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We've (weave) finally gotten some big games! With Matt on a mystery hiatus, Ky and Jim get down and dirty with the past week of college hoops. Featuring: Bama's up and down results, Purdue rocks w/ TKR, Michigan was wobbly, UNC beat Kansas (remember that? But then Seth Trimble got hurt), North Texas' Chris Webber moment, the ruins of Xavier, and a whole lot more!    The Rundown(0:10) - Intro (4:36) - Root's Roundup (12:30) - Weave Saw That (35:53) - Three Man Thoughts (1:05:11) - Game Previews (1:13:30) - Pod Reviews Support us and our sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase

Investigative journalists ⁠Mandy Matney⁠ and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ expose a shocking case of alleged retaliation at Horry County Police Department. When CIT Investigator Kelsey Manemeit filed a sexual harassment complaint against Deputy County Administrator Randy Webster—whose name adorns a $24 million building—she expected justice. Instead, she and county PIO Mikayla Moskov were accused of participating in a allegedly fabricated "sex scandal" and forced to resign. Attorney Jonny McCoy shares how HCPD Chief Kris Leonhardt allegedly weaponized an internal affairs investigation to punish women who reported misconduct, while Webster quietly retired with his reputation intact. Today we examine disturbing text messages, questionable timelines, and a pattern of alleged corruption in the same department that failed Mica Francis Miller and Scott Spivey. Did transparency claims mask retaliation, and why did this case represent a reckoning for Horry County's Good Ole Boy network? Tune into Jonny McCoy's Facebook to watch his press conference at THURSDAY November 13 at 2 pm

In this enlightening episode of "Crafting a Meaningful Life," host Mary Crafts engages in a profound conversation with visionary leader Jeff Burningham. With over 200 successful startup investments in the burgeoning tech scene of Utah, Jeff brings a wealth of experience and insight into the challenges and opportunities in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Together, Mary and Jeff explore the deep themes of crafting a meaningful life, conscious decision-making, and the significance of pausing and reflecting at the height of professional success. Jeff introduces his latest work, "The Last Book Written by a Human," a compelling narrative on humanity's evolving relationship with AI. As AI emerges as both a challenge and an enabler for human transformation, Jeff underscores its role as a "cosmic mirror" reflecting back to us our societal values and prompting a return to intrinsic human qualities. Highlighting the themes of love, unity, and wisdom, he argues for a repositioning away from mere progress for progress's sake towards a more enriched human experience. Jeff and Mary also discuss the perennial philosophical question of why humans often choose hate over love and what it truly means to live as human beings rather than human doings. About the Guest: Jeff Burningham is a renowned entrepreneur and investor from Utah, known for his significant contributions to the tech and real estate sectors. He is the founder of Peak Capital Partners, a prominent real estate private equity firm, and has played a pivotal role as an initial investor in notable ventures such as Spotify, Podium, and Weave. A native of Spokane, Washington, Burningham moved to Utah, where he launched a successful technology business in his mid-20s. Beyond his entrepreneurial pursuits, he has also ventured into politics, running for governor of Utah, and has served as an adjunct professor teaching entrepreneurship. Presently, Burningham is focused on fostering a movement toward human flourishing and wisdom, especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), a theme central to his newly released book, "The Last Book Written by a Human." Key Takeaways: Transformational Role of AI: AI is viewed as a cosmic mirror by reflecting our societal values, prompting humans to introspect and align themselves more with wisdom and love. Inner Reflection for Evolution: Jeff emphasizes going inside oneself to unearth wisdom and suggests this inner journey is crucial for personal and collective evolution. Love as a Central Principle: Emphasizing that love is often the key answer to human problems, even in a business context, Jeff argues for leading life and enterprises with love at the center. The Cycle of Disruption and Transformation: Jeff details the process of societal transformation through the cycles of disruption, reflection, transformation, and evolution. Universal Human Challenges: Both Jeff and Mary highlight the universal human experience of struggle and pain as catalysts for transformation and unity.   Resources: Jeff Burningham's Book: The Last Book Written by a Human Follow Jeff Burningham on LinkedIn: Jeff Burningham on LinkedIn Mary Crafts: MaryCraftsInc.com Embark on this journey with Mary and Jeff to explore the deeper dimensions of what it truly means to live a meaningful life amidst technological advancements. Tune into the full episode for inspiration and insights on how to leverage AI for human flourishing while engaging with essential existential questions that shape our collective future. Stay tuned for more transformative conversations on "Crafting a Meaningful Life."

Identifying and living your core values is the most important thing you will ever do. In this episode, Miranda Beeson, ACT's director of education, brings in ACT's founder, Kirk Behrendt, to share the story behind their core values, how they came to be, and why core values matter to a dental practice. To gain insight and inspiration for your core values, listen to Episode 967 of The Best Practices Show!Learn More About Miranda:Send Miranda an email: miranda@actdental.com Follow Miranda on ACT's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actdentalSend Courtney an email to learn more about ACT: courtney@actdental.com More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:Subscribe to The Best Practices Show: https://the-best-practices-show.captivate.fm/listenJoin The Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpaDownload ACT's BPA app on the Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/best-practices-association/id6738960360Download ACT's BPA app on the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actdental.join&hl=en_USJoin ACT's To The Top Study Club: https://www.actdental.com/tttGet The Best Practices Magazine for free: https://www.actdental.com/magazinePlease leave us a review on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-practices-show-with-kirk-behrendt/id1223838218Episode Resources:Watch the video version of Episode 967: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videosWatch Episode 4 with Howard Farran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMMaSIrhv2QRead Traction by Gino Wickman: https://benbellabooks.com/shop/tractionRead books by Patrick Lencioni: https://www.tablegroup.com/booksMain Takeaways:Identify your core values. It's the most important thing you will ever do.Core values are your compass. Use it as a filter for your decisions.Attract the behaviors and people you want with core values.Weave your core values into the fabric of your practice.Your team is the secret sauce to success.Snippets:0:00 Introduction.1:52 Kirk and Miranda's journeys with core values.13:39 Core values: Give > Get.19:27 Core values: Walk the Talk.25:38 Core values: We Before Me.29:58 Core...

The first week of real ball is nearly in the books! The Weave gives their thoughts on the first few days of college action and looks forward to the weekend. Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (5:50) - Root's Roundup (9:50) - Weave Saw That (33:50) - Three Men Thoughts (58:42) - Game Previews (1:07:20) - Reviews   Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase

In this new History N' Games series, host Meghan Sullivan explores the hidden history of Fire Emblem: Fortunes Weave, which includes references to Ancient Carthage, Sol Invictus, and a number of powerful Roman emperors!Support the show

This conversation is a masterclass in the art of embracing and claiming personal power.Over the past 6 years, I've witnessed Britten LaRue grow her capacity as a teacher, an astrologer, and a community leader. We got together to discuss the concept and experience of Living Emergence, which is also the name of Britten's new membership space offering, and we quickly jumped into the deep end of the pool.Some topics we covered:Uncovering our power.Coming home to ourselves.Anchoring through change.Embracing the paradox of messiness while finding one's fixed point of integrity.Authentic change vs. people-pleasing.Britten's bio:Britten LaRue, M.A., spends much of her time speaking and writing as a teacher, author, and public astrologer. Britten's deepest calling is to be a midwife for those in the process of birthing their own inner knowing, healing from shame, and learning to trust themselves again with the reckless freedom they deserve. Creator of Emergence Astrology, she has served thousands of students through the transformational programs and courses at The Emergence Astrology School, and is most proud of how she connects the folks in her community to one another. Britten is the author of Living Astrology: How to Weave the Wisdom of All 12 Signs into Your Everyday Life. You can explore with Britten at her podcast Moon to Moon. Join Britten's membership space: https://brittenlarue.com/living-emergence If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for private mentorship and coaching with me. This is an intensive container, designed to support you in refining your self-leadership skills, moving through important life thresholds with grace, and expanding your capacity for creative expansions.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

The last podcast of the offseason! The boys weave around the horn, giving their title picks, Final Four picks, and All-Americans along the way. Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (4:45) - Root's Roundup (14:40) - All-Americans (33:00) - Elite 8, Final Four & Title Predictions (42:10) - Opening Night Quick Preview (52:50) - Reviews Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase

Yvonne pulls back the veil on how witches in Youghal mark Halloween and talks Youghaloween to PJ. See also here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How one rural weaver is helping neighbors feel seen, supported, and connected in Wilkes County, NC — and what we can learn from her example. We are kicking off something special. This episode is the first in a new ongoing series highlighting Weavers — local leaders around the country who are rebuilding trust and community from the ground up through Weave: The Social Fabric Project (weavers.org). Our inaugural guest is LB Prevette — a “rural rejuvenator,” community connector, and what she jokingly (but truthfully) calls an “aggressive friend.” LB is based in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where she works to create safe, inclusive, deeply rooted community spaces for queer youth, neighbors in recovery, families, and folks who don't always feel seen in small-town America. We talk about what it means to leave home — and to return to it. We talk about pain, belonging, queerness in Appalachia, rebuilding trust one relationship at a time, and why community isn't built in speeches — it's built in porches, casseroles, group texts, and checking in at the exact moment someone needs it. And we talk about Merle's — the community bar / gathering space LB helped co-found — a place that feels less like a bar and more like your cool aunt's house party where everyone belongs. This is not a story about charity. It's a story about returning to each other.

How one rural weaver is helping neighbors feel seen, supported, and connected in Wilkes County, NC — and what we can learn from her example. We are kicking off something special. This episode is the first in a new ongoing series highlighting Weavers — local leaders around the country who are rebuilding trust and community from the ground up through Weave: The Social Fabric Project (weavers.org). Our inaugural guest is LB Prevette — a “rural rejuvenator,” community connector, and what she jokingly (but truthfully) calls an “aggressive friend.” LB is based in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where she works to create safe, inclusive, deeply rooted community spaces for queer youth, neighbors in recovery, families, and folks who don't always feel seen in small-town America. We talk about what it means to leave home — and to return to it. We talk about pain, belonging, queerness in Appalachia, rebuilding trust one relationship at a time, and why community isn't built in speeches — it's built in porches, casseroles, group texts, and checking in at the exact moment someone needs it. And we talk about Merle's — the community bar / gathering space LB helped co-found — a place that feels less like a bar and more like your cool aunt's house party where everyone belongs. This is not a story about charity. It's a story about returning to each other.

