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Keith discusses the paradox of falling home prices and rents in Austin, Texas, despite it being the fastest-growing city. He highlights the over-supply of apartments, with new towers next to old bungalows, and notes that apartment rents are down, while single-family home rents are up. He also explores societal attitudes towards wealth, noting the double standard of admiring celebrities while vilifying entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos. The over-supply of apartments has slowed down rent growth, affecting single-family home rents. Wage growth has outpaced inflation, potentially boosting rents. Millennials are increasingly renting due to the inability to afford homes.  Show Notes: GetRichEducation.com/530 For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching:GREmarketplace.com/Coach Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review” Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Automatically Transcribed With Otter.ai  Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, I just walked one of America's most interesting real estate streets. I'll tell you what I saw then what it takes to get rents to increase in the US more real estate investing content, then it's about jealousy and envy. Why we hate Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for his wealth, yet love performers like LeBron James and Taylor Swift for theirs. It's a case study on wealth, entrepreneurship and celebrity today on get rich education.   Speaker 1  0:39   Since 2014 the powerful get rich education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from passive real estate investing in the best markets without losing your time being a flipper or landlord. Show Host Keith Weinhold writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad advisors, and delivers a new show every week since 2014 there's been millions of listener downloads of 188 world nations. He has a list show guests include top selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki. Get rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus it has its own dedicated Apple and Android listener phone apps build wealth on the go with the get rich education podcast. Sign up now for the get rich education podcast or visit getricheducation.com.   Corey Coates  1:25   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold  1:41   Welcome to GRE from sinking spring Pennsylvania to Manitou Springs, Colorado and across 488 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold, and you are inside episode 530 of the GRE podcast. What's the minimum wage? I don't even know. Around here, we don't talk about how to live below your means, but grow your means, and you're gonna learn how to earn maximum wage. Austin, Texas is the fastest growing city in America. I've got some really interesting real estate observations for you, since I walked it two weeks ago and well, touring the Texas State Capitol Building was cool. And then on Austin's Sixth Street, I hadn't seen that much beer pong since college, but you know, rainy street, R A, I N, E Y, just south of the downtown, near the river, that was Austin's interesting Real Estate Street, the fastest growing city in the United States has falling home prices and falling rents. What a paradox that is in the fastest growing city. I mean, how do you balance that weirdness? Yes, the census tells us that Austin is the fastest growing and even as a gentrified hipster Haven with murals on the walls, street corners, there food trucks, coffee shops. You know the coffee shops that make you feel like you're in an indie film. It doesn't matter. They simply built too much there in Austin. So all of that that cannot compete with classic supply versus demand dynamics, old fashioned Milton Friedman stuff. And really, what I saw in both San Antonio and Austin is emblematic of the new apartment supply surge. What's going on on rainy street? I mean, that's what I call America's apartment over supply ground zero. Cranes are in the air all over the place. They're building 500 foot apartment towers right across the street from one story bungalows there on Rainey Street. It's a weird scene. Well, the apartments, they're going to be vacant for a while, and part of the weird scene is that there are outdoor live country music acts on the east side of rainy street, and they're playing out of these old one story bungalows converted to bars. It just feels like they're going to be raised and knocked over anytime and then country music, that's something that you associate with, like cows grazing within a mile of you. But that is not going on here, so these huge, new, shiny glass and steel apartment towers are right across the street from it. So it's this weird cultural mix of both country flare and urbanism in Austin and now there were also some clubs with DJs playing. There something more modern. I mean, like 20 year old R and B songs that everyone knows the words to by artists like Usher and Akon. Remember. Or a con or Ja Rule. Remember Ja Rule? Maybe they were playing Jay Z and ice cube too. But, you know, maybe shabu Z would have made more sense on that scene. In any case, it is an unusual scenario there in Austin. So a lively place, a growing place, but apartment buildings got out ahead of the growth. And yes, it all comes back to supply versus demand. Yep, that age old rivalry between what we've got and what we want now broadly, America has an overall lack of housing supply and the under building that is the most prevalent in northern states. And of course, under building, what that does is it increases the number of buyer bids on the few available properties. Well, in turn, that pushes up their home prices faster than the rest of the nation. Now the states with the most appreciation, they generally have the least new housing inventory being built. And of course, conversely, states with the highest available housing supply have the slowest home price appreciation. Austin is ground zero for that. So with the eclectic rainy street there, it's really representative of how you have some cities that are over built with apartments. You have a lot of apartment completions, but not very many new starts of apartments like I mentioned before. No, in fact, let's zoom out nationally. Here. Apartment list tells us that apartment rents are really flat. In fact, they're down seven tenths of 1% over the past year, available single family homes? Well, they're in more scarce supply than apartments, and the CoreLogic single family rent index tells us that their rents are up 2% annually. All right, something that completely makes sense for a change. The overbuild of apartments has slowed down their rent growth even more. But here's the thing, the overbuilding of apartments that's actually slowed down the rent growth in single family homes somewhat. And you might think that those two things aren't related, apartment rents and single family rents, but they're a little related. Just say a tenant they might ideally want a single family home, but there just aren't many of them out there for rent nationally. So then if a good new apartment is substantially cheaper, well, some proportion are going to accept an apartment as an alternative, and that's one reason that single family rent growth is just a modest 2% rather than a more normal 4% or so that you might see as a historic average. But yeah, I mean, really, the story is all these apartment completions, where a lot of them are going to be vacant for a while in some cities now, long term, apartments are going to be fine. I'm totally confident of that the demographic demand for apartments is going to be there because our population is growing and because there aren't many new apartment starts. So really that means over the next couple years, apartment supply versus demand is going to come more back into balance, while we could keep having this ongoing deficiency, though over for the single family rental homes. Perhaps the best thing that you and I can have happen to increase real estate profitability is to get rents up. So let's take a look at that. Let's look at the prospects for getting rents up in, just say, the next year or two. And there is a real bright spot here for that, and that is the fact that wages have outpaced inflation every single month for almost two years now, yes, wages and incomes are up those higher wages and higher incomes can therefore afford higher rents. And like with a lot of things in economics, it moves slowly, and there is a lag effect. And this is, you know, it's really how it usually works when there is a wave of inflation. What happens is, first, inflation outpaces wage growth, and now that we've come down off the big inflation wave, we're in the era where it has flipped, and now wage growth outstrips inflation. Well, the most recent stats, they tell us that America now has 4.6% wage growth and just 2.6% CPI inflation growth. Now is wage growth higher than the real diminished purchasing power of the dollar, not just the stated CPI inflation, because you got to remember, CPI is only the level that the government is willing to admit to, but in a sense, who cares? Because look, as a real estate investor, while your principal and interest payment stays fixed every month and inflation can't touch it, we know that wage growth is up 4.6% and that's the part that really. Matters. So if that means that you can get a 4.6% rent growth in the near future, after some lag effects settle in, well that might increase the annual cash flow, the money you feel in your pocket, say, 7% or 9% annually. So this wage growth trend, it portends really well for rent growth, ultimately flowing through to your cash flow growth. So we know that home price appreciation is amazing and has been amazing for us, investors, leverage and all of that, but there expects to be more upward pressure on rents, and that is led by robust wage growth. That is really happening now, and workers are demanding the wage growth to cope with higher consumer prices. Now, when it comes to the prospect of more home price growth, let's listen in to Shark Tank shark Barbara Corcoran, she recently talked about what would make home price growth go ballistic, as she puts it. This was her on Fox Business Channel with Neil cabotto. It's about three minutes in length, and then I'll be back to comment.   Speaker 2  11:08   Barbara Corcoran. Now the Corcoran Group founder, Shark Tank aficionado, much, much more brilliant read of real estate too, Barbara, great to have you. A lot I'm throwing at you, Barbara, and you always handle it, definitely. But first off, on the rate environment right now, between all these headlines and everything, rates have been backing up. And, you know, we just saw a 30 year fixed rate mortgage. It's up to 6.84% from 6.78% last week. That was before the market rate run up. So how do you view the environment right now for lending?   Speaker 3  11:43   Well, I think what we're losing right now we desperately need is more first time buyers. Less than 24% of the people buying now are first time buyers at an all time low. So rates have been bouncing around a while. Now, 6 to 7% so people are confused. They don't have big expectations. They're no longer waiting for a tremendous rate drop. If that happens, got it would be incredible for the market. But in the last year, or pardon me, in the last month alone, we have sold three and a half percent more houses despite what's going on in the interest rates. But the first time buyers aren't much a piece of that.   Speaker 2  12:16   You know, I notice as well us existing home sales, like you say, up 3.4% October. It's the first year over year gain I think we've seen in better part of three years. So what was going on there? Because that surprised me.   Speaker 3  12:30   Well, it doesn't surprise me because there's more houses on the market, so there were 25% more choices for the buyer coming out into the market and looking and on top of that, the buyers themselves have gotten accustomed to the rates being what they are, and they just got tired of waiting. But I am wondering if we'll ever see a 5% number, because anything with the 5% in front of it is going to make this market go ballistic. But right now, you're already seeing the signs. In the last month.   Speaker 2  12:59   You know, you've reminded me in the past that sometimes it's psychological. A lot of folks, and a lot of them look at that 7% handle on a fixed rate mortgage get close to or over that it could tax this recovery or whatever you want to recourse call it. But what do you say.   Speaker 3  13:13   well if it went higher? Of course, it would slow down the whole market. Would slow down the whole economy. It would slow down all the support services for the housing market, it would be a terrible thing, but I don't think people are thinking it's going to go much up, if you really listen to the experts. That could happen. But I don't think you're going to see interest rates above 7% again. I'm hoping that it's going to go and hover around six, or even go lower.   Speaker 2  13:36   All right. Well, you have a better track record a lot of those so called experts. I'm going to go with you, Barbara. But you know, the one thing that is out there, the worry is that Donald Trump, say what you will, of him, he has aggressive plans to spur the economy, you know, the tariff thing, the talk that, you know, he is going to pour a lot into tax cuts that could juice the economy so much so that some worry it's going to, you know, get prices going higher. We don't know for how long or how much, but that that that will be the inevitable consequence of what he's offering. Do you agree with that?   Speaker 3  14:06   I do agree with that. I think inflation is on everybody's mind, and I think it's risky, so I think we're going to find out. I guess it's like a horse race. We'll see what happens.   