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In this episode of Once Upon a Crime, we revisits the murder of Sheila von Wiese Mack through the new book When Lambs Become Wolves by retired Sergeant Rasul T. Freelon, who knew Sheila and her daughter Heather years before the Bali killing. Freelon recounts how a 2010 theft report led to repeated police contact, revealing escalating child-to-parent violence: Heather's manipulation, financial fraud, and assaults that included breaking Sheila's arm and later a brutal attack. Despite diversion programs, mentoring, probation, and numerous calls for service, Sheila often refused to press charges, focused on saving her family, and ultimately told Freelon, “She's going to kill me.” When Lambs Become Wolfs. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0809339943?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallbackResorting to Murder: The Body in the Suitcase: https://art19.com/shows/once-upon-a-crime/episodes/eef34649-e83a-47cb-a960-5403629b2295 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Moin und willkommen zum Fleckenhörer am 20. Juli 2026! „Wer kämpft, kann verlieren. Wer nicht kämpft, hat schon verloren.“ So lautet ein bekannter Sponti-Slogan aus den 70er Jahren, der fälschlicherweie Bertold Brecht zugeschrieben wird. Genutzt haben ihn am Wochenende die Aktivist*innen der Aktion Sylt. Die Aktion Sylt ist ein von Freiwilligen organisiertes politisches Protestcamp. Auf der bonzigsten Insel Deutschlands blasen die Punks seit 5 Jahren zum Kampf gegen soziale Ungerechtigkeit und kritisieren die ungerechte Verteilung von Reichtum, den Ausverkauf der Insel und das politische System, das solche Zustände zulässt. Jetzt haben die Betreiber des Protestcamps erneut einen juristischen Erfolg erzielt. Nach mehreren Entscheidungen des Verwaltungsgerichts ist das Camp als geschützte Versammlung anerkannt. Auch eine Beschwerde des Kreises Nordfriesland vor dem Oberverwaltungsgericht blieb ohne Erfolg. Die Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten sehen sich durch die Urteile in ihrem Protest bestätigt und werfen den Behörden vor, politisch motiviert gegen das Camp vorzugehen. Zugleich rufen sie dazu auf, weitere Protestcamps zu organisieren und den öffentlichen Raum für politische Aktionen zu nutzen. In diesem Sinne: Recht auf Stadt heißt Recht auf Insel und Recht auf Wiese! Aktion Sylt sind wir alle! Unsere Themen im Fleckenhörer heute: +++ Kritik an der Digitalstrategie der Gesundheitsministerin Warken durch die Kassenärztliche Vereinigung +++ „Bremsenfallen“ sind überflüssig und leisten wahrscheinlich einen illegalen Beitrag zum Insektensterben +++ Vernichtungsverbot für Textilien und Schuhe gilt seit 19. Juli: Zahlreiche Ausnahmen lassen es zum Papiertiger werden Musik: The Baby Seals (UK) The Bombpops (USA) Ersatzkopf (Darmstadt) Danger Dan + Igor Levit (Berlin)

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Wir sind mitten im Sommer und in vielen Bundesländern sind schon Ferien. Und auch wenn wir uns bereits über mindestens eine Hitzewelle beklagt haben, und ich irgendwie mit der Hitze schlechter klarkomme als noch vor Jahren: Ich mag den Sommer mit so viel Licht und Wärme. Wenn ich abends vergessen habe, die Jalousien runter zu ziehen und mich dann morgens nicht der Wecker, sondern schon die Helligkeit weckt, ist das einfach schön.Und trotz Heuschnupfen und Allergie: der Sommer riecht auch besonders. Wenn man morgens das Fenster weit öffnet und die Kühle des Morgens spürt und vielleicht ein bisschen die Wiese oder die blühenden Pflanzen, bei uns im Vorgarten den Flox, riechen kann: Für mich sind das die tollen Momente des Sommers.  Und ich denke mir: So könnte das Paradies sein. Natürlich wissen wir nicht, wie das Ewige Leben sein wird, auf das wir als Christinnen und Christen ja hoffen. Und so ein kühler Sommermorgen, der wie ein Versprechen auf einen schönen Tag erscheint und in dem Moment fast perfekt wirkt: So ähnlich könnte es doch dann bei Gott sein, oder?Jesus Christus wird in vielen Bildern beschrieben, eins davon ist das Licht. Oder vielleicht kennt ihr auch das alte Kirchenlied von Paul Gerhardt:"Die güldene Sonne bringt Leben und Wonne, die Finsternis weicht. Der Morgen sich zeiget, die Röte aufsteiget, die Finsternis weicht.“ Auch wenn der Text uns heute etwas sperrig daherkommt, beschreibt das Lied sehr treffend die Schönheit der Natur, wie gut die Sonne uns gerade am Morgen tut und wie sehr sie ein Bild für Gott ist. Unser Leben ist oft genug laut, stressig, voller Sorgen – da ist so ein Moment, an dem alles perfekt scheint, sehr wertvoll. Gott ist nicht nur bei uns, wenn es uns schlecht geht. Auf ihn können wir uns auch verlassen, wenn wir zufrieden sind, wenn wir spüren, wie schön das Leben trotz allem ist.  Vielleicht schaffen wir es ja, wenn es früh am Tag so herrlich nach Sommer riecht, einmal kurz "Danke" zu sagen. Nicht nur für die Schönheit der Natur, sondern auch, dass ER immer da ist. 