Ilia Delio welcomes back Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining to probe a live question for faith communities today: when our concepts of God become narrow—or distorted—how do they derail spiritual growth and even undermine justice? Hillary names the fears that keep churches clinging to old power structures, and offers a pastoral imagination big enough for an evolving, more-than-abstract God. From “theology police” moments in grief care to the responsibility we bear as Christ's body, she invites a shift from transactional religion to a life transfigured by love.The conversation moves into language itself. Do words like Christ and God still help? Hillary shares why she often leads with “Spirit” in wider settings, why the church still needs a reclaimed Christ-language, and how wisdom and creation-energy weave through our lives. Drawing on her Indigenous heritage, she describes practices of reciprocity with the land and how those experiences shape a joyful, resilient path forward for St. Columba's: centers of prayer and discernment where head and heart meet, contemplation births action, and hope endures.ABOUT REV. DR. HILLARY RAINING“The emotional and physical lives of our ancestors… fundamentally affect our emotional and physical lives as well… The practice of gratitude… changes—not only those who practice it—but also the generations that follow.”The Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining is an Episcopal Priest serving as Rector at St. Columba's in Washington, D.C. She is also the founder of The Hive (www.thehiveapiary.com), an online spirituality and wellness community. Actively involved in the Episcopal Church, she served on multiple committees and as a professor and consultant for various Seminaries. She is also a published writer and a sought-after public speaker. With several degrees and certifications in theology, liturgy, psychology, trauma integration, yoga, and forest therapy, she seeks to empower others through healing and spiritual direction while leading innovative ministry projects.Whether you're enjoying Hunger for Wholeness or see ways we can improve, we'd genuinely value your feedback. Your insights help us serve our listening community with greater depth and clarity. Visit christogenesis.org/feedback to share your thoughts. Thanks for being part of the journey.Support the showA huge thank you to all of you who subscribe and support our show! Support for A Hunger for Wholeness comes from the Fetzer Institute. Fetzer supports a movement of organizations who are applying spiritual solutions to society's toughest problems. Get involved at fetzer.org. Visit the Center for Christogenesis' website at christogenesis.org/podcast to browse all Hunger for Wholeness episodes and read more from Ilia Delio. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for episode releases and other updates.

Welcome to Soundbites, the official LUNASHARK Premium recap hosted by Beth Braden, journalist and researcher for the True Sunlight Podcast. Normally, Soundbites is where our Premium community gets an exclusive, behind-the-scenes breakdown of the biggest stories from True Sunlight and Cup of Justice. But this month, we're sharing this episode on the public feed so everyone can catch up on the reporting. With Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family capturing national attention and our Murdaugh: Death in the Family Official Podcast climbing the charts, we wanted to make sure both longtime listeners and brand-new ones have a chance to step back, breathe, and understand how we got here. From the 2019 boat crash that killed Mallory Beach, to the still-unsolved death of Stephen Smith, to the heartbreaking story of Gloria Satterfield and the millions Alex Murdaugh stole from her family.   We're also releasing Remastered MMP Episodes on the True Sunlight feed, but this is a crash course for newcomers and a powerful reminder for our OG listeners of just how far we've come — and how much work is still ahead in the pursuit of truth and justice.Let's dive in! Lots to cover, so let's dive in...

18 teams are in the Big Ten, which is way too many. We're going to talk about them all anyway! Every squad, storyline, coaching change, and more is broken down in our last conference preview before the new season! Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (4:16) - Root's Roundup (16:25) - Big Ten Preview Tier 1 & 2 1) Purdue 2) Michigan 3) UCLA 4) Illinois (41:30) - Tier 3 5) Wisconsin 6) Iowa 7) Michigan St. 8) USC 9) Oregon 10 Washington 11) Indiana 12) Ohio St. 13) Maryland (1:12:40) - Tier 4 & 5: 14) Nebraska 15) Northwestern 16) Minnesota 17) Penn St. 18) Rutgers   Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase  

In this episode of the Nonprofit Spotlight Series, host Grayson Harris speaks with Beth Hassett, CEO of WEAVE, an organization committed to ending domestic and sexual violence in the Sacramento region. With over 40 years of impact, WEAVE provides critical intervention services, prevention education, and community engagement programs aimed at creating safer, more supportive communities for survivors.Beth shares how WEAVE's vision — When Everyone Acts, Violence Ends — calls on individuals and organizations alike to take tangible action, from education to advocacy. She also reflects on her nearly three decades of leadership at WEAVE, the organization's growth from a $1.8 million to an $11 million nonprofit, and how their values-driven approach sustains both trust and transformation.Key Topics CoveredWEAVE's New Vision: Why “When Everyone Acts, Violence Ends” emphasizes community action over passive awareness.Intervention & Prevention: From housing and legal aid to youth education and bystander training in bars, salons, and workplaces.Leadership & Growth: Beth's 20+ year journey from development director to CEO and WEAVE's expansion into new programs and advocacy.Funding with Integrity: Navigating uncertain funding landscapes through transparency, community trust, and values-based communication.Community Engagement: How partnerships with schools, businesses, and civic organizations drive prevention efforts.Living the Values: Keeping survivor-centered care and empathy at the core of daily operations and long-term strategy.

We are down a man today, meaning there's only two of us - aka, the amount of SEC teams that did NOT make the NCAA Tournament last year. On the other hand, 14 of them did! Can all 16 make it this year? Can you imagine? Plus, a bonus not-so-surprise guest at the end!  Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (5:15) - Root's Roundup (11:30) - SEC Preview (1:21:25) - Chris Beard interview   Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase

Episode 420 zahhhhhhhhh. We're talking Big 12! We break down all 16 teams in depth, talk tiers, coaches, and all that good stuff. Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (4:05) - Root's Roundup (14:05) - Big 12 Preview (1:17:35) - Reviews Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase  

We're cracking open some cold ones with the boys and chatting about the September 2025 Nintendo Direct! Afterwards, Gerry makes a formal apology to Team Cherry and gives an update on his progress in Silksong. We also talk about bananas going extinct (RIP), Aaron's thoughts on Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and for some reason we talk about Kinetica.

MAY (2002)—Haunted by loneliness and childhood trauma, socially awkward May struggles to connect with others. Her desire for friendship and love spirals into obsession, leading her to craft a disturbing solution to fill the void in her life.  Weave your way into the unique horror that is May. Join us as we explore the film's unsettling … Continue reading Ep. 08-09: May (2002) →

The Big East! College basketball's basketball-only conference! UConn and St. John's lead a top heavy league, but we'll spend time on all 11 of the lovely squads competing to take home hardware in March. Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (4:00) - Root's Roundup (12:00) - Big East Preview (1:08:20) - Reviews Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase  

Minnesota Republicans feel good about their chances in 2026. They've got lots of opportunities to break through on the statewide map — with several key offices on the line. None is more tantalizing than the governor's office. DFL Gov. Tim Walz is after a third term, and Republicans are out to convince voters he's worn out his welcome. One of the candidates working to make that case is GOP state Rep. Kristin Robbins, who has made fraud a campaign focus from her position as chair of the House Committee on Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight. Rep. Robbins talks with MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst about why she's running and how she'll navigate a field of GOP hopefuls. Later, we'll get an update on the impending closure of the Stillwater prison from Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell. His department is under orders to shutter the facility by 2029.

“It's not time that heals, it's what we do in that time.” –Dawn Michele JacksonWe don't do grief well. And unprocessed grief has consequences. I'm talking with grief specialist Dawn Michele Jackson about what we get wrong about grief and processing loss. Grief isn't just about death — it is a natural reaction to any kind of loss. Your kids leaving home, changes in your body, moving, changing jobs, divorce, losing a close friend, … and yes, death. We can grieve very personal losses or public and collective losses.You've probably heard that time heals, but it isn't that simple. Let's talk about how to actually face loss and work through our grief.We talk about: Not saying “I know how you feel” and what to do insteadWhat happens when you don't deal with grief — and why we often don't address itHow even happy things can cause griefHow losses can compoundGiving people an opportunity to talk about who or what they've lostWhy you shouldn't hand a grieving person a tissue — and other ways to allow people to have their emotional responseABOUT DAWNDawn Jackson draws on three decades of nursing experience and her expertise as an Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist to help others heal their hearts, transform their lives, and rediscover joy. She is the bestselling author of Journey to Peace and Healing and Journey to Self Discovery: 100 Days of Soulful Reflections, as well as a contributing author to multiple international bestselling anthologies.LINKShttps://www.dawnmichelejackson.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-michele-jackson/https://www.facebook.com/dawnmichelejacksonPause magazine (Find Dawn in issue 2): https://plansimple.com/magazineDOABLE CHANGESAt the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens.Even though we want big change, it's really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect.Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation:FEEL YOUR OWN GRIEF. What have you lost recently? Have you allowed yourself to feel it? Are you staying busy and numbing? What if you opened up to your feelings?BECOME A LISTENING HEART. Next time somebody mentions a loss to you, instead of telling them you know how they feel or giving them a platitude to make them feel better. Try listening. Ask them about the person or pet or thing they lost. Give them a chance to talk.MODEL GRIEVING TO OTHERS. You don't have to be strong and keep your emotions in. Show your kids and others around you that it's okay to feel and express your feelings. That might mean crying about a loss or letting people around you know you are having a sad or hard day.