Keith Weinhold  14:15   Yeah, Barbara thinks mortgage rates in the fives. I guess under six then that would make the market go nuts and really push up prices. She reiterated how first time home buying is at an all time low, that proportion of the first time homebuyers are down, down, down, keeping those people as renters. So we've got the Trump bump and still an inflationary bump behind higher and higher real estate prices going into next year, most likely. But I mean, now you've really got to be selective and filter the kind of information that you listen to and put credence in what. We just had a presidential election a month ago, and people love to speculate about the future and what they think say tariffs are going to mean for inflation and then what that's going to do to interest rates. And you know, all that stuff is just notoriously difficult to predict. It is really tough. I mean, look, I've attended two prominent economic and real estate conferences the last few months, and there are some good insights at meetings like that. But here's the thing you've got to keep in mind, everyone has an opinion, and no one knows the future. George Bernard Shaw's got a great quote. He said, If all the economists were laid end to end, they would never reach a conclusion. So I mean, we're still going to talk inflation and interest rates here on the show, because their effect on your economic life is profound, but guessing about where they're going to go, especially interest rates, that is almost an exercise in futility. There are some things that we know will almost surely affect you. I mean, I'm talking about something like demographics that is more predictable, or the benefit of leverage, where, if you have too much equity in your properties, you can do something about that right now, and that way, what you do is you actually create your future, instead of guessing and speculating about what it might be. Or say you can create your future. You can learn about a program like you know when the opportunity Zone program came out a while ago, or a new tax incentive program for real estate investors. These are things you can do. You can sink your teeth into them with what you have right now, the resources, the toolkit that you have right now, and actually do something about and one thing that we do know is that increasingly, millennials cannot afford to buy a house, and you know, it just basically means that their future is poorer. They have to live with other people into their 30s. Instead of forming a family, they don't have kids. The marriage rate takes a hit. I mean, these numbers have collapsed since the 1980s the home ownership rate among them has gone from about 50% down to 30% so millennials and Gen Z ers too, they know that their future is really shaky and it's concerning. So you have this same cohort, people in their 30s doing two jobs, taking on three jobs, some of them balancing four jobs. They don't want to do that. They don't want to work 12 hour days, six days a week, while they're trying to pay down their college loans. They're doing it because they have to. They can't form a down payment for a home. The average millennial is 3637 years old. And their parents, and my parents, they're all baby boomers. And, you know, they Baby Boomers were the richest generation that we've ever seen. So what we've got going on here now is the first generation that will not be as rich as their parents, and that's really strange. We're all used to this sort of human progress. I mean, if your parents were middle class people, and you're less well off than them, or your tenant is well, then what does that mean? Well, it means that you're gonna be renting for a while. See this demographic stuff. This is really happening. There is no speculation here, and it's why I want you to set up your investor life to provide rental property to others. It's a smart place to be positioned. In fact, a lot of media agrees. Yahoo Finance just published an article titled, rental home investors are poised to benefit. It basically details why rental properties are going to be next year's attractive option for would be home buyers. This month, analysts at Raymond James and Associates, they say that they see mortgage rates remaining higher for longer given the outcome of the election, again, no one can really predict mortgage rates. But anyway, they reiterated their outperform ratings. That's the rating that they gave it out perform on these two companies, American homes for rent and invitation homes. And they're these institutional homebuyers, they do the build to rent space, and they noted Raymond James that is noted that we are increasingly confident in the longer term outlook for single family rental fundamentals and the industry's growth prospects. That's the end of their quote. So that's what the analysts of financial planning firm. Raymond James and Associates, had to say. And suffice to say, there is a lot of positive momentum for rental property, especially in the single family space coming up next. Why we hate Jeff Bezos for his wealth, but love performers like Harry Styles, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, despite their wealth.    Hey, check out all of our real estate investing resources at get rich education.com. It's the home per our podcast, this very show that you're listening to right now. Also videos, blogs, how to get our newsletter. Be sure you're doing that. Connections with our recommended real estate service providers, a way for you to contact us over there, and also how you can connect with our completely free, yes, truly free, real estate investment coaching, all of that and more. Is it get rich education.com. I'm Keith Weinhold. More next you're listening to get rich education.    Oh, geez, the national average bank account pays less than 1% on your savings, so your bank is getting rich off of you. 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They help you build a long term plan for growing your real estate empire with leverage. You can start your pre qualification and chat with President Caeli Ridge personally. Start Now while it's on your mind at Ridge lendinggroup.com That's ridgelendinggroup.com   Dolf Deroos  22:48   this is the king of commercial real estate, Dolph de Roos. Listen to get rich education with Keith Weinhold, and don't quit your Daydream.   Keith Weinhold  23:08   Welcome back to get rich Education. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, a Taylor Swift loving friend recently said the weirdest thing to me, I don't buy from Amazon. I hate Jeff Bezos. He doesn't need any more money. Yeah, that's what they said that struck me as so odd. Well, Taylor Swift is a billionaire with a B and a net worth of $1.6 billion and going up. And you know, we're doing this everywhere in society. Why do we vilify wealthy entrepreneurs like Bezos yet glorify wealthy actors and athletes and singers like Taylor Swift? Let's look into this, because I've actually got some answers for why so many people apply this double standard to wealthy celebrities and well known people. And I know I've mentioned to you before that Taylor Swift and I were actually born in the same hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, West Reading, actually vilifying business people yet glorifying performers. That seems to transcend, you know, any of these celebrity personality or character flaws. So let's put all that stuff aside that's distracting, that devolves and gets us off topic. Let's just focus on the wealth part and the resentment of that wealth, because often it's not that people dislike Bezos for say, the decline of small retail though there is that for any of his personal traits, but specifically they hate his wealth, but by the way, yet they have an Amazon account. Well. As a society, we just love celebrities despite their wealth, if they're stage performers like Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, LeBron James. I mean, we applaud Stephen Curry's three pointers and show a otani's home runs when Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts got a $255 million contract extension. We loved it. Fans plastered their walls with his poster, but yet, at the same time, while people are doing that, society often disparages successful entrepreneurs and business owners for their wealth, like Bezos or Barbara Corcoran, who we heard from earlier, or Spanx founder, Sarah Blakely, so I analyze why society does this, so let's see what we can learn from it. And I should add, of course, that like with most anything, you can find some exceptions out there, some outliers. I mean, Warren Buffet's net worth is over 100 billion and yet seems like everyone wants to sit around a campfire and listen to his sage investing wisdom, and some athletes are despised, for sure. And then there's a guy like Ryan Reynolds who kind of spans both worlds and lives his best life in Hollywood and in business, but really our emotional divide. It begins with the primordial human senses of jealousy and envy. And, you know, there's a cartoon floating around out there, and the cartoon has just two frames. In the first frame, it shows a guy standing in front of the room with a crowd of people that he's speaking to, and he asks, Who hates the rich? And everyone in the crowd has their hand up raised high. Everyone hates the rich. And then the second frame of the cartoon shows the same scene, and the guy in the front of the room is saying, Now, who wants to be rich? And yeah, everyone's got their hand raised up again. So let's be realistic. Ask most people that resent the wealthy, all right, what income do you think you'd need to be to be considered rich yourself? Oh, maybe they would answer say, five times as much as I make it now. Oh, yeah. Well, I bet if right after that, you offered them a 5x pay raise for the same job, they would take it, but yet they resent the wealthy, even though 5x would make them wealthy. Now there's a component of optics here, too. You, with your own eyes, get to see Taylor Swift perform at a concert. Her work is visible. It's satisfying. You might be emotionally moved by that. And from all accounts, Taylor does put in a ton of work to perform that well, sing that well, and put in the physical endurance of these three plus hour concerts. That really is amazing. I don't denigrate her for owning a Dassault Falcon private jet like she does. I mean, I don't disparage any wealthy person for wealth alone. I think deep down in your heart, it's where a lot of people want to be. Robert Downey, Jr. He performs his we'll call it his magnum opus, on screen as Iron Man Tony Stark in Marvel movies, and he's been paid up to $600 million for that role across many movies, but yet, you know, we find that satisfying, which is weird. I mean, Taylor Swift, she is herself, but actors like Robert Downey Jr actually pretend to be someone else. So we praise an actor like Robert Downey Jr, and he's best known for pretending to be someone else, but yet we despise say, Apple's leader Tim Cook, for his wealth. Why in the heck would that be I mean, how do you justify that? Well, it's because Tim Cook's performances aren't visible. It's optics. You didn't get to see the process of how Bezos revolutionized Amazon's 24 hour delivery to your doorstep or drone delivery. What bezels is doing on a computer is not exactly a spectator sport. Okay, we don't get to see the work that Apple Steve Jobs did for our iPhone, or what Tim Cook does for our iPhone or iPad or MacBook. So therefore it's less satisfying because it wasn't visible. And yet, Tim Cook's highest endeavor, it's less glamorous than that of an actor. And yet Tim Cook completely acts like himself. For all ways I can tell, unlike an actor and Tim Cook, he really shapes the world that you and I live in today. I mean, he has definitely influenced your life more than some fictitious superhero has. There's also an element of imitation here, and this is really important, because look, you and I really for all intents and purposes, we cannot be like Taylor Swift or LeBron James. But you know what we can be a little like Jeff Bezos or Tim Cook, at some point in your life, you get real and you tell yourself that you cannot be like Lebron James. You cannot sprout to be six foot nine and be the all time leader in NBA point scored, you're not going to be like Taylor Swift. And had the highest grossing musical tour of all time with more than 7 million tickets sold. Now you couldn't sell any tickets to people that would want to see you sing. I sure couldn't. But see, you can be a successful entrepreneur. You just have to do, and when you have to do, and you know you could do those things. See, this means that you and I don't have any cop out. So sometimes we refute an entrepreneur success to try to let ourselves off the hook from actually doing you know, I think it's human nature to sort of protect our ego and tell ourselves, ah, I can't be like them. But that's false, because being wealthy is a choice, something I actually didn't believe when I was younger. If you wanted to you, yes, not some other listener, but you could have a successful business and perhaps even parlay your success into being a yacht owner, you could actually be that now, yacht owner, that's not some goal of mine. But see, instead of resenting a yacht owner, you can be inspired by that success. You don't have to launch a space company and fly people to Mars. You can do something here on earth. You can own a successful e commerce company, or rent out cars to people, or provide what people truly need and righteously serve a lot of people with housing. As a real estate investor, you can do all those things, even if it's just 1% of the level that Bezos does with E commerce, even if it's 1/10 of 1% see, you can get a piece of that. This is similar to how popular culture denigrates landlords and yet over sympathizes with tenants. Sometimes the tenant is right, but the landlord is often not some mega corporation. They're usually a mom and pop investor that took on risk and took out a mortgage loan to provide property for a complete stranger. Now let's say that you achieve what we'll call success, quote, unquote, success as a real estate entrepreneur, because you just added your 20th rental unit, right? You had 19, as soon as you go to 20, then is that the right level at which you're supposed to start being denigrated? But up to that point, it was okay. I mean, see, this can sound a little silly. In fact, just last week, at the New Orleans investment conference, I met a GRE listener and investor, Jenny from Indiana. She actually owns 19 rental units. They're mostly single family rentals. All right. Well, is it okay to own 19? But then she should start being resented once she adds her 20th property and serves that many people, that doesn't make any sense, and neither does resenting Bezos, I mean, he grew up in challenging conditions with a 17 year old mother and An alcoholic father. Bezos worked, innovated, took risks, raised money. His Guiding Light at Amazon has been an ethical three words, serve the customer. That's a good thing. He came from disadvantaged conditions to serve the customer. And the good news here is that you can do this too. You don't need to have a certain body type or an IQ. Serve the tenant, serve the market. I mean, I have seen successful entrepreneurs that are overweight, short, old, young, tall, female, male, even dyslexic, and they have all crushed it in business among the world's 8 billion people. You yourself see life in a way that no one else sees it. So at some point you learn that you really can't sing like Taylor Swift, or jump over a car like LeBron, or be as funny as. Meet bargatsi, but you can be you, and that's enough, but you have to do and, oh yeah, not give up every time things get tough, but nobody's stopping you. An entrepreneur is a crazy person who risks their own money for freedom, rather than exchanging their freedom for money, you took the leap critics stand on the sidelines when they're disparaged only because they're wealthy. It says more about the critic than it says about you, the successful entrepreneur and real estate investor. So instead, you can ask yourself the question, what is stopping me from creating my own version of that success? We misdirect our emotions when we vilify entrepreneurs and glorify stage performers merely based on what's more visible, more emotional and more imitative, rather than the Creator of the products and services that put real value in your life. So don't be ashamed of applying yourself and using your ingenuity in your strategy, in your careful risk taking for earning more income for yourself. We shouldn't disparage Bezos, LeBron, Taylor Swift or Dua Lipa for the wealth, because it is the same kind of success that we all wish that we could have.    coming up in future weeks on the show here we're getting closer to the end of the year where I will reveal get rich education's home price appreciation forecast for next year right here on the show. And I'm gonna give you an exact percentage national home price appreciation number. You're gonna know what to expect. I've done that for you for a few years here now I think this is gonna be the fourth year in a row where I'm doing it. It's sort of becoming a tradition, but coming up before that here on the show, I've shared with you how you know it's usually going to take you five years or more to go from your day job to financial freedom through real estate investing, but we've had some nice appreciation the last few years, and some GRE listeners are doing it faster than five years pretty soon, here, I'm gonna have a conversation with the GRE listener that applied principles that he heard here on the show, and he quit his job for real estate in just three years, he's gonna be here with me and tell you how he did it. Thanks for listening.   Hey, go ahead andtell a friend about the show here, take a screenshot and post it on your social media. I really appreciate you sharing the GRE Podcast with your friends and others until next week, I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, Don't Quit Your Daydream.   Speaker 4  37:56   Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice, please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of get rich Education LLC, exclusively.   Keith Weinhold  38:24   The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth, building, getricheducation.com.

