsAs one of our podcast listeners, we value your opinion and always want to improve the quality of our show. Complete our two-minute survey here: thesalesevangelist.com/survey. We'd love for you to join us for our next episodes by tuning in on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, or Spotify. Audio provided by Free SFX, Soundstripe, and Bensound. Other songs used in the episodes are as follows: The Organ Grinder written by Bradley Jay Hill, performed by Bright Seed, and produced by Brightseed and Hill.

We loved seeing CFB on our TVs last night...should Rutgers just throw in the towel...hats off to UMass...what a wild finish in Atlanta...and can we stop the lawsuits in the SEC and just play football

Between school, work and extracurricular activities, it can be tough to manage the family. Fortunately, there's a new tool called Norton Family Assistant. For all the deets, we're joined by Leyla Bilge, Global Head of Scam Research for NortonIf it's been a while since you've walked down the aisles of your local big box store, wait ‘til you see what TVs are available today. Bruce Walker, Product Evangelist for TCL North America, rejoins us on Tech It Out, with a look at new technologiesIf it's time to upgrade your monitor, hear what's new and newsworthy in that space – as we've got Patrick “Maka,” renowned content creator, to share important features for work or playThank you to Visa, Norton, and SanDisk for your incredible support. Get a huge discount on Norton anti-malware at norton.com/techitout

There are countless shows about first responders that glue us to our TVs. From paramedics to police and now…Animal Control? This week on TVPL we watched the pilot of this Joel McHale starring sitcom on Fox about the lesser appreciated government agency you know and love. This show has everything and by everything we mean weasels and ostriches! Did Animal Control have us going wild? Find out on this week's TVPL!With:Rich Inman Geoff KerbisMax Singer

Give Me an Undivided HeartPsalm 86:11 “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.”God has been teaching us His way since the beginning. He has always guided us and shown us how we should live. I don't think the problem is God not teaching us; I think the problem is our divided heart. The end of this verse says Give me an undivided heart to revere your name. To revere someone's name means to honor and admire it. Are we doing that with God's name? I don't think we are. I hear people taking the Lord's name in vain all throughout the day. It's not always in a bad way, and yet it is not used to revere God. Think back over the last 24 hours. Have you used God's name in the last 24 hours? How did you use it? Were you honoring and admiring God when you used it? What can we do to get back to revering God's name?God has done a great job of teaching us His ways. At first He walked and talked with Adam and Eve, and I am sure they had some great conversations. However, after the fall, that type of relationship was no longer permitted. Even though we were no longer living in that same environment, God found ways over the years to teach us His ways. He used prophets and other faithful people to teach us all we needed to know. Then God sent His only Son to walk among us and to teach us. He also sent His Son so our relationship could be healed and there was no longer anything standing in between us and the real presence of God. Then all these lessons and stories were written down so those of us who came after would know how God expected us to live. If we want to know how to walk in God's truth, we can find out. God has taught us many times over. So, what's the problem then? The problem is our divided heart. The problem is, we live in a world that is so contrary to everything God teaches us. Our hearts are divided because we love this world. We love our friends, we love our family, we love our TVs and our cars and all of our stuff. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It is good to love our families and friends. It may even be ok to love your stuff. What definitely isn't ok is to love that stuff more than God. You might be thinking you're good; you are sure you don't love your stuff, your family, or your friends more than God. But what if we looked at how you are spending your time? Are you spending more time with your family, friends & TV than you are spending with God? What if we looked at your finances? Are you spending lots of money on material things and not much money on the church, charity, or the poor? God is so good. I took a break from writing this episode so I could get my run in because I could feel my motivation to do the run dwindling. I don't know about you, but I need to get my workouts done in the morning, or they just don't happen. While I was on the run, I was listening to a personal development podcast. However, after a while I switched to praise music. As soon as I did, God put on a song that goes perfectly with the podcast. I love when He does that! Does this ever happen to you? You are wondering about something, thinking about something, or just really need encouragement about something and the perfect song for that moment comes on the radio? This was actually the second day in a row for this to happen to me. God is so good.The song that I think makes the point I am trying to make really well is called House Divided by Josh Wilson. Their lyrics are as follows:Could someone tell me why, old habits just won't die,It's like I've got two hearts inside one chest.And one is beating for the life I'm headed towardThe other wants to drag me to my deathBridge:I am a house divided, but I've decided I'm gonna fight it,I do what I don't want to, Oh God I need you, to make me new.Chorus: Everyday (x3)Verse 2:I've never understood, the folks that think we're good, whenever we are left to our desires, Oh, the way i see it is, Alone, we are adrift, in an ocean in a boat we set on fire.I especially like when the part that says, “I am a house divided, but I've decided I'm gonna fight it,I do what I don't want to, Oh God I need you, to make me new.” I feel as though I am saying this very thing to God every day! I tell Him I am sorry for putting this, that, or the other thing in front of Him yet again. I ask Him to help me because I, like St. Paul said in Romans 7:15, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” This is what Josh is saying in this song. He knows what he should do, and yet what he knows and what he does are two different things. I also like when he said, “It's like I've got two hearts inside one chest. And one is beating for the life I'm headed toward; the other wants to drag me to my death.” This is actually what is happening. There are two spirits competing for your soul. The Holy Spirit is living inside of you and is trying to lead you to the life you are headed towards. He is leading you to the amazing life God has planned for you. The one that is so much better than you can even imagine. Then there is the devil. He is fighting for your death. He would like nothing more than to drag your soul down to hell for eternal suffering. I know that doesn't sound good, and it may even sound scary. I am not trying to scare you; I am trying to tell you what is going on. Do you ever wonder why everything is so hard, why it feels like there is this force working against you? The reason is that there is a force working against you. The enemy is strong, and he is willing to do whatever it takes to win your soul. God gave us free will, and the enemy uses that against us. He whispers lies into our ears all day long. He tells us we are not good enough; he tells us we will never measure up. He tells us we won't ever lose the weight anyway, so why bother trying? He tells us it's ok to sit on the couch and watch TV all day; we don't have anything else to do anyway. He tells us it's ok if we aren't living up to our potential; there are lots of people that aren't, and we are doing better than a lot of other people. He fills our heads with these lies so often we start to believe them. This is why our hearts feel so divided. Just as this song says, we need to recognize this is happening and we need to consciously decide to fight it. We need to call upon God; He is the only one who can truly help us fight it. I will leave you with the words of today's verse, “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.”Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless everyone listening to this episode today. Lord, we want to walk in your truth; please help us. Teach us your ways, soften our hearts and incline our ears so we can hear you. Lord, give us an undivided heart. If our heart is already divided, please help us put it back together again! Lord, help us to put you first above all things. If there is anything we are putting above you, please put it on our hearts and then give us the strength to change it. We love you Lord, you are so powerful. You are the Almighty one, and you are the Prince of Peace. We adore thee, we bow before thee, holy is your name. Lord, we are so grateful for all you do, and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus' holy name. Amen.Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. Can I ask you a favor? If you are enjoying this podcast, can you share it with at least one friend today? Next to the title, or somewhere on the page, there are usually three dots; if you click them, you'll see lots of options, including sharing the episode. Also, if you could subscribe, rate, and review the podcast, that would help ensure that more people can find the podcast. Your reviews really do matter; they help the platform know you like the show and think others should listen too. Thank you so much for your support! It means the world to me. I appreciate you showing up to listen. I look forward to hanging out with you tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you and so do I! Have a blessed day!Psalm 86:11 “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.”God has been teaching us His way since the beginning. He has always guided us and shown us how we should live. I don't think the problem is God not teaching us; I think the problem is our divided heart. The end of this verse says Give me an undivided heart to revere your name. To revere someone's name means to honor and admire it. Are we doing that with God's name? I don't think we are. I hear people taking the Lord's name in vain all throughout the day. It's not always in a bad way, and yet it is not used to revere God. Think back over the last 24 hours. Have you used God's name in the last 24 hours? How did you use it? Were you honoring and admiring God when you used it? What can we do to get back to revering God's name?God has done a great job of teaching us His ways. At first He walked and talked with Adam and Eve, and I am sure they had some great conversations. However, after the fall, that type of relationship was no longer permitted. Even though we were no longer living in that same environment, God found ways over the years to teach us His ways. He used prophets and other faithful people to teach us all we needed to know. Then God sent His only Son to walk among us and to teach us. He also sent His Son so our relationship could be healed and there was no longer anything standing in between us and the real presence of God. Then all these lessons and stories were written down so those of us who came after would know how God expected us to live. If we want to know how to walk in God's truth, we can find out. God has taught us many times over. So, what's the problem then? The problem is our divided heart. The problem is, we live in a world that is so contrary to everything God teaches us. Our hearts are divided because we love this world. We love our friends, we love our family, we love our TVs and our cars and all of our stuff. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It is good to love our families and friends. It may even be ok to love your stuff. What definitely isn't ok is to love that stuff more than God. You might be thinking you're good; you are sure you don't love your stuff, your family, or your friends more than God. But what if we looked at how you are spending your time? Are you spending more time with your family, friends & TV than you are spending with God? What if we looked at your finances? Are you spending lots of money on material things and not much money on the church, charity, or the poor? God is so good. I took a break from writing this episode so I could get my run in because I could feel my motivation to do the run dwindling. I don't know about you, but I need to get my workouts done in the morning, or they just don't happen. While I was on the run, I was listening to a personal development podcast. However, after a while I switched to praise music. As soon as I did, God put on a song that goes perfectly with the podcast. I love when He does that! Does this ever happen to you? You are wondering about something, thinking about something, or just really need encouragement about something and the perfect song for that moment comes on the radio? This was actually the second day in a row for this to happen to me. God is so good.The song that I think makes the point I am trying to make really well is called House Divided by Josh Wilson. Their lyrics are as follows:Could someone tell me why, old habits just won't die,It's like I've got two hearts inside one chest.And one is beating for the life I'm headed towardThe other wants to drag me to my deathBridge:I am a house divided, but I've decided I'm gonna fight it,I do what I don't want to, Oh God I need you, to make me new.Chorus: Everyday (x3)Verse 2:I've never understood, the folks that think we're good, whenever we are left to our desires, Oh, the way i see it is, Alone, we are adrift, in an ocean in a boat we set on fire.I especially like when the part that says, “I am a house divided, but I've decided I'm gonna fight it,I do what I don't want to, Oh God I need you, to make me new.” I feel as though I am saying this very thing to God every day! I tell Him I am sorry for putting this, that, or the other thing in front of Him yet again. I ask Him to help me because I, like St. Paul said in Romans 7:15, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” This is what Josh is saying in this song. He knows what he should do, and yet what he knows and what he does are two different things. I also like when he said, “It's like I've got two hearts inside one chest. And one is beating for the life I'm headed toward; the other wants to drag me to my death.” This is actually what is happening. There are two spirits competing for your soul. The Holy Spirit is living inside of you and is trying to lead you to the life you are headed towards. He is leading you to the amazing life God has planned for you. The one that is so much better than you can even imagine. Then there is the devil. He is fighting for your death. He would like nothing more than to drag your soul down to hell for eternal suffering. I know that doesn't sound good, and it may even sound scary. I am not trying to scare you; I am trying to tell you what is going on. Do you ever wonder why everything is so hard, why it feels like there is this force working against you? The reason is that there is a force working against you. The enemy is strong, and he is willing to do whatever it takes to win your soul. God gave us free will, and the enemy uses that against us. He whispers lies into our ears all day long. He tells us we are not good enough; he tells us we will never measure up. He tells us we won't ever lose the weight anyway, so why bother trying? He tells us it's ok to sit on the couch and watch TV all day; we don't have anything else to do anyway. He tells us it's ok if we aren't living up to our potential; there are lots of people that aren't, and we are doing better than a lot of other people. He fills our heads with these lies so often we start to believe them. This is why our hearts feel so divided. Just as this song says, we need to recognize this is happening and we need to consciously decide to fight it. We need to call upon God; He is the only one who can truly help us fight it. I will leave you with the words of today's verse, “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.”Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless everyone listening to this episode today. Lord, we want to walk in your truth; please help us. Teach us your ways, soften our hearts and incline our ears so we can hear you. Lord, give us an undivided heart. If our heart is already divided, please help us put it back together again! Lord, help us to put you first above all things. If there is anything we are putting above you, please put it on our hearts and then give us the strength to change it. We love you Lord, you are so powerful. You are the Almighty one, and you are the Prince of Peace. We adore thee, we bow before thee, holy is your name. Lord, we are so grateful for all you do, and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus' holy name. Amen.Thank you so much for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus. Can I ask you a favor? If you are enjoying this podcast, can you share it with at least one friend today? Next to the title, or somewhere on the page, there are usually three dots; if you click them, you'll see lots of options, including sharing the episode. Also, if you could subscribe, rate, and review the podcast, that would help ensure that more people can find the podcast. Your reviews really do matter; they help the platform know you like the show and think others should listen too. Thank you so much for your support! It means the world to me. I appreciate you showing up to listen. I look forward to hanging out with you tomorrow. Remember, Jesus loves you and so do I! Have a blessed day! Today's Word from the Lord was received in February 2026 by a member of my Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group. If you have any questions about the prayer group, these words, or how to join us for a meeting, please email CatholicCharismaticPrayerGroup@gmail.com. Today's Word from the Lord is, “I know you feel you are standing on the precipice of many unknown tomorrows. I AM here! Your God. The Mighty One! The Great I Am stands before you. What do you have to fear? Surrender your fears! I will wipe them away! ” www.findingtruenorthcoaching.comCLICK HERE TO DONATECLICK HERE to sign up for Mentoring CLICK HERE to sign up for Daily "Word from the Lord" emailsCLICK HERE to sign up for my newsletter & receive a free audio training about inviting Jesus into your daily lifeCLICK HERE to buy my book Total Trust in God's Safe Embrace

What It Really Means to Be on the Fence Well, hey there. Welcome back. You know, at one point, you might have been on the fence about whether you’re going to listen to this episode or stick with the podcast or subscribe to it. There may be hundreds of things you’ve been on the fence about in your life. And when was the last time you actually used that phrase with another human? Because depending on your definition, it may or may not mean undecided. So let’s talk about it. And let’s talk about those monsters and unicorns that are involved in it. So, but first, let’s talk about what it isn’t. To me, it’s not a lack of decisiveness. It’s not a lack of being in one direction or another. Because if you say, “Well, I like this, but do I want it? Hm, I don’t know.” Well, then you don’t really have a lot of energy pushing you to make that decision or to purchase something or what have you. You may think, “Okay, well, I’d like to agree to this, but I just… I don’t have the resources for it, the energy for it, the time for it, the… the desire.” Or you may think, “I don’t want this at all. I don’t want this at all, but I… I don’t want to tell this person. So, I’ll just string them along,” which is another fun phrase. None of those are really being on the fence. On the fence makes you literally feel like you’re sort of teetering on a very precarious position. You’re going to fall one way or the other way. You’re going to say yes, or you’re going to say no. You’re going to take the plunge, or you’re not. Making a decision requires time and energy and, in some cases, resources. Or, in some cases, it may cost you a considerable amount of resources if you make the wrong decision. It can feel funny, it can feel out of character, or it can kind of feel exciting, because you may feel both the danger or the risk, at the same time, you feel the pleasure of going, “Wow, if I do this, this good thing will happen and make me feel good.” Lots of monsters and unicorns… I suppose that sounds like gambling a little bit, doesn’t it? But it also sounds like a couple of monsters and unicorns pulling at you. One of them is trying to pull you to one side of the fence, one of them is trying to pull you to the other. You have the monster saying, “If you do this, it’s going to hurt. You’re going to waste money, you’re going to waste time, you’re going to get tricked, it’s a scam, it’s not something you need, you’re going to regret it.” That could be one monster, that could be a number of monsters. You can have a monster working on the other side saying, “If you don’t do this, it’s going to hurt. If you don’t make this decision, you’re going to continue to suffer, you’re going to continue to be in pain. You have to do this.” You can have a unicorn saying, “You know what? Stay here. Don’t… don’t do this. Don’t make this decision, because not making this decision makes us feel really good. It feels good not to do this. So, just leave it as a default, as a no.” You could also have one on the other side saying, “You know, man, this’ll feel good if you do this. Man, this is what you have wanted. Look at how your friends are going to revere you. You’re going to be the coolest guy. You are going to have the neatest stuff. They’re going to come over and go, ‘Wow.’ Or they’re going to say, ‘Wow, I can’t believe that you did this. You’re impressing me, and the best person ever.'” And now imagine all those monsters and unicorns are are joining hands, they’re working together to yank you from one side to the other. They’re pulling you. And you’re, again, teeter-tottering on there. That is exciting. So, there’s a certain excitement to being on the fence, and it can be kind of rare. People who are decisive typically do a couple of things: They move quickly, and they try to remove emotion from it. But in both cases, sometimes that doesn’t work. Sometimes you can’t move quickly because you might have to do some research, and the research might tell you you were really wrong. Taking the emotion out sounds great on paper, but what it really sounds like you’re doing is you’re taking a monster or unicorn out that’s disconnected. Again, the decision as to whether to purchase a large TV because you decide you want one or you need one for movies or so forth, if that’s affected by the emotion of “my friends will think I’m cool,” well, then that’s disconnected. So by taking the emotion out, you’re really just taking out the control of that monster or unicorn in this particular equation. Impulse Purchases vs. Strategic Waiting I use TV because it… it… it’s something that a lot of people buy. The size of it tends to rely sometimes on what you think your friends will think of it or your family, and so forth. It’s sometimes it’s a one-upmanship kind of thing. It… it’s a good thing to pick on. I mean, people buy TVs, people like large TVs. This is my way, or the way that I purchased my TV, which is like 100 years old now.

