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This week, we're lighting up the San Fernando Valley—no passport needed.We're talking about the citrus-kissed queen herself: SFV OG. She's a West Coast baddie with OG roots and a vibe that hits smoother than your ex's apologies.We take a sparkly stroll through piney forests and lemon drops, unpacking why this strain keeps your brain bright but your body blissed. You'll get all the juicy tea:Why it's not your sleepy-time OGThe terps that tickle your nose and the THC that actually shows upAnd how this girl stays glam with those trichome-heavy, rust-haired nugsWe also spill the dirt (literally) on grow tips if you're ready to put on your plant parent crown

Success in sales isn't just about strategy — it's about mindset, discipline, and staying grounded in what actually matters.In this episode, James sits down with Brian Reimer, Regional Sales Director in the cybersecurity space (Cato Networks) and long-time enterprise closer, to break down what it really takes to win million-dollar deals without losing yourself in the process.Brian opens up about:His approach to enterprise sales cyclesHow his faith and family keep him anchoredWhy he chose people and purpose over prestigeWhat most reps get wrong about long-term follow-upAnd the real reason your energy matters more than your pitchIf you're trying to close bigger commercial cleaning contracts, stay patient through long sales cycles, or balance personal growth with business pressure — this episode will hit home.Whether you run a $500K company or manage a team of 200, this one's for the leaders playing the long game.

Season 18 starts tomorrow.LYRICS:Well, we didn't know everyone who got editedMikey was part CANNONBALLAnd when he killed Mike on the way to his homeNo one noticed ‘cuz mike was just goneThen back at base Edgar needed a strategyTo tell the edits apartSo he and Ryan were using the Stinky Device, everyone was alarmedAnd meanwhile a Michael we don't knowIs lining up the pieces in a rowHe's setting everything up just soHe'll get to the finish line, steady and slowChance is part CANNONBALL, no one's surprisedAnd Ty-Troy lends Stinky a handThey lead him down to the containment wingWhere they subsequently banish himThey go their separate ways looking for Mike and nowStinky's face-to-face with TexA brawl breaks out, his leg is a gonerHe doesn't know what's coming nextAnd meanwhile a Michael we don't knowIs lining up the pieces in a rowHe's catching up on his favorite showWhile he drives to the distance, steady and slowMeanwhile, Christmas Island's not quite so festiveA yacht has been spotted at seaAnd when they storm the place, they see a familiar faceFelix is dead as can beStinky wakes up and he has been abandonedA Leg is sewn into his stumpHe knows that Nobody's lurking inside himBut Bluster arrives and picks him upAnd meanwhile a Michael we don't knowIs lining up the pieces in a rowHe disconnects Nobody so thatThe plan can go forward, steady and slowStinky and Michael fly down the highwayCharlissa and Ryan pop inStinky's surprised, but when they arriveThey say they are looking for himThis is a piece of Michael's grand schemeThe edited folks make their wayDown to the containment wing where heDisconnects Nobody, sends him on his wayWith disconnectivity in towNobody's plan begins to growHe heads back to the start, ready to goTo cut off his arm, steady and slowBack at the beginning, Nobody is playingWOE.BEGONE once againThe phone call goes off without much of a hitchMichael provides arms for his planBut Nobody's quickly thrown off of the pathWhen Roger shows up with the pigHe isn't innocent, what does he knowHe's involving himself in this thingSo when Stinky finally comes toInside the body he once knewNobody's got one challenge left to goHe's been playing the game, steady and slowWhile Stinky was out, Roger claimed his own prizeAnd taken the device from himHe wants revenge for his father from Ty,Who Roger thinks got his dad killedThey take off to Matt's house, a pitstop at O.V.E.R.Stinky steals back what is hisHe learns a life lesson inside the dinerAnd now he is ready for thisSo when they arrive at Matt's houseStinky's ready to go outBut when he makes his sacrifices knownAnne takes him away, steady and slowIs Stinky stuck in the future?Will Anne help Base rebuild?There's no guarantee but I think we'll knowAt the end of the season, steady and slow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you looking to save time, make money, and start winning with less risk? Then head to https://www.ovtlyr.com.Ever feel like you're stuck holding the bag on a trade? Like you bought high, held too long, and convinced yourself it'll “come back”? Yeah… we've all been there. This video breaks that cycle—with humor, real talk, and powerful insights from trend-following pros.We kick off with a hilarious but painfully accurate clip from Seinfeld where the characters mirror what far too many traders do—chase tips, ignore losses, and go down with the ship. It's comedy gold... but also a masterclass in what NOT to do in the markets.Then we shift gears and tackle something the news and Twitter can't stop talking about: Why everyone's panicking over bonds. Is it legit? Should you care about Japan's debt, the U.S. downgrade, or treasury auctions? Spoiler: maybe not. And we'll show you why.This isn't about hype. It's about cutting through fear, ignoring the noise, and following a smart, data-driven plan. That's what OVTLYR is all about.In this video, you'll learn:➡️ Why stock tips from friends, social media, or YouTubers usually mean you're too late➡️ How to spot bagholder behavior in yourself—and stop it cold➡️ What's really going on with the bond market and why it might not matter for your trades➡️ How traders are using the OVTLYR Nine to make smarter, faster decisions—scoring setups in seconds➡️ Why sometimes, the best trade is simply sitting in cash and not messing it upAnd yeah—we show real wins from real traders using OVTLYR, like turning setups into 40%, 70%, even 100%+ gains. No guessing. Just structured, repeatable success. Whether you're new to trading or you've been burned before, this is your edge.There's even a little fun along the way. Live giveaways, community shoutouts, and epic wins that'll have you pumped to level up your trading game. If you're not part of the movement yet, this is your sign!Gain instant access to the AI-powered tools and behavioral insights top traders use to spot big moves before the crowd. Start trading smarter today

What happens when a liquor store claims they landed the oldest Old Forester barrel pick ever — and then quietly walks it back? In this episode of The Spill, Matt and Jason dive into a controversial New York store pick that was supposed to be 11 years old… but wasn't.We break down:How this pick blew up on the secondary marketThe age statement “mistake” that raised red flagsWhether this was a shady move or a genuine slip-upAnd of course… how the damn thing actually tastes#OldForester #WhiskeyScam #BarrelPick #Bourbon #WhiskeyDrama #ArsenicCulture #WhiskeyTube #LiquorStorePick #BourbonControversy #thespillhttps://www.youtube.com/@arsenicculturehttps://instagram.com/arsenicculturehttps://tiktok.com/@arsenicculturehttps://www.facebook.com/arsenicculture/https://x.com/arsenicculture

In this week's inspiring episode of the Friends in Beauty Podcast, we sit down with Larry Jarah Sims—an award-winning Celebrity Hair Architect, entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Flawless by Gabrielle Union.With over 20 years in the industry, Larry has styled the most iconic looks in pop culture for Janet Jackson, Zendaya, Gabrielle Union, Regina King, Mary J. Blige, and so many more. But behind the glam is a story of hard work, resilience, creativity, and reinvention.We dive deep into:His early days as a beginner stylistWhat it really takes to get celebrity clients (and keep them)Breaking through industry gatekeepingCreating a beauty brand from the ground upAnd how trauma, truth, and triumph shaped his pathThis episode is packed with career advice, real talk, and gems for aspiring stylists, beauty entrepreneurs, and creatives looking to leave a legacy.

Joel 1:1-2:17 (NASB) Chapter One 1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: 2 Hear this, you elders,And listen, all inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this happened in your days,Or in your fathers' days?3 Tell your sons about it,And have your sons tell their sons,And their sons the next generation. 4 What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.5 Awake, you heavy drinkers, and weep;And wail, all you wine drinkers,Because of the sweet wine,For it has been eliminated from your mouth.6 For a nation has invaded my land,Mighty and without number;Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,And it has the jaws of a lioness.7 It has made my vine a wasteAnd my fig tree a stump.It has stripped them bare and hurled them away;Their branches have become white. 8 Wail like a virgin clothed with sackclothFor the groom of her youth.9 The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut offFrom the house of the Lord.The priests mourn,The ministers of the Lord.10 The field is ruined,The land mourns;For the grain is ruined,The new wine has dried up,Fresh oil has failed.11 Be ashamed, you farm workers,Wail, you vinedressers,For the wheat and the barley;Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.12 The vine has dried upAnd the fig tree has withered;The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,All the trees of the field have dried up.Indeed, joy has dried upFrom the sons of mankind. 13 Put on sackclothAnd mourn, you priests;Wail, you ministers of the altar!Come, spend the night in sackcloth,You ministers of my God,For the grain offering and the drink offeringHave been withheld from the house of your God. 14 Consecrate a fast,Proclaim a solemn assembly;Gather the eldersAnd all the inhabitants of the landTo the house of the Lord your God,And cry out to the Lord.15 Woe for the day!For the day of the Lord is near,And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.16 Has food not been cut off before our eyes, andJoy and rejoicing from the house of our God?17 The seeds have dried up under their shovels;The storehouses have become desolate,The grain silos are ruined,Because the grain has dried up.18 How the animals have groaned!The herds of cattle have wandered aimlesslyBecause there is no pasture for them;Even the flocks of sheep have suffered.19 To You, Lord, I cry out;For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.20 Even the animals of the field pant for You;For the stream beds of water are dried up,And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Chapter Two 1 Blow a trumpet in Zion,And sound an alarm on My holy mountain!Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,For the day of the Lord is coming;Indeed, it is near,2 A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness.As dawn is spread over the mountains,So there is a great and mighty people;There has never been anything like it,Nor will there be again after itTo the years of many generations.3 A fire consumes before them,And behind them a flame devours.The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,But a desolate wilderness behind them,And nothing at all escapes them.4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;And like war horses, so they run.5 With a noise as of chariotsThey leap about on the tops of the mountains,Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,Like a mighty people drawn up for battle.6 Before them the people are in anguish;All faces turn pale.7 They run like warriors,They climb the wall like soldiers;And each of them marches in line,Nor do they lose their way.8 They do not crowd each other,Every warrior of them marches in his path;When they burst through the defenses,They do not break ranks.9 They storm the city,They run on the wall;They climb into the houses,

We hear it all the time—“You just need to get motivated.” But what if I told you that motivation ain't the key to your success? In this episode of Flow with Floyd, we're breaking down the truth about motivation, why waiting for it keeps you stuck, and what really moves the needle in your life.You'll learn:Why motivation is not the fuel, but the fire that comes after you moveThe difference between discipline and hypeHow to build habits that stick even when you don't feel like showing upAnd how action creates momentum—even on your worst daysSo if you've been putting off something important, waiting for that “spark,” this episode is your wake-up call. Let's stop waiting on feelings and start building something real.Tap in, lock in, and let's grow.Keep pushing. Keep growing. Keep flowing.Please let me know what you think of episode

Hello to you listening in Hamburg, Germany!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga.  We are living in a time of historic upheaval. But what if this currently confusing, chaotic, confounding, cultural churn is stumbling toward change that reveals the hidden roots of social injustice for what they are so that we can reconfigure for good?How easily the safeguards can be leaped. And they have been. We can clutch our pearls and bemoan the times we live in; or, we can invite our feelings of hopelessness to give way to action, to repair, restore, and renew out of the ashes of the old ways. We are responsible for making change because we're the only “sentient force” that can.Question: What one small grand gesture are you committed to take on behalf of what you love and care for?These words from the Irish poet Seamus Heaney may motivate and sustain you wherever your feet touch the ground, whatever progress you are intent on making today.    “History says, Don't hopeOn this side of the grave...But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme.” [“The Cure at Troy” Seamus Heaney]BONUS: Seamus Heaney reads his poem, The Cure at TroyThe Cure at Troy (full text)"Human beings sufferThey torture one another,They get hurt and get hard.No poem or play or songCan fully right a wrongInflicted and endured. The innocent in gaolsBeat on their bars together.A hunger-striker's fatherStands in the graveyard dumb.The police widow in veilsFaints at the funeral home. History says, Don't hopeOn this side of the grave…But then, once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise up,And hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-changeOn the far side of revenge.Believe that a further shoreIs reachable from here.Believe in miraclesAnd cures and healing wells. Call miracle self-healing:The utter, self-revealingDouble-take of feeling.If there's fire on the mountainOr lightning and stormAnd a god speaks from the sky That means someone is hearingThe outcry and the birth-cryOf new life at its term.It means once in a lifetimeThat justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme. [From "The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes"] You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe and spread the word with a generous 5-star review and comment - it helps us all - and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Communication Services I Offer,✓ For a no-obligation conversation about your communication challenges, get in touch with me today✓ Stay current with Diane on LinkedIn, as “Wyzga on Words” on Substack, and now Pandora Radio Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. 

In episode 99 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by Voxbox, Jack Oddie joins Sam and Mark to talk about different approaches to scripts, how a football theme can change the feel, northern versus southern grittiness and Sam gets fruity!Our VO question this week is all about the process you use when approaching a new character or script... if any process at all!Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.ukScript 1So what makes a Good Life? To have done something important do you need to be named? To have made a difference do you have to have an image which is instantly recognised? Do you need a million Tweets and a billion followers? An Oscar winning bio-pic? Is the business of a life lived to the full only worth knowing if you yourself are known? A tree falling in the empty forest is not unheard. If nothing else it's noticed by the other trees. So I fall. Back into the silence of history.Script 2It's wearing your heart on your sleevebut keeping your cool.The noise, the chantsPoints won, points lost.To win the cup or just stay upWe go again, we march on.Win games and you'll be fine.Football, bloody hell Its turning up and never giving upMeeting triumph and disasterDust yourself down, pick yourself upAnd face the arena.To coachTo leadTo deliverTo succeedYou just do it.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Winner of several Industry awards, including Best International Voiceover Performance at One Voice USA, Jack Oddie has been voicing full time for 8 years. Originally from Carlisle, He's probably known for his reads with a Northern English lilt, but he does enjoy some of the more lesser-known jobs for the likes of Nick Toons and anything where he's allowed to attempt a bit of comic timing. He has two kids, two dogs and lives with them all, along with his lovely partner, Natasha in Newcastle. Jack's Website @oddiejoddie on InstagramResources:Check out our sponsor Voxbox - the portable, foldable, storable audio booth.https://www.voxbox.studio/ Now you can get 10% off a Voxbox by using the code HDYST24Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermarkSam's...