For the first time in a year and a half, the street that runs in front of a West Reading chocolate factory that exploded is now open.   New measurements show climate pollution is escaping oil and gas production hubs at an estimated 4 times the amount companies report to regulators.  Climate change is taking front and center stage before the Philadelphia Gas Commission.   A section of Clear Creek State Forest in western Pennsylvania has been inducted into the Old Growth Forest Network, which tallies these rare ecosystems across the country. Two Cumberland County police departments are investigating the threat of a school shooting. A Philadelphia police officer is dead nearly three months after being shot in the neck during a traffic stop.  That bright light you might have seen streaking across the sky early Tuesday was the launch of SpaceX's latest rocket -– the Polaris Dawn -- that blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Central Pennsylvania is experiencing an intense heat wave. Compared to other years, the heat is hitting the area particularly early.  The heat wave could last through at least Saturday --with temperatures reaching the high 90s. So, what's the connection to global warming? The region is under a heat advisory through Saturday. The hot temperatures can lead to poor sleep, cardiac and respiratory stress,  and heat exhaustion. A majority of heat related deaths are caused by *indoor* heat exposure. Police in Adams County have rescued dozens of animals inside a school bus and trailer. An apartment building damaged in the deadly explosion of a West Reading chocolate factory last year is being torn down.  Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Chemotherapy exposure during the first trimester is contraindicated and increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, fetal death, and major congenital malformations. Second- and third-trimester exposure may affect some body systems still developing and can still result in fetal growth restriction, low birth weight, and preterm labor. Yet, I do want to stress that pregnancy can remain a possibility,” Kelsey Miller, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, OCN®, clinical nurse specialist in oncology and infusion therapy at Reading Hospital in West Reading, PA, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a conversation about policies and procedures for pregnancy testing during cancer treatment. Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Earn 0.25 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by May 10, 2026. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Learning outcome: Learners will report an increase in knowledge related to pregnancy screening procedures during cancer treatment. Episode Notes  Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.  Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes: Episode 217: Support Pregnant and Postpartum Patients During Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Episode 208: How to Have Fertility Preservation Conversations With Your Patients ONS Voice article: The Case of the Pregnancy Predicament ONS book: Oncology Nurse Navigation: Delivering Patient-Centered Care Across the Continuum (second edition) Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing articles: Pregnancy and Cancer Treatment: Developing a Standardized Testing Policy and Procedure Unintended Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Contraception Use and Counseling in Women With Cancer ONS Huddle Cards Fertility Preservation Sexuality ONS Congress® abstract: System Approach to Fertility Preservation and Pregnancy Status During Active Cancer Treatment (by Kelsey Miller and Ainsley Hartman) ECHO program (Enriching Communication Skills for Health Professionals in Oncofertility) Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network article: Pregnancy Screening in Patients With Cancer National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines: Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities. To find resources for creating an ONS Podcast Club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library. To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org. Highlights From This Episode “It's really crucial to identify [pregnancy] prior to treatment, as this should be considered a patient safety ‘never' event. We know that exposure to chemotherapy or radiation can cause mutagenic changes in reproductive cells and teratogenic effects in a developing fetus. Women of childbearing potential should have a documented pregnancy test prior to beginning cancer treatment due to the adverse effects of chemotherapy and radiation on a developing fetus.” TS 1:42 “We had a fertility risk checklist that was based off American Society of Clinical Oncology standards, that was not fully operationalized nor built into physician workflows. The checklist was a way of documenting that risks of infertility, fertility preservation, and contraception was discussed, as well as an attestation that referral to a reproductive endocrinologist was made if needed. I had a physician partner at the time who said the only way to get the providers to fill out this checklist is to make it a hard stop, so that's what we did. The fertility risk checklist is now a hard stop by means of an order validation that will pop up when the provider goes to sign the oncology treatment plan, and it will say, ‘Orders cannot be signed unless the fertility risk checklist is complete.'” TS 9:27 “Whenever I develop teams, I like to share a common vision. We're all here for patient safety, and we want to prevent harm by pregnancy screening these patients that could potentially become pregnant during cancer treatment.” TS 13:20 “There's a misconception that all cancer therapy will render patients infertile, and this is not the case. Even though chemotherapy and radiation reduce fertility and may cause premature ovarian failure, many patients still remain fertile. And we know from research that physical intimacy remains important during cancer treatment, and unintended pregnancies may occur.” TS 18:13

