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Trae Young scored 17 points in his second game as a Wizard, but it was his eight assists that impressed. Four of those dimes were to Tre Johnson, who popped for 20 points as Washington lost 138-118 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Greg breaks it all down. Enjoy!

Megan Antonelli and Janae Sharp are back with another round of Five Good Things — and this one covers a lot of ground. From standout moments at ViVE to the two-week sprint leading into HIMSS, they're cutting through the noise to spotlight what actually mattered, what surprised them, and what they're most excited to see in Las Vegas. Yes, there's strategy. But there's also a Neil Diamond ukulele parody courtesy of Dr. CT Lin, a The Pitt's Dr. Robby sighting at a Brandi Carlile concert, and serious anticipation for The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere. Because the best conversations in health IT happen in the hallways — and sometimes, down a rabbit hole. Megan Antonelli, Founder & CEO, HealthIMPACT Live Janae Sharp. Founder, The Sharp Index

Wish in one hand, shit in the other…you might burn down the P.A.Z.NIA Consulate AND end up with a handful of shit. The themes of this episode of Cloak & Dagger Correspondences are prayer, intention, parapsychology, and breakthrough energy. It's the using of spiritual and mental tools to bring about… The post Cloak & Dagger Correspondences #5: Intention Energy Weapons, The Electric Universe, & The Wishing Machine with P.A.Z.NIA Executive STEAKholder/Evil Wizard John Gier appeared first on The Vonu Podcast.

This week, we venture into the dark for a Muppet movie that not even the most die-hard fans dare to watch... Sandro has avoided this TV film at all costs, as has this week's guest, our good friend Rob Lloyd. But on today's episode, they face their fears and finally review The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Ashanti is Dorothy, Pepe the King Prawn is Toto, and Quentin Tarantino is in a scene for some reason. Is this film really as bad as everyone says it is? The short answer is yes.Join our Patreon for our bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepodFollow Rob Lloyd!Holmes Unbound tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/holmes-unbound-the-lost-casebook-of-sherlock-holmesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/roblloydactor/Twitter: https://twitter.com/futurerobbyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurerobby/Follow the show!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oldiebutagoodiepod/Facebook: https://fb.me/oldiebutagoodiepodPodcast Platforms: https://linktr.ee/oldiebutagoodiepodGot feedback? Send us an email at oldiebutagoodiepod@gmail.comFollow the hosts!Sandro Falce - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandrofalce/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrofalce- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/SandroFalce/- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/SandroFeltChair- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sandrofalceZach Adams - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach4dams/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZackoCaveWizard- Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/zach4dams- Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zackocavewizardWatch our editor, Starkie, on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/sstarkieeOldie But A Goodie's theme tune is written and produced by Josh Cake. Check out his work here: https://www.joshcake.com/Check out other shows from our network 'That's Not Canon'! https://thatsnotcanon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esta semana, en nuestras Islas de Noche, volvemos a nuestro rincón favorito de los primeros 70, con una colosal descarga de canciones salvajes y mugrientas. Esta noche, nos sacudimos el polvo a base de estacazos eléctricos. A piñón fijo. Sesión no apta para coger el sueño. Suenan: BLUE CHEER - "Good Times Are So Hard to Find" ("THE ORIGINAL HUMAN BEING", 1970) / PINK FAIRIES - "The Snake" (1971) / PRETTY THINGS - "Cold Stone" (1970)/ FRIJID PINK - "Sing A Song For Freedom" ("DEFROSTED", 1970) / MC5 - "Gotta Keep Movin'" (HIGH TIME", 1971) / FUNKADELIC - "Super Stupid" ("MAGGOT BRAIN", 1971) / GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - "No Lies" ("E PLURIBUS FUNK", 1971) / BLACK SABBATH - "The Wizard" ("BLACK SABBATH", 1970) / GROUNDHOGS - "Eccentric Man" ("THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB", 1970) / THIRD WORLD WAR - "Ascension Day" ("THIRD WORLD WAR", 1971) / FLAMIN GROOVIES - "Teenage Head" ("TEENAGE HEAD", 1971) /THE STOOGES - "Down on the Street" ("FUN HOUSE", 1970)Escuchar audio

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Hour 2 of BMitch & Finlay features the guys reacting to Trae Young's first game as a Wizard.

