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Welcome to Episode 138 of The Journey Is The Reward!On this episode, Brian and Micah are crossing the Atlantic to talk with the one and only Terrific Tanya about her recent UK adventures.Before bringing our guest into the studio, Micah and Brian check the mailbag for any last-minute updates. But wait… there are absolutely zero ground delays today! With no general listener feedback and a rare episode off from Listener Lu, the guys take advantage of the completely clear skies and cruise straight into the main conversation.Tanya recently jetted over to England to meet up with the chaps from Plane Talking UK to help them celebrate and record their monumental 600th episode of PTUK.Tanya gives us the full, unfiltered trip report on her journey to the UK and the incredible festivities held at the historic Imperial War Museum Duxford. It's an amazing story of aviation history, great community, and transatlantic travel—though her recap does leave Brian feeling just a little bit guilty for holding Micah back from joining in on the live adventure.So sit back, relax, and enjoy the stories. Because around here, the journey is the reward.As always, our ears are blessed by the utterly soul-stirring, goosebump-inducing sounds of the Madalitso Youth Choir! Their Welcome and Goodbye songs, recorded straight from the Royal Livingstone Hotel in Zambia, are pure magic.You can always find the audio recording at www.thejourneyisthereward.org.

Paulie & Tony Fusco expose the TOTAL LIES surrounding World Cup 2026. They tell you why America didn't "fail" at the World Cup, why there's a QUICK FIX for the US Soccer team, and why the soccer scoring system clearly needs to be fixed. Also, they celebrate the historic FUSCO250 and take a look back at a key moment in the show's history. Plus, they review the INCREDIBLE trailer for the new movie "I Play Rocky". Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paulie & Tony Fusco expose the TOTAL LIES surrounding World Cup 2026. They tell you why America didn't "fail" at the World Cup, why there's a QUICK FIX for the US Soccer team, and why the soccer scoring system clearly needs to be fixed. Also, they celebrate the historic FUSCO250 and take a look back at a key moment in the show's history. Plus, they review the INCREDIBLE trailer for the new movie "I Play Rocky". Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

100 Bullets: U.S. of Anger, Challenges of Doom, What If… Secret Wars, Killer Influences, Last Starfighter, Beast of Boriken, Dead Acre, Power Rangers Unlimited, Through the Black Gate, Iron Lung, Minions vs. Monsters, Invisible Man, Fire Power   Weekly Reviews Details and Credits: DC 100 Bullets: The U.S. Of Anger 1 by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso Marvel Challenges of Doom: Mr. Fantastic 1 by Al Ewing, Mike Henderson, Mattia Iacono Marvel Swimsuit Special: Brand New Beach Day 1 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Alessandro Miracolo, Jesus Aburtov Rainbow Rowell, Phil Noto Anthony Oliveira, Pablo Collar, Rachelle Rosenberg Dan Schkade, Rachelle Rosenberg Cody Ziglar, David Baldeon, Edgar Delgado Star Wars: Rogue One – Saw Gerrera 1 by Marc Bernardin, Gabriel Guzman, Federico Blee What If…? Secret Wars 1 by Alex Paknadel, Cafu, David Curiel Marvel Unlimited Infinity Comics: Alien: The Friendliest Facehugger 10 by Jason Loo, Goodman Yamada Redwing: Independence Day 5 by Juan Ponce, Pablo Collar Realmguard 1 by Preeti Chhibber, Lorenzo Tammetta X-Men '97: Strike Files 1 by Steve Foxe, Marcio Fiorito Alien Valiant Beyond: Tales of the Shadowman – Legacy of LeRoi 1 by AJ Ampadu, Sergio Monjes, Ludwig Laguna Olimba Archie Archie Comics Celebrates America's 250th Boom Power Rangers Unlimited 1 by Kenny Porter, Joey Esposito, Alessio Zonno, Raul Angulo Dark Horse The Beast of Boriken: A True Weird Story 1 by Julio Anta, Daniel Irizarri, Patricio Delpeche Justin Jordan, Tony Akins Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live 1 by Geoff Darrow, Ian Herring, Alina Bartolini, Lea Mascareno Dynamite Red Sonja Noir: The Plunder & the Princess 1 by David Avallone, Edson Novais, Adriano Augusto Vampirella Summer Special 2026 by Erica Schultz, Adriano Melo, Ceci de la Cruz IDW Killer Influences 1 by Joey Esposito, Valeria Burzo, Inaki Azpiazu Image StarHenge Book Two: A Kiss for Atticus 1 by Liam Sharp Mad Cave Last Starfighter 1 by Ben Raab, Deric Hughes, Willi Roberts, Agnese Pozza, Francesco Segala Oni Adventure Time Quadruple Feature 1 by Mariko Tamaki, Brenda Hickey, Leonardo Ito Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens 1 by Matt Lesniewski Vault Dead Acre: Black Badge 1 by Cullen Bunn, Riley Brown, Jorge Ramirez, Rhett Bruno, Jaime Castle OGN Countdown Declaration / Emancipation Illustrated by R. Sikoryak Disney's Frozen Classic Comic Collection Billy B Brown Mystery Club: Spooky House Fartboy and Reaky Dog: Dino Doom Legend of Vox Machina: Whitestone Chronicles Vol 3 – The Briarwoods Stone of Sheero: Fall of Sheero Katie the Cat Sitter: Villain Con Through the Black Gate by Alfredo Caceres TV Bear final season My Adventures With Superman 3.4 X-Men Season Two premiere Movies Iron Lung Minions vs. Monsters Additional Reviews: Universal Monsters: Invisible Man Fire Power v1 News: Blade game maybe canceled, Siren Head movie in development, Star Wars: Jedi Visions mini series to focus on single narrative (The Ninth Jedi), Bone Parish in development as TV series, Lemire leaving JSA with #24, Last Kids on Earth live-action reboot for Disney+, another Drawn & Quarterly controversy, Mr. Terrific possibly getting a TV show, Biker Mice From Mars/Judge Dredd crossover, Daniel Warren Johnson new series Trailers: Comics Countdown (01 July 2026): Absolute Martian Manhunter 12 by Deniz Camp, Javier Rodriguez Deadman 2 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran Absolute Green Lantern 16 by Al Ewing, Sid Kotian, Prasad Rao Radiant Black 43 by Kyle Higgins, Michael Busittil, Giona Zefiro, Marcelo Costa Event Horizon: Inferno 3 by Christian Ward, Robert Carey, Xenon Honchar Royals 4 by Derk Kirk Kim, Jacob Perz Minor Arcana 16 by Jeff Lemire, Letizia Cadonici, Patricio Delpeche Mortal Thor 12 by Al Ewing, Jesus Saiz, Matt Milla Batgirl 21 by Tate Brombal, Stephen Segovia, Rain Beredo Batman 11 by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey  

Brian Tyler Cohen is a progressive YouTuber, podcaster, and host of the No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen podcast. He's built an audience of millions across platforms and billions of views on YouTube. His first book, Shameless, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. His new book, THE DAY AFTER: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World, goes on sale July 14th. Brian and I discuss the book and the current threats to our democracy from Trump 2.0; his prediction for the upcoming midterm elections; expanding the Supreme Court; and his thoughts on the Graham Platner fiasco, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's performance, and the Iran war horizon. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

In this episode the Filmbros discuss DCU Projects like new Mr. Terrific show, MCU X-Men reboot, Sony cuts physical media, fancasts and Supergirl shillsLeave a message on our socials! Twitter, TIktok, IG @FIlmBrosPodcastSupport the show

Bienvenue dans ce 112ème épisode de LDNS ! LDNS, c'est quoi ?Ce sont les initiales de LA NUIT DES SORTIES mais aussi de LES NEWS DE LA SEMAINE, LNDS c'est le format news de la nuit des sorties.Disney, Netflix, Warner, Paramount, Universal, on analyse l'actualité de l'industrie du cinéma sous toutes ces coutures !Au programme :MARVEL/DISNEY (INDE NAVARRETTE, MOANA 3…): 0:00WARNER/HBO (MR TERRIFIC, SIREN HEAD…): 9:21Les autres trucs (TARANTINO, FAST XI…): 19:44Chronique BOX-OFFICE !: 30:22Acast: https://shows.acast.com/650efd10f66c690011960c1aSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1UydxAKx8fGt2v8dHbPtLUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-nuit-des-sorties/id1709018669Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/1000297301Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LaNuitDesSortiesTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lanuitdessortiesTwitter/X: https://x.com/LanuitdesortiesBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/lanuitdessorties.bsky.socialTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@la.nuit.des.sorties Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

It's another entertaining and enlightening episode of BEHIND THE LENS thanks to co-writer/director ANTHONY FRITH and his documentary MOCKBUSTER. Now, MOCKBUSTER isn't your typical documentary. This is a documentary directed by Anthony Frith concurrently with his directing of an Asylum Studios B-movie classic, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. I know you know The Asylum, the studio responsible for the SHARKNADO franchise and a few hundred other glorious B-movie genre gems that inevitably revolve around sharks, aliens, dinosaurs, Nazis, Russians, nukes, bad accents, vampires, zombies, and generally a take-off on known blockbusters by altering titles and scripts ever so slightly into what have become known as "Mockbusters." Enter Australian filmmaker ANTHONY FRITH. Anthony has an interesting background but has primarily made a living making corporate video shorts and PSAs like "how to grieve" video manuals, but has long dreamed of directing a feature film. One day, the light bulb went off, and he got the idea to reach out to The Asylum, asking to direct a film. As luck would have it, The Asylum had a movie for him to direct – THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. Terrific! But, Anthony has to adhere to The Asylum model – 6 days to film, there is no script yet, and we want it shot in Australia. Okay! But Anthony took things a step further. He saw comedic potential in documenting the process of making a film for The Asylum and spoke with David Latt, CEO and Head of Production, about his idea to shoot a documentary of the making of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT while he was shooting THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT. Needless to say, Latt loved the idea and said go for it, which meant Anthony would be directing two films simultaneously – a documentary and a narrative, with the documentary capturing the entire Asylum process of B-movie filmmaking. Thus, MOCKBUSTER was born. MOCKBUSTER is a scream! And this conversation with Anthony is almost too much fun as Anthony and I dive into the logistics and challenges of directing two films concurrently. THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT was financed entirely by The Asylum, while it was left to Anthony and his documentary producers to find financing for MOCKBUSTER. As you will hear, Anthony makes it clear that the two productions maintained separate budgets and did not overlap financially. They also had separate crews. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