Glyn Aeppel has spent decades at the highest levels of hospitality investment, but it's her time working alongside André Balazs that tells you the most about her eye. In this episode, Glyn, founder of Glencove Capital and one of the few women-owned boutique hospitality investment firms in the US, joins Ariela to unpack what she looks for in founders and brands, why "scale" means something completely different in boutique hospitality than in big-box brands, and the biggest misconception she still sees derail beautifully designed hotels. They also dig into her decade-long investment in Mob Hotel, lessons from working alongside hospitality icon André Balazs, and the trends she believes will define the next decade of boutique travel.Episode Time Stamps:0:00 – Introduction to Glyn Aeppel and Glencove Capital2:37 – Why she left the corporate world to found Glencove Capital6:06 – What she looks for in founders and brands before investing8:55 – Redefining "scale" for boutique hospitality — the choir and symphony analogy12:17 – Balancing creative vision with financial discipline17:12 – The biggest misconception in hospitality investment18:52 – Lessons from working alongside André Balazs (Chiltern Firehouse, The Standard)23:58 – Inside Mob Hotel: her decade-long investment and its social mission31:19 – Evaluating international investments and the importance of local partners34:28 – The two trends defining boutique travel's next decade: wellness and sustainability42:21 – Closing advice: be authentic and true to yourselfEpisode Highlights:Leaving a corporate role as "the second-largest shareholder but not the decision-maker" to found Glencove Capital out of frustration, not inspirationCalling herself a "corpreneur" — someone who becomes an entrepreneur later in life after a corporate careerWhat she looks for in founders: passion, deep knowledge, and knowing what they don't knowWhy cookie-cutter consistency is the enemy of boutique hospitality — and her choir/symphony analogy for how a brand umbrella should workThe constant push-and-pull between creative vision and financial discipline in scaling a boutique brandThe biggest misconception in hospitality investment: a beautifully designed building doesn't guarantee guests will comeWorking alongside André Balazs on Chiltern Firehouse and The Standard, and how he built teams around each project's unique visionInside Mob Hotel — her 10+ year investment in Cyril Azoulay's social-mission-driven European hotel brand, and its US expansion plansWhy international investing requires a trusted local partner — including a small but telling example (no TVs in Mob Hotel rooms) of cultural differences in hospitality designTwo trends she believes will define the next decade of boutique travel: deep health and wellness programming, and authentic sustainabilityGlyn and Ariela close by returning to a theme that runs through the whole conversation — that authenticity, not scale or spectacle, is what separates lasting boutique hospitality brands from the rest. From her own leap from corporate life to founding Glencove Capital, to her work with André Balazs and her long-term belief in Mob Hotel, Glyn's throughline is the same: know what you don't know, surround yourself with the right people, and stay true to your vision even when it isn't the easy path. It's a fitting reminder that in an industry chasing wellness and sustainability trends, the most durable investment is still in genuine, well-curated human experience.Stay tuned for the next episode of The Unfamiliar Shift with Ariela for more insightful discussions on the boutique lifestyle lodging industry.Keep connected with BLLA for the latest updates and explore BLLA.org for more resources. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn to keep up with the pulse of boutique hospitality.

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This week we talk about peaker plants, blackouts, and at-home battery backups.We also discuss energy resiliency, solar panels, and hydro.Recommended Book: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettTranscriptPeaking power plants, often just called peaker plants, are power plants that are turned on only during periods of high energy demand. That's in contrast to a baseload power plant, which operates more or less 24/7 to ensure there's a steady amount of electricity available on the local power grid.The need for peak-load energy varies depending on the time of year and which part of the world you're looking at. In general, though, energy demand tends to increase in the morning and evening because of temperature fluctuations and lifestyle rhythms.People are at home in the morning and return from work in the evening, at which point they turn on their ACs or heaters, TVs, lights, electric kettles, and video game consoles. That leads to an irregular surge in demand compared with the steady office and factory demand met throughout the day by the baseload power plant.When energy demand peaks, approaching or exceeding what the baseload plant can reliably provide, the peaker plant is spun up and more energy is added to the grid. This helps avoid brownouts and blackouts, situations in which people lose access to power because there isn't enough to go around.This also helps stabilize energy prices. In most countries, pricing is used to manage scarce energy resources, so as a grid approaches the point where it's running out of available electricity, prices rise to incentivize less energy use. Peaker plants keep those prices from going sky-high by increasing the supply, preventing demand from pushing prices into absolutely ridiculous territory.Some peaker plants operate for a handful of hours basically every day. This is especially true in places with extreme temperature fluctuations, or in areas where the population or manufacturing activity has increased rapidly and the local infrastructure hasn't caught up. In those places, the backup plant is used more regularly because the baseload supply hasn't yet increased to meet that new, consistently higher demand.Peaker plants are often less efficient to run because they aren't meant to be used all the time. Consequently, if the baseload power plant isn't capable of providing enough energy for a region on a regular basis, electricity can get much more expensive for everyone, all the time. A power plant intended for occasional use is instead operating constantly, and it wasn't built to be efficient. It was built to come online quickly and operate only during periods of irregular, excessive need.What I'd like to talk about today is an alternative to peaker plants that was conceived of decades ago, but which has only recently started to be deployed at scale in some areas.