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We discuss the insanity that was the Trump convention (aka CPAC), Soulja Boy and Bow Wow's new ventures and the return of "What Did the Trump Say!" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bro-talk-live/message

Produced by Jeffrey Crecelius, Wayne Hall, Preston Frazier and Bill Govier This week, Mark and I return to the perennial favourite series, What Did they Do next. When Trevor Rabin left Yes to pursue film scoring after the Talk tour, Tony Kaye also said goodbye not only to the band but also to the music industry, as we will hear a little later. What did he do next and when did he return to music? Stay tuned to find out. How long did Tony Kaye 'take off' from the music business?What was his first project after 'dusting off his Hammond B3?How did the project come about? Listen to the episode and let us know what you think! Join us as a Patron! If you would like to support the Yes Music Podcast financially and also have access to exclusive activity and opportunities, there is a special page you can use to sign up and 2020 is the time to join us: Become a Patron! Bag yourself a fabulous piece of YMP history before it's too late... Head over to the YMP Emporium to... Pre-order a YMP Trivia Card Game 'The Answer Is Yes!' - going into production very soonOrder the unique Full Union art print - available now The Full Union! Available now. Artist's impression of The Answer Is Yes! card game. Pre-order now. Show notes and links: Join us in August to record episode 500 here: Lewis Clarke / West Devon : Yes Tor / CC BY-SA 2.0 Lots more details to follow... YMP Patrons: Producers: Jeffrey CreceliusPreston FrazierBill Govier andWayne Hall Patrons: Aaron SteelmanDave OwenMark James LangPaul TomeiJoost MaglevDavid HeydenMartin KjellbergPaul WilsonBob MartilottaLindMichael O'ConnorWilliam HayesBrian SullivanDavid PannellMiguel FalcãoLobate ScarpChris BandiniDavid WatkinsonNeal KaforeyRachel HadawayCraig EstenesDemPaul HailesMark 'Zarkol' BaggsDoug CurranRobert NasirFergus CubbageScott ColomboFred BarringerScott SmithGeoff BailieSimon BarrowGeoffrey MasonStephen LambeGuy R DeRomeSteve DillHenrik AntonssonSteve PerryHogne Bø PettersenSteve RodeIanNBSteve ScottJamie McQuinnSteven RoehrKen FullerTerence SadlerMichael HanderhanTim StannardJimTodd DudleyJohn CowanTony HandleyJohn HoldenJoseph CottrellJohn ParryKeith HoisingtonJohn ThomsonBarry GorskyAlan Begg Robert and David Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything: Subscribe on AndroidListen on Stitcher Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Want to learn how negotiating real estate works? On this podcast episode, Brandon Narain aka @bluenotesbrandon and I will discuss some key tips on how you can get deals without negotiating. Check it out! Timestamps 0:00 Prelude 0:44 Introduction 2:21 About Brandon Narain 6:45 What Did it Take for You to Get Your First Deal? 11:18 Steps Brandon Took to Get to a Six Figure Month 14:56 What’s the BEST Lead Source Right Now? 19:00 Tips to Keep In Mind When Talking to Sellers 41:05 Why You Should Have Processes in Place 42:38 How to Contact Brandon Narain? 44:45 Recommended Readings 47:38 Last Words 50:03 Closing Comments

Episode 39 Riley is back from Arizona Where he did some paranormal investigating. What Did he find? Where did he go? What is it like to walk around a actual ghost town?    Find us on YouTube now!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93qmRrzjQRBUvfdGDm254w Hit that Like and Subscribe button! Too always know what's bumping    Thanks to our sponsor: http://mittenmarketingsolutions.com/ 

Episode 39 Riley is back from Arizona Where he did some paranormal investigating. What Did he find? Where did he go? What is it like to walk around a actual ghost town?    Find us on YouTube now!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93qmRrzjQRBUvfdGDm254w Hit that Like and Subscribe button! Too always know what's bumping    Thanks to our sponsor: http://mittenmarketingsolutions.com/ 

Austin had some top secret access on iOS and B.J. got selected for it on Google Play Store. So today, we’re talking about it! Austin was able to write about it for work, so read his ScreenRant article here: https://screenrant.com/dragon-quest-tact-preview-monster-collecting-mechanics/ Monsters and Gameplay It’s like Pokemon meets FF Tactics, but all simplified for a mobile game (for good and bad). Collecting monsters is cool, and it almost makes Austin want a strategy-based combat system in the upcoming Erik and Mia DQM game. Almost. We love the monster designs. We talk about our favorites. What are yours? How Long Is the Beta? Both betas go until Chapter 6, Stage 9. Some minor SPOILERs here. But it's a mobile strategy game, so it's not that much. What Did we like/hate about DQ Tact? Like: the monster recruiting mechanics and the cast Hate: the tactics part is pretty surface level. I wish there was more variety in stages, rather than just “oooh look, a barrel is here now.” Also, HATE all the in-your-face ads and premium stuff that I’m sure will be even worse in the real game. After playing the beta, I don’t know that I have it in me to play through ALL of that all over again. But maybe. And remember, next week, is our annual Dragon Quest Special Halloween episode! It’s gonna be so much it’s...scary! Patreon: https://patreon.com/dragonquestfm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dragonquest/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dragonquest/support

Welcome one, welcome all to the beginning of the 3rd Degree Byrne Halloween Extravaganza!!! Over the next few weeks, 3rd Degree Byrne will be doing our very best to get you the horror related work of John Byrne. And to kick that off, we will be covering a very special monster indeed: Alien! That is right! John Byrne did an Alien one shot story back in 1994. It is set in the in the mid 1950’s and it just wants to leap off the page and hug your face, if you know what I mean. The story was originally published two pages at a time in the Dark Horse Previews back in the day, but is also available as a single issue story. Tim Elliott, Kirk Greenfield and Brian Hughes cover “Aliens: Earth Angel” from cover to cover and then nuke it from orbit. It is the only way to be sure. So, pull up a glass of that milky stuff Ash likes so much and cower, while 3rd Degree Byrne brings you “Aliens: Earth Angel”. It is a Halloween treat. What? Did you think it was a trick?Feedback for this show can be sent to: gottagetbyrned@gmail.com3rd Degree Byrne is proud to be part of the TwoTrueFreaks Internet Radio Network http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php Two True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network(http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts(http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/3rdDegreeByrne/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/byrnepodcast THANK YOU for listening to 3rd Degree Byrne!

Welcome one, welcome all to the beginning of the 3rd Degree Byrne Halloween Extravaganza!!! Over the next few weeks, 3rd Degree Byrne will be doing our very best to get you the horror related work of John Byrne. And to kick that off, we will be covering a very special monster indeed: Alien! That is right! John Byrne did an Alien one shot story back in 1994. It is set in the in the mid 1950’s and it just wants to leap off the page and hug your face, if you know what I mean. The story was originally published two pages at a time in the Dark Horse Previews back in the day, but is also available as a single issue story. Tim Elliott, Kirk Greenfield and Brian Hughes cover “Aliens: Earth Angel” from cover to cover and then nuke it from orbit. It is the only way to be sure. So, pull up a glass of that milky stuff Ash likes so much and cower, while 3rd Degree Byrne brings you “Aliens: Earth Angel”. It is a Halloween treat. What? Did you think it was a trick?Feedback for this show can be sent to: gottagetbyrned@gmail.com3rd Degree Byrne is proud to be part of the TwoTrueFreaks Internet Radio Network http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php Two True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network(http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts(http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/3rdDegreeByrne/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/byrnepodcast THANK YOU for listening to 3rd Degree Byrne!

It’s a rare moment in the Blockbuster Betties universe when we come across a movie that we all universally loved to pieces, or that we avoid any stressful technical issues beforehand that make us want to drink, but this episode ….WAS A GODDAMN MIRACLE!  Please tune into our least controversial episode yet, and experience the Terry Gross-esque chillness that is us. if this ep was a person it’d be Jody Sawyer herself, America’s sweetheart with a playful edge. One thing’s for sure, Jamiriquoi is actually pretty tight? Liiiike you should maybe go bump Cosmic Girl and Canned Heat like right now and just FEEL YO SELF?? Cooper Nielson is also a hottie mmmmkay? And if you don’t like Center Stage all we gotta say is WHAT? Did you go to a special bitch academy or something??Starring: Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, and Susan May Pratt  Follow us on Instagram @blockbusterbetties and email us love notes at blockbusterbetties@gmail.com

Hello listeners and welcome back to the show. There were some mishaps getting the show off the ground today but Steve pushed through and was able to record 3/4 of the show! Today he is talking about landmines. What? Did this turn into a history podcast all of the sudden? Nope, we are still talking about investing in real estate and creating streams of passive income. The landmines we are talking about are the ones that come with all forms of business and if you are not aware of the minefield, that might mean that you are already smack dab in the middle of it. Listen in to the show to see how to cross the field or get yourself out!Please send all of your questions, comments and concerns over to AskSteve@GetRealWealth.com. Steve answers all emails personally and is looking forward to hearing from you.

Amy and Don talk about a neighborhood petition to rename "Dixie Street" in Bloomington, reflecting on both small meaningful actions and empty gestures. Their conversation covers the presence and suggestion of racism in the songs we sing and the media we watch. NOTE: This is the first episode of the pandemic where these two friends were in the same physical space. As a result, there is a lot of background noise throughout their discussions. Additional resources:"Bloomington, Indiana: Rename Dixie Street" (Change.org, by S. Sherry, August 14, 2020)https://www.change.org/p/city-of-bloomington-plan-commission-bloomington-indiana-rename-dixie-street"What 'Dixie' Really Means" (Atlantic, by Ben Zimmer, June 26, 2020)https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/what-dixie-really-means/613585/"12 Good Ol' Facts About the 'Dukes of Hazzard'" (Mental Floss, by Jake Rossen, January 26, 2019)https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65519/12-good-ol-facts-about-dukes-hazzard"What Did the 'Dukes of Hazzard' Really Say About the South" (Time, by James Poniewozik, July 2, 2015)https://time.com/3944668/dukes-of-hazzard-tv-land-confederate-flag/"The changing profile of the U.S. military: Smaller in size, more diverse, more women in leadership" (Pew Research Center, by Amanda Barroso, September 10, 2019)https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/10/the-changing-profile-of-the-u-s-military/"Even in her uniform, this happened ..." (Facebook post, by Ashley Bryant, August 1, 2020)https://www.facebook.com/immelaninaire/posts/3278691135547490Onion Lawshttps://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/onions/onionlaws.htmlBuy "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants on iTunes

55 days into this, Matt and Jackie still haven't met.What DID we cover this week?Smokin weed as kids, TP roll dryer sheet combos for hiding weed smells, how long Matt believed in Santa, how he learned what 69 was the same day he found out santa wasn't real, (unrelated, thank goodness). We covered the irrelevance of the King James bible today, nature, the universe expanding, the fifth dimension, compounding thoughts, shifting climates, trying to explain to Fender how we saw/defined spirituality, and Fender may have had a little change of heart?! What else?Gashoooo gashoooo on train fights!Dick measuring contests with giraffes, and finally dolphin rapes and dickslaps.EnjoyLove,The GangPlease subscribe, rate, reviewApple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-for-humanz/id1516639215Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3JW52bt33sE6l9zh46FvGlGoogle:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMTM2NDIwLnJzcw==Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWn_BbNN4d3Q_lVWY7_e1ATikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@magicforhumanzInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicforhumanz/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magic_4_humans/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ForHumanzWeb: https://magicforhumanz.com/Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/jackienmattVenmo: https://venmo.com/Jackie-Matthew-1Questions/Comments: questions@magicforhumanz.comTalk Business: admin@magicforhumanz.comSupport the show (https://paypal.me/jackienmatt)