~解説した歌詞~ For all the times that you rained on my paradeAnd all the clubs you get in using my nameYou think you broke my heartOh, girl, for goodness sakeYou think I'm crying, on my own, well, I ain'tAnd I didn't wanna write a song Cause I didn't want anyone thinking I still careI don't, but you still hit my phone upAnd, baby, I be moving onAnd I think you should be somethingI don't wanna hold backMaybe you should know thatMy mama don't like you and she likes everyoneAnd I never like to admit that I was wrongAnd I've been so caught up in my jobDidn't see what's going onAnd now I know, I'm better sleeping on my ownCause if you like the way you look that muchOh, baby you should go and love yourselfAnd if you think thatI'm still holding on to somethingYou should go and love yourself 曲名：Love Yourself/Justin Bieber 新メンバー募集⬇️ https://herp.careers/v1/blued/2WMFNYUt66aY ■LINEでStudyInと無料留学相談できます☟ https://bit.ly/47redwx ■Podcastの感想やリクエストはInstagramのDMまで！ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/studyin.jp/⁠

"Halfway Down" by A. A. Milne Halfway down the stairsIs a stairWhere I sit.There isn't anyOther stairQuite likeIt.I'm not at the bottom,I'm not at the top;So this is the stairWhereI alwaysStop.Halfway up the stairsIsn't upAnd isn't down.It isn't in the nursery,It isn't in the town.And all sorts of funny thoughtsRun round my head.It isn't reallyAnywhere!It's somewhere elseInstead! Hi, I'm Grace, and this is the Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Poems Podcast. It's a poetry podcast by a kid, for kids. Are you ready for today's Pickled Poem? Email pickledpoemspodcast@gmail.com and let me know what you thought about today's episode. I'd love to hear YOUR favorite poem, too, so make sure to include that in the email and it might show up in a future episode. Make sure your parents have subscribed to this podcast, and ask them to leave a rating and review so more kids and families can enjoy pickled poems. Oh, and I should mention that this podcast is sponsored by the ⁠⁠⁠Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology podcast⁠⁠⁠, which is hosted by my Mom. So if you have a parent listening, they should probably check that one out, too. Now go pick a peck of pickled poems! I'll see you next week! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/pickledpoemspodcast⁠⁠

Today on our show:Could Amazon deliver the mail?Costco expanding its ad networkMcKinsey state of the consumer 2024 reportLoop and Happy Returns partner upAnd finally, The Investor Minute, which contains 5 items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs.https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ecommerce-podcast-watsonweekly

I thought it was time EV Quest had a song/jingle. So here it is - the EV Quest song/jingleWas fun to make. It brought back memories of all these reviews.Listen and enjoy, cringe or wonder why - Adrian. I'm willing to tour it!LYRICS:[Verse]Driving down the road in my electric rideFeeling the power, no engine it glides.E.V QuestThe channel for electric car reviewsBringing you all the brandsGiving you  EV newsPlug it inCharge it upAnd hit the roadTaking you on a journeyReview, then uploadFrom Tesla to BYDAnd every other brand on the sceneEV Quest knows what you need to see[Verse 2]Click on your YouTubeSubscribe to the showE.V. Quest's got the knowledgeAnd they're lettin' it flowThey'll review every make and modelTell you what's the bestThey've even got a podcastThey put every EV to the test

Adopting our youngest son through the foster care system ten years ago was truly one of life's greatest gifts. But one thing we didn't fully understand as we looked forward to a bright future with our beloved little boy was just how much trauma a child suffers when they're separated from their birth parents. Like many foster and adoptive parents, we are on a constant learning journey and are always looking for better ways to support our son through the unique struggles he experiences. That's why we're so grateful that Jenni Lord was able to join us for this candid conversation.Jenni founded Chosen—an organization committed to empowering parents and fostering children's trauma recovery. Chosen connects families impacted by the child welfare system with the resources and support they need to move from hurting to healing. Jenni shares:How trauma impacts the brain, body, and behaviors of youth in foster careHow prioritizing connection over correction can strengthen your parentingThe importance of creating safe spaces for your child to open upAnd more!We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!Show Notes: https://growinghometogether.com/jenni-lord-91

Water / Wind / Fire - Jess Ray You are the oceanWildly rushing inBusting every barricadeFlooding every secret placeWe say we wanna feel youWe say we wanna dive inI'm the fool for thinkingI can just put my feet inYou're gonna sweep me upAnd carry me awaySend me spinningIn your currentI can't catch my breathYou are the mighty windThat flattens all that stands againstYou rip through our realityLeaving everything in piecesWe say we wanna feel youWe dare to ask you to blow inI'm the fool for thinkingThat I can just feel a breezeYou're gonna knock me downAnd wreck me upWindows shatter, walls are brokenI don't know where I amYou are the fireAnd you blaze with furyYou spread out of controlAnd you never stop burningWe say we wanna feel youWe say that you're consumingI'm the fool for thinkingThat you would only warm meYou're gonna burn me upAnd melt me awayNo returning to how it used to beOh I'll never be the sameI'll never be the sameNo returning to how it used to beI'll never be the sameI'll never be the sameI'll never be the sameI'll never be the same NinetyOne - Jess RayCome and live inside my houseYou will be safe with me nowLay your head upon my chestI know you need to restDo not fear the dark of nightI will be your lightYou will not lack anythingUnder the shadow of my wingsDo you know that when you cryI send angels to your sideStay with me and you'll escapeEvery trap that has been laidStand strong and stand tallA thousand around you will fallMy dear, you have no enemyThat is not pressed beneath your feetSo come and live inside my houseYou will be safe with me now

Kris LeDonne created this episode to hold space for each of us to take a mental inventory of who's voices remain in our thoughts. You may be past this point in your life, or you're not ready to go there yet, ...  or maybe you're like me and realize your life is like an onion and each layer reveals new levels of sweetness and powerful emotion. You are invited to unpack the head stuff that keeps our hearts from being heard:Let's bless & release things that served us at some point but we've outgrownDeclutter the thoughts that serve nobody and take them out with the trashDust the shelves that held the wrong items for too long and thank them for hold upAnd celebrate, polish and display the things that really do reflect our best selves TODAY and that honor a better presence in our lives!Smile knowing it's part of life and will need to happen again at different times... and that's OKAY! Above all, love yourself and your heart will be able to love others more fully. Let's picture love together! Thanks for being here for Picture Love Podcast.A few quick tips:Be sure to subscribe AND leave us a REVIEW!Always check the show notes for the latest resources, freebies and invitations! Until next time, take time every day to Picture Love! :) Please help other photo lovers find this podcast by sharing and leaving us a review. Find me on Social @KrisReminisce or visit my website krisledonne.comHappy Reminiscing!

Lyrics You are but a phoenix among feathersYou're broken by the waves among the seaAnd they'll let you die, they'll let you wash awayBut you swim as well as you flyPretty little birdPretty little birdYou've hit the window a few times (the window a few times)You pretty little birdPretty little birdYou still ain't scared of no heightsWhen the spiral down feels as good as the flight upWhen hating you feels good for the nightWhen the morning comes I hope you're still mineWhen the morning comesIf the morning comesWhen the morning comesIf the morning comes (when the morning comes I hope you're still mine)When the morning comesIf the morning comesTold you I like gentle giants so you softened upAnd you been jack'n, bean'n, stalk'n just to get to me loveI wanna be your golden gooseI wanna shave my legs for youI wanna take all of my hair down and let you lay in itSpread all of my limbs out and let you lay in itPretty little birdsPretty little birdsDo you mean every word you mean, every word? (Do you mean?)Pretty little girlsPretty little girls (pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty)We hit the window a few times (the wall, the wall)I can't stayBut I would layBut I wouldI wouldLately I feel like I'm robbin' myselfLike I'm robbin' minesDiamond cerebral peek into your cortexBe faithful and free and just play in your vortexI see you 'Lana you fly by the pound (pound)Fly by the ounce (ounce)Fly to the southDon't mind them bitches that's cleanin' my houseLord, you can see, LordYou see them heights that niggas can't affordI see them lights that you made for that shitFuck all that playin', you pay for that shitBut my wings don't spread like they used toBut I wanna fly with you'Til we hit the heavensMy wings don't spread like they used toBut I wanna fly with you'Til we hit the heavens'Til we hit the heavens --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/juljina/message