Great marketing does not start with your product. It starts with your customer. In this conversation, I speak with marketing strategist Scott Hornstein about why storytelling, customer research, and trust are the real drivers behind successful brands. Scott shares lessons from decades in marketing, including his work with IBM and major technology launches, and explains how companies often fail when they focus on themselves instead of the people they serve. You will hear how listening to the voice of the customer can reshape messaging, build trust, and unlock growth. Scott also reflects on entrepreneurship, resilience, family, and the mindset required to get back up after setbacks. I believe you will find this conversation both practical and encouraging as you think about how relationships and trust shape business success. Highlights: · Creativity in Queens – Scott reflects on how music and culture shaped his early creativity.04:10 · From Literature to Marketing – His love of books leads him toward storytelling and marketing.12:57 · Learning to Experiment – A mentor teaches the value of trying ideas and learning from failure.20:46 · The Customer as the Hero – Scott explains why marketing must center on the customer.31:48 · Customer Insight Drives Messaging – Research helps reshape a company's message and market entry.41:23 · Resilience Through Setbacks – Scott reflects on perseverance in life and business.50:59 Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: I currently live in Reston VA, my wife and I having moved there to be close to our 2 daughters and our 2 granddaughters. I am an independent business consultant specializing in storytelling – which embraces marketing, research, and content. Family is the most important thing in my life and it has taught me that lasting relationships, business and personal, are steeped in empathy and commitment. I was born in Manhattan on July 25, 1950. My parents soon moved the family to the up-and-coming borough of Queens. I attended the public schools in and around Forest Hills.  Writing was always my goal. I graduated NYU as an English major.  Upon graduation I traveled, then pursued my (naïve) dream of living as an artist – as a writer, an actor, and a musician. I wrote plays for the brand-new cable industry, wrote for a movie-making magazine, was in several off-off Broadway plays, worked as a pick-up musician. I helped in the office for a former professor to earn subway money. Got tired of starving to death. Took a job with CBS in the Broadcast Center, pulling together the Daily Log for the local station. Then, got hired to answer Bill Paley's mail. Then, I was hired as a marketing manager for Columbia House where I got some of the best advice – keep going. I met this guy from my neighborhood while commuting to my job in Manhattan. Turns our he worked for Y&R and said they were looking for someone. I interviewed and jumped over to agency-side work as an Account Executive, then Account Supervisor, then, going back to my roots, copywriter and eventually Creative Director. The entrepreneurial life has been a roller coaster, but I have been blessed to work with some brilliant people in marketing and sales, and some great companies. It allowed me to understand how I can really help my customers become successful in the long-term. Ways to connect with Scott**:** LinkedIn Medium www.hornsteinassociates.com About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Well, hi everyone, and welcome once again to another episode of unstoppable mindset today. Our guest is Scott Hornstein, although when he came into the Zoom Room, I said, is it Hornstein or Hornstein? And of course, he also understood, because we're both of the same age, and are both fans of Young Frankenstein, who always said that his name was really pronounced Frankenstein. But you know, you have to have to know Gene Wilder for that. But anyway, if you haven't seen that movie, you got to see it. Mel Brooks at his best, but Scott is a marketing person and specializes a lot in storytelling, which fascinates me a lot, because I am a firm believer in storytelling, and I know we're going to have a lot of fun talking about that today. So Scott, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here. Scott Hornstein  02:20 Thank you so much, Michael. I have to start by saying I have great respect for your work, and this is really quite a privilege for me. Thank you very much. Michael Hingson  02:32 Well, thank you. You're a long way from where you were born, in New York, in Manhattan. Now you're in Reston, Virginia, but that's okay. Well, you're not that far. It's just a short train ride, a few hours. Scott Hornstein  02:41 I That's true. That's true, although with that particular train, you can never be sure exactly how long it's going to be good Michael Hingson  02:52 point, yeah, yeah, good point. It is one of the things one has to deal with. But that's okay. But, you know, I've taken that train many times, and I've taken the the Metro liner as well, and also just the regular train. And I like the trains. I enjoy the train. I wish we had more of them out here. Scott Hornstein  03:15 I do too. I when it a long time ago in business, when I had a client here in DC, and I was living in Connecticut, I started taking the train, and it was so superior to flying. Oh yeah. And then recently I was, as I was mentioning to you, I was in Germany and taking the trains there is just wonderful. It's so superior. Michael Hingson  03:47 Yeah, I wish we would have more of them out here. If I, for example, want to take a train to San Francisco from where I live in Victorville, the only way I can do it is to take a train at roughly four in the morning to Los Angeles and then transfer on a train to go to San Francisco, which is no fun. I'll fly because it's it's kind of crazy, but I like the trains, and wish we wish we had more of them all over, and wish more people would use them. It's a lot better than driving, and it's a lot more pleasant. When I lived in the east, there were any number of times that I knew people who would travel from like Bucks County in Pennsylvania to New York Wall Street people, and they would go two, two and a half hours on the train every day and back again. And they formed discussion groups or other sorts of things. They they made it a part of their regular day, and it was there was nothing to them to do that. Scott Hornstein  04:54 And to them, I say, God bless. I am not in love with commuting, right? Yeah. Michael Hingson  05:00 Well, I understand that. I appreciate that, but they, they did well with it, and so good for them, or, as I would say in Australia, good on them. But you know, well, why don't we start tell us a little bit about you, maybe growing up in the early Scott and all that stuff. Let's start with that, sure. Scott Hornstein  05:21 First one brief aside about Young Frankenstein when I was living in Connecticut, I would go to the theater in Stanford, and for one performance, my tickets were at the will call, so I went up to the ticket booth, gave them my name, and the woman be on the other side of the iron bars keeps throwing her head to the side, wanting me to look over to my left, and I finally look over to my left, and there's Gene Wilder. Oh my gosh. What an enormously tall individual, very gracious, very nice. In any case, yes, Michael Hingson  06:06 with him, did you? Did you talk with Scott Hornstein  06:09 him just for a moment, just for a moment, you know, just Mr. Wilder, how nice to meet you. And he said a couple of nice things. And that was about it. Still, we all went to see the to see the show. Still, it was quite a thrill for me. What show I do not. Oh, that was, oh, no, excuse me. That was the the madness of King Charles, madness of King George. King George. But he was quite mad, and the play is excellent, excellent. Well, anyway, in any case, I grew I was born in Manhattan. I spent the first couple of years of life on the west side. I don't remember much of that. But my parents quickly moved us out to Queens, which at that point was rather undeveloped. You could get a lot more for your money, and we have lived in an apartment building. And around our apartment building was nothing but empty lots. It was just not developed yet. But it was a great place to grow up because the there was so much going on in those years and so much so much music that was going on. The first recollection I have, in light of all the talk about vaccines and healthcare and all of this is I really remember that polio was a real thing there, and I remember kids with the braces on their legs. And I remember that when one of my friends got chicken pox, that the mothers would get us all together and have a play date so that we got chicken pox too. Okay, but it was, Michael Hingson  08:20 I'm sorry, remember, I remember getting the polio vaccinations, even starting in kindergarten, Scott Hornstein  08:24 yes, yes. And it was such a remarkable thing at that time. We all thought it was like a miracle. And, and Jonas Salk, I mean, he was like, such a hero, yeah. The other thing, so I, we were out in Queens, in an area that's the larger area is called Forest Hills, and it was, it was a great place, because the the whole museum, whole music scene was just exploding. So I'm moving on until my junior high school and high school years, and it was just all over the place. Yes, we were playing in bands, but also there were these wonderful venues to go to. And there was the subway. If my parents only knew where I really was, we would get on the subway, go down in the village, go to all the cafe bar Gertie spoke city, all these places to hear the this wonderful mind changing music. And by mind changing, I don't mean drugs. I mean mind changing that it was, it was just everything in life. Michael Hingson  09:57 And there's nothing like hearing a lot. Music, Scott Hornstein  10:01 even to this day, it's my very, very favorite thing to do. Yeah, and so many musicians and artists came out of that area. I not being one of them. But it was so exciting. Michael Hingson  10:27 I remember when we lived in New Jersey, and I would commute into New York. I heard, for example, even then, and it was in like 96 to beginning of 2002 Woody Allen on Monday night would play his clarinet somewhere. And less, less, Paul was still doing music and playing music at the meridian ballroom. And you can even take your guitar in and he would sign it for you Scott Hornstein  10:55 the it was Joe's Pub. Woody Allen would right. And I went there a couple of times to see him. Of course, it was so pricey that we had to kind of sneak in have one beer, yeah, Michael Hingson  11:16 but still, it was worth doing. Scott Hornstein  11:19 And then they Yeah, and they were great clubs. I think that was, there's certainly the blue note for jazz that I went to a lot. And then there in Times Square, there was iridium, which was where I was able to see Les Paul, right? And many of those greats. Michael Hingson  11:42 Yeah, I never did get to go and get my guitar signed, and now it's too late. But oh, well, do you play? I play at it more than anything else. My father, I think, even before the war, before World War Two, or somewhere around there anyway, he traded something and got a Martin grand concert guitar. Oh, still, I still have it. That's wonderful. What a wonderful sound it is. Scott Hornstein  12:15 What a wonderful story. Yes, I play as well. I And growing up very early on, I decided I wanted to be Ricky Nelson. Oh, there you go. But I quickly learned that I was not going to be Ricky Nelson. However, the guy that was standing behind him playing guitar, now that might be something that I could do. So yes, so I picked it up, and I played in all the bands and then, which quickly taught me that I was not cut out for rock and roll, that I wasn't very good at it, but it led me into many other avenues of music, certainly listening, certainly being part of that scene, I'd go see friends of mine who could play well rock and roll and And that was so exciting for me. And then I, I played in pickup bands through college. So on a weekend night there would be a wedding, Bar Mitzvah, and this guy, I forget his name, piano player, he he got all the gigs and Howie was the first choice for guitar, and if Howie wasn't available, they'd call me. Michael Hingson  13:47 There you go, hey. So second choice is better than no choice. Absolutely. Scott Hornstein  13:54 I i enjoyed it thoroughly and that they paid me money to do this. There you go, right, inconceivable to me. Michael Hingson  14:05 So what did you major in in college? Scott Hornstein  14:10 Well, I started off majoring in biology, and there you go. And why I chose biology is is a mystery to this day, it didn't last long. I cycled through a number of things, and I graduated with a degree in literature, in English, particularly American literature, which is not quite the same as learning a trade. But you know it, it was consistent with with who I was at that time. I was the guy who, if he went out the door, would have two books with him, just in case I finished one. I didn't want to be left at sea, so a voracious reader couldn't stay away from the theater. So it was very consistent with who I was and and it was good for me, because I think through things like like literature and fiction and biography, you learn so much about the world, about how different people are confronted with challenges, how they process their lives, how they overcome these challenges or not or not, it just exposes you to so much. Michael Hingson  15:49 Yeah, and so I'll bet you had some challenges finding some sort of real, permanent job after getting a degree in English? Scott Hornstein  16:03 Yes, I did. But when I got out the idea of it didn't cross my mind that people actually would not earn a great living by being just an artist. What did I want to do? I wanted to write. I wanted to be involved in music. I wanted to act. I did all these things until the point when I got thoroughly fed up with being poor, with not having a dime in my pocket. Ever starving to death is, is sort of what you would call it. Yeah, yeah. You know, I did. I have modest success. Yes, I was able to keep myself off the streets, but no, it was no way for a career. It was no way to even be able to afford your own apartment, for gosh sakes. So I from there i i had done a lot of promotion for the different things that I was involved in, trying to get audiences, trying to get awareness of what I was doing, and that led me to have some contacts inside of CBS. And when I started looking for a job, I started talking to these folks, and they offered me a job. So here I was, and actually gainfully employed. Michael Hingson  17:44 What was the job? Well, I Scott Hornstein  17:47 was sort of a gopher for my first job. Mostly what I did was type, but I do have one good story for you. So I was down in the depths of the CBS Broadcast Center, which is all the way on the west side of 5017 and it's an old milk factory, so which they had converted to broadcast purposes. And so there were long holes, and the halls would always slope down. And there was one day where I was late for a meeting, and I came running down the halls, and there are always these swinging doors, I guess, for in case there's a fire or something, and I'm bursting through the doors, and I go running, and I burst through the next set of doors, and I'm running, and I burst through the next set of doors, and I knock this guy right on his bum. I pick him up, I dust him off. I say, I am so sorry. He says, Don't worry about a thing. It's all fine. I continue running. A friend of mine grabs me and says, Did you see Paul Newman? Michael Hingson  19:10 There you are. Scott Hornstein  19:12 So I have the unique entry on my resume of knocking Paul Newman to the ground. Michael Hingson  19:22 I Well, at least he was civil and nice about it. Scott Hornstein  19:26 He was very nice about it, though. Yeah, so I worked there and then through my writing, because I was writing for a film magazine at night, which, of course, didn't pay a cent, not a cent, but I got to go to all the premiers, and I got to meet all the people and interview all the people so whatever. So through that, I was able to go over to the main building and answer letters for Bill Paley, who was the. Michael Hingson  20:00 Chairman, Chairman, I said, Yes, right, Scott Hornstein  20:02 and it was my job to explain to everybody why Mr. Paley, I never called him, Bill, never, nobody, no, no, why he was right and they were wrong. That was my job, and that I did that for a little while, I can honestly say that I enjoyed having money in my pocket, but that was not the most fulfilling of jobs, and from there, I was able to go over and get my first marketing position, working for the Columbia record and tape Club, which was part of CBS Records at that time. And when I Ben or Dover was the president of Columbia House at that time, and when he made me the offer, he gave me one of the great life lessons that I've I've ever had. And he said, Scott, if you sit in your office and you do exactly what I ask you to do, and you do it on time, and you do it perfectly, we are not going to get along. But if you are out there and you're trying this and you're trying that, and this works, and that doesn't work, but you get up and you keep trying, we're going to be fast friends. Interesting. Yeah, yeah. That's something that has stayed with me my whole life. One of the great pieces of advice that I've ever gotten, Michael Hingson  21:57 well the for me, what's fascinating about it is thinking about how many people would really do that and allow that to happen, but it's really what more people should be doing. I've I've always maintained that the biggest problem with bosses is that they boss people around too much, rather than encouraging them and helping them and using their own talents to help people be more creative. When I hire sales people, the first thing I always told them was, well, the second thing because the first thing I always told them was, you need to understand right up front if you're going to sell here, you have to learn to turn perceived liabilities into assets. And that's got a story behind it. But the second thing that I always talked about was my job isn't to boss you around. I hired you because you convinced me that you're supposed to be able to do the job, and we'll see how that goes. But you should be able to but my job is to work with you to figure out how I can use my talents to help you and to enhance what you do to make you more successful. And the people who got that did really well, because we usually did things differently, and we both learned how to figure out and actually figure out how to work with each other and be very successful. But the people who didn't get it and wouldn't try that, generally, weren't all that successful. Scott Hornstein  23:26 Not terribly surprised, sir. You know, I think that people miss the the humanity of all this. And that if we bring our respective strengths and work together, that it's going to be a more complete and more successful whole than if I try and dominate you and tell you what to do, right, just that hasn't been a successful formula for me. I have never done well with people who tried to tell me exactly what to do, which is probably why I went out on my own. Probably why, in the greater scheme of things that I I did well, working for people from Columbia House. I met this guy on the train, and we got friendly, and he said he worked for an advertising agency, and they were looking for somebody would I be interested in interviewing? And this was with the young and Rubicon. And I did get the job, and I did work my way up to an account supervisor. And then i i said, i. Hate this, and I went back to be a copywriter and worked my way up to be a creative director. But, you know, I went on my own on January 1 of 86 and it was like a liberation for me, because at that point there was a new a new president of the division that I worked for, and he was not a nurturing individual. He was more of the dominant kind of you'll do what I tell you to do. Didn't sit well with me at all, and I had the opportunity to go on my own. So I I packed up my dolls and dishes, and I walked in on January 2, and I said, Bill, I quit. Michael Hingson  26:02 There you go. Was it hard for you to do that? Scott Hornstein  26:11 You know, at that point? So I here I am. I'm a creative director. I got the office on Madison Avenue, and I'm doing freelance all over the place, not only because it was extra money, but because it was it was fueling my creativity. It was giving me something back. It was fun. And I really like to have fun. I have so much fun working with people and that interaction that that humanity, the spark of humanity. So I was doing a lot of freelance, and I wrote this proposal for this one design group who was near where I was living at that time, and it got sold. So they said, Do you want to you want to work on it? And at that point in my life, I didn't have any responsibilities. I had a studio apartment there that was real cheap. And I said, If I don't try this now, yeah, I don't think I'll ever try it. So that's what I did. I quit, and I walked out the door into the great unknown, Michael Hingson  27:39 and the entrepreneurial spirit took over. Scott Hornstein  27:43 It did, and it worked well for about six, seven months, and then we got to the summertime, and I couldn't get arrested for a while. But you know, you have to take it one day at a time. And I figured, all right, well, let's just be open and network and see what's going on. It's not the time to quit. It's not the time to go back and get a job. And I was fortunate in that I was sitting at the desk one day, and this one guy called me, and I had met him before his folks ran one of the biggest, or actually the biggest, telemarketing agency in New York at that time, and I had met, met this fellow, and he said, I got this project. I've been asking around for creative source, and three people gave me your name. So I figured, well, let's go talk. And that turned into a very, very good situation for me, it gave me a lot of responsibility and a lot of leeway to take all the things that I had learned and put them in service of my client and I had a ball. I loved it. The only thing I didn't love was the and I did love this for a while was the constant travel. Now, everybody doesn't travel, and they're all sitting in their rooms at home, looking at screens. But that was that was a great opportunity for me to to spread my wings and to take and I learned so much one of the. Initial assignments I had was for IBM and IBM at that time was, was Mount Olympus. Oh my gosh, working for IBM, and I worked in tandem with this research group. We were all working on the introduction of the IBM ThinkPad and what these folks, they had a methodology they called voice of customer research, which was a qualitative research we're talking to decision makers from a carefully prepared Interview Guide to come up with the attitudes, the insights that we could put together to to come up with a solution. And I was fascinated by this of how to tap into what what the customer really wants by talking to the customer. How unusual. Michael Hingson  31:16 What a concept. Oh yeah. I mean Scott Hornstein  31:19 then and now, it's still the operative phrase of this would be a wonderful business, business, if it wasn't for all those annoying customers and and this just turned that on its head. That's another thing that I learned that has stayed with me through my entire career, is that for the the storytelling, and what I mean by storytelling is, is two things. Is, first, you know all your stories are going to come from what you consider to be your brand, but if you're not developing your brand according to the wants, the needs, the desires, the expressed future state that your Customers want, then then you're wide of the mark. So I was able to bring this in, and I think do a much better job for my customers. Now, the way that relates into storytelling is that you're you're able to take what you do and put it into the story of how your customer succeeds with the hero in the hero's journey, is Michael Hingson  32:55 your customer, your customer? Why do you think that is such a successful tactic to use, Scott Hornstein  33:02 because everybody else is completely enamored of themselves. When other companies craft their their brand, it's mostly because why they think they are special and what their vision tells them is their future. And quite frankly, most customers really don't care when, when a new customer first confronts you and your brand. They ask three questions, who are you? Why should I care? And what's in it for me? And if you can't answer those, if the story that you tell whether complete or in fragments or in in different parts according to where they are on their consideration journey. It doesn't resonate. It doesn't resonate. Hey, I have the best technology out there. I have brilliant people working on this technology. And guess what? Your technology? Somebody will eat your technology in 18 months, and I don't care, I want to know. What does it do for me? Michael Hingson  34:28 Yeah, as opposed to saying, After asking enough questions, I have technology that will solve this problem that you have identified. Let me tell you about it. Is that okay? Exactly? Scott Hornstein  34:44 Yeah, exactly. And as odd as it sounds, that helps you to stand out in the field, in a crowded Michael Hingson  34:55 field, it does, but it's also all about the. Relating to the customer and getting the customer to establish a rapport and relating to you. And when you, as you pointed out, make it about the customer, and you talk in such a way that clearly, you're demonstrating you're interested in the customer and what they want they're going to relate to you. Scott Hornstein  35:24 There's two, two things in there that, well, there's a million things in there that are particularly true. And the first is not only recognizing and and internalizing the goals of your client, but also opening yourself up and saying, these are people. These are humans. And the other real distinguishing fact that a lot of people don't either realize or embrace is that in business to business, and I've spent most of my life in business to business, it's all personal. It's all about personal connections. It's all about trust. And call me crazy, but I am not going to trust a machine. I will have confidence in technology, but my trust is going to be placed in the human through this, one anecdote that that is has really impressed me is that I was doing one of these interviews once, and I was talking to the CEO of of this company. And I said, Well, you know, I of course, I'm working for company A and you've been a client for a long time. What's, what's the greatest benefit that you get from this company? And without hesitation, he said, our salesman. Our salesman is part of our team. He understands who we are, he knows what we need, and he goes and he gets it. So that kind of that, to me, has always been a touchstone on things. Michael Hingson  37:43 Well, the fact that the salesman earned that reputation, and the President was willing to acknowledge it is really important and crucial. Scott Hornstein  37:56 And within that, I would say the very important word that you used is earn. You need to earn that trust. Sure it doesn't come just because you have brilliant technology. It's all people. It's all personal, all people. Michael Hingson  38:20 And that's success, the successful sales people are people who understand and work to earn trust. Scott Hornstein  38:32 Well said, and I think that particularly in this age of accelerating remoteness, that this concept of earning the trust and the person to person becomes a compelling competitive differentiator. And I think that that telling the story of of how you make your customers successful, of the role you play, of where you're going, this allows you to bridge some of those troubled waters to people who are sitting remote. It helps you to open your ears you know where you're going, so you can listen, yeah, Michael Hingson  39:40 well, and that's an extremely important thing to to keep in mind and to continue to hone, because bottom line is, it's all about, as I said, trust, and it certainly is about earning, and that isn't something you. First, it's something that you understand. Scott Hornstein  40:04 It's a gift that can only be bestowed on your customer. You can want it, but they're the only ones who can give you. Your brand is the meal you prepare. You but your reputation is the review, right? So, yeah, you gotta earn that trust. Michael Hingson  40:32 So how long so you you own your own company? How long has the company been in existence? Scott Hornstein  40:40 I Well, let's see. I went on my own on January 1 in 1986 and I am still without visible means of support. Michael Hingson  40:58 Well, there you go, same company all along, huh? Scott Hornstein  41:03 I Yeah, you know, do different work with different people, sure, but yes, it's still me. Michael Hingson  41:13 It's still, do you actually have a company and a name or anything like that? Scott Hornstein  41:17 I did. I did for a long time. I operated under Hornstein associates, okay, and recently I have dropped that and I just work as myself. I think that I had employees, then I had expandable, retractable resources then, and I'm not so interested in doing that right now. I am interested in working as and I love working as part of a team. Collaboration is my middle name. I might not have put that on my resume, but yeah, and I'm just, I'm really just interested in being me these days. Michael Hingson  42:13 That's fair. There's nothing wrong with that. No, well, in your current role, what do you think is the greatest contribution you've made to your clients, and I'd love an example, a story about that. Scott Hornstein  42:28 I would love to tell you a story. Oh, good. So one of my clients is a manufacturer. And they manufacture of all things, barcode scanners, as you would use in a warehouse and in a warehouse, absolutely everything, including the employees, has a barcode. Theirs is different than the the ones that you would normally see, the ones that like have a pistol grip. These are, these are new. It's new technology. They're ergonomically designed. They sit on the back of your hand. They're lightweight. They have more capabilities. They're faster and more accurate. Well, that sounds like sliced bread. However, they had a big problem in that all the scanners in all the warehouses come from the titans of the universe, the Motorola's, the great big names and these great, you know the old saying of Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM. Well, you know, if they need more scanners. Why would they go elsewhere? They just go back and get the same thing. So the the big problem is, is how to penetrate this market? And we did it. I worked with them in a number of ways. The first way was to conduct interviews, qualitative interviews, with the executive team, to come up with their their brand. What did they think? What did they think that was most important? And they said, clearly, the productivity gains, not only is this faster, not only can we prove that this is faster, but the the technology is so advanced that now we can also give you. Information from the shop floor. Well, then we talked to their their partners, who were already selling things into these warehouses. And we talked to a number of companies that were within their ICP, their ideal customer profile, I think that's very important to be prospecting with the folks who can make best use of your products and services. And what we found is that it wasn't just the productivity, it was that we solved other problems as well, and without going heavily into it, we solved the a big safety problem. We made the shop floor more secure and safer for the workers. So we changed the message from Warehouse productivity to the warehouse floor of making each employee safer, able to contribute more and able to have a better satisfaction, and that we were able to roll out into a into great messaging. The initial campaign was solely focused on the workers, and our offer was We challenge you to a scan off our scanners, against yours, your employees, your products, your warehouse. Let's have a head to head competition, because we then knew from these interviews, from working with the partners, that once these employees got the ergonomic the lightweight, ergonomic scanners on their hands, and realized how much faster They were, and how much safer that they were, that they would be our champions. And in fact, that's what, what happened. I can go deeper into the story, but it it became a story. Instead of coming in and just saying, boost your productivity, it's the scanners work for your your overall productivity. It helps you to keep your customers satisfied, your workers, one of the big problems that they're having is maintaining a stable and experienced workforce, this changed the characteristic of the shop floor, and it changed the character, how the employees themselves described their work environment. So we were able to take that and weave a story that went from one end of the warehouse to the other with benefits for everybody in between. So you said, What is the the one you said, the greatest benefit, I would say the contribution that I'm most proud of, it's that it's to recast the brand, the messaging, in the form, in the shape of the customer, of what they need, of helping them to achieve the future state that they want. And I'm sorry for a long winded answer, Michael Hingson  49:10 yes, that's okay. Not a not a problem. So let me what would you say are the two or three major accomplishments or achievements in your career, and what did they teach you? Scott Hornstein  49:26 Well, you know, I think the the achievements in my career, well, the first one I would mention was incorporating that, that voice of customer research, bringing the customer to the planning table, letting the executives, the sales people, the marketers, unite around, how does the customer express their hopes, their dreams, their challenges? I would say the second. Uh, is this idea of taking all of the content of all of the messaging and and unifying it? Some people call it a pillar view. I call it storytelling, of relaying these things so that you are giving your prospects and your customers the information that they need when they need it, at the specific point in their consideration journey, when this is most important, and it might be that a research report for a prospect that talks about some of the challenges in the marketplace and what's being done, it might be as simple for a customer as a as a video on how do you do this? You know, how do you screw in a light bulb? Oh, here it is. Everybody's used to that. The the third thing, and, and this is something, forgive me, for which I am, I am very proud, is that now I take this experience and this expertise, and through the organization called score, I'm able to give this back to people who are are trying to make their way as entrepreneurs Michael Hingson  51:35 through the Small Business Administration. And score, yes, Scott Hornstein  51:40 very proud of that. I get so much for from that. Michael Hingson  51:46 Well, what would you say are maybe the two or three major achievements for you in life, and what did you learn? Or what did they teach you? Or are they the same Scott Hornstein  51:57 I did? Well, I would say they're they're the same, and yet they're a little bit different. The first one is, is that it's only very few people who lead the charmed life where they are never knocked down. I'm not one of those people, and I've been knocked down several times, both professionally and personally, and to get back up, I to have that, and you will forgive me if I borrow a phrase that indomitable spirit that says, no, sorry, I'm getting back up again. And I can do this. And it may not be comfortable and it may not be easy, but I can do this. So there was that I think that having kids and then grandkids has taught me an awful lot about about interpersonal relationships, about the fact that there isn't anything more important than family, not by a long shot, and from these different things. I mean, certainly, as you I was, I didn't have the same experience, but 911 affected me deeply, deeply and and then it quite frankly, there was 2008 when I saw my my business and my finances sort of twirl up into the sky like like the Wizard of Oz, like that house in the beginning, Michael Hingson  54:09 but still, Scott Hornstein  54:16 And I persevere, yeah. So I think that that perseverance, that that focus on on family, on humanity. And I would say there's one other thing in there, is that. And this is a hard one. Observation is that I can't do anything about yesterday, and tomorrow is beyond my reach, so I I have to take Michael Hingson  54:56 today, but you can certainly use yesterday. As a learning experience, Scott Hornstein  55:01 I am the sum of all my parts, absolutely, but my focus isn't today, and using everything that I've learned certainly. You know, I got tongue tied there for just a minute. Michael Hingson  55:19 I hear you, though, when did you get married? Scott Hornstein  55:25 I got married in 87 I I met my wife commuting on the train to New York. Michael Hingson  55:35 So you had actually made the decision to could to quit and so on, before you met and married her. Scott Hornstein  55:43 No, no, I was, I was I met her while I still had a job in advertising. That's why I was commuting to New York. And you know, in the morning there was a bunch of us. We'd hold seats for each other and just camaraderie, yeah, you know, have our coffee. Did she? Did she work? She did she did she was she joined the group because she knew she had just gotten a job in New York. And of course, for those who don't know New York? When I say New York, I mean Manhattan, the city. Nobody thinks of any of the boroughs Michael Hingson  56:27 as part of New York. Scott Hornstein  56:31 And yeah, I and one day gone in, she fell asleep on my shoulder, and the rest is history. There you go. Michael Hingson  56:41 What So, what did she think when you quit and went completely out on your own? Scott Hornstein  56:48 I you know, I never specifically asked her, but I would think that she would have thought that maybe I was not as solid, maybe not as much marriage material, maybe a little bit of a risk taker. I did not see it as as taking a risk, though, at that time, but it was actually great for us, just great for us. And yeah, met there, and then I quit. Shortly thereafter, she was still commuting. And then things started to just take off, yeah, yeah, both for my career and for the relationship, yeah. Michael Hingson  57:51 And again, the rest of course, as they say, is history. Scott Hornstein  57:56 It is. And here I am now in Reston, Virginia, and we moved to Reston because both daughters are in close proximity, and my two grandchildren. And you know, am I still confronted with the knock downs and the and the get up again. Yeah, the marketplace is very crazy today. The big companies are doing great, the mid size companies, which is my Market, and it's by choice, because I like dealing with senior management. I like dealing with the people who make the decisions, who if we decide something's going to happen, it happens and and you can see the impact on the culture, on on the finances, on the customer base. These guys are it's tough out there right now. Let me say that it's it's tough to know which way to go. This doesn't seem to be anything that's sure at the moment. Michael Hingson  59:11 Yeah, it's definitely a challenging world and and then the government isn't necessarily helping that a lot either. But again, resilience is an important thing, and the fact is that we all need to learn that we can survive and surmount whatever comes along. Scott Hornstein  59:33 And let me just throw in AI that is a big disruptor at the moment that nobody actually knows Michael Hingson  59:43 what to do with it. I think people have various ideas there. There are a lot of different people with a lot of different ideas. And AI can be a very powerful tool to help but it is a tool. It is not an end all. Um. Yeah, and well said, I think that, you know, even I, when I first heard about AI, I heard people complaining about how students were writing their papers using AI, and you couldn't tell and almost immediately I realized, and thought, so what the trick is, what are you going to do about it. And what I've what I've said many times to teachers, is let students use AI if that's what they're going to use to write their papers, and then they turn them in. And what you do is you take one period, and you call each student up and you say, All right, I've read your paper. I have it here. I want you now to defend your paper, and you have one minute, you're going to find out very quickly who really knows what they're talking about. Scott Hornstein  1:00:47 That, in fact, is brilliant. Michael Hingson  1:00:49 I think it's a very I think it's a very powerful tool. I use AI in writing, but I use it in that. I will use it, I will I will ask it questions and get ideas, and I'll ask other questions and get other ideas, and then I will put them together, however, because I know that I can write better than AI can write, and maybe the time will come when it'll mimic me pretty well, but still, I can write better than AI can write, but AI's got a lot more resources to come up with ideas. Scott Hornstein  1:01:21 It does. It does. And with that, it's a fantastic tool. The differentiator, as I see it, for most of my stuff, is that AI has read about all this stuff, but I've lived it, so I'm going to trust me at the end, Michael Hingson  1:01:45 and when I talk about surviving the World Trade Center and teaching people what I learned that helped me in the World Trade Center, I point out most people, if there's an emergency, read signs and they're told go this way to escape or to get out or do this or do that, but there's still signs, and they don't know anything. I don't read signs, needless to say, and what I did was spent a fair amount of time truly learning all I could about the World Trade Center where things were, what the emergency evacuation procedures were what would happen in an emergency and so on. And so for me, it was knowledge and not just relying on a sign. And so when September 11 happened, a mindset kicked in, and we talked about that in my my latest book, live like a guide dog. But that's what it's about, is it's all about knowledge and truly having that information, and that's what you can trust. Scott Hornstein  1:02:48 I'll give you a big amen on that one. Michael Hingson  1:02:52 Well, this has been a lot of fun to do. We've been Can you believe we've been doing this an hour? My gosh, time, I know having fun. Scott Hornstein  1:03:03 It's fun. And I would say again, in closing, I just have enormous respect for what you've accomplished, what you've done. This is been a great privilege for me. I thank you very much. Michael Hingson  1:03:19 Well, it's been an honor for me, and I really value all the comments, the advice, the thoughts that you've shared, and hopefully people will take them to heart. And I would say to all of you out there, if you'd like to reach out to Scott, how do they do that? Well, there you go. See, just, just type, well, right? Scott Hornstein  1:03:42 That's it. If you, if you sent an email to Scott dot Hornstein at Gmail, you'll get me. Michael Hingson  1:03:56 And Hornstein is spelled Scott Hornstein  1:03:58 H, O, R, N, S, T, E, I, Michael Hingson  1:04:03 N, and again, it's scott.hornstein@gmail.com Scott Hornstein  1:04:09 that's that's the deal. There you go. Well, find me on LinkedIn. You can find me on medium. I'm all over the place. Michael Hingson  1:04:18 There you are. Well, I hope people will reach out, because I think you will enhance anything that they're doing, and certainly trust is a big part of it, and you earn it, which is great. So thank you for being here, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching us wherever you are. Please give us a five star review and a rating and but definitely give us a review as well. We appreciate that. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest, Scott, you as well. We're always looking for more people to have on, so please introduce us and Scott. If you want to come on again, we can talk about that too. That'd be kind of fun. But I want to thank what I want to thank you again for being here. This has been fun, and I appreciate you being here with us today and and so thank you very much for doing it. Scott Hornstein  1:05:07 My all the pleasure is all mine. Michael Hingson  1:05:14 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. 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In this episode of The Unconventional Path, hosts Bela Musits and Mike Wasserman sit down with Vi Wickham, the founder of Wizard of Ads Online, to discuss how small to medium-sized businesses can navigate the complex world of digital marketing. Vai is not only a digital marketing expert and web developer but also a five-time Colorado state fiddling champion, bringing a unique, creative perspective to entrepreneurship and innovation.The transition from traditional advertising—like the local newspaper and Yellow Pages—to the digital age has created a complex environment for modern entrepreneurs. Vi simplifies this landscape by breaking down the three foundational "layers" every business owner needs to establish a credible and searchable online presence.The Website as Your Home Base: Why your website is the foundation of your online reputation and why it must communicate your purpose clearly without using "insider language" or "techno mumbo jumbo".+1The "Grandfather Test" for Business: Bela and Vi discuss the strategic importance of being able to explain your business so simply that even your grandfather would understand it.Local Search Marketing: How to use local search submissions to provide "proof" to Google that your business is a real entity deserving of a high rank in your specific town.+1The "500-Pound Gorilla" of Search: Why the Google Business Profile is the most critical third-party site for local businesses and how it controls over 90% of search traffic.Navigating Secondary Platforms: A look at the next tier of digital reputation management, including Facebook, Yelp, Bing, and the emerging challenges of Apple's business tools.Strategy vs. Wordsmithing: Understanding the difference between knowing your core message and the creative process of picking the right words to attract the customers you want—and repel the ones you don't.Vi Wickham is a web developer, digital marketer, and the founder of Wizard of Ads Online, where he helps companies establish and implement effective digital marketing strategies. He is also a celebrated musician, holding five state fiddling titles and three national runner-up titles.Our podcast is now available on YouTube. Simply search for "The Unconventional Path" to subscribe and never miss an episode.We're always on the lookout for interesting guests to feature on our show. If you know someone who has an inspiring story, unique perspective, or valuable expertise to share, please let us know. We're eager to connect with potential guests who can bring fresh insights and engaging conversations to our audience.We also love hearing from our listeners! Your questions, comments, and suggestions are incredibly valuable to us. Send us an email at bela.and.mike@gmail.com with your thoughts, and we'll do our best to address them in a future episode. Whether you have a question about a specific topic, feedback on a recent episode, or ideas for future content, we want to hear from you. Your engagement helps us shape the show and deliver content that resonates with our listeners.Thanks for listening,Bela and MikeIn This Episode, You'll Discover:About the Guest:Connect with the Show:

The Disney movies I grew up with made it easy for a kid like me to recognize good vs. evil. We knew, walking in the door, that goodness would prevail, because it must. The alternative is nothing less than the end of civilization as we know it. Goodness was personified by the beautiful princess, whose purity of heart drew the forest creatures and eventually, a handsome prince. Their union was a symbol of harmony, stability, and happy endings.Evil was embodied in the wicked queen, who was jealous of the princess's purity, so much so that she couldn't rest until the princess was obliterated. Somehow, the villains never know their demise is a certainty because goodness must prevail. Some might say that is what happened to the MAGA movement, one bright sunny day in Utah, when a psycho killer avenging the crippling despair of his transgender furry lover took aim and shot the handsome prince, killing him within minutes. Since then, MAGA has struggled to hold onto the coalition Charlie built, the support for the president he helped elect, and to protect the beautiful princess from the evil forces that threaten to destroy her, Turning Point, and MAGA.Candace Owens might think she's the hero of this story. She's written herself in after she was left on the cutting room floor. She's amassed an audience of dimwitted women and a weaponized army of international bad actors hoping to infiltrate the US and use Candace to shape public opinion. A growing portion of her audience, as with many influencers on the Right now, is comprised of people convinced that Jews are behind every evil thing that ever happens, has ever happened or will ever happen, and in Candace Owens, they've found their princess. Candace is the only one who sees the truth!Candace is an instrument of God!Candace will make sure justice is served!How good it must feel for someone who's always been a whole lotta charisma with no real place to land. She tried out many different masks over time, moving through political parties and various ideologies until finally landing the role of a lifetime: mean girl with a microphone. After being booted out of the Daily Wire, her gossipy YouTube channel would take her into the wet, slimy corners of culture and politics, and her audience would lap it up. But she would hit paydirt when she decided to run with the idea that Brigitte Macron was really a man.Cruelty sells online, and Becoming Brigitte was a huge hit. Getting slapped with a massive lawsuit by the Macrons only seemed to make her more popular. By the end of that mess, everyone knew her name.So then what? Back to Blake Lively and Diddy's Freak-Offs? Not for our Disney villain. She needed something as big, if not bigger. What could really dig into the tender spots and manifest itself as emotional terrorism in the same way? Who is as protected a target? Social media amplifies the ugliness inside of us all. The algorithms do the rest. The Left has been unleashing levels of dehumanization and bullying at Erika Kirk since the day Charlie died. Why her? Who knows. They hated him and were happy he was dead. They wanted to see his widow suffer, especially because she's a pretty blonde. All the while, Candace, who'd been sidelined from Charlie's life, didn't attend his wedding to Erika, so the story goes, and was pushed out of TPUSA and not present at the memorial, saw that Erika was suddenly a subject both too hot to touch and impossible to ignore. And yeah, a pretty blonde.And so, just as the evil Queen in Snow White can't stand it any longer and sends a huntsman to kill what torments her, Candace finally pulled the lever, especially after Erika Kirk told her to stop, in an interview with the very Jewish Bari Weiss, no less.So many women, and even some men, wanted to see our princess fall, and Candace was more than happy to serve it up fresh and hot. The Disney PrincessCharlie Kirk's marriage to Erika was always met with the refrain, “she's out of his league.” Charlie got lucky and found himself a true beauty. Half Syrian/Lebanese and half Swedish. Erika Kirk looks like no one else. With cascading platinum locks and sparkling blue eyes, she was Charlie's dream girl. How did he ever get so lucky? He saw her, knew he wanted her, and he said to her, “I don't want to hire you. I want to date you,” so goes the famous story of how they met.Candace is pretty, but she's not that pretty. Few women are. Candace had to develop other skills that pretty girls usually don't have to worry about. Candace is better on camera than Erika. She is better at performing and at storytelling. Erika is still slightly awkward and hasn't yet found her voice. She's trying under enormous pressure and undeserved scrutiny to keep Turning Point alive and make Charlie's dreams come true. Not to mention caring for two small children and an ailing mother. But it's Erika's beauty, especially her leaning into her half-Swedish identity, that seems to drive Candace into fits of despair and jealousy. What else could explain it? Candace admits she wasn't the kind of kid that people sought out to be in beauty pageants. “I was funny looking,” she says. “I had an underbite.”And therein lies the tragedy of Candace Owens. She has an abundance of charisma and is a gifted storyteller. But none of that gave her the happy ending she wanted because it was never about the handsome prince. She wanted power, influence, all eyes on her. And that has taken her down a dark path.A Disney VillainHer slice and dice this time would be called The Bride of Charlie, like the Bride of Frankenstein (get it, FrankenSTEIN?), with Charlie as the hapless creature, and Erika built just for him and used as bait to lure him into a trap that would eventually get him killed. The views were up in the millions as Candace's audience spread the lies and rumors far and wide on social media. Her idiot followers pretended like there was something to the story when it was obvious they just needed another woman to hurl into the public arena, our modern-day Colosseum. Why? Because they're bored, they're stupid, and they don't know what else to do with their time.Her “investigative series” is a whole lotta nothing. It is petty and dumb, revealing that Candace just wants to be back in the movie and keeps writing herself back into the script.“He was like a little brother to me,” she has said. No one would treat their little brother this way. She brags about encouraging Charlie to date women and pushing him toward Erika. All the while suggesting she was more important to Charlie, to Turning Point, to the entire world than Erika ever could be. Pick MELook at METalk about MENot her.But not even Charlie is as important as the bigger conspiracy that Israel killed him. Candace repurposed Charlie's corpse as proof of her delusional fantasies that Israel would even bother. She has invented a version of Charlie that never existed and used him as a prop to push insane levels of Jew hate not seen for a long time in media, if ever, not counting Nazi Germany.It wouldn't be until the US and Israel bombed Iran that it would all come together for her in a nice, neat package. They needed Charlie out of the way so they could start this war. Whatever is happening now, courtesy of algorithms and anonymous users driving influencers farther to the Right, Robert Malone warns that we're seeing the kind of hate we haven't seen since World War II, the last Fourth Turning. And So Shines a Good Deed in a Weary WorldCalling out Candace Owens is dangerous. Once she makes you a target, her minions will attack like the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Some people on the Right do have the courage not so much to attack Candace, although plenty have, but to stand up for Erika. One such person is the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, who dedicated an entire show to exposing just how ridiculous The Bride of Charlie actually is, and none of it is evidence of any crime. It's not true, Matt says, and so it's wrong. But for someone like him, who mostly exists in the Tucker Carlson lane, to do so was brave.The whole video is worth watching, and you can find it here. Here is how he opens it:Candace might be playing with fire like Alex Jones did when he was hit with a billion-dollar lawsuit after Sandy Hook. Candace is slippery in the things she says, always careful to add “in my imagination” or “this is speculation.” But she has done visible harm to Erika Kirk's reputation, the very definition of defamation. She's also made the children of Charlie Kirk have to grow up with these lies, this unfair albatross that will haunt them forever. How could anyone who calls themselves a friend of Charlie do that?So that's all the more reason I was moved by Matt Walsh's willingness to go there. He didn't attack her, and he could have. He didn't destroy her, and he could have. He tried to appeal to the better angels of her nature, but the thing is, I don't think she has any. Matt was a very good friend of Charlie Kirk, and this is what friends do. They don't pillage the corpse for clicks and views. They don't bully, harass, and smear the widow and endanger the lives of their children. They don't try to dismantle the movement Charlie built. Candace was no friend to Charlie Kirk.But Matt was. If I had to guess, I'd say he made a silent promise to his good friend that he would step up and provide support and be a kind of guardian angel for Erika and their two kids. His monologue is so good, so well written, so moving it should have been more of a reason for others to do the same. But the content churn won't allow it. It's onto the next thing.Matt's monologue makes me think Charlie Kirk was right in how he chose his closest friends. If it's true that he had parted ways with Candace Owens before his death, that speaks volumes. If his legacy is to be handed over to anyone, let it be to those who cared about him, so they care about Erika. Those seeking to destroy the ones Charlie loved the most should be kept far, far away. But all you have to do is listen to Charlie's voice, to his children, and to Erika to find solid ground. This is real. That other stuff isn't. Charlie Kirk is missed because, like Scott Adams and even the podcast America This Week, he had a calming effect on the spiraling craziness. His words echo from beyond the grave to shame the pretenders like Candace, who can never be like Charlie. In the end, it would turn out that Candace's object of scorn wasn't Erika at all. It was Charlie. She could never be him. She would never be loved like that. She will never lead a movement like he did. She will never change the world. She will always be on the outside, her face pressed against the glass, screaming into the void.Candace cast herself as the villain in our Disney movie. And if her rise has been fascinating to watch, her fall will be spectacular. If, for no other reason, goodness must prevail. // This is a public episode. 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There's no cast like pod   The Becks have been sucked into a cyclone and dropped into the magical land of Pod with a brand new episode! This one is on the classic L Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 MGM filmed adaptation The Wizard of Oz. You know the one, it's the one with the songs and Judy Garland! In this episode: Codie talks a lot about the source material, Billy realizes that EVERY movie is secretly The Wizard of Oz, and Toby makes a bunch of background noise. Enjoy!   linktr.ee/soonmajorpod   ko-fi.com/soonmajorpod   Next Episode Homework: The Muppets Wizard of Oz (2005), The Wizard Of Oz (1982), The Wiz (1978)