Hey All,Thanks again for the dedication to listen to the Gainz Podcast.What? Did you say another guest on the Gainz Podcast! Yes, we went there! We have Roman's Partner, Laura this week! Just call it national Women's week twice in a row.As always, please enjoy the episode. Please like, comment, and subscribe.Our handles for social media and podcast are:Antoine's Instagram: antoinekaletaAntoine's YouTube: youtube.com/antoinekaletaRoman's Instagram: romanlong1031Roman's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgM6CrpgiV3UCvuERs-jVgBuzzsprout: http://gainzpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/antoines-podcast/gainz-podcastApple Podcasts: Gainz PodcastSpotify: Gainz Podcast

This episode is brought to you by TIKR. Join the free beta today at TIKR.com/hive This week we chat with Michael Girdley. Michael's list of accomplishments and ventures would take up the rest of this description! In short, he loves building businesses and creating products that resonate with customers. He's the founder of Geekdom Fund, CodeUp and his newly launched fund, Dura Software. The conversation covers all things venture capital, start-up business, as well as Michael's personal background and passions. We also discuss the types of companies Michael looks to invest in, as well as pitfalls of traditional value-based investment strategies. Here's the outline: [2:00] Michael's Early Interest in Computers [7:00] Working For The Family Fireworks Business [16:00] The Struggle with Delayed Feedback in Business & Investing [26:00] Michael's CodeUp Start-up Story [31:00] The Power of A Fully Refundable Education [35:00] Creating Stories Through Brands [37:51] Net Promoter Score & Why It Matters [53:00] What Did & Didn't Work at Geekdom Fund [55:00] What Michael Looks For In Investments [67:00] Zoom & Shopify's Valuation [77:00] The Transition from Geekdom to Dura Software [90:00] Why Value Screens Remove Great, Venture-Like Companies [97:00] Michaels Favorite Books of 2019 [107:00] Closing Questions If you enjoyed this conversation and want to learn more about Michael, give him a follow on Twitter here. Also, if you or someone you know is interested in selling their software business, check out Dura Software.

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Original Story : www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril OR Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... youtube : youtube.com/c/agrosquerrils Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support. #narration #webnovel #reddit-hfy #hfy #reddit #scifi #sci-fi #shortstories #mini-webseries

Original Story : www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/aw…he_voices_of_old/ If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril OR Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... youtube : youtube.com/c/agrosquerrils Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support. #narration #webnovel #reddit-hfy #hfy #reddit #scifi #sci-fi #shortstories #mini-webseries

The Novel can be found at www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril or Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils Youtube :www.youtube/c/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support.

The Novel can be found at www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril or Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils Youtube :www.youtube/c/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support.

The Novel can be found at www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril or Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils Youtube :www.youtube/c/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support.

The Novel can be found at www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril or Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils Youtube :www.youtube/c/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support.

The Novel can be found at www.royalroad.com/fiction/29253/thief-lord If You enjoyed consider leaving a Tip : www.paypal.me/agrosquerril or Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils “What is wrong with you!?” That would be what anyone who knows me would say if they knew what I’ve done. They wouldn’t be wrong, as no sane person would ever quit his job the first chance he got when he saw an opening to follow his dream. To become rich and famous by playing video games. What? Did you think my dream wasn’t childish? The best dreams most often are. No? Well, maybe you just don’t dream big enough. Ever think about that? Dreams are never easy to follow, and neither is mine. There are millions of players who want the same as I do, but very few would actually risk their future trying. Following the path of a Villain isn’t easy, and I have a city filled with thousands of players who would love to see me fail. I will show them though. Just you wait and see... Email : Agrosquerrils@gmail.com Twitter : twitter.com/agrosquerrils Patreon : www.patreon.com/agrosquerrils Youtube :www.youtube/c/agrosquerrils All Donation are welcome and much appreciated. Thank you all for listening and your support.

How do you respond to authority? Have you ever been asked you to do something that went against what you knew was right? Did you obediently follow? Did you resist? What DID you do? In today’s episode of All God’s Women we look at Shiphrah and Puah, two midwives placed in a terrible position by their boss, the pharaoh of Egypt. To disobey his command meant they could be killed. To obey, however, meant they themselves would have to kill. As women positioned in a life and death situation, they chose life, even if it resulted in their own death.  I’m excited today to introduce a new format to All God’s Women. I’m adding actors to add voice to the scriptures, and I’m bringing in experts, other speakers, authors, and Bible teachers to add their thoughts about each of our Bible women. I think you’ll agree it add a new dimension to our studies. Special Guest - Kelly LevatinoKelly Levatino is a 36-year-old Jesus follower from Memphis, TN. Her purpose is to motivate women to passionately pursue Jesus for their good and His glory!Visit Kelly's website at https://kellylevatino.com/Voice Actors - Bridget Dean, Fred WilharmBridget Dean is drama director at Springfield Baptist Church, Springfield, Tennessee.Fred Wilharm is a film producer known for Summer of '67, Providence, and The Good Book. Learn more at https://www.summerof67.com/ Scripture Background Exodus 1 Helpful Resources Fearless by Angela Donadio The Unique World of Women in Bible Times and Now by Eugenia Price All the Women of the Bible by M.L. del Mastro All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer

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Kris Parsons: Kris@parsons-pr.com - www.parsons-pr.comRay Loewe - Ray@theluckiestguyintheworld.com - www.theluckiestguyintheworld.comKC Dempster - kc@theluckiestguyintheworld.comDiane Dayton This is changing the rules, a podcast about designing the life you want to live, hosted by KC Dempster and Ray Loewe, The Luckiest Guy in the World.Ray Loewe Good morning, everybody. This is Ray Loewe and I am The Luckiest Guy in theWorld. And we're already changing the rules because KC, usually starts this intro, and we're not letting her do that today. She's got a much more important role. She's been moved up in the chain and we're going to hear from her in a little while.You know, I've mentioned many times that I am the luckiest guy in the world. The Luckiest Guy in the World is a state of mind. It's a state of being, it's how you feel. Later today we're going to introduce another one of the luckiest people in the world. Over the next several weeks, we intend to bring a number of luckiest people in In the world on the podcast. There are more than one of us floating out there.  And one of the things that you're going to find as we talk to these people, is that there are certain characteristics that describe the luckiest people in the world. We're going to focus on three today because Kris Parsons, who is our guest, exemplifies three of these things. One is that the luckiest people in the world don't have a problem with changing the rules. They have the ability to deal with change in a number of ways. One, is they can change the rules when need be, but they can also work when other people change the rules on them. Okay? And they don't let rules get them down. One of the things that I believe is as soon as you control the rules, you get the freedom to be you and that is one of the largest characteristics of the luckiest people in the world. They do their thing and they do it well.  The second characteristic is also a really critical and an important one. For some reason, the luckiest people in the world, always, always, always find a positive solution to problems. You know, most of the world sits around and they deal with all of the issues that are there and they focus on the problems. But luckiest people in the world don't do that. I saw a great little clip the other day, and it was about a teacher who gave her class a quiz. She handed out papers, and they were all facedown. When the kids were told to turn over the papers, there were no questions. There was a black dot in the middle of a white page.Then the teacher said, "I want you to write a story about what you see." Every kid in the class wrote about the black dot. When the teacher came back is she said, you know, the black dot could be important, but you missed the white spaces. And you're going to notice that the black dot is one little dot in the center, and the white spaces are all the rest. W e see that today we we see it on the news, often we focus on the black dots. we talk to people and they focus on the black dots. There's so much good stuff going on, and you're gonna find that our luckiest person in the world today focuses on the whitespace. It's because she's angelic, but that's another matter.  The third piece, and this is really critical piece, is you're going to find the luckiest people in the world always have a plan. Now the plan doesn't always work the way you want it, but the plan does focus on a very definite direction that they want to go. It focuses on a number of things that they want to achieve. It focuses on kind of how they're going to get there. But they also have a playbook in here that says, when the game changes, and the rules change on me, and my plan falls apart, my plan doesn't fall apart. Because I got the game plan to fall into place, and I'm ready to move. And and finally in here, it's not just the plan, it's the action steps to put it in place. So these are the characteristics of the luckiest people in the world. Some of them as the ones we're going to focus on today. And Taylor, we're going to take a break, and then we're going to come back with KC Dempster, who's been elevated to star roll status here.Diane Dayton You're listening to changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe The Luckiest Guy in the World. We will be right back with more exciting information.Ray Loewe And guess what? We're right back and Diane always makes me feel better. She makes me feel luckier for some reason. So KC Dempster you're going to take on the role of introducing Kris Parsons. You're going to take this message that Kris has, and you're going to get it in front of our listeners today. So say hi to everybody and take over please.KC Dempster You know, Ray, I think that you supposedly elevated my status so that you could talk more.Ray Loewe You I think you got it right. Nothing is free, right.KC Dempster Well, good morning, everybody. This is KC Dempster. And I guess I'm a starring role. And I'd like to take a minute and introduce somebody that you've already heard from before. It's our good friend Kris Parsons of Parsons, PR and today we're featuring Kris because she has some interesting insights to share with this whole business of changing rules and everything that Ray just talked about at the beginning. So welcome, Kris.Kris Parsons Hello, thank you for having me today. KC Dempster Ray has kind of outlined a three, step focus of this whole business of the luckiest people in the world and how they deal with changing rules. And, you know, we often are encouraging people to change the rules themselves, but sometimes it happens to them, as it has been this has in this pandemic. So talk a little bit about this has affected you.Kris Parsons Yeah, sure. Well, yeah, right. I mean, we talked about changing the rules, but as Ray said earlier, the rules were changed for us with this pandemic. And, in the PR world it's, you know, a lot of changes. For instance, we are mostly a face to face business on a lot of levels. I mean, I do events, I meet with people, we strategize together, I have many lunch and coffee meetings and that's how I network. That's how I get new business. That's how how I work with people. And so you know, that changed abruptly. Another thing is a lot of my my work in Parsons PR is doing events, big events. In fact, I had to cancel quite a few, including one that was 700 plus people at the Lincoln Financial Field. So that's tough. All that has changed. We've postponed them, we've cancelled them. And what's a little difficult is there's no definite date of when they're going to be rescheduled. So that was a problem, so to speak. And, then obviously, a big part of my world as a PR person is talking to reporters on a daily and weekly basis. Well, to say that they're otherwise engaged with this pandemic is an understatement. I mean, they're, they just are not available and they're going through some tense times being working to 24 hours trying to gain information. So that's changed drastically. So yeah, there's quite a few changes that have happened in the PR world.KC Dempster So, what are the you know, you had you had to cancel an event. And one of the other changes was that you had a client, I think that's located in Brooklyn, and we're here in South Jersey. So all of a sudden, you weren't driving two hours to go visit clients either.Kris Parsons Right? Right. Well, and then, you know, going kind of into how these, as Ray says, luckiest people in the world find opportunity and not dwell on the problem. I think after we all got over the initial shock of our lives changing and making sure our family and friends and everybody was safe, you have to start thinking about the opportunities and some of the opportunities are that Yeah, you can do a lot of my job on a virtual basis. And you can still connect with everybody but in a different way. In fact, I like to call myself now a zoom meeting master. Where I have done more zoom meetings in the past two months than I think in my whole life and, yes, while I know technology, I know how to do it, there was a lot I had to learn. There was a lot the people on our meetings had to learn. And ironically, I found it rather empowering. I found that kind of interesting figuring out how to do stuff and noticing, oh, if we do this, this happens and, researching the different platforms. I mean, I've been a marketing executive for you know, 20 some years and, you know, you do think you know, almost everything but you're never never too old to learn. And I think that's one of the things that keeps us the luckiest people in the world and also keeps us young. You could always learn at any age and there's always something new and every time you learn something new, that knowledge, I think, empowers you to some extent you feel like, Oh, I didn't know I could do that and I can, and then you start to embrace it. In fact, in fact, going forward, I think we're probably going to have more virtual meetings and they will be much more acceptable because we had to do them because of this rule changing. But I think going forward, they might work out to be certainly economical, certainly efficient. We don't have to run like you said two hours to a meeting andall that travel time that makes you late for meetings and whatnot this way if we do more virtual things, and we up the technology, so it looks like you're really talking to somebody and you can see the reactions and you can see their tone of voice and all that. You know, it's fine. You're still conveying the same kind of information. In fact, you might even get more done. When you're when you're doing it virtually, Don't you thin, Ray? Or you can play Solitaire to while you're doing your meeting.Ray Loewe I think You're talking about where you're going with the plan, take a couple minutes and focus in on some of the opportunities that you uncovered about different ways of doing things. And you were talking a little bit in here not only about being a zoom master and that you had to develop these technology skills, but I think you have some clients that you have to work differently with.Kris Parsons Right, right. Okay. Well, for instance, actually, you were one of them. The I you know, we had the wonderful Friends Connection planned for April 17. Last Friday, no two Fridays ago, I guess. And yeah, that was gonna be a fabulous event. We were scheduled at the Marriott at the Olde City. We had a whole day of wonderful food and cocktail parties and incredible speakers and we were going to talk about some wonderful subjects. We had people already signed up. So, you know, we took it a different level. And we decided to do a virtual preview. I mean, obviously not the same thing. But we've got 30 some people on a virtual meeting, we had a couple of our sponsors who graciously decided to come in and speak a little bit. We did a modified version. And I think it was it was successful. I think people got a taste of what, would happen when they went to the real Friends Connection. And we were able to connect, we're able to hear a little bit about what the speaker said, and you know, kind of whip that up in, in two weeks, which I thought was quite well done. So, so yeah, I mean, that was very exciting to do, and, you know, hopefully, we can do some more things like that, until we can get back to normal.  I think I've also been, I'm sorry, No, go ahead. I was also gonna say I've, found, you know, obviously because we're now all online,. and we're all working on computers and our phones and Facebook and Instagram and, everything we've had to rely on that. And a lot of people have in fact, I have one client. It's a restaurant. It's Spicy Affair Indian Cuisine down in Swedesborough. And we have really taken the Facebook to a new level, the social media we jumped right on it. And we related exactly to what was going on. We didn't lose the communication with our customers. We immediately talked to them we, you know, tried to make sure to see how they were feeling and giving them some comfort and we immediately upped our takeout and delivery game and, really said, Look, we're here for you and we're doing lots of takeout. We even delivered a lot of food to healthcare workers at Inspira, Mullica Hill. So we embraced this problem and found ways to make it positive and our Facebook followers have gone up dramatically. So that was an opportunity to look at social media in a different way and have your comments not just be slapping up the same old, same old; have it relate to what's going on. So that means paying attention to the current affairs and then relating that to what's going on. In fact, aren't you? Aren't you going to be doing some some custom facemasks Ray? Ray Loewe Well, yeah, we are. But before we get there, I'm kind of laughing to myself here because you're, you know, everybody else...We look at all these restaurants and all they're all whining about, you know, how they're going out of business, how they're, you know, how they're going to do things. Now, some of them that picked up the pieces, okay, and are doing interesting things you did in this particular case, you know, you've got here you got a client and i, you mentioned the word affairs before and I got a kick out of it because the name of the restaurant is A Spicy Affair, you know, and what you've done is you're not wallowing in the problem. What you're doing is you're saying out there, there is a positive solution. Let's go find it. And people are around. So you hit social media, right? I mean, you know what, oh, people don't have other things to do. They're heavy into social media today. You know, you do you've done the freebie for other workers. Now that's not entirely original. But you know, you're out there and you did it. And I think mentioned to me also that this particular client is doing extremely well with their takeout business. The business is not suffereing, Okay, like everybody else is.Kris Parsons Well, and what's interesting, I'll let you in on a little secret. Well, not a secret because we've talked about it on social media but they are opening a new location on Main Street in Swedesborough. They've renovated a beautiful bank. And they're going to be it's just going to be wonderful. Part of what I was doing was planning this really grandiose, grand opening that we were hoping to have in May or June. Well, now I think that's going to be moved back. But this also gives them an opportunity to do some of the renovations. And keep in mind some of the new things that are going to be different. I mean, maybe the tables will be a little further apart, maybe we'll install some additional safety and health things in the bathroom, you know, non touchable things and whatnot. So I'm able to be there with them as we're hearing the stories from the government of what what's going to be changing and we can maybe assimilate some of that into the new place, have a little bit more time.  And the first thing we're doing is working on the takeout because I don't think we're going to open right away even if people are allowed to, we want to wait and get it right. So we're going to take our time and rely on the takeout business for a while so we can do that. properly. So yeah, it's a different way of looking at things. And also I think, you know, we're we're trying to connect with people. And I think that's the whole basis of Friends Connection, we're being very sensitive to what we're saying to people. I mean, we're letting them know that, hey, we're out there for you. If there's anybody in need, let us know, we'll send them a free meal. You know, and I think that was some of my other clients. We're letting them know that we're here with you. And I think like you said, it's not original, other people are doing it, but it was something that we jumped on right away. Because, you know, we are all connected on some level everybody. And we have to, you know, show our sensitivity.KC Dempster And, Kris, I know that you work with another company to put on these big events that you do have what happened to them. I mean, what changes are they going to have to make with events do you think,Kris Parsons right well, that's that's, that's actually that's kind of moving into my area of What's the plan? You know, like you said, if this crisis has taught us anything, you do need a plan. You definitely need a plan. And that's been your mission and motto before this even happened. That was what changing the rules is all about. We need a plan in life in every stage of our life. So...Ray Loewe Before you go into the plan, I picked up a couple other things that we talked about the other day. So you've got a couple kids at home, alright, with you. Talk about what's changed in the educational field. And you know how this impact your life. Kris Parsons Oh, right. Yeah, no, that's a good point. And in fact,  I want to send out kudos to the education community because I'll tell you what I mean, yes. You know, the health care workers beyond a doubt are heroes, our sanitation people, everything, but I was really impressed being the parent of two college students, how the education system really jumped into gear And with very little downtime, got this whole Virtual Learning up and running. I mean, you know, what is today still Tuesday? I mean, right now in my house, everybody's in their respective rooms, offices, and they're, they're taking classes, they're listening to lectures, they're taking tests, they're doing papers. It's really, you know, education-wise, my kids are still on board. And, they're in there for their classes. And I was pretty impressed and I have a lot of friends in the neighborhood, my neighborhood who are teachers, you know, elementary, middle school, high school teachers and they are busy, they are on their computers, they are teaching their kids you know, they are like, Look, we are not going to have that setback. We're gonna do it. You know, the only difference is they're they're learning in their pajamas.Ray Loewe You have to feed them. Kris Parsons Well, yeah, that's Yeah, that's that's a little bit of the downside. Growing boys. Ray Loewe So trips is supermarket or not out of your life, even with thisKris Parsons ...very creative with cooking.Ray Loewe You helped us make a change that I found interesting because, again, you can't get out and see people. So we've been doing coffee and cocktails. You were highly involved in that. Thank you very much. And talk a little bit about that. And, you know, kind of why we had to do that.Kris Parsons Right. Well, well remember in the very beginning when I said part of my job in PR is networking, meeting people going out having lunch meetings, dinner meetings. It's a huge part of my world. And I think it's a huge part of everybody's world and it's fun. I think we've made it in that was great. We've made it kind of casual. Ray even has interesting backdrops. In fact, I want to go to that bar that you have as one of your backdrops because it's fantastic. Ray Loewe As soon as we're allowed Kris.Kris Parsons But in that and just just to explain those some some listeners what