The ACC looks to bounce back from a horrible 2024-25 (unless your name was "Duke"). New coaches abound, better teams abound possibly? The Weave breaks down every team, storyline, and angle in the kickoff to our power conference previews. Rundown: (0:00) - Intro (4:50) - Root's Roundup (22:45) - ACC Preview (1:32:00) - Reviews Supports us and the sponsors! YouTube Channel (like and subscribe!) Basket Under Review / The Burner Discord (NEW AND IMPROVED - sign up and join us!) CBB Analytics promo code "Weave" for $40 off subscription Homefield Apparel promo code "3MW" for 15% discount off purchase

HOUR #1 - HOLY TOLEDO, Y'all..!! FRAMBER TOOK THE WEAVE/Fake Hair OUT! Is this the 'Stros Turning Point?! AND-DeMeco Makes T-Mil INSANE with Anger!! full 2388 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:41:50 +0000 jJPg2d5J0j43RO2q5B8mXsZdWJk8i8jK nfl,mlb,nba,nfl news,texans,astros,rockets,mlb news,sports The Drive with Stoerner and Hughley nfl,mlb,nba,nfl news,texans,astros,rockets,mlb news,sports HOUR #1 - HOLY TOLEDO, Y'all..!! FRAMBER TOOK THE WEAVE/Fake Hair OUT! Is this the 'Stros Turning Point?! AND-DeMeco Makes T-Mil INSANE with Anger!! 2-6PM M-F © 2025 Audacy, Inc. Sports

HOLY WOW Astros Fans! FRAMBER has REMOVED HIS WEAVE/FAKE HAIR Ahead of Thursday's MUST-WIN Game vs the A's! WHAT?! 'Stros Turning Point!?! full 228 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:19:54 +0000 mJDwr6xvjBMJUjJux8YNlyNG84Xzww85 mlb,houston astros,athletics,astros,mlb news,mlb playoffs,al west,framber valdez,astros news,framber,sports The Drive with Stoerner and Hughley mlb,houston astros,athletics,astros,mlb news,mlb playoffs,al west,framber valdez,astros news,framber,sports HOLY WOW Astros Fans! FRAMBER has REMOVED HIS WEAVE/FAKE HAIR Ahead of Thursday's MUST-WIN Game vs the A's! WHAT?! 'Stros Turning Point!?! 2-6PM M-F © 2025 Audacy, Inc. Sports

Two weeks after the brazen assassination of Charlie Kirk, his so-called "trad wife" Erika has seized the reins of Turning Point USA, flooding inboxes with desperate fundraising pleas that reek of cashing in on her husband's corpse because nothing says "honoring the dead" like turning tragedy into a grift for the globalist elite. Dig deeper, and you'll uncover Erika's web of Trump recruitment, Epstein-style pageants, orphan trafficking ops, and Raytheon-fueled war profiteering tied straight to Israel's blood-soaked machine, all while fake conservatives cheer on speech-crushing tyranny to shield the real killers. The COVID shots aren't vaccines, they're parasite-packed bioweapons meant to cripple you and your kids while the elite laugh. Tune in, because I'm ripping the mask off this demonic plot to infest humanity with disease and death. Western civilization has been infected by a parasitic invasion of foreign ideals and values that have been introduced into our culture by strange and morally degenerate people whose goal is world domination. We have been OCCUPIED. Watch the film NOW! https://stewpeters.com/occupied/ Locals September Special

Gamespot's Lucy James joins the panel to cover the Nintendo Direct, $100,000 collector's editions of games, and being friends with Sonic characters. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater CalorieMate Hideo Kojima Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Robert Redford Yuji Naka Diddy Kong Pathologic 2 The Darkness Silent Hill series Hollow Knight “For the Generosity friends. For the Innocent fighters. AS YOU……” Chainsaw Man 1: How about that Nintendo Direct? (04:10) Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online Fight for glory in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave coming to the Switch 2 next year Metroid Prime 4 goes beyond, launching this December Nintendo Direct September 2025: all the news and trailers Super Mario Galaxy 2 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Virtual Boy Nintendo Labo Nintendo reveals replica Talking Flower Baby Yoda Bop It! Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child Edition 2: What are the greatest acts of hubris in the history of game development? (11:03) Peter Molyneux WELL BAM there it is NFTs John Romero's Daikatana Doom HitRECord founder responds to backlash over crowdsourcing assets for Beyond Good and Evil 2 Rayman Origins Beyond Good & Evil Uncle Pey'j Helldivers II SmartGlass Game of Thrones Dark 3: When has a video game benefitted the most from the involvement of a celebrity? (17:16) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Warhammer 40,000 Henry Cavill Curt Schilling Kingdoms of Amalur series Usher Just Dance series Dance Central 3 Samuel L. Jackson Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Sean Connery 007: From Russia With Love Fortnite Call of Duty series Nicki Minaj Street Fighter series Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li Phil Collins Phil Collins animated biopic set in the world of Grand Theft Auto Robbie Williams Better Man (2024) Pharrell Williams Piece By Piece (2024) 4: What features would you include in a $100,000 collectors edition of a game? (23:25) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Baldur's Gate III Todd Howard Randy Pitchford How Long To Beat Hollow Knight: Silksong IGN 5: SwirlTheNumber asks, could there ever be a good Garfield game? (31:00) Garfield Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift Cooking Mama series Nermal GarfieldEats Garfield licensees Gex Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Hello Kitty Snoopy Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse King Mickey Kingdom Hearts series Epic Mickey series Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 6: What are some examples of video game writing you really love? (38:19) Grand Theft Auto V Franklin Clinton Grace Walker Wolfenstein: The New Order Debra Wilson Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Amanda Waller Joker Batman: Arkham Knight Paul Dini Harley Quinn Batman: the Animated Series Grand Theft Auto IV Dishonored Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher 7: Which video game character do you think you could be friends with, but would be the most difficult person in your friend group? (44:42) Sonic the Hedgehog Ryuji Persona 5 My Hero Academia Minoru Mineta Shadow the Hedgehog Rouge the Bat Knuckles the Echidna Miles “Tails” Prower Charmy Bee Cream the Rabbit Knuckles' Chaotix LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Hollow Knight (50:34) Recommendations and Outro (54:42): Frank: Support your local PBS station Lucy: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, GameSpot and Friends Per Second Ash: Anciliary Justice, 30 Minute Missions Jaffe: 52 Pickup, DC Action News This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week's horrible buzzer was sent in by Matt McNeely. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to show@insertcredit.com, and maybe we'll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

Gamespot's Lucy James joins the panel to cover the Nintendo Direct, $100,000 collector's editions of games, and being friends with Sonic characters. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Ash Parrish, and Lucy James. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Watch episodes with full video on YouTube Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums SHOW NOTES: Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater CalorieMate Hideo Kojima Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Robert Redford Yuji Naka Diddy Kong Pathologic 2 The Darkness Silent Hill series Hollow Knight “For the Generosity friends. For the Innocent fighters. AS YOU……” Chainsaw Man 1: How about that Nintendo Direct? (04:10) Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online Fight for glory in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave coming to the Switch 2 next year Metroid Prime 4 goes beyond, launching this December Nintendo Direct September 2025: all the news and trailers Super Mario Galaxy 2 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Virtual Boy Nintendo Labo Nintendo reveals replica Talking Flower Baby Yoda Bop It! Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child Edition 2: What are the greatest acts of hubris in the history of game development? (11:03) Peter Molyneux WELL BAM there it is NFTs John Romero's Daikatana Doom HitRECord founder responds to backlash over crowdsourcing assets for Beyond Good and Evil 2 Rayman Origins Beyond Good & Evil Uncle Pey'j Helldivers II SmartGlass Game of Thrones Dark 3: When has a video game benefitted the most from the involvement of a celebrity? (17:16) Joseph Gordon-Levitt 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand Warhammer 40,000 Henry Cavill Curt Schilling Kingdoms of Amalur series Usher Just Dance series Dance Central 3 Samuel L. Jackson Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Sean Connery 007: From Russia With Love Fortnite Call of Duty series Nicki Minaj Street Fighter series Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li Phil Collins Phil Collins animated biopic set in the world of Grand Theft Auto Robbie Williams Better Man (2024) Pharrell Williams Piece By Piece (2024) 4: What features would you include in a $100,000 collectors edition of a game? (23:25) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Baldur's Gate III Todd Howard Randy Pitchford How Long To Beat Hollow Knight: Silksong IGN 5: SwirlTheNumber asks, could there ever be a good Garfield game? (31:00) Garfield Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift Cooking Mama series Nermal GarfieldEats Garfield licensees Gex Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Hello Kitty Snoopy Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse King Mickey Kingdom Hearts series Epic Mickey series Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 6: What are some examples of video game writing you really love? (38:19) Grand Theft Auto V Franklin Clinton Grace Walker Wolfenstein: The New Order Debra Wilson Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Amanda Waller Joker Batman: Arkham Knight Paul Dini Harley Quinn Batman: the Animated Series Grand Theft Auto IV Dishonored Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Bashi Bazook: Morphoid Masher 7: Which video game character do you think you could be friends with, but would be the most difficult person in your friend group? (44:42) Sonic the Hedgehog Ryuji Persona 5 My Hero Academia Minoru Mineta Shadow the Hedgehog Rouge the Bat Knuckles the Echidna Miles “Tails” Prower Charmy Bee Cream the Rabbit Knuckles' Chaotix LIGHTNING ROUND: GameFAQ&As - Hollow Knight (50:34) Recommendations and Outro (54:42): Frank: Support your local PBS station Lucy: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, GameSpot and Friends Per Second Ash: Anciliary Justice, 30 Minute Missions Jaffe: 52 Pickup, DC Action News This week's Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. This week's horrible buzzer was sent in by Matt McNeely. Thanks! To submit your own horrible buzzer, send an original recording no longer than two seconds in mp3 or wav format to show@insertcredit.com, and maybe we'll use it on the show! Subscribe: RSS, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more!