The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum原文Chapter Five: The Old Man from KansasThe little green man opened the door.He gave them all glasses.Then he took them through the city to the Wizard's house.There,in the long green room, the friends waited and waited and waited.After three hours, the Scarecrow said, 'I'm tired of waiting.'He called the green man, 'We want to see the Wizard now, or we're going to call the magic monkeys. Please tell the Wizard that.'The green man went away to speak to the Wizard through the door.The Wizard knew about the magic monkeys, and he was very afraid of them.So he said to the green man, 'These people can come and see me at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.'At nine o'clock, the green man took the friends to the Wizard's room.They went in and looked all round, but they could not see anybody.Then a voice said, 'I am the Wizard of Oz. Who are you and what do you want?''Where are you?' asked Dorothy.'Ah,I am everywhere, but you can't see me. Now, answer me. Who are you and what do you want?''You know us all,' said the scarecrow, 'You said to me, “help Dorothy to kill the Witch of the West, and you can have some brains.” Well, the Witch is dead. And now I want my brains.''And I want my heart,' said the Tin Man.'And I want to be brave,' said the Cowardly Lion.'And I want to go home to Kansas,' said Dorothy.'Is the witch truly dead?' asked the voice.'Yes,'said Dorothy, 'I threw a bucket of water over her, and she disappeared. ''Very well,' said the voice, 'Come again tomorrow. I must think about things first and…''No,'said the Tin Man, 'I want my heart now.''I'm not going to wait another minute,' said the Scarecrow.'And I'm going to eat you,' the Lion shouted very angrily.Toto was afraid, he jumped away from the Lion and hit a screen near the wall.The screen fell over, and behind it, the friends saw an old man with no hair.The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.'Who are you?' he said.'Please don't hurt me,' said the old man in a quiet little voice, 'I'm the Wizard of Oz.''But the Wizard of Oz is a big head without body,' said Dorothy.'No,he's a beautiful woman,' said the Scarecrow.'You're wrong,' said the tin man, 'The Wizard of Oz is a big animal with two heads.''No,'said the lion, 'The Wizard is a ball of fire.''You're all wrong,' said the old man, 'I am the Wizard. Well, I'm not a true Wizard.Oh, I know a lot of tricks, but I don't know any true magic. You see, I'm from Kansas too. I went from town to town and did magic tricks, and I went up in a big balloon. The balloon was always on a rope. But one day something went wrong,the rope broke and the balloon blew away. For a long time, the wind carried my balloon across the sky. Then I came down here in the country of Oz. The people saw my balloon and said, “This man is a Wizard. He comes out of the sky.” They were afraid of me and wanted to work for me. So they built this city for me,and I called it the Emerald city. Well, emeralds are green, so I made green glasses for everybody. That's why everything in the city looks green.'The Scarecrow took off his glasses.'Oh,'he said, 'Now I understand the Emerald city isn't green. It just looks Green.''It's all a trick that's right,' said the old man, 'Well,all that happened many years ago. I never went out because I was afraid of the two bad witches. Now they are dead. Thanks to you, Dorothy. But I'm very sorry.I don't know any true magic, so I can't help you.''You're a very bad man,' said Dorothy.'No,my child, I am a very good man, but I am a very bad Wizard. That's true.''What about my brains?' said the Scarecrow.'You don't need brains. You understand things. You can think. you learn quickly. You are very clever.''I want brains,' said the Scarecrow.'Very well,' said the old man, ' I can give you some brains tomorrow morning.''What about my heart?' asked the Tin Man.'You don't need a heart,' said the old man, 'You laugh, you cry, you love, you feel sorry for people.'The Tin Man looked angry and picked up his axe.'All right, please don't hurt me,' said the old man, 'I can give you a heart tomorrow morning.''And I want to be brave,' said the Cowardly Lion.'But you are brave. You do a lot of brave things. No, no, don't eat me. Come here tomorrow morning. I'm going to make you brave.''What about Toto and me?' asked Dorothy.'We can go up in my balloon,' said the Wizard, 'The wind blew us here from Kansas.Perhaps it can blow us back to Kansas again.'The next morning, the friends came again to the Wizard's room.The old man was ready.He took a bottle with brains on it in big green letters and carefully opened the Scarecrow's head.'Don't move. I'm putting your brains in,' he said, 'There, now, you're the cleverest scarecrow in Oz.'The Scarecrow thanked him.Next,the Wizard gave the Tin Man a small red heart.'Wear this always.' he said.The Tin Man was very happy and thanked the Wizard again and again.Then the old man took a bottle with be brave on it.'Drink this,' he said to the Cowardly Lion.The Lion drank.'Yes, yes, I feel brave.' He shouted, 'Very, very brave. Thank you.'The wizard smiled at them.'You didn't need my magic.' he said, 'But you're all happy now and that's a good thing now.''Dorothy,'He said, 'Come and see my balloon. It's already I mended it last night.'They went out into the garden behind the Wizard's house.The balloon was very big.There was a small box under it, and the Wizard of Oz jumped into the box.'Come on, Dorothy,' he shouted, 'We're going to Kansas. Say good bye to dear friends.'Dorothy kissed the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man, and said 'Good bye.''Come on, Toto,' she said, 'We're going home to Kansas. We're going to see Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.'But just then, Toto saw a cat. He jumped out of Dorothy's arms and ran after it.'Toto!'called Dorothy, and she began to run after him.翻译第五章：来自堪萨斯的老人那个绿色的小人打开了门。他给他们每人发了眼镜。然后他带着他们穿过城市，来到了巫师的住所。在那里，在那间长长的绿色房间里，朋友们一直在等待着。三个小时后，稻草人说：“我已经等得不耐烦了。”他叫那个绿色的小人：“我们现在想见见巫师，否则我们就叫那些魔法猴子来了。请告诉巫师。”绿色的小人离开那里去通过门和巫师交谈。巫师知道有关那些魔法猴子的事，他非常害怕它们。所以他对绿色的小人说：“这些人明天早上九点可以来见我。”九点钟的时候，绿色的小人带着朋友们去了巫师的房间。他们进去后四处看了看，但什么也没看到。然后一个声音说道：“我是奥兹巫师。你们是谁？想要什么？”“你在哪里？”多萝西问道。“啊，我无处不在，但你们看不到我。现在，请回答我。你们是谁？想要什么？”“你们认识我们所有人，”稻草人说，“你对我说过，‘帮我杀死西方女巫，你就能得到一些头脑。'好了，女巫已经死了。现在我想要我的头脑。”“还有我想要我的心脏，”铁皮人说。“还有我想要勇敢起来。”胆小的狮子说道。“还有我想回堪萨斯州的家去。”多萝西说道。“那个女巫真的死了吗？”那个声音问道。“是的，”多萝西说，“我朝她身上泼了一桶水，她就消失了。”“那好吧，”那个声音说道，“明天再来吧。我得先考虑一下事情才行……”“不，”铁皮人说，“我现在就要我的心脏。”“我不打算再等一分钟了，”稻草人说道。“而且我要吃掉你。”狮子愤怒地大喊道。托托很害怕，他从狮子身边跳开，撞到了靠近墙边的一个屏风上。屏风倒下了，屏风后面，朋友们看到了一个没有头发的老人。铁皮人看起来很生气，拿起了他的斧头。“你是谁？”他问道。“请别伤害我，”老人用轻柔的声音小声说道，“我是奥兹巫师。”“但奥兹巫师是个没有身体的大脑袋，”多萝西说。“不，他是位美丽的女人，”稻草人说。“你错了，”铁皮人说，“奥兹巫师是个有两只脑袋的大动物。”“不，”狮子说，“巫师是个燃烧着的火球。”“你们都错了，”老人说，“我是巫师。嗯，我不是真正的巫师。我知道很多把戏，但我不知道任何真正的魔法。你瞧，我也来自堪萨斯州。我四处游历，表演魔术，还坐过一次大气球。那气球总是系在一根绳子上。但有一天出了问题，绳子断了，气球飞走了。很长一段时间里，风带着我的气球在天空中飘荡。然后我来到了奥兹国的这片土地上。人们看到了我的气球，说：“这个人是个巫师。他从天上降下来。”他们害怕我，想为我效力。于是他们为我建起了这座城市，我把它命名为翡翠城。嗯，翡翠是绿色的，所以我给每个人都做了绿色的眼镜。这就是为什么城里的所有东西看起来都是绿色的。”稻草人摘下了他的眼镜。“哦，”他说，“现在我明白了翡翠城并不是绿色的。它只是看起来是绿色的。”“这一切都是个骗局，没错。”老人说道。“嗯，这一切都发生在很多年前了。我因为害怕那两个邪恶的女巫而没有出去。现在她们已经死了。多亏了你，多萝西。但我非常抱歉。我并不知道任何真正的魔法，所以无法帮助你。”“你是个非常坏的人。”多萝西说道。“不，孩子，我是个非常好的人，但我是个非常糟糕的巫师。这是事实。”“那我的脑子呢？”稻草人问道。“你不需要聪明才智。你懂得很多东西。你能思考。你能快速学习。你非常聪明。”“我想要脑子。”稻草人说道。“好的，”老人说道，“明天早上我可以给你一些脑子。”“那我的心呢？”铁皮人问道。“你不需要一颗心。”老人说道，“你欢笑，你哭泣，你爱，你为他人感到难过。”铁皮人看起来很生气，拿起他的斧头。“好吧，请别伤害我。”老人说道，“明天早上我可以给你一颗心。”“我还想变得勇敢。”胆小的狮子说道。“但你已经很勇敢了。你做了很多勇敢的事。不，不，别吃掉我。明天早上到这儿来吧。我让你变得勇敢。”“托托和我怎么办？”多萝西问道。“我们可以坐我的气球上去。”巫师说道，“风把我们从堪萨斯吹到这里来了。也许它能再把我们吹回堪萨斯。”第二天早上，朋友们又来到巫师的房间。老人已经准备好了。他拿了一个标有“脑子”字样、用大大的绿色字体写着的瓶子，小心翼翼地打开稻草人的头。“别动。我要把你的脑子放进去。”他说，“好了，现在，你是奥兹国最聪明的稻草人了。”稻草人向他道谢。接下来，巫师给了铁皮人一颗小小的红色心形饰品。“永远佩戴着它吧。”他说道。铁皮人非常高兴，不断地向巫师表示感谢。然后，那位老人拿出一个刻有“勇敢”字样的瓶子。“喝下这个吧，”他对胆小的狮子说。狮子喝了下去。“是的，是的，我感觉勇敢了。”他喊道，“非常非常勇敢。谢谢你。”巫师对他们笑了笑。“你们不需要我的魔法。”他说，“但现在你们都很开心，这是件好事。”“多萝西，”他说，“来看看我的气球吧。昨晚我已经把它修补好了。”他们走进了巫师房子后面的花园。气球很大。下面有一个小盒子，奥兹巫师跳进了那个盒子里。“来吧，多萝西，”他喊道，“我们要去堪萨斯了。跟亲爱的朋友道别吧。”多萝西亲吻了稻草人、狮子和铁皮人，然后说：“再见。”“来吧，托托，”她说，“我们要回堪萨斯了。我们要去看艾米姨妈和亨利叔叔。”但就在这时，托托看到了一只猫。它从多萝西的怀里跳了出去，追着那只猫跑了。“托托！”多萝西喊道，然后她也开始追着它跑。

Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 607 of the Chasing Tone Podcast - Brian invents a new form of reverb and are guitar magazines dead?Brian is in a chipper mood, whereas for Blake it's been a busy week - someone gets fired live on air, and there is a long neck involved. Meanwhile, Richard has been playing fancy guitars and has some views that he struggles to articulate. He has also fallen in love with a piece of wood, and Brian has Camperlust.When was the last time you bought a guitar magazine? The guys discuss the state of guitar magazines, advertising, and why we should support journalists! There's also some chat about different methods to learn guitar parts, and THAT solo gets mentioned again. Richard introduces Dave the Wizard.Can you cope with more than the main "food groups" of the electric guitar? Brian can't - he thinks everything just needs a B-Bender in it. Meanwhile, there hasn't been enough UFO talk recently, so the guys attempt to fix that...and then it goes massively off into the weeds again. Sorry, not sorry.Seth Baccus Guitars, Potholes, Double Dragon, OFX, Tone King Royalist, UFOS... it's all in this week's Chasing Tone!We are on Patreon now too!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chasingtonepodcast)Courses and DIY mods:https://www.betterguitartone.comhttps://www.wamplerdiy.comhttps://www.guitarpedalcourse.comYoutube:https://www.youtube.com/@chasingtonepodcastFind us at:https://www.wamplerpedals.com/https://www.instagram.com/WamplerPedals/https://www.facebook.com/groups/wamplerfanpage/Support the show