that is, what we do is we invite, you know, six to eight people every Thursday to either jump on at 8:45 in the morning for a coffee hour. And then again later that day at 4:45 that way we only need to take a shower, you know, for that one day. And it's a virtual coffee hour and a virtual happy hour and everybody brings their own coffee and brings their own drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and we just talk and I love how Ray has structured it. that it's it's not scripted. It's very casual. And we just have some conversations come out of it and you'd be surprised what what we talked about. Some of them are great, they're they're interesting, they're diverse. And then after the fact we share the emails and contact information with everybody that was on the call. That way, if you want to network and have your own separate little private conversation afterwards, you can. So right there, that gives me the opportunity to network. It gives other people the opportunity. In fact, I think we've had a couple connections, right? People have called other people about something. There was one woman that does a does a calendar or cookbook or something. And I think we connected people with somebody else who wanted to do that as a gift. So it's fascinating. And then the nice thing is, we don't really know what's going to come out of it. And isn't that the same way when you have networking events and you meet people? You don't exactly know what's gonna come out of it, but you end up connecting with people.Ray Loewe Yeah, no, you know, there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that can't go out and network anymore. That used to be a part of my life. Well, that's a bunch of junk because you can, you just got to do it differently and you get the brain trust together. And all of a sudden, these ideas come out of nowhere.KC Dempster Kris, I think he just called us a brain trust.Ray Loewe Yeah, enjoy that while it lasts. One of the biggest benefits I think of virtual coffee in the morning is you can eat virtual pastries. I had the best cream filled donut the other day, and no calories, no effect on my diet at all. And I could almost taste itKC Dempster almost being the keyword.Kris Parsons Right and you just hope that pastries in somebody else's house, right?Ray Loewe Yeah, you know, I'm kind of looking at notes here to try and figure out what we missed because there were, there were so many ideas. And, again, we're in this section here about taking, finding the solution that's positive. And so many people sit on their rear ends during this thing, they don't do anything. Okay? And yet, this is a perfect opportunity to continue doing what you do and do more. And I think one of the things that you mentioned is how much less travel you're doing now, because you're doing virtual meetings and how much money that saves your clients, and how much time it saves you. And guess what? You don't have to fix the hair in the morning as much. Okay? video cameras are a little more forgiving than face-to-face. All right, and we can all get away without deodorant if we want.KC Dempster All right, Ray, we're getting a little too personal here. All right, let's talk about the plan.Ray Loewe What? Okay, so talk about the plan.KC Dempster Well, and then I was just gonna say that the luckiest people in the world always need to have a plan. And so with Kris, what what's the plan going forward? Now that you've discovered all of these opportunities for your business? What's your plan going forward?Kris Parsons Right, well, well, like you said, Yeah, One of the things that that I found out which I was a little surprised people, not everybody has a crisis communications plan. I was surprised. I thought most people did, but they don't. And so even even a crisis communications primer, like if something like this happens, how do you communicate? I mean, the one thing that doesn't change, and in fact, it gets enhanced in situations like this is the ability to communicate clearly and concisely. And so you know, you have to, tell a whole bunch of people, you have to tell your staff, you have to tell your constituents, you have to tell your donors, you have to tell your supporters. I mean, when we decided to cancel the Friends Connection and make it virtual, you know, we had to figure out okay, what's the plan? Do we send out a group email? Do we send a group email to these people first, and then these people? How do we communicate that we've changed the rules, so to speak, and so that's the one thing I'm focusing a little bit more on. I mean, that's what I'm offering now to clients is, I'll probably put together a crisis communication primer for you. So, when something like this happens, you can just pull out your primer and say, Okay, this is step one, step two, step three, and step four, when something like this happens, you know, because every every crisis is different, you're gonna have to customize them all, but, but you really need to be able to clearly and concisely communicate with your constituents and your staff and donors and whatnot. And you have to do it in a way that's not going to cause too many repercussions. So that's kind of a plan and a new plan for me. And then we were talking a lot about events and I work very heavily with with a woman, Sharon McCullough. She's the president and CEO of Expert Events. She does you know, huge fundraisers for colleges, for nonprofits. In Philadelphia, New York, Washington, DC, Virginia, she's quite skilled in that area. So she and I have been strategizing now like, how are we going to do this? How are we going to...events, I don't think events, big events particularly are going to be the same for a while. So we are offering an event assessment. In other words, we will sit with you at no charge. And we will talk to you about Okay, what do you have planned on an annual basis? What DID you have planned on an annual basis? Let's look at it. Well, we won't charge you for this. We'll look at it. We'll see what we can do. How do we need to adjust them going forward? Because I don't know about you guys. Trying to be positive is one thing, but I don't think this is going to. We're not going to come out of this in the next few weeks. I think things are going to change. And it's going to be a while until we get a vaccine that's going to be a while. So we can do things the same. And so we want to assess the situation and see how we can help people raise money, do their events, assess them and see which ones work or will work and in which ones won't work, and what can we do to change it and how we can incorporate is a virtual situation that people are willing to pay money to see something virtually,Ray Loewe You know, can you take a minute you're telling me about an event now this this is not going into the future, but it's something that happened in the past that I think it's you can take into the future. It was a about a virtual event that you had where you had live music on one of the big radio stations, TV, you had an event, you know, talk about it, because the way fundraising is going to be done has to change. And I don't think your clients can't wait for two years to come out of the new normal because they have budgets and they can't wait to raise money. So you know, we're not going to go drink together at a big gala dinner where we all get dressed up. I don't know that I really liked those anyway. But, butKris Parsons You don't like to wear a tuxedo, I know.Ray Loewe Well, you know if i if i were playing baccarat in the right casino, yes. Okay.KC Dempster Okay James Bond let Kris talk about this event that she did.Ray Loewe Yeah, it was a phenomenal idea and and maybe it's gonna come back.Kris Parsons Well, interestingly and ironically this was years and years ago and kudos to a wonderful, wonderful colleague and boss of mine who I will never forget Robert Capana, of Settlement Music School. They had a virtual concert where you listened to classical performers, classical music being performed at the Hotel Atop the Bellevue, but you listened to it on w RTI radio, which was classical radio at the time, and then you followed along in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a full page where you followed along the program and there was also a little contest for little kids to listen along because they were hoping to get more kids reading the paper, clues to the answers were in the live broadcast. And you listen to it from home, you followed along on the radio, and you followed along on the page in the Inquirer and then obviously you made donations to the, to the school. And ironically, though, people loved it so much, they did it for several years, people loved it so much that they wanted to be able to attend it as well. So it became a live event where we had, you know, 200 to 300 people there, but you also could listen to it at home and you also could follow along on the in the paper, but, you know, obviously that we could do that again, but then minus the live the live part, Ray Loewe but the live part will come. It's exactly, it's you know, what goes around comes around sometimes. And I when you were talking about that the other day, I'm just sitting here thinking wow, What a great idea to bring back for people who want to raise money. You know, we've got the media, we've got the newspapers, newspapers are struggling, let's give them some business. You know, we have the radio and TV stations that I don't know if you've watched TV lately, but the pickings are really not real good. Okay. And I'm ready for a classical music event, you know, believe me, I'm ready. Kris Parsons I think they've done some of that. I mean, that whole thing that Lady Gaga put together for the World Health Organization. And that was a monumental task of bringing all those people together, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, everything was virtual. It was pretty seamless. I was pretty impressed with that. So yes, I think that's, that was a new idea years and years ago, but now I think it's going to become a much more popular event. And I do think people are doing that I do think organizations are doing I think Settlement Music School already did something online as well.KC Dempster And I just heard a news thing this morning where apparently people that are into video games are,that's becoming a fundraiser, I think there was a Fortnight event where celebrities were playing...Kris Parsons out for them. So there's been some poker games and whatnot. So yeah, I mean, it's really, people are resourceful and like you said, given challenges, I'm just so impressed how people rise up to them. And they do you know, it's a tough time. It's a scary time. But, boy, you gotta love the American spirit that people are rising up to do thisRay Loewe well and so the luckiest people in the world that are making things happen. So this is why you are one of the luckiest people in the world. Well, you know, you think about what you've done and you broke it, you kind of broke it down in a nice way for us. Number one, there was a problem. All right, all of a sudden, the world came to a screeching halt, and you had to sit down and figure out what the heck is going on. And then the second thing and this is what sets you apart from many, many other people is what's the solution? And what's the positive solution? It's not just hiding under your bed. Right. Okay. And, and there are a lot of people that are doing that today. So what the luckiest people do is they go on out and they create and they come up with these positive solutions. And some of it is creating,..some of it is just digging it out. Some of it in the case of you know, the music event that you're talking about, maybe going back into history and and saying what was there?  It's interesting to me how your plan has changed, but yet you have a plan. Right? Yeah. You know, I really loved the idea that you know, you've recognized that people here are, they don't have a disaster plan. They don't have one?Kris Parsons Yeah, I was surprised. I was surprised. I mean, some people But I was surprised how many did not.Ray Loewe Well, I I think it's natural. We don't want to face the disaster, but here we are, we're facing the disaster. So So here's a business opportunity that will be part of your plan. And you know, the big event thing. It fascinates me the way you're attacking it. So kudos to you. You know, you, you are one of the luckiest people in the world. And you know, this, it has nothing to do with luck, does it?Kris Parsons No, no, it does. It does have to do with lot of hard work. And it's always thinking and you're right. And you do have to, you do have to kind of discipline yourself a little bit, right? Because you're right, you could you could, it's very easy to, you know, sit by the refrigerator, in your pajamas and eat bonbons and say, oh, gosh, I can't deal with this. But you have to sort of say Alright, this is what we're going to do. This is how we're going to change. This is a new way of figuring out how to make money. And it's it's good and I and I have to tell you, I think you know, I'm encouraged by all these different businesses and i and i love it Ray, that you're going to be doing this and you made me your first guinea pig on this, I think it's going to be interesting to see how many industries are doing business a little differently from now on. And it will be interesting to hear some of these people I hope, I hope they're going to be guests on your show to see how they're they're dealing with things in education and finance and entertainment and travel. How are they going to be doing things in the new normal?Ray Loewe Well, we're gonna we're gonna take a break and when we come back, stay in the conversation, Kris, because you're gonna be able to contribute to some of this stuff. And KC, you certainly but, Taylor, we're going to take a break and come back with the French Connection, please.Diane Dayton This is changing the rules. Stay tuned to learn more about the Friends Connection and how you can be a part of this valuable life experience.KC Dempster Well, I'm gonna jump in here and say welcome back because even though I have a starring role I haven't been able to talk very much have I?Kris Parsons No?Ray Loewe Well, you're gonna get to talk a lot here. Let me let me bring up a couple of items and then just get your brain working and expound. Okay. So the first thing I want to say here is that the luckiest people in the world hang out with other people who make them feel lucky. So this is one of the reasons we wanted to have Kristine on the show today. Okay, because here she is she's doing things I feel lucky or right now I have ideas running through my head. Okay. She talked to us.KC Dempster Well, you know, there's a character from Saturday Night Live called Debbie Downer. And it was very funny to watch. There's such a kernel of truth to that if I did used to get together with a bunch of women, and there was one person in that group who was Debbie Downer. I mean, if somebody mentioned that they knew somebody, it was themselves or someone in their family or friends that had a problem. She had a worst problem. You know, it was just she was just such a bummer that I ended up and this was a this was a group that got together for almost 30 years. I, I joke about it, I say, I divorced them. I had to leave because she the one person was just dragging us down. And so yeah, you want to you want to hang out with people that are uplifting and that aren't sucking the air out of the room.Ray Loewe Yeah, you know, and this was the purpose of our Friends Connection conference. You know, it's all about having conversations. We can sit here and brainstorm with ourselves. And, you know, I'm sure that that was a big part of your plan. Kris, I mean, you got to sit there with your self and talk to you, right? Because you are one of the luckiest people in the world. So you're hanging out with somebody good, but but sooner or later, you got to take that and you got to share that with other people. Because luck feeds on luck. And one of the biggest things we do with our Friends Connection conference is we get a good group of lucky people together. And we talk about why we're lucky and we talk about how we can help each other be luckier. And one of the things that was intriguing today about listening to you, is that you've taken several real downers here and turned them into uppers without drugs. You don't know that for sure. That's true. But you know, KC talk a little bit about this Friends Connection and what happened at the last one, and what we're doing about the next one.KC Dempster Well at the last one, there was a little bit of a technical difficulty. I won't go into a lot of detail, but apparently I was not able to mute myself at an appropriate time. And I was trying to handle a problem with somebody who was having trouble getting onto the call. And so everybody on the call could hear me. So what we're now doing is we are exploring different platforms.Ray Loewe Yeah, but she now everybody knows how important you are really. So you know, this whole concept of having people like Kris here and talking about how you how you take the doubters and turn them into offers, and then more important, put them in a plan. We're going to do that again, with people from different industries, because it's the same problem, but it's different. This Friends Connection thing where we don't know where we're going to go with it. Obviously, we would love to all meet in a group and wine to dine each other and be able to exchange ideas. But it may have to be virtual for a while and we'll explore how to do that and we'll get people like Kris to come on board and talk about how they're attacking the world today in a positive way. And I'm just excited about the whole thing. I mean, I, I really feel like the luckiest guy in the world. And it's because I associated with the luckiest people in the world. So thank you. AllKC Dempster Right. Nothing like a crisis to bring out the best.Ray Loewe OK diva.Why don't we let her to sign off for us. And I promise we'll let you talk more next week.Kris Parsons She's the star you know, she's the star of the show.KC Dempster Yeah, I'm gonna have to start wearing diva so that you remember. But I definitely want to thank you, Kris, for being our guest today. You really had a lot of valuable and interesting information to share with us. And I know that you will be certainly participating with us a lot more in the future. And Ray, always a pleasure. And I would invite everybody Everybody to subscribe to our podcast. Tell your friends to subscribe to our podcast because we have a lot of great stuff going on here. And we'll be back in two weeks and don't miss it. Diane Dayton Thank you for listening to Changing the Rules, a podcast designed to help you live your life the way you want and give you what you need to make it happen. Join us in two weeks for our next exciting topic on Changing the Rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe, the Luckiest Guy in the World.