Tune in the latest Suite Spot episode as special guests, Dave Jacoby, Founder/Owner of Hotel Lucine and Kaleigh Wiese, Founder and CEO of Ode Places, take a moment to discuss the independent and boutique hotel landscape and the 2026 Independent Hotel Show Miami in this episode for the Suite Spot Independent Hotel Show Series. Ryan Embree: Welcome to Suite Spot, where hoteliers check in, and we check out what’s trending in hotel marketing. I’m your host, Ryan Embree. Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Suite Spot podcast. This is your host, Ryan Embree, here with another episode of our Independent Hotel Show series. This is season two. We’ve done quite a number of these independent hotel show series episodes, but this is the first one where we’ve got multiple guests. So I’m excited to bring them both in today. First with me, Dave Jacoby, founder and owner of Hotel Lucine, and Kaleigh Weise, founder and CEO of Ode Places. Dave, Kaleigh, thank you so much for being with me today. Dave Jacoby: So excited. Thanks for having us. Kaleigh Weise: What a way to kick off the independent hotel show. Dave and I got to share the stage last year. Dave Jacoby: We did. Kaleigh Weise: And I feel like we could have talked for a million more hours. And we’re friends, but also we’ve worked together, so I feel like I’m excited to be on together. Ryan Embree: Alright, well this is awesome. I’m excited. We’ll, we won’t be able to speak for a million hours, but we’ll definitely have some time today. And I’m excited, but as tradition here in the Suite Spot, one of the wonderful things about our industry and hospitality is people come from all different walks of life to get into our industry. Sometimes you fall into it with a summer job, sometimes you start as a bellman. Like myself, we love to hear these stories. We live and breathe these stories in hospitality and share them with others. So let’s start by just a proper introduction and maybe your hospitality journeys that led you to your respective positions. Kaleigh, let’s start with you. Kaleigh Weise: Yeah. Well, there’s a lot to unpack here. So if you see me at the show, come find me. I have been self-employed by whole entire career, and I have always been obsessed with the form and function of business. Like, how do you have a brand that really resonates despite, you know, I see your brand is like a lighthouse, right? Like, how are you attracting the right people? But also at the end of the day, like that business has to be incredibly healthy. And then you layer on a hotel, which is a 24/7 breathing company. And so how do you make sure that you have the longevity with systems and processes and you have a brand that continues to resonate as the years develop. And so I got my start serving in essentially helping brand and position and help with coaching for hospitality and service-based businesses. And then that naturally led into places where people slept, right? So I actually was working with event venues for a long time and when we got into the lodging conversation, I was like, now this is fascinating, a one time event versus like, keeping this up 24/7, what does that look like? And so we, I started out places essentially in 2018 after being in Northern California in the Santa Cruz Redwoods, we got to support a property out there. And I was like, the resonance that I got to feel to plant seeds of purpose into the land there of those 80 acres and understanding the choices we made would affect short-term and long-term generations really put me on a trajectory where that’s where I’ve committed my work so far. Ryan Embree: Really cool origin story there. And a lot of parallels from the event industry to hospitality and lodging. So, Dave, what about you? Dave Jacoby: Yeah, thanks. So I’m born and raised in Philadelphia, but somehow I ended up in Galveston, Texas, so I did not have that on my bingo card growing up. But here I am, out of college, worked in some finance and kind of hotel development related positions. First in New York City, then went to graduate school, then moved to Las Vegas and actually was in the casino space. But throughout that whole kind of portion of my journey was developing projects that were other people’s ideas and kind of on behalf of others, even though, you know, in Vegas, for example, I led development and opening up a resort there, moved to Galveston, where my wife is from. And my family’s now based in 2016. And just felt like I fell in love with Galveston, but felt like Galveston needed a slightly different hospitality experience here. Something with a little more soul that matched the soul that this whole town has. But the hospitality offerings that I didn’t feel like harnessed that soul really well, yet found an old kind of out of favor motel on the beach and figured out a way to acquire it and came up with a brand and a design and a team that we put together. And it’s been a labor of love and, you know, blood, sweat and tears sometimes, but a lot of smiles and happiness too. And we’re going on three years open, so, okay, that’s kind of how I got here. Ryan Embree: That’s like the America, the hotel American dream, what you’re doing right now. And listen, I went to school for hospitality and I think just this conversation already between the event management, hospitality, the gaming that you’ve included. I mean, this is like hospitality management 101 through the experiences, but certainly a familiar one where you’re bouncing around. But it sounds like you found your home there in Galveston. I was really excited about this conversation because it’s very rare I get to talk to two guests that have kind of built their brands from the ground up, right? And I think this is a challenge and a task that especially independent hoteliers have to kind of face and building their story and building a brand that resonates with travelers, especially today. So how important is branding and storytelling to connect with guests? Because I think that is what independent hotels strive to do is create this connection that might be missing right now and, you know, really hopefully leads to loyalty in the future. And what maybe advice would you share from your own personal kind of branding journeys? Dave, we’ll start with you and then go to Kaleigh. Dave Jacoby: The brand is so central to what we’re doing. We sort of started with that brand identity, and I use the term identity not as like a business jargon term, but it really is an identity. We personified our brand and there are still decisions that we’ll make where we have this fictitious Aunt Lucine that we will use as a muse for decisions we make around property. And it’s sort of a guiding light for us. But, I think the concept of kind of personifying your brand really helps make it make sense, at least for me. So, I look at how do we connect with our guests? I really look at how we connect with our local community and use that as the window in to our guests with the kind of overriding assumption that if our whole town and local surrounding population considers us part of the fabric of that neighborhood, that the outsiders will, that authenticity will come through. Outsiders will see that that’s where they’ll want to stay. So then, back to the personification of it, just like in your personal life, if you are friends with a group of people, you need to add something to that group and you need to then take something back from that group. So I sort of look at Galveston as the environment here is like a play. And instead of us coming in and saying, well, what is everyone else doing, we’ll do that too. So that we fit in saying, well, how do we add a new main character to the cast here? And I sort of look at it that way. And so what are we adding that’s different, but how does it fit into and, and be complimentary with everything around it? And that’s, that’s kind of how we, we looked at how we fit in and what we offer to our guests both, as, you know, overnight hotel guests and local community that might eat, drink, hang out with us. Ryan Embree: Kaleigh? Kaleigh Weise: Well, I wanna also compliment Dave and Keith have done such a phenomenal job at Hotel Lucine that they have a brand bible, if you will. And I think that it is a testament to how the vision casting of Aunt Lucine infiltrates, the purchases that they make for design, the plants, the employees, the uniforms, how they want them to talk and walk, and all of that alignment I think resonates really well with attracting the right talent, but also attracting the right guests. And so I think having intentionality, I always say, your brand is what other people say it is. So we have to remember that we have control over how we position our brands and what we want. So I think intentionality is first, which I think Hotel Stein does. On the flip side of that, I think we have to be realistic about who is traveling and who is coming to the hotel or who is also the consumer. Obviously on the B2B side, I usually like to pick three to five different personas, and I think that that helps shape making decisions. We have a property we’re working with right now that is on 12 acres. There’s 43 cabins. It’s primarily outside, right? It’s like, okay, who is the ideal person who’s looking for a property like this? And I think the clearer that you can get with that, it helps you understand where your revenue programming is gonna come for, like, come from. It helps you understand like where you should put costs. Like do they care about the amenities? Do they care about the soap? Do they want a robe in the room? And I think sometimes we make decisions that are too close to maybe how we would like to travel or what we think is best, and we forget what our guests might be looking for, which then leads to greater revenue opportunities and better residents that leads to people wanting to come back because they feel like they belong there, right? Like that was created for them. So that’s kind of the flip side of I think knowing who you are, but knowing who your guest is is equally as important. Ryan Embree: Yeah, a hundred percent. And there’s, I mean, guests are leaving us clues constantly on who they are based on online feedback, social media posts, reviews, there’s so many things. Even just a day-to-day conversations, you would be surprised, a tip that everyone gets, you know, you wanna know, you wanna learn about what guests think about you, just hang out in your lobby for a couple minutes during breakfast and just hear the conversations about what people are saying about their stay. But Dave, I loved your point there about talking about being embedded in the local community because you think about people that really prioritize a unique experience in the independent hotel space, which they’re independent hotels are so positioned to do, if you don’t become a part of your community, they’re looking for that unique kind of experience that only an independent hotel can provide them. If you’re really embracing your local community and sharing those same kind of aspects of it’s gonna hopefully resonate with that traveler. And then hopefully they amplify that story a little bit in some of the ways that I was talking about. But one of the things we’re gonna talk about the independent hotel show in a second in September, very excited about that. But one of the things that I love about that show is sometimes as independent hotels, you might feel a little bit like you’re on an island because you don’t have that big brand behind you, right? So getting a bunch of independent hoteliers together, you hear about some of the challenges that are going on right now. And unfortunately right now there’s a lot of noise in our industry. Economic shift, geopolitical factors, rising operational costs and margins are very thin, can be challenging for independent hoteliers. Where do you guys see opportunity right now? Because independent hotels are always looking for that little bit of edge. Where do you see opportunity right now in the state of this industry and maybe where do you see some shared challenges that we have to kind of battle as an industry for independent hotelilers? Kaleigh, let’s start with you and then maybe Dave you could zoom in maybe a little bit more on your property and market. Kaleigh Weise: I think the biggest thing that I’m seeing is, I talk about all these revenue drivers as like little dials. We get to tweak and twist, right? And I think that through some of the impacts that we’re having that are things that are outside of our control, right? There’s only so much we can do with some of these things. There are a few things that you actually can kind of take control over. And I think that investing more in the community and finding opportunities to drive revenue with the people who are in your local area who maybe aren’t traveling for the summer or fall or Christmas or whatever that might be through that event programming, it is not uncommon for us to go into a independent hotel and they haven’t really ever thought about events, especially if they’re under, let’s say 60 keys. Even 20 to 40 or 80 is a great number because you have an opportunity to having a full buyout, or you can have 40th birthday parties or a wedding or something like that. And that can be a huge revenue driver. And so I think as we look at shifts that are happening with, you know, the average event or wedding right now is booking a hundred or event is booking 120 days out. I think the average wedding is booking somewhere between nine and and 14 months out. You can start forecasting revenue a little bit more in control and then focusing on your rooms and your distribution in shorter term pickup opportunities. And so I think understanding where are all of your revenue drivers? What do you have control over? What do you not have control over? And where are, maybe there are opportunities that will be very low lift to you to be able to fill dates and have revenue coming in ways that haven’t been the pickup that you anticipated. Ryan Embree: yeah, and food and beverage, huge opportunity and doesn’t, you’re absolutely right, Kaleigh. It doesn’t necessarily need to be travelers from outside of your market all the time. The hotel restaurant, I feel like has got a bad rap for the last decade or so, but it is turning around, right? And it’s a place where people want to be. It’s a social setting where when people come, you might be hosting people and for the holidays or what have you, and you might find yourself at a hotel restaurant even if they’re not staying there. So it’s certainly a shift in what’s happening right now, but especially for independent hotels. Dave, what about you? What have you kind of seen in your market and maybe any creative solutions for some of these challenges right now? Dave Jacoby: I mean, I’ll sort of piggyback off of what Kaleigh said a little bit there, but it’s events and Kaleigh has sort of focused on booking events from, you know, outside groups. I’ll sort of look at it more as your internal event programming I think is also really important. And, and that’s, and it’s our kind of best way that we use to connect with our local community. And what that event programming is can be so many different things. It sort of depends who you are, who is in your community, and how do you fit into your community, what do you offer? So kind of when I talked about earlier, need to offer something back to your community that you’re in, for us that means a lot of live music. We’re very plugged into the local live music scene and we have a great curated music program every weekend night, all year long. And then in the summer we have a series called Sunset and Sounds, which is sort of larger bands that are touring. Some are touring the U.S. Some are based in Austin or elsewhere in Texas, and they come down to hotel scene and we put on free shows for hotel guests, the community, whoever wants to go. We do wellness events and that might be cold plunges or sound baths. We’ll partner with local organizations that wanna do fundraisers or other events. And it’s just a way to activate the space. It’s a way for people that are not from your town to have a experience where they feel like they’re integrated into what’s happening in that community. It’s a little more interesting for them as a visitor. And if you’re staying at a large chain hotel down the street or in another market, they just can’t deliver that. They don’t have the people, enough people with decision making power that are in the community that are focused on that. It’s just not the way they’re built. So that’s really the advantage I think independents do have over the larger chain hotels. We might not have the distribution systems and some of the other marketing spend, but we do have the ability to deliver on a day-to-day basis and experience that’s just different than what those larger hotels can. Kaleigh Weise: And I would like to comment that, you know, we’re seeing data around three hour drives being really hot, right? So I think sometimes you think you’re marketing to the next nearest city or, you know, looking for that destination destination visitor. I think really thinking about who are those markets that are within a three hour drive that are easy pickup for you once they know that you exist and you’ve again pointed your lighthouse of your marketing and branding in their direction, I think that’s a wonderful way to pick up opportunities for guests and community and events and things like that. Ryan Embree: Hey, I am the father of a 5 and a 3-year-old. And let me tell you, I’m a huge proponent of the three hour trip because that’s about as far as I can get before all of us go a little crazy. So you, you can bet I’m definitely looking for those opportunities to get out there and have that type of experience that Dave, you know, it’s around this time of year when we’re I’m talking to independent hotels that I get so inspired because the freedom of having an independent hotel and the activations and programming that you can put on, I think sometimes independent hotels, because they see some of these big branded hotels not doing some of this programming. They think should I be doing it? And it’s maybe because they have so much red tape in their branding, they have to get approval from, legal or their brand to actually run these things that they’re just not doing it. So it’s such an opportunity, and again, I get so inspired to kind of see that because the way the ingenuity that these independent hoteliers have is just, it’s second to none in our industry. It’s really creating a very cool experience, which is now being showcased and highlighted easier than ever via social media and reviews. So as we talk about industry trends, I wanna see, Kaleigh, you were talking about the three hour trip, right? Wellness is a big one, f &b, what are some of these maybe traveler trends that you’re starting to see bubble up and emerge right now? And how can independent hotels capitalize on these trends and over maybe branded competitors? Dave, you want to start maybe any trends that you’re noticing in your market in Galveston? Dave Jacoby: I’d say one might be the, and to use a buzzword here, the bleisure trends or the business leisure trends. So we will find, sometimes we’ll get small groups, maybe it’s a board or a small creative agency or something like that, that will come and have an offsite with us. And it’s partially meant to be used as a brainstorming session or some obvious business function to their meeting. But it’s also a time to hang out. Some of these groups might bring spouses with them or there might be a business component and then they’ll stay for the weekend and then it’s a little more freeform or social at that point. Or I’ll sort of see this bleisure happen from the other direction where someone will say, Hey, I want to come for a weekend and be at the beach, but why not come on Wednesday night and I’ll stay and I’ll just, I work from home anyway. That’s become so much more acceptable for all or part of the week for so many people. What does it matter if I work from home, from home home or from a hotel or a hotel lobby where I’ve got coffee? And it can be tended to. So we sort of see leisure trips