Adam is joined by Dalibor, The Indie Hype Man to discuss 5 Independent Comic Book creators spotlighted by Wizard in issue 123, examine The Incredible Hulk revamp by Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr., plus review Morlocks, Exiles and more in this jam-packed edition of WIZARDS 1/2.Our friend and co-host, William Bruce West is still in the hospital dealing with the debilitating effects of a stroke, you can help his family to handle the medical bills and daily needs while he gets treatment by donating here https://gofund.me/a06b50891 Thanks to our monthly supporters Shawn Robare Andrew Burt Brandon Whitmore Michael Johnson Eric Najjar Brock626 Tom Goodwin Matt and Lissy Poisso Lennon Patton Patrick McFadden Marvin Dupree Jay M Lunchlady Doris Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Phillip Sevy Robb Matt Frank Anderson Russell Sheath Kevin Decent Damon Bjorn watson David Ellis acovio Alex Giannini Nate Clark William Bruce West Mark Florio David Fink Brent Cranfill MarWe Bruno Cavalcante David M Dalibor Žujović Evin Bryant Gary Hutcherson Fernando Pinto Jeremy Dawe Greg Schueller MeltFaceKillah Brian Acosta Joe Marcello DenimJedi Miitchell Hall Lee Markowitz Mark McDonald ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