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In the 1960s, vice-admiral Erik af Klint opened a crate of art. It had been left to him by his aunt with strict instructions that it should remain sealed for some twenty years after her death. What Erik found was a remarkable cache of work that would throw into question everything we believe about the beginning of abstract art. You see, five years before Kadinsky and Mondrian began their forays into abstractionism, a Swedish woman named Hilma af Klint had received a special commission: to create a remarkable collection of work that would adorn a spiral temple. But who was this great benefactor? It was no businessman or high-ranking official, but rather the High Master Amaleil, who communicated the missive to af Klint in a séance she held regularly with her closest friends, a collective of women known as 'The Five'. Af Klint went on to create an extraordinary body of boldly colourful, geometric and highly symbolic art, all guided by the spirtual masters with whom she regularly communed.So light some candles and settle in as we delve into the fascinating world of Theosophy, Rosicrucianism and Hilma af Klint's astonishing proto-abstractionism!Af Klint, Johann and Hedvig Ersman. “Inspiration and Influence: The Spiritual Journey of Artist Hilma af Klint” Guggenheim. 11 October, 2018, https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/inspiration-and-influence-the-spiritual-journey-of-artist-hilma-af-klintFerren, Andrew. “In Search of Hilma af Klint, Who Upended Art History, But Left Few Traces” The New York Times. 21 October, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/travel/stockholm-hilma-af-klint.htmlSchjeldahl, Peter. “Hilma af Klint’s Visionary Paintings”. The New Yorker. 18 October, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/hilma-af-klints-visionary-paintingsSmith, Roberta. “’Hilma Who?’ No More”. The New York Times. 11 October, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/arts/design/hilma-af-klint-review-guggenheim.htmlUtkan Özden, Hatice. “What Did the High Masters Tell Hilma af Klint?” border_less.https://www.border-l-e-s-s.com/new-page-63Yao, John. “Hilma af Klint, Outlier for the Ages”. Hyperallergic. 25 November, 2018, https://hyperallergic.com/472426/hilma-af-klint-paintings-for-the-future-solomon-r-guggenheim-museum/Notable Exhibitions:The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA. November 23, 1986 – March 8, 1987.Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, USA. October 12, 2018 – April 23, 2019If you want to support Deviant Women, follow us on: PatreonTwitter @DeviantWomenFacebook @deviantwomenpodcast