This week, for the 100th episode we have Writer/Actor/Executive Producer Steve Lemme (Super Troopers, Beer Fest, Tacoma FD and many many more) talk about his early career, his on-going collaboration with Kevin Heffernan and doing stand up.Show NotesSteve Lemme on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501399/Steve Lemme on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveLemmeSteve Lemme on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve_lemme/Free Writing Webinar - https://michaeljamin.com/op/webinar-registration/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAutogenerated TranscriptSteve Lemme:Some guys were psyched that I had gotten it out there and the studio was psyched because fucking, it was massive. It was a massive announcement that got all those views. And so it was like, then the guys that were kind of mad about it were like, but don't feel like you did the right thing here. What you did was wrong. I was like, I know what I did was wrong. I'll never do it again. They're like, so don't feel justified. I'm like, I know, but then guys are looking at each other. But it is pretty fucking sweet and I definitely did the wrong thing and I would not advise that to anybody.Michael Jamin:You're listening to Screenwriters need to hear this with Michael lemin.Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Screenwriters. Need to Hear this. I'm Michael and this is episode 100 of this podcast. And as an honor, I thought I would bestow this great honor onto the man. Yes. Yeah, I'm giving you the honor. It's an honor for you Lemme onto the man who's kept me employed for the past four years or more. Ladies and gentlemen, if you're listening to the podcast in your car, please pull over and give a warm round of applause to Mr. Steven Lemme. Lemme.Lemme tell people who you are, just by the way, this is the in case they don't know. So Lemme, as we call him, is the star and exec creator and executive producer showrunner of the show. I'm currently running on Tacoma fd, but you may know him. He's got a long track record of indie movies. We're going to talk about how he got these old made, including Super Troopers, bottle Cruiser Club, dread Beer Fest, lamb and Salmon, a bunch of stuff, including the latest one is quasi. I know I'm skipping over your complete filmography, but I want to give you a chance to talk. Let me thank you for being on my show here.Steve Lemme:I feel like you could just go on forever talking about me.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that would be the ideal Pat podcast for you. Just tell me more about me.Steve Lemme:I would prefer that. I would prefer that.Michael Jamin:Why? Is that? Because you're tired of telling your story over and over?Steve Lemme:No, I don't really get tired speaking about myself, but what I get less tired of is like I've gone and done some publicity lately. For instance, I did watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. Do you know what that show is?Michael Jamin:No, I didn't know that. Where is that?Steve Lemme:It's on the Bravo Channel. All those shows.Michael Jamin:All the shows you don't watch. Yeah. Yeah.Steve Lemme:I watch them. I watch because,Michael Jamin:Because your wife watches them.Steve Lemme:Well, that's exactly how a lot of people get sucked into it. It's because somebody else is watching and you walk through the room and you're like, what stupid show are you watching? I started watching, it was Real Housewives of New Jersey, and I walked through, I was like, who are these fucking people? And my wife was like, it's Real Housewives of New Jersey. They're just, last week, this chick right here flipped up a table and called this other one a prostitution whore. And then they actually showed it on the tv. They replayed what happened last week in a flashback. I was like, wait a second, hold on. And I sat down and I was like, hold on a second. Hold on a second. What happened? Why would she flip up a table? What's wrong with her? And she's like, well, that's the thing she's on. And there was born another fan of these shows. And then you try to resist.Michael Jamin:But wait, I want to know, you got to answer the question though. Why is it you didn't want to talk about yourself in the beginning? I asked you, is it because you do so much publicity?Steve Lemme:I got off track, I got off track, but it's not that I don't want to talk about myself becauseMichael Jamin:I think it must get hard answering the same thing over andSteve Lemme:Over again again. Well, sometimes I fascinate myself, Michael, and so I find great comfort in hearing myself speak while I'm saying it. I'm like, oh, this is nice. What I'm saying right now is good. And I'm enjoying my own company. I'm a big believer in actually my way into the arts was my mom saying, because I didn't have a lot of money growing up. And actually that's actually, it's mostly true, but it's more that my mom was a teacher at a really wealthy private school. And so whatever is the reality or not, and I suspect it actually is real. I didn't have much money growing up. It felt less to maybe I was hanging out with people that had, it's like the kind where after Christmas, or you go to their house before Christmas and there's a million presents under the tree.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that's right. AndSteve Lemme:You're like, Jesus, I've got two. And even that's better than a lot of people. That's why I hesitate to complain about it and put myself in that place. But when I was a kid, I would complain about not having toys and my mom would hand me paper and crayons and pencil and pen and scissors and scotch tape and say, make something, entertain yourself. And she would say, if you can't have fun with yourself, you'll never be happy. And so, by the way, am I allowed to be dirty on this podcast?Michael Jamin:You can say whatever you want to say.Steve Lemme:I was about to make a masturbation joke, which I know youMichael Jamin:Would like. I was already there.Steve Lemme:But anyway, my point is, so now that's totally off the market.Michael Jamin:You're saying this. This is your introduction to the arts,Steve Lemme:Right? So anyway, oh, I was saying I enjoy spending time with myself, the arts, but the point is I went on Andy Cohen, watch What Happens Live. And this has happened so many times where the intro, the way they introduce you is dog shit. And he didn't mention the movies, he didn't mention Broken Lizard. He just said he's on a new TV series on Hulu called QuasiMichael Jamin:Thanks for getting everything wrong,Steve Lemme:Which was not true either. And then it's like, look, I'm aware that a lot of, there is a younger generation of people who aren't familiar with Broken Lizard or those movies or Super Troopers or Beer Fest or anything like that, or they haven't watched it, but there are fans there. And also a lot of times if I don't know my mustache, people won't recognize me, but if they say it, if you get a nice intro, at least it gives you some credibility. But in this case, I was some jackass at the bar, the celebrity bartender. And so anyway, I like a good intro. I like to get stroked.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Did I stroke you enough when I brought you on?Steve Lemme:You did. You did. But I could have listened to more. YouMichael Jamin:Could to the thing about you, and I've said this before and I'll say it publicly, there are one of the great joys of working with you is that you are an open book when you talk about stories from your past and you're brutally honest. And the best comedians that I've worked with are the same way. Mark Merrim is the same way. He'd say things in the room, you'd be like, whoa, I can't believe you're telling me this. And you're the same way. So it makes it so much easier to write for you because you're just being vulnerable and you're sharing yourself and there's no judgment there. It's just funny.Steve Lemme:Thank you for saying that. I know that about myself. Kevin will say, I have no filter. That's what he will say, but I'll tell him he's too filtered.Michael Jamin:Right?Steve Lemme:I'll say, Kevin, you need to open up a little bit and share of yourself. Interesting. But it also puts the other writers at ease and encourages them to tell stories. It's like if I'm willing to tell the story about, again, it's like a lot of these things tend to wind up being a little bit crass, but it's like if I'm willing to tell a disgusting story about myself or a story where I embarrass myself horribly,Michael Jamin:Or a sex dream you had, for example,Steve Lemme:I've had severalMichael Jamin:With one of your friends.Steve Lemme:Okay.Michael Jamin:I don't want to say who, that's a great example.Steve Lemme:No. So that's a great example. So can you hear the noise? We'reMichael Jamin:Doing an interview here.Steve Lemme:My wife has come in with the children, so she doesn't know, and I'm displaced. I don't have an office with doors anymore, so I'm,Michael Jamin:There's some damage to his house. So he's got to do an impromptuSteve Lemme:Yeah, the whole, but go ahead side of the house is flooded. Okay. So the story is, so Michael and I have, I'll even say the guy's name.Michael Jamin:Yeah, okay.Steve Lemme:It makes it better. We have a common friend named Eric Levy. You grew up with him in Fresh Chester?Michael Jamin:Yes, in high school. Yeah.Steve Lemme:He and I went to college together, and I don't even know if this is proper improper to say, but I'm not gay and neither is he. But I had a dream about him where he showed up at my house with 50 bags of McDonald's burgers and then it cuts to me fucking him in the ass. But he was on top of me.Michael Jamin:I still love this story and then go on.Steve Lemme:But I told the story because whatever we were riffing on, it was like, what about those? And then I told him about it.Michael Jamin:Yes. And how did he take videos? ISteve Lemme:Called him up laughing the next morning and was like, holy shit, this is so fucking funny. I had this dream about it. You're never going to believe it. And there's a lot of guys who would be like, I'm taking that one to the grave. But the additional joke for me is that when I have with Reba McIntyre, I had a sex dream about her. And to me, when you have a sex dream about somebody, what's the difference between actually having sex with them? Because in real life, if you have sex with somebody afterwards, it's just a memory and it lives longer in your memory. And so to me, it's like if you have a vivid sex dream about Reeb McIntyre, which I did, and then it lives on in your memory, it kind of counts.Michael Jamin:But no, because no consent. She didn't consent to that either. Did Levy,Steve Lemme:You're sayingMichael Jamin:I'm was a nonconsensual sex dream that you had with both of them?Steve Lemme:I don't know. I feel like there's a blurry line there.Michael Jamin:But this is just a good example. You told this story probably the first year to call him after you in the writer's room. And I just remember laughing my ass off thinking, oh my God, this guy's going to be game for pretty much everything we pitch. And this makes easier to write.Steve Lemme:Well, and that's why you and I wound up sitting next to each other because you would always mutter filthy little offerings under your breath to me.Michael Jamin:You would enjoy them. Yeah,Steve Lemme:I didn't. I enjoyed them quite a bit. I enjoyed,Michael Jamin:Lemme ask you that, because I don't know if I've ever asked you this or maybe I forgot. We met you. The show had just gotten picked up and we met through, we had the same management company, right? Yeah, of course weSteve Lemme:Did. I used to be with them. I'm not with them anymore, but Kevin is still with them.Michael Jamin:And that's how we had that meeting. And did you meet with other writers at our level or did you just laise out, say, fuck, we'll just hire these guys. I don't want to meet more people.Steve Lemme:Kevin and I get in trouble like that. We oftentimes do hire the first person we meet, which was you,Michael Jamin:Thank God.Steve Lemme:Yeah. But I think we did. God, they're really making a racket over there. I did. We did meet with one other set of showrunners, I believe. But then what happens anyway, if Kevin and I get past the first interview and make it to the second one by the second one, we're definitely bored and we realize we've made a mistake by prolonging this process. So with us with timing is key. If you get in with us early, if you ever hear about a Lemme Heffernan gig, get your resume to us immediately because youMichael Jamin:Hire the first person you seeSteve Lemme:You got the job. Yeah.Michael Jamin:That's so funny. I know you're good that way. What is it like, I haven't asked you this question, but you do most, you don't do all your projects with Kevin, you do a lot of your projects with him or ever it now, is it everything?Steve Lemme:No, I have some side projects.Michael Jamin:How do you decide what you're doing with him and what you're not doing?Steve Lemme:Well, I try to do most things with Kevin, and I think Kevin would agree to this. For whatever reason, I sometimes find that Kevin is a little tougher to drag into things. I believe he will corroborate this. So I had the idea, we've kicked around the notion of firefighters for a while, but I said to him, let's do it.And then he said, what's the hook going to be? And I came back with this rainiest city in the country hook because it was super troopers, the most asserted stretch of highway in the country. And even then I had to drag him and I want to be careful with this because we developed a show then together and really fleshed it out. So it's like, and he has also had many ideas in those TV sessions. He also had some ideas that he wanted to do, but the animation thing now is another one I felt. I feel like it took me a long time to just get him to really be into it.Michael Jamin:I know it did.Steve Lemme:And actually I'm going to tell you, I think he's only finally into it now. Today,Michael Jamin:Today, todaySteve Lemme:For the last few weeks I We'll tell the story. We'll tell the story. But now and again, to be fair, it's like I was bringing it up probably two years ago, maybe longer, and he would say, okay, sure. But then we'd be writing the series or then we went into pre-production on quasi, which he was directing, but I never just ever got the sense that he really wanted to do it.Michael Jamin:But do you get the sense that he ever wants to do anything?Steve Lemme:No, and that's my point. That's my point. And what I realized with Kevin, and it's fine again, it's like because we're busy, but sometimes you just have to move the ball forward and he'll tell me the same thing just in general about things, and I actually think this is true in Hollywood anyway, if you want to do something, you just have to move the ball forward on your own if you can't get interest. And eventually at some point there's like, okay, this is what I've got.Michael Jamin:Are you, you know what though? When I talk about you, I talk about you guys specifically when I talk about people who've done inspiring things, because when I describe what you broken lizard, I describe you as Hollywood outsiders. There are ways that you can call the traditional way and the way you guys came, you just did it. You didn't ask for permission, you did it and you created a career from yourself and became so valuable that Hollywood now wants you as opposed to you begging Hollywood. It's the other way around.Steve Lemme:I think we're still begging Hollywood. I think with Supert Troopers three and our relationship with Searchlight has evolved to the point where the studio has said, we want to work with you. And that's how we got quasi and that's how we got Supert Troopers two, but Supert Troopers two, they were reluctant, but that's the way the business works. Then that movie did well and there were new studio heads and it's like, okay, this is a new relationship that this's really healthy. I think that everything that Tevin has ever gotten and that I have ever gotten, we have gotten for ourselves. Even though we have agents and I have great agents and managers who bring me things NowMichael Jamin:Are they bringing you, what talent are they bringing you ideas? What are they bringing you?Steve Lemme:My management and my agency will bring me TV and movie ideas to potentiallyMichael Jamin:For who?Steve Lemme:My management company. They have a big lit department, a big book and division, and so does my agency. So my management is Gotham Group, and then my agency is c a a and that every Friday, c a a sends me books, the books that are out, the new books and it's like, yeah, I mean I've never gone down that road. There was only one book I wanted to buy and then the rights to, and then my old manager poo-pooed the idea. And then I found out that three months later, Showtime bought that book and I was like, you son of a bitch. ButMichael Jamin:Wait, when they're sending are these best, these are, how are they getting the books? I don't know anything about it. They're getting bestsellers. These are the bestseller lists, these books.Steve Lemme:So my management company represents authors and c a A. They have a literature, a book literature division in New York City that represents writers and or publishers. I'm not sure really how it works, but I'm just telling you, every Friday I get a list of these things and howMichael Jamin:Interesting it is. It's so funny because you're getting an email list. I don't get an email list of books from U T A, how hard is it to put me on an email list?Steve Lemme:And that's the thing. And the thing is it's been years now and I've never even responded to the email. Then I think that I'm on an automated list now, which is actually, it's nice. I should actually look at the thing. I should look at the list.Michael Jamin:Are there PDFs attached or you request a book?Steve Lemme:I'll forward it to you on the side.Michael Jamin:Yeah. Okay. I'm just curious how Hollywood worksSteve Lemme:Well, but I think it works. It's so funny. It works so differently in every way. In fact, the joke that Kevin and I have, and I'll finish speaking about Kevin and the animation thing, but because kind of a funny story, but Kevin and I have always marveled at how Hollywood never has a shortage of original ways to screw you over.Michael Jamin:Oh, yes.Steve Lemme:And right now we've got another one going, which is that we've got the strike going and Kevin and I have a TV show that we can't promote, and it's like we worked really hard on it. We worked for over a year on it. We actually got pushed, the release got pushed six months or five months because that network in shambles. And then three weeks before it's going to come out, they say it's going to come out in July and then the strike happens. And we had been recording podcasts that would be accompany pieces with the episodes, and my older son acted in last week's episode. I couldn't promote it. My younger son is acting in this week's episode, I can't talk about it. And it's like, that's actually one of the most heartbreaking parts is that I got to act with one son in a scene. And where he was playing, me as a young boy, my character was a young boy and I was playing his grandfather. And then my other son, I got to direct in a scene where he gets to say dirty words and I can't talk about it. And I'm like, Jesus, what a screw here.Michael Jamin:Yeah. That's so fun, by the way. I know I'm hopping around, but what's it like when your comedy soup, broken lizard, is it weird to be acting against these same people over and over again and pretending, okay, now today we're pretending to be one thing, and I'm yelling at you, but we're actually friends on the side. Is that weird? Is there a moment when you're acting like, wait a minute, we're best friends?Steve Lemme:No, because funny, because Kevin and I, first of all with Kevin, he and I have now done so many, so much together and so many emotional scenes together. But we'd like to say it's so emotion. We don't deal with emotion. We deal with foam motion, as you know. And so it's like if you watch quasi, he and I have a few big blowup scenes with voice cracking and Tacoma. We have plenty of scenes where we yell at each other and sometimes we get emotional with each other. And I always think it's funny for us, it's also like we've been friends so long and we're so on each other's nerves all the time that these things are therapy sessions. Because a lot of the time in the show we're discussing things that bother him about me and me about him. And soMichael Jamin:Is there a moment where you're in the scene, you're supposed to be in character, and then suddenly you check, you go, wait a minute, he's just doing his thing and I'm doing my thing. And we're both doing make believe.Steve Lemme:The only time I ever feel that way is if we start improvising. And he starts, we had one, I can't remember what the episode was, but he said, oh, I know it was the episode, the chili Cookoff where he's fucked up on dental drugs. He had his wisdom teeth removed and he improvised a line like, oh, you must be, he's like, are we on a rollercoaster? Are we on a rollercoaster? He's like, oh, hey. Hey Eddie, you have to be this tall to ride this roller coaster. And I was like, well, and there's a maximum weight limit as well. And I felt bad about that. I was like, it didn't matter that he had made a short joke at me. At first, I felt bad that I had made a fat joke, and that happens periodically. I throw one out probably once every three months. So once a quarter I'll make a heavy guy joke.Michael Jamin:Is it weird though hanging out with him outside of work though, when you see each other so much?Steve Lemme:I think I'm good for him. The other day, a couple of months ago, I was like, why don't we just go out and hang out? And he's like, I see you every day. And I was like, that's exactly why we should hang out. We see each other every day because we are working together, but let's go have some beers and some tacos and have some laughs and not work.Michael Jamin:And did you do that?Steve Lemme:Yeah. And it's funny because one of my favorite pastimes is being right over a Kevin. I don't mean in the collaborative sense, but when my point of view is correct and yours is incorrect, which it was in that case, he was like, okay,Okay, fine. Alright, so let's go back to the animation thing. I was saying, I don't even think so with the animations, it took a while for me to get him. He would agree in theory, but then it was like there was never any, whenever he would talk about upcoming projects, I'd always be like, and we should talk about animation one of these days. He'd be like, yeah, okay. And I couldn't get him to engage. And then even I said, finally, let's just sit down. Just give me five minutes. I'm going to go through a list of animation ideas and let's discuss them. He said, okay. And so I sent them to him in advance and literally it was one line. It was like the lumberjacks, it was whatever, and including the one that we're working on. And he said, okay, I like these and that's fine.That's all I needed. And so then I started to flesh those things out and I would show them to him. Now, see, Kevin is a machine. He's a computer, and so if you really want to get his attention, you have to show him a piece of paper with something on it, and he puts it in his pile and he makes a list. And so then a week later I'll be like, have you had a chance to read the thing? And so what Kevin respects is work, which a lot of people do, it's in a creative process. It's like, don't tell me you don't like a joke if you don't have a replacement idea or don't say like, Hey, let's work on something and bother me about it if it's not real, if you just want me to actually make the first step. And so it's like if you give him the first step and it's like, Hey, I've done this work.He respects that, and so he'll read it. So then it was funny then because he was doing, he was editing quasi and we were in the writer's room for season four. You guys are busy. And I said, I'll do all the work on the animation thing. And so it's like I started to flesh it out and then I'd sent him this, the pitch document, here are the characters. And we started to get it together and what we were going to do, and the plan was that during a hiatus, we were going to wind up pitching these two producers who had been the president and vice president of True tv, and they were the ones who bought Tacoma FD and put us on the air, and they'd done everything that Thursday night with us in Practical Jokers. We were winning cable and they were beating t b s, their sister company, and then at t took over and they just got punted.So they did everything and they got fired, but we always had a good relationship and we always said, Hey, we'll work together again. At some point they approached me and they said, Hey, do you want to do some animated? We've got something going. So the idea then I told Kevin was like, we're going to pitch this during the first hiatus. And the hiatus for people who don't know is that after we shoot in blocks, so we shot the first three episodes in one block and Kevin directed all of them, and we took a week off to scout locations for the second block and prep, and that was the block I was directed. And so that was two more episodes, but in that first week, then we were ready to pitch Chris and Marissa. And so even the night before the pitch, I kept saying to Kevin, I was, so tomorrow we are pitching Chris and Marissa.He's like, but it's not like a pitch though. It's a conversation. I was like, well, it actually is a pitch. He's like, but it's not like a formal pitch. We're just talking to 'em. I'm like, no, we're actually pitching them. I'm pitching them the show, but don't worry. I'll do all the talking. And he said, fine. And so the next day we got on the Zoom with them. I pitched them the show, they seemed to love it, and we went our separate ways and they brought it to their studio that they're involved with. And three days later, we found out that studio was going to make an offer, which they did. And then we negotiated that offer for several months, which a lot of people who are not in Hollywood don't realize that sometimes negotiations can take nine months, sometimes a year. In this case, I think it was a six month thing. And in that period of time, we approached you guys, brought you guys in, and then we went to our first meeting with them after the deal. All the deal had been signed and everything. And you remember we were outside?Michael Jamin:Yes.Steve Lemme:Kevin asked me, he was like, have we,Michael Jamin:I asked Kevin, it started, I asked Kevin. Kevin didn't have the answer, so he asked you.Steve Lemme:Yeah, and the question was,Michael Jamin:Have we sold this?Steve Lemme:Have we actually sold this then? And the reason you asked that for people who don't know is most commonly, certainly before the streamers and the network time, there was something called an if come offer. And this was, I think the norm for most people who hadn't done anything. I went to a studio and I said, I've got an idea for a TV show. They might say, Hey, we love it. We're going to make you an if come offer. And what that is is we'll pay you X amount of dollars if a network says they want to do the show. And if not, we're not paying you anything. But because we've made you this offer, you're with us. And that was the norm. And we took that and we would negotiate that. We would negotiate a deal that we're not getting paid on unless somebody else says yes. And it's called an if come offer. And so that was the nature of that question. Have we actually sold this thing? Are we getting paid? And Kevin asked me and I was like, yes, we've sold it. But he put so much doubt into me that it was like, I think we're pitching again.So then we went in and sat with our executive producers, the people who had bought it, the producers who had brought us to them and sold it for us. And I pitched it again, but now I was nervous. I didn't do a great job pitching.Michael Jamin:No, you did great. You did great. And they loved it.Steve Lemme:But then it turns out, yes, we had sold it. We were going to get paid and we were moving forward. So then Kevin was very surprised. He's like, oh, I gave shit about that. And even then, he wasn't totally on board until we saw the animation. We were writing the script and he was like, yes, fine. It's still abstract. But it wasn't until we got into when they sent us potential sketches and artwork for all the characters and the locations and the scenes and settings that he said to me for the first time, this is really cool.Michael Jamin:Oh, good.Steve Lemme:There's a whole other world in Hollywood that we've never been a part of that we're a part of now. I was like, yeah,Michael Jamin:Yeah.Steve Lemme:So anyway.Michael Jamin:That's hilarious. How would you decide what projects not to do with them then?Steve Lemme:Oh,Michael Jamin:I don't think, do you have many? You've done some, but why would you not do a project with them?Steve Lemme:It just depends. And it's funny. There are times where I actually think I've said to him, and I mean this, that even if I do something separately, we'll still produce it with our production company. He'll be involved. I have a TV script that I've been working on for a long time that I probably wrote it back in 2009, and it's very much about that period, my high school years when I was at this elite private school and I was feeling like an outsider, but I wasn't an outsider. I had a great group of friends, and I was actually, I hate to say it, but I was fairly popular, but I felt like I didn't belong at this place. I almost felt like an imposter. And we were there, not because we were wealthy, which it was the school full of wealthy people because my mom had been a teacher there, and now she was gone there. So I didn't, they had only given me a partial scholarship when I was three when I first went there. But that's aMichael Jamin:Good idea. I think that could sell. That's a good idea.Steve Lemme:Well, and there was more to it, which is that I also had this job, I worked as a back elevator manBecause one of my friends, his family was so wealthy, they owned all these buildings in New York City, and he got me a job. I made $10 an hour working as a back elevator man slash janitor, luxury high-rise building in New York City that some people from my high school lived at, which was really hard to have them see me. But more importantly, I worked with these guys down in the basement who were lifers. There was a murderer down there who had fled the Dominican Republic. He had decapitated a guy, and he is a great guy. He's a great guy. He had decapitated a guy after a cock fight, he had a fighting bird. And by the way, he's telling me this story with a thick Dominican accent. He keeps saying, and my cock defeated the other guy's cock. And I'm like, whoa, I'm only 15 years old at this point in time. And the guy picked up his dead cock and theMichael Jamin:CockSteve Lemme:His lifeless dead bloody cock. Yeah,Michael Jamin:Flacid