DC Studios is developing a mystery series centered on Mr. Terrific, with Edi Gathegi returning to the role he made a standout in Superman. In this episode of Geek Freaks Headlines, Frank breaks down why this is exactly the kind of move DC should be making, calling Mr. Terrific criminally underutilized and praising Gathegi's on-screen presence, from his intelligence and wisdom to his instantly memorable action moments.Frank also gets into the bigger picture: representation matters, and Mr. Terrific could be a landmark character as an autistic-coded hero whose mind is his greatest strength. Plus, after chatter about Supergirl's struggles, this announcement signals that James Gunn and Peter Safran are sticking to their plan of elevating niche characters instead of playing it safe with the Trinity. If Gunn could turn Guardians of the Galaxy into a household name, Mr. Terrific could be next.Timestamps:00:00 DC announces a Mr. Terrific mystery series with Edi Gathegi returning00:15 Why Mr. Terrific stole scenes in Superman00:31 Autistic-coded representation and why it matters00:59 The Gunn and Safran plan: betting on niche characters over playing it safe01:30 Final thoughts and why this character can be a household nameKey Takeaways:DC is developing a mystery series built around Mr. Terrific, with Edi Gathegi reprising his Superman role.Frank believes Mr. Terrific has been criminally underutilized and proved his screen appeal in Superman.The character reads as autistic coded, and a hero whose neurodivergence is a strength could be groundbreaking representation.This announcement suggests DC is not retreating to safe Trinity-only projects after Supergirl's mixed reception.James Gunn has a proven track record of turning lesser-known characters like the Guardians of the Galaxy into global icons.Memorable Quotes:"I personally think he's criminally underutilized.""If you could show a superhero who's autistic and not held back by that in any way, matter of fact, I'd argue, was a strength of his. Let's give them a damn TV show.""James Gunn is well known for taking those super niche outside characters and making them a household name."Call to Action:Love where DC is headed? Subscribe to Geek Freaks Headlines so you never miss a story, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this episode with a fellow DC fan using #DCStudios #MrTerrific #SupermanStay Connected:For all the latest geek news, head to https://geekfreakspodcast.com/Follow us:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegeekfreakspodcastThreads: https://www.threads.net/@geekfreakspodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/GeekFreakspodcastListener Questions:What do you think of a Mr. Terrific series? Is this the right character for DC to bet on next? Send us your thoughts and we might feature them in a future episode!Apple Podcast Tags:Mr. Terrific, DC Studios, James Gunn, Edi Gathegi, Superman, DC series, DCU, Peter Safran, DC news, comic book news, superhero TV shows, HBO Max, Mister Terrific series, geek news, Geek Freaks Headlines, DC Universe, autistic representation, superhero news, Supergirl, Guardians of the Galaxy

Before the internet and the ubiquity of social media influencers, there was Robin Byrd – the spirited, anything-goes New York City public access host, clad only in her signature black crochet bikini. From 1977 to 1998, Robin created, produced, and hosted the late-night call-in show that incorporated performances and interviews with adult entertainers and experimental artists. Each show ended with a bawdy song and dance, turning her unapologetic, eponymous show into a national platform for sex-positivity, safe-sex/AIDS awareness, and free speech. BANG MY BOX: THE ROBIN BYRD STORY is a new documentary which just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and debuted this week on HBO and HBO Max. And I'm thrilled to chat with the filmmakers Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam about Robin's life and career and their terrific doc, which they co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced, Some background on the filmmakers: Stephanie's expertise in non-fiction storytelling runs the gamut from meaty, one-off, news-based docs, to emotional cinema verite, to straight up formatted reality TV. Her shows have been nominated for multiple GLAAD, Critic's Choice, and Emmy awards. Jyllian is an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker working across film, television, and audio. Her work explores love, loss, and memory, with a keen interest in stories of young people building their futures and older people making sense of their past. She is known for drawing comedic, heartfelt characters with distinct voices. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

Robert Stone is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning documentary filmmaker. He is an Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary and a three-time Emmy nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking. Four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, including Closing Night Film. His recent 6-hour epic history of the effort to land a man on the Moon, Chasing the Moon, won the prestigious DuPont Columbia Award and was seen by 8 million viewers in the United States alone and was broadcast in 13 foreign countries. Over the span of his 40 year career, his work has been broadcast worldwide and screened and honored at countless film festivals. Film critic Owen Gleiberman has called Stone “one of our most important documentarians” having directed “two of the most explosively insightful documentaries of the last decade.” Robert joins me to discuss his terrific 2004 documentary GUERRILLA: THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST, which has a special screening and Q&A at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, NY on Wednesday July 1 at 7pm. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

Noted soccer experts Paulie & Tony Fusco tell you the simple way USA Soccer can beat everyone at World Cup 2026. They also explain why they are VERY CONCERNED about Thursday's match between USA and Turkey. Plus, they tell you about an UNFAIR situation at the World Cup, explain why they don't like FIFA's hydration breaks or Alexi Lalas's soccer coverage, and they also suggest some minor changes that would make soccer much more fun to watch. Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noted soccer experts Paulie & Tony Fusco tell you the simple way USA Soccer can beat everyone at World Cup 2026. They also explain why they are VERY CONCERNED about Thursday's match between USA and Turkey. Plus, they tell you about an UNFAIR situation at the World Cup, explain why they don't like FIFA's hydration breaks or Alexi Lalas's soccer coverage, and they also suggest some minor changes that would make soccer much more fun to watch. Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam revisits James Gunn's Superman one year after its release and looks at how it holds up as DC heads toward Supergirl. We discuss why the movie's relentlessly positive take on Superman works, why the character needed to be rebuilt before being deconstructed, and how David Corenswet's Superman fits into a modern, complicated world without losing the “big blue boy scout” core. Adam also talks through the film's weaker third act, the Superman clone problem, the hypno-glasses explanation, and the standout Mr. Terrific sequence. From there, the discussion shifts to DC Studios' bigger issue: the messy selective continuity left behind by The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Amanda Waller, Rick Flag, Harley Quinn, and the old DCEU baggage James Gunn's reboot still has not fully escaped.

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A Saturday game in May can be both an inconsequential checkmark in a season and a game that can be looked back on as a captivating moment in history. It's impossible to look back at 1972 and ignore the first players' strike that disrupted the first two weeks of the season. Spring training was curtailed, and both hitters and pitchers are still struggling with timing in May. 86 games were wiped from the schedules, never to be rescheduled. The Padres will end up playing just 153 games, while the Mets will play 156.Also looking to find his way in the season is Mets manager, Yogi Berra. Following the sudden passing of Gil Hodges, Berra is finding his feet and beginning to understand the core of the Mets' line-up. It's an intense spotlight that will shine brightly on him during the 1972 season, as the Mets finish a credible third. That core would head into 1973 ready to claim the National League pennant.The biggest name in the Mets' line-up is surely Tom Seaver. He has already posted two 20-win seasons (with 25 wins in 1969 and an on-the-nose 20 wins in 1971) and has a Cy Young to his name. Facing him was seen as a near-automatic loss. Not only that, but his record against the San Diego Padres is even more impressive. In terms of overpowering presence, he's less Mr Terrific and more Mr Terrifying.Can the Padres, with rookie pitcher Bill Grief, hurl the ball and swing the bat to find some magic?Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from May 6, 1972. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game.We thank Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, and  Crafting The Call.** Links **You can find the boxscore here:https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197205060.shtml A deep look at the legendary life and career of Tom Seaver, detailing his journey from Fresno, California, to his status as the premier pitcher of his generation.  https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/tom-seaver/Why is Tom Seaver the undisputed Franchise player of the Mets, and how does he compare to other players?https://sny.tv/articles/mets-all-time-team-26-manProfiling Bill Grief, the durable 6'5" right-handed Texas native who out-duelled Seaver on this afternoon, examining his high-strikeout velocity and post-baseball academic achievements.  https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bill-greif/A tribute to Nate Colbert, the Padres' first true superstar, recounting his 163 franchise home runs and his devotion to youth ministry.https://www.mlb.com/news/nate-colbert-diesAn account of the sudden passing of Mets manager Gil Hodges just days before the delayed 1972 season, detailing how a grief-stricken clubhouse transitioned under Yogi Berra's leadership.http://www.centerfieldmaz.com/2020/04/remembering-mets-history-1972-mets.htmlYogi Berra's 1972 Hall of Fame Induction, including context for his managing duties with the 1972 Mets. https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/berra-koufax-inducted-amid-star-studded-class-of-1972The history of the youth-heavy Padres rosters, Buzzie Bavasi's ticket-promotion strategies, and the physical toll of injuries on the 1972 rotationhttps://eastvillagetimes.com/the-history-of-the-san-diego-padres-volume-1-1969-1973/2/.  A comprehensive breakdown of the historic 13-day player strike in April 1972, analysing how it changed labour relations and shortened the schedule.https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-strike-of-1972-when-cooperation-failed/How the 1972 player strike served as Marvin Miller's first monumental victory, earning players pension increases and third-party salary arbitration.https://blogs.fangraphs.com/marvin-millers-legacy-and-the-decline-of-labor/