happen in both those directions where the, the work kind of lends a little more leisure and the leisure lends a little more work. Kaleigh Weise: We also have a great living room for people to work and hang out and stay and enjoy beachside. Dave Jacoby: We do, we do. I sit in there often and you’re, and you’re right that it is when I overhear what people are saying about the hotel, I do my work, but I also eave drop and pop in on people and help out with things. Ryan Embree: It’s funny ’cause you know, modern day design for hotels now are accommodating for that. They know that the flexible workspace and they’re building lobby common areas a little bit larger or maybe even not so siloed so that people can mingle, interact, but also have some spaces to work from. So certainly a trend there. Kaylee, what are you seeing maybe from, as you zoom out? Kaleigh Weise: I mean I think experiences and add-ons are something that I continue to be surprised by. So if I’m the North American Ambassador for Muse, so I of course love Muse, but also cloud beds and stay in touch and all of, like, they all offer these add-on options where a guest during checkout or pre-arrival, they can add that early check-in. I’m blown away by the amount of people who opt into that $35 pre-check in or wanna add a bottle of wine to the room. Like those little details, it’s so helpful when they’re coming to have that reminder that we can make this a more customized stay for you. And so I think the sweet spot is no more than seven upsell opportunities. But I think that that even bleeds into, I know when we were helping with Hotel Lucine I’d ideate on some of these things, it’s like they ended up doing pop-up dinners on the balconies of their rooms and adding, I forget, a couple hundred dollars right? Or picnic baskets that people could take offsite. And I think people are hungry for having that almost like travel agent like experience where if the property can customize an itinerary for them or enhancements for their stay, I think they’re very excited and eager to be able to take advantage of that. So I think that’s a trend that’s happening and desirable, but something that I see a lot of independent hoteliers are stuck in the day to day and maybe not adding the attention that they could that will see the revenue that really is low hanging fruit out there. Dave Jacoby: Kaleigh’s so good at that. I mean she helped us with that as she mentioned, but she’s got this ability to kind of come in and just see what’s going on every day and she’s not seeing anything you don’t see immediately. But then she also sees these other opportunities of ways to personalize the guest experience in a way that you’re happy to do and isn’t a heavy lift for you and the guest is happy to pay for. And it’s just such a win-win. It’s almost like you get the surprise and delight moment right outta the gates and the guest pays for it too. It’s a great, it’s a great combo. Kaleigh Weise: Just a matter of training the staff and getting in on the website. Ryan Embree: That’s right. Very important. Get the buy-in from the staff. But you mentioned that word personalized. I mean that’s what we’ve been striving for in this industry for a long time. Personalization and with the rise of technology and AI like I put here, it’s not a podcast in 2026 if we don’t use those words. I don’t think I anybody would listen if we don’t talk about that or that buzzword. But I do wanna talk about it because I think especially with independent hotels, they might be more excited than most because it could figure out a way they could use AI and technology to maybe shrink the difference or find that edge against a branded competitor and maybe not feel so, you know, just David versus Goliath in that sense. So Kaleigh, have you kind of seen any competitive or creative uses of technology and AI in the industry, especially with independent hotels? And then maybe Dave you could share a little bit of your thoughts as well. Kaleigh Weise: I definitely see us being in a bit of a purgatory and as I’m talking about this, I’m thinking fast forward a year from now and I think agentic agents are at our fingertips for having access to supportive administrative help. And I see what Muse is working on behind the scenes and it’s like we’re gonna be living in a very different operational world. In I think all the best ways. And when I think about the future of an org chart at a small independent property where you have to get stuck in the day-to-day right now planning and preparing for guests and double checking things like being able to be synced in when Uber’s about to when Uber’s about to drop off your guest. And being able to be prepared with that timing. I think we’re gonna see our front desk admin become hosts for the first time and really have the time and empowerment to be able to greet them with the level of detail and customization. I also think the automations, I think we’re gonna snap that into being just such a helpful tool to ask the right questions or personalize the spaces. So I think currently it’s very challenging, let’s say for an independent hotel to offer a pillow menu, if you will, for the right pillows that that guest is gonna want. But I think in the future we’re gonna be able to have the opportunity for putting a time and attention into creating experiences that guest deserves that’s customized based on various preferences or interactions. And so I think it’s a really exciting time for actually hospitality to take back the spotlight. And that’s why people join this industry, right? Is they love hosting people and giving people experiences. And I think sometimes the admin takes away from that, you know? And I think that it’s gonna allow us to be more competitive when it comes to distribution. All of us didn’t go to school to be revenue managers, right? And I think that is a, that is a calculated game that to be able to have tools that can help support us and making sure that we’re optimizing the proper ADR and and pickup cost to be able to book our occupancy moving forward. I think it’s a really exciting time. I think we’re just in the purgatory of it right now. It’s like at our fingertips, but we’re not quite there. But I think about a year from now, things are gonna feel like it’s restabilizing in a really exciting way. Ryan Embree: So Dave, from an owner’s per perspective, you’ve, you just talked about how carefully you’ve kind of curated and built this incredible experience at Hotel Lucine. What is your thoughts on when you think about implementing technology or, or some sort of new AI initiative into the guest experience and how you make sure that doesn’t impact your brand too much? Dave Jacoby: I like the term Kaleigh used about purgatory. I don’t think we’re quite there yet. If you look at the amount of, certainly in the independent space, useful applications of AI in the day-to-day life versus the amount of words in print publications about AI, it’s a massive imbalance there. To me, the right ways that AI can be implemented are ways that are invisible to the guests. So the example Kaleigh was using is one that we’re, I’m rolling out actually now in kind of bits and pieces is how do you use AI to improve your day-to-day workflow? And for me, if it’s, I can unleash it on my Google drive and have it pull a bunch of information and synthesize it and put report together for that I can then give to our team. We’ve got better data and that would’ve taken me three hours, but I let it run in the background for 10 minutes and it’s done. You know, things like that to get better insights on your business, that can be done. Now, to the extent we can use AI to free up front desk agents, I’m working through a specific protocol on that now, just to get all the, what’s your pet policy, what time is check? And we just get so many emails that are repetitive in nature to answer. And the front desk agent isn’t always on top of it. Sometimes they’re doing other things, and I’d rather they be eyeball to eyeball with a guest acting as a host or hostess to the people that come in and providing person to person hospitality and not in the computer. We can free that up. You can do that now. So it’s a matter of just setting the systems up and taking the time to do it. And you can set it up with as much automation or oversight as you want to do, but it’s a matter of taking the time to actually do it so that you can free up those personal interactions. Because that’s where we as independent hotels, I think are, that’s what we people come to us for, is for that personalized touch and feeling like they’re having a human interaction and they’re not at a big corporate commoditized hotel. So we wanna give them that as much as we can. Kaleigh Weise: And I mean, I think human-centric is so important. I think we can, we can still remain to have a human-centric business with these tools. I hear all the time people feel like they’re so behind with using AI. And I guess even for those listeners today, I think you can relinquish the shame because the speed in which AI is gonna continue to grow is gonna continue to grow. And I think the application of that, depending on what market you’re in, what tools you’re using, I think if you can focus on one implementation thing that’s gonna actually help you serve your guests better, you’re not behind. It’s really just pacing that is right for your team, for your guests, and what’s gonna be right for you. But also don’t be afraid of it. Like, I think that there’s a lot of exciting things and tools that are only gonna be able to support us as an industry. Ryan Embree: My big bold prediction is that I think the GM of the next couple years is actually gonna look a lot more like maybe the GM of 20, 30 years ago before all of that kind of work that what we traditionally thought a GM had to do with reports and all of these things that actually some of those desk jockeying kind of tasks, AI can, agentic AI could potentially take care of for you. And then you get back to kind of doing what both of you described as, you know, that face-to-face human interaction. So what I’m hoping is that, you know, a lot of this technology actually kind of causes more of our service driven people and hospitality professionals to kind of rise to the top and create some really cool, memorable experiences and maybe just get that service back to where it was. Because it just feels like there’s some aspects of it in some hotels where it just, we completely missed the mark. So that’s my, maybe that’s me being a litte too, but that’s, that’s my 2 cents and what I hope happens. Dave Jacoby: No, no, I think that makes a lot of sense. And I thought of one other great application for independent hoteliers for AI. We don’t have an in-house IT guy. We don’t have an in-house like maintenance tech. We’re just not big enough to carry those positions. But you can go to your, claude, chatGPT, whatever it is, and say, why did my TV turn on three times in the middle of the night by itself in room 212 last night? True story, this happened and the guest was upset. And then I explained what my systems are and how they work and what they can, you give it a little bit of input information, it’ll help you diagnose. I haven’t yet tried the recommendation ’cause I’m on here talking to you guys. But there are all kinds of solutions you can ask for help for and they might not be right, but before you’re spending money to call out an HVAC technician, find somebody who can handle whatever this one specific system you have is and can service that you can troubleshoot a lot of these things and 60, 70% of these things you can fix on your own because it’ll walk you through it. It’s really a helpful way to save money. And that also helps guests experience, right? Because now if that TV’s not turning on three times middle of the night for that guest tomorrow night, she’ll be happy. Ryan Embree: Love it. Yeah. There we go. Just claude gonna be employee of the, of the week over there at Hotel Lucine every week If we get that figured out. But I do wanna shift our attention to the reason we, you know, started this series, the Independent Hotel Show this year happening September 16th and 17th in Miami Beach. We could not be more excited. And for our Suite Spot listeners, don’t forget to use promo code Ryan26 for a complimentary registration. Dave, you’re on the advisory board and Kaleigh, you’re a brand ambassador like myself. We were on a call talking about the show just the other day. I wanna get your thoughts on what inspired you to get involved with this event and maybe some of your personal favorite aspects of the show. So Kaleigh, let’s start with you and then Dave, you can answer. Kaleigh Weise: I have been an active conference goer my whole career, right? Like a little bit of hustling, a little bit of gorilla marketing. And when I look back at the growth and success in my career, it really comes down to the thin threads and the people that I meet. And I think to have an opportunity to pull up a seat at the table for independent hoteliers who do feel very isolated most of the time, right? They don’t have any other friends who have independent hotels to call. They feel like they’re stuck in the day to day. This will be the fourth year. And I’ve been able to be a part all four years. And I think it’s really exciting to even meet back up every year and hear about the growth that each person is experiencing, but also what’s working in their market and not, and just because you’re in Boston or you’re in Galveston or you’re in Monterey, California, you’re gonna find that you have more the same than different when it comes to the day-to-day challenges of operating a business or being able to get in front of the right guests that you know that you deserve, that are paying the price point that you want. And so to have an opportunity to hear what’s relevant in terms of content, but also talk with other people is just invaluable. And so I continue to be really excited about the niche of, you know, the subsegment. The industry is so large in lodging and we really haven’t had a place until the Independent Hotel Show that gathers this segment of people who are doing it. Owner operated and small with a passion. Ryan Embree: Agreed. Agreed. Yeah. Passion is is a word we hear a lot at that show. Because you can just see, I mean these are, you guys are both founders like I mentioned before. I mean the passion behind your brand, the storytelling makes such a huge difference. And to have that much energy and a place Miami Beach of all places, right? One of the independent hotel capital of the world, to see and hear all of that is a truly a memorable experience. Dave what about yourself? Dave Jacoby: Yeah, so unlike Kaleigh, I do not go to a lot of conferences. It’s not generally my thing, but I’ve been into this show and really loved it. I loved how we mentioned earlier how a lot of independent hoteliers haven’t really had a lot of places to congregate and kind of coalesce their thoughts together. I found the panels awesome, even the ones that I was like, well that’s doesn’t really touch what I do in my day to day, but I’m here so I’ll listen. All of them. I found really interesting. More than that, it was just the people that were there, these other independent hotel helped hoteliers who had done gone on their own journeys to get wherever they got. And they had all figured it out. Ghere was not a lot of resources in front of them telling them how to do what they needed to do. They just, they needed to pay their mortgage, they just did the next right thing and got there. So hearing the stories of how people solved whatever the issues were that were in front of them and sharing my own stories and finding the commonalities of maybe the setting was different or the problem was different, but really the approach was very the same. Or getting inspiration from people who have figured out things I hadn’t figured out yet and learning from them. So I really like just the being able to learn so much kind of one-on-one from people and in and in some of the sessions. Kaleigh Weise: I also think they do a great job of pulling together vendors and resources. It is not uncommon for an independent hotelier to go to Costco for some of their… Or order on, you know, Walmart.com or Amazon. And I feel like there really are great resources out there that are made for independent hoteliers and to bring them into the room to have a conversation around cost savings or ability to be able to elevate the amenities that they have on site. I’m really excited ’cause I think of the show floor this year is gonna be bigger and better than ever from what we were hearing in preparation. And so I think it’s a wonderful opportunity that people should allow time to walk the floor in addition to hearing the sessions because those vendors can really change their bottom line quite significantly with implementation. Ryan Embree: Yeah, absolutely. And it’s so cool to see the eclecticness of the independent hoteliers there from, Dave, you’re a great example coming from Galveston, Texas. You could be coast to coast anywhere from like a little five room air bnb rather to a giant independent hotel in a major market. So just everything in between, all different shapes and sizes when it comes to independent hotels, independent hotels. That’s why we love them so much. That’s why we like hearing the stories and why it’s such a unique space and hospitality. And to be able to spend those couple days putting the spotlight on sometimes, this really, really unique segment, it’s such a privilege. We’ve had the opportunity to cover the show for four years as well. So we’re very excited and hope our Suite Spot listeners will join us in Miami Beach this September. So as we wrap up, I do like to just kind of give the opportunity for any final thoughts as we wrap up today. I want to thank both of you for taking the time to join me today. Kaleigh, any final thoughts before we wrap up? Kaleigh Weise: Yeah, I feel like the, the topic I wanna touch on is a lot of hoteliers in the making are interested in the show and I feel like there’s a little bit of intimidation showing up, not really having background or knowledge or even knowing what they’re getting themselves into. And so I guess from an affirmation perspective, this is a wonderful show if this is an industry that you’re curious about or you wanna learn more about or you wanna have the conversations around. And so we look forward to hopefully welcoming you in September. Dave Jacoby: Yeah, I will echo that. And kind of say there are a lot of people at this show that are interested in the space and maybe are there to learn and they’ll find that people are there like myself or other people who have kind of gone through the process and developed their hotel. I would just say to all of them here, what I’ll say to you at the show is, I didn’t know what I was doing either when I started and a lot of us don’t. And there’s no playbook. There’s not gonna be a playbook. You’re not gonna find one that’s gonna tell you what to do at all steps. You just surround yourself with smart people. You need to know what you can and cannot do and where your limits are and kind of take the plunge and figure it out as you go. And your decision making in the moment is really gonna be what’s gonna drive the process. And if you’re always waiting to have the full roadmap, you’re never gonna have that roadmap. Ryan Embree: Maybe that’ll be our next endeavor as the independent hoteliers playbook and we can publish that as a couple authors. Dave Jacoby: Yeah, a long book. Ryan Embree: Yes. Take a lot I’m sure. Kaleigh Weise: Variation A, B, C, D. Ryan Embree: Exactly. Ryan Embree: Well, Kaleigh, Dave, thank you so much. I really appreciate you taking the time, sharing your stories today. We cannot wait for September at the Independent Hotel Show. And thank you all for listening to the Suite Spot. We will talk to you next time. To join our loyalty program, be sure to subscribe and give us a five star rating on iTunes. Suite Spot is produced by Travel Media Group. Our editor is Brandon Bell with Cover Art by Bary Gordon. I’m your host Ryan Embree, and we hope you enjoyed your stay.