“In the world of AI, people are hungry for honest, authentic conversations.” –Dolores HirschmannIf you're posting all the time on social media, and wondering where the clients are you'll want to listen to this conversation with Dolores Hirschmann, who helps people harness the power of speaking to grow their businesses.She shows us the difference between speaking and having an intentional, strategically built talk that takes people from point curious to client. This is different from telling your story. Once you create your talk, it's rinse and repeat. Creating new messaging, new content, new talks every day can actually hurt your business.Even if you can't picture yourself on stage or in front of the mic, putting your talk together creates clear, focused, tight content that you can use in other ways in your business.We talk about: Authenticity to build trust with your audienceHave your key point and give people multiple ways to engage with that ideaHow creating a framework lets you really delve into your creativityThe things you need to think about when looking for speaking gigsHow to measure the success of your talk (it's not applause)Using technology to streamline the process of securing speaking gigsABOUT DOLORESDolores Hirschmann is an investor, strategist, speaker, and founder of Masters in Clarity, a strategy and business coaching firm. She helps service professionals grow their businesses and establish thought leadership. A former TEDx organizer, she specializes in positioning experts, authors, consultants, and coaches for success.Dolores recently sold a company to Pete Vargas and Grant Cardone, supporting its growth to multiple 8 figures in four years. She built a software platform to help speakers get placed on stages and advises businesses on preparing for profitable exits. Masters in Clarity provides fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) services to help companies design and execute marketing initiatives and set up automated marketing systems. As an investor, Dolores acquires and scales small businesses, ensuring their legacy and long-term success.LINKSwriteyourtalk.comwww.mastersinclarity.comDOABLE CHANGESAt the end of every episode, we share three doable changes, so you can take what you've heard and put it into action. Action is where change happens.Even though we want big change, it's really little things done over and over that make the difference. So pick a doable thing. Put it in your calendar. Weave it through your days for a week and then move on to the next one. It will have a snowball effect.Here are three Doable Changes from this conversation:ASSESS YOUR SPEAKING. Do you find yourself stumbling when you try to say what you do? Do you ramble too much on sales calls? Do you have your story down pat, but don't know what to do with it? Are you at a loss when it comes to how to get in front of an audience? What's getting in your way of speaking?UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF SPEAKING. Think about a powerful speaker you've seen. Think about how seeing some one talking built your trust or interest in working with them. Remember this when you start to wonder if speaking is for you.GET HELP FROM A PRO. You don't have to reinvent the wheel or figure this out on your own. Getting support creating your talk and finding speaking gigs can make the process so much easier. A lot of us worry about getting in front of an audience; being prepared helps. See the links for Dolores' webinar and...

Send us a textshownotes - Episode 312Mr. Driller 2 and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams added to GameBoy Advance on Nintendo Classics, The Touryst: Deluxe, Acclaim Showcase, Nintendo Direct September 2025, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mario and Luma and Rosalina' Amiibo, Mario Tennis Fever, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, Talking Flower, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book , Storm Lancers, Dinkum, Popucom, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Lynked: Banner of the Spark, Hades II, Kirby Air Riders amiibo, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Dragon Quest VII, Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Overcooked! 2, Stardew Valley, Human Fall Flat Switch 2 Editions, PowerWash Simulator 2, Suika Game Planet, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island + Emerald Rush DLC, Pokémon Pokopia, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Danganronpa 2x2, Dynasty Warriors: Origin, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, Two Point Museum, Disgaea 7 Complete, EA SPORTS FC26, DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, LEGO Voyagers, Little Nightmares III and Persona 3 Reload, Resident Evil Requiem, Resident Evil 7 & Resident Evil 8 Gold Editions, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection.The Gaming BlenderWe mash genres. We pitch games. You question our sanity.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Wherein we discuss Tropical Storm Mario, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Pokemon Pokopia, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch Online, Mario Tennis Fever, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Hades II, Dragon Quest VII, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake, consulting the Zelda timeline, the 2025 Emmy Awards, The Paper, and an eternity of The Simpsons. Starring Ryan Scott and Ryan Higgins.

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Essa semanas viajamos por Cronos: The New Dawn, Hollow Knight: Silksong e Baldur's Gate I & II. Além de um resumo do Nintendo Direct, incluindo o remake de Dragon Quest VII, Metroid Prime 4 a insanidade do Virtual Boy e mais! 00:09:38: Nintendo Direct 12/09 00:18:08: Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined 00:27:46: 40 anos de Super Mario Bros. 00:39:19: Mario Tennis Fever 00:48:22: Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush 00:57:46: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond 01:07:32: Pokémon Pokopia 01:14:16: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave 01:19:15: Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics 01:31:22: Hades 2 01:35:47: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake 01:39:40: Cronos: The New Dawn 02:31:17: Hollow Knight: Silksong alguns 02:50:27: Finalmentes: Baldur's Gate 1 e 2 Contribua | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Contato

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We'll DM you a Steam code for Hauntii if you support MinnMax at any tier or upgrade your tier before 9/22/25! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Jacob Geller, and Leo Vader along with special guest Brendon Bigley from Into The Aether and Wavelengths share early impressions of Borderlands 4 and how the action compares to the new roguelite FPS Void/Breaker. Then we run through our favorite moments from the Nintendo Direct on Friday, including the reveal of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the Super Mario Galaxy movie, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's release date. Then we return to Hollow Knight: Silksong to share our final thoughts on the game's scope and ambition... without spoiling key moments or fights. We also talk about the generous demo for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter and the history of Falcom's incredibly long-running series. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch and share the video version of this episode - https://youtu.be/B-XEE8_2MAs Follow Brendon Bigley's work here... https://wavelengths.online/about https://intothecast.online/ Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: EARTHWINDANDGAMES https://www.hellofresh.com/minnmax10fm - 10 free meals + a free item for life To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:06:41 - Get a Steam code for Hauntii 00:07:31 - Borderlands 4 00:31:18 - Hello Fresh 00:33:22 - Void/Breaker 00:46:22 - Nintendo Direct Highlights 01:12:07 - Best Switch 2 Grip 01:17:13 - Hollow Knight: Silksong 01:40:02 - Sky the Scraper 01:45:27 - Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter 01:53:54 - Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar 02:01:01 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/ 02:02:39 - Community questions 02:36:32 - Get A Load Of This Leo's GALOT - https://www.benq.com/en-us/knowledge-center/knowledge/ps-remote-play-steam-deck.html Jacob's GALOT - https://www.lostincult.co.uk/overthinking Hanson's GALOT - https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Interview:Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_May_3rd_2005_(Kondo) Brendon's GALOT - https://www.ayaneo.com/article/890 Community GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/mariobrothblog.bsky.social/post/3lysratc6xc2g Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Catch up on the best of MinnMax - https://bit.ly/4gAc6eq Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/minnmax.com Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Download for Mobile | Podcast Preview | Full Timestamps Older Twitch VODs are now being uploaded to the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CastleSuperBeastArchive Silksong's 100% is a Lie 2XKO: Juggernaut Damage &  Immaculate Netcode Bioshock Infinite's Greatest Crime: Songbird Motorcycle Samus Feels Right, Motorcycle Link Feels Wrong The Concept of Summoning Is Now Owned by Nintendo  The Worst Fictional Dads Watch live: twitch.tv/castlesuperbeast Visit https://heroforge.com/ to start designing your custom miniature and dice today. - Go to http://shopify.com/superbeast to sign up for your $1-per-month trial period. - Go to https://hellofresh.com/superbeast10fm now to Get 10 Free Meals + a Free Item for Life! Palworld isn't the only target — Nintendo's latest patent could touch hundreds of games - Nintendo has been awarded a patent for "summon and fight" mechanics in the US, and here's why that's a problem Randy and Borderlands 4 FOV: https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/1967363184349835472 'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed' Everything Announced At Nintendo Direct September 2025: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 Mario Tennis Fever Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Storm Lancers Dinkum Popucom Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade Lynked: Banner of the Spark Hades II | v1.0 Launch Trailer Amibos for Kirby Air Riders Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Dragonquest VII Reimagined Virtua Boy Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Games getting new Nintendo Switch 2 Editions are: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Overcooked 2, Stardew Valley, and Human Fall Flat PowerWash Simulator 2 Suika Game Planet Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Donkey Kong Bananza DLC Pokemon Pokopia Pokémon Legends Z-A Danganronpa 2×2 Dynasty Warriors: Origins Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Resident Evil Requiem Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave  

Today's show:Hear why Eric Jackson thinks Opendoor is the new Carvana, and how he's planning to bring Drake on board as an investor (plus Jason's Bestie Chamath).On a brand-new TWiST, Jason and Alex are chatting with Jackson of EMJ Capital about his hunt for elusive 100 baggers (stocks that return 100-to-1).PLUS we're chatting with Weave Robotics' Kaan Doğrusöz about designing practical domestic robots RIGHT NOW, rather than prototypes for 2030. Hear about how they got Isaac to fold laundry like a pro.All that and… how Jason would turn around TechCrunch, why board members should always have skin in the game, that Waymo motorcycle accident, AND Uber and Tesla's first team-up to haul freight!Timestamps:(0:00) Jason is worried about the next generation facing the end of apprenticeship; here's his advice for young workers(10:24) Northwest Registered Agent - Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today!(11:30) Kaan Doğrusöz of Weave Robotics joins to talk about getting his laundry-folding robot, Isaac, into customer's homes(18:01) Isaac doesn't have hands; here's how Weave makes it work with grippers(20:44) Stripe Startups - Stripe Startups offers early-stage, venture-backed startups access to Stripe fee credits and more. Apply today on stripe.com/startups.(21:48) Show Continues…(24:51) Checking out some of Weave's competitors… how did they settle on Isaac's design?(30:01) Miro - Help your teams get great done with Miro. Check out miro.com to find out how!(31:10) What's going on with TikTok?(36:15) Jason's pitch is “BOYA”: Bring Your Own Algorithm(38:54) Eric Jackson of EMJ Capital stops by to talk up $OPEN and why he wants Drake to invest(40:14) Eric's early YouTube career as an activist Yahoo! Investor(44:42) Lessons Eric learned from Carvana and how that informed his $OPEN bet(01:00:30) Why bringing Keith Rabois back was Eric's ultimate dream for Opendoor(01:03:02) Why board members should always have “skin in the game” and why $OPEN wants Chamath back(01:07:26) Tesla and Uber are finally working together… They said it was impossible!(01:09:31) A look at YouTube's new AI podcasting featuresSubscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelmFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisThank you to our partners:Northwest Registered Agent - Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today!Stripe Startups - Stripe Startups offers early-stage, venture-backed startups access to Stripe fee credits and more. Apply today on stripe.com/startups.Miro - Help your teams get great done with Miro. Check out miro.com to find out how!Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.comSubscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916

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Jeff and Christian welcome Lucy James from Gamespot back to the show this week to discuss the lengthy Nintendo Direct, including Mario 40th Anniversary reveals, Metroid rpime 4's release date, a new Fire Emblem, and more! Plus, Acclaim is back with nine new games. The Playlist: Lucy: Hell Is Us Christian: GeForce NOW RTX 5080 Jeff: Borderlands 4 Parting Gifts!