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Conor O'Driscoll is beginning to make a name for himself. After spending part of his career at Brown Forman and Angel's Envy, he was recruited to fulfill the role left behind by Denny Potter. Conor is now the seventh Master Distiller in Heaven Hill's 84-year history. We spend some time getting to know Conor's past, what the recruitment process is like to find a master distiller, what his role is going to be with the operation side of things, and how at the end of the day he just doesn't want to screw anything up. Show Partners: Barrell Craft Spirits enjoys finding and identifying barrels that contain distinctive traits and characteristics. They then bottle them at cask strength to retain their authentic qualities for the whiskey enthusiast. Learn more at BarrellBourbon.com. Receive $25 off your first order at RackHouse Whiskey Club with code "Pursuit". Visit RackhouseWhiskeyClub.com. Distillery 291 is an award winning, small batch whiskey distillery located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Learn more at Distillery291.com. Show Notes: This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about dry January. Where are you from? How did you end up in Terre Haute, Indiana? How did you get into bourbon? Tell us about your time at Woodford. What was difficult to learn about the distilling process? Talk about working at Angel's Envy. Is distilling rum the same process as bourbon? Are distillers in charge of blending? How did you end up at Heaven Hill? Did you have to give up anything to move into this role? Are you looking for ways to improve the legacy brands? Was there a learning curve coming to Heaven Hill? Who determines the increase in production? Were you involved in forecasting at your other roles? How did you learn the Heaven Hill portfolio? Do you have a favorite brand? What was it like to sign your first bottle? 0:00 Perfect timing. Luck of the Irish again, right? 0:03 Yeah. I get to say that one every day. 0:19 What's up everybody? It is Episode 231 of bourbon pursuit. I'm one of your host Kenny and we've got just a little bit of news to go through. Four roses, like every other distillery out there is trying to figure out what do you do with old barrels and there are all kinds of breweries across the nation just want to gobble them up. And four roses is collaborating with Brooklyn Brewery for a new limited release beer called Black Ops. Now I've seen it before, but this one's a little bit different because this vintage of Brooklyn Black Ops was aged for four months in four rows of small batch barrels that were then selected by master distiller Brent Elliott and re fermented with champagne yeast. This Russian Imperial stout comes at 12.4 ABV. raises a fluffy dark brown head combines big chocolate and coffee notes with a rich underpinning of vanilla like oak. Brooklyn Black Ops will be available in limited quantities wherever Brooklyn Brewery is available. A new development is happening in downtown local with a new website that offers an interactive map. a whole list of attractions featuring downtown distilleries like old forester angels envy Victor's plus a whole gallery of pictures. It's called the bourbon district. There are flagpoles and Information Science going up around downtown around the city that gives information history and directions to all the bourbon related happenings in downtown Louisville. You can check it out online at bourbon ism.com that's like tourism, but bourbon ism.com Ryan and myself we traveled down to Lynchburg, Tennessee this week to go and pick our first ever single barrel of jack daniels. We've heard so much about these single barrels being stag killers that we just had to go out and try it. ourselves, we're really looking forward to bringing this barrel selection along with many others to our Patreon community in 2020. And right now our goal is set at 20 barrel selected for the Patreon community in the next calendar year. With the holidays approaching, it's a good time to think about how fortunate we are that we get to enjoy this great hobby of bourbon. With the help of the bourbon pursuit Patreon community and the fellows on the round table. We've kicked off our first ever Christmas charity raffle, go to bourbon pursuit.com slash Christmas to see all the packages that we have lined up. There's bottles of pursuit series, Episode 17, which was our collaboration with willet distillery of Maker's Mark 46 private selection that we did a Russell's reserve from rare bird one to one a victors barrel strength right Elijah Craig barrel proof the old label, Traverse City collaboration from bourbon or as well as breaking bourbon and even more bottles. There's also apparel glassware tasting sheets, a complete signed copies Of all the books that have come from Fred MiniK, as well as a signed copy from sip and corner, Brian Harris as well. Every dollar raised is going to the USO in pets for vets. Both of these organizations do incredible things for our veterans and their families. Every entry gives you a chance to win any of the prize packages that we have. And of course you must be 21 year old or older to enter entries are accepted until midnight of December 22 2019. So please go visit bourbon pursuit.com slash Christmas to get in on the action and help out veterans in this holiday season. Now for today's podcast, Conor Driscoll he's beginning to make a name for himself in this bourbon world. After spending his career at Brown Forman and angels envy, he was recruited to fulfill the role left behind by Denny Potter. Connor is now the seventh master distiller in heaven hills 84 year history. We spend some time getting to know Conors past, what the recruitment looks like. Even like that whole process. Even Find a new master distiller and what his role is going to be with the operation side of things and how the end of the day, he just doesn't want to screw anything up. Alright, let's kick off the podcast. Here's Joe from barrel craft spirits, and then you've got Fred minich with above the char. 4:17 I'm Joe Beatrice, 4:18 founder of barrell craft spirits, we enjoy finding and identifying barrels that contain distinctive traits and characteristics. We then bottle them a cash rank to retain their authentic qualities for the whiskey enthusiastic next time. Ask your bartender for barrell bourbon. 4:34 I'm Fred MiniK. And this is above the char I as a journalist, I get pitched a lot of stories and over the past 15 years, you know in covering the booze business in one shape or another, I have received about every pitch you can possibly imagine from celebrities, to new nightclubs, you know to the fads like white club and every kind of Vodka flavor you can imagine, and yada and on and on and on and on. One of the latest trends in the booze industry is is one of the more fascinating trends that I have ever seen. And that is dry January and this entire belief that the alcohol industry needs to start preaching and talking about not drinking. And what's interesting about this is that you would say, you could take a step back and say, Well, if you encourage people to not consume alcohol, wouldn't that hurt the industry, but the counter to that is take a look at what happens when you drink too much. People die, people die of liver poisoning. There's certain types of cancers that are linked to drinking too much alcohol. There's all kinds of problems that can be linked to over consumption. And by overconsumption I'm talking five to seven drinks a day. You know, getting drunk. Every day, binge drinking to the point of where you have to get your stomach pumped on a regular basis. I mean, these are real issues that people face and to counter that the alcohol industry has been promoting mocktails and dry January. Now, I'm torn, because I'm a firm believer in drinking moderation. And I'm a firm believer in just being responsible. And it's something in our there's something in our country's DNA that we don't allow ourselves to really have a conversation about what is responsibility, even the brand's they're all saying yada, yada, yada, drink responsibly, don't drink and drive all this but what is drinking responsibly? Well, they'll say, well, it's having two drinks, but but again, what is it? Is it you know, drinking, not drinking when you're emotionally, you know, inspired or connected to something? Is it not drinking on anniversary? Is it just having one drink? And, you know, maybe you just got married or you're celebrating something? Can you have five drinks, then? I mean, no one really talks about what drinking responsibly is. They just have their taglines. And now this whole effort about, you know, mocktails and dry January, it makes me question if we truly know what we're trying to do in this business when it comes to encouraging moderation, because if you ask me, getting people to not drink during January has the opposite effect. That's teaching abstinence. That's not moderation. And that's this week's above the char Hey, if you have an idea for above the char hit me up on Twitter or Instagram at Fred MiniK and check out my new YouTube series on YouTube. Just search my name Fred MiniK. Until next week, cheers 7:58 Welcome back to that episode of bourbon pursuit the official podcast of bourbon, Kinney and Ryan here and this is the this is the first time I think Ryan might have been to this office in this conference room, because no 8:09 you haven't. You've been here. I've been here Barney lovers. We were We were not in this conference room. Yeah, I remember when this read 8:14 Yeah. Cuz I was like we had we had Larry on last time. And, you know, so we're at the the, I don't call it the marketing offices. It's the business offices of heaven hill that are located here in Louisville, Kentucky. It's catty corner to the Maker's Mark offices, so they're always spying on each other to kind of figure out what's happening over there and stuff like that. I guess 8:34 bar sounds just not good enough for him. 8:37 I don't know. I mean, I totally get it. There's way more lunch spots and place to take people. Yeah, 8:42 there's more than maybes. But you know, the other thing is, you know, I also feel bad for a lot of the people that that do have to work in these multiple locations because you are, you're driving a lot back and forth to whether it's distillery whether it's the offices because, you know, we're not going to Bardstown. We all happen to be here and global. So it It made sense to come here but I know that you know our guest today he's got to go. He's got to go to the Bernheim distillery. He's got to come here. He's got to go to the Heritage Center. He's He's all he's making the trifecta of all the places he has to hit up. I guess we'll find out if that's one of the perks you know, your mileage, your mileage gas reimbursement, 9:19 or company car when your masters dollars. Absolutely. Yeah. 9:23 So with that, let's go ahead and introduce our guests. today. We have Connor O'Driscoll. Connor is the newest minted master distiller at heaven Hill. He is also the fifth master distiller that's been crowned at heaven Hill. So congratulations. 9:36 Thank you very much. I think I'm seventh seventh. Is that what it was? Okay, then the era era 9:41 fifth and superior than the heaven Hill. 9:43 See what happens? We get Wikipedia information. Yeah, they're right 9:46 in Google food just wasn't on my side this morning. Yep. So Connor, welcome to the show. It's great to be here. honored to be here. Yeah, I mean, we've we've met before we talked and and 9:57 yeah, we did is we didn't wanna Whiskey and dine with getting Daya 10:01 What was that? Was it was that raw? 10:03 Yeah it was what was it a long time it was that was my debutante get to get to know Connor Connor night is what it was so yep. 10:10 And and you know estimate impression and vice 10:14 vice versa yes yeah 10:16 and I could understand like it's got to be difficult coming into a situation like this and and seeing a product portfolio that's the breath in front of you and saying like okay, now I've got to be 10:27 the face of this Yeah, don't screw it up. I mean, that literally was the the guiding mantra the the first one still is don't screw it up. But you mentioned the portfolio. You know, the other place I've worked or you know, great whiskeys, but it was like one whiskey maybe two or three. And now you come to heaven Hill, and there's a lot and honestly I'm I'm still learning the portfolio. But what a fun facet of the job to learn the portfolio. 10:52 Yeah, well, not only bourbon you have like in I'm not sure if you know that all the different brands are 10:58 wearing well. We're making I'm on the I'm still learning the whiskey anything so yeah, we got our five mash bills that go into multiple different skews. And you know everything from the mellah, corn, corn whiskey all the way up to heaven hell 27 with all the fantastic products in between there. Sure. 11:17 So before we get sorry, not the products that we want to kind of get know more about you because I can't pin it down exactly what region from Texas are you from? 11:26 Very, very far eastern Texas. So Far East across the Atlantic, I grew up in Dublin and Ireland. So the joke is they put an Irishman charged with whiskey. Am I living the dream or I live in the stereotype to be determined. So yeah, I grew up in Dublin, went to school there, got my degree in chemical engineering there and actually started my career with Pfizer pharmaceuticals, in Cork on the south coast of Ireland. 11:52 I've been with them for forgetting quite a year and they asked me to go to Terre Haute, Indiana. I have a 12:03 word for john deere. Yeah. 12:05 They had a actually was kind of cool. You know, for a guy straight out of college the we were using a genetically engineered and our genetic genetically engineered bacteria to make the enzyme to make cheese. And it started was a fermentation based process. So you know again for a kid straight out of college This was bleeding edge technology. And it's amazing that you're like this was exciting like 12:28 these were excited on time product 12:29 was exciting. The process is exciting. Yeah. And it was 12:35 it was supposed to be a six month assignment four months and they asked me to stay and six years later I quit. So it wasn't so awful that I couldn't stay there for six years now the people I worked with the fantastic still friends with some of them. You know, the, the, I guess the real thing that kept me there was I reconnected with some friends from Louisville. I started coming down here on the weekends and probably had enough Been for that the the lore of Terre Haute would not have been strong enough to keep me there but you know gotten older level very well got to know the road from Taro to local really really well. And you know like i said i for six years and Taro and I quit 13:15 and spent that summer riding my motorcycle across the country. Oh, it's interesting. Yeah, still still have it's a 93 CEO Harley guy and I haven't heard they said 93 superlight 13:26 spent seven weeks that summer writing 11,098 miles. As I was heading back towards Indiana, I realized it was gonna be very close to 11,000 miles. I said if I don't make 11,000 miles I'm riding around the block. I do make 11,000 13:42 ended up being 11,000. That's like me with my Fitbit every day. I'm like, all right. Yeah. 13:48 Yeah, it's kind of same thing. But I was in Mexico, Canada and 23 states in between. Wow, the week so it's pretty cool. It's quite an epic road trip. It was epic. It was really cool. 13:57 So So kind of talk a little bit more about the road. Trippler were it was there any like other sites that you're like amazed to see, I know for me personally, people always thought about going and seeing like the Grand Canyon. And for me, I remember going to see in the Grand Canyon and you look, you get there and you're like, Alright, let's get out of here like we've seen it. 14:14 Well, so the the genesis of the trip was 1996 was the 75th anniversary of Route 66. So Harley organized is rolling rally, they call it start in Milwaukee for hardware parties are built, came into Chicago picked up route 66 and then followed it west to Santa Monica. There's not much left to route 66 but they had a historian with us who every evening would talk about, you know what we'd seen today what we're going to see tomorrow and it was 400 and some bikes did it and and I was one of them and it was thousands you could join anywhere along the way. So remember riding into like touken Karina Mexico, and just as far as you could see in front as far as you could see it behind double line of Harley's. So that was Very cool, but you know, got to see, you know, all kinds of the US and especially you mentioned the Grand Canyon. I mean, I've been to the Grand Canyon three times twice on my Harley and one the first time was was on this ride. And yeah, it's it's pretty stunning to see it. 15:17 What did you learn about the US on that trip that like that, you know, before I get to our country, you know, you probably have preconceived notions about 15:26 it and like, I know, I'd been in the, in the, in the states for six years and have taken multiple road trips, you know, West and wherever, but to see it from the back of a Harley and to see it for that long. You know, I wrote every inch of highway one Pacific Coast Highway, you know, from the Mexican border, the Canadian border. I wrote over independence pass road across the desert in Texas, you know, there's one stretch of highway there were, you know, it's 100 miles between gas stations. And Mike's got him out of 30 moderating yeah yeah. So I just I mean the vastness the variety you know to go from you know sea level to 14,000 feet that's not four to 12,000 feet anything's past go from the Pacific Northwest Texas desert yeah just stunning 16:20 was a little bit different than than Ireland to because at least in Ireland if you do that kind of driving least you see castles 16:27 across the US like, not really Oh Harris castle is a Hearst Castle just holiday. 16:31 Just holiday. 16:34 Yeah. 16:35 So kind of talk about what's that that next evolution of your journey? How did you get into I mean, you were doing the cheese thing you stopped. 16:42 What I wasn't, I was a pre chorus. I was doing the the enzyme thing the enzyme is I know it sounds really bad. I'm like, I'm gonna do that cheese thing. Yeah, we were we were. We were in the cheese supply chain. But yeah. You know, the process I worked on in Ireland was fermentation based. This one in Terre Haute was fermentation. And after I Well, after the motorcycle trip, I ended up in Colorado, skied all winter, and then got my career going again. And it's an awesome severance package. I had to save smart I know Sarah respects bed safe, smart. And I learned to live cheeping. And so when I got my career go and again, I said, well, I've tried this production thing, I'll try engineering. And I put the design and things and did that for another six years and that was that was less fulfilling. Let's say it was very deal. bertina is that a word? It is 17:35 already me. I will take the take the new terminology, what it was, you know, sit in a cubicle, that type of thing. 