THE DOOMED AND STONED SHOW ~Season 12, Episode 2~ Breaking out of the cold thaw of winter with a brand new episode of The Doomed and Stoned Show, and a big one at that! Four hours and thirty-three minutes of talk and heavy rock as we delve into the January '26 edition of the Doom Charts, and share some of our favorites from the November and December '25 charts, as well! Featuring hosts Billy Goate (editor of DoomedandStoned.com), John Gist (Vegas Rock Revolution, Planet Desert Rock Weekend), and Bucky Brown (longtime reviewer and contributor to DoomCharts.com). PLAYLIST: INTRO (00:00) 1. TARLUNG - "The Valley of Nowhere" (00:31) HOST SEGMENT I - Wildcard: Round One (05:13) 2. WINDS OF NEPTUNE - "The Faun's Rhyme" (36:11) 3. SKY VALLEY MISTRESS - "Too Many Ghosts" (41:09) 4. THE APULIAN BLUES FOUNDATION - "Everybody Out to Love Jesus" (44:34) HOST SEGMENT II - Wildcard: Round Two (51:47) 5. CONDUCTOR - "Spirits Rise" (1:05:27) 6. STONE NOMADS - "Mount Aras" (1:10:35) 7. WOLFTOOTH - "Wizard's Light" (1:15:54) HOST SEGMENT III - Wildcard: Round Three (1:20:54) 8. THE PALE HORSE RITUAL - "Wickedness" (1:36:41) 9. PALM DESERT - "In The Breeze" (1:41:45) 10. VOODOO QUEEN - "Sad Attitude" (1:47:03) HOST SEGMENT IV - Top 10 (January 2026) 11. BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT (no. 10) - "Heavy, Why?" (2:31:49) 12. HÄLLAS (no. 9) - "Face of an Angel" (2:35:52) 13. INDICA BLUES (no. 8 ) - "Universal Heat Death" 14. REDWOOD (no. 7) - "Wormhole" (2:44:31) 15. RITUAL ARCANA (no. 6) - "Occluded" (2:51:00) HOST SEGMENT V - Top 10 (January 2026) 16. TEMPTRESS (no. 5) - "Narrows" (3:35:51) 17. LORD ELEPHANT (no. 4) - "Gigantia" (3:42:04) 18. GIANT (no. 3) - "Beneath The Mountains" (3:47:49) 19. CAPACOPTER (no. 2) - "Borderline Steal Circus" (3:54:10) 20. NEW MEXICAN DOOM CULT (no. 1) - "Metatron" (4:00:03) OUTRO (4:05:36) Bonus Tracks! 21. CABFIGHTER - "Knightrider" (4:06:37) 22. KADAVAR - "Lies" (4:11:48) 23. BOGWIFE - "Light of Day" (4:16:24) 24. TÖTEM - "Blistered" (4:19:53) 25. SACRI SUONI - "Plow The Void" (4:23:54) CREDITS: Theme Song: Dylan Tucker Thumbnail: Voodoo Queen

Two students from Shanley High School discuss their upcoming musical performance of The Wizard of Oz

Lobo rents a cabin in the woods and watches Harry Potter, Prospect visits Puerto Rico during bear week, the new Mortal Kombat trailer looks okay, and the boys are getting a little hyped for Spider-Noir.Support the showCatch new episodes of the Where to Stick It Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday. If you like the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon where we upload exclusive content each month for only $3 a month.

Welcome to episode 276 of The All Seeing Guys Podcast with Greg and Joe The guys return, have a catch-up, Joe has a rant about hot honey, and Greg has had a colonoscopy, which is always fun, then it's onto the eavesdropping segment, Geezedropping. Sutton loses his legendary Wizard, social media gets a new bone-smashing trend, and the darkest story isn't so dark but brings back the old classic, incest.  All this and much more 

Send a textIn this episode of Skin Anarchy, Dr. Ekta Yadav sits down with beauty industry veteran and product innovator Lorne Lucree to explore an unexpected frontier: allergy care. After decades helping shape iconic brands across L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, and Unilever Prestige, Lucree turned his attention to a category that had remained largely unchanged. What he discovered was striking—while skincare had evolved into a science-driven, barrier-focused discipline, allergy care still relied on reactive treatments designed for symptom suppression rather than biological support. That's why he created Wizard Wellness.The conversation reframes the nasal cavity not simply as an airway, but as a living barrier system—one with its own microbiome, immune signaling, and protective function, much like the skin. When that barrier becomes disrupted, allergens and pollutants penetrate more easily, triggering inflammation that extends far beyond congestion, affecting sleep, mood, and overall resilience. Instead of approaching allergies as isolated flare-ups, Lucree saw an opportunity to apply principles from microbiome skincare: support the environment itself so the body can defend more effectively.Lucree shares how advances in microbiome science opened the door to a new preventative model—one that focuses on restoring equilibrium rather than sterilizing or suppressing. He also reveals the complexity of formulating for mucosal tissue, where safety, compatibility, and biological precision become paramount.At its core, this episode explores how consumer health categories evolve when science, design, and behavioral insight converge. Listen to the full episode to hear Lorne Lucree explain how barrier biology and microbiome innovation may redefine allergy care—and why the future of wellness begins with protecting the body's most overlooked interfaces.SHOP WIZARD WELLNESSDon't forget to subscribe to Skin Anarchy on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.Reach out to us through email with any questions.Sign up for our newsletter!Shop all our episodes and products mentioned through our ShopMy Shelf!Support the show

February 26, 2026Kronos is chronological time.Kronos appears more than 50 times in the original New Testament.Kairos is a pregnant moment in time, an inflection-point of consequence.Does in surprise you that Kairos appears more than 85 times?Each of us vividly remembers those Kairos moments when we decided to turn the steering wheel of Life and begin traveling in a whole new direction.Jim Burns is a counselor. His voice is heard on more than 800 radio stations each day and he has 3 million books in print. But I didn't know any of that prior to him appearing as a guest speaker at our church last week.I tell you this only because Jim Burns said something that I really needed to hear.“I had to learn to say 'no' to good things, to say ‘yes' to the most important things.”That was a Kairos moment for me because it instantly crystallized something in my mind that had previously been only the foggy awareness that I was speaking with so many people each day that I no longer had time to take a deep breath and calm my thoughts.Then Jim said it again, but differently. “Sometimes we just have to say ‘no' to good things, even to say yes to the most important things. That's how we declutter. That's how we run light.”Two days later, I was surprised by a video on Youtube in which my friend Ryan Deiss mentions me by name. He had posted that video a couple of weeks before Jim Burns spoke at our church.Speaking of himself, Ryan says,“I literally had zero recollection whatsoever of what I did, or what any of my companies did those weeks, either. It's just like they were a complete blur. More than likely, I spent all my time responding to whatever emergency someone else decided was important for me on that particular day.”Wow. Ryan Deiss was speaking exactly what I had been feeling for more than a year.There are now 87 Wizard of Ads partners and many hundreds of clients, so I go to bed most nights exhausted by the long days, the countless conversations, and the constant feeling that I am somehow letting everyone down.But Ryan wasn't finished.“Scale creates chaos. So if you want to get bigger, you have to insist on focus and simplicity. It is a bit of a paradox, but the key to scale is actually to do less, not more. Because when you force yourself to do less, you shift the emphasis from quantity to impact. And at scale, output matters a lot more than activity.”We – not just me, but all of us – need to be on guard that we don't allow the “merely urgent” to displace the truly important.Have you ever noticed that the things that are truly important are rarely urgent, and things that are “exclamation-point URGENT” are rarely of lasting importance?Urgent things are momentary, but constant.Important things are forever, but they can always wait.And then one day, they can't wait any longer.And by then, it's often too late.For those of you who are curious, Indy Beagle has posted in the rabbit hole the Ryan Deiss Youtube video that I mentioned, as well as the Youtube video of Jim Burns speaking at our church.Those two messages, just 48 hours apart, created a Kairos moment for me.If you have been feeling what I was feeling and what Ryan was describing, maybe those videos will do the same for you.You can watch the videos or click past them if you don't have time.Believe me, I completely understand.Roy H. WilliamsAmerica's top CEOs pay Doug C. Brown to teach them how to rethink their approach to sales. Doug has consulted Procter & Gamble, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Embassy Suites. Doug C. Brown is not a lightweight. Doug tells roving reporter Rotbart, “most companies can quickly realize a 20-30% improvement in operating profits” when they follow his straightforward recommendations.Doug says that it is more important “to know the right prospects to approach” than to know how to close the sale. If you think you've heard it all, listen to Doug C. Brown. There is a chance that maybe you haven't heard it all. Doug C. Brown will light you up. The right time to listen is up to you. But the place will always be MondayMorningRadio.com

Subscribe to Hawks Insiders for the most in-depth and wide ranging Hawthorn cover there is. From exclusive interviews to analysis, match recaps to podcasts, the Insiders have you covered.In our first — and only — AMMI Community Series match of 2026, the Hawks went down to the Dogs in disappointing fashion 18.9 (117) to 11.7 (73).Nat Martin and Angry Brad unpacked the loss — and while it's not “season over” just yet, there were a few worrying signs ahead of our Round Zero clash against the Giants.