Pick a god and pray; Fire Emblem is back along with a deluge of news from the latest Nintendo Direct. Slow-life Pokemon, collections of Mega Mans, and remakes of good Dragon Quests. Kat, Nadia, and Victor discuss all this and more on the this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: You can just play old games. Nothing is stopping you. Super Robot Wars brings us together Timestamps: 3:30 - Main Topic - Nintendo Direct Reactions - Fire Emblem 18:52 - Dragon Quest VII 29:28 - Pokemon Pokopia 35:34 - Virtual Boy 44:02 - Hades 2 45:08 Persona 3 Reload 46:44 - Danganronpa 48:20 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment 52:00 - Mega Man: Star Force 1:05:12 - Random Encounters 1:10:24 - Remembering the PlayStation on its 30th Birthday 1:36:08 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook - 40 Years of Super Mario Brothers Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana] Shooting Star - [Mega Man Star Force] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Nintendo Pow BlockThis week, ⁠⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey Dirrig dig into the latest Nintendo Direct. From the reveal of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave to a Switch 2 upgrade for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, plus new games like Mario Tennis Fever and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, there's a ton to be excited about.They also talk release dates for Metroid Prime 4, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Pokémon Legends Z-A, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and Hades II, along with some fun surprises like Virtual Boy on Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza DLC, Resident Evil Requiem, and more.On top of that, they chat about third-party devs finally getting Switch 2 kits, Nintendo's lawsuit with Genki, and whether we'll see more HD remasters for upcoming anniversaries.This and more on Nintendo Pow Block!Follow our Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward Varnell⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Cofounder of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Founder of Boss Rush Media and the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Boss Rush Community: Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network Community Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Boss Rush Network: Follow Boss Rush Network on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support Boss Rush Network:Support Boss Rush on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and buy merch on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Store.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website at BossRush.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more great content.Thank you for your Support!Thank you for watching or listening to Nintendo Pow Block, the Nintendo podcast from Boss Rush Network! If you enjoyed the show, be sure to subscribe to the channel, give the video a Like, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review—it really helps! For more great content, visit our website at BossRush.net. Thanks for your continued support of Nintendo Pow Block and our independent endeavor with the Boss Rush Network!

✩ Audio Version ✩ ► https://superderekrpgs.com/hitpoint/ SOCIAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- ✩ Derek ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SuperDerekRPGs►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/superderekrpgs.com ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperDerek ►Discord: https://discord.me/superderek✩ Baku ✩ ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/BakusanOG►Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bakusanog.bsky.social ►Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/WeebSauce ►Discord: https://discord.me/ABC GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS--------------------------------------------------- ►Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Sagahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uh5D8GzaaQ ►The Coma 3: Bloodlineshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5mgHigDHBw ►Sushi Benhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alHUaR4IOBM  ►Rise Eterna IIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot44dhjkfQc ►Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collectionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AeGb_NfP1k ►Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuSV9Sy28Mw ►Pokemon Pokopiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bYri9p1Uk ►FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqotGof_VvI  ►Danganronpa 2×2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LGot_GCEE   ►Metroid Prime 4: Beyondhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNCNswbdG0 ►Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weavehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6eNaiftiWE ►Dragon Quest VII Reimaginedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8xcYHboPs ►Last Moonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObLiaHYw6XE TIMESTAMPS---------------------------------------------------0:00:00 Welcome Back to HitPoint!0:01:08 Intro0:03:21 Baku: what were you up to last week?New Game Announcements0:11:45 Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga: Oct 10, 20250:14:36 The Coma 3: Bloodlines: 20260:17:42 Sushi Ben: Sep 18, 20250:21:33 Rise Eterna II: Oct 9, 20250:25:26 Mega Man Star Force: Legacy Collection: 20260:28:49 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment: Nov 6, 20250:33:56 Pokémon Pokopia: 20260:38:17 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake: Feb 5, 20260:40:27 Danganronpa 2×2: 20260:43:43 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: Dec 4, 20250:46:15 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave: 20260:49:31 Dragon Quest VII Reimagined: Feb 5, 20260:53:16 Last Moon: 2026Industry News0:58:05 Star Ocean: First Departure R: version announced0:59:00 Upcoming Showcases1:00:15 Edia to Release Classic Nihon Falcom Ports1:02:53 Nintendo/Game Freak: Scarlet & Violet gameplay loop patentLast Week's Comments1:30:05 Voicemail: “My hot take on the Switch 2”1:42:31 Star Wars Outlaws: “Game card is too slow”Super Chats & Outro1:47:42 Super Chat 1: “I'm excited for Jack Bros. on the Virtual Boy”1:55:13 Announcement: Hit Point returns to the SuperDerek channel1:57:52 Outro

Zenspath Entertainment Network episode 188 is here with a HUGE 3+ hour show all about Nintendo! Join Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase as we dive into the celebrations of Mario's 40th Anniversary, their upcoming Switch & Switch 2 titles, the Virtual Boy coming back, Nintendo's legal cases, the Speed Run, & MUCH more! Our "Big Question" for this week is "When Sony and Microsoft finally announce a 1st party game for Switch 2 what would you like to see?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom, share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! 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Jeremy - Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/zenspath.com  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zenspathcom/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@zenspathcom Hive - @zenspath Discord - @zenspath Twitch - https://twitch.tv/zenspath YouTube - https://youtube.com/zenspathcom Stephen - Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/n1ntendo.bsky.social Hive - @swantendo  Discord - @n1ntendo. (don't forget the "." at the end!) Chase - X - https://twitter.com/LegioXGaming  Chris - He's around... Intro 0:00  What We've Been Doing 0:58 The Group Chat - Space Marine 2 19:23 Nintendo Direct - Mario 40th Anniversary Nintendo Museum Art Exhibit 26:59 Nintendo Direct - Mario 40th Anniversary Kyoto Marathon Support 29:27 Nintendo Direct - Mario 40th Anniversary "The Super Mario Bros Galaxy Movie" 29:48 Nintendo Direct - Mario 40th Anniversary Rosalina's Story Book Physical Release 32:04 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 Titles "Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2" 34:18 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 Titles "Storm Lancers" 37:40 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 Titles "Dinkum" 38:42 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 Titles "Popucom" 39:54 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 Titles "Tomodachi Life Living the Dream" 41:37 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Edition Enhancements "Super Mario Bros. Wonder NS2E + Bellabel Park" 43:48 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Edition Enhancements "One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 NS2E" 46:58 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Edition Enhancements "Overcooked 2 - NS2E" 48:01  Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Edition Enhancements "Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" 49:11 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Edition Enhancements "Human Fall Flat - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" 51:11 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection" 52:01 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Lynked: Banner of the Spark" 53:31 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Hades 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" 55:18 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Dragon Quest VII Reimagined" 56:45 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Suika Game Planet" 1:00:59 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - NS2E" 1:02:01 Nintendo Direct - Switch 1 & Switch 2 Releases "Danganronpa 2x2" 1:14:24 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Mario Tennis Fever" 1:15:20 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Yoshi & The Mysterious Book" 1:17:10 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade" 1:19:17 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases Kirby Air Ride amiibo 1:22:48 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment" 1:24:46 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake" 1:28:48 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "PowerWash Simulator 2" 1:30:16 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Pokemon Pokopia" 1:32:03 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Dynasty Warriors: Origins" 1:37:39 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection" 1:44:19 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage" 1:47:35 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "LEGO Voyagers" 1:51:29 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases Resident Evil Switch 2 News! 1:51:03 Nintendo Direct - Switch 2 Releases "Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave" 1:55:11 Nintendo Direct - DLC Announcements "DK Bananza - DK Island & Emerald Rush" 2:08:06 Nintendo Direct - DLC Announcements "Pokemon Legends Z-A: Mega Dimension" 2:14:11 Nintendo Direct - Out of Left Field News Real Life Super Mario Wonder Talking Flower 2:17:21 Nintendo Direct - Out of Left Field News They Brought The Virtual Boy Back?!?! 2:19:42 Nintendo Direct - Our Letter Grades 2:37:21 Nintendo Direct - Nintendo Direct BINGO Results! 2:40:55 Nintendo Legal News - Nintendo Gains a Patent & Genki Settles a Case 2:54:49 The Speedrun 2:57:32 The Big Question 3:04:00 Outro & Where to Find Us 3:07:22

On the Direct Recap ShowOn the Direct Recap Show, ⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Stephanie Klimov⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LeRon Dawkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ break down Friday morning's Nintendo Direct, which celebrated Mario's 40th anniversary with the Super Mario Galaxy movie title reveal, the HD bundle of Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 for Nintendo Switch (also playable on Nintendo Switch 2), and two new Super Mario Galaxy amiibo featuring Mario and Rosalina.Nintendo also highlighted a Mario anniversary exhibit and limited-edition tickets to the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, celebrating the franchise's long history. Additionally, Nintendo will sponsor the Kyoto Marathon, with their name featured on every runner's nametag. The segment revealed two new games and one Nintendo Switch 2 upgrade. Super Mario Bros. Wonder will receive a Switch 2 version in 2026, featuring new content, mini-games, and a multiplayer hub in Bellabel Park. Alongside this upgrade, a physical Talking Flower was unveiled, ready to shout at players whenever they like. Mario Tennis Fever and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book were also showcased in depth, giving fans plenty to look forward to.After the anniversary segment, it was business as usual. Nintendo shared release dates for previously announced games like Final Fantasy VII Remake, Metroid Prime 4, Pokemon Legends Z-A, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, and Hades II. They also revealed a few surprises, including adding Virtual Boy to the Virtual Console with a special accessory that replicates the original hardware, DLC for Donkey Kong Bananza, Resident Evil making its return with Resident Evil Requiem, and more.The Direct ended on a high note with the long-awaited next entry in the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. The game introduces an Ancient Greece-inspired aesthetic, new characters, and story elements centered around the Heroic Games. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is set to release in 2026.This and more on the Direct Recap Show.Follow our Hosts:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Corey Dirrig⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Founder of Boss Rush Media and the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephanie Klimov⁠⁠⁠, VP of Media and Independent Developer Relations at ⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LeRon Dawkins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, VP of Technology and Culture at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Boss Rush Community: Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush Network Community Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Boss Rush Network: Follow Boss Rush Network on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support Boss Rush Network:Support Boss Rush on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and buy merch on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Store.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Boss Rush on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website at BossRush.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more great content.Thank you for your Support!Thank you for watching or listening to Nintendo Pow Block, the Nintendo podcast from Boss Rush Network! If you enjoyed the show, be sure to subscribe to the channel, give the video a Like, and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode. If you're listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast app, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review—it really helps! For more great content, visit our website at BossRush.net. Thanks for your continued support of Nintendo Pow Block and our independent endeavor with the Boss Rush Network!