—As I mentioned in the intro, a peaker power plant is meant to be turned on irregularly to meet above-average energy needs. Those periodic pops in demand are accounted for, and peaker plants are built specifically to meet them. As a result, these plants are typically more expensive and often more polluting than baseload plants, with many using natural gas or coal to produce extra electricity for the grid.In the late 1990s, researchers proposed that it might someday be possible to link energy-production and storage sites together, creating a more flexible grid system they called a virtual power plant. Further research in the early 2000s expanded on the concept, looking specifically at renewable-energy options and how they might be aggregated into a similar virtual-power-plant setup.The basic idea is to recreate the effect of a peaker plant—adding electricity to the power grid when it's most needed—by aggregating power-generating or storage assets and tapping them only when necessary.Software manages that aggregation of smaller assets, ensuring the additional energy reaches the grid when it's needed and at the necessary scale. Managing these assets in this way allows smaller production and storage infrastructure to recreate the impact of a larger peaker plant.A German energy company called RWE launched the first real-world virtual power plant in 2008, linking nine of its hydroelectric plants into a virtual 8.6 MW unit whose output could be managed and deployed remotely. A few years later, in 2011, a Swiss energy company called Kraftwerke did the same with a slew of biogas, solar, and wind-power infrastructure scattered across seven countries.The concept expanded to include demand-side residential energy assets in 2016, when the Australian city of Adelaide enacted a program backed by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. The program deployed 1,000 battery systems to homes and businesses across the city. Those battery systems were hooked up to solar panels, and the software managing the batteries allowed their stored energy to act like a 5 MW peaker plant.Tesla then applied the same general idea across South Australia, where energy prices had long been volatile, beginning in 2018. That program reached 50,000 homes by 2022. It was acquired by an energy company called AGL in 2025, which expanded it further until the virtual power plant had a capacity of 25 MW of peaker solar energy and 37 MW of battery-stored peaker energy.Now, again, there's a certain amount of energy available on the grid from standard baseload production sources, including traditional coal- and gas-fired power plants, hydroelectric plants, and nuclear power plants.Solar and wind arrays also contribute to the baseline energy load in some parts of the world. That baseline can be augmented by utility-scale battery facilities that store excess wind and solar production. This makes renewables more reliable as baseload options because excess energy generated during the day or during especially windy periods can be stored in those batteries and used later, at night or when the wind isn't blowing as hard.A VPP addresses periods when the available baseload supply doesn't measure up to current demand. When temperatures are especially high and everyone is using their air conditioners more, and a gas plant or solar array can't provide enough electricity to meet demand, the company operating the virtual power plant can draw energy from scattered resources to cover that additional use.In some cases, that means pooling energy generated by small hydroelectric dams. In others, it means drawing a previously agreed-upon amount or percentage of energy from a homeowner's battery backup.Maybe they have a battery that stores excess electricity from their solar panels, which they can use at night. They might also have an agreement with the VPP operator allowing it to draw a certain amount of energy from that battery when necessary, adding it to the grid to ease excessive demand.This kind of agreement is often beneficial for the homeowner sharing some of their excess energy with the grid to help prevent blackouts and excessively high prices. The cost of the battery installation and hardware might be subsidized, or they might make a small amount of money every time that energy is borrowed.There are also variations on this model that provide the homeowner or renter with a fancy thermostat. During periods of high demand, the thermostat might automatically adjust the AC by a degree or two when the grid is being crushed by demand on crazy-hot days. This ensures there's enough energy to go around by reducing demand rather than increasing supply.Some models also use energy-pricing arbitrage, automatically selling stored energy when electricity is expensive and buying it back when electricity is cheap. This helps balance the grid's overall energy load by contributing to it when energy is scarce and expensive, then restoring that energy to the battery when it is abundant and cheap.Increasingly, these systems tap into other resources connected to the grid to reduce demand or increase supply. They might borrow some energy stored in a homeowner's electric vehicle, for instance, which has been left plugged in to charge but can also act as another, quite large, household battery. Or they might reduce the power being sent to heat pumps or water heaters.Each of these devices or other assets is treated as part of the larger virtual power plant, which may be composed of thousands or tens of thousands of homes and all their connected assets. This helps manage supply and demand so that blackouts and dramatically higher energy prices are less likely, even on days with bizarre weather or when larger energy assets, like power plants, aren't operating at full capacity.This is a huge win for resiliency, and it's also often much cheaper than installing and operating a peaker plant, usually around 40–60% cheaper.These systems can also be installed and activated much faster than a full-on power plant, while dramatically reducing the amount of land used for energy infrastructure and the bureaucracy that has to be traversed to get something like a power plant or solar array installed and operating.Those big chunks of infrastructure can take years or decades to bring online, while a VPP can often be up and running within just a few months. It usually requires no new land and no new interconnections in terms of cables or whatnot. It uses infrastructure that's already there in most cases, though it can also be strengthened by deploying assets, like household batteries, that are useful to the