cock.Steve Lemme:Yeah. And the claw and the beaker sharpened on these creatures and this guy,Michael Jamin:Did they sharpen them for the fights? Yeah. Wow, that sounds awful. You just made something bad, even worse.Steve Lemme:I know. Well, so then this guy, the loser, picked up his dead bloody flacid, lifeless cock and slapped my coworker across the cheek with it, and the beak cut his cheek. My coworker told me this over lunch break. He was like, I went home and I calmly sharpened my machete and I went to his house and I knocked on the door. He opened the door and I cut his head off and he said, and that is when I came to America.Michael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So I was working down there with these guys, and the irony was that they would get taxes taken out of their paychecks. And I, I was a student, and so I was actually making more than these guys, but they also thought I was a rich kid. I was friends with the owner of the building and they knew that. And to them, I was the richest guy in the world, and I was going to a prep school. I had my whole future ahead of me. So I didn't kind of belong in that world either.Michael Jamin:It's a little flamingo kid.Steve Lemme:There was some flamingo kid there. Yeah. I was also a break dancer and a professional dancer.Michael Jamin:I knowSteve Lemme:That. And I was not really welcome in that community. So anyway,Michael Jamin:Why are you sitting on this? You should get that. Well, there's a strike. I wouldn't wait much longer on it.Steve Lemme:I sent the script out back in 2009, and it was incredibly well received, but this is pre streamers, and I sent it to H B O in Showtime, and I had a meeting with the president of H B O who, she was like, I love your script. I love your script, but I can't do a show about a 14 year old protagonist. And she said, but bring me everything you've got, and this is pre everything interesting. It's pre this new golden age of television. And same at Showtime. I had the same conversation. She's like, the lady was like, I love it. Absolutely love it.Michael Jamin:It was the 14 year old protagonist. That's such an odd thing because everybody hates Chris and Wonder years. There's plenty of shows about,Steve Lemme:But it was R-rated, it was an honest look. It was also part of the pitch was I see all these, when you see high school shows about in New York City, for instance, about a wealthy school, the rich kids are so fucked upAnd so evil and so conniving, and that wasn't my experience. And it was also like, or it's incredibly, incredibly cliquey with the fucking bully rich kids or the scummy fucking drug using druggies. I was like, that wasn't my experience at all, or it's incredibly angst-ridden. And I was like, I feel like there were a lot of incredibly fun experimental times. Yes, there were painful times, but there were also a lot of incredible times, and I never saw a good mixture of those things. Anyway, so I have been, and also the funny thing, the honest part was I made masturbation a heavy part of the show, the Cold Open. My character is masturbating in the shower, and his dad's trying to get inMichael Jamin:AndSteve Lemme:It's like a freeze frame. He's looking at the doorknob and the whole thing is that irony and the hypocrisy of the fact that in high school, your hormones are going raging and you're all masturbating, or the boys certainly were, can't speak to the girls, but no one would talk about it. And so my friends and I would be like, one of my friends would be like, you whack off. I'd be like, fuck no, I don't whack off. I'm not gay. And he's like, no, I know. I've never even touched my dick. I've never even touched my dick. How about you? You whack off. I was like, no fucking way. Do I whack off? And then it's like, but I know you whack off. He's like, fuck you, I don't whack off. And you're like, yeah, you whack off. Everybody's dying to get home and fucking beat off. I was a part of theMichael Jamin:Script dying to get home.Steve Lemme:So I've toned that part down in the script. I literally am revising it right now. I found a great thing that I wanted to include in it, a couple of new things. So I'm writing it. I'm using the strike to write.Michael Jamin:Well, sure. Everyone should be, I guess. But what about you guys also do a lot of standup, which is very different. Do you have a preference to how you spend your days?Steve Lemme:It makes me sad that I haven't done standup in five years.Michael Jamin:Really? Well, what's stopping you?Steve Lemme:Well, now, nothing. And I was thinking about it today, I am like, I should write a new set. Kevin and I filmed our third special right before we sold Tacoma. And when we sold Tacoma, it was when Super Troopers two was coming out. And so we did a few more live shows to promote Tacoma, but then we never had time because then it was like we were writing the season, we got renewed for season two, and then it's like, it's so much work. And even after we write and then we go right into shooting, and then after shooting, the hardest part of the show process is the six months of editing. And then it's like, IMichael Jamin:Think that's the best part. Because you're not on set. It's not as exhausting.Steve Lemme:Well, it's not as physically exhausting. Correct. And I mean, look, now in the days of Zoom, I'm home. I actually, I love it, but there's no time to, that's a nine to 6:00 PM or 11:00 PM job depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the editing process. I'm here with my family. And so it's like we've been fortunate enough to have four seasons where we have a week or two off, and then we have to start getting the writer's room together again. I'm not complaining about at all. I'm not even grousing. The one thing I really enjoyed doing for 10 years before we got that show was standup comedy, which you've done,Michael Jamin:But I mean, I did in college, so I was never at your level where I was touring and booking rooms.Steve Lemme:Well, but you do tour with a one man show and you do.Michael Jamin:Yeah, that's a little different. Yeah, it's not standup. Yeah,Steve Lemme:It's a little different, but it's still performing and getting out there and trying out material. I know if you have a story, I mean, I haven't seen your show,Michael Jamin:You must come. But what I find about it is, and I was talking about this with Taylor Swift, she's got this three hour concert, and when I was performing,Steve Lemme:Wait, wait, wait. You talked about this with TaylorMichael Jamin:Swift? No, I said this with my daughter about Taylor Swift's show.Steve Lemme:That's aMichael Jamin:Different big difference. Yeah. I got to clarify. So Taylor Swift's performing in her show is three, three and a half hours long. And so when I was doing my show, it was an hour and a half long, but it's the end of the day. It's at eight o'clock or whatever. The whole day I'm exhausted because I'm nervous. I'm preparing myself. And then at eight o'clock I'm up, and for the next hour and a half I'm giving everything. And then you're fricking then afterwards, you're still on a high, but you're exhausted. And then you got to do it again the next day where you're like, you're wringing your hands all day and you're pacing and then it is exhausting. You don't thinkSteve Lemme:I do. I do. Especially when you do Thursday, Friday, Saturday and the Friday and Saturday you're doing two shows in the nightMichael Jamin:And you're travelingSteve Lemme:And you're traveling. And also what Kevin and I would do is we would do meet and greets after every show, free ones, not like the ones where you pay extra and you get to come backstage. We would go, we'd tell people we're going to do a meet and greet out here after the show, come by and say hi. And so you're meeting half of the people that were at the show. Oftentimes that meet and greet would take an hour or more. She found that to be even more exhausting.Michael Jamin:Do you have a time limit with each person you're meeting and greeting?Steve Lemme:No, not really. I mean, it depends on the club or the theater. Because the first show, there's a natural out. You've got a second show, come on folks, and then you bang people through. And the second show, that's the one where people come up and they want to chug.Michael Jamin:That's kind of your brand, which is like, Hey, yeah, chug. And we're all college bros. But I wonder what's your thinking? You could do the other way. You could put a little separation between your audience and not do a meet and greet.Steve Lemme:You could, and I'm trying to think if there was ever a time where we came up with a reason or we had a reason not to, but I don't think so. There's something like we've always had this philosophy of meeting the fans and Jim Gaffigan once said it. He said, I'll meet them until I can't, meaning, and now he can't. He's justMichael Jamin:Too big.Steve Lemme:He's too big. It's impossible.Michael Jamin:Hey, it's Michael lemin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not going to spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.But how long? Is it 30 seconds or are you talking to the guy who doesn't want to talk anymore? How do you know when it's time to move on to the next person? There's a line.Steve Lemme:There's all different kinds of people. There's some people who just want to come and take a picture. There's some people who appreciate that there's a line behind them and you got to keep things moving. There's some people who are going to stay and talk to you until you have them move on. You'll be like, Hey, okay, but I hate to do this. Or the club will have security guards and they'll be like, all right, let's move it along. Let's go, let's go. We got a lot of people there. But I think that's something I've never really, I don't know. I've always enjoyed meeting people, and a lot of times I know a lot of my friends are like, oh God, that person's crazy. Don't talk to them. And I'm like, no, that's the person I want toMichael Jamin:Talk to. Really. Did you really, you're not worried about them forming some kind of parasocial relationship with you and wanting to get really close to you?Steve Lemme:I've never had that happen. I mean, there's absolutely, look, I am a man from the planet earth, and I lived here for a long time before any sort of recognition, fan recognition or celebrity, what's happening for me. And so it's like I can tell when I'm having a real connection with a person as opposed to when they're connecting with me and I don't feel it. And I could certainly, I know when mostly now because I'm skeptical and paranoid and cynical that I just assume it's like if anybody tries too aggressively to be friends, it's over for them.Michael Jamin:Oh, really? I see with you, you're very gracious and you're very social way more than me. So you could spend hours with people. I feel like even people you don't like, and I've seen you do that. I've seen you do that actually.Steve Lemme:Well, it depends where we are, but it's not like if you're at a film festival and some producer is like laughing at everything you say, you're like,Michael Jamin:Yeah,Steve Lemme:Okay, we're not friends. It's people that you're just hanging out with. It's funny because have a friend named Champagne, Rob, who we met in Atlanta, and the reason he's called Champagne Rob is because he and his girlfriend came to our show and they were sitting in the front row drinking champagne, and we just ragged on them. We were like, what the fuck is going on here drinking champagne at our show? They're like, yeah, man, we're having a good time drinking some champagne. It was like we had a great interaction with them. And then on the meet and greet line, afterwards, they came to either the late Friday show or the late Saturday show, the late Friday. If you really want to be friends with us, the late Friday show is the one that you might have a crack at it. We don't go out Thursday night and we don't go out Saturday night.Friday night's the one, you don't have to wake up for anything in the morning. So Friday night's the night we'd go after the late show, we'd go out and usually with people that we were friends with in our town and so on This particular night though, after that show, probably Friday night, then they were on the line and I had a joke about, I was talking about male grooming manscaping, and there was a poll given out to the people in the audience. Do you like it groomed or do you like it hairy? I'm like, it's a standup comedy. It's a set routine where I know that some women are going to be like you. It totally shaved. And you're like, well, what's wrong with a hairy one? And they're like, you get hair in your throat. And then my thing would be like, how far down are you going on this thing?And then basically I'm calling 'em the cookie monster of it was the Dick Gobbler is What and how. They're like, mom, I'm just eating a shit out of this dick and getting all the way down there. And that was a routine I was doing. And so Champagne, Rob's girlfriend happened to be that girl. And so then they came up afterwards and they were like, Hey, I'm the Dick Gobbler. And he's like, I'm champagne rob. And we're like, oh. And we had a good laugh on the line and the guy's like, look. And I had some friends there and they were from Atlanta, and they're like, we don't really know where to go. And the guy was like, I know a speakeasy that's literally across the street, literally across the street. Come with me, well have a great time. He's like, I'm not creepy. Let's just go. It's going to be awesome. And we're like, all right, fine. Fuck it. And we went outside and there was his car, and the license plate was Muff diver. It was the fucking,Michael Jamin:But I'm not creepy, I swear.Steve Lemme:And then we went to this speakeasy and had an awesome time, and of course we're hanging out with the guy there because he's gotten us in this place and we're just having drinks. And it was a totally normal hang, and it was like there was no awkwardness and there was no, it was, a lot of times when you meet these people, sometimes they don't then know what to say and they'll just start to ask you about yourself and they'll ask you questions, how did this happen? And how did this happen? And you're like, well, if we can't get past this stage, we'll never be friends and it doesn't get past that stage. So it's like, but this guy's like, yeah, we're hanging out, we're having a great time. And then it's like, whatever. And then it turns out he was a Giants fan, like Kevin and I am, and he showed us a photo of his toilet that he has at home, and in the toilet down at the bottom where the poop hits the bottom of the toilet was a Dallas Cowboys star. And we're like, this guy's fucking hysterical. So anyway, and then it turned out he was a professional, what do you call it, jet skierSponsored by Hooters. And so the whole thing just made perfect sense. It was like,Michael Jamin:Be good friends in this guy. Let me ask though, if you decided you wanted to go on tour comedy wise, whatever, next week, how fast does that happen? Let's say you already have a set let's, you already have material. Do you call someone and it happens? Do you have a booker and it happens?Steve Lemme:Yeah, I would call at a a, I have my standup agent,Which is actually how I got into C A A. I used to be with c a A, and then I went to U T A and I left U T A, and it was because I had a meeting with their standup agent who, I mean, I left U T A first and then I went to c a A, and it was the standup agent was the one who brought me in because at that point in time in 2009, we hadn't done anything. And so he was the guy who was like, oh, I think I can make some money for our agency with this fellow. And so he brought me in there.Michael Jamin:He books, he pimps you out to the various clubs, basically. Is that how that works? I'm surprised. C A A does that. I thought there was a smaller thing that smaller agents did not. Well,Steve Lemme:No, I mean, but there are agents who are bigger than others, so it's like he represents a lot of big people.Michael Jamin:Yeah,Steve Lemme:Big standups.Michael Jamin:So you could just, alright, literally you made a call today in a week or two, you could start touring basically.Steve Lemme:Yes.Michael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah. But it depends. It also depends on, now it's been five years and we have the show. So the question would be what kind of places can we book? We know we can book the smaller places, we can sell those places out. We always were able to because of the movies that we had made. And so we enjoyed a success there that a lot of standup comedians, a luxury that a lot of that most standup comedians don't have. Because most standup comedians certainly back then had to do the club circuit. And first they would be doing five minutes, and then they strangers to people. So they'd have to make people like them, which to me is like 90% of the battle. Once you've already got the fans, you actually it a little bit more like you're giving a wedding toast. Not that your fans will accept subpar standup comedy, but they're more likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. And if you fuck up, you can just look at them and they'll be like, yeah. And you're like, I know I suck. And they're like, yeah, fuck you. And you're like, fuck you.Michael Jamin:Interesting. That's what Jay is doing now. He's on the road doing standup, right? I mean,Steve Lemme:Yeah, he's in the UK right now. He's actually breaking new ground in that. He's going do a show, a couple shows in England, which is, it's sort of like the logical next step for American standups. You go and do the uk, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia.Michael Jamin:But you're not really interested in doing that now. I mean, because first of all, it's hard family. How long do you want to be on the road for? Or is that your thinking or No,Steve Lemme:I mean, I love doing standup comedy. I don't love touring. I only liked it because I was with Kevin and I wasn't alone. I did a couple of solo dates, and I found it to be very lonelyMichael Jamin:Because the entire day, you're lonely,Steve Lemme:You're alone. And then at night after the show, it's like if Kevin and I were sort of wired, we could at least go back to the hotel bar and have a beer, or we could go to one of our rooms and smoke a joint or something like that. Whereas when you're alone, it's like you might hang out with the other comedians just fine. People want to make new friends. Or you go out with a staff or you meet a fan or something. Somebody's at the show, I don't know. Or you go out by yourself or you go back to the hotel room, but you're wired and it's a really weird thing to just get in bed and watch TV or something like that. Yeah,Michael Jamin:It's so interesting to be talking about. I don't know, all this is so new to me. The life of a performer for you. It's fascinating to me.Steve Lemme:Well, I think that is, it's funny. The worst standup experience I ever had was I was booked to do a solo weekend in Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. ThatMichael Jamin:Was lovely in the fall. It's perfect.Steve Lemme:It was perfect. And I'll tell you, it was probably, yeah, it was the fall. And what happened was to promote the show, I was interviewed by a Vermont free newspaper,And the journalist asked me all these questions. And so Super Troopers two had been finished, and the studio said, we're going to wait a year to release it, because next year, on April 20th, April 20th Falls on Friday, so we can release the movie on Friday, April 20th on four 20. And so we're waiting for that day, the time to do it. We're like, okay. But they didn't announce the day, and they kept being like, they didn't know when they were going to announce it. And they kept it off, kept putting it off. They kept saying, soon, soon, soon, soon, soon. And it was killing everybody. And so I was doing this interview with this free newspaper, and the guy said, do you know the release date of Super Troopers two? I said, I do, but I can't tell you. And he said, come on, what is it? I was like, I honestly can't tell you. And he's like, come on, please tell me. And I was like, I can't tell you. I'm not going to tell you. And he said, okay. And so then we kept doing the interview, and then the interview was over, and he said, okay, the interview is over. And he said, now, as a fan, can you just tell me? And I said, I can't, I'm not going to, but I'll give you a hint. OhMichael Jamin:No,Steve Lemme:There's a very popular stoner holiday that falls on a Friday next year. And he said, okay. And he was like, that's awesome. I was like, yeah. So then I was flying the next day to Vermont, and when I landed, there was messages, a text message from Heman like, you're in trouble.Michael Jamin:You guys are big mouth. What a puts, whatSteve Lemme:A puts. And then the guy had an even kind of made fun of me. He's like, he wouldn't tell me the release date, but I pushed him and pushed him, and finally he told me it's four 20. And so that Jay was pissed off and my producer was pissed off. The studio was fucking furious. They wanted to announce it make best, but they had all the materials. They just weren't doing it. And so they were like, it was still this little teeny newspaper, a free newspaper, and it was like less week's.Michael Jamin:And you gave them the scoop, this free fucking Vermont mapleSteve Lemme:Syrup. You get in a pizzeria, you just fucking,Michael Jamin:Yeah, I don't, you throw away, you wipe the table with,Steve Lemme:Yeah, get theMichael Jamin:Scoop.Steve Lemme:I was really fucking, this is Thursday. I did a show that night and I was fucking devastated. So I went out there and did a half-hearted show. My heart was heavy, and it was wait and see if anybody picks us up. And then Friday morning it got fucking picked up and was everywhere. And meanwhile, there were email threads with all the studio, the president of the studio and a hundred people from Searchlight, and then all the broken lizard, not me. And even my producer, I was like, dude, I'm suffering over here. You got to tell me what's going on. He just wrote back. He was fucking pissed off. OhMichael Jamin:Wow.Steve Lemme:Yeah, no, it hurt. And I was like, I went jogging that day. And then they released it that day. They did the official release of the trailer and the date, and it got 8 million views in the first fucking 24 hours alone. But nobody was talking to me that whole weekend. I didn't know any of that, but I knew it was out there. But I knew I had rushed the process, but like I said, they had it andMichael Jamin:They just wanted to punish you.Steve Lemme:But then the next week there was a meeting at Searchlight on Wednesday to now game plan, and it was like the big question was, so that weekend fucking sucked. I did press on Friday morning and I did two shows on Friday night and Saturday night, and I had friends coming to the shows and I was so sad. I was sad Steve and I was alone. And the one guy who was kind of forgiving, who was actually totally forgiving was Kevin. And I also say Paul Soder, who you worked on Tacoma. Those guys were not so secretly they were like, you know what? I'm fucking glad you did it. Now it's out there finally. And they were psyched because now we could finally fucking talk about it. We were getting ass about all the time. So those guys were cool about it. The other guys weren't as happy with me. And then the big question was, was I going to go to that studio meeting? And I fucking went. I was like, I'm going to take my poison.Michael Jamin:Let'sSteve Lemme:Go.Michael Jamin:Did they give you shit there?Steve Lemme:I went in and I made the saving Grace was that the trailer got 8 million views in the first 24 hours, and it was like, holy shit. It exceeded, it far exceeded and was now on pace at that moment in time. It was like that actually might have been the actual trailer. This was just a teaser and the announcement and it was huge. And so they were happy about that. That's the only thing that saved me because a couple of 'em, the head of marketing and the president were not that fucking psyched with me.Michael Jamin:It's so interesting because usually they'll try to keep, you're the star of this movie. Usually they try to keep that, they try to hide their disdain from actors. They don't say it in front of their face. It wasSteve Lemme:A big deal and it caused massive shock waves and a shit storm then people had to fucking deal with while I sat there telling jokes. In Vermont,Michael Jamin:That's always the worst when you're, yeah, you have to wait through something. I know that feeling terrible. I've been there before. ISteve Lemme:Was sick. I was sick aboutMichael Jamin:It. Yeah, sick. Yeah, exactly.Steve Lemme:And mad at myself. How could I be so stupid? The whole thing?Michael Jamin:Did you confront that guy and say, Hey, you're a dick.Steve Lemme:No, I wanted to fucking die. I wanted the whole thing to die.But the funny thing was is that then the next internal broken lizard conversation was that because some guys were psyched that I had gotten it out there and the studio was psyched because fucking, it was massive. It was a massive announcement that got all those views and so was then the guys that were kind of mad about it were like, well, don't feel like you did the right thing here. What you did was wrong was like, I know what I did was wrong. I'll never do it again. They're like, so don't feel justified. I'm like, I know, but then guys are looking at each other. But it is pretty fucking sweet. And I definitely did the wrong thing and I would not advise that to anybody.Michael Jamin:Funny. Well, that's so interesting.Steve Lemme:It was an accident. It was an accident.Michael Jamin:Happy accident.Steve Lemme:It was a stupid mistake.Michael Jamin:I have to, this whole thing is that's what I love about you. You're just this open book and you tell, I feel like I get an education at the Hollywood from what you guys do. But tell me this though, as I've taken an hour of your time and you've been very gracious, but as you're, now that you're a showrunner for four Seasons now, and you obviously do a lot of hiring, I got a lot of people who listening to this podcast, sparring writers, what do you look for in a script? What do you look for in a new writer? All that stuff.Steve Lemme:So it's an interesting question for right now, because over the last, when we started with Tacoma, it was really at the beginning. Maybe it wasn't the beginning, but for me as a show runner, when we were putting together the writer's room, diversity was the first and most important thing that we were being told that we had toMichael Jamin:From the studio,Steve Lemme:The network in the studio to incorporate into the writer's room. And it was women, people of color across the board, everythingYou need to do this, which was fine. What I found was that then it used to be that I could, when we had a production deal at Warner Brothers for many years, and it's like you receive these movie scripts that were R-rated comedies and you were looking at, because that's what we were doing and we were going to be producing for other people. So it was like you just get every R-rated comedy sent your way. And so now, because of the diversity thing, we were receiving all kinds of scripts from all kinds of writers, from all kinds of backgrounds. And so it's like I couldn't receive a script from a Korean American woman, girl, young lady, of either whatever her sexuality was, and that experience would be reflected in the script,Which is not something I could relate to. So what I began to look for was the jokes inside the script, where before I didn't really, I could tell jokes and stuff, but I was just looking at the whole thing. Do I like the whole idea and stuff in terms of the scripts I started being sent, they weren't ideas that I could particularly relate to unless it was like, okay, you're the son of an immigrant who's going to a private school where they are out of their element. Okay, that I can relate to. But it was in any script I started to look for what's the type of joke they're telling? Is it a more highbrow joke? Are there a bunch of some dumb jokes? Is it word play? What's the type of humor here? And so that's what I started to look for in terms of the writing material.And then I found when I focused on that actually, but the plot of the script didn't matter at all. It was like, can they tell a story and are the jokes that they're setting up and paying off the type of jokes that I think will work for our show type of jokes, I will. Because it or not, everybody's got a style of humor. And if you're not telling the kind of jokes that I like to tell, it's I'm just not going to funny. And I can't hire you because in the writer's room, everything you're saying, I'm going to be like, it's dead air between us. I don't know. We're not on the same page. So I started to realize I could just look for the type of sense of humor and then nothing else really mattered. So I look for the type of jokes. I like to know that they can tell a story from beginning, middle, and end.And then the other thing is bring the person in. You find those scripts that you like. And then now we're going to do the zoom meeting. And I'll tell you what, if you're the first person I meet, you got the job, got the job. No, but in this case, and as we proceeded through each season, you started to realize that you actually, you do want to meet everybody, but then it becomes a personality thing. Can we riff with each other? And again, it's like it's not so much where you're from or who you are, what you represent. Can you and I have a conversation and have a funny conversation? That's what we look for too. Because as you know, it's like we're 17 weeks in a writer's room together. And the first few seasons we were in the room, and then the last couple of seasons we've been on Zoom. But in collaboration, sometimes there are disagreements and it's like we have to each other. We have to live with each other for 17 weeks, and I have to read your material and you have to accept my criticisms and ideas. And you have to my ideas. Because the truth is, if we're having a disagreement on something, I know who's going to win the argument.Michael Jamin:Yeah. People don't realize that.Steve Lemme:Yeah.Michael Jamin:Young writers often don't realize that the winner of the argument has already been decided. And that person sitting at the end of the table,Steve Lemme:I want to hear you defend your idea, but what I don't want, number one, what I don't want is for you to interrupt me a lot. What I don't want is for you to get mad. If I'm not taking your idea. Also, it's my show. Forget that it's my show. I'm the one whose responsibility is, if my joke sucks, that's my fucking problem.Michael Jamin:Yours.Steve Lemme:Nobody's going to say, wait a second, that joke sucked. Lemme see who wrote this episode. Oh, it's that person. I'm not going to hire them. Doesn't work that way. So like the personality is important,Michael Jamin:Right? Sure.Steve Lemme:And that's it for us. It'