„Teams werden zeremoniemüde." „Unsere Retros sind nichtssagend." Zwei O-Töne aus meiner Umfrage. Und dann kommt der Reflex, auf den ich früher selbst reingefallen bin: Dann brauchen wir halt ein neues Retro-Format! Nein. Braucht Ihr nicht. Vor Jahren habe ich in Polen einen Vortrag voller kreativer Retro-Ideen gehalten. Danach kam Bob Marshall auf mich zu und sagte: „You're doing the wrong thing righter." Der Satz hat gesessen — und er ist der Kern dieser Folge. Worum es geht: Warum ein neues Format nur Kosmetik ist: Du kannst dieselbe folgenlose Sitzung in zehn Formaten abhalten. Sie bleibt folgenlos. Meine Arzt-Analogie: Wenn er Dir jedes Mal nur die Symptome beschreibt, aber nie behandelt — irgendwann wechselst Du den Arzt. Was Teams wirklich müde macht: Es passiert nichts. Es darf nichts passieren. Es ist nicht sicher, ehrlich zu sein. Oder es ist schlicht die falsche Zeremonie — manchmal braucht es keine Retro, sondern eine Entscheidung von oben. Die konsequenzlose Organisation: Warum nicht nur Retros, sondern auch Planning, Review und Daily für den Eimer sind, wenn nichts folgt. Und ja, ich habe ein ganzes Buch über Retros geschrieben — und sage Dir trotzdem: Manche Retro gehört abgeschafft, nicht verbessert. Was tatsächlich wirkt: Eine Retro endet nie ohne mindestens eine Veränderung — mit Hypothese, Verantwortlichem, Datum und sichtbar am Board. Lieber eine, die passiert, als fünf, die keiner verfolgt. Harte Timeboxen gegen endloses Gelaber (z. B. 20 Minuten für die Insights-Phase) — nur so bleibt Zeit für echte Maßnahmen. Die Frage tauschen: nicht „was lief gut?", sondern „was ändern wir konkret, bis wann?" Jede Retro startet mit dem Check der letzten Maßnahme. Nicht umgesetzt? Dann ist genau das Dein Thema. Retros hängen zusammen — startet nicht jedes Mal auf der grünen Wiese. Themen jenseits der Teamgrenze eskalieren — Stichwort Circle of Influence. Retro-Pause ist erlaubt: Nutz die Zeit für Teambuilding, statt Theater zu spielen. Für Führungskräfte: Deine Rolle ist nicht mitreden, sondern liefern. Retros sind Bestellungen bei Dir. Eine Veränderung, sichtbar durchgezogen, ist Gold wert — dann verschwindet die Müdigkeit von selbst. Und wenn nach fünf Retros nichts umgesetzt wurde: Dann ist nicht das Team müde. Dann bist Du das Problem. Mein Fazit: Agilität löst keine Probleme. Sie macht sie sichtbar. Lösen musst Du sie selbst. Erwähnt in der Folge: „Retrospektiven in der Praxis", 2. Auflage — alle Formate, viel Handwerk, plus der Umgang mit schwierigen Retros. Überall, wo es Bücher gibt. Probleme mit Deinem Chef bei der Umsetzung? Melde Dich, wir schauen gemeinsam drauf: marcloeffler.eu