homeowner for other reasons. Kind of a win-win.At the moment, virtual-power-plant capacity is limited primarily by regulatory approval, at least in most countries. Energy utilities don't have much incentive to move these systems forward because they get paid for building and managing traditional power assets, and VPPs are not that.Sometimes an energy company will run this type of program, but usually only if it gets to sell the hardware and is paid to manage the software that keeps everything running smoothly. Household batteries and similar assets otherwise represent competition, so utilities are less inclined to allow these systems to move forward or even be legally installed without a fight.That said, the major players in the VPP space right now are Sunrun, Tesla, Renew Home, Uplight, Next Kraftwerke, and sonnen. The latter is the largest VPP operator in Europe and has recently been expanding into the US, especially in Utah.Most VPP deployment in the US is happening in California, Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. These systems are also being deployed across South Australia, Germany, and China, where the first gigawatt-scale residential VPP, which aggregates air conditioners and water heaters across millions of households, has been launched.This category of energy technology has rolled out more slowly than originally anticipated. When the early models were deployed in Europe, their outcomes were considered broadly beneficial, but expansion was hindered by regulations—paperwork, basically—and pushback from existing utilities that didn't want the competition.VPPs were also bundled with other renewable-energy infrastructure and consequently faced substantial opposition in the US, in particular, during both Trump administrations. Those administrations pulled support for renewables across the board and, in some cases, actively tried to kill these industries to make even more room for oil and gas companies.In 2025 and so far in 2026, though, the blazing-fast deployment of data centers has brought VPPs back into the conversation. Data centers require a silly amount of energy to run, and power grids in the areas where they're being built have been strained as a consequence, dramatically increasing energy prices.VPPs won't solve that problem, but they could ease it in several ways. They can temper energy use and make more electricity available during periods of peak demand without requiring the construction of expensive power plants that might not come online for years or even a decade.They could also reframe the use of VPPs so that they're no longer seen primarily as environmental efforts, but as economically viable means of addressing data-center-created energy shortfalls. That could lead to more VPP build-outs because these systems would no longer be such obvious targets for anti-renewable-energy legislation and politics.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaking_power_planthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_power_planthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X2400097Xhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/05/adelaide-charges-ahead-with-worlds-largest-virtual-power-planthttps://www.nrg.com/insights/energy-education/understanding-virtual-power-plants--a-guide-to-vpps.htmlhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/home-batteries-are-suddenly-cheap-and-everywhere-heres-why/https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/08/13/tesla-unveils-zero-down-powerwall-lease-program-with-retail-electric-plan-in-texas-touts-global-vpp-potential/https://www.energy-storage.news/base-power-launches-100mw-vpp-programme-in-texas/https://www.ess-news.com/2026/02/12/texas-lands-its-first-battery-only-virtual-power-plant/https://nuwattenergy.com/en/virtual-power-plants-2026https://www.ess-news.com/2026/06/25/sunrun-tesla-renew-home-announce-plans-for-16-8-gw-virtual-power-plant-program/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484725003865https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/start-next-kraftwerkes-renewable-virtual-power-plant-stabilises-gridhttps://www.energy.gov/edf/virtual-power-plants-projectshttps://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/virtual-power-plant-capacity-expands-13.7-year-over-year-to-reach-37.5-gwhttps://www.utilitydive.com/news/in-2026-virtual-power-plants-must-scale-or-risk-being-left-behind/810321/https://ieefa.org/resources/case-virtual-power-plantshttps://uplight.com/blog/virtual-power-plants-are-powering-the-grid-of-the-future-and-uplight-is-leading-the-way/https://sepapower.org/knowledge/vpp-and-supporting-der-policy-developments-q1-2026/https://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/consumers/solar-and-batteries/south-australias-virtual-power-planthttps://whatisavpp.com/research/topics/enpal-flexa/https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/virtual-power-plants/rooftop-solar-industry-trump-budget-lawhttps://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/blogs/energy-and-climate-counsel/2026/july/virtual-power-plants-the-distributed-energy-revolution-has-arrived/https://ieefa.org/resources/case-virtual-power-plantshttps://sepapower.org/knowledge/vpp-and-supporting-der-policy-developments-q1-2026/https://www.cesa.org/resource-library/resource/puerto-rico-virtual-power-plant/https://www.energy.gov/edf/virtual-power-plants-projectshttps://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/consumers/solar-and-batteries/south-australias-virtual-power-planthttps://www.ess-news.com/2025/01/16/china-launches-work-on-its-first-gw-scale-residential-virtual-power-plant/https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-order-no-2222-explainer-facilitating-participation-electricity-markets-distributed-energyhttps://www.utilitydive.com/news/in-2026-virtual-power-plants-must-scale-or-risk-being-left-behind/810321/ This is a public episode. 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【聊了什么The What】 四个人的大脑里只剩下三件事：尼克斯夺冠、世界杯，以及成年人死不要脸非要过的暑假。 这期依旧没有大纲、没有知识、没有准备，只有氛围。 Only three things left in our four smooth brains: the Knicks winning it all, the World Cup, and the summer break four grown adults shamelessly insisted on taking. Still no outline, no knowledge, no prep, vibes only. 【时间轴 The When】 00:17 开场：这期一毛钱大纲都没有，vibe check 的核心就是没有核心 03:13 尼克斯夺冠：纽约漫长的冬天终于结束了 12:31 纽约的亲儿子和亲女儿，Spike Lee 的场边人生 17:54 世界杯：中国队没进，于是我自由了 34:16 外行提问：守门员为什么跑出来？任意球时谁躺在地上？ 