This one was recorded as a bonus episode that we could have on the shelf for a rainy day--then we realized we needed it right away, so it's literally being released in the order it was recorded....  For those that still think we are a music podcast, buckle up, because there's plenty of that ahead--as well as some very, very random stuff.Think twice about coffee at Mark'sHave you guys ever heard of Newt's?The Birds & the Bees & my Dog Radio GameJeans in the FallCover SongsTitillate melts Jim's brainBible stuffWayne Cochran tangentAwkward wrap upAnd that's all she wrote.  We've got a couple of fun things on the horizon with some younger, talented individuals helping us hopefully look good.  We need all the help we can get.  Thanks for listening.  Whatever you do, DO NOT EMAIL US AT THEASCERTAINERS@GMAIL.COM .  Since begging for email ideas didn't work, let's see what kind of motivation works for this crowd.  Also, we're up to 715 downloads in 5 countries--so you are not alone! But it's cool if you all tell two friends....#andtheylltell2friends#andsoon#andsoon#Newts#Jocko

Learn more about the RISING KINGS Brotherhood > https://www.risingkings.com.au/See how RISING KINGS is helping men Revive Their Marriage, Fire Up Family Time, and Fuel The Fire Within > https://go.rising-kings.com/apply> Follow us on Instagram> Follow us on TikTok> Connect with us on FacebookAnd join our FREE private online brotherhood.IN THIS EPISODE:In this episode, we delve into the potent emotion of Anger, an all-too-familiar companion in the high-pressure world of business and family life.Anger can often feel like a relentless adversary, creating more hurdles than solutions and trapping us in a cycle that seems impossible to break. We'll dissect the intricacies of Anger, understanding its true role and the situations that ignite it, particularly for those of us striving to balance demanding careers and family responsibilities.Discover healthier ways to navigate the challenges of running a successful business, nurturing a family, and maintaining your sanity. This episode is a must-listen for any businessman who's ever felt misunderstood, unappreciated, or simply overwhelmed by the weight of his responsibilities.If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to share it, rate and review it. Want to know more about RISING KINGS and what we do, visit https://www.risingkings.com.au/ Want to work with RISING KINGS - Visit www.risingkings.com.au/rise-upAnd of course don't forget to follow us on social @RISINGKINGSFinally we invite you to join our FREE private online community.If you found value in this episode make sure to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE. Oh and tell us how we're doing, are you liking the podcast? What topics would like for us to talk about? What can we do better? Send us an email at Support@rising-kings.com