Der Kantonale Führungsstab im Baselbiet verschärft seine Massnahmen gegen die Trockenheit und verbietet die Wasserentnahme aus dem Birsig. Ausserdem: · Wie wichtig ist das Badeverbot in Birs und Wiese für die Fische? · Basler Museen bieten Gratis-Eintritt wegen Hitze

Früher versuchte Tom Pauls seinen Dialekt zu kaschieren, heute pflegt der Kabarettist und Schauspieler die sächsische Mund- und Lebensart in seinem eigenen Theater in Pirna - und kürt mit der Ilse-Bähnert-Stiftung „Das sächsische Wort des Jahres“. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

CarneyShow 07.09.26 Timothy White, Brendan Wiese, Paul Kopsky by

Karina Mößbauer präsentiert das Morning Briefing.

Seit fünf Jahrzehnten erforscht Volker Sommer die Welt der Menschenaffen. Er lebte in Indien, Thailand und Nigeria und zeigt in seinen Büchern, wie nah Mensch und Affen einander sind. Vorträge beginnt er gern mit den Worten: „Liebe Mitprimaten“. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

In dieser Episode spricht Erik Siekmann mit Henrike Luszick, Gründerin und CEO von Bridgemaker, über die radikale Transformation von Geschäftsmodellen im deutschen Mittelstand. Henrike erklärt, warum klassisches Venture Building auf der „grünen Wiese“ oft am kulturellen Fit scheitert und warum moderne Innovation heute viel näher am Kerngeschäft stattfinden muss. Ein Highlight der Folge ist der tiefe Einblick in das Thema „AI-First“: Bridgemaker setzte bereits vor vier Jahren auf künstliche Intelligenz – lange vor dem aktuellen Hype. Erfahre, wie Unternehmen durch synthetische Personas Produktzyklen beschleunigen, warum die „emotionale Transformation“ wichtiger ist als die technologische und wie ein „Commercial Operating System“ die Silos zwischen Marketing, Vertrieb und Produkt endgültig aufbricht. Über Henrike Luszick: Henrike Luszick ist Gründerin und CEO von Bridgemaker, dem führenden europäischen Corporate Venture Builder. Seit über zehn Jahren unterstützt sie traditionsreiche Familienunternehmen und Konzerne dabei, neue digitale Geschäftsmodelle zu entwickeln und profitabel zu skalieren. Henrike gilt als Expertin für die Transformation des Mittelstands und kombiniert unternehmerischen Gründergeist mit einem tiefen Verständnis für die gewachsenen Strukturen deutscher Weltmarktführer. Ihr Ansatz „Tech-Enabled“ nutzt KI nicht nur als Werkzeug, sondern als strategisches Asset, um Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Geschwindigkeit und radikale Kundenzentrierung zu sichern. Hier geht es zum Connected Commerce Guide von Front Row. Der Marketing Transformation Podcast wird produziert von TLDR Studios.

Was machen Schafe mitten in der Stadt? Im ersten Teil der mehrteiligen Sachgeschichte wurde eine Schafsherde quer durch Köln zu ihrem Sommer-Arbeitsplatz am Grüngürtel getrieben. Nun ist das Maus-Team wieder zu Besuch und will wissen, welchen Job die Herde dort eigentlich übernimmt. Die Schafe sind echte Landschaftsgärtner: Sie halten das Gras kurz und sorgen dafür, dass die Wiese nicht zu hoch wächst – und das bei Hitze, Gewitter, Wind und Wetter!

CarneyShow 07.02.26 Stray Rescue, Landon Burke, Nick Whery, Brendan Wiese, Alex Stone by

Ich stelle mir vor, ich liege auf einer Wiese und schaue in den Himmel. Ich sehe die Wolken, wie sie vorbeiziehen. Das Brummen von Bienen oder anderen Insekten erfüllt die unmittelbare Umgebung, Vogelgezwitscher erklingt, hier und da fliegt einer dieser Flugkünstler knapp über dem Boden hinweg. Der Blick geht wieder in die blaue Weite, und ich entdecke ein Flugzeug. Ich frage mich: »Wo wird es wohl landen?« Es wird der Gedanke laut, jetzt darin zu sitzen. Dann kommt in mir ein altbekannter Wunsch hoch: »Ach, wenn ich nur fliegen könnte …«Hatten Sie auch schon mal diesen Wunsch, gegen die Schwerkraft, losgelöst von allem, auf alles hinabzuschauen? Aber leider geht es aufgrund des Naturgesetzes nicht. Dieses Gesetz der Schwerkraft erinnert mich an ein anderes Gesetz, nämlich das der Sünde. Denn die Sünde ist wie die Schwerkraft, sie zieht uns runter und sogar ins Verderben. Und wie der Tagesvers deutlich macht, stehen wir von klein auf unter dem Gesetz der Sünde. Wir können machen, was wir wollen, wir sind Sünder und werden irgendwann sterben.Aber Jesus hat durch sein Sterben für uns dieses »Schuldgesetz« ausgehebelt. Natürlich werden auch die Menschen, die mit ihm verbunden sind, einmal ihren letzten Atemzug hier auf dieser Erde machen. Aber sie werden dann ewig bei Gott im Himmel sein, und das ist eine wundervolle Zuversicht. Der Wunsch vom Fliegen, als Mensch losgelöst von jeglicher Schwerkraft durch die Luft zu gleiten, wird auch weiterhin nur ein Wunsch bleiben. Aber das Gefühl der Freiheit, das denjenigen ergreift, dessen Sünden bei Jesus abgeladen sind, ist noch viel besser, denn er ist zu einem Leben befreit, das ihn aufblicken und froh in die Zukunft schauen lässt und ihn nicht mehr runterdrückt.Gabriel HerbertDiese und viele weitere Andachten online lesenWeitere Informationen zu »Leben ist mehr« erhalten Sie unter www.lebenistmehr.de