Pop culture is completely saturated with capes, cowls, and multi-million-dollar cinematic universes—but let's be honest, not every hero deserves a spot on the roster. This week, the crew dives deep into the comic book vault to weed out the worst of the worst in an episode they're calling "Super Heroes We Can Do Without." Join Our Patreon: http://patreon.com/vvclifeGrab Some Gear: http://vvcmerch.comGeneral TalkWeekly Recap Sign Up For PatreonBNP TourBaldur's Gate 3 Session 20 at 8pm!Monday Night Co Op “Operation Tango!!Vote For New GameThursday Morning @9am Anime Watch on our Patreon With Fame & Friday Morning at 9am on TikTok & Twitch as he plays Resident Evil 8 The Precious: JS-1: https://amzn.to/4uGJsOVFame: https://a.co/d/04gctW4FJaelyn: https://a.co/d/07KeGvKRSloan: https://animeape.com/product/hogwarts-legacy-slytherin-harry-potter-varsity-jacket/Commercial #1Main Topic:From multi-billionaires who choose to beat up petty criminals instead of funding community social programs, to heroes with powers so useless or bizarre they make you wonder how they ever got past an editorial board (looking at you, Arm-Fall-Off-Boy and Section 8), no one is safe.The team breaks down:The Overrated Icons: Why certain A-list heroes have overstayed their welcome, and how their repetitive storylines are causing severe "superhero fatigue" in theaters.The Problematic Favs: A look back at legacy characters with origins or gimmicks that have not aged well, examining how outdated tropes and tokenization still plague the comic book industry.The "Could-Be" Greats: Which heroes have incredible potential but are consistently ruined by bad writing, terrible reboots, or corporate mismanagement?Grab your headphones as the crew matches their signature blend of unfiltered comedy, sharp critique, and deep Blerd culture knowledge against the comic book elite. It's time to separate the true legends from the heroes who desperately need to hang up the tights for good.What superhero do you think we can do without? Hit us up in the comments and let us know!Commercial: #2Games:Anra Demon CoreYou are the monsterStar Trek GameOmen of Cthulhu News: Countries that have solved problems!X-Box turn aroundGet Graduation GiftsSpace X IPONew Nerd OrderTin Foil Hat: The Aliens are coming?Comic Of The week: Mr TerrificInstagram:  http://instagram.com/blacknerdpodcast  facebook:   http://facebook.com/blacknerdpodcastReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/blacknerdgang/s/uftLsO0Ad9website: http://blacknerdpodcast.comhttp://twitter.com/vvcradio   http://instagram.com/js1thasupplier  http://instagram.com/fameplanbhttp://instagram.com/jaelynaleisehttp://instagram.com/sloan_tempest

Paulie & Tony tell you why this so-called "historic" Game 4 of the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals was TERRIBLE, and how these Knicks are RUINING their team's proud reputation. Then they bring on "Nerd Sesh" hosts Logan Camden and Carson Breber (or Carosn, we're still not sure) -- to give these young bucks their biggest platform ever -- but they are so RUDE and UNGRATEFUL and lack such an understanding of sports that Paulie and Tony have no choice but to teach these youth a lesson and KICK THEM OFF THE SHOW. Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paulie & Tony tell you why this so-called "historic" Game 4 of the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals was TERRIBLE, and how these Knicks are RUINING their team's proud reputation. Then they bring on "Nerd Sesh" hosts Logan Camden and Carson Breber (or Carosn, we're still not sure) -- to give these young bucks their biggest platform ever -- but they are so RUDE and UNGRATEFUL and lack such an understanding of sports that Paulie and Tony have no choice but to teach these youth a lesson and KICK THEM OFF THE SHOW. Rate and review the pod 5-stars on Apple Podcasts bro Shop merch store HERE bro and get TERRIFIC products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning, Store Nation.   Welcome to the Hacking Self Storage podcast.   Im your host, Dean Booty. Today, we're talking about our weekly figures, including quotes, reservations, move-ins, occupancy, and revenue across all our sites. I also share what's been happening behind the scenes, why last week was a difficult one for our family, and the lessons that come with balancing business and life. Hope you enjoy this episode. Give it a listen.   Mr Self Storage Newsletter: https://www.mrselfstorage.com/   Mr Self Storage YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mrselfstoragedotcom

While on a brief visit to see two of our grandsons and a side trip to Arkansas, I had the chance to watch a few exceptional college softball and baseball games along with a very tense Game 7 NBA Western Conference final. It’s time to enjoy the next couple of weeks as the window is quickly closing on the seasons for these three sports. This year’s NBA Finals began Wednesday night. The surprising San Antonio Spurs and streaking New York Knicks began their best-of-seven title series.  New York came into Game 1 with an 11-game playoff winning streak. The Knicks left the Spurs’ home arena Wednesday night with a 12-game playoff winning streak. The Women’s College World Series softball best-of three finale also got underway Wednesday night in Oklahoma City.  Last weekend, Texas Tech’s never-say-die Red Raiders had to fight back from the brink of elimination twice to defeat #1 seed Alabama just to reach the finals. They will now get a chance to do that once again on Thursday night and, perhaps, on Friday night. That’s because Texas Tech lost to intrastate rival Texas 7-3 in the opening game of the best of three final series.  Texas is the defending national champion. On the men’s side of college bats and balls, this week marks the Super Regional round for the NCAA college baseball season. Eight winners from this weekend’s best-of-three weekend series will advance into the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska next week.  There were a number of surprising winners and losers during last week’s opening round. New York’s Amazin’ Knicks have now won 12 straight playoff games! San Antonio Spurs 7’4” center Victor Wembanyama is ending his third NBA season.  Much like Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal (who, by the way, played his high school basketball in San Antonio), Wemby just led his team into the NBA Finals.  He is now being hailed as the top big man in the NBA. The 5-time NBA champion Spurs are much more than just a one-man show.  They utilize their bench as well as any NBA team and play solid defense for the entire 48-minute game. The New York Knicks are seeking their first NBA title since 1973. To say that New York sports fans are hungry for a title is a huge understatement. “The City that Never Sleeps” is in the midst of a rather lengthy championship drought.  Eli Manning’s New York Giants football last won a Super Bowl title in 2011.  Baseball’s New York Yankees haven’t won the World Series since 2009.  The crosstown rival New York Mets haven’t claimed a baseball title since 1986.  Broadway Joe Namath was the quarterback for football’s New York Jets in their only Super Bowl victory in 1969. NBA’s New York Knicks came into the playoffs as the #3 Eastern Conference seed behind Detroit and Boston.  After losing two of its first three playoff games to Atlanta in Round 1, the Knicks won the final three games to advance.  They would sweep #5 seed Philadelphia and #4 Cleveland in eight straight wins to claim the NBA Eastern Conference title. San Antonio is playing in the NBA Finals for the first time since June, 2014. The path to the championship round has been increasingly difficult for the Spurs.  San Antonio (the #2 seed in the Western Conference) needed just five games to dispatch the Portland Trailblazers in five games.  It then took six games for San Antonio to subdue the Minnesota Timberwolves.  Last weekend, the Spurs required a full seven games to win a tense Game 7 battle against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Wednesday night’s Game 1 in San Antonio was won by the New York Knicks 105-95 in a game which was much closer than the final score reflected.  The veteran Knicks scored the last 11 points to end the game.  New York stepped-up in the final quarter to score 29 points as the younger Spurs tallied only 19 over the last 12 minutes. New York’s Villanova connection featured guards Jalen Brunson (30 points) and Josh Hart (an incredible 15 rebounds) leading a fourth quarter rally to give the Knicks their 12th consecutive playoff victory. As a result, San Antonio lost its home court advantage after that Game 1 loss.  ABC will televise Game #2 at 7:30PM Friday night from San Antonio.  The series moves to New York’s Madison Square Garden for Games 3 and 4 on Monday and Wednesday next week. Make sure to stick around for the post-game coverage on ESPN. The award-winning “Inside the NBA” show features NBA legends Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal breaking down the action along with host Ernie Johnson.  You never know what’s going to happen. Meanwhile, in Oklahoma City… The Women’s College World Series best-of-three finals began Wednesday night. Defending national champion Texas (52-12) defeated Texas Tech 7-3 in Game 1. The Red Raiders fell to 61-9 and are on the verge of elimination once again.  They have become quite familiar with this position over the past several days in Oklahoma City. The #11 seeded Red Raiders rallied for two runs in the top of the ninth inning on Sunday to vanquish #8 national seed UCLA 8-7.  On Monday, Texas Tech had to defeat #1 seed Alabama twice to earn a spot in the championship finals. The Red Raiders won the opener 5-4 over Bama by scoring a run in the bottom of the 7th inning.  They also grabbed the second game 2-0 on a two-hit pitching gem by two-time college player-of-the-year NiJari Canady to earn a spot in the finals. The second seeded Texas Longhorns didn’t have an easy road into the Women’s College World Series finals, either. They had to defeat #7 Tennessee Volunteers twice on Monday to advance.  Texas won the opener 5-2 and then shut-out Tennessee 4-0 later in the afternoon to advance to the championship round. The Longhorns and Red Raiders competed for the Women’s College World Series championship last year as well.  Texas Tech is trying to avenge last year’s loss to Texas in the best-of-three title series. Game 2 will be played Thursday at 7PM on ESPN.  A deciding Game 3, if necessary, will be played Friday night at 7PM on ESPN. What happened to the top seeds in the men’s college baseball tournament? UCLA had been ranked #1 in college baseball all season long. The Bruins were 51-6 heading into the opening round of the NCAA college baseball playoffs.  They faced #4 regional seed St. Mary’s (35-25) in their opening playoff game at home last Friday. The Gaels scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to shock UCLA 3-2.  On Saturday, UCLA had to score three times in the bottom of the ninth to take a 6-5 win and stay alive against 30-26 Virginia Tech. St. Mary’s and UCLA were matched again on Sunday.  This time, the Gaels scored a run in the bottom of the 10th inning to end UCLA’s season with a 6-5 win. Ironically, St. Mary’s was eliminated on Sunday 5-2 by the Cal-Poly Mustangs of San Luis Obispo.  Go figure. It wasn’t any better for #2 national seed Georgia Tech The 50-10 Yellow Jackets were playing at home in Atlanta and trying to advance into the Super Regional round for the first time in 20 years.  Georgia Tech would have hosted a Super Regional this weekend – if only they had won their own opening round regional. The Oklahoma Sooners rallied in consecutive games to dispatch the heavily favored hometown Yellow Jackets to advance into this weekend’s Super Regional to be played in…Kansas? Kansas has rarely been known for its baseball prowess. This year’s baseball Jayhawks are now 45-16 after winning its opening round of games.  KU will host Oklahoma Saturday in the Lawrence, Kansas Super Regional.  The Jayhawks have made it into only one College World Series (1993) in the school’s long history. Kansas plays baseball in relatively small Hoglund Ballpark.  This stadium features just 2,500 permanent seats.  The school recently took down the left field wall and installed a chain link fence.  That allows about 1,000 additional fans to stand or sit in their own lawn chairs in “The Backyard” to watch Kansas baseball games. Expect ticket prices in Lawrence, Kansas to be sky high for this weekend’s Super Regional. Did you pick the Trojans to make it into the Super Regionals? Last weekend, there were the Trojans from the University of Southern California, the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference, and the Little Rock Trojans from the Ohio Valley Conference. Incredibly, all three of these Trojans baseball teams will be part of the 16 squads competing in the second round “Super Regional” college playoff games this weekend. At least one Trojans team is guaranteed a spot in Omaha at the College World Series next week.  The 36-30 Troy Trojans will host the Little Rock Trojans (39-26) at 4PM Friday on ESPNU.  Troy shocked #5 national seed Florida 10-2 in the final game of the Gainesville Regional last week.  Little Rock won the Hattiesburg Regional after #9 seed Southern Miss was sent packing after two consecutive losses. The USC Trojans (47-16) will travel across the country to play at the University of North Carolina (48-11-1) on Friday at 2PM CDT on ESPN2. Here are all eight Super Regional match-ups (first game starting times are CDT) Friday’s Opening Games: Morgantown – Cal Poly (39-22) at #16 seed West Virginia (43-15) at 11AM on ESPN2 Chapel Hill – USC (47-16) at #5 North Carolina (48-11-1) at 2PM on ESPN2 Troy – Little Rock (39-26) at Troy (36-30) at 4PM on ESPNU Auburn – Ole Miss (39-21) at #4 Auburn (42-20) at 7PM on ESPN2 Saturday’s Opening Games: Athens – #14 seed Mississippi State (43-17) at #3 Georgia (49-12) at 10AM on ESPN Lawrence – Oklahoma (36-22) at #15 Kansas (45-16) at 1PM on ESPN Austin – #11 Oregon (43-16) at #6 Texas (43-13) at 7PM on ESPN Tuscaloosa – St. John’s (36-24) at #7 Alabama (40-19) at 8PM on ESPN2 The post Enjoy A Week filled with Terrific Games! appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