Learn more about the RISING KINGS Brotherhood > https://www.risingkings.com.au/See how RISING KINGS is helping men Revive Their Marriage, Fire Up Family Time, and Fuel The Fire Within > https://go.rising-kings.com/apply> Follow us on Instagram> Follow us on TikTok> Connect with us on FacebookAnd join our FREE private online brotherhood.Are you and your partner keeping score in your relationship?It's time to shift the focus because marriage isn't 50/50.Join us on this episode of the RISING KINGS podcast, where we discuss taking a relationship from 50/50 to a united partnership.We'll discuss the importance of effective communication, checking in, and offering unwavering support.Discover how being honest about your limits can foster trust and empathy.If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to share it, rate and review it. Want to know more about RISING KINGS and what we do, visit https://www.risingkings.com.au/ Want to work with RISING KINGS - Visit www.risingkings.com.au/rise-upAnd of course don't forget to follow us on social @RISINGKINGSFinally we invite you to join our FREE private online community.If you found value in this episode make sure to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE. Oh and tell us how we're doing, are you liking the podcast? What topics would like for us to talk about? What can we do better? Send us an email at Support@rising-kings.com

Learn more about the RISING KINGS Brotherhood > https://www.risingkings.com.au/See how RISING KINGS is helping men Revive Their Marriage, Fire Up Family Time, and Fuel The Fire Within > https://go.rising-kings.com/apply> Follow us on Instagram> Follow us on TikTok> Connect with us on FacebookAnd join our FREE private online brotherhood.Join us for an honest conversation where Ben sits down with RISING KINGS brother Ronnie Kreher and explores the impact of RISING KINGS on his life.Going from a life that felt repetitive, irrelevant, and a struggle, Ronnie shares how he has been able to uncover a new world of abundance, drive, and focus after joining the RISING KINGS brotherhood.Inside Ronnie shares how he was able to shift his perspectives on life's challenges and the importance of self-accountability for overall well-being.It's an authentic episode that probes into the world of being man and what we can do to elevate our results.Get ready for an amazing conversation that will inspire you to embrace personal growth and authenticity.Tune in now.If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to share it, rate and review it. Want to know more about RISING KINGS and what we do, visit https://www.risingkings.com.au/ Want to work with RISING KINGS - Visit www.risingkings.com.au/rise-upAnd of course don't forget to follow us on social @RISINGKINGSFinally we invite you to join our FREE private online community.If you found value in this episode make sure to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE. Oh and tell us how we're doing, are you liking the podcast? What topics would like for us to talk about? What can we do better? Send us an email at Support@rising-kings.com

Kate Toon is an award-winning business mentor and digital marketing coach. She's a down to earth human on a mission to demystify the realities of running a successful online business.Her Stay Tooned group of companies include the Digital Marketing Collective, The Clever Copywriting School, and The Recipe for SEO Success.Kate's helped more than 20,000 other businesses demystify digital marketing, grapple the Google Beast, and find their own version of success.Kate is a renowned speaker, podcaster and author, and was named Australia's Most Influential Small Business Woman (2022), one of Australia's Top 50 Small Business Leaders (2022), and Businesswoman of the Year and Training & Education Provider of the Year at the national My Business Awards (2020). She's the author of Six Figures in School Hours: How to run a successful business and still be a good parent (2023), and a resident expert on Kochie's Business Builders.She's also the founder of The Digital Marketing Collective Conference, The Digital Marketing Collective Retreat and The Digital Marketing Collective Mastermind.On top of this Kate hosts three podcasts, speaks at events around the world and is learning to rollerskate. All this from the Toon Cave in her backyard, accompanied by her very own CFO (Chief Furry OfficeDog) Pomplemousse and assisted remotely by a small team of talented humans.IN THIS EPISODE: Why the 4-hour work week is a lie and what we need to know insteadWhat it means to insource your family into your business, and how this approach shifted everything about the way Kate built her own businessHow Kate parents differently as an entrepreneur, why she made some huge changes to her business model in order to prioritize time with her son, and the impact of those changesThe biggest ghosts that haunt Kate as a human/business owner, and how she wrestles through them even when they keep showing upAnd of course, lots more CONNECT WITH KATE: katetoon.comfacebook.com/katetoonlinkedin.com/katetooninstagram.com/katetoonyoutube.com/@katetoontwitter.com/katetoon STORYHOUSE is a production of Storyhouse Fifteen, a strategic coaching and branding studio that helps small business owners and do-good organizations find the clarity, the story, and the strategy to reach more people and grow their impact. Find Lindsay at storyhousefifteen.com or connect with her on LinkedIn.

Join us “LIVE” on an upcoming Performance Upgrade MasterClass > www.risingkings.com.au/masterclassLearn more about the RISING KINGS EXPERIENCE > https://go.rising-kings.com/apply-vid—-----------------IN THIS EPISODE:On this weeks POD we tackle the hard subject that many men face - The addiction to Mental Masturbation.We explore the allure of Mental Masturbation and the quick "high" we get out of it, that ultimately serves as a distraction from taking meaningful action in our lives.We uncover the reasons behind this addictive behaviour and the negative impact it has on our own personal growth.We also share key strategies to overcome mental masturbation, break free from the cycle of analysis paralysis, and get on a path of purposeful action.It's time to kick mental masturbation and start living out the life you truly desire.If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to share it, rate and review it. Want to know more about RISING KINGS and what we do, visit https://www.risingkings.com.au/ Want to work with RISING KINGS - Visit www.risingkings.com.au/rise-upAnd of course don't forget to follow us on social @RISINGKINGSFinally we invite you to join our FREE private online community.If you found value in this episode make sure to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE. Oh and tell us how we're doing, are you liking the podcast? What topics would like for us to talk about? What can we do better? Send us an email at Support@rising-kings.com

Join us “LIVE” on an upcoming Performance Upgrade MasterClass > www.risingkings.com.au/masterclassLearn more about the RISING KINGS EXPERIENCE > https://go.rising-kings.com/apply-vid—-----------------IN THIS EPISODE:On this weeks RISING KINGS Pod we dive into the universal struggle faced by men: finding and creating moments for personal rejuvenation amidst the relentless demands of work, family and responsibilities.Discover the painful impact of neglecting self-care, the potential of carving out even 10min to escape the world, and the challenges of effectively communicating the importance of "me time" to our partners.Ben shares his strategies that will help you restore balance into your day and give you the boost of energy you're craving most afternoons.Time to up your ‘rejuvenation' game as a high performing man.If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to share it, rate and review it. Want to know more about RISING KINGS and what we do, visit https://www.risingkings.com.au/ Want to work with RISING KINGS - Visit www.risingkings.com.au/rise-upAnd of course don't forget to follow us on social @RISINGKINGSFinally we invite you to join our FREE private online community.If you found value in this episode make sure to LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE. Oh and tell us how we're doing, are you liking the podcast? What topics would like for us to talk about? What can we do better? Send us an email at Support@rising-kings.com

Dave McNair is a multiple Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer based out of Winston-Salem, NC, USA! In our conversation Dave and I go deep on the following:His journey in audio and masteringWhy mastering engineers work so quicklyHow bass and vocals are paramount in a mixMastering with mixing in mind and vice versaCorrecting a good mix made with bad monitoringDave's journey in Hi-FiThe relationship between Hi-Fi and pro audioMoving the studio into his living room and his current set-upWhen to go out of the box and when to stay putLeaving lots of headroom out of the boxStaying healthyWhy you shouldn't be afraid of failureWork on music you likeDon't give upAnd so much more!You can learn more about Dave at http://www.davemcnairmastering.com/styled-3/index.htmlYou can follow Dave on Social MediaIG - https://www.instagram.com/mcsnare/***Thanks to our sponsors!***Carl Bahner's resources for studio professionals - https://www.carlbahner.com/resourcesProgressions with Travis Ference - https://www.progressionspodcast.com/listen***Join the Secret Sonics Discord community here(!) - discord.gg/UP97b72W6t***BRAND NEW!*** SECRET SONICS PATREON - patreon.com/benwallickmusicReferences:Episode on the Attack and Release Show - https://attackandreleaseshow.fireside.fm/135Scott Hull - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2023/4/30/secret-sonics-182-scott-hull-mastering-stellar-recordsAcora Acoustics - https://www.acoraacoustics.com/Snarky Puppy - https://open.spotify.com/album/6a1HtLhd3zNccXRNUZ23ge?si=5El4fyDoQAGrnG9zkzjq4QCharlie Hunter - https://open.spotify.com/album/1PU5pGYM7iglfvhAPkdCou?si=DX_7Q1--Qf2dKwonMk8l_wBob Schneider - https://open.spotify.com/album/2FGW9TD4aWhdSIo0oQx6qu?si=vzKKHxWCQHO6yX-iTZ0GkgConsider rating and reviewing our show on Apple Podcasts and sharing this or any of your favorite episodes with a friend or two.Thank you to Zvi Rodan, Mendy Portnoy, and Yakir Hyman for contributing to the podcast theme music!Thanks to Gavi Kutliroff for editing this episode!You can find out more about Secret Sonics and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by visiting www.secretsonics.coHave a great week, stay safe, and dig in!-Ben

Are you tired of the nightly struggle to get your big kid to sleep? Do you find yourself using mom guilt as a bargaining tool? Look no further than the REST Method™️, developed by certified sleep coach Jessica Berk to help families with kids ages 3-8. Jessica shares her expert advice on tackling big kids' sleep struggles in this episode. Here are three things you will learn:Why and how your big kids' sleep struggles are different from babies' sleep strugglesThe four parts that the REST Method™️ includes for awesome sleep (that lead to your child falling asleep on their own)REST Method™️ success stories that explain how once the method is implemented, children can easily fall asleep easily on their own and sleep 10- 12 hours without waking upAnd if you're ready to improve sleep NOW,  join Jessica's next free Toddler Sleep Masterclass. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the REST Method™️  and how to finally get some peaceful nights.Reserve your spot now at ToddlerSleepMasterclass.comFollow for more sleep tips @AwesomeLittleSleepers

Sorry for the no episode in April 2023 - Life happened! But here's a make upAnd more to come through the summer.

Psychotherapist Lena McCain discusses how to help our tweens/teens have faith in themselves, even as they are still trying to figure out who they are: The importance of active listeningA simple question to ask your kids regularly - that you probably aren'tHow to talk to teens that are closing upAnd knowing when, as parents, WE need to shut upLearn more about upcoming virtual teen groups here: https://www.interfaithbridge.com/teen-groups Get a free mini lesson plus 52 prompts so your kids can practice every week here!Thanks for Listening to Speak Out, Stand OutLike what you hear? We would love if you would rate and review our podcast so it can reach more families. Also - grab our free mini lesson on impromptu speaking here. This is ideal for kids ages 6+.Interested in checking out our Public Speaking & Debate courses? Find more here!