Former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker joins the Chase & Big Joe Show! Tucker previews tonight's NFL Draft and talks about the excitement surrounding the league. He talks about being the second most famous person in his hometown of West Reading, Pennslyvania to Taylor Swift. What was it like seeing her in concert and knowing her parents? Tucker talks about Joe Alt and why he's the guy for the Titans. What does he want to see more of from Alt? Listen for more. 

Former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker joins the Chase & Big Joe Show! Tucker previews tonight's NFL Draft and talks about the excitement surrounding the league. He talks about being the second most famous person in his hometown of West Reading, Pennslyvania to Taylor Swift. What was it like seeing her in concert and knowing her parents? Tucker talks about Joe Alt and why he's the guy for the Titans. What does he want to see more of from Alt? Jill Jelnick of Fox 17 joins the Chase & Big Joe Show! Jelnick and the guys preview the NFL Draft and what the Titans will do. Jelnick is excited for the Titans and says that selecting Joe Alt can instantly make the team better. What other options could present themselves tonight if Alt isn't available? Jelnick talks about the Titans' draft strategy and what to expect from them past the first round. What are the biggest needs of the team? Jelnick hangs around for What Day Is It? and Celebrity Birthdays. Listen for more. 

Marky Barto comes to us from the Czech Republic, bringing the centuries-old classical painting style to Berks County as apprentice to her instructor, fine artist Eric Armusik. She recounts her artistic journey-- influences from her childhood, education, career paths, and serendipitous encounters--that landed her in the U.S. following her love of art as an emerging and award-winning artist with her first solo exhibit at Arts Plus Gallery in West Reading through November 2023.

Lawmakers want better controls on tranq, a livestock sedative that is being found in illicit drugs; Scammers are targeting Medicare patients; Seasonal forecast predicts warm winter in PA.  Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Alison Swift wurde am 13. Dezember 1989 in West Reading, Pennsylvania, geboren. P. liegt direkt links neben NY State. Benannt wurde sie nach dem Singer-Songwriter James Taylor, den ich glaube ihre Eltern beide sehr liebten... Vox nannte sie den „Millennial Bruce Springsteen“ und The Times nannte sie „den Bob Dylan unserer Zeit“. Billboard gab ihr den Titel „Frau des Jahrzehnts“ (2010er), bei den American Music Awards nannte man sie „Künstlerin des Jahrzehnts“ (2010er) und bei den Brit Awards sogar „Global Icon“.Zu ihren Auszeichnungen zählen 12 Grammy Awards, darunter drei Auszeichnungen für das Album des Jahres; ein Primetime Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards; 29 Billboard Music Awards; 12 Auszeichnungen der Country Music Association; drei IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year-Auszeichnungen; Und sie hält 98 Guinness-Weltrekorde. Auf ein paar gehen wir auch gleich noch ein. Quellen (Auswahl):https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-swift-kanye-bitch-famous-lyric-hear-video-proof/https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/taylor-swift-achieves-more-than-6-million-global-units-for-midnights-and-37-billion-total-streams-in-2022/087168https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/6/taylor-swift-becomes-only-living-artist-to-achieve-iconic-chart-record-751286https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-taylor-swift-collaborations-songs/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40937429https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1328471874318311425?lang=dehttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Taylor-Swifthttps://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/usa-taylor-swift-warum-sich-die-saengerin-zum-ersten-mal-politisch-aeussert-a-1232051.htmlhttps://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/swift-demokraten-101.htmlhttps://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/taylor-swift-universal-republic-deal-spotify-758102/https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/taylor-swift-wie-viel-shakespeare-steckt-in-der-us-saengerin-frau-mccausland-a-576e7108-6631-4d17-b177-317a65ab47abRedaktion und finales Skript: Cathrin Jacob, Kim SeidlerScript: Tjorven SteinmeyerSchnitt: Marie RöderKontakt und alle Folgen: linktr.ee/starkefrauenÜber eine Spende via Paypal an starkefrauenpodcast@gmail.com würden wir uns freuen.Photo Credit: Taylor Swift at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 - Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com CC BY-SA 4.0 Möchtest Du Cathrin oder Kim auf einen Kaffee einladen und dafür die Episoden werbefrei hören? Dann klicke auf den folgenden Link: https://plus.acast.com/s/starke-frauen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Federal safety investigators have issued a subpoena to the state Public Utility Commission for documents related to a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading. All nine young people who escaped from a Berks County youth detention center have been re-captured. State police say hey didn't appear to have very good survival skills. Voters in Allegheny County's 21st state House district will decide which party will control the state House. Police say thousands of minks have been released from a Northumberland County fur farm after someone cut holes in the surrounding fence.    Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 039: of the American Grown Podcast in the Colortech Creative Solutions studios with Katie Trainer Traveling Educational Muralist. Katie is a very talented artist. Her magic on the other hand could use a little tweaking...but in all love Katie is an amazing person. We share a love for animals and we both have 3 purrrfect fur babies.In this episode Katie talks about her travels from Lepppnin to Erie PA and out to Oregon and Seattle. She also spent time in Nashville and eventually made her way back home. While on her travels Katie met a lot of fascinating people. In Oregon she learned to make rocket stoves and spent time in eco-villages (If you think rocket stoves are made by Elon Musk you may want to listen). In Nashville she learned to combine her love of magic with her art and began selling pieces on the streets. Once home Katie received an opportunity to paint her first ever mural on Cheery Street (mural corridor) in West Reading. Since then she has created over 100 murals and has taught classes to roughly 5500 people on the importance of art."If you're trying to get in to public art the first thing to do would be to reach out to someone who does it." Katie Trainer-To learn more about Katie Trainer click here: https://www.facebook.com/katie.trainer-#ad this episode is brought to you by Triggered 22. Support a local veteran and help spread awareness for PTSD & #22aday.-#ad this episode is brought to you by Colortech Creative Solutions. Colortech Creative Solutions takes your creative projects from visualization to realization since 1980 while keeping your budget in mind.-Engage with us on Social media: IG- https://www.instagram.com/americangrownpodcast/ FB-https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077655465940 or visits us at https://rss.com/podcasts/americangrownpodcast/