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Dr. Len Tau, aka the Reviews Doctor, is on the podcast. With Kiera, he goes into the most critical nuts and bolts of making sure your practice stands out (or at least keeps pace with) online reviews amid AI. He explains jargon terms like ranking power and factors and velocity of reviews, whether or not you should actually be responding to reviews of your practice, and a ton more. Visit SuperchargeYourDentalPractice.com and enter the code RAVING to save $100 on registration for Dr. Tau's annual conference. About Dr. Tau Dr. Len Tau thrives on helping practices maximize their online reputation, marketing, and social media strategies. As a speaker, Len is known for his lively and engaging presentations packed with ready-to-use strategies. He regularly travels the country sharing his marketing brilliance and passion for practice growth with audiences. As a consultant, he offers practice leaders with real-world solutions tailored to fit their specific challenges and opportunities. Len loves to help doctors and their teams understand and implement successful online systems to build their practice. He currently serves as general manager of the Dental for Birdeye Reputation Marketing Software. Selected as one of Philadelphia's Top Dentists by Philadelphia Magazine, he continues to experience growth year after year in his fee-for-service practice focusing on general, cosmetic, reconstructive and implant dentistry. Following his father into the dental profession, Len graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and continues to pursue ongoing continuing education opportunities. He has had the privilege of serving patients for two decades. He is an active member of numerous professional organizations including the American Dental Association, the Pennsylvania Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Eastern Dental Society, the Northeast Philadelphia Dental Implant Study Club, and the American Academy of Clear Aligners. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Kiera Dent (00:00) Hello, Dental Team listeners. This is Kiera and today I am so excited. This is one of my dear friends. We've known each other for several years in the industry. I'm super freaking pumped. I'm going actually be at his event next year in September. Little teaser. Stay tuned. He's got an amazing event he does every year in September. I have Dr. Len Tau. He is one of my faves. He is better known ⁓ as an authority in the dental consulting world, reputation marketing, and a practice growth. He's recognized by dentistry today as a top dental consultant for eight straight years.   He is the author of Raving Patients and 100 plus tips to 105 star reviews in a hundred days. Like this man knows how to do it. He's one of my faves. We really do collaborate on so many fun things. After 20 plus years in clinical practice, he now helps dentists nationwide, increase revenue, case acceptance and visibility. He leads the dental vision at BirdEye, hosts the Raving Patients podcast and runs the Supercharger Dental Practice Conference, which is the one I was alluding to that we're gonna be at next year in September, empowering practices to thrive in today's competitive landscape.   He's truly one of my faves. And today we're gonna dig into like, how do you get online reviews? But Len, welcome. I'm so happy to have you on the podcast. How are you today?   Dr. Len Tau (01:06) I'm good, thanks for having me, I'm excited to be here.   Kiera Dent (01:08) Of course. And this just came about because Len like, let's just do a little teaser. You're prepping full like steam ahead right now for your event that's coming up in September in Florida. ⁓ I love like the last time you and I were on the podcast, we talked about you in clinical dentistry. And then we reconnected after some time and you've left the chair, you're living your best life and you full blown gone into the event space. So just like, I know we're gonna get into like online reviews and how AI is changing that it's going to be just a really, really fun episode today. But tell us a little bit like   How is it going from like full blown dentist in the chair to now full blown events, like running these awesome events that we're super excited to be a part. Just kind of give me a little insight to that.   Dr. Len Tau (01:46) Well, it's been, it's been a lot of, a lot of fun. It's been very different, obviously, you know, for 23 years, I practiced dentistry, um, for about 12 of those, 13 of those who was full time. And then I went part time in 2017 until I sold and retired in 2022. Um, but one of the things I've grew up on in dentistry was going to dental events and, the big, the ones, the small ones, you know, all over the country and as a dentist first, and then as a vendor.   Kiera Dent (02:08) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (02:15) Um, since 2013 or 14, so a long time in the space. know, one of the things that really hit me was that the events are not really put on very well. They're not, um, you know, whether you, if you're a dentist, there's issues when you're a vendor, there's issues. And I said, you know what? I want to change the game. And, um, one of my goals when I retired from dentistry was to start putting on events. So in 2023, um, in, in September, we did an event in Delray had 208.   Kiera Dent (02:25) Right.   Dr. Len Tau (02:44) Dennis there, 33 sponsors. was, first day was business, second day was marketing. Excuse me. First day was marketing. Second day was business. Had a 13, 14 speakers. It went off better than I could ever imagined. I then moved to the last year in 2024 to Scottsdale. And we were at the Scott Resort and Spa, which is a beautiful hotel and the event was good. It wasn't great. Definitely moving to different coasts.   I felt there was not as much, know, engagement, excitement about the event. So I, my family and my wife and I decided, Hey, we're going to do this. Let's have people come down to me. I live in beautiful, you know, part of Florida. we're having this year's event and the next three of them at super at, ⁓ at pure 66, a brand new hotel, ⁓ in Fort Lauderdale. It's literally half hour from my house, five miles from the airport, easy to get to. So this year event is September 26th and 27th.   Kiera Dent (03:32) Bye.   you   No.   Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (03:45) We've got 14 speakers, ⁓ mixture of business and marketing. So we've got people talking about social media, about content. We have people talking about saving money on taxes. We're talking about how to become a fee-for-service practice. ⁓ So a lot of different great content and top speakers, Steve Rasner, Paul Goodman, ⁓ Jeff Buski, ⁓ Richard, Rich Maddow. So some real, real heavy hitters. And then some people who people haven't really heard of, Melanie Diesel, who's new in the dental industry.   So, but I like to do it differently and my events are very high end. You come, you're going to see things you probably have never seen before. I give a ton of time to the vendors so the vendors love me because they make sure that they get integration or interaction with the attendees. So you're going to be speaking in 2026, same weekend at September 25th and 26th in 2026, same hotel, pure 66.   Kiera Dent (04:28) Sure.   Yeah.   Dr. Len Tau (04:40) We're ramping things up right now. We're literally a month out from the events. still have people signing up. I still have people wanting to reach out as sponsors. And it's, it's, it's, is the fun time for me. Cause when I'm done, I'm, you know, I get a couple of months of break and then I start promoting 2027 again. So ⁓ it's been a good time. I really enjoy it. And I find that I've kind of ⁓ created something that's very different and the attendees really enjoy it and the vendors really enjoy it. So if I can make everybody happy,   Kiera Dent (04:45) No.   Dr. Len Tau (05:09) That's all I'm looking to do here.   Kiera Dent (05:11) ⁓ and Len, I hope the audience, if they can't see it, they can hear it. I think it's so fun because I mean, I've seen you in different spaces in your career, in your life. And there is just this like giddy, like younger version of Len that I feel is emerging of like, it's like giddy boyhood, like excitement of I'm excited to put these on. I'm excited to do these events. And it just makes me so happy for you. And what I think I'm hearing is yes, attendees are happy. Vendors are happy. But I also hear that Len is very happy and to do something   in dentistry is just very, very fun. It's very exciting. And so we're jazzed. I'm really excited. I love good events. I love great time. I love to help. love business marketing. Everybody can take that. That's not Kiera's jam. Like I, that's why I wanted to bring you on. You guys are very good at marketing. You're very good at that space. but to talk about how to help people have their best lives to grow the practices that they want to grow. I think you and I are so synergistic in that. So we're super excited and I love, I mean, I'm not going to highlight the fact that there were   a couple of sixes in that is September 26 at Pier 66. You guys hopefully like, I like the alliteration. Don't put anything weird on it guys, but I do appreciate that you made it easier. September six and nines flipped upside down are a six. Like hopefully everybody can remember September 26, Pier 66. It'll be a good time in 2026. I mean, we got four lines, so we're okay. We've at least got four sixes, not we didn't end on three, but I really hope an exciting step. We'll make sure we put some info for people.   For this year and for next year, I think it'll be a fun time. Dental A Team will be there, so come hang out with us. ⁓ Len, I'm super excited. I will not spoil secrets, but a lot of the things he told me for the events, I will say he does put his heart and soul into it. So Len, excited about that. Thank you for sharing. Good luck for this year. We're gonna be rooting you on this year and next year. And now let's pivot. Let's go into like your jam. You're in BirdEye, you're in marketing, you're on online reviews. AI has come into the scene. Practices are changing.   I also will say, I hope everybody listens to you of their like succession story. You hung up the hand piece, but you are still full steam ahead in dentistry. And so I hope people see that like there is no path to dentistry. Like you just, it's a, it's a beautiful world that you're in. So let's talk though, online reviews, AI, how is this working? How do we make sure that practices are still being visible? Chat GPT is on, on the prowl.   There are clients signing up with us now that have found us on chat. GPT, which is so random. It's changing how people have been doing things. Walk me through. What are you seeing with these online reviews? The importance, how to bring AI in? Like, let's just kind of go in a rift on how practices can still be visible with AIs. Like just showing up to the scene.   Dr. Len Tau (07:43) So I wanna talk about chat CPT for a second. ⁓ I refer to it as my best friend. ⁓ It helps me edit. No, I haven't named it yet. No, I haven't named it. ⁓ you have?   Kiera Dent (07:50) Have you named it? I've got to just ask Len. Have you named? I have! Me and Chet,   I had a name and now her name is Wanda. I don't know why, I don't even know where Wanda came, but people are like, here, are you hanging out with Wanda again? Cause I agree. Like they're our best friends. So go on Len. I can't wait to hear what you name your Chet GPT cause mine is currently Wanda.   Dr. Len Tau (08:06) I'll have to, I   have to name it now that I have to think of something. ⁓ but no, I started using it. I'm like, this is really helpful and it's only gotten better. And, just to give you an idea is, ⁓ my wife and I, and my son, my son just graduated high school. He's literally just started his freshman year at, university of Florida on a free ride. ⁓ smart, smart ass kid. I'm very proud of him. But, you know, and I travel a ton, but I travel a ton for business and I made a commitment. I think I told you that,   Kiera Dent (08:25) Boo? Yeah.   Dr. Len Tau (08:35) during the summer when he was going away for school, I was not going to travel. So from March to literally next week, beginning of September, I haven't traveled at all for business. we did plan some really great travel for our personal lives. And one of the things we did was we had a cruise, a 17 day cruise to Europe. ⁓ And when I decided I did not want to do the excursions to the cruise, cause they're really expensive and you're with all these people. I prefer to kind of just go and tour myself.   Kiera Dent (08:44) It's awesome.   