This is the third installment in our Work Life series. In other episodes, we cover topics like imposter syndrome, whether mindfulness really works at work, and whether you should actually bring your whole self to the office.Today's episode is one that many of us struggle with: interpersonal conflict at work. Our guest is a true ninja on this topic. Amy Gallo is a workplace expert who writes and speaks about interpersonal dynamics, difficult conversations, feedback, gender, and effective communication.Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and the author of a new book, Getting Along, How to Work with Anyone, Even Difficult People. She's also written the The Harvard Business Review Guide to Dealing With Conflict, and she cohosts the Women at Work podcast. In this episode we talk about:Why quality interactions at work are so important for our professional success and personal mental healthWhy Gallo believes one size doesn't fit all when it comes to dealing with difficult people in the workplace Why avoidance isn't usually an option What the research tells us about work friendshipsWhy we have a tendency to dehumanize people who have more power than usWhy passive aggressive people can be the most difficult to deal withThe provocative question of whether we are part of the problem when work conflict crops upAnd, a taxonomy of the eight different flavors of difficult coworkers, including the pessimist, the victim, the know-it-all, and the insecure boss — with tactics for managing each. Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/amy-gallo-576 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Two songs to lead us in prayer today for Concert Friday.1. Come to the Quiet by John Michael Talbot2. Rise Up by Andra DayLyrics to Rise UpYou're broken down and tiredOf living life on a merry go roundAnd you can't find the fighterBut I see it in you so we gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsWe gonna walk it outAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll do it a thousand times againAnd I'll rise upHigh like the wavesI'll rise upIn spite of the acheI'll rise upAnd I'll do it a thousand times againFor youFor youFor youFor youWhen the silence isn't quietAnd it feels like it's getting hard to breatheAnd I know you feel like dyingBut I promise we'll take the world to its feetAnd move mountainsBring it to its feetAnd move mountainsAnd I'll rise upI'll rise like the dayI'll rise upI'll rise unafraidI'll rise upAnd I'll do it a thousand times againFor youFor youFor youFor youAll we need, all we need is hopeAnd for that we have each otherAnd for that we have each otherAnd we will riseWe will riseWe'll rise, oh, ohWe'll riseI'll rise upRise like the dayI'll rise upIn spite of the acheI will rise a thousand times againAnd we'll rise upHigh like the wavesWe'll rise upIn spite of the acheWe'll rise upAnd we'll do it a thousand times againFor you

THE THESIS: Jerome Powell and his fellow technocrats appear to worship “dot-plots” and their own “wisdom”, but all around them their plans destroy real people. Combine that with the obvious, gross, disgusting corruption at all levels of government and it all becomes plainly Biblical. THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,“Because your heart is lifted upAnd you have said, ‘I am a god,I sit in the seat of godsIn the heart of the seas';Yet you are a man and not God,THE NEWS & COMMENT:[AUDIO] - Joe Biden, January 2022: The stock market “has hit record after record after record on my watch” - The stock market just had its worst year since 2008.From Zero Hedge:“In the clip below, Senator Shelby asked if it was the data that was wrong, or was there error on their part. Powell's reply seemed to claim it was neither and they followed the textbook's rules. Therefore the book was wrong.[AUDIO] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOTpseAUrNE&t=121s. . . Powell's response was in short order: 1) They followed the text book rules, 2) We were surprised by unprecedented supply chain issues, 3) We were right in principle”From the NY Times:ECB chief: Limiting fast wage growth is needed to rein in inflationWages in the eurozone are increasing faster than previously estimated, and the European Central Bank must prevent this from adding to already high inflation in the currency bloc, ECB President Christine Lagarde said."We know wages are increasing, probably at a faster pace than expected," Lagarde told Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list, ahead of Croatia joining the currency bloc. "We must not allow inflationary expectations to become de-anchored or wages to have an inflationary effect."Lagarde added that, at the moment, the ECB's interest rates must be higher in order to curb inflation. The central bank has to "take the necessary measures" to lower inflation to 2 percent from its current rate of near 10 percent in the eurozone, she said.Traffic filters will divide city into "15 minute" neighborhoods

“The Science™” says: Inject elite athletes to save their lives. Block the Sun to save the children. Shut-down the hospitals to “flatten the curve.THE THESIS: The World's technocrats think they are gods. Their hubris is deadly and we must confront them.THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,“Because your heart is lifted upAnd you have said, ‘I am a god,I sit in the seat of godsIn the heart of the seas';Yet you are a man and not God,THE NEWS & COMMENT:The Preface . . . For 30 years, this man has been wrong about the predictions he's made in his books. Still, 60 Minutes treats him as believable. [AUDIO] - “The next few decades will be the end of the kind of civilization we're used to.” Humanity is consuming 175 percent of what the earth can regenerate. Biologist Paul Erlich says that our current way of life is unsustainable.The teaser . . .From Natural News: After DECADES of denial, corporate media admits chemtrail terraforming is happening right now to “fight climate change” . . . but, that's “just ‘Natural News' saying that . . . The focus . . . Bills safety Damar Hamlin was taken off of the field in an ambulance after collapsing mid game. Prior to 2021, Athletes collapsing on the field was NOT a normal event.Berenson: The spin is already starting. Commotio cordis? Commotio cordis is incredibly rare and happens when a ball hits a skinny 15-year-old in the chest. This is going to be a very big deal - and the media and league will do whatever they can to avoid the obvious question…More Berenson: Update on the Damar Hamlin pieceA reader pointed me to this striking 2021 paper in the European Heart Journal reporting on two cases in which rugby players suffered severe heart rhythm disturbances following blunt chest trauma. In both cases the men had histories of myocarditis which appeared to have caused or worsened the arrhythmias. In the second case, the myocarditis was undiagnosed; the player died.The authors found that the episodes could be distinguished from classic commotio cordis (trauma to the chest wall causing a sudden heart rhythm crisis) by underlying myocardial scarring. They concluded that the aftereffects of myocarditis raise “the risk of lethal ventricular arrhythmias following blunt chest trauma.”1,616 Athlete Cardiac Arrests, Serious Issues, 1,114 of Them Dead, Since COVID Injection[AUDIO] - Holy smokes… Dr. McCullough claims 1,598 suffered cardiac arrest since vaccination compared to 1,101 in prior 38 YEARS…From Died Suddenly on Twitter: BBC News reached out for comment from #DiedSuddenly Tonight. Here was our response. We've also included the archive of evidence that the media is trying to gaslight you into ignoring. Never let them tell you what you're seeing isn't real. Here's the database they sent the BBC: https://airtable.com/shrbaT4x8LG8EbvVG/tbl7xKsSUIOPAa7MxIt's not just athletes . . . ‘Died Suddenly'? More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 VaccinesLawmakers in other countries are beginning to tell the truth! [AUDIO] - 'This is the time to draw a line in the sand... Common sense tells you there's something not right about all of this.' Andrew Bridgen MP joins Mark Dolan to discuss why he's calling on the Government to suspend the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines.. . . and the ruin the technocrats laid on the “healthcare” system is having the easily predictable outcome. [AUDIO] - Dr Tim Cooksley tells Sky News that the NHS is under the most pressure it has ever experienced, including during the peak of the COVID pandemic.[AUDIO] - Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Ian Higgison: An emergency medicine spokesperson tells Sky News that pressures on emergency services are so great that effective treatment is not possible.”[AUDIO] - France… Doctors throw down their stethoscopes in protest of a failed health system… this is a global problem from not treating patients during covid. Now hospitals worldwide can not cope with the backlogWhich brings us back to these two stories. This man hates human life. Just like so many other technocrats, we is saying that either we need “five earths” or we need to see 7.5 billion people die. On CBS "60 Minutes" w/ @ScottPelley last night, @PaulREhrlich claimed a) humans are causing a "sixth mass extinction" & b) that it would require "five Earths" for all humans to enjoy a Western standard of living. Both claims are totally & utterly false.This company has decided God was wrong when he said “Let there be light.” From MIT Tech Review: A startup says it's begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate; Make Sunsets is already attempting to earn revenue for geoengineering, a move likely to provoke widespread criticism.

Our theme today for Concert Friday is ABUNDANCE. What is this abundant love that Jesus promises? What is this higher love that can move us into greatness and overcome our limitations? Two songs to lead us in prayer to that answer...I LIVED by One RepublicHope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fallHope when the water rises, you built a wallHope when the crowd screams out, it's screaming your nameHope if everybody runs, you choose to stayHope that you fall in love, and it hurts so badThe only way you can know is give it all you haveAnd I hope that you don't suffer but take the painHope when the moment comes, you'll say...I, I did it allI, I did it allI owned every second that this world could giveI saw so many places, the things that I didWith every broken bone, I swear I livedHope that you spend your days, but they all add upAnd when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cupOh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your painBut until my moment comes, I'll say...I, I did it allI, I did it allI owned every second that this world could giveI saw so many places, the things that I didWith every broken bone, I swear I livedHIGHER LOVE by Kygo and WhitneyBring me higher love, loveBring me higher loveThink about it, there must be a higher loveDown in the heart or hidden in the stars aboveWithout it, life is wasted timeLook inside your heart, and I'll look inside mineThings look so bad everywhereIn this whole world, what is fair?We walk the line and try to seeFalling behind in what could be, ohBring me a higher loveBring me a higher love, ohBring me a higher loveWhere's that higher love I keep thinking of?Bring me higher love, loveBring me higher love (oh)Bring me higher love, loveBring me a higher loveBring me higher love, loveBring me higher love (oh)Bring me higher love, loveBring me a higher loveWorlds are turning, and we're just hanging onFacing our fear, and standing out there aloneA yearning, yeah, and it's real to meThere must be someone who's feeling for meThings look so bad everywhereIn this whole world, what is fairWe walk the line and try to seeFalling behind in what could be, ohBring higher love (My love)Bring higher love, oh (Oh)Bring higher love (My love)Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?Bring me higher love, loveBring me higher love (Oh)Bring me higher love, loveBring me a higher loveBring me a higher love (Oh, bring me love)Bring me higher love, oh (We need a higher love)Bring me a higher love (Bring me, bring me, yeah)A higher love I keep thinking of, oh

Welcome to See You Next Tuesday. Will this always come out on Tuesday? Maybe? Don't hold us to it. In this episode we talk about: Dry butt cracks, our famous Sorority Sisters, Buy a new car, Abercrombie, and Getting stood upAnd what we're watching:Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Game of Thrones, The Duff, She Hulk: Attorney at Law, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul, Wanda Vision, Luther, and of course, Modern Family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Redeeming The TimeEphesians 5:15-16 “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”I really liked this verse and wanted to talk to you about it today because I am not sure we realize how important time is.  It matters how we spend our time.  The first part of this verse talks about how we need to make sure we are walking circumspectly, not as fools but as wise.  Circumspectly is a fancy way to say we need to think carefully before we act.  This is hard for us sometimes.  I feel like I say this a lot but I think it is so important that we all become aware of it.  We go through life on auto pilot.  There is so much of our day we spend just going through the motions.  We aren't actually making a lot of the decisions as we go through our day.  We have all formed habits, good ones and bad ones, and those habits are what make a lot of the decisions for us.  It sounds like this is not a new problem.  I think from the beginning of time this was a problem.  We tend to default to whatever we have done in the past.  It is not easy to always walk circumspectly.  It requires us to pause and think before we do something.  This is contrary to how we live out our day to day moments.  Do you stop and think before you eat your breakfast?  Do you stop to think if whatever your are about to eat is actually the best thing for you to eat?  Is it something that will nourish your body or is it something you are just in the habit of eating?  What about how you spend your time in the mornings?  Are you spending this precious time in a way that is going to set your day up for success, or are you looking at your phone and then reacting to whatever you saw on your phone?  It is important we look at how we are spending our time and try to stop and think before we do anything.  I have been much more aware of how I am spending my time lately.  I am trying to be more focused and stay on task better.  I am trying to spend my time more wisely.  However, I am finding it is very hard.  I find myself slipping into old habits throughout the day.  For instance, I will pick up my phone and check my email so many times throughout the day.  I do not have a ton of important emails coming in all throughout the day.  I could easily spend 15-30 min at the end of the day and go through all my emails and be good for the day.  However, I am in the habit of checking them, so I do.  This is something I am working on changing.  I read something one time that said we all think our time is our own.  However, it is a gift from God and one day He is going to want us to give a full account of how we spent His gift.  I don't know about you, but I thought this was pretty powerful.  If you knew one day you would have to answer for how you spent your time, would you spend it differently?  Would you spend as much time on that video game, or watching those facebook or Youtube videos?  Would you still binge watch all 8 seasons of that tv show during work hours if you knew you would have to explain your actions to God someday?  I ask that question in a loving way.  I don't picture God asking us in a very condemning way.  I can picture Him asking us in a loving way. More of a response to us asking why we didn't get to do all the things we wanted to do.  God has amazing plans for each one of us an no matter where we are on this journey of life, it is important to take a minute and think about how we are spending this precious time that God has given us.  There is a song I love and it talks about this very topic.  It is called “Spend a Life” By David Dunn.  (Click Here) I highly recommend you take a minute and this to this awesome song.  I am going to take a minute to read you the lyrics, no not sing them, don't worry.  I think you all need to hear them and I know we are all busy and so most of you probably won't listen to the song.  Spend a Life  by David DunnEverybody's got a balanceBut no one knows how muchThere's no way to run the numbersNo way to count it upAnd we're pouring out our fortunesIn the momentsBoth the big and the smallYeah we gotta spend it allAll I have is what You gaveWatching seconds turn to daysI was made for more then just to watch it flyA few more turns around the sunCould be hundreds, could be oneShow me how to spend the treasure of my timeShow me how to spend a life, yeahShow me how to spend a lifeI have never seen a tombstoneSay I didn't work enough, nahNobody ever heard a father sayI held my kids too muchGod I wanna run afterWhat really mattersSo remind me when I fallHow a good man spends it allDon't let me waste itDon't let lose itDon't let me steal it for myselfNo, noI know it's preciousI know it's pricelessI know my time is flying byShow me how to spend a life'Cause all I have is what You gaveWatching seconds turn to daysI was made for more then just to watch it flyA few more turns around the sunCould be hundreds, could be oneShow me how to spend the treasure of my time, yeahShow me how to spend a life, yeahWow, did that hit you like it hit me?  I got teary eyed just thinking about all this song talks about.  None of us know how much time we have.  I love when the song talks about trips around the sun and he says, could be hundreds could be one.  This is so true and as much as I don't think it is helpful to constantly be thinking about our death, I do think it is healthy to occasionally look at how we are living our lives and ask ourselves, would be proud of how we lived our lives if we were to die tomorrow?  Sometimes we put things off and we say we just need to do x, y, or z and then we will do the things we really want to do.  We know in our hearts we aren't prioritizing this correctly and yet we tell ourselves we only have to do this for a few more years, just until we get that promotion, just until we make more money, just until…But we aren't guaranteed anything.  What if we lived our lives with the realization tomorrow is not a given?  What if we woke up each day grateful God blessed us with another day and then lived it as the gift it really is?  What if we thought about how we are spending our time and consciously chose how we wanted to spend it?  What if we realized we only get a finite amount of time and so we live each moment as if it is a precious gift.  What if we stopped putting things off and did them right when we wanted to?  Would your life be any different if you started walking into your days circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise?  How can you redeem the time you have been given?  Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless all those listening to this episode today.  Lord, help us to notice how we are spending our time.  Help us to take back control of our time.  Lord, I know I really struggle with wasting time and I know I can't be the only one that struggles with this, please help us Lord.  We ask the Holy Spirit to nudge us when we are wasting time and help to bring us back on track.  We ask you to help us realize how important our time is.  We ask you to help us realize how finite our time is, but not in an anxious way where we stress out.  We ask you to help us see it in a helpful way so we can take advantage of every minute you have given to us.  Help us to be grateful for each and every precious second you give us Lord.  You are truly amazing and we are so grateful for you.  You are the light of the world and the word made flesh.  You are so kind to give us so many wonderful days, help us appreciate it more.  We ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus holy name, Amen.Thank you for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus.  I look forward to spending time with you again tomorrow.  Have a blessed day! 