Brian Adams is the owner of The Art Room in West Reading, PA, and one of my most valued allies when it comes to philanthropy and making change. I met Brian two years ago when he contacted me to participate in The Awesome Toy Drive. Since then, we've always had the best conversations in his shop. We talk about small business, spill the tea on the avenue, and what we need to succeed in life. What I loved about this episode was our discussion about religion. It's refreshing to hear from a man who is technically not welcome in certain areas of the catholic church but still has faith. Oh, and before I forget, Brian was a personal shopper to the glamorous in New York City and even shopped for the hit movie Creed. Learn More About Brian Adams Website: The Art Room Facebook: @TheArtRoomWR Instagra,: @TheArtRoom_WR Connect with FXV Digital Design Website: FXV Digital Design LinkedIn: @fxv-digital-design Instagram: @fxvdigital TikTok: @fxvdigital Show Notes Produced By: Joseph Alexander Media Music By: Beats by Dai

The people of Nazareth's familiarity with Jesus blinded them from seeing him for who he truly was. Mistaken IdentityThe people of Nazareth let their familiarity with Jesus and preconceived notions about him prevent them from experiencing genuine relationship with him. When we come to Jesus we have to come to him for who he is, not who we want him to beMark 6:1-3 Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown. 2 The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked, “Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?” 3 Then they scoffed, “He's just a carpenter, the son of Mary[a] and the brother of James, Joseph,[b] Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.Jesus is returning to his hometown. Nazareth is about 20 miles west of Capernaum, where many of the events we've looked at up to this point in Mark's gospel have occurred. Nazareth was smaller than Capernaum. It had the reputation of being a “back roads” town. Even one of Jesus' disciples, Nathaniel, when he was originally told about Jesus of Nazareth asked, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” It's one of those towns where everyone knows everybody and knows their business. We've already seen in Mark how Jesus' fame had spread all throughout Galilee and beyond. No doubt news of his miracles and teachings had made its way back to Nazareth. This is like the small town kid who went off to the big city and made it big in entertainment, athletics, or politics and now is coming home to his roots. Likely lots of anticipation surrounding his return, but lots of skepticism, too. (Maybe give a list of really small towns and see if people know the famous celebrity, athlete, or leader from that town) Abraham Lincoln, Hodgenville, KYLarry Bird, French Lick IndianaTaylor Swift, West Reading, PAWhen Jesus left he wasn't a rabbi. He was a carpenter. He hadn't trained under a famous rabbi. There was likely even jealousy. The religious leaders in Nazareth had heard about the fame and following Jesus had been gathering. In typical Mark fashion, he gets right into the action. In Luke's version, which we read in Luke chapter 4, he goes into more detail about what Jesus taught in the synagogue to cause everyone to wonder “where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?” They are amazed and astonished at the teaching of Jesus. When they say”isn't this the carpenter”, it is an insult. Not that carpentry was looked upon as a dishonorable trade, but he had no formal training. He didn't have the endorsement of any prominent rabbi, or any rabbi for that matter. Calling him the son of Mary was also an insult. It was contrary to Jewish custom to refer to a man as the son of his mother, versus the son of his father, even if his mother was a widow. This could also be an accusation that Jesus was an illegitimate child. That rumor had circulated in the small town of Nazareth where everybody knows everybody. Likely something Jesus and Mary&Joseph had dealt with when he was a child. We then see a reference to Jesus' brothers and sisters. Mary and Joseph had other children. Mary didn't remain

In today's podcast, The Practical Prof®, Dr. Santo D. Marabella, talks with friend, Mark Ratcliffe, about his vision for West Reading, Pennsylvania, with a look at how far they've come since establishing their organization 23 years ago, and where they are headed.Ratcliffe is an experienced Main Street Manager who creates activity within a downtown revitalization area and utilizes historic preservation as an integral foundation for core area economic development. He is responsible for the development and promotion of the Main Street Program and its events in West Reading, PA. Support the showOffice Hours with The Practical Prof®... and Friends is a production of Marabella Enterprises, a multi-media education and entertainment company. The Practical Prof® Website.

Dedicated to my son on his 19th birthday. Thoughts and prayers to the community of West Reading, PA The SitRep takes us to Louisiana, Hawaii, and Indiana, and we remember the anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment. The official website for Terry Wilkerson and 1975 Productions is ⁠www.terrywilkerson.com⁠ Go old school with the message boards at ⁠https://www.terrywilkerson.boardhost.com/⁠ Twitter has permanently banned me, so if you are looking for me on social media: ⁠Gettr⁠ ⁠Wimkin⁠ ⁠Locals⁠ ⁠Minds⁠ 1975 Productions Podcasts can be found wherever you download your fine podcast content. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/commenterry1975/message

Adam Serrano is a freelance artist originally from Brooklyn, NY, currently residing in West Reading, PA. Adam is influenced by anything from graffiti to hip-hop to sci-fi. He's known locally for his incredible mural work in Lancaster, PA, logo designs, album artwork, and he's personally created not one but two original pieces for FXV Digital Design. The cool part about this conversation was that it was just that - a conversation. We discuss the new AI craze, aliens, and even if there is other life in the universe! I can't wait to do it again! Learn More About Adam Serrano Website: Adam Serrano Art Instagram: @ifstagram Lancaster Online: Artist Adam Serrano encourages others to conjure giants with latest mural Lancaster Public Art: A Conversation with PSA Muralist Adam Serrano Connect with FXV Digital Design Website: FXV Digital Design LinkedIn: @fxv-digital-design Instagram: @fxvdigital TikTok: @fxvdigital Show Notes Produced By: Joseph Alexander Media Music By: Beats by Dai

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1 of The Alternative Blacks Podcast! Today, we're cracking open a cold beer from Broken Chair Brewery, and we're joined by the owner, Todd Bray. Broken Chair Brewery, like many small businesses, started in a garage. Todd and his team were tired of beers that were extreme in taste and hoppiness, so they set out to create a wide variety of beers that everyone could enjoy. It took a lot of trial and error, but they eventually succeeded in brewing beers that they were proud of. A few years into the brewing process, Todd and his team decided to take their operation to the next level. They searched for months to find the perfect location and ultimately settled on West Reading. The community around Penn Avenue is very supportive of small businesses and Todd and his team were excited to be a part of it. The tasting room is cozy and welcoming, with a warm brick and patchwork tile floor. The brewery is visible through a glass-paneled door and features a small 2 BBL brewing system with 8 fermenters. This small brewing system allows them to make a variety of different beers, and rotate them when one has kicked. Join us as we chat with Todd about his journey in starting Broken Chair Brewery, and what it takes to run a small business in today's world. Cheers! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alternative-blacks/support

JD Turner is the owner of Holistic Skateshop in West Reading, PA. I first met JD a few years back when my daughter asked for a skateboard. We headed over to Holistic and had one of the greatest customer experiences of my life. He took the time to ask my daughter the appropriate questions and set up a board custom just for her - but that wasn't the only AWESOME thing that day! JD informed me of a dream he had about opening up a killer skatepark in the Reading area. Built correctly with enough space to accommodate everyone. What started as a simple idea in 2016 has blossomed into the Reading Skatepark Association which hopes to open in the very near future! Connect with JD Turner Website: https://holisticskateshop.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolisticSkateshop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holistic_skateshop Twitter: https://twitter.com/holisticskate Connect with FXV Digital Design Website: https://fxvdigital.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fxv-digital-design/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fxvdigital/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fxvdigital Show Notes Produced By: https://www.josephalexander.media/ Music By: https://soundcloud.com/xoxodai

Erik Arizmendi is the owner of Comālli Taqueria, the tastiest taco joint in town! Erik started his journey towards earning the title of Taco King in 2015 with a canopy tent and an Al Pastor machine. He kicked up his game in 2019 by purchasing his first taco truck, and quickly found himself with a brick-and-mortar spot in West Reading before the year was out. We all know how 2020 went, but that didn't stop Erik from working on his brand by providing quality and consistency with every taco served. Fast forward to 2022, and his brand is stronger than ever! He's now expanded to providing catering services, added another taco truck, and he's had to improve technology in his dining room to make sure every customer has a great experience – and all this in 3 YEARS! Check out how Erik keeps his staff motivated and always on board with providing the highest quality with the best consistency in Berks – most likely the world! Connect with Erik Arizmendi Website: Comālli Taqueria Facebook: TaqueriaComalli Instagram: @taqueriacomalli Connect with FXV Digital Design Website: https://fxvdigital.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fxv-digital-design/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fxvdigital/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fxvdigital Show Notes Produced By: Joseph Alexander Media Music By: Beats by Dai