39:56 世界杯里的移民美国：移民社区、办公室的两台电视、两国小吃，和破防的同事 51:23 ESPN《30 for 30》之《Bad Boys》与罗德曼 53:38 Olivia Wilde 的黑色喜剧：四个人、一间屋子、一场摇摇欲坠的婚姻 59:05 Patrick Radden Keefe 新书《London Falling》 60:09 一部会让所有人哗哗大哭的羊侦探电影 62:59 纳博科夫《普宁》与《微暗的火》：不可靠叙述者的迷宫 00:17 Opening: not a shred of an outline this time — the whole point of a vibe check is that there is no point 03:13 The Knicks take the title: New York's long winter is finally over 12:31 New York's real son and real daughter, and Spike Lee's life at courtside 17:54 The World Cup: China didn't qualify, so I was free 34:16 Questions from the clueless: why does the goalkeeper run upfield? Who has to lie down during a free kick? 39:56 Immigrant America at the World Cup: the neighborhoods, two TVs in the office, snacks from both countries, and colleagues coming undone 51:23 ESPN's 30 for 30: Bad Boys, and the Rodman one 53:38 Olivia Wilde's black comedy: four people, one room, one marriage falling apart 59:05 Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling 60:09 The sheep-detective movie that makes absolutely everyone sob 62:59 Nabokov's Pnin and Pale Fire: a labyrinth of unreliable narrators 【拓展链接 The Links】 影视 《The Invite》(2026) 《The Drama》(2026) 《The Sheep Detectives》(2026) ESPN《30 for 30》之《Bad Boys》(2014) ESPN《30 for 30》之《Rodman: For Better or Worse》(2019) 书 Patrick Radden Keefe《London Falling》(2026) — 副标题 A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth，围绕 19 岁的 Zac Brettler 之死展开。（Goodreads） 纳博科夫《普宁 Pnin》(1957) 纳博科夫《微暗的火 Pale Fire》(1962) Hernan Diaz《Trust》(2022) Anne Helen Petersen 的 newsletter《Culture Study》 — 同名播客在 culturestudypod.substack.com 【买咖啡 Please Support Us】 如果喜欢这期节目并愿意想要给我们买杯咖啡： 海外用户：https://www.patreon.com/cyberpinkfm 海内用户：https://afdian.com/a/cyberpinkfm 商务合作邮箱：cyberpinkfm@gmail.com 商务合作微信：CyberPink2022 If you like our show and want to support us, please consider the following: Those Abroad: https://www.patreon.com/cyberpinkfm Those in China: https://afdian.com/a/cyberpinkfm Business Inquiries Email: cyberpinkfm@gmail.com Business Inquiries WeChat: CyberPink2022

Is CarPlay really a key factor in car buyers choices? At least one statistic supports that position, raising questions about automakers ignoring customer preferences. The panel also examines Gmail's upcoming changes, Apple's evolving iPhone purchasing strategy, and a troubling article about advertising and tracking on computer monitors and smart displays. The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius.  MacVoices is supported by Take Control Books: The Answers You Need Now, From Leading Experts. Start your library today. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 CarPlay becomes a factor in choosing between Honda and GM EVs 00:55 Comparing Honda Prologue and GM EV sales 02:13 Honda moves away from CarPlay despite its sales advantage 03:25 Why CarPlay may matter to vehicle buyers 05:22 CarPlay, customer choice, and automaker data collection 06:35 The broader value of iPhone integration in the car 07:12 Planning trips with Apple Maps across devices 08:09 GM's infotainment strategy and Android Automotive 10:02 “No CarPlay, no car pay” and consumer demand 11:14 Apple's changing approach to iPhone purchasing 12:10 Gmail ending the “Send mail as” feature 13:37 How the panel manages multiple email accounts 14:17 Why marketers “ruin everything” 14:56 LG brings advertising and tracking to computer monitors 16:37 Could monitor apps become mandatory? 16:53 Smart monitors, smart TVs, and unwanted tracking 18:30 Why connect a computer monitor to the internet? 19:36 Monitor software, Windows, and Mac implications 20:11 Would cheaper hardware make advertising acceptable? 21:06 Compatibility problems with Macs, Linux, iPads, and phones Links: CarPlay the driving force deciding the choice between two nearly identical cars https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/20/carplay-the-driving-force-deciding-the-choice-between-two-nearly-identical-cars   CIRP: Apple may be on to something by approaching their direct retail customers first https://appleworld.today/2026/08/cirp-apple-may-be-on-to-something-by-approaching-their-direct-retail-customers-first/   The Best Apps to Use After Gmail's ‘Send As' Feature Goes Away | Lifehacker https://lifehacker.com/tech/gmail-ending-send-as-feature Marketers Ruin Everything – Gary Vaynerchuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MsgaKmq-0   Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors. – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/ads-and-tracking-infiltrated-tvs-now-theyre-coming-for-monitors/ Guests: Get detailed bios and contact information about for the panel on the MacVoices Live! Panel page on our web site: https://macvoices.com/macvoiceslive/macvoices-live-panel/ Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe: Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Is CarPlay really a key factor in car buyers choices? At least one statistic supports that position, raising questions about automakers ignoring customer preferences. The panel also examines Gmail's upcoming changes, Apple's evolving iPhone purchasing strategy, and a troubling article about advertising and tracking on computer monitors and smart displays. The panel includes: Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Jeff Gamet, Jim Rea, Marty Jencius.  MacVoices is supported by Take Control Books: The Answers You Need Now, From Leading Experts. Start your library today. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:00 CarPlay becomes a factor in choosing between Honda and GM EVs 00:55 Comparing Honda Prologue and GM EV sales 02:13 Honda moves away from CarPlay despite its sales advantage 03:25 Why CarPlay may matter to vehicle buyers 05:22 CarPlay, customer choice, and automaker data collection 06:35 The broader value of iPhone integration in the car 07:12 Planning trips with Apple Maps across devices 08:09 GM's infotainment strategy and Android Automotive 10:02 "No CarPlay, no car pay" and consumer demand 11:14 Apple's changing approach to iPhone purchasing 12:10 Gmail ending the "Send mail as" feature 13:37 How the panel manages multiple email accounts 14:17 Why marketers "ruin everything" 14:56 LG brings advertising and tracking to computer monitors 16:37 Could monitor apps become mandatory? 16:53 Smart monitors, smart TVs, and unwanted tracking 18:30 Why connect a computer monitor to the internet? 19:36 Monitor software, Windows, and Mac implications 20:11 Would cheaper hardware make advertising acceptable? 