Dr. Len Tau (09:05) So I use ChatGPT in every city. And I said, I'm going to the city. This is what I'm going to get in. This is the cruise I'm going on. It got the cruise itinerary. And I said, I want to set up private tours in every city with different people. And it helped me pick the best tour guides. They referred me to a website called Tours by Local, which is an amazing website that you can meet people who are local that will take you around.   show you the city and it was amazing. It was amazing. So I thank Chachi PT for doing that because I wouldn't have known about half these things if I didn't do it. And in fact, one of the women, and actually the very first place you went to, which was in Split, Croatia, which was beautiful. I told her that literally that's kind of how I went down this road was I asked Chachi PT, what should I do in Split? And they said, you need to use this tour guide. She's the highest rated tour guide and has the best reviews on tours by local. like,   What's towards by local? And that started this whole thing. So she was, she was amazed to hear that. So, ⁓ I have been using Chad GPT for a long time, like I said, and even now it is people I know type in, know, get me to the best dentists in the area. And it's very much based on reviews. So you have to be a highly rated practice. you may not believe in reviews and if you do, think you're not smart, but you know, if, if you want to be at the forefront of where people are looking,   Kiera Dent (09:58) Yeah.   Yes.   Dr. Len Tau (10:25) You have to generate reviews in a significant amount. Velocity now, which is how often you're getting them, is one of the biggest ranking factors on Google, whether you want to believe chat GPT or not. ⁓ But you have to get reviews. You can't, you know, rest on your laurels and say, well, I have enough because you never have enough. Okay. And, ⁓ and you've got to let Google rank you high. And there's been a big discrepancy in the industry, a big, I don't want to say a misunderstanding.   Kiera Dent (10:43) read.   Dr. Len Tau (10:52) But I've been in the review space now since 2013, so 12 years. And in the past, dentists thought that if they get reviews, they're going to rank. And that's not the way it is anymore. If you have reviews, but don't pay attention to the other ranking factors, you actually don't rank well. And that's a problem. So, chat GPT AI is so important, but you still got to dominate Google. You still got to get to the top of the pages.   And that's really where the direction is going. and if you aren't there now and you are ignoring it, you're never going to get there. So I would love to talk to you about our list in instruct or educate the listeners and viewers of these ranking factors that they need, need to pay attention to, or they're going to be left behind when it comes to ranking on Google.   Kiera Dent (11:27) Yeah.   absolutely. And I'm excited for this too, because, I did notice that you've got to like, AI is just crawling the web. That's where it's getting, it's being taught. It's crawls it. It looks through all of it. And so agreed with you. have a lot of clients and like, we want the secret pill of marketing. And I might get your reviews up. Like it is constant and consistent that if you get those reviews up and you bring pieces to the table, that people literally like that's what's going to rank you higher. So I'm excited, Len to, to dig in deeper because it is like how   getting more reviews, but to hear that there's more beyond just the reviews really can help these offices like get the best bang for their buck, help more practices. And I'm like, it used to be when I first started consulting when I used to tell offices get to like 100 Google reviews. It is now I'm pushing people like five, six, 700 reviews that you need to be getting ranked into. And I don't know if you're seeing like a cutoff line or if it matters on that. So I'm really excited to dive into like, what are the rankings? What are the pieces? Is there a difference? But I'm like now   100 reviews, when I look at somebody I'm like, hmm, like if there's another dental practice that has maybe 400, 500 new clients come on, the first thing I do is I go look them up to see how many reviews do you have? And I'm shocked at how many dental practices actually are not showing up when I Google their names and they're like, no, no, care, we're here. And I'm like, but if I'm a prospective new client that doesn't work in your practice and I don't see you all the time and I just tried to find you and I'm looking for you.   How many patients who are not looking for you are not finding you as well. So yeah, take us away, and I'm super curious, very intrigued by this. It's fascinating. And I'll also say, because AI is new, feel like people got like a reset slate. Like, hey, you can actually get back into the game if you haven't been into the game, if you just start playing now. If you don't, I agree with you. I do think that you will unfortunately get obliterated without trying if you don't get into the game now.   Dr. Len Tau (13:28) 100 % so and I couldn't agree with you more. So the best thing to do here is if you're listening to this, I want you to go to a Google search and I want you to type your practice name in. Okay, so that's the first thing to do. Right.   Kiera Dent (13:39) and not in your office. Don't do it in   your office. Go somewhere else. Like try it somewhere else.   Dr. Len Tau (13:44) Right, well, and 100%, that's another thing is that if you're gonna look up your ranking specifically, you do not wanna do that from your office location, okay? Because you're not gonna get real results. You also wanna go into incognito mode or private browsing mode on your phone or your computer if you're doing that to check ranking. But this is not specifically about ranking. This is more about how you appear online. So go to Google and type in your practice name. Not your name unless it's the name of the practice, but your business name, okay?   Kiera Dent (13:52) Yes.   Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (14:13) and it doesn't have to be what's registered with the state board. It's how you, when you answer the phone, what you say, okay? Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence was my practice name, okay? So you wanna look yourself up. So these are some of the ranking factors that Google looks at. Obviously one of them is your total number of reviews you have. Definitely a ranking factor, but the total number has not been as important as some other factors as well. So.   Kiera Dent (14:20) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (14:40) Average number of reviews in the industry right now is about 350. It used to be like 100 was the golden number. Now 350 is the average in the industry. So are you average? Are you below average or are above average? Okay, that's something to look at. The second ranking factor, which is even more important is the velocity of reviews. So how many reviews, how often you're getting them. Okay, so if you're getting once every two weeks, not enough. If you're getting them once every week,   Kiera Dent (14:46) Yes.   Dr. Len Tau (15:10) Not enough. You don't need them every single day, but two or three every single week is ideal. Okay, because you think two or three every week gives you eight to 15 a month times 12 months is 100 reviews a year, which is a nice number. Okay, so you have to have that velocity. All right. Third ranking factor is the total score, your average number of stars. So   I would like you to be anywhere from 4.6 to five stars. Okay. I don't think you have to be only five stars. think there's a negativity related to that. If you're only five star reviews, but I also don't want you to below 4.5. Okay. ⁓ And if you're at 4.3, 4.2, or even 4.1, another better review or two, and you're to be in the threes. And that's really where you don't want to go. Cause you lose a huge percentage of patients who may come in if you're less than four stars. Okay. Another ranking factor.   is the primary category. So how do you know your primary category? If you look under your Google, your name, will say right where the stars is, will say, hopefully dentist in your town or dentist in your county or dentist in your city. Okay. So your primary category should be dentist because we're a dental practice. Okay. If you're an oral surgeon, you may want it to be oral and actual facial surgeon. If you're an endodontist, want it to say endodontist. You don't want it to say dentist if you're a specialist. Okay.   ⁓ That's a big ranking factor and I'll give you an example. I, ⁓ my wife had some plastic surgery over the last couple of years and we were referred to that doctor. So we didn't need to search for him. We were referred to him. went in, we liked him, we used his services. ⁓ And of course, being a plastic surgeon, I talked to him about reviews. He now uses BirdEye, but he had me speak in an event that he holds down here in Boca Raton.   And I talked about this exactly. And I asked everybody, cause it was a small group. What is your primary category? And he goes, he said to me, literally, he says, I'm listed as a nurse practitioner. He wasn't listed as a plastic surgeon. He was listed as a nurse practitioner. So his categories were all messed up. So when you actually typed in plastic surgeon near me, he never showed up because his category was wrong. So primary category is a very important ranking factor as well. Now you also have to make sure your secondary categories are also. ⁓   Kiera Dent (17:15) No.   Dr. Len Tau (17:35) ⁓ under ⁓ are there as well as under the proper categories. So secondary categories, if you're a dentist, dental clinic, teeth whitening services, denture care center, orthodontist, if you're doing aligners, if you're endo, you're doing root canals, you can have endodontist. If you do periodontist, can do periodontist. You want to make sure you have nine secondary categories. Okay, if you don't have them, you want to add them.   Now, how do you add them? It's very easy. You go to Google using ChatGPT or anything and say, how do I add secondary categories to my Google business listing? Okay. It will tell you exactly like a recipe how to do it. You need to add those secondary categories. All right. And if you want help doing it, you can always reach out to me. The last ranking factor, which is really important is making sure that the practices name, address, and phone number is consistent. Okay. So just to be clear, most   website companies do not do local SEO. They do website SEO, which is making sure the website is SEOed so the website ranks higher on the organic rankings. We're talking about getting the Google business page ranking higher, which the website companies are not focused on. So when it comes to the name, address and phone number, is it consistent? You have to be consistent. And this is a Google requirement.   It is not a patient thing. It's not a me thing or you thing. It's a Google requirement that this data is consistent. So the name is obviously important. So if you have the and or the ampersand, you may find things inconsistent. When it comes to the address, if you have, you know, South State Streets, Unit 510, you can have South or S, you can have Street or ST, and then you can have Suite, Unit, Number, or STE.   All these variations need to be consistent. So one of them has to be done and one and stuck with. And then if you are using a tracking number for whatever reason on your Google business listing, you may find your inconsistent there as well. So when you make everything consistent and you get a higher velocity of reviews, guess what happens over time? You rank higher on the maps. And when you rank higher on the maps, you get more visible for patients to find you. So that's where the secret sauce is. And   Not that this is a sales pitch about BirdEye, but that's exactly what BirdEye does. BirdEye does those. We check all those boxes for you. And then what ends up happening is a practices get more reviews. But more importantly, when they ask patients how they find them, they're going to see that they found them because of their ranking online and the reviews drove them to the practice. So that's how this whole thing plays a role in getting a practice more visible and credible.   Kiera Dent (20:06) Thank   Wow. So I was over here like taking a lot of notes, which I really loved. I love the number, the 350 at the average, the velocity, like three to five per week you were saying. It doesn't need to be an everyday, but I do agree like them consistently coming through the total score, the 4.6 to five primary category, secondary category, making sure we have nine. And then you were talking about like the practice name, phone number, all of that has to be consistent. So the addresses have to be the same. And that's going to help you rank higher.   