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her narrative songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and widespread media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed a songwriting contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording deal with Big Machine Records in 2005, and released her eponymous debut studio album in 2006.Swift explored country pop on the albums Fearless (2008) and Speak Now (2010); the success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" on both country and pop radio established her as a leading crossover artist. She experimented with rock and electronic genres on her fourth studio album, Red (2012), supported by the singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble". Swift eschewed country on her synth-pop album 1989 (2014) and its chart-topping tracks "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". The media scrutiny on Swift's life inspired Reputation (2017), which drew from urban sounds. Led by "Look What You Made Me Do", the album made Swift the only act in MRC Data history to have four albums each sell over a million copies in a week.Parting ways with Big Machine, Swift signed with Republic Records in 2018 and released her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Inspired by escapism during the COVID-19 pandemic, Swift ventured into indie folk and alternative rock styles on her 2020 studio albums, Folklore and Evermore, receiving plaudits for their nuanced storytelling. Following a dispute over the masters of her back catalog, she released the 2021 re-recordings Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) to universal acclaim. The number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow" and "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" made Swift the only act to simultaneously debut atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts three times. Besides music, she has played supporting roles in films such as Valentine's Day (2010) and Cats (2019), released the autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020), and directed the musical films Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020) and All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).With over 200 million records sold worldwide, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Eight of her songs have topped the Hot 100, and her concert tours are some of the highest-grossing in history. She has received 11 Grammy Awards (including three Album of the Year wins), an Emmy Award, 34 American Music Awards (the most for an artist), 29 Billboard Music Awards (the most for a woman) and 58 Guinness World Records, among other accolades. She has featured on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time (2015), Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists (2019), the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100 rankings. Having been honored with titles such as Woman of the Decade and Artist of the Decade, Swift is regarded as a pop icon due to her influential career, philanthropy, and advocacy for artists' rights and women's empowerment.

Our inaugural show launch on Memorial Day 2022 broadcasting live from Willow Creek Brewing Company in West Reading, PA.     Author Susan Snyder shares with us her new book entitled "Off to be a solider with a daily letter to my wife".     This book is dedicated to her late father in law Luke Snyder, a World War II veteran that wrote a letter every single day to his wife while fighting overseas in WW II.   Also, Veteran and Brewmeister Mark Camlin shares his recent experience collaborating with over 20 other breweries in PA to raise money for Keystone Military Families, the largest military only food larder in PA.  Come Join your Host John Otte and Special Guest Host Jim Manser to kickoff and celebrate Pennsylvania Veterans Forward!

In this fun remote interview we sat down with Mark Camlin, who along with his wife Joanne, started and and own Willow Creek Brewing in West Reading, PA. It's a great conversation that covers various topics from brewing and getting started in West Reading. Please be sure to put Willow Creek Brewing on your must visit list if you get to SE Pennsylvania, as the atmosphere is great and the beer is even better! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/metalbeerand-bs/message

This week, in honor of the announcement of going in to the Hall of Fame, we talk about everything relating to The Undertaker. HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

This week, we run through ALL of the members of NWO and we talk about Bullet Club members and compare the two groups. HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, in honor of Black History Month, we discuss all of the Black world champions in professional wrestling history --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss the 2022 Royal Rumble PPV. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss some of the rarest wrestling figures in the world. There's a ton to get through so this will be a 2-parter. There are pictures in the video to show which figures we are discussing. This is part 2. If you have not listened to part 1, go back and listen to that first --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss some of the rarest wrestling figures in the world. There's a ton to get through so this will be a 2-parter. There are pictures in the video to show which figures we are discussing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss some of the rarest wrestling figures in the world. There's a ton to get through so this will be a 2-parter. There are pictures in the video to show which figures we are discussing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we came up with a custom tournament based around survivor series. We did AEW vs WWE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we came up with a custom tournament based around survivor series. We did AEW vs WWE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

This week, we discuss some of the best and funniest conspiracy theories. HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

This week, we discuss some of the best and funniest conspiracy theories. HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This episode, we went Live during AAW this weekend! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This episode, we went Live during the AAW show this weekend --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss some of the creepiest, scariest, and worst gimmicks, matches, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss some of the creepiest, scariest, and worst gimmicks, matches, and more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss the current KOTR tournament. We also travel back in time and discuss previous winners! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss the current KOTR tournament. We also travel back in time and discuss previous winners! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

Amanda Alger is the owner of Dressed In Love Bridal Suite in West Reading, PA. We sat down and spoke about the importance of giving your client not only a great product but an amazing experience. Social media presence, client expectations, in-house scents, yes, even the smell of your brick and mortar is part of your brand. If anyone knows branding, it's Amanda.

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This episode, as we're on our way to AEW in Philadelphia, we run through a couple more entry numbers for our Royal Rumble tournament. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we run through a new tournament idea! We randomly selected names of wrestlers and we will do a tournament Mortal Kombat style. Once they are done, they can not be in the tournament again. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we run through a new tournament idea! We randomly selected names of wrestlers and we will do a tournament Mortal Kombat style. Once they are done, they can not be in the tournament again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

After a short hiatus, we're back! And this time we're joined by the new crew at Chatty Monks Brewing in West Reading, PA - Devi Jagadesan (owner), Ryan Berkis (marketing), and briefly John Stemler (brewmaster and beverage consultant). We chatted about the challenges of taking ownership of a brewery during the pandemic, changes and future plans for the brewery, and Ryan taught us old folks about TikTok. #dontgetstemlered Do you love Beer Busters? Of course you do! Why not leave us a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice and consider supporting us on Patreon.

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss the 80s and 90s of WWE known as The Golden Era. Our friend Frank joins us as we take a trip down memory lane. The Golden Era is Wrestlemania 1 through 9. Frank also shows off his pretty rad collection of old school wrestling collectibles! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welikewrestling-pod/support

HUGE thank you to our sponsor, Rise Up Nutrition! Located on Penn Ave in West Reading, Pa. Stop by for a boosted tea to help you through the day. Or grab a protein shake to keep you feeling full. Also included in the menu are protein waffles, oatmeal, protein donuts, protein bites, pre workout, post workout, and more! They greet you with a smile as soon as you walk in the door! HUGE thank you to the IwEP Network for partnering with us! We have a store now! Purchase loose and MOC figures, Funko Pops, and more! https://youtube.com/channel/UCmg1Z3YPa2CzwX-qsAzws1w https://wlwshop.square.site https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast https://linktr.ee/IwepNetwork This week, we discuss the 80s and 90s of WWE known as The Golden Era. Our friend Frank joins us as we take a trip down memory lane. The Golden Era is Wrestlemania 1 through 9. Frank also shows off his pretty rad collection of old school wrestling collectibles! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

"Thank you to our sponsor Rise Up Nutrition. Located at 715 Penn Ave, West Reading, Pa. If you're in need of some energy to get you through the day, stop by and grab yourself a boosted tea. They have a ton of flavors! They also have protein shakes that act as a meal replacement, protein waffles, oatmeal, and more! As soon as you walk in they greet you with a smile! Stop by and let them know the We Like Wrestling Podcast sent you! Thank you to the IwEP Network for allowing us to be a partner of their network! Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WLWPodcast " --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iwepnetwork/message

Bignose got to sit down with kick ass comedian, and fellow metal head Don Jamieson a few weeks back at Nitro Bar in West Reading. Don performed the night before and was kind enough to give up time the next day. Give it a listen and enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/metalbeerand-bs/message

Jason Eyer and his brother Dave decided in January of 2020 they would learn a new skill involving wood and epoxy. Fast forward a year and a half later and they now have a brand new storefront in West Reading, PA. That's the epitome of hard work and passion!

This week's episode features Adam Kenderdine of Benchwarmers Coffee & Doughnuts. Adam said, "No longer did I want to settle for that junk cup," and took matters into his own hands. He became a micro-roaster of specialty coffee and now slings his awesome cup of Joe in West Reading, PA.