17:43 By this point, I was married and I'd always said that, you know, I was going to stay in the US as long as it was fun. And yet once it was no longer fun, I leave but of course, you know, you're still here. It's still here. It's still fun transcontinental motor motorcycle trip. Pretty fun winter skiing. Pretty fun, you know, I've still fun 18:04 20 years later 18:06 21 years later So, you know, I said it quit being fun, I would go back to Dublin and try and get a job making Guinness because that would be fun. And once I realized that wasn't leaving, and like I said it was getting tired of this, the engineering end of things. So I gotta go What's next? You know, where where should I? Where should I take my career and like I said, the biggest thing was in the back of my mind was that it's not the closest thing but you know, kind of along that arc, this bourbon thing seems kind of cool. So that was in 2002 when I really started thinking about it but you know long before any boom long before you know any any even hint of the boom you know, Woodford had been in existence for what six years at that point. That's That's how long ago it was. So I started knocking on doors and it literally Two years before Geico Leo reading or who had run, what's now the brand form of his salary he retired and ever read ratcheted up one and opened position. And I was lucky enough to get hired into that. And the previous person hired into that. That job was my boss who had been hired 26 years prior to that. That's how slow the industry was that but brown Forman hired me and it was like whew, dream job. And I spent five years in Shively, you know, learning how to learn how to run into Syria how to make whiskey and in 2008, nine runner up then they sent me out to Woodford and again Woodford was tiny then but the boom was probably that's, you know, it was probably starting that our had started and was starting to pick up some momentum. 19:50 Yeah, that's when you kind of start seeing a lot of the uptick and rise of people just visiting, distilleries and stuff like that. Not so much the the craze we see today of bye Just flying off the shelf, but definitely a more of an interest from the average consumer. And probably nearing the time to when a lot of distilleries are thinking like, Oh, we probably need a visitor center. 20:12 So when for did have a visitor center, which is kind of cool, but you mentioned the uptick and visitors that literally was the first thing we saw. You know, Hank, at that point, the visitor center had been designed for maybe 30,000 visitors a year and the bourbon trail came on right around then and really kick things up and you know, there weren't that many visitor centers and Woodford had the newest nicest one. And you know, so to that wasn't quite the ground for the Woodford but it was pretty close to it. So to be there at that point in in the industry's growth and in Woodford growth was just well, perfect timing. Look at the Irish again right. 20:50 Yeah. album to get to say that one had bed every day. 20:56 So the I said from 2009 till What was it say? Two years ago 17 was at Woodford did. Most of that was, you know, running the distillery Did you know Did a lot of cool things were worked with a lot of cool people learned a ton. Kind of was part of it was you know, it's just it was gratifying, Exciting, thrilling to be part of the growth of that brand. Like said when I went out there, it was tiny. By the time I left, we were shipping over a million cases a year. And you know, it had become what it is now. Or, 21:29 you know, yeah, you still had a hand and a lot of the product that's still coming out today, anything like 21:34 that. When I left there are people who said, you know, are you going to do it all the person you've told them what fruit you have? And I was like, what a drink it 21:42 and it's good for at least seven years. Yeah, I have confidence. It'll be good for a long time. It's still a good team out there. So 21:47 yes, what to say speaking of the team, I mean, talk about a relationship or time with Chris Morris or anything like that, because I know that you you probably had some sort of interaction with him and we 21:57 worked very closely together and what a cool guy to work with. I mean His his knowledge of the industry and, you know, he he was clearly the tip of the spear in the in the in the growth of Woodford and in the guidance of its growth you know the Masters collections you know I was lucky enough to have a hand on those and you know make several of those but they are all his brain children and you know to work closely with him and the rest of the team as well. And you know the you know, Elizabeth Nicole who's now the system master sitter, she worked with me for a while Woodford and that was that was a lot of fun. She's She's cool. Yeah. 22:36 A little tight knit family. You guys yeah, Christmas cards. I go back. 22:40 We just exchanged bottles. Yeah. So I'm curious when you get into you know, distilling, like you said you you know you came from the end zone fermentation like, Is there like that when you show up as like art? Here's the training manual. And let's 22:52 go No, no, no, their age or there really isn't. And especially back then because you know, when you haven't hired someone for 26 years, there's no onboarding manual, y'all know new guy manual. So it was you know, kind of seat of the pants stuff, you know, I followed my Glen Glaser was my boss learned a ton from him followed him around every day, like a lost puppy, you know, work with the operator is kind of sadness them quite another, those are the guys who turned the vows and, you know, run the show, so, you know, sit with them and learn from them and just kind of be a sponge, soak it up. 23:27 So it was a kind of like station. So like, this month, I'm going to be focusing on how to turn these valves next 23:33 month. It's guys, it's, it's, it's all inclusive, it's kind of in depth. And I remember, you know, by time I joined bra form, you know, I worked in production for six, seven years, I've done design engineering, you know, across multiple different interest industries for another six years. So, you know, hired in and, you know, Glenn said it's gonna take good two years to really understand this process. And I was like, has 24:01 And literally two years to the day, I was like, I think 24:04 I'm starting to get this. Yeah. But it's just you know, it's, you know, you think about making whiskey you know, you get granny mellet mash it from Anna distill it put in the barrel, five easy steps, but you get a distillery and everything's scheduled on top of itself. And there's you got to do this first, but you got to wait for that. And then you got to worry about byproducts and is your East up to speed and blah, blah, blah, blah. So getting the integration of all those parts and the timing of all those parts and just getting everything to work in concert and understanding all the multiple nuances of flash. That's where the, those are the details and that's what the devil is. 24:41 So it's like Malcolm Gladwell, his role of 10,000 hours. So you gotta do yeah, is 24:47 when I read that book, a lot of it. A lot of it rang true. Yeah, for sure. 24:51 I don't I'm not familiar with the book. 24:53 Oh, it's just had that to be an expert. Really, they've, if you have 10,000 hours, like that's where your achievement mastery in any subject, but so, well, that's good to know. So if you do 40 hours a week, there's, you know, 2000 working hours in a year. So if you're just doing the bare minimum, you know, take you five years. Yes. So, I'm sure you're working more in that accelerated. 25:19 So we got a while until we figure out this podcast. Yeah, 25:23 we're only like 500 hours. 25:26 Well, I mean, that's, it's, it's, it's, it's a good way to kind of see how you grew up in and you learn the industry from the inside with inside of brown Forman because a lot of people we take tours and you go through and they really dumb it down. And exactly as you said, they take the five steps and like this is the process. However, there's so many intricacies with inside of that process that that you that you had just talked about, you know, during your time there what was what was one of those intricacies that you said like, Okay, this is this is going to take more time to figure out Like this is where this is where the variables tend to change a lot, that sort of thing. 26:04 So the, the easiest example of that is, you know, the optimizing the easting mashing fermentation at Woodford, you know, when I got there. They were running for mentors that we were making whiskey, everything was trotting along just fine. And like we talked earlier, this is kind of as the boom was starting up, and I was looking at ways to increase productivity and the and the distillery so one of the easiest ways to increase productivity is to put more grain in the fermenters and still doing everything exactly the same way. There's just more grain in there, therefore, there's more food for the east, therefore, they can make more alcohol therefore, you can fill more barrels. So talking with my colleague, Kevin Smith, down at jack daniels, who for every five minutes that I could talk about Eastern he could talk for five hours and and just he's a fascinating guy and just Fanta knowledge, but remember having a casual conversation with him about you know, increasing The beer gallonage and the amount of grain in the fermenters. And he says, Well, before you do that, thanks very polite about before you die, you're going to have to fix your easting was like nothing wrong or easting that's embarrassing. I spent a lot of my early curriculum. And as I, you know, we, we set it from enter and hours later at bubbles and then days later, we get whiskey out of it. And, you know, he very politely disabuse me of that. And that was step one in a two year process to get from where it was a very crude way of managing East that was actually doing more to hamper the East than it was to optimize it. But I said two years into it, and the fermenter productivity was up for you know, 25% the whiskey quality was off the charts the rates of ferment for metric content. We've had zero, you'd walk in the distillery and just smell how good it was. And from a initial notion of, let's put some more grain on the from Enter to two years later, again, I think we're finally turning the corner here. Yeah. And then of course, there were, there was some short term gains that are immediate gains, like, All right, we're on the right path, but to really, you know, get it from a system that might have been that's got 85% efficient to 90% efficient and 95% efficient, the 98% efficient, you know, to really start tweaking into details there. 28:33 Yeah, so East I mean, I guess you probably have a good idea what it's going to do based on experience, but it's a living thing. So are there times that you're just like, what the hell is going on? Like I did everything right. And it's just like, on the ship. 28:46 If you do everything right, it won't. So if it goes to shit, then something's gone wrong. Okay. Yeah, is the bottom line. You know, the the easiest way to think about it, I mean, the East makes all the alcohol and a good chunk of the flavor. So if you treat the strike, she'll treat you right back. And best quote on that. I was doing a camp run amok group at Watford and I had to give a 15 minute masterclass and easting mashing fermentation three times a day, one of the groups the young lady on it after I gave my East HBS as she said, so Randhir East is queen. I was like, Yes, that's exactly it. That's a perfect way to put it. So again, you treat the stride and she'll treat you right. Right back. And, you know, that's, that's, that's kind of the goal. 29:36 So let's move to the next stage in your journey here. So brown Forman, your time there was done in 2017. And you had a little bit of stint at angel's envy as well. You did talk about that. 29:45 Yeah. So I was kind of plugging along doing my do my thing at Woodford and you know, by this stage, I was running the warehousing and processing so another chunk of the industry learning something new. We were building the new warehouses Woodford So, you know, kind of overseeing that and understanding how to operate these giant warehouses. But once we got that system down, it kind of became road and I was like, all right, you know what else? What else is out there? You know, I've had 14 really fantastic years at Brown Forman. You know, is there anything within brown form? Is there anything without and right as I was thinking these things a former brown former former Woodford colleague who's now an age as me, she called me and said, Hey, we may have a position Are you interested? So I went down there on a Saturday morning, various repetitiously and kind of looked around and they heard they were, you know, less than a year out of startup and the brand new facility but in an older building, you've been to them? 30:44 Yeah, yes. Going to say ran into a lot of issues getting that thing up and running, and they got through them all. 30:50 But just everything about it kind of resonated with me. You're like yes, 30:55 I don't want to drive for sales since I was a 30:57 significant part of it because by this point, we had warehouses in midway so my commute was from level two midway check in with the gang there then come back to sales and generally spend the rest of my day ever sales but occasionally we bump between the two of them and then come home so getting close to three hours a day in the car wow yeah audio book time 31:21 have to say I was like I know people in like LA and they do all those commutes every day in San Francisco I'm like, how do you sit in the car for an hour one way every single day like 31:30 I mean, I was doing highway speed so it was it was relatively benign and for most of that time I was driving to Woodford to make whiskey you know it's not that bad. Yeah. But the you know, the the first several months that I was at angel's envy and I would drive home in 10 minutes, I'd literally sit in the garage and I What do I do? 31:50 How did I get 31:50 here? Like 31:52 What Did you take a walk to listen to? That podcast 31:55 way that are better? It's like I better go to the bar home or go to the bar real quick is my wife's can make me do a lot Georgia 32:02 dinner ready so 32:05 that was that was a big one there but you know love being part of a party. It's interesting that the three companies I've worked for in this industry are all different facets of family owned. But 32:17 was angels me family and when you started I was like I'm a car dealer car. I got, of course the Hendersons to 32:21 ride. But it's you know, it was it was fully owned by Bacardi. Gotcha. And Bacardi bring a ton to the table. I mean, they've been there, truly a global company. I mean, we reported up through Geneva, accounts payable were in Costa Rica and sap support was in the Philippines and stuff like that. So, you know, some timezone juggling, but that global perspective was was pretty cool. And just the cultural diversity within the I was at a meeting in Puerto Rico and I was the closest thing to a Yankee in the room and that way any yo You don't get that very often. Yeah. And those like, they're all speaking English for me, because I'm the only one here who doesn't speak Spanish. Yeah, that's kind of embarrassing. But anyway, that was, you know, lots of lots of positive things. Yeah. And again, just a different way of running running the same industry. But Bacardi have a lot of cool things they do, you know, worked with a lot of really smart, hardworking, fun people there. And of course, you know, see an angel, you know, I think the, when I came in, they were just coming out of that startup mode. And, you know, I was tasked with kind of taken out of that wild west, just run headlong at the prop problem till you fix it. All right, let's slow down. Let's think about it. Let's get a process in place. Let's think about where we want to go and how we're going to get there. And just start, you know, like slapping a process on stuff. 33:53 This is an amateur question, but a is distilling around the same process as Barban, but just different ingredients. Different agree it's basically the same. You ferment molasses Sure, Ryan. But then of course it's it's a shorter faster you don't have to mail anything you don't have to necessarily mash anything. 34:12 And then the aguar DNA 34:16 the letter that I guardia day, what is that? It's funny 34:21 to say it's it's the the new make sense. Gotcha. And then you know it's aged in general use barrels for shorter period and of course it's the heat of the Caribbean versus, you know, the seasonal cycles here. Sure. But I know it's I kind of left before I really could deep deep dive into that process. But you heard the word Bacardi and you're like, 34:44 I got a question, but 34:46 let me throw a curveball over the other. I mean, the fermentation and distillation are 34:50 very, very slowly never talked around distilling. 34:54 I've never been around the city. I saw it on TV. 34:58 But no the gang There are there. The Joe Gomez the master Blender down there is just he is one of those icons of the industry. The nicest guy you'll ever meet will talk all day long about it and just he, he wants to be your friend. You want to be his friend. And to spend time with people that can was cool. But then, like the biggest difference, I guess, is the aging. 35:23 Gotcha. So you talked about how he's the master Blender did do distillers here are they in charge of blending as well. 35:32 With the careers of master distiller spanning almost 50 years, as well as Kentucky bourbon Hall of Famer and having over 100 million people taste his products. Steve nalli is a legend of bourbon who for years made Maker's Mark with expertise and precision. 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Live fast and drink responsibly. 37:32 So you talked about how he's the master Blender did do distillers here are they in charge of blending as well or generally speaking, so that's you know, it's interesting. You know, in Rome, it's all about the blending. 37:45 And that's why the the focus is on master blenders and you know, if you look at the history of Bacardi, the Bacardi founding members have generally come up through that. That that that supply chain, I guess what do you want to call it? Through that right? beams, you know, yeah, exactly. I mean, so the the people running the business know the business. 38:07 But then on our side of it and the bourbon 38:12 you know, blended bourbon is kind of it's still got that post prohibition nasty connotation. So we're not set we don't focus so much on the on the blending side of things. Although, you know, there that is that is, you know, one stave to our barrel as it were. 38:30 Absolutely. So, I think we're going to see a common theme here because I think this is a, probably an inhibitor to a lot of people that that work in your type of scenario in this type of industry. It's hard to maybe make upward progression, because there's people within these roles that are there for 38:50 10 2030 and there's only a handful of them. 38:54 That or you're in a situation where is it as a family legacy? You Got the nose, you've got the Russell's odds are they're not going to let some outsider come in. Cecil come in. And so you have this sort of like this cap on upward mobility. And so you had your your time at angel's envy. So kind of talk about how this process came to be of interviewing at heaven Hill and making some connections and kind of making your way into this role. 39:28 So I known Alan through the industry on lattes or co I known him for several years, just through the industry, like I said, and you know, I was I was happy at angel's envy. I was planning on going nowhere. I was not planning on going anywhere, whatever. And then the news broke that Danny had left and I mean, I was stunned as everybody else but I never I didn't even think like hot there's an opportunity for me. was like, wow, Danny left. So many Alright, so you were all your agent 40:03 start negotiations, 40:04 maybe I should. But actually, it wasn't long after that. That was Danny reached out to me. And because again, I'd known Danny as long as I've been in this business. And he said, he'd been asked to find some suitable candidates and you know, thought me and I was like, wow, I'm so flattered. You know, I hadn't even thought about that. But 40:26 Wow. 40:28 I thought about it. I was like, You know what, I've got a really good job here. I just made a big move and 18 months ago. I'm gonna stay here. And we chatted some more. Thanks very much. That was really flattering. And it's kind of one of the things as soon as I hung up, I was like, 40:43 Damn, it probably wasn't the right 40:45 answer. And then went home told my wife about it and she goes, Yeah, that wasn't the right answer. So 40:53 I forget if Alan call me next or if Danny call me back or what it was, but either way we got back in touch again. I was like, yeah, let's let's see. Let's talk. And the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. What were the hesitations? The fact that I just made a big move and I liked what I was doing that changes me. I liked being part of a party. 