Danielle Crittenden is a journalist, author, and former host of the The Femsplainers Podcast and Substack, known for her incisive commentary on women and modern life. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and more. She is the author of five books, including What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman, and her new memoir, Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable, which chronicles the sudden loss of her 32-year-old daughter Miranda in 2024, and the two interminable years of pain, love, and life since then. Losing a child is a parent's worst nightmare. Danielle joins me to discuss her terrific new book and the profound grief journey she and her family have been navigating following Miranda's death. It's a raw, honest and at times humorous conversation. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

Perfect Peter gets the teenage treatment when he spends the weekend with Great Aunt Greta while Henry's battling for the prize of Brainbox of the Year! Welcome to my very own podcast! In each episode, I'll be telling you a story from my life. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode - https://www.youtube.com/@HorridHenrysStories?sub_confirmation=1   Listen to my music on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@HorridHenryandtheKillerBoyRats  Horrid Henry Website - https://horridhenry.me/ Horrid Henry Shop - https://shop.horridhenry.me/ #horridhenry #podcastforkids #horridhenrypodcast #horridhenrystory  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jonathan W. Jordan is a historian and an award-winning author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe. He is a regular book critic for The Wall Street Journal and the author of nearly two dozen articles appearing in MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, World War II magazine, Military History, and World War II History magazine. He has made numerous live, televised, podcast, and radio appearances. Jonathan joins me to discuss his terrific new book, IKE AND WINSTON: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary Friendship, and how the events and leadership of that era can be applied to the current international political landscape. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at BackroomAndy@gmail.com Leave us a message: 845-307-7446. Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud Design by Cricket Lengyel

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A clumsy dinosaur learns that just because he's big and strong doesn't mean he has to be scary! Hear how Rex learns to use his giant body to do all sorts of things to help others!The lesson: Use what's special about you to help others.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Spotify!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support me by buying Dad's Favorite Coloring Book on Amazon

Do you use your phone to send text messages? According to statistics, around 80% of Americans do. Those text messages are often sent to family, friends, and co-workers. And now, more than ever, millions of children also carry a smart phone.If you've decided to provide your son a phone, make sure he uses it responsibly. But in addition to that, use text messaging as a way to connect with him. If you're out of town during one of his sporting events or other activities, send a quick text:Hey buddy. You're in my thoughts and prayers. Just want you to know that I'm so proud of you!A text message doesn't take long to type, but the encouragement it provides lasts for days.For more encouragement and parenting advice, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.

Our guests are Seinfeld writers, Seinfeld actors and actresses and Seinfeld crew. We also welcome well-known Seinfeld fans from all walks of life including authors, entertainers, and TV & Radio personalities. We analyze Seinfeld and breakdown the show with an honest insight. We rank every Seinfeld episode and compare Seinfeld seasons. If you are a fan of Seinfeld, television history, sitcoms, acting, comedy or entertainment, this is the place for you. Do us a solid, support the Podcast  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B939KP43626H4Official⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠         Do us a solid, support the Podcast Use code THIRSTY for 10% off awesome Golf Apparel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠flopshotgolfer.com/THIRSTY⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.seinfeldpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ iTunes:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://apple.co/2RGC89m⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/3tqDVh6⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ThisThirsty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ThisThirsty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thisthirsty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"This Podcast Is Making Me Thirsty" is The #1 Destination For "Seinfeld" fans. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to our series “This Looks Like a Good Place for a Stickup”! Now, we've never met before, have we? Of course not, ha ha! I have in my hand an ordinary deck of playing cards, an electric chainsaw, and a plucked, uncooked goose. I want you to choose a card, any card . . . good, good, don't show it to me, just memorize it. Now put it here into the goose's anal cavity. No, no it's fine, no need for that look. Terrific! How about a hand for our volunteer folks?! Aren't they great? Now, over here we have a perfectly live ordinary pony. You're going to use that chainsaw to saw this pony in half while I hang from my nostrils over . . . excuse me? The card and the goose? Oh, no that has nothing to do with this trick; that was just . . . for me. Now . . . where are you going? You're worried about the trick? Don't worry! I'm perfectly safe! The pony . . . .? I'm perfectly safe! Wait, come back . . . dang it, I still don't see how any of this is supposed to help me rob a bank but today's movie “Now You See Me” should give you a better idea, despite its complete lack of pony mutilation. How do they do it? It's magic! F you! Poll question: who is your favorite cinematic rogue? Not necessary a criminal, but a scoundrel, a scruffy-looking nerf-herder, if you will? Leave a comment or call our hotline at 617-398-7266 and leave a roguish voicemail!

Sam Amick of The Athletic discusses the Warriors' thrilling win over the Clippers in the 10-9 play-in game.We also touch on the Clippers' season, Kawhi Leonard's future, and the NBA's expansion plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Amick of The Athletic discusses the Warriors' thrilling win over the Clippers in the 10-9 play-in game.We also touch on the Clippers' season, Kawhi Leonard's future, and the NBA's expansion plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike and Charlie spoke to a WWL listener about LSU CB Mansoor Delane, a top prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft. Lance Zierlein, an NFL Network analyst, joined Sports Talk. Zierlein broke down the best position groups in the 2026 NFL Draft, highlighting safety, edge rusher, and interior offensive line. Zierlein also shared his thoughts on LSU CB Mansoor Delane, the top wide receivers in the draft, and surprise "slide" candidates. Mike, Charlie, and Steve played their daily "Triple Option" segment.