On this episode of Comics & Kaijus the boys review 1964’s Ghidorah and Vision Volume 1 Little Worse Than A Man. Shoutout to Symbiote Collectibles for hooking our boy Cam up. Be sure to visit them on Facebook or in person at 514 Penn Ave. West Reading, PA 19611.www.projectlouder.net

The Platform episode 258 features Mixology from Philadelphia, an open-format DJ that performs in and around the Philly and New Jersey area. He is a member of the Senate DJs, a diverse group of DJs and influencers - and Direct DJ Company, a premier DJ company located in Philadelphia. He brings the club vibes for the next hour with this one blending together house, jersey club, and hip-hop. Currently, he has a monthly residency at a popular bar in West Reading called Beer Wall on Penn and has played at spots such as Cavanaugh's Riverdeck, JJ Bootleggers, Rec & Royal, The Ocean Drive, numerous Atlantic City Casinos and more. You can find his edits on his website, as well as mixes that he uploads frequently. Be sure to follow him on his socials by tapping the links below and enjoy Mixology's latest mix, on The Platform. Website: djmixology.net FB: www.facebook.com/djmixology IG: www.instagram.com/djmixology Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/dj-mixology Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/djmixology

We kick off this episode by catching up with Ryan Ludwig, owner of Rebel Hive Meadery in Reading, PA. As we sip some of the fine honey wine, we chat about Rebel Hive’s new bottle shop in West Reading, mead slushies, taster packs, new varieties, and much more. Then we head into the meat of the episode with Dan Hershberg, owner of Workhorse Brewing in King of Prussia, PA with a tap room in Philadelphia. Workhorse brews have been a main stay for us keeping our sanity during quarantine with their city-wide delivery available in Philly. Over cans of some of their summer releases, we chat about how the company has navigated the challenges of the COVID pandemic, new beer releases, and their work with various charities. On the topic of philanthropy, Wayne hosted a game all about craft beer’s long history of working for the greater good, with the winners nominating charities that Beer Busters and Workhorse will be donating $197 to, in honor of our 197th episode. The chosen charities are: True Colors United – https://truecolorsunited.org/ Black Lives Matter Philly – https://www.blmphilly.com/ Do you love Beer Busters? Of course you do! Why not leave us a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice and consider supporting us on Patreon.

Pastor Vince introduces the subject of the new "Beloved" series as he walks through West Reading.

Jeffery Epstein, Prince Andrew, Kanye West, Reading, Country Music.

Justin Bortz is the owner of New World Jewellers in West Reading, PA. Starting his company in 1989 Justin is currently the longest standing retail location on Penn Ave in West Reading. Why? Listen to this episode to find out. We talk about how he's been able to reinvent, update, and continue to deliver great peaces of art for his clients all while maintaining stellar customer service and experience. 

Welcome to episode 20! in this milestone for us episode we shoot the shit about our up coming vinyl thrash/ metal trivia night at The Nitro Bar in West Reading, PA, Quebec Deathfest, the upcoming Shocktoberfest concert, and the Kennet Brewfest in Kennet Square, PA. We drink a few beers and review and/ or bitch about them. I wont spoil the surprise. The music on this episode is a band from Portland called Vintersea. Extremely talented and pretty badass! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/metalbeerand-bs/message

Mandy Acuna, Safe Berks Board member and co-chair of the Walk For NO MORE, shares information about this major fundraising and awareness event. The Walk For NO MORE will take place on Sat., June 15, 2019, and will kickoff Art on the Avenue in West Reading. To register, visit www.SafeBerks.org, and click on Events.

Mandy Acuna, Safe Berks Board member and co-chair of the Walk For NO MORE, shares information about this major fundraising and awareness event. The Walk For NO MORE will take place on Sat., June 15, 2019, and will kickoff Art on the Avenue in West Reading. To register, visit www.SafeBerks.org, and click on Events.

“3 Things That Create A Dynamic Culture - Care, Trust, and Help” - Barry Schlouch Barry Schlouch is Co-founder and President of Schlouch Incorporated, a 270-person site design and construction firm headquartered in Blandon, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of the book “Excellence In Construction,” (https://www.amazon.com/Excellence-Construction-achieving-success-everyday/dp/1481287486) a speaker, consultant and mentor to both businesses and individuals interested in achieving excellence in business and life. His website is http://barryschlouch.com/ Schlouch Incorporated provides site construction services throughout Pa & surrounding states. Our services include site design, survey, excavating, utilities, concrete & paving for commercial, residential, energy, & public sectors. Schlouch performs $65 million in annual revenues, employs 270 talented team members, and owns 175 pieces of heavy construction equipment. Barry and Deb Schlouch founded Schlouch Incorporated in 1983 in the basement of their home in Berks County, Pennsylvania to do excavating and utilities. They didn’t own any equipment at the time and had no firm jobs on the books. Schlouch’s first job in 1983 was a $15,000 assignment to prepare a site for Wendy’s Restaurant in West Reading. Since then, they have gone on to add design, survey, blasting, concrete and paving. Their vision and confidence was the beginning of what has become one of the leading total site preparation specialists in Eastern Pennsylvania. Today, Schlouch is a company with 275 employees and 300 plus pieces of equipment including 150 pieces of heavy equipment. The company enjoys repeat business from most major local and regional owners, developers and contractors as well as from many national firms handling construction management in the area. More than 60% of Schlouch’s business each year comes from repeat customers, a testimonial to Schlouch’s quality work, on-time performance and competitive pricing. Schlouch has never lost sight of its roots. While the company receives many multi-million dollar contracts each year, Barry and Deb are proud to say that their firm still does excavation for basements and small residential and commercial projects and has a skilled team with their own equipment just to handle those tasks. Shownotes: 4:00 How did you get your start? 8:30 How did you create such a great place to work? A place voted best place to work in Pennsylvania OVER Harley Davidson and Hershey foods 12:30 How does culture change for the better? 15:00 The 3 things that create a dynamic culture - Quote/clip 22:00 Maintaining such a high customer retention rate 28:30 Why did you write your book? 32:00 Most important mentors 37:00 The importance of mentoring people 42:30 Barry's most important failures 45:00 Worst day in business life 49:30 Defining your vision 51:00 Best mindset for an entrepreneur 57:00 How do you stay so competitive? 58:30 Thoughts on the American free enterprise system Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ditch-digger-ceo-with-gary-rabine/id1440312967?mt=2 Visit the DDCEO BLOG: http://ditchdiggerceo.com/ Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO

We hunker down back in the Beer Busters Podcast Basement to welcome owner of Broken Chair Brewery in West Reading, Todd Bray. Todd chats with us about the inspiration and story behind the young brewery, the advantages of being in West Reading, some interesting tidbits about the building the brewery inhabits, and more. Plus, we finally get a chance to try some of the gluten-free beers from Holidaily Brewing in Colorado, and they do not disappoint! Listeners may remember when we interviewed Holidaily owner, Karen Hertz, back in episode 160. Dan reported on some data from the Brewers Association about the state of beer in 2018, plus a Pabst Blue Ribbon Whiskey, and another Harpoon and Dunkin’ collab beer. Wayne hosted a round of Bottom of the Barrel on BeerAdvocate in Happy Fun Time. And, in Know Your Beers, Steph continues her series all about hops with Know Your Hops Part 3. PATRONS! You won’t want to miss this episode’s Last Call segment, in which the loser of Happy Fun Time is subjected to a rather unpalatable punishment. And we got it on video! Stay tuned to Patreon the Monday after this episode drops to catch the gut-wrenching action! Do you love Beer Busters? Of course you do! Why not leave us a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice and consider supporting us on Patreon.

Hello. It's a momentous weekend for EVERYONE in Reading. It's Cow Lane-eve weekend so get the bunting out and join us for a little pomp and circumstance as West Reading's longest running traffic improvement scheme FINALLY comes to an end. We're excited. Then there's also a lovely chat with South Street Arts Centre's programme director John Luther to round things off, plus this weeks random question. Let prattle commence! Follow us on Twitter and join us on Facebook. If you like our new intro music, it's Real Life by Reading's own Twin Sun. More on them here.Visit our new podcast website here at realreadingpodcast.co.uk For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Join Rachel Nemeth, Tom Canning and Hugh Fort for the latest episode of the Real Reading Podcast with special guest Phil Eeles from Honest Burger in King Street, Reading. Also on this weeks podcast, there's the latest fact of the week, Hugh's been out to play football and Tom saw an impressive steam train while watching football in West Reading. Let prattle commence! Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook. If you like our new intro music, it's Real Life by Reading's own Twin Sun. More on them here.If you enjoy the Real Reading Podcast, please remember to subscribe on your app and leave us a lovely review! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Mike and Robbie are back for another week of 222 fun! Their friend Dan joins the guys to discuss Halloween, a listener message, a Royal fall, a new beer spot coming to West Reading, along with their drinks, snacks and more! The 222 Podcast is brought to you by... Klingers Pubs.Get on over to KlingersPubs.com for more info about Klingers on Carsonia, Klingers of Fleetwood and Kingers at the Airport. Plus, make sure to like all three locations on Facebook.