Did I miss anything? Those are my notes, Len. And I'm just curious, like, did I catch them all? Because there was a lot of pieces to consider. And then I have some follow ups as well. So like, did I miss anything in that list?   Dr. Len Tau (21:02) No, I   think you got it all there.   Kiera Dent (21:06) Okay, so hopefully that was a good recap for everybody. If you were listening, I tried to like summarize everything he said, because I really feel that those are super valuable pieces to know. Now, Len, there's a couple of things that happen and I'm very curious of what you've seen. Maybe you know, maybe you don't know. It's just a riff for me genuinely curious over here. Does it impact for the business to respond to the reviews? Because I know there was like a big misnomer out there like for a while, like you have to respond to every single review that helps you rank higher. What's the   What's kind of the lay of the land right now responding to the reviews that come in?   Dr. Len Tau (21:39) So there's been a big push over the years to respond to reviews. And there's also been those naysayers who don't want you to respond to reviews. So I want to make this very clear. When you respond to a review and you acknowledge them as a patient, you are technically violating HIPAA. Okay. Now by the letter of the law, if you do that, you violated HIPAA and can be in trouble. Now in all the years I've been doing this, I've only seen one   Kiera Dent (21:49) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (22:08) example of a positive review being responded to and the dentist got in trouble. Okay. So if someone writes a review for you and it's five stars and you say, thank you so much for your feedback. We were glad you had a great experience in our practice. Okay. You technically violated HIPAA there because you acknowledged that they came into the practice. I don't think you'll ever run into any problems with that. I don't, I've never seen any instance when a, when a practice has got into trouble. But again, by the letter of the law, it's a violation.   Here's where the person ran into a problem. Okay. So the review in question, the patient wrote, I'm so happy with my appearance after I went to so-and-so's dental office. I think they were in Texas. The dentist responded, we're so happy that you, thank you so much for your review. We're so happy that you loved our magic needles. Okay. So it, from what I understand is the patient had Botox or   dermal fillers placed and that's what they call their magic needles. So the patient wrote, wrote a letter to the practice saying, I didn't appreciate you letting the world know that I had Botox done and asked for the review response to be taken down, which the dentist immediately did. Took it down and apologized, but it really pissed the patient off and the patient sued the dentist and won. Okay. Because the dentist went out of their way to   Kiera Dent (23:08) Mm-hmm.   Right.   Dr. Len Tau (23:33) you know, release private information that wasn't supposed to be done. So in that case, you shouldn't be doing that. Okay. Now on the same note, I would be very careful responding.   Kiera Dent (23:37) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (23:45) to a review that's left by a negative, a negative review that's written by a patient. I would be very careful responding publicly to that because it's very hard to respond without violating HIPAA. So a simple response like, we're sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact the office to discuss the concerns as we're unfortunately unable to comment due to HIPAA release privacy stuff. That's fine. But.   Again, I just not sure it's the best thing to do. So you have to be careful with negative reviews. What it doesn't do is we really haven't found any relationship between responding and ranking. Okay, so you have to, I always leave it up to the people to respond. I like using AI to respond as well, because I think it comes up with HIPAA compliant and really good responses. ⁓ But you have to decide what you want to do for your own practice.   Kiera Dent (24:16) Mm-hmm.   Interesting.   That's actually really helpful to know. ⁓ Okay, good feedback for people to ponder and decide what they want to do on. The second piece is   some people lose their Google My Business and they're not able to be found. ⁓ And I don't know if you have reasons why. I don't know if it's from like a name change or it's inconsistent. So like a lot of offices have a lot of reviews, but when you go to search them, they're hidden on Google My Business. Like it will show up on the person's side, but nobody externally can find it. Do you have any ideas of like what causes that or what offices can do if they're struggling with that?   Dr. Len Tau (25:11) So I want to clarify that what question you asked there. I'm sorry to ask a question when you asked the question was when you say that you're saying that when they search for their Google business listing, they can't find it or when someone is searching for the office, they're not visible on the maps.   Kiera Dent (25:15) Hey, that's okay.   So when they're searching, so if I just go into Google and I type in like my perfect smile, the website might link, but the Google My Business with all, and they might have like 150 Google reviews, like it might be, like they've got them all and the office can see it when they like log in as like, this is, you own this, but they've lost it and it's no longer visible publicly. Do you know what causes that or how they can get that back? It's okay if you don't, I'm just genuinely curious. Cause I know some offices struggle with this, especially with like name changes of practices.   going through different ownerships. ⁓ Some of them have told me it's like when I changed the name of my practice, it no longer showed up. Like we have all these reviews, but we're not showing up. Do you know what causes that or how practices can get back being visible?   Dr. Len Tau (26:02) Yep. Now that you   asked it that way, so that usually means that your Google business listing has been suspended. And if you can't find it on search, but you see it, means it's suspended in most cases. Name changes, address changes, other things you do can cause it to be suspended. There are, if you look up on use chat GPT, ⁓   and say, why is, why can your Google business page be suspended? There is a list of different reasons why it can get suspended. ⁓ if you're getting reviews the wrong way is a big one. So, like you should not be incentivizing for reviews. And I'm talking about incentivizing the patients. You shouldn't be getting reviews in your physical office space because there's IP address conflicts and location services on the patient's phone. So if you're doing that, not only will you can potentially lose reviews, but you can't get it suspended, but you can look on.   Kiera Dent (26:37) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (26:55) on chat GPT or Google and just say, what are the reasons that your business page can be suspended? And they're there. So usually you have to ⁓ re-approve it or re-verify that page. And there's certain things you do. You'll have to take a video of yourself in front of the practice, showing the address, showing the name of the business on the door. So there's things you will have to do to get it over to Google. So they'll re-verify you. And then once it happens, there's a good chance they'll unsuspend the listing. But that happens for that reason.   Kiera Dent (27:24) Gotcha. Okay. That's super helpful because I know a few offices have struggled with that. So was just curious for that. All right. This has been so helpful to figure out rankings. It's been helpful to understand. ⁓ My last question as we wrap up today on reviews has been so helpful, Len, is how do offices go about like, what are your recommendations? Yes, bird eye, swell, podium. Like there's a lot of review in Weave. I do, I usually recommend using an external one outside of things. think that they like, if they're just, if that's what they do, they're going to be experts at it.   But how can offices ethically and appropriately, like obviously great patient experience, but how do they increase these Google reviews? What are some of the best tactics you've seen to help these offices out?   Dr. Len Tau (28:04) So being biased, I mean, I'm a true believer in BirdEye because we help with the reviews and the ranking part. ⁓ Swell, which is a great product. know the guys who swell really well. A lot of their doctors don't rank well because they don't focus on the listings part of it or the ranking part of it. ⁓ I'm not a fan of Wee from a review perspective because they swell BirdEye and Podium, make it very easy. Weave doesn't. It's just the way we do it with our three other products. ⁓   I always say this, you can get reviews any way you want. The most effective is gonna be use some software, simple as that. But it all starts with the practice and it all starts with, I like to create a reputation culture in the practice, which means you know that every time a patient comes in the practice, that they're going to be evaluating you and reviewing you potentially. And you've gotta be on your best behavior, you've gotta put a happy smile on your face, you gotta treat them like they're the...   Kiera Dent (28:40) Mm-hmm.   Dr. Len Tau (29:00) king of the world, okay? You gotta roll out the red carpet. And if you don't do that, they may write a bad review, okay? But if you don't create that reputation culture, I think it's gonna be hard to get the practice to really accelerate the reviews. So creating that reputation culture using great verbiage skills. I love calling it feedback, not a review. If you call it a review, it sounds like you're begging for it. ⁓ The feedback conversation is much more comfortable to have. So, you know, it's an interesting situation, but if you don't ask, you don't get.   So you've got to ask. I think if you ask and you combine it with a really good software, you'll get a really good number of reviews. If you don't ask, you don't get. It's that simple.   Kiera Dent (29:30) Mm-hmm.   Yeah.   ⁓ well, that was so great. I appreciate this so much. And it's fun to hear about how AI is helping. It's fun to hear about how you still have to be great on Google. So ⁓ I just appreciate you. I appreciate you being here. I appreciate the knowledge you shared. appreciate for offices. I hope they take action and Len any last thoughts, how people can connect with you if they want more help on this. know ⁓ like truly in my opinion, this is the simplest marketing. Everybody wants to like sexy magic pill of marketing. And I'm like, no, it's like really great experience. Ask for the reviews, ask for the feedback.   like rank so that way people can find you I've had offices that had like three four or five new patients and they're like I need this marketing I need all these things which I'm not here to say not to do it but I will say great reviews will boost you very quickly so Len any last thoughts you've got how people can connect with you because it's been truly just an incredible episode today   Dr. Len Tau (30:26) So ⁓ I'm around the country a lot. So you can always connect with me in person if I'm at some of these events. If you wanna come to Supercharge, you can connect me there. SuperchargeYourDentalPractice.com You can use the code RAVING to save $100 on registration. ⁓ We also have some scholarships available. So if you do wanna come, you can reach out to me personally. So ⁓ my cell phone's all over the internet. The easiest way, if you have any questions, you want advice, you want help, I'm the guy to reach out to. My phone number is 215.   Kiera Dent (30:40) Awesome.   Dr. Len Tau (30:55) 292-2100. And my best email is Len, L-E-N, at drlentau.com, which is D-R-L-E-N-T-A-U.com. And you can email me, you can text me, you can call me, tell me you heard about me here and you need some advice. I'm more than happy to offer it to you. I do it all the time. ⁓ I love when people reach out to me because they know I'm an expert. So I do it kind of as a favor to people. ⁓ But no, you reach out to me, I'm happy to give advice.   Kiera Dent (31:23) amazing. Len, thank you so much for being on the podcast. I'm super excited for Supercharge 2025 and especially 2026. So everybody snag that. And truly, I hope you take action from today's podcast. This is easy ways for you to boost your marketing, be found and seen online. And Len, thank you for joining me today. I truly, truly appreciate you.   Dr. Len Tau (31:41) Thank you for having me, Kiera, I appreciate it.   Kiera Dent (31:43) Of course. And for all of you listening, thank you for listening and I'll catch you next time on the Dental A Team Podcast.  

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