Who is Royce?Royce Blake is a seasoned professional in the radio industry, known for his deep expertise in audience engagement. Drawing on years of experience, Royce specializes in helping podcast hosts and guests connect meaningfully with listeners. Through his insights and practical advice, he teaches how to make each guest feel valued and every audience member feel special. On this appearance on “It's Not Rocket Science: Five Questions Over Coffee,” he shares his proven strategies for keeping listeners captivated, making him a trusted figure for anyone looking to elevate their podcasting game.Key Takeaways* Ever felt awkward hearing your own recorded voice? Royce Blake explains: it's normal! The key is getting comfortable with your true sound—crucial for building real connection, whether you're on air or in the boardroom.* Struggling to keep your audience engaged? Royce Blake says: Be natural. Ditch the “radio voice” and just be yourself. Recording and reviewing yourself honestly will transform your confidence and presence.* Silence feels uncomfortable, but pausing can be powerful. Let moments land. Pauses give your audience space to process and make your next words even stronger, says Royce Blake.* Great podcasts start with research. Asking guests questions they've never heard lets them shine and keeps things authentic. Dig deep—don't settle for surface-level!* Facing trolls? Royce Blake shares: No one more successful than you will ever put you down. Focus on being your authentic self and let the hate go. Keep showing up, every day.Don't forget: If you want to connect, ask questions, or get notified about upcoming guests like Royce, subscribe to the Systemise.Me newsletter here. You only need your first name and email—easy as (coffee) pie!Thanks for sharing a cup with us this week. Here's to strong coffee, smart hiring, and believing in the dreams you're just starting to imagine.And don't forget: keep an eye out for next guest. To submit your own questions, subscribe to our newsletter and join the conversation!P.S. Loved this episode? Hit reply and let us know what resonated most_________________________________________________________________________________________________Subscribe to our newsletter and get details of when we are doing these interviews live at www.systemise.me/subscribeFind out more about being a guest at : link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/beaguestSubscribe to the podcast at https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/podcastHelp us get this podcast in front of as many people as possible. Leave a nice five-star review at apple podcasts : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/apple-podcasts and on YouTube : https://link.thecompleteapproach.co.uk/Itsnotrocketscienceatyt!Do You Need a P.A.T.H. to Scale?We help established business owners with small but growing teams:go from feeling stuck, sceptical, and tired of wasting time and money on false promises,to running a confident, purpose-driven business where their team delivers results, customers are happy, and they can finally enjoy more time with their family -with a results-based refund guarantee: if you follow the process and it doesn't work, we refund what you paid.This is THE P.A.T.H. to scale your business.————————————————————————————————————————————-TranscriptNote, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast.SUMMARY KEYWORDSpodcasting, podcast hosts, podcast guests, audience engagement, radio industry, public speaking, event hosts, speaker training, business leaders, microphone confidence, voice recording, self-assessment, filler words, affectation, natural speaking, pause technique, research, interview preparation, guest questions, press junket, celebrity interviews, social profiles, hobby discussion, body language, hand gestures, listener retention, overcoming nerves, handling trolls, negative comments, authentic communication, podcast improvementSPEAKERRoyce Blake, Stuart WebbStuart Webb [00:00:00]:Hi, and welcome back to It's Not Rocket Science. Five questions over coffee. I'm really pleased that I'm here today with Royce Blake. Now, Royce has got a huge amount of experience in the radio industry, and I think he's going to really help us to understand, as podcast host, potential podcast guests, exactly how you can engage your audience, make sure that you keep hold of them, and do the intelligent thing of making them feel like the special person on your show. So I'm hoping that Royce can do that for me. Royce, welcome to It's Not Rocket Science. Five questions over coffee. I know we're gonna have a great time, and I really appreciate you spending a few minutes with us, making time in your busy day.Royce Blake [00:01:13]:It's my pleasure. Stuart. Got my coffee. I'm ready to go. So let's do this.Stuart Webb [00:01:19]:Terrific. Okay, let's start with. I mean, you've got an absolutely enormous amount of history. Who is your ideal audience at the moment? Who are you trying to help understand how to better engage their audience and keep them held?Royce Blake [00:01:35]:Right now, it's mainly podcasters, but I also help event hosts, speakers, even business leaders that do a lot of speaking before even their employees. Anybody that needs to keep an audience, that's who I help.Stuart Webb [00:01:53]:And tell me, Royce, I mean, you're obviously doing this from a radio perspective, but it's not just radio, is it? You. You. You help people who understand how to appear in front of an audience and. And in. And interact in that way.Royce Blake [00:02:04]:I like to call it mike shy to camera confident, because that's. That's what it is, really, because we're all. It's. It's normal. Do you remember the first time you heard your. Your voice recorded?Stuart Webb [00:02:22]:Never heard it. Royce, don't. Never, never, never. It's never been possible.Royce Blake [00:02:26]:It's human. We all. We all go through the same thing because we hear our voice through bone, and people and microphones are hearing our voice through air, and that's the big difference. That's why it sounds weird.Stuart Webb [00:02:44]:Yes, yes. And unfortunately, that weird makes us all very nervous. Makes us feel somehow as though things are wrong. And that is the. The root of all the problems you get, isn't it?Royce Blake [00:02:58]:Oh, absolutely. And, you know, even, like when I was first on the air, on the radio, you know, you put headphones on, right? And so you're hearing your voice as it appears to other people live in your ears. And that usually causes, in radio, what we call affectation, because you put those headphones on and you say, hey, there, and all of A sudden it sounds weird, right? It sounds. And you say, hey there. And wow, that sounds even better, you know, so pretty soon you're talking like this, and eventually affectation leads to what we call in the radio world, puking. Because you get down to there, how are you? And it sounds like you're really trying to vomit. So we try to avoid that. And luckily these days, especially in the podcast world, people.Royce Blake [00:03:52]:People are kind of swinging back to real, so they appreciate people that are just real. You don't have to have a radio voice. It's be natural. And that's what I help people do.Stuart Webb [00:04:06]:So tell me, Royce, what people, what have people tried to do before they reach out to an expert such as yourself? You know, we've all recorded ourselves. We've all tried to avoid listening to it. Again, what are the things they've done and how have they made that affectation worse?Royce Blake [00:04:25]:Well, see, this is the biggest challenge for me because asking someone to admit they need help when it comes to talking is a big mountain to climb, ego wise, right? So you're like, oh, man, I think I talk good. And, you know, you can get so much better. And if you like, I can jump right into one of the techniques that anybody can do at home.Stuart Webb [00:04:50]:Okay, yeah, why don't we look into that? Because this is. This is the valuable free advice that you are. That you're going to offer us, isn't it?Royce Blake [00:04:58]:Absolutely. All you need is one of these. Use your cell phone, right, and record yourself a lot, and it's going to be very uncomfortable at first. It doesn't matter what you're recording, but you need to record for five whole minutes, because we can all start off, you know, reiterating our elevator pitch or your sales presentation or whatever. And that goes great for a couple of minutes, but after that, you're starting to stress out on what to say, and that's when the magic happens. The real you starts coming out, and that's what we're looking for. So five minutes. It can be about your grocery list.Royce Blake [00:05:45]:One of my favorite topics to help people is talk about a hobby you love and why you got into it and why it's so awesome, or why someone is your best friend, whatever it is. Talk for five minutes. And remember, you can always delete this stuff, right? You don't have to keep it. No one else has to see it. But the key is how you watch it when you record yourself. First time you watch it, I want you to do it with the phone facing down. Don't watch it. Just Listen to it, crank up the volume, and just listen to yourself.Royce Blake [00:06:24]:That's when you'll start to discover little things. In radio, we call them crutches. Things you say that you're not even realizing. Realizing that you're saying the ums, the likes, you know what I mean? Those are all filler words or phrases, and that's when they start to stick out. Secondly, watch it back again, but this time with the sound off. So you're just watching yourself. Do you sway all the time? Are you playing a statue? Do you never move? You know, things like that that you had no idea you were doing? Do you use too many hand gestures? Are you flailing all over the place? That's going to start submitting in your subconscious mind exactly what you're doing, and then watch it entirely. Watch it full screen and rinse and repeat.Royce Blake [00:07:22]:You keep doing that, after five times, you'll be at least 50% better. Maybe. I've seen some people go 90% better because they had no idea what they were doing. And once again, it's a crutch. It's one of those things that personally we're not aware of. But that's what the audience is seeing, and that's the way you get used to you. That's the bottom line right there, is getting used to yourself. And nothing helps more than watching.Royce Blake [00:07:56]:And, you know, it can. It can go away. No one else has to see it, but you're going to start seeing things a lot differently.Stuart Webb [00:08:07]:So, Royce, this is. This is really interesting stuff. Tell me, when you. I mean, you obviously help people a lot with this sort of thing. You help them with those filler words. And I know how embarrassing it was. For the first time, somebody. Somebody did that with me, and I found it intensely embarrassing.Stuart Webb [00:08:26]:How do you get people to understand that? That's just what natural is?Royce Blake [00:08:31]:Because humans. It's a great question, Stuart. Humans abhors silence.Stuart Webb [00:08:38]:Yes, we think.Royce Blake [00:08:40]:We think that if there's silence, oh, man, people are freaking out. Let me tell you something. First of all, an overall view of