41:15 Yeah, it's it's always tough to be put in a situation like that you feel like you're going to burn a bridge by coming in. It's like 41:21 coaching in basketball. You know, somebody had a mid major, they're happy. They're doing well. And then you're like, but the big leagues you're feeling Exactly. 41:27 And it's funny. You said the big leagues. You know, that was kind of the the catchphrase we will but I bought it down by my office at angel's envy overlooked slugger field. So as I'm thinking through this, it's like I'm, I'm pitching AAA and doing fine pitching AAA and the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees just called I just said no to the New York Yankees Don't say no to the New York Yankees. Yeah. So luckily, the New York Yankees were upset that I had said no the first time and you know, we talked back to the forwards and the more 41:58 you played hard to get Wherever you go, you go by 42:03 the throat whatever cliches you want that the more I thought about it, just the more it made sense. So this is a you know, the the legacy of heaven Hill the career progression, the whole thing just kind of came together at that point I was like this is this is a once in a career opportunity. If I turn this down, I'll never get this again. And you know if this if I'm truly going to take my career to where I think it should go, this is the opportunity and so far so good. 42:34 It's kind of like it's kinda like you're also in a position like you're a Supreme Court Judge like you've been placed in a position where like, unless you really screw up like you're pretty like there's unless this this whole thing like tanks and there's a nuclear like breakout like you're going to be pretty well set when it Are you having a good there was a nuclear war. We got bigger things to worry 42:58 Yeah. I'm sure yeast will survive right now it's it's it's not quite I haven't kind of docked the ship and I'm done you know there's there's a lot of work to be done a lot of cool work to be done and I'm not gonna I haven't reached a point where I can you know glide into retirement or even I want to rest on my laurels or anything I don't know just sit on the shoulders of those who came before me there's there's a lot left to be done. 43:24 What are some of the like sacrifices or I guess parts of the job that you know you're I guess when you're working at Brown for and you're kind of behind the scenes you're not having to deal with a lot of stuff 43:34 that hard was 43:37 showing up with these idiots taking up an hour Monday 43:42 samples right now yeah, 43:43 I guess talk about that. Like, you know, cuz when you're you like you said when you go to the big leagues, you're giving up a lot. What what are some of those things? 43:51 I'm so 43:54 much giving up i think but you know there. 43:57 I think in any career as you as you Move up the food chain you've gotta gotta learn to delegate and either hope that you've got a good team behind you are engineered a good team in this case, I don't have to hope I do have a great team. I mean, this is Tara has been running for a long time before I got here making award winning whiskey for a long time. So my job is to kind of slide in pick up the reins and keep that going and on that upward arc. 44:27 Yeah, there was a time period between you and and Danny so seems like York it was still running I mean, that doesn't stop Yeah, 44:36 and nothing good stop and as I say the you know, the supervisors that are there on every shift the the team members on on the shift the maintenance guys the the whole crew, I mean, you know, we're we're lucky enough to have, you know, a painter and a janitor, they're young, they work hard to keep the place look and clean and the air is as important to the operation. him probably more important than I am. But yeah, you know, it's it's they're, they're a good team. They work hard they care and I was I was, you know, when Alan took me in to show me around the salary on a Saturday morning everything was done Saturday mornings, very surreptitious. You know, it could pick up I mean, the crew members who were there that day, we're happy to see him. And, you know, they, they clearly were into what they were doing about me. I went, we run seven days a week, and they they work seven days a week. And they were happy to do that. You know, like I said, so they're, they care, they're passionate. They want to make continue to make award winning whiskeys. 45:40 Yeah. When you when you have said, distiller like heaven Hill, he said, it's such a legacy, great brands, incredible products. And like you're like, All right, here's my baby. And they've been doing it so great. But do you look for ways to like, improve the process or look for ways like to put your own fingerprint on it, or at least two years before it changes 45:58 to do the 10,000 hours Again, hopefully it doesn't reset zero. Now Hey guys, like I said it's pick up the reins and keep things going. There's always opportunities for improvement. You know, go back to what I was talking about Woodford I mean Woodford is making good whiskey before I came along. And I had the opportunity to, you know, start optimizing. 46:22 You know, where the Bernheim distillery now is obviously, further ahead than where Woodford was in those days. But there are still opportunities to, you know, just to continuously improve. And speaking of opportunities, talk about what was that that learning opportunity and learning curve of coming in because Ryan and I, we've we've been to the Bernheim distillery, we've we've toured it and we know like the massive scale of what it's what happens there. And so kind of talk about was that sort of like a bow. This is this is pretty big, because I know it's it. It basically makes angels me look like a dwarf at that point. Compare that to word for that. 46:58 Yeah. So it's actually Talk about that. 47:00 So I mean, the the scale of the Burnham disorder is stunning. I mean, we have 17 fermenters that are 124,000 gallons each. We fill four of those a day. And obviously we empty four of those today. So that's the bones of a million gallons of liquid. We're pumping around every day. We're mashing over 16,000 bushels a day, which is over 900,000 pounds of grain a day. That's about 20 ish loads of grain to unload every day. No, no others like 650 thousand barrel warehouses eggs. Yeah, we have 58. Whereas with over 1.6 million barrels, you know, at the Burnham side, we have 480,000 barrels, and we're building a new 50,000 55,000 Bioware has about every six months. You know, we're we're laying down 1300 barrels a day, and we're probably dumping we I know we're dumping less than that. We're probably dumping the order 1000 maybe a little more than that per day so we're continuing to grow our inventory who determines that the numbers I guess of how like how to increase who determines to increase or decrease numbers very finely calibrated crystal ball so it's a it's a dark art you know as you see the sales are this today they look to be that six months 12 months whatever from now we have this much an inventory of things continue this way we should have that much. So we look at we look at that big picture probably, you know, indeed now we're looking at continuously but in detail for twice a year and make adjustments as necessary. 48:42 Was this this role your first time of actually looking at forecasting Did you do that previously in other roles, um, I would, I was involved another role that the other sites as well. 48:53 Brown Forman, have a have a guy called bill Dietrich and he runs the model and And he would bring out the serie production plan, but I worked fairly closely with him and you know, it changes MV was you know, we were so small, so new, there was no existing data to build on. So I built this very complex spreadsheet that was, you know, I ended up calling it the Wonder file. Okay, they kind of got that nickname but, so yeah, I've been involved but it's it's, you make guesses. You make projections. You know, you hope you got it. 49:32 Right. And it's not just a general longer. Yeah. 49:36 Yeah, hopefully you don't have to age a little less. Right? We plan for x, but you know what, it was actually 1.5 x so like, Oh shit, what are we doing now? 49:45 So to also talk about coming into heaven Hill, and we talked about the, you know, the breadth of portfolio of just the Bourbons and whiskies that are in front of it. And I'm sure that as as the master distiller like that as your that is your front, front line of things. That you, you talk about and you're the face for. So where is there like, like a week long boot camp where somebody sat you down and said, All right, so we're going to go through everything you've got to remember every little nuance and the history of them. Like how did that process go? It was a little bit of that. So I spent a fair bit of time with the brand teams and they gave me the PowerPoint decks and the swag and whatever else been 50:23 flashcards. 50:26 In here, the real learning though, gotta get 10 in a row. 50:29 We mentioned Bernie lovers are here. Yeah, you know, I've traveled a fair bit together already. And, you know, go to the whiskey fest and stuff. And, you know, we've gone and done, you know, trainings at restaurants and bars, and, you know, learning it from him and seeing some of his his presentations. That's that's probably where I did most of the learning. 50:51 Oh, he is Yeah, he's the whiskey professor. Any 50:53 fun to learn. 50:54 He already does. Yeah. 50:56 Well, he was up he was playing stump the chump with us. 51:00 I know he made us look like gentle Yeah, no, he 51:02 is asking us questions we were like we weren't paying attention 51:06 he's he's really good at what he does and but of course tasting the portfolio matter way to learn it. Yeah. Anyway, the the funniest one is Pikeville rye. My neighborhood liquor store on Frankfort Avenue. I'd walk by and see Pikeville rye and I read it as Pikeville Ryan I was like who's making rye whiskey and Pikeville Kentucky and then a month later on the master distiller for that brand and I go 51:30 Yeah, I 51:32 know that and I tasted that I was like holy crap This is good. Yeah, and I known Rittenhouse for a long time I love written as but pikesville kind of takes it that takes the next level the next level. 51:44 Yeah, absolutely. I mean it is so you talked about Pikeville is like is there any other like bourbon line that you kind of look at as like yeah, this is this is gonna be like my staple like this mean you gotta kind of give everyone their level. Like is there one that is there a favorite child out of the group? Well, I mean, the main And she left older children. 52:03 So you know you think about we got five Nashville's, you know I think we're the only ones making those five Nashville so the five American whiskey styles and they go into all the different brands so when we make the our bread and butter is hh reg or rye bourbon and that goes into Evan Williams, Greg Hunter mccanna whatever it might be. So learning that progression, you know, Evan Williams is you know, it's a 2.7 million case brand is the second largest selling barber in the world. And it's a you know, if you look at it, if you compare it to the competition, you know, it's age longer, it's higher proof. I think it tastes better. You know, and I that kind of to see how that, you know, ages out and becomes either mccanna are Elijah Craig and how good they are and either on the rocks or I've had some fantastic cocktails lately with our portfolio. It's It's It's It's been a fun journey but even like the I hadn't had much weeded bourbon in recent decades. When I started when I started drinking bourbon by the first one of the very first ones I had was old fits. So find out the way on offense and then we've got larceny and you know been so used to ride a Suburbans and to realize that you know, these leaders are actually they're pretty good on in their own right they're just not just like a light whiskey they are a really good you know, subset or you know, that different side of the same coin type of thing. And so to and of course the the old fits the the specializations that we bring out that are, you know, 1213 years old are just spectacular. Yeah, 53:47 and that's what I think is probably, you know, everybody always always get there's, there's so many brands inside heaven. Hell, we've been in a label room before. I mean, there's there's hundreds if not, maybe they're 53:57 they're literally dead. 53:58 So I mean, it's, it's it's mind blowing but then you know the as you'd mentioned there's an old Fitz relates there's the heaven Hill 27 year releases and people go crazy for the William 54:07 heaven Hill 54:08 and the partners but you're in a unique position because you get to try and sample and taste all these at barrel proof and you get to choose which ones that coming from so I 54:17 get to be part of the 54:18 Yeah, so it's it's that's always a fun experience because like I said, you get to do like the real unicorn part of it right you know, you don't get might not get to see the empty or the the final packaging of it but you get to see the process from really like where it started up until that point to now it's really good like we were doing a barrel selection for hotels liquors yesterday and to you know, we were tasting some the 12 year old at 151 proof now, 54:47 you gotta change the barrel pics two barrel proof pan. We gotta do. Yeah, it kills me. Let's see, we'll start there. And every time I go to a lot of the correct there's three right like it's always the hardest barrel pick because there's three like yeah, stoners from dedes Phil or whatever. You know, and you're like, gosh, I don't want to water this down. But you know, 55:04 I understand you, you, you, you take it to 94 proof and you're comparing apples to apples, right? You know that it's not just like the proof for the color, right? So you're kind of changing your mind. It's like, all right, I know that. I'm comparing the same thing, the same thing for the same thing. So you're getting, you're getting honest whiskey. 55:21 Yep. And so one of the last things I kind of want to wrap it up with is kind of a fun question. Because I want to understand like what your thought process was when this first happened, so you're going to be in front of a lot of people and I'm sure you've you've gone and you've made your rounds at the whiskey fest. And there's always it's a it's a responsibility of a master distiller or brand ambassador, whoever's the face of the brand to sign the bottles. 55:44 Yeah. So, 55:45 so kind of talk about what it was to like, sign your first bottle and go, okay, I've been here for like two weeks. So yeah, like what was that? Like? 55:54 So? It was it's kind of mind blowing to be honest with you. 56:00 Whiskey fest Chicago, I think it was, you know, we have that partnership with Goose Island. So me and Bernie and Mike Smith from Goose Island were doing a presentation on basically barrel aging and better that and afterwards somebody came up and asked me to sign their their ticket or their program or something. And you know, my first reaction was like, seriously, by the cross, I was in my head. But you know, you play the role and that's this person has spent their hard earned money to come and listen to me yap about whiskey. So like, thank you so much. I'm honored to sign it, but it's it's pretty cool. 56:38 You know, our Evan Williams 56:42 HERO program where we recognize veterans, you know, we were down with Chris cruise at cruise customs flags last weekend, he asked me to sign a bottle and he's put a ton of pictures of it on Instagram. And I'm like, anyway, you're the coolest guy. Stop making me look, I just I just scrolled on the bottle, you know, but so it's It's honestly it's gratifying. But at the same time it's it's a little shocking that right? This year Really? 57:07 Yeah. Because I remember it was, it was at the heaven Hill select stock 18 year release, and I'd saw you there. Yeah. And people were aligning, aligning to get your signature. And it was it was just kind of dawned on me. I was just like, he wasn't here 18 years ago, but it's so funny that like people, they gravitate towards you and they want that as sort of like a recognition of it. Yeah. 57:28 And that's that's the role and it's you know, and I kind of enjoy playing it Yeah, it's pretty fun but like the your celebrity 10 years ago, the What do you call it the two weeks after I start Henry McKenna wins best whiskey in the world. And you know, all these people are interviewing me and say watch it liked him. I was like, I had nothing to do with whiskey. But it's very cool that I'm writer and of course, the original mechanic was Irish and I'm Irish, so maybe, maybe maybe smiling down and look at the Irish there. It is. 58:00 always come back to it. Absolutely. 58:02 It's a great way to kind of wrap that up there. So Connor, I want to say thank you so much for coming on the show today. It was a pleasure like I said just to get to know you i think i think it's it's an opportunity for people to really see the the real personal side of you. You know, we just talked before we start recording we all live in like the same neighborhood. Yeah, we all we all drink the same whiskey now too. So it's, it's always fun. And let's 58:24 go to Red Rock and have a cocktail. Yeah. 58:27 Seriously, once again, thank you for coming on and doing this and you know, Ryan, I think this is a great opportunity for us to a get to know Connor and understand really his background and you know what, he brings the table here? heaven. Hell, too. 58:39 Yeah, it's a cool story. I mean, like, from Dublin to Bardstown. You know, who would have thought? Who would have thunk But no, I mean, it I'm, I'm heaven Hill is like, in my heart, because I'm from Bardstown. My fam ton of family members work there and like just that for me and Todd with the I know, it's in good hands. And, you know, that's, that's it reassuring and so I'm glad that they chose you and you decide to call him back and appreciate you taking the time to spend with us. And yeah, if anyone has show suggestions, comments, feedback, we love hearing from our listeners. So just let us know and we'll see you next time. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

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