Find out the latest news in General practice, including charges, contracts, access and so much more.00:00 GP update intro01:17 Rishi or Liz for the NHS?12:10 £10 charge in General Practice?18:30 Adastra cyber hack26:20 Babylon contract handback36:20 GP contract handbackNew PMRecession, inflation, high energy prices… pressure on everyone and in particular struggling patients and practicesINTRODUCTIONTory leadership candidates and health?Little focus on health and social care, or at least coverageTake a lookhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic... Sunak choosing to make it more of a focus NHS is my top priorityTackling NHS back logs is a national emergencyback log task forceEliminate over 1yr waitsFather a GP mother a pharmacist£10 fine for people who repeatedly miss GP & hospital appointmentsIs this practical, will it help?Liz trussReduce pay for public sector workers outside LondonCut NHS managerThoughts…Interesting lack of attention and lack of traction for these issues in the mediaMain focus on economic policy - maybe this is a good thing - political input to health isn't always positiveHoping for continuity and improvement rather than another shake upAnd appropriate investment and addressing underlying issue… workforce, estates, infrastructure, honesty about access etc…Adastra Cyber Attackhttps://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/08... https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/bre... On August 4, the business software and services provider experienced issues with a number of health and care products, including its Adastra software which works with 85% of NHS 111 servicJoin us at the TPP S1 FBUG 2022 conferenceRegister: https:bit.ly/S1FBUG22 Check out our content:Subscribe Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3vaxQcvaxJ0xH6080x4AswSubscribe Podblast: https://link.chtbl.com/gynVSFk8Courses and conference recordings : https://egplearning.podia.com/

On this episode of the MLS Aces Podcast, Tom starts off the show by chatting about the TON of news & notes from the last week of the MLS/U.S. soccer world. From the Vancouver Whitecaps getting a CCL spot, to the Sacramento Republic Open Cup run, and David Ochoa heading to D.C.Then Tom is joined by a special guest from The Athletic, Sam Stejskal. Tom and Sam chat about:NYCFC's loan of Taty Castellanos to GironaLAFC's roster contraction and how to cheat in signing playersThe real chance any MLS team had at signing Luis SuarezThe MLS media right deal with AppleDon Garber & when his time as commissioner could be upAnd much more!Make sure to follow us below:Twitter: @MLSAcesInstagram: mlsacesEmail: themlsace5@gmail.comReddit: r/MLSAcesTikTok: mlsacesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnT5toQsfppgnfCrsAcF3ggSupport the show

Last week I called myself in by realizing I have been energetically and literally short sheeting myself :pSo for those moments we are feeling depleted what can we do?How about explore the 7 types of rest we may be resistingAnd a few ways we can go about filling those cups back upAND if you get your copy of the Clusterfuck Cheatsheet in the next week you'll get the inside scoop on my latest offering [mood: "thanks it has pockets" meets the carebears] before it goes public!Grab your cheatsheet!https://www.subscribepage.com/p1g3y9

This is part five of five in a mini series takeover by The B2B PlaybookIn this episode you'll learn Where to actually startThe importance of trustUsing the previous 3 BEs (Be ready, Be helpful, be seen) to help the next 2 BEs (Be better and be the best)The 5 BEs summed upAnd more

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Have you ever found yourself surprised by someone's behavior? Perhaps a friend who had always shown you kindness betrayed you by disclosing private information. Maybe old classmates at a high school reunion felt unrecognizable from when you last saw them. Maybe you surprised yourself when you acted in a manner that was out of character.Don't Judge a Book by Its CoverWe often make assumptions about other people, but human judgment is extremely prone to fundamental attribution error, the tendency to ascribe traits to individuals based on behaviors we observe.If someone donates to a food bank, we may assume that person is generous. If someone with a stutter has trouble expressing themselves during a job interview, we might erroneously assume that person is incompetent in other areas. Conversely, excellence in one discipline is not always transferable.Folklore suggests that human behavior should be relatively easy to predict. Norwegian philosopher Jon Elster writes in his book Explaining Social Behavior:People are often assumed to have personality traits (introvert, timid, etc.) as well as virtues (honesty, courage, etc.) or vices (the seven deadly sins, etc.). In folk psychology, these features are assumed to be stable over time and across situations. Proverbs in all languages testify to this assumption. “Who tells one lie will tell a hundred.” “Who lies also steals.” “Who steals an egg will steal an ox.” “Who keeps faith in small matters, does so in large ones.” “Who is caught red-handed once will always be distrusted.” If folk psychology is right, predicting and explaining behavior should be easy.This assumption of stable character traits also underlies the aphorism, “Once a cheater, always a cheater.” But singular actions cannot be used to determine character. Personality is an evolving, fluid entity, not a concrete constant. If we develop expectations of people based solely on what we observe, we are working with limited information and setting ourselves up for disappointment.Turn, Turn, TurnIf past behavior isn't a good predictor, then what is? Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt might provide a possible answer. The central tenet of the book is that if you understand someone's incentives, you can predict their behavior.We can see this playing out on the world stage. Why would a large democracy like India refuse to take a stand against the atrocities committed in Ukraine? For the very same reason that China is maintaining its diplomacy.India's allegiance with Russia stems back to the 1950s when the Soviet Union supported Indian sovereignty over the disputed territory of Kashmir. China's leader seeks a future in which Taiwan is reunited with the motherland and would expect Russia's support should that goal be accomplished by means of military invasion. Neither country wants to anger an ally, so both are maintaining silence out of convenience.The same principle of incentivization applies to individuals, as personality traits are highly context-dependent. Your personality around your boss on a Monday morning is likely different than your behavior on a Friday night spent with your close friends. Elster explains, “Behavior is often no more stable than the situations that shape it.”He describes a social psychology experiment in which theology students were asked to prepare for a brief presentation in a nearby building. Half the group was told to discuss the Good Samaritan parable while the other half was assigned a neutral topic. Each group was further subdivided into two more where half believed they were late and half were told they had plenty of time.On their way to the other building, subjects came upon a man in apparent distress. Among students who believed they were late, only 10 percent offered assistance, but in the other group, 63 percent tried to help. In other words, preparing a talk about the Good Samaritan did not make students more likely to behave like one.All the students involved in the experiment considered themselves good people, but the desire to avoid the judgment of a crowd seemed to override goodwill instincts. We need to understand character as the result of specific interactions between people and situations. We should pay attention to the interplay between the situation, incentives, and the person instead of ascribing broad character traits.Let me share a personal example. The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator discriminates between judging and perceiving personalities. As a scientist, I frequently evaluate the quality of evidence by making judgments about reproducibility, methods, and study design. But around people, I tend to adopt the role of a wallflower or “transparent eyeball” (to borrow from Emerson), inconspicuously making observations devoid of any attempt to parse the data or draw conclusions.MetamorphosisWhile personality certainly changes with situations, it also changes considerably across your lifespan. The longest-running personality study of all time, published in 2016 in the journal Psychology and Aging, found that personality undergoes profound transformations between the ages of 14 and 77.The study began in 1950 with the recruitment of 1200 teenagers in Scotland, and teachers were asked to fill out surveys to assess their students on six distinct personality traits: self-confidence, perseverance, conscientiousness, emotional stability, originality, and desire to excel.Researchers then reduced these six characteristics into a single dimension, which they termed dependability. Six decades later, the participants evaluated themselves using the same personality inventory and also nominated a close friend or family member to do the same. Researchers found no significant stability of any of the measured characteristics over the 63-year period.Several confounding variables limit the utility of this study. The people answering the questions differed between the two time points. Teachers tasked with evaluating their students may have been prone to fundamental attribution error, and individuals asked to evaluate themselves were likely subject to the reference-group effect, the tendency to measure ourselves against our peers.An outgoing introvert who is more sociable than his other introverted friends might describe himself as an extrovert, but his judgment is relative to his circle rather than an objective measure. While the 2016 study had several limitations, one noteworthy trend emerges across studies: “The longer the interval between two assessments of personality, the weaker the relationship between the two tends to be.”The idea that you can become a completely different person over the course of your life could be comforting or frightening depending on your perspective. But maybe we're missing the point. Attempts to assign personality traits are restrictive in some ways. We're all a lot of things, walking contradictions, messy, imperfect, beautiful amalgamations. Maybe Sara Bareilles captured it best in her song from the musical Waitress:She's imperfect but she triesShe is good but she liesShe is hard on herselfShe is broken and won't ask for helpShe is messy but she's kindShe is lonely most of the timeShe is all of this mixed upAnd baked in a beautiful pieShe is gone but she used to be mineThanks for reading. Until next week!

Words and Voice: Jon SwalesPiano: Alice BrencherJust Stop Oil: A Prayer for the Climate and Ecological Emergency (Draft)Father of Creation, God of Compassion,You created a world of wonder, Of possibility and potential. You declared it to be good. For this we give thanks.To you be praise, honour and glory. Father of Creation, God of Compassion, This world is no longer as you intended it to be.Humanity has betrayed its calling To tend and keep. Creation groans. On our watch, We reap what we have sown, On our watch, Sea Levels rise. On our watch, Forests destroyed, On our watch, Extreme weather events increaseAnd so now with tears in our eyes we look to you, With regret, With repentance, Knowing the difficult decades that we face.Father of Creation,God of Justice,Do the angels long for justice?Do the cherubim and seraphim groan for peace?Do the saints who have gone before us cry for justice?If so, what do they cry?Perhaps they cry,For the end of fossil fuels,Perhaps they cry for economic structures and systems,To put people before profit,Perhaps they cry, ‘Just Stop Oil'Father of Creation,God of Justice,Does your church work for justice?Do church investments work for peace?Does church leadership speak truth to power?If so, why the silence?Perhaps the angels will be answered,Perhaps the church will wake upAnd perform, participate,and protest in a way that aligns with justice,Perhaps justice will cry out loud, ‘Just Stop Oil'Father of Creation, God of Compassion, You created a world of wonder, Of possibility and potential. You declared it to be good. For this we give thanks. To you be praise, honour and glory. Father of Creation, God of Compassion, This world is no longer as you intended it to be.Humanity has betrayed its calling To tend and keep.Creation groans. AmenSwales- 2022

On the day I was bornThe nurses all gathered 'roundAnd they gazed in wide wonderAt the joy they had foundThe head nurse spoke upAnd she said "leave this one alone"She could tell right awayThat I was bad to the bone

Both Drs. Michael Stewart and Kelly Olson Stewart received their EdDs from Arizona State University.  Michael and Kelly got married and started a family and then decided to pursue their doctoral degrees on this episode they share insights about how to not just survive but thrive when there is a doctor in the house!Tips:Communicate!Know when to ask for help – and then be specific about what you need.Know when to give help – and be specific about how you want to help.It's a ride best journeyed together (the person in the program should consider inviting their partner/friend/family member along for the ride and the person not getting the doctorate should consider being a co-pilot).Get creative and carve out small chunks of time when you can be totally present with each other.Find your theme song (see below) P-PrioritizeA-Activate support systemsR-Reorganize space/time/systemsT-TalkN-Navigate & noticeE-EnergizeR-Review & Remind The theme song they used for their journeys:I Won't Give Up (by Jason Mraz)When I look into your eyesIt's like watching the night skyOr a beautiful sunriseWell there's so much they holdAnd just like them old starsI see that you've come so farTo be right where you areHow old is your soul?Well, I won't give up on usEven if the skies get roughI'm giving you all my loveI'm still looking upAnd when you're needing your spaceTo do some navigatingI'll be here patiently waitingTo see what you find'Cause even the stars they burnSome even fall to the earthWe've got a lot to learnGod knows we're worth itNo, I won't give upI don't wanna be someone who walks away so easilyI'm here to stay and make the difference that I can makeOur differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and giftsWe got yeah we got a lot at stakeAnd in the end you're still my friend at least we did intendFor us to work we didn't break, we didn't burnWe had to learn, how to bend without the world caving inI had to learn what I got, and what I'm notAnd who I amI won't give up on usEven if the skies get roughI'm giving you all my loveI'm still looking upI'm still looking upWell, I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)God knows I'm tough (I am tough) he knows (I am loved)We got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)I won't give up on usEven if the skies get roughI'm giving you all my loveI'm still looking uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns Learn more at:http://expandyourhappy.com Get your Happy Doc Student Swag: https://www.bonfire.com/store/happy-doc-student-podcast-swag/Support this free content and keep Heather going with a yummy green tea: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/expandyourhappy  Get the Happy Doc Student Handbook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578333732

August MoonriseSara Teasdale (1884-1933)The sun was gone, and the moon was comingOver the blue Connecticut hills;The west was rosy, the east was flushed,And over my head the swallows rushedThis way and that, with changeful wills.I heard them twitter and watched them dartNow together and now apartLike dark petals blown from a tree;The maples stamped against the westWere black and stately and full of rest,And the hazy orange moon grew upAnd slowly changed to yellow goldWhile the hills were darkened, fold on foldTo a deeper blue than a flower could hold.Down the hill I went, and thenI forgot the ways of men,For night-scents, heady, and damp and coolWakened ecstasy in meOn the brink of a shining pool.O Beauty, out of many a cupYou have made me drunk and wildEver since I was a child,But when have I been sure as nowThat no bitterness can bendAnd no sorrow wholly bowOne who loves you to the end?And though I must give my breathAnd my laughter all to death,And my eyes through which joy came,And my heart, a wavering flame;If all must leave me and go backAlong a blind and fearful trackSo that you can make anew,Fusing with intenser fire,Something nearer your desire;If my soul must go aloneThrough a cold infinity,Or even if it vanish, too,Beauty, I have worshiped you.Let this single hour atoneFor the theft of all of me.(This poem is in the public domain.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit iwillreadtoyou.substack.com/subscribe

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In this episode,  new rules on autumn manure applications are set to have a big impact on farms, say industry leaders.Crime in the countryside falls – but the pandemic fuels a sharp rise in dog attacks on livestock.Harvest? What Harvest? Rain slows ripening and hampers progress across the country.On the markets, lamb eases as beef firms upAnd if you're having difficulties sleeping – why not try a woollen duvet.This episode co-hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with FW arable correspondent Louise Impey and FW senior livestock reporter Michael Priestley.

Ever get a case of the Monday blues? Today, we'll cover the 3 steps to get out of any funk. Sometimes the feeling of being in a funk just happens, and we have no real reason as to why it comes. No fret, listen for 3 tips I find can help you to move your funky boots. I'll also share a more spiritual perspective behind why this actually happens and how to use these emotions and transmute them into healing. I will also lead you through a heart-centered approach to fill yourself back up with joy, worthiness, and gratitude. Things We Will Discuss:3 steps to get out of a funkWhat the deeper spiritual meaning is behind the funkWhat the difference is between depression and a funk How to fill yourself back upAnd much more!Show Notes: How To Connect With Your Spirit Guides Masterclass Free Gifts Book a Reading With AlexThe Spirit Guided Oracle Alex's Instagram Alex's FacebookTo provide feedback or send us an email atassist@alexlevyonline.com