audiences. People are so afraid of what people are thinking, and that's the real fear. We're not really worried about our voice or even what we're saying. We're worried about being judged. And that's part of. That's part of human nature.Royce Blake [00:09:04]:And so when you abhor a vacuum, right? Silence, you try to fill it with, no matter what. You know what I mean? Do you get that? You guys understand where I'm coming from, Things that mean nothing. One of the Big secrets that most great speakers use is something I did right there, and that is the pause. When you take a pause even for three seconds, it doesn't even have. You don't have to count to three seconds, but if you can just pause and say the letters and A, B, C in your head, that's a perfect pause. And see, I threw in another one right there. Did that feel weird to you?Stuart Webb [00:09:53]:Yeah. The thing is, Royce, it kind of you, you feel, you feel as though you should be saying something, and yet sometimes the audience needs that pause to process what you've just said. And you're being kind to them by actually pausing long enough for them to have that revelation or whatever it is you're trying to give them.Royce Blake [00:10:12]:Right. It lets them ponder it, especially if it's an important point. The other awesome thing about pauses is it makes what you say next much more powerful.Stuart Webb [00:10:25]:Love that.Royce Blake [00:10:26]:So once again, the pause, it's hard to do in your brain. It sounds totally natural to any, any audience, really.Stuart Webb [00:10:38]:Let me just put a link on the bottom because we have got some fabulous stuff that Royce is going to make available to the listeners and to the audience here. If you go to www.systemize.me, free hyphen stuff, Royce, I've already got some of this stuff. The five day course, things like that, where you are going to be taking people from a world, from amateur to professional.Royce Blake [00:11:06]:Right, right. And in, in the course brilliance.Stuart Webb [00:11:12]:Just, just, I just. Thank you so much for making some of that stuff available.Royce Blake [00:11:17]:Absolutely. In the course, I go into all these.Stuart Webb [00:11:20]:Hide that again for a second so that people can focus on what you're saying.Royce Blake [00:11:26]:There you go. Well, in the course, I also go over all this in much more depth. And each, each day it's just a five day email course. Each email also has a video included. So you can see me explaining this more. Are you still there, Stuart? I'll just keep talking. I used to get a. I used to get a lot of money on that for that.Royce Blake [00:11:59]:You know, the other awesome thing that I really want to help podcasters with is research. And if anybody asked me what's the secret to a great podcast or a great radio show? It's research. Figure out something you want to get to, a question a guest has never been asked. And that's the secret. And when you get to research, I'm not talking about like on the radio, for instance, especially when we had a celebrities. The reason that celebrities even appear on, on radio stations or TV stations is they usually have a book to promote. Right. Or, you know, a movie, a brand new movie coming out.Royce Blake [00:12:49]:Well, they're on a press junket. And a press junket is where they sit in one studio and then they do a TV hit in Cincinnati and then a radio show in Cleveland and then off to another radio show in Dallas. And so when you're doing these things, you have no idea. If you're a radio host and you're about to interview a celebrity guest, you don't have any idea what number you are. You could be station number nine for all. For all. All things considered. So, and odds are, whoever it is, they've been asked the same types or sometimes the same exact question nine times in a row.Royce Blake [00:13:33]:And so you don't want to be that host, whether it's on a podcast, an event, or, you know, on radio or tv, you want to be someone that asked them a question they've never heard before. I. I always recall one with boxer Mike Tyson, who was awesome. Obviously, this was at really the height of his popularity. And for those of you that remember the ear biting incident, well, I'm sure he'd been asked that a thousand times at that point. Instead, I had done deep research, and once again, yes, you can look at their social profiles. You can, you know, check into any, any, anything they posted and see where they're coming from. Check their hobbies and all that stuff, but go much, much deeper.Royce Blake [00:14:26]:Anything you can find, even if it's a business owner you're talking to, go back and look at their ads, See what kind of ads they had running. If they had a weird ad or maybe a weird job. Before they, you know, got into the car business, they used to, you know, build porcelain dolls or something, something weird like that. For me and Mike Tyson, it was pigeon racing. Now, I have no idea how you race pigeons, but I knew that Mike Tyson was into pigeon racing. And so what did I do? While everybody else was asking him about the ear biting incident, I asked him about pigeon racing. Hey, champ, how's the pigeon racing environment this year? Everything. You got a shot, and he lit up like a Christmas tree.Royce Blake [00:15:20]:It was amazing. So that's the type of research I'm talking about. Go deep. If I didn't. If I finished an interview and I didn't have at least two pages of questions I didn't get to, then I hadn't done my job. So once again, it's all about research.Stuart Webb [00:15:42]:Brilliant, brilliant stuff, Royce. Thank you so much for that. Royce. There must be one question that you're currently thinking that I haven't in the process of this interview or discussion, asked you what is the question that you think I should have asked? And obviously now you know what that question is, you need to answer it for us as well.Royce Blake [00:16:07]:Well, you know, once again, I, I think, by the way, just talking about. Here's. Here's one for you. We were talking about. I know we're having tech problems here, Stuart, but, you know, if I had a, you know, a question for you to give you an idea of what kind of research, and it doesn't take long, this took me probably.Stuart Webb [00:16:27]:Oh, no.Royce Blake [00:16:29]:I would say, hey, Stuart, I know that. Well, how did you go from like, killing viruses to helping businesses scale? You know, you were in the, in the bio.Stuart Webb [00:16:46]:Do you know the reason. The reason that I did that, Royce, Tell me the reason. The reason I did that, Royce, was because I wasn't very. I. I was. I was actually not a very good practical scientist. I was a very good thinker. A lot of people kept telling me I had brilliant thoughts, but I was very poor at putting them down into an experiment.Stuart Webb [00:17:12]:And so I had to find something where I was able to use my brain to solve big problems, but not necessarily always. Always sort of make those experiments very successful. So it's about finding that thing which you are passionate about, but at the same time, you can actually turn into something people will pay you to do.Royce Blake [00:17:35]:Absolutely. Have you been asked that before?Stuart Webb [00:17:42]:That is not what I have been asked. And I'm going to remember how good you are at turning the. The. The question and answer into a discussion, because you find that way. And that's how you make an engaging podcast guest or host out of people, isn't it? By getting to open up and explore things with an intelligent research question.Royce Blake [00:18:08]:And listen and listen intently. Don't worry about getting to question seven when your guest has just spun gold on your podcast. You know, let them expand, let them go with the flow there. You know, as. As far as questions that, that you didn't ask me, I get this from a lot of podcasters. Well, a lot of people in general is. How do you handle trolls? How do you handle negative comments? Right. People, you know, all this.Royce Blake [00:18:38]:I was lucky, I guess, because I was trained. I. You're. You're old enough to remember. I'm not sure if they have this on the BBC or any of the, you know, any other. But the request line, this radio station request line where you can call in and request a song, right?Stuart Webb [00:18:57]:Yes.Royce Blake [00:18:58]:Well, this is. You got to think about it. This is the only time for free you can reach another human being and say anything you want, because 95 weren't there to request a song. A lot were there to give their opinion. And. And, you know, a lot of times it always amazed me, someone would sit on the request line on hold for a half an hour just to tell me, hey, you suck. So, you know, after you get that a few thousand times, you start. You start losing the nerve that, you know, so.Royce Blake [00:19:34]:But I want people to remember, no one more successful than you will ever put you down. They don't have the time. They don't have the inclination.Stuart Webb [00:19:45]:Brilliant.Royce Blake [00:19:45]:So ignore them. I know it's easy to say and hard to do, but trust me, something's wrong with them, not you, so just let it go.Stuart Webb [00:19:56]:Brilliant, Royce. I love that. And I want to end it there, because I think that is the best advice that you can give anybody. I mean, if I want to take away two things, and I know there have been a couple of technical difficulties, but there are two things I want to take away, one. One of which is, you know, you have just got to get used to the fact that you need to sound natural and need to get over yourself and start behaving like you are just a normal human being. And we all have that problem. And. And the haters.Stuart Webb [00:20:26]:Well, the haters are going to hate, and you just got to let them do it and get away from them and move forward being your positive self.Royce Blake [00:20:33]:I've got a great phrase. You can. You can write down everybody. And it's something I learned from an old radio pro. He said, royce, I don't care if they hate me as long as they hate me every day.Stuart Webb [00:20:49]:I love that one. I love it. Listen, people, I'm gonna. I'm just gonna thank Royce for spending a few minutes with us. If you would like to get an email from me where you can actually just find out who is going to be on the show and listen to the brilliant advice like people like Royce Lake bring to us. Go to Systemize Me, subscribe. That's systemized me. Forward slash, subscribe.Stuart Webb [00:21:20]:Just go there. Simple form, name, email address. We don't ask you for any more than that. Once a week, you get an email from me saying who's coming up? And you really should listen to some of the people that are coming up on this show. Royce, I want to thank you so much for being here and telling us a little bit about this, and I appreciate you keeping going when I know there have been a one or two technical difficulties, but I just think what you've told us is absolute gold about how to engage people and keep them engaged, and I just love it. And thank you so much for spending a few minutes.Royce Blake [00:21:47]:It's been a pleasure, Stuart. Thank you so much. And, you know, once again, this has been awesome. Get full access to It's Not Rocket Science! at thecompleteapproach.substack.com/subscribe