Wir haben gegenüber unserem Haus einen kleinen Garten, der an der Stadtmauer entlang geht, klein, aber fein ist, etwas Wiese hat, um sich auch mit 10 Leuten am Tisch zum Essen zu treffen, an der Mauer entlang viele schöne Hortensienbüsche und andere Blumen, die jetzt langsam anfangen zu blühen, ein paar Johannisbeer- und Stachelbeersträucher, um mit den Früchten Marmelade zu kochen, und eine ziemlich große Ecke mit Bodendecker Rosen. Die sind für mich das absolut Faszinierende in unserem Garten. Vor einigen Jahren musste ein gebrochenes Kabel in drei Meter Tiefe gesucht und ausgetauscht werden. Also wurde quasi die Fläche von 3 Quadratmetern 3 Meter tief ausgehoben, eine riesige Holzkabeltrommel schon mal geholt und genau auf den Rosen abgelegt. Tja, das war es wohl. Nach mehr als zwei Wochen wurde die Trommel wieder entfernt und abtransportiert. Von den Rosen war nichts mehr zu sehen. Ein Jahr später lugten ein paar kleine rote Blüten aus dem Rest des Busches, im vergangenen Jahr noch ein paar mehr und in diesem Jahr ist es, als sei niemals eine tonnenschwere Kabeltrommel auf ihnen gelastet, die alles Leben abgedrückt hat. Der Busch blüht in einer Fülle, wie nie zuvor und oft bleiben Spaziergänger stehen und genießen diese Pracht. Manchmal geht es vielen von uns im realen Leben auch nicht anders. Da lasten Arbeit, Krankheit, Nöte und Schwierigkeiten auf uns und es herrscht das Gefühl vor, alles wird erdrückt und es bleibt keine Luft mehr zum Atmen, keinen Raum mehr für Entwicklung, keine Energie mehr für mehr als nur zu existieren. Aber wir Menschen haben von Gott eine unsterbliche Seele bekommen und manchmal braucht es nur ein Gebet, nur einen freundlichen Blick, nur eine Zusage des Beistands, nur eine kleine Hilfe im Alltag, und Leib und Seele können wieder aufleben, aufschauen, aufblühen. Eine Frau im kriegszerstörten Butscha hat neben ihrem zerbombten Haus einen Garten angelegt, Gemüse gepflanzt und einen Rosenstock. Zur Verblüffung des Reporters sagt sie: „Gott hat uns das Leben gegeben und uns überleben lassen. Jetzt werden wir ernten, was wir zum Leben brauchen und die Rose wird IHN, unseren Gott, loben“ Ich bin beeindruckt und fasziniert von der Kraft dieser Frau und ihrem Mut und ihrem Glauben.

Wie keine andere deutsche Historikerin hat Ute Frevert erforscht, wie mit Emotionen gezielt Macht gewonnen wird. Gefühle wie Angst oder Ekel können manipulieren, aber auch Hoffnung stiften - und gesellschaftliche Veränderungen ermöglichen. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Kann man aus einer Wiese einfach einen Wald machen? Nicht ganz.

Was passiert, wenn der Gipfel zum Greifen nah ist – und du trotzdem umdrehst?In dieser Folge spricht Benjamin mit David Göttler, einem der bekanntesten deutschen Profi-Bergsteiger. David hat den Mount Everest ohne zusätzlichen Sauerstoff bestiegen, war mehrfach am Nanga Parbat unterwegs und zählt zu den Menschen, die sich bewusst für einen besonders puristischen Stil im Höhenbergsteigen entscheiden: ohne Flaschensauerstoff, ohne Sherpa-Unterstützung, ohne den leichtesten Weg.Dabei geht es in dieser Episode nicht nur ums Bergsteigen. Es geht um Themen, die auch für Läufer, Leichtathleten und alle Sportbegeisterten extrem spannend sind: mentale Stärke, Vorbereitung, Training, Angst, Risiko, Entscheidungsfähigkeit und die Frage, wie man unter extremem Druck klar bleibt.David erzählt, warum er 2019 nur rund 100 Höhenmeter unter dem Everest-Gipfel umdrehen musste, obwohl das Ziel bereits sichtbar war. Er erklärt, warum er zusätzlichen Sauerstoff für sich persönlich als eine Form von „Doping“ empfindet und weshalb der Gipfel im Bergsteigen nie die Ziellinie ist – sondern nur Halbzeit.Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt der Folge liegt auf dem Nanga Parbat, den David im fünften Anlauf über eine besonders anspruchsvolle Route bestiegen hat. Für ihn war diese Expedition emotional sogar größer als der Everest. Nach dem Gipfel stieg er noch ein Stück ab – und flog anschließend mit dem Gleitschirm zurück ins Basislager. In voller Ausrüstung aus der Todeszone landet er wenige Minuten später auf einer grünen Wiese. Ein Moment, der fast surreal klingt.Außerdem sprechen Benjamin und David über sein Training für Achttausender: Ausdauerblöcke, Stairmaster-Einheiten mit Zusatzgewicht, Laktatsteuerung, mentale Vorbereitung und die Bedeutung von Geduld. Gerade für Sportlerinnen und Sportler steckt in dieser Folge viel Transfer: Wie setzt man Mikroziele? Wann ist Durchziehen stark – und wann ist Umdrehen die klügere Entscheidung? Wie geht man mit Angst um? Und wie trainiert man den Kopf, wenn die äußeren Bedingungen nicht kontrollierbar sind?Passend zur Veröffentlichung ist David aktuell mit dem Alpen Film Festival 2026 auf Premieren-Tour durch Deutschland. Bei mehreren Terminen ist er live vor Ort – unter anderem in Bayreuth, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Köln, Dortmund und Hamburg. Alle Infos findet ihr beim Alpen Film Festival und bei David Göttler.Themen der FolgeDavids Weg vom kletternden Kind zum Profi-BergsteigerWarum Bergsteigen für ihn Leidenschaft und Lebensinhalt istParallelen zwischen Extrembergsteigen und LeistungssportTraining für Achttausender: Ausdauer, Kraft und mentale BelastbarkeitStairmaster mit Zusatzgewicht und LaktatsteuerungWarum zusätzlicher Sauerstoff für David die Herausforderung verändertEverest ohne Sauerstoff und ohne Sherpa-UnterstützungWarum David 100 Höhenmeter vor dem Gipfel umdrehteEntscheidungen unter Extremdruck: Davids persönliches AmpelsystemAngst als Warnsignal statt SchwächeNanga Parbat: fünf Anläufe, eine riesige Wand und ein Karriere-HighlightDer Flug mit dem Gleitschirm aus 7.700 Metern zurück ins BasislagerWas Läufer und Leichtathleten vom Höhenbergsteigen lernen könnenLinks zur FolgeDavid Göttler bei Instagram: @david_goettlerDavid Göttler Website: david-goettler.deAlpen Film Festival: alpenfilmfestival.deUnterstütze MainAthletWenn dir die Folge gefallen hat, freue ich mich riesig, wenn du den Podcast abonnierst, die Episode teilst oder eine Bewertung da lässt. Damit hilfst du, noch mehr spannende Geschichten aus der Welt des Sports sichtbar zu machen.Schneller auf den ersten Metern — das Rock'n'Roll-ModellDu trainierst, gibst alles — aber auf den ersten Metern kommst du nicht voran? Das ist manchmal kein Kraft- oder Konditionsproblem. Es ist ein Mechanikproblem.Nach dem Konzept von Dr. Tobias Alt habe ich Buch und Onlinekurs entwickelt: das Rock'n'Roll-Modell für effizientere Beschleunigung. Für Sprinter, Fußballer, Basketballer, Handballer.Launch kommt bald — trag dich jetzt in die Warteliste ein und sichere dir den günstigsten Preis:

Früh geriet er in den Sog der Straße: Mashood Khan wurde kriminell, nahm Drogen, dealte, ging in den Knast. Der Tod des Vaters brachte für ihn die Umkehr. Heute hilft der Sozialarbeiter und Deutschrapper straffälligen Jugendlichen und deren Familien. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