21:06 Compatibility problems with Macs, Linux, iPads, and phones Links: CarPlay the driving force deciding the choice between two nearly identical cars https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/20/carplay-the-driving-force-deciding-the-choice-between-two-nearly-identical-cars   CIRP: Apple may be on to something by approaching their direct retail customers first https://appleworld.today/2026/08/cirp-apple-may-be-on-to-something-by-approaching-their-direct-retail-customers-first/   The Best Apps to Use After Gmail's 'Send As' Feature Goes Away | Lifehacker https://lifehacker.com/tech/gmail-ending-send-as-feature Marketers Ruin Everything – Gary Vaynerchuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MsgaKmq-0   Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors. – Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/ads-and-tracking-infiltrated-tvs-now-theyre-coming-for-monitors/ Guests: Get detailed bios and contact information about for the panel on the MacVoices Live! Panel page on our web site: https://macvoices.com/macvoiceslive/macvoices-live-panel/ Support: Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon http://patreon.com/macvoices Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect: Web: http://macvoices.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner http://www.twitter.com/macvoices Mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner MacVoices Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/ MacVoices Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe: Audio in iTunes Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Listener Lance Pelissier thinks that "smart TVs" are a waste of money if you have something like a Sony PlayStation or another online streaming source device, and he wonders if "dumb TVs" will make a comeback because they duplicate the functions of those external devices. Scott Wilkinson responds in no uncertain terms. Host: Scott Wilkinson Download or subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Tony: -Carbonation Station: Bucked Up Dragon Fruit Lemonade -Who could've ever foreseen that curved TVs were just a gimmick? https://www.engadget.com/2237248/why-curved-tvs-failed-gaming-monitors-thrived/ -Nvidia continues its slide away from Gaming: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/24/nvidia-says-groq-racks-will-be-online-this-year-after-20-billion-deal.html Jarron:  -Apple leaked some new AirPods: https://www.theverge.com/tech/981326/apple-airpods-with-cameras-demo-video-leak -Musubi Looking Glass review -Humanity is not ready for this: https://www.ign.com/articles/kfc-reveals-the-oreo-chicken-burger-and-were-both-revolted-and-intrigued Owen: -The Flock Sock - For the safety of the flock https://cybernews.com/privacy/flock-sock-anti-surveillance-gadget/ BS -aqueous zinc-iodine rechargeable battery (AZIB) https://interestingengineering.com/energy/new-zinc-iodine-battery-achieves-over-60000-charge-cycles-charges-in-3-minutes?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 Lando: -Turning Plastic into FOOD! https://gizmodo.com/scientists-develop-microbes-that-make-vanilla-cookies-out-of-plastic-bottles-2000802226 -Cancer Vax https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-personalized-cancer-vaccine-could-keep-skin-cancer-from-coming-back-drugmakers-say-180989382/

Listener Lance Pelissier thinks that "smart TVs" are a waste of money if you have something like a Sony PlayStation or another online streaming source device, and he wonders if "dumb TVs" will make a comeback because they duplicate the functions of those external devices. Scott Wilkinson responds in no uncertain terms. Host: Scott Wilkinson Download or subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

With the September 5 opener against Utah Tech now less than two weeks away, KSL Sports BYU Insider Mitch Harper delivers a loaded episode. First up, BYU unveiled a slate of upgrades to LaVell Edwards Stadium that are ready for the 2026 season. The headliner is the new PACS Recruit Lounge located under the east stands — a dedicated space for recruits and their families featuring new seating, food and beverage options, and entertainment areas designed to give BYU's recruiting staff a premium game-day resource. The home locker room also received a full renovation with new lockers, technology, and player amenities, while LaVell's Lounge has been refreshed with an expanded concessions menu, new TVs, décor, and seating. Mitch breaks down what these investments signal about the program's trajectory and how they stack up in the Big 12 facilities arms race. Next, Mitch tackles the big question every Cougar fan is asking: Will No. 14 BYU make the College Football Playoff in 2026? One national pundit is buying into BYU reaching their first Playoff. Also on today's show, Mitch chats with third-year BYU tight ends coach Kevin Gilbride. The 20-year coaching veteran who brings over a decade of NFL experience — including stints with the New York Giants, Chicago Bears, and Carolina Panthers — discusses what he believes could be the best tight end room since he arrived on campus. Walker Lyons and Roger Saleapaga have been running with the first-team offense in 12-personnel packages throughout camp, and Gilbride talks about the intersection of college football and the NFL, the development of his group, and the role the tight ends will play in Aaron Roderick's offense this season. Mitch then shares his latest practice observations from the final stretch of fall camp as the Cougars close out week three with a "Cougar Stock Exchange," discussing what's trending up and trending down in camp. To close the show, Mitch gives his thoughts on an NFL player, Dae'Quan Wright, expected to join the LSU Tigers after spending the spring and summer with the Cleveland Browns organization. Should college football fans be concerned? Subscribe to the Cougar Tracks Podcast to stay up-to-date with all the daily episodes. Cougar Tracks is on YouTube and X every weekday at Noon (MT), and KSL NewsRadio at 6:30 p.m. (MT). Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-tracks/id1146971609 YouTube Podcast: https://kslsports.com/category/podcast_results/?sid=2035&n=Cougar%20Tracks Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2NCF1KecDsE2rB1zMuHhUh Download the KSL Sports app Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bonneville.kslsports&hl=en_US  iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ksl-sports/id143593 Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast daily on KSL Sports YouTube and KSL NewsRadio (SUBSCRIBE). Harper also co-hosts Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL NewsRadio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU athletics in the Big 12 Conference on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram: @Mitch_Harper. Want more coverage of BYU sports? Take us with you wherever you go. Download the new and improved KSL Sports app from Utah’s sports leader. Allows you to stream live radio and video, keeping you up-to-date on all your favorite teams.