BRADY WELLER discusses the intricacies of QSBS rollovers, including eligibility, timing, and strategic planning for founders and investors. The goal is to help the listener maximize tax benefits and navigate the legal complexities of this powerful tool. https://youtu.be/gvQ0ZskvWVI QSBS, tax exemption, startup founders, rollover, legal structuring, investment strategy, tax planning, startup exit, C corporation, Key Topics QSBS eligibility and benefits Challenges in executing rollovers Legal and tax considerations for founders Timing and risk management in rollovers Strategic structuring for maximum benefit “QSBS ROLLOVERS” Sound Bites “60 days is a very short window for founders.” “Rollover continues your holding period clock.” “Partial rollovers are common for founders.” Chapters 00:00 Understanding QSBS and Its Benefits 03:07 Challenges for Founders in QSBS Compliance 05:54 Advising Founders on QSBS Rollovers 08:57 Structuring New Ventures for QSBS Eligibility 12:00 Navigating QSBS for Tech and Non-Tech Founders 14:54 Investor Considerations in QSBS Transactions 17:46 State-Specific QSBS Regulations and Planning 20:57 Future of QSBS and Strategic Planning Resources Brady Weller on LinkedIn qsbsrollover.com qsbsreference.com Frazer Rice and Michael Arlein discuss the nuts and bolts of 1202 QSBS Features for Founders Guest links LinkedIn Transcript Frazer Rice (00:01.314)Welcome aboard, Brady. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (00:03.043)Hey, Frazer, thanks for having me. Frazer Rice (00:04.738)Well, you are the nice compliment to a piece I just did with Michael Arlene on QSBS. We covered some of the nuts and bolts around 1202. You come at it from a little bit different angle. It’s usually where people, founders especially, have issues sort of complying with things like the three and five year rule. And otherwise really maximizing the capability of the rollover and the tax significance for it. Tell us a little bit about who benefits and what you do here. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (00:35.107)Yeah, QSBS is. by far the biggest tax exemption available to individual taxpayers in the U.S. So it’s been something that hasn’t been up. I should say there’s not a massive advisory network around it. So it’s not something that’s been taken advantage of, I think, to its full scope. Michael, who you had on recently, is a top trust and estate planner for founders of companies around QSBS. The specific problem that QSBS rollover solve is for a shareholder of an early stage company. Most often founders or very early investors, say, maybe series A or earlier shareholders. It’s an incentive to basically hold your stock for a quote unquote long time. In this sense, that means, you know, now under some new rules, basically three to five plus years. It’s a tax exemption available to folks who hold their stock for at least five years. Then they can exclude from federal income tax now up to $15 million of gains when they sell that stock. So you have to be a shareholder in an early stage C corporation, early stage company. Frazer Rice (01:50.616).Those founders before three to five years are trying to figure out how to use this tool. What are the challenges in making sure they don’t blow up the transaction by transferring something poorly. Or having their company grow too large or have too much cash or those types of things? Maybe list out a little bit some of the challenges that are out there that that a founder needs to be aware of. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (02:22.509).Yeah. So we don’t have to constantly caveat. I’ll mainly talk as though we’re speaking about the pre July 5th, 2025 rules for QSPS. Anything, any stock issued after that date, middle of last year. is under a slightly different set of rules. They are more expanded rules, but I’ll speak to this sort of from those old rules. And so the old rules state that you have to hold your stock for at least five years. And if you do, you can exclude a large portion from federal income tax, usually $10 million for founders. But if you don’t hold the stock for five years, your only option is to take the cash from that sale. For example, say you sell stock at year three or year four, and purchase new QSBS eligible stock with that cash within 60 days. So it’s sort of like the 1031 exchange. Folks maybe are more familiar with real estate property exchanges. Its sort of like a 1031 exchange for stock. So you take the cash and you purchase a like kind quote unquote asset with it. Now the challenge with that is 60 days is not a very long time. And when you’re a founder of a company who just went through liquidity. You just got your deal done and the whirlwind that that is. Now you’re dealing maybe in a post liquidity world. You’re maybe running another team at the acquirer or you’re otherwise involved. 60 days is not a long time to be able to find and diligence a new opportunity. . It’s just not feasible. Especially for founders to use that cash to say buy stock in someone else’s company. It just doesn’t make sense. Like risk adjusted, I suppose. Frazer Rice (04:05.579)No, it’s a miracle that your company did great. Now you have to go and find another miracle and make it work within 60 days. It’s crazy. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (04:10.143).That that’s the biggest that’s probably the biggest barrier to executing them. For the longest time there just weren’t a lot of people. They hadn’t come alongside founders to help advise them on structured ways that they could do these rollovers. Yeah, the options are risky. It’s like take your money and invest it in Dave’s startup in San Francisco. He’s going to lose your money. So that may be what you want to do with that money. To keep your risk profile sort of moving. But that’s not tax planning in any way. Right. To make that decision just to save on federal income tax might not be the best way to use your rollover. So we’ve seen it much more for angel investors, something that they might use. People who want to maybe have a lot of deal flow. A lot of investment opportunities in front of them. But they want to keep that risk profile moving. I’d say timing and risk are the two biggest challenges when you’re trying to execute a rollover. Frazer Rice (05:13.805).As a detail on that, you’ve got your company. You’ve got $10 million coming to you. Hopefully tax free, similar to a 1031. You don’t have to go into one company, you could go into a basket of companies. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (05:28.579).Yeah, you could take the cash, say you make $10 million from a sale. You could pay taxes on $3 million of it, assuming you haven’t hit your five year requirement. Then, you could roll over the other seven in various other deals. You could put it all into one new company. What the rollover actually does is it continues your holding period clock from the last stock. So if you held for three years in your original company stock, You sell. You’re able to reinvest those proceeds within 60 days. It continues your holding period. Once you’re beyond a combined five the next liquidity event in the second company. Now you have proper seasoning on your shares, for lack of a better word, and then you can sell them under the QSPS exemption. Frazer Rice (06:17.143)So, this gets to what you do on a day-to-day basis. So a founder comes to you and says, all right, I’ve got this situation I think that’s coming. And I need some advice. You’re sort of letting them know what’s happening here. How do you advise them, in a sense, whether it’s through your company or even as a general matter? Do you have a suite of other founders and companies that are out there? And then… Maybe also similar to a 1031, is there sort of an intermediary function that needs to happen in order for the asset or the cash to go into sort of a, for lack of word, like an escrow account to then be deployed correctly into the eligible next company so that you keep that period going. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (06:50.713)Boom. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (07:05.839)That’s a good question. It’s not as formalized as the, you know, in terms of the 1031 world where there’s sort of a designated intermediary and that’s sort of required step in the process. This is very much the wire goes into your checking account for the sale of company A stock. Frazer Rice (07:11.703)Mm-hmm. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (07:22.281)You send a wire back out to purchase stock in company B. When someone comes to us and is looking for guidance on how to do a rollover, sometimes they’ve talked to tax or trust in state attorneys already, or maybe they’re CPA. And there are maybe 50 folks in the US who have, I’d say, Frazer Rice (07:37.463)Sure. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (07:45.07)I call it advanced QSPS planning knowledge, which is they have the trust planning strategies, rollover knowledge, all of these things that sort of at their disposal that they can speak to, but it’s a very small network. so our firm is actually the only non-CPA non-law firm in the country that deals directly with founders on these. And so we ended up kind of playing quarterback, connecting them with the right attorneys, maybe the right CPA, if they don’t have one to make sure that the team is sort of assembled. You know, because the risk profile of taking your money and investing in someone else’s company typically doesn’t align with most founders’ interests at that time, the service that we provide is helping them to roll that money into a new startup of their own. We think these founder-led rollovers where the founder or the shareholder who sold their original stock can now direct the proceeds into a new entity that they own and control. It’s a really great way to execute this. It gives the shareholder, the founder the optimal amount of flexibility and control over the proceeds over time. So they can handle their own risk profile. Frazer Rice (08:57.921)So for the founder who built their business originally, they sell it and you’re sort of with them along the way to roll it over into another founder led situation. Are there any mechanics that you help with to sort of ensure that that takes place correctly? There’s so many, it seems like so many tiger traps along the way that you can stick your foot in and you did every, your intent was there, but maybe you did something weird or incorrect. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (09:26.617)Yeah. Frazer Rice (09:26.721)Maybe a better way to ask this question is what are the things in that receiving new QSBS rollover do you want to see or a founder should make sure they have in place before they go ahead and pull the trigger? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (09:41.904)We want to make sure it’s a C corporation. First of all, a lot of times when founders start their first companies, they just, you know, incorporate an LLC somewhere and start doing business. A lot of times there’s not even, maybe there’s, you know, two or $3,000 transferred to a checking account, you know, from their personal to their checking. That’s how you start most businesses. But when you’re, when you’re starting a rollover business, we have to see a couple other things. One is we want to make sure it’s a C corp from day one. Frazer Rice (09:58.989)Right. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (10:09.123)You know, it’s okay if it’s a single owner C Corp where the founders, the, you know, only board member, only director. It’s, you know, it’s your entity. That’s fine. but we also want to see a purchase agreement, some kind of stock purchase agreement. So you can’t just transfer money from your chase savings account where the wire landed to the new business account and, know, go on about, about the business. we want to see a stock purchase agreement. And so some of those agreements, and the optimal way to do those for sort of the, the, the long run. Sometimes, we would obviously we have our template docs in ways that we might advise to do it. But very often we refer that out to legal counsel and coordinate there to make sure that just all the purchase agreements and governance docs and those types of things are in a good place. You know, it’s really making sure we have the purchase agreements and that the money gets moved to the corporate bank account, the new business bank account within 60 days. It’s really not a long period of time. And we run into a lot of situations where If someone’s not kind of quarterbacking the process, deadlines get away quickly and then administrative issues with a bank might push you beyond the 60 day window. We’ve seen that a few times and it can obviously cost you a lot of money. Frazer Rice (11:24.468)The, when you get to a point where the next business that this is going into, often the qualifications of being a QSBS eligible business can be a little bit murky. I’m thinking healthcare for instance, where like a hospital or that type of thing would traditionally probably not be a QSBS situation, but a healthcare service provider or a biotech company or something like that is. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (11:46.937)Yeah. Frazer Rice (11:51.029)Do you help founders think about that? in many ways, there’s sort of the which came first, the idea for the company or the company itself. How do you make sure people stay on all fours on that front? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (12:00.56)Yeah. Yeah, I if you build a startup before, know that the ideas in the early stage sometimes are extremely malleable. And when you start testing things in the market, the business very often changes. You know, we majority work with tech founders and that’s not because, you know, QSBS is well suited for tech. I think a lot of people think that to be QSBS, to be a technology company. That’s not true. It’s just that we most often see QSBS. We run into people who are knowledgeable about QSBS in the venture space. So venture backed start up, like traditional startup businesses, has 80 % plus of those companies are tech businesses. And then the other 20 % is manufacturing, biotech, life science, e-commerce, those types of things. But majority of people that we do these transaction with are in tech. And so by virtue of that, their rollover business ends up being, most of the time, ideas that they have are tech adjacent. So that’s a great place to be. I’d say some things to avoid. What we hear often people coming to us wanting to roll over into real estate in some way or another. And there are ways that the business that you start as part of a QSPS roll over can hold real estate assets long term, depending on the business type. But you have to be really careful there not to, in the eyes of the IRS, look like a real estate holding company or have too much of your assets tied up in sort of like passive real estate holdings. And so I’d say that’s the murkiest stuff that we run into. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (13:37.822).Most of the businesses that we are helping founders start and grow as part of a QSPS rollover are B2B or B2C tech. Either web applications or mobile applications, e-commerce stores. We have a few hardware sort of based companies or like very physical product based companies as well. Frazer Rice (13:58.431)For a lot of tech founders, the idea of taking some money off the table is important. And I would think that maybe partial QSPS situations come up. This isn’t an all or nothing thing. You can take some money off the table and then allocate other parts, maybe half off and then the other half you can roll into the next company. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (14:14.137)Yeah. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (14:18.798)I’d say an extremely common situation that we see is maybe a founder. in New York who is raising maybe a Series B, call it a 50 or $60 million Series B. We saw a lot of these size rounds with the AI kind of boom happening and might be an opportunity to take, you know, four to $6 million off the table as secondary at that stage in the company’s growth. so you have this founder who just got $5 million wired to their bank account, maybe their first money. They’ve been renting in a condo or apartment in the city and they’re still very much like in high growth stage with company so they don’t have a lot of bandwidth to run a new business. And so they’ll really try and de-risk themselves. That is, maybe pay taxes on a million, a million and a half, give themselves a cushion right away, maybe buy a condo or you know whatever, stabilize their life just a bit and roll over the other four, three and a half million, you know, and manage a project on the side that way. That’s a really common situation we see. Frazer Rice (15:19.624)For investors who are invested in a lot of different things and maybe you know, they’ve got six or seven companies that are QSBS eligible and they are sort of rolling the dice on that and sort of picking and choosing which one should go into which that type of thing What’s different about it from an investor standpoint than from an operator standpoint? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (15:43.758)Yeah, I think the biggest thing investors have to pay attention to is if you receive a distribution that isn’t QSPS eligible because of holding period, you cannot just take that money and invest it back into a venture fund. and call that a rollover. The money can go into a venture fund, but that capital also has to be called and deployed into, an investment from that fund. Meaning you can’t just invest in the, in the partnership at the partnership level in a venture fund and it’s sit there undeployed and be eligible for QSBS. It actually has to be fully deployed into target, target opportunities within 60 days. So that’s something that I think that we’ve run into a couple of times with, with investors is they think, I’ll just, know, Fund2 is open at, you know, XYZ firm. I’ll just roll the money over there. But it does have to be deployed still within that 60 day window. So that’s something that we hear a lot of. You know, if you’re an investor, I would keep, you know, you don’t always have the perfect deal ready at the right time. But keeping good relationships with the founders that… you’re partnering with, you know, you never know when someone might be able to open up a tranche on the side or sell some secondary to you. if you’re trying to still get access to that deal sort of outside of a normal round. Frazer Rice (17:07.445)So for the companies that are in your orbit, obviously you’re probably checking in saying, hey, you didn’t do anything to blow up your QSBS status. But for the companies that aren’t that way, and let’s say you’re a founder and you’ve got a nice situation where you’re able to take some money off the table and maybe put it into. one of the things that your friends put together or something like that. How do you think about a checklist or what are the questions to ask to make sure that the recipient investor or recipient of the investment is QSBS eligible and will sort of stick to it? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (17:46.48)Yeah, you want to ensure first that the company is small enough. so under the old rules that I mentioned, the company would have to have less than $50 million of gross assets. A really great proxy for that is just how much has that company raised? You know, if you’re trying to invest in a company and they’ve raised $120 million, it’s very likely that they have at some point blown the asset test and they’re not issuing QSPS anymore. It’s very, it’s not always, but it’s very possible. A lot of people confuse that test for valuation. which is a mistake, you could have a billion dollar company in terms of market value, you know, with only 20 or 25 million dollars worth of assets on the balance sheet. It is possible, especially in some of these high multiple high growth tech businesses. And so, yeah, not confusing valuation with gross assets is one thing to pay attention to. the other is ensuring just that the company is a C corp, especially for early stage investors. I’m talking like first money in, maybe before, you know, pre seed or pre seed, would say, ensuring that the right structuring is in place such that, know, you’re getting stock issued directly from a C corporation at that time you’re investing. So I would say that’s something to worry about more if you’re, you know, an angel. who does a lot of sort of direct sourcing of deals and you’re not going through a fund. Most of the time, if someone’s raised capital directly from a venture fund, all the paperwork and things that you’re going to look for as far as QSPS are going to be in place, because most VCs are pretty well acquainted at this point with, hey, let’s make sure this is eligible before we get in here. Frazer Rice (19:27.913)Right. And just to distinguish, an LLC that elects to be taxed as a C Corp versus a C Corp, C Corp, is there any distinction there for our listeners? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (19:39.673)Yes. Generally, we would say as long as the LLC has made that C-Corp election before issuing more at that stage, guess, membership units of stock, as long as they’ve made that C-Corp election prior to issuing the stock, then we feel generally good about it. But yeah, an LLC, it’s an entity structure whose default taxation is as a pass-through, but an LLC can also be taxed as a C-Corp and can issue quote unquote QSBS eligible shares. or units as well, so it is possible. Frazer Rice (20:12.683)I was gonna say, so for the listeners out there, C-Corp doesn’t just mean C-Corp, but the real operative language is that it’s taxed as a C-Corp component, and that should be part of your checklist as you go down the list of companies to potentially roll into. So for those people who aren’t exactly founders, but maybe are investors or otherwise part of businesses that they’ve been included in, et cetera. Those non-venture-backed businesses, what are the opportunities there for QSBS and then the ability to roll it over into other things? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (20:48.708)Yeah, I would say it’s very rare that we see a non-venture-backed business in between the coasts, I’ll say, right? Like not one of these like kind of like call them coastal elite tech businesses. I’m talking about your like legacy family business in, you know, North Carolina. Frazer Rice (20:59.488)I mean… Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (21:11.856)Most of the time we’re going to see those as pass-throughs or partnerships, maybe like an S-Corp. You would see that type of structure and those businesses, while they could be amazing businesses, the interest in them isn’t QSPS eligible because it has to be issued from a C-Corporation. Most of the time, the planning opportunity we see with those types of businesses is around the time of maybe a generational transition or other type of transition planning where Maybe the children take over from the parents and they establish a plan. Hey, we’re going to take it over, but we want to plan to sell maybe the next five to seven years. I hear this a lot. And opportunity. If you are in an industry in a sector where stock sales are common in the industry for exiting the businesses, changing, electing to be treated as a C Corp or restructuring to a C Corporation from one of those pass through structures is an opportunity because you could sort of reorganize, reissue stock, now start your QSBS five year time clock. And, you know, hopefully the business keeps doing well and you can have that exit opportunity down the line. And at that point, take advantage of QSBS. Again, the thing you want to pay attention to is that you actually be able to do a stock sale at that time because QSBS requires a sale of stock, not an asset sale. And so that’s a really important distinction. So make sure either that you’re in an industry where that’s common or you’re working with counsel who understands what you’re trying to accomplish before you make those decisions about how you’re setting your entity up at that stage. Frazer Rice (22:41.353)Right. Frazer Rice (22:56.758)I just have a comment for me with the passage of the new law that we sort of alluded to where previously you really didn’t start thinking about this until fully five years. The new law, people can start thinking about it within three. You get 50 % of the benefit of the exclusion at three years. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (23:08.282)Mm-hmm. Frazer Rice (23:15.21)And I’ve run into people where three years suddenly seems like a short amount of time, whereas five years, I think everyone was sort of like, we’ll get there eventually. you know, they’re they’re they’re fighting for their survival anyway. And if that happens to work terrific in this case, I think that the law moving the timeline up a little bit has had an interesting impact on those conversion discussions, because I think people are now starting to say, hey, you know what? I can get to three years. And, you know, with the speed at the and the rate at which things change at this point, it’s much more realistic than I think it might have been going back in time. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (23:50.896)And if you have a stable business where you feel comfortable making projections, say three years out, so to what that business could look like at that time, it’s really becoming more common now to do what you’re calling like choice of entity studies, right? So working with someone who can model out with the difference in taxation, both at the company level and at the point of. Frazer Rice (24:05.482)Mm-hmm. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (24:15.276)selling stock, what the optimal structure may be depending on your time horizon tax it, your expectations for growth or lack thereof. So that’s something that some valuation firms, business advisories, some law firms or CPA tax advisories may be able to do. If you’re in that situation, you’re trying to figure out, hey, what’s the math look like based on my baseline assumptions of what this business will be and can help you sort of make those decisions about how to plan. over the next three to seven years. Frazer Rice (24:47.402)As part of that reorganization too, I’ve talked to a few people who are in, let’s call it personality-based businesses, whether they’re podcasters or influencers or other types of things that are a little bit adjacent to maybe typical software companies. And I’ve brought up the notion that you may be disqualified now, but you may have a future growth opportunity within your business to make it fall more in line with a QSBS-defined business. And so, you if you’ve got the time and the ability and it makes a business sense, it may make sense to start thinking about either sectioning that off or developing that business line for something a little bit later on. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (25:27.95)Yeah, being strategic about where those adjacent businesses, how they’re structured and where they’re built. And I mean, where like in terms of a legal entity level sense, I’m thinking about, for instance, several golf YouTubers, make a lot of golf content online, but now they’re announcing partnerships to, you know, design clothing, you know, have their own clothing line, or maybe they’ve entered a, a joint venture with a golf club maker or maybe an emerging brand and they’re taking equity. Frazer Rice (25:41.983)Mm-hmm. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (25:57.826)Those are really interesting options and I think that you still have the opportunity to leverage your personal brand to grow that business but separating them out so that you know your reliance on your personal brand doesn’t ruin QSBS. That’s actually getting to one of the rules around qualified small business stock which is that the companies can’t be based on the skill or reputation of a single person. And so that’s when we think about Frazer Rice (26:24.938)Mm-hmm. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (26:27.632)Like entertainers, athletes, social media personalities. MrBeast, for instance, couldn’t sell MrBeast, the YouTube channel necessarily, as QSBS eligible interest because of that rule more than likely. And that’s obviously a broad brush, paying attention to where you hold your business interests is important for this if you’re in that space. Frazer Rice (26:53.5)Any state thoughts? I know California QSBS is uncoupled from the federal QSBS and New York threatened it and apparently that got knocked down. New Jersey just coupled with the federal government so that people weren’t scared away from doing that. How does that figure into your analysis? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (27:04.304)you Yeah. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (27:12.784)It’s sort of a battle of the coast. It’s like which coast of the United States is going to be most investor and founder friendly with relation to these things. Yeah, because California hasn’t followed it for a long time. Oregon and Washington state are close behind there. And then we have the sort of somewhat the opposite happening on the East Coast. So as an East Coast guy, I hope it becomes a hub. But yeah, there is some sort of. Frazer Rice (27:19.528)Right. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (27:36.388)you know, state and local tax planning, strategic planning that you might be able to do if you have the foresight and, you know, the right data to determine where you might become a resident or taxpayer prior to an exit. You might talk with a. assault attorney or assault advisor state and local tax is usually tax advisors CPAs or or tax attorneys who can help you think through Hey, does it make a difference whether or not I move from California to Texas? What does that look like for my family? What does that look like for my post-tax exit situation? because where the company is headquartered, as long as it’s in the United States, doesn’t matter for QSPS, just has to be a domestic USC corporation. And so remembering that QSPS is fundamentally an individual taxpayer incentive means that regardless of where the shareholders are located, you’re gonna be beholden to that specific state of where you live and their roles around QSPS. Frazer Rice (28:36.906)Terrific stuff. Brady, we’re winding down here. How do people find you and your company and any sort of parting thoughts? Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (28:44.516)Yeah, I’m personally very active on LinkedIn. So you can find me there, Brady Weller and our website, qsbsrollover.com. We also have a sort of an open source QSBS advisory referral site called qsbsreference.com. And so you can find us at either of those places. We’d be happy to help you out and point you in the right direction. Frazer Rice (29:05.13)Brady, thanks for being on. Brady Weller (QSBS Rollover) (29:06.874)Thanks, Frazier, appreciate it. 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*Actors in Both Marvel and DC Movies* @marvel @dcofficial I noticed there were a lot of actors that are in both Marvel and DC movies especially after watching Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.So I decided to compile them and give my opinion on which role was better.0:00 - Intro0:03 - Henry Cavill: Superman & Wolverine0:16 - Ben Affleck: Batman & Daredevil0:30 - JK Simmons: Commissioner Gordon & J. Jonah Jameson0:48 - Ryan Reynolds: Green Lantern & Deadpool1:02 - Willem Dafoe: Vulko & Green Goblin1:16 - Christian Bale: Batman & Gorr1:27 - Tom Hardy: Bane & Venom1:38 - Halle Barry: Catwoman & Storm1:50 - Michael Keaton: Batman & Vulture2:05 - Nicholas Hoult: Lex Luthor & Beast2:18 - Chris Evans: Jensen & Captain America / Human Torch2:32 - Idris Elba: Bloodsport & Heimdall2:43 - David Harbour: Dexter & Red Guardian2:56 - Tommy Lee Jones: Two Face & Colonel Philips3:11 - Nicholas Cage: Superman & Ghost Rider3:22 - James Marsden: Richard White & Cyclops3:35 - Angela Basset: Amanda Waller & Queen Ramonda3:46 - Zachary Levi: Shazam & Fandral3:47 - Laurence Fishburne: Perry White & Dr. Foster4:07 - Russell Crowe: Jor-El & Zeus4:19 - Isabella Merced: Hawkgirl & Anya Corazon4:31 - Edi Gathegi: Mr. Terrific & Darwin4:43 - Daniela Melchior: Ratcatcher & Ura4:53 - Andy Serkis: Alfred & Klaw5:10 - Pedro Pascal: Max Lord & Mr. Fantastic5:31 - Jared Leto: Joker & Morbius5:47 - Outro6:00 - Say That Again?BONUS: Barry Keoghan as Joker & DruigActors in Both DC and Marvelhttps://youtube.com/shorts/0aSokb88ktEhttps://youtube.com/shorts/XOMWiVaUf2Yhttps://youtube.com/shorts/P2X4Hiye0H8https://youtube.com/shorts/pBt9_MvA82Ihttps://youtube.com/shorts/MHRhd-CzpiQhttps://youtu.be/RzgwTqx9PVw#Marvel #DC #ArmanZaidi ____________________________________________https://www.patreon.com/armanzaidi*connect with me*https://instagram.com/armanzdihttps://twitter.com/armanzdihttps://www.tiktok.com/@armanzdi