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Ox-Podcast Folge 134: Nur noch ein paar Wochen bis zum Ruhrpott Rodeo 2026! Die Nervosität steigt bei Rodeo-Chef Alex Schwers, bald geht es auf die Wiese, die Vorbereitungen laufen. Und was macht der? Trommelt bei einer Band in Lissabon, geht mit SLIME ins Studio (schon wieder!), war mit UNIVERSUM 25 auf Tour ... und erinnert sich im Ox-Podcast an das Umkippen von Dixi-Klos - mit menschlichem Inhalt ... Das ist der Podcast des Ox Fanzine. Das ist ein gedrucktes Magazin für Punkrock, Hardcore und andere spannende Musik. Das Heft gibt es seit 1989, und alle zwei Monate erscheint eine neue Ausgabe. Neugierig? Hier findest du alle Infos: https://wonderl.ink/@oxfanzine

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Alen Baker is a voice that many will recognize on the Carolina Outdoors. He’s a local leader and author in fly fishing, fly tying, conservation, and more. He joins host Bill Bartee to chat about the Patterson School Foundation, the Cap Wiese Fly Fishing Center, and his new book, Southern Fly Tyers: Life Stories of Those Who Tie Flies. More Liner Notes and information are available online at Jesse Brown's

Pina bekommt Stress mit ihrem Papa, als sie versucht, ihn daran zu hindern, den Maulwurf von der Wiese zu vertreiben. Von Matthias Kröner www.kakadu.de, Kakadu

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz continues to affect world shipping, and the war's repercussions are even affecting the so-called Dark Fleet of unregistered shipping. Maritime analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann is back with us to run it all down. Please send us feedback by DM'ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

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Schon als junger Koch in einem Hamburger Luxushotel glaubte Jens Witt daran: 100 Prozent bio wird sich beim Essen am Ende durchsetzen. Heute stellt er täglich über 3000 Essen für Kitas her, bio und bezahlbar. Kinder, sagt er, sind anspruchsvoll. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Statistisch gesehen sind in jeder Schulklasse Kinder, die sexuell missbraucht werden. Kai Peter will ihnen ein Gesicht geben. Er war als Kind selbst Opfer, später holten ihn seine Erinnerungen ein. Davon erzählt der Kinofilm "Tod meiner Jugend". Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

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Zu oft gelächelt, zu wenige Widerworte gegeben: Autorin Ildiko von Kürthy hat keine Lust mehr, allen zu gefallen. Deswegen hat sie die Kritik von Denis Scheck über ihr Buch "Alt genug" nicht stehen lassen - und eine "Wahnsinns-Debatte" losgetreten. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Er forscht zu Epilepsie, ist Dirigent eines großen Chors und hat ein Hilfsprojekt in Kolumbien gegründet: Der Neurologe Theodor Rüber verbindet Wissenschaft mit sozialem Engagement – und zeigt, wie vielseitig Medizin und Musik zusammenwirken können. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

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Jason Wiese, EVP of Insights and Measurement at the VAB, might make you rethink your entire approach to media planning, buckle your seatbelt around AI, and race to embrace premium video. Wiese produces 50 to 60 research and insight pieces a year, and does not, in his own words, "deal in NON-hard numbers." Consider yourself warned. And informed. Host E.B. Moss gets Wiese to dish in a fast and fact-filled conversation captured during #possible2026 for Insider Interviews on how ad-supported streaming has won and how to see through the Illusions of the Internet. Example: #DYK: 95% of CTV viewers see ads on their home screen before they even choose what to watch, and more than half of new streaming subscriptions are to ad-supported tiers?! Fifty-one percent of internet traffic is non-human. Thirty-seven percent is malicious bots. Global ad fraud hit $111 billion last year — about 22% of total digital ad spend — projected to reach $172 billion by 2028. BUT - the good news is real too. Premium video remains the industry's most transparent, brand-safe environment, and Wiese walks through the VAB's five-pillar definition to cut through how loosely the term gets used. On what separates a valuable impression from a wasted one: "A bad ad environment can devalue a brand. It's not even a flat-line thing. It devalues a brand." He rounds it out with a clear-eyed take on AI in media planning, being useful if planners understand its inherent bias toward digital platforms before trusting any AI-generated allocation. And, if you want to see how good ad environments hold up in practice, the recent Insider Interviews episode with Atmosphere has some eye-opening eye-tracking data worth a look. Share this with someone who's still flying blind on digital metrics. And subscribe so you don't miss the remaining POV: Possible episodes. Non-bot likes and comments are especially welcomed.

Komponist, Trommler, Installationskünstler: Manos Tsangaris zählt zu den prägendsten Vertretern des neuen Musiktheaters. Seit 2024 steht der Klangkünstler an der Spitze der Berliner Akademie der Künste und will sie zu einem Ort des Dialogs machen.   Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

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Als Kind irakisch-kurdischer Eltern wächst Aram Arami in Berlin-Lichtenberg auf. In seiner Jugend beginnt er zu schauspielern. Berühmt wird er als Burak in "Fack ju Göhte". Weniger bekannt ist sein früheres zweites Standbein neben der Schauspielerei. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Nicht erst seit dem Fall Ulmen/Fernandes setzt sich Chan-Jo Jun für Opfer digitaler Gewalt ein. Der Würzburger Anwalt mit koreanischen Wurzeln ist einst selbst bedroht worden — heute hilft er bei einem Gesetz gegen Deepfakes und falsche Profile. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you'll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- Are your digital assets a ticking time bomb for your business valuation? In this tactical episode of The Exit, host Steve McGarry sits down with Paige Wiese, founder and CEO of Tree Ring Digital, to unpack the often-overlooked world of digital asset management in M&A. Paige shares her journey from architecture to becoming a digital asset expert, revealing how "poor hygiene" around domain names, license keys, and social media logins can derail a deal or provide buyers with unwanted leverage during negotiations. Whether you are a referral-based business or a personal brand, this episode provides a roadmap for documenting your digital footprint to ensure a smooth, high-value transition. What You'll LearnBeyond Crypto: Beyond Crypto: Why digital assets actually refer to the 300+ data points, from hosting and domain names to email addresses and plugin license keys, that keep your company operating online. The Valuation Killer: How inaccessible accounts and missing documentation can lead to reduced valuations and "deal friction" during due diligence. The "Vendor Trap": Why you must read your contracts to ensure you, not your agency, actually own your website, content, and SEO rank. Decoupling the Founder: The 3-year strategy for shifting authority from a personal brand to a company brand to increase business transferability. Ownership Mapping: Why password managers aren't enough, especially when 2FA is tied to a former employee's phone, and how to effectively prepare your assets for a hand-off. -- Paige Wiese is the founder and CEO of Tree Ring Digital, a top-ranked Denver-based marketing agency that develops high performance websites and digital marketing strategies for businesses nationwide. With 16 years of industry experience, Paige has seen companies and CEOs struggle to manage and maintain their assets through growth or transition. She has recently developed a proprietary digital asset management service to track and protect companies' over 200 data points. Paige is a dedicated speaker and mentor on the topics of brand protection and business growth. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigewiese/ Website - https://www.treeringdigital.com/theexit -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You'll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

Seit Jahrzehnten prägt Brigitte Dethier Kinder- und Jugendtheater in Deutschland. Die Regisseurin verrät, warum es immer wieder eine schöne Herausforderung ist, junge Menschen mit lebensnahen Geschichten zu erreichen. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Josephine Vetter wurde jahrzehntelang männlich gelesen. Sie ertrug Gewalt und erlitt Zusammenbrüche, bis sie stark genug war, offen als Frau zu leben und für queere Rechte zu kämpfen. Heute bietet sie in Brandenburg queeren Menschen Schutz und Hilfe. Wiese, Tim www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

Es gibt Reisen, die fangen gar nicht am Ziel an, sondern bereits unterwegs. Im Zug, zwischen den Bergen der Schweiz, Tunnel, Licht. Und dann plötzlich Palmen. Wie kann sich eine Gegend so schnell verändern?In Lugano verschiebt sich etwas. Die Sprache, die Luft, das Tempo. Alles wirkt ein bisschen leichter. Ein bisschen südlicher. Ein Weg am Wasser entlang, Olivenbäume, kleine Buchten, dieses leise Plätschern und dann ein Dorf, das aussieht, als hätte es jemand einfach an den Felsen gesetzt. Gandria. Zweihundert Menschen vielleicht. Boote statt Straßen. Ruhe statt Lärm.Und man sitzt, schaut auf den See, trinkt ein Glas Wein – und versteht, warum manche für immer hier geblieben sind. Vielleicht ist das der Moment, in dem man merkt, wie wenig es eigentlich braucht, umglücklich zu sein. Wenn ihr Lust habt auf einen Ort, der sich anders anfühlt, den man vielleicht nie wieder verlassen möchte - kommt mit nach Lugano.—