Jeremy Freymoyer, co-founder of Encrypted Escape, talks to Karen Marsdale about the first immersive, themed experience for group activities in West Reading. Karen has some fun with this interview and it's not to be missed!

Dr. Adam Feldman, a 52-year-old cardiologist with the Tower Health Medical Group in West Reading, shares his remarkable story as a world-class fencer. Feldman started fencing in 1980, was a three-time All-American at Penn State from 1983-87; the NCAA foil champion in 1986 and won silver in the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival. With the demand of medical school consuming his time, he stopped competing in 1988. When his daughter Jessica took up fencing at Pitt, Dr. Feldman tells Zeke that he gave her some lessons and that rekindle his interest in fencing. His comeback came in 2015 and immediately returned to form, good enough to go the 2015 Maccabiah Games in Berlin. He tore a meniscus a week before the competition and had surgery a month later. Dr. Feldman tells Zeke that he resumed his comeback in 2016 and with light training won the Keystone Games foil event for veterans. He returned to the national level in 2017, winning his age division in the U.S. Nationals and winning gold medals in the 40-and-up and 50-and-up foil and a silver medal in 50-and-older epee in the Pan-Am Games. Dr. Feldman tells Zeke that his performance in nationals earned him a spot in the Veterans World Championships in Slovenia, where he finished 39th in individual foil.

Melissa Hummel and David James Twiford, who own the I-Form Fitness Studio in West Reading, share with Zeke their individual specialties and pursuits. Hummel is a Titleist-certified golf conditioning specialist and marathon runner, competing in numerous marathons, including Boston's. Hummel tells Zeke that she is training for this year’s Philadelphia Marathon. Twiford is an avid bicyclist and participates in the annual New York City five-borough bike ride. He organizes bike trips for local charities. Twiford also is a senior fitness strength and conditioning specialist, working with 50- to 90-year-olds. He calls that group active aging.

Melissa Hummel and David James Twiford share with Zeke the philosophy of their I-Form Fitness Studio in West Reading that eschews machines in favor of a personal approach. They work on multiple muscles, making the core the strongest part of the body. They tell Zeke that they do a lot of anchoring with bands, helping their clients with TRX suspension straps and other devices for total body resistance. Hummel and Twiford do not use standard machines, which they believe get in the way. In Danish, the name I-Form means health, shape and wellness and that's what their studio is about. I-Form Fitness Studio also offers yoga classes.

It’s a Family Affair! Meet the Asztalos Family Amy, Gyula and Owen Asztalos. They share their journey with their son Owen. Amy says, “He literally came into the world dancing and impersonating Elvis”. How do you know if your child has that ‘special spark’? Gyula recalls being told, “Your son is very talented, he is like a diamond in the rough” yet he was still skeptical! Tune in to hear the journey that includes Owen impersonating characters at 2 years old and the defining moment witnessed on stage at the Santander Arena. There have been guides along the way that included Joel Gori, the Artistic Director of Metamorphosis Performing Company. Now there is AU, a management company in West Reading and Innovative Artists, Owen’s agent in New York. In a short time span Own found himself in the movie, ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ and in the Marco Polo Geico TV commercial. What does it take to help your child realize his acting dream? 100% commitment! Amy says, “You are either all in or all out…it’s a huge sacrifice and it costs a lot of money”

Determination and persistence is how JD Turner won over City Hall! He shares his journey from an archeological dig near I95 in Philadelphia to owning a Skate Shop in West Reading to seeing a leading the push for a skate park in downtown Reading. His passion and tenacity led to the formation of a local grassroots Reading Skatepark Association. This group has been lobbying to build a skate park on a grand scale. Build it and they will come! The proposed 20 to 30,000 square foot world-class concrete facility will be designed for skateboards, bikes, inline skates and scooters. JD Turner captured the imagination of Mayor Wally Scott and Adam Mukerji the Executive Director of the Reading Redevelopment Authority. The vision is to build a safe, free, and easily accessible concrete park for youth and millennials in the community to have fun. Located next to the RACC campus and behind Penske the proposed skate park will be easily accessible from the Riverfront Trail which connects the city’s park system. The idea has caught on and is supported by local politicians. With the support of local businesses there could be a ‘groundbreaking’ in the not too distant future! JD Turner owns Holistic Skate Shop in West Reading, PA. You can get more information there or a http://readingskateparkassociation.org Or visit https://www.facebook.com/readingskateparkassociation. Join the movement to bring about positive change and healthy activity in Downtown Reading!

Bruce Ure shares his remarkable story with Zeke. Ure tells Zeke that he lost 140 pounds from his once 315-pound frame through bariatric surgery and his strong commitment to working out over the two-plus years since his surgery. Ure competed in his first Ironman competition this year. "I always had trouble with weight," Ure explains. "I would run for 6 to 8 months and lose 40 to 50 pounds. Then put it back on again. I never addressed the underlying issue but I would get active and lose weight but then I could not keep it off." The specific type of bariatric surgery Ure had was a sleeve gastrectomy in which a vertical, tube-shaped stomach is created so there is less room for food. "They remove a portion of your stomach making the area that keeps food smaller, thus your appetite decreases," Ure explains to Zeke. "You begin to eat food measured by handfuls, one or two handfuls four or five times a day. You tend to find yourself gravitating toward food that will give you the energy you need. You need to address your fitness and the eating disorder to have the right outcome for success. After surgery, you lose 100 pounds or so in the first year or so ... the challenge is keeping it off." Ure went to A Running Start in West Reading to get a good pair of sneakers and wound up getting much more. He met Sorita Averill, who owns A Running Start and became an Ironman competitor herself after undergoing three surgeries involving a double mastectomy and breast implants. "I met people there who meet and run weekly," Ure tells Zeke. "I met people training for all kinds of challenges. I met people training for The Ironman and they inspired me." He began by competing in a triathlon. He had been a runner on and off over the years. "I lived in Florida and am a natural swimmer and am very comfortable in open water," Ure tells Zeke. "I borrowed a bike, then got fitted for a new bike and started riding ... 30 miles became 50, then 60." His first Ironman competition in Cambridge, MD was scheduled for a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile marathon run. The weather had different plans. "Event day there were 20-mile-per-hour winds and drenching rain," Ure explains, "and the swim was canceled." But there was plenty of water with parts of the route flooded. Running and biking in all that rain and wind was grueling enough without the swim. "Everything I thought I prepared for changed," Ure tells Zeke. "I completed the event in 14-and-a-half hours. Your desire to accomplish a goal is important and necessary for the mental confidence needed to complete an Ironman." It is not uncommon for an Ironman event to have the open-water swim event canceled due to rough weather but Ure's goal is to complete an Ironman that includes the swim. But his post sleeve gastrectomy and fitness-centric lifestyle is much more than Ironman competitions. "It’s a gift you give back to your family -- be healthy," Ure tells Zeke.

Sorita Averill shares with Zeke her remarkable story of becoming an Ironman competitor after undergoing three surgeries involving a double mastectomy and breast implants. Averill, who owns A Running Start in West Reading, trains runners, and is a veteran of many sprint distance triathlons and marathons, was training for her first-half Ironman five years ago when she found out she had breast cancer.

Member Spotlight Meet Jennifer Bednez: Sweet Surprises: Homemade fudge is just the start to your visit at West Reading’s premier chocolate shop!

Meet Christin Kelley, Main Street Manager, West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation!

Meet Christin Kelley, Main Street Manager, West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation!

Recorded 5/4/13 With Bryan in France and Consetta celebrating her anniversary, Mike and Travis broadcasted live from 1 Up Collectibles in West Reading, PA on May the 4th, Free Comic Book Day. They were joined by co-worker Bill and Mike and Travis's long time friend Dan. Oh and some Mandalorians, Rebel Legion and so many other walks of life. It was crazy, busy, hectic and an overall blast. Thousands joined us on the live stream provided by our new network, the Mediocre Radio Network! http://www.mediocreradionetwork.com. We hope you enjoyed your Star Wars day, this episode and may the force be with you, always. Special thanks to everyone for joinging us on the live stream, Lee from 1 Up Collectibles, Mark Dago for his song Knightfall and Kabuto The Python for his song Star Wars (Gun Fu Remix) Full Of Sith is a safe haven for Star Wars fans, no matter what you like or what your opions are, we'd love for you to share them with us. Please do so by sending us a voicemail or email. Keep an eye out for our newest episodes on Monday mornings. Contact info, episodes, banners, promos, bios and so much more can be found at http://www.fullofsith.com Thanks For Listening & May The Force Be With You... Always!

Join Diane as she interviews Sarita Linda Rocco, Owner of the Yoga Inlet in West Reading, PA. No Fads, Whole Foods, Easier Living and Simplifying Life! AYURVEDA!