In this episode, Jeff Mains sits down with Paige Wiese — founder and CEO of Tree Ring Digital, a Denver-based digital agency with 16 years in the business. Paige brings a unique perspective to digital marketing rooted in her background in architecture, and uses that framework to help companies build websites and marketing systems with intentional structure, clear user flow, and long-term durability.The conversation covers the growing crisis of digital asset chaos — lost logins, expired domains, departed vendors, and employees who leave with critical access — and how Paige built a proprietary system tracking 200+ data points to help companies protect what they've built. They also dig into the dangerous temptation of blindly trusting AI for SEO, content, and ad campaigns, why the "mushy middle" of AI-generated content is killing brand differentiation, and how founders can build marketing foundations that actually convert rather than just generate traffic.Key Takeaways5:02 **From Architecture to Digital Marketing** — The shift wasn't intentional. A career pivot driven by health challenges in 2008 led Paige to teach herself to code — and her architectural background shaped everything that followed.6:14 **User Flow = Website Architecture** — Just as architects think about how people move through a building (sink → kitchen → stove), Paige applies the same logic to website navigation. How does a user move efficiently through your digital "house"?6:53 **The Build Sequence Matters** — Concrete can't be poured before the rebar is set. The same sequencing discipline from construction drives Tree Ring's website development process and is a key reason for their success.10:09 **The Aha Moment for Digital Asset Protection** — The surge in calls from companies saying "my developer passed away," "my vendor disappeared," or "an employee left and I have no idea how to recover what she set up" crystallized the need for a systematic solution.11:29 **Password Managers Aren't Enough** — They track passwords, not expiration dates, responsible parties, cards on file, or who has access to what. Digital asset protection is a much broader problem than most founders realize.13:00 **AI Moved Fast — and That Was the Surprise** — The capabilities of AI weren't a shock; the speed of adoption was. In 18 months, the landscape shifted dramatically, and most companies are still catching up.16:45 **Intent-Driven Marketing Starts With the Goal** — Never just run ads. Always start with: What's the goal? How quickly do you need ROI? Is this desperation mode or growth mode? The answer completely changes the strategy.17:49 **KPIs Before Campaigns** — Too many founders start marketing before they've defined what success looks like. Without the right conversion tracking and KPIs in place, you'll never know if campaigns are working — and you'll be setting your agency up to fail.19:23 **Tried-and-True SEO Still Wins** — Best practices, not hype, deliver long-term results. Mass AI page generation will eventually get your site penalized, just like mass backlink building did before it.20:59 **Mass AI Content Is a Dead End** — Just going out and mass producing tons of content and FAQs is not the solution — especially if people can't find your site to begin with.23:45 **When AI Almost Derailed a Google Ads Campaign** — Blindly following AI setup recommendations without understanding conversion tracking led a client to run an entire campaign with no way to measure results — and blow through a budget.26:28 **AI Sourcing the Internet Isn't Your Expertise** — The reason people hire you is for *your* answer. AI is sourcing the internet for the answer. If your content doesn't reflect your values, mindset, and unique perspective, it's indistinguishable from everyone else's.29:31 **AI as a Tool, Not a Crutch** — Not using AI as the end all be all, but a tool in your toolbox. Use it to start, then finish it yourself — especially when it comes to brand voice and product differentiation.33:43 **You Own Everything** — Paige's founding principle: no matter what she sets up for a client, they own it. This ethical differentiator is what led naturally to building digital asset protection services.35:23 **Holistic Marketing Metrics** — Looking at everything from start to finish. Traffic, rankings, and click-throughs are only a fraction of the story. Trace the full journey: did traffic convert, engage, and move toward a decision?38:20 **Know Where Your Audience Is** — There are too many channels to be everywhere. Focus on where your exact audience lives. Sometimes direct outreach or speaking beats a $30K/month ad budget.40:05 **Slow Down to Speed Up** — Getting to market with the wrong product or wrong audience won't get you anywhere faster. Slow down, validate your messaging, test your product, and know your audience before you hit go.Tweetable QuotesJust because AI told you that's the keyword phrase to put in doesn't mean it's right. You need to know what you're actually putting in there for a reason." — Paige Wiese"The reason people hire you is for YOUR answer. AI is sourcing the internet for the answer." — Paige Wiese"Getting to market with a crappy product or the wrong audience is not gonna get you anywhere faster." — Paige Wiese"If your messaging isn't tight, it's not going to get the results that you want — no matter how much you spend." — Paige Wiese"We want to make you happy, and if you're not, then go someplace else — but we're gonna do the right work to make sure you're staying happy." — Paige Wiese"You own this company. You own these assets. Why are you leaving so much on the table for other people to manage when that's part of your brand?" — Paige Wiese"Hope is not a strategy — especially in marketing." — Jeff MainsSaaS Leadership Lessons1. Build Your Infrastructure Like an Architect Sequence matters in construction and in SaaS. You can't pour concrete before the rebar is set. Nail the foundation — product-market fit, clear messaging, tracking infrastructure — before scaling marketing or launching campaigns. Skipping steps creates expensive debt you'll pay later.2. Own Your Digital Ecosystem — All of It Most founders have no idea how many critical business assets live outside their control: logins, domain registrars, social accounts, third-party tools, ad accounts. If a key employee left tomorrow, what would you lose access to? Audit and centralize ownership now, not after a disaster.3. Define Success Before You Start Spending Too many founders launch campaigns without defining KPIs, conversion paths, or what a "win" actually looks like. Your agency can't deliver results you haven't defined. Slow down, set the metrics, then execute.4. Stop Chasing AI as a Silver Bullet AI is a tool, not a strategy. Mass-producing AI content, blindly following AI ad setup recommendations, or adopting every new tool because it promises results is a path to wasted spend and diluted brand. Use AI to accelerate, but apply human judgment at every critical decision point.5. Differentiation Lives in Your Voice, Not Your Volume In a world where AI can generate thousands of pages overnight, the only thing that can't be replicated is your specific point of view. Your brand voice, your expertise, your perspective on why your product matters — that's what earns trust and drives conversions. Content without that is noise.6. Marketing Should Convert, Not Just Attract Traffic, rankings, and click-throughs are vanity metrics without a functioning conversion path. Trace the full journey from first click to closed deal. Where do users drop off? What friction exists between intent and action? Fix the funnel, not just the top of it.Guest Resourcespaige@treeringdigital.comtreeringdigital.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/paigewiese/https://www.instagram.com/treeringdigital/Episode SponsorThe Futureproof Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkXKUPZ5xuOqMPR7_gzGybncTtavyR1NThe Captain's KeysSmall Fish, Big Pond – https://smallfishbigpond.com/ Use the promo code ‘SaaSFuel'Champion Leadership Group – https://championleadership.com/SaaS Fuel ResourcesWebsite - https://championleadership.com/Jeff Mains on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkmains/Twitter - https://twitter.com/jeffkmainsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/thesaasguy/Instagram -

The multinational's head of HR and sustainability explains how the firm's investment in   continuous skills building positions it to handle AI disruptions, demographic shifts, job redesign, and workflow changes. Also, industrial AI, defining core skills, and co-determination.

Worum geht's? Ende der 1990er-Jahre, als Strategiespiele und Simulationen auf dem PC ihren großen Mainstream-Moment haben, erscheint mit RollerCoaster Tycoon ein Spiel, das gleich zwei Fantasien zusammenbringt: den Vergnügungspark als Bastelkiste – und den Park als komplexes Wirtschafts-System. In isometrischer Pixeloptik plant man Wege, Buden und Fahrgeschäfte, baut Achterbahnen Stück für Stück selbst zusammen und beobachtet, wie aus einer leeren Wiese ein lebendiger, profitabler Mikrokosmos wird. Das Faszinierende ist dieser ständige Wechsel zwischen „Spielzeug“ und „Betrieb“: gerade noch setzt man eine Kurve zu eng, im nächsten Moment beschwert sich die Kundschaft über zu lange Warteschlangen, zu hohe Preise oder zu wenig Mülleimer. Gunnar und Christian sprechen in dieser Folge über ungewöhnliche Entstehungsgeschichte des Spiels als Ein-Mann-Projekt von Chris Sawyer (mit zwei Zuarbeitern für Grafik und Audio), über die Designentscheidungen zwischen Kreativmodus und knallharter Szenario-Ökonomie, über Besucher-Feedback, Warteschlangen-Logik und Park-Layout – und über die Frage, warum sich RollerCoaster Tycoon bis heute so „richtig“ anfühlt. Infos zum Spiel: Thema: RollerCoaster Tycoon Erscheinungstermin: März/April 1999 Plattform: Windows Entwickler: Chris Sawyer (Chris Sawyer Productions) Publisher: Hasbro Interactive/Microprose Genre: Aufbau-/Management-Simulation Designer: Chris Sawyer, Simon Foster Musik: Allister Brimble Produktions-Credits: Sprecher, Redaktion: Christian Schmidt, Gunnar Lott Gast in dieser Folge: Lars Thießen Audioproduktion: Fabian Langer, Christian Schmidt Titelgrafik: Paul Schmidt Intro & Outro: Nino Kerl (Ansage); Chris Hülsbeck (Musik)