This week's episode discusses a two-hundred-year-old fable about coon hunting in Arkansas and a seemingly impossible task. The lessons are flying around like the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. Get comfortable and check out what's happening on MeatEater's "This Country Life" podcast. Shop This Country Life Merch Connect with Brent and MeatEater MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to the MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop This Country Life Merch Shop Bear Grease MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Is the 2020 “stolen election” story really a setup to seize control of future elections? Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman react to a Washington Post report that lays out an executive order blueprint to blame China for 2020 and trigger emergency powers that could reshape how Americans vote. They argue this is what happens when a bloated presidency meets a party that treats democracy like an optional accessory, and they talk about what actually stops it when Congress will not. Then they pivot to new reporting on Epstein documents, storage units, and a DOJ that keeps finding ways to investigate itself with a straight face. From there it gets darker as they dig into the military push for full access to leading AI systems, the rush to turn surveillance and war into software, and why Democrats taking piles of cash from Palantir and SpaceX tells you plenty about what is not going to get fought. They close with what they're watching and reading, including The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere and Gravity's Rainbow. Support the show by signing up to our Patreon and get access to the full Weekender episode each Friday as well as special Live Shows and access to our community discord: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

Today on Too Opinionated, we're joined by powerhouse actress, writer, and producer Michelle Bonilla. A proud Chicana born and raised in Hollywood, Michelle has built an incredible career with over 170 acting credits across film, television, and voiceover. She can currently be seen in Season 2 of Cross as Clare — a resilient, complex woman who has endured life's hardships while fiercely protecting the niece she raised. We dive into the emotional depth of the role and what audiences can expect this season. Michelle is also known for:

Sphere Entertainment is now profitable, Wizard of Oz was a hit, and more locations are coming. Has the business turned the corner, or are there still question marks? In this episode, I'm joined by Tati Cirisano, MIDiA Research, to assess where Sphere Entertainment stands in 2026. We unpack the company's narrative, scalability, residencies, challenges, and more. CHAPTERS 01:34 Is It Really Profitable? 10:01 The Concert Residency Model 14:58 Sphere Expansion Plans 22:33 Novelty Risk 26:07 Does Sphere Have a Comp? SPONSORS Chartmetric: Listen in for our Stat of the Week TRAPITAL Where technology shapes culture. New episodes and memos every week. Sign up here for free.

Here's an optimized Spotify episode description for PWR265:Coco Sianne returns to reveal the military technology behind mind control. Direct energy weapons, remote behavioral modification, and how occult warfare prepares targets for technological targeting.This is Part 3 of our series with Coco Sianne. In our first two episodes, we covered Monarch Mind Control and the occult network. Tonight, she delivers on the promise she made: the full technology conversation. Coco shares her firsthand experience being targeted by direct energy weapons (DEWs) and transformed into what she describes as a "human antenna." She explains the connection between spiritual warfare and military technology—how psychic attacks lower vibration and create "holes in the aura" that make remote sensing technology effective. The magic has to happen before the technology can work.We walk through the full sequence: living between two massive military installations involved in satellites and tracking, three years of constant spiritual bombardment during COVID lockdown, then the technology activation. Pain in the skull like old TV corona discharge. Colors and static when closing her eyes in the dark. Etheric beings performing experiments while she sleeps. The drilling sensation as they adjust frequencies to her body. Connection points on chakra centers—head, spine, shoulders, elbows, hips, ankles. Remote sensing for tracking and biometric data. Behavioral modification through specific tones and frequencies blasted at targeted moments. The 3-6-9 Nikola Tesla numbers appearing on the clock every time the beam activates.Coco also goes deep on her Monarch Mind Control memories for the first time in detail. The tunnel memory from age 6—a blacked-out room with a small train track, Wizard of Oz programming themes. The basement memory with the table and straps, classic trauma-based mind control mechanisms. Why she believes the programming didn't fully take on her because she has a "strong mind." Connections to Ariana Grande music videos that literally resemble her memories. The Montauk Project, Project Gateway, Project Aquarius—how these programs never stopped, they just evolved.We discuss COVID vaccine shedding as a potential nanotechnology delivery mechanism. WiFi and cellular signals as the transmission method. 5G towers as anchor points. Body mapping technology. Venezuela's recent experience with U.S. "discombobulator" energy weapons causing debilitating pain and immobility—the same symptoms Coco describes. Remote viewing and astral projection as part of military operations. Why this technology operates in the same dimension as interdimensional beings. The convergence of occult energy and military science.This episode is intense. Coco holds nothing back.Follow on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@InfinitRabbitHolePodcastGet everything IRH at InfiniteRabbitHole.comFollow Coco's Podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@TracingTheCircle

Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry, and tech. Energy transportation is a deeply local business, safely delivering gas and electricity, more and more from renewable sources, directly to the communities it serves. Technology and AI help make that possible by strengthening safety, bringing companies closer to customers, and enabling teams to build the future together. This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by John Koerwer, CIO of UGI Corporation, to explore explore why “the business” and tech still struggle to speak the same language, nd what helps close the gap.TLDR00:35 – Introduction01:17 – Hang out: new toys and coffee07:55 – Dig in: the business - tech divide21:07 – Conversation with John Koerwer59:40 – The amazing AI technology in The Sphere's version of The Wizard of OzGuestJohn Koerwer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-koerwer-46102127/HostsDave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/Esmee van de Giessen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/ProductionMarcel van der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/ SoundBen Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/ 'Realities Remixed' is an original podcast from Capgemini

MATT JOHNSON from NIRVANNA: THE BAND - THE SHOW - THE MOVIE checks in with Tom to chat about his new movie, his take on comedy, his upcoming and past works, and of course... TORONTO PIZZA! CHAKI THE FUNK WIZARD checks in to catch up with the Best Show crew, discussing his new music, his Hollywood Forever Tours, and much else! Tom takes a bunch of calls about the snowstorm ravaging the East Coast, Ronnie James Dio, the Mars Volta, some indecipherable topic from a young caller, among other things. Classic Best Show!SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES!https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShowWATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON TWITCHhttps://www.twitch.tv/bestshow4lifeFOLLOW THE BEST SHOW:https://twitter.com/bestshow4lifehttps://instagram.com/bestshow4lifehttps://tiktok.com/@bestshow4lifehttps://www.youtube.com/bestshow4lifeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is the first of three episodes on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to be released in the course of the next several months. Focusing here on The Fellowship of the Ring, our hosts discuss the first leg of Frodo's journey into darkness, paying special attention to Tolkien's prose style, his modernism, his commitment to a truly magical realism, and his penchant for the weird and the tragic. Image: "Lothlorien" by Tessa Bronsky, via Wikimedia Commons. References J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring   Algernon Blackwood, English writer   Weird Studies, Episode 204 on “On Fairy Stories”  Peter Jackson (dir.), The Lord of the Rings  Ursula K. LeGuin, A Wizard of Earthsea  Friedrich Nietzsche, History in the Service and Disservice of Life   Milan Kundera, The Art of the Novel Kenneth Burke, A Grammar of Motives  Carl Jung, The Red Book   Lord Dunsaney, The King of Elfland's Daughter   Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto   David Foster Wallace, “E Unibus Pluram”   Steven Chow (dir.), Kung Fu Hustle  Donna Tartt, The Secret History   Lost Lakes, YouTube Channel  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another installment of What Did I Miss? — the episode where we catch you up on the biggest entertainment stories you may have missed this month. This month, we're joined by Brenda and Kat from the Damsels Never Finish podcast, who we had the privilege of joining for an episode earlier this month. Together, we're diving into the headlines that had everyone talking — and a few that may have flown under your radar.This month we discussed:• The upcoming Netflix adaptation of Lights Out and how Netflix continues leaning into live-action book adaptations• The surprising pitch that Daniel Radcliffe was once approached for a Wizard of Oz remake alongside Emma Watson and Rupert Grint during the height of the Harry Potter film series era• The continued rise in popularity of Heated Rivalry and how it's bringing new fans into hockey culture• Bad Bunny's halftime show performance and the cultural representation woven throughoutWe also briefly went over the discontinuation of mass market paperback books, news that an animated Venom film is in the works, casting updates for the live-action Scooby-Doo, and other pop culture headlines from February.Missed the discourse? We've got you covered.Find Damsels Never Finished here: https://www.damselsneverfinish.com/Ep 48: Spicy Little Curses with Special Guests - Wait for it Podcast: https://www.damselsneverfinish.com/1941161/episodes/18656387-ep-48-spicy-little-curses-with-special-guests-wait-for-it-podcast

This week, the boys grabbed some beers and kept it positive while they fired off some mini-reviews before featuring a conversation about “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. As part of the random year generator series, 2004 was a great year for movies, with over 50 $100m movies and many likable ones. While “Eternal Sunshine” didn't gross in the top 70, it may be the year's greatest film. Props to Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman for giving Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet some juicy roles and incredibly shifty worlds! As for the mini-reviews, the boys can't speak highly enough of Gore Verbinski's “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die”, starring Sam Rockwell, and the intense and captivating “If I Had Legs I'd Kick You”, and the Academy Award-nominated “It Was Just An Accident”. Grab some beers and join us!  linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 04:19 “If I Had Legs I'd Kick You” mini-review; 12:10 “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die” mini-review; 18:24 “It Was Just An Accident” mini-review; 22:20 2004 Year in Review; 39:01 Films of 2004: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”; 1:16:10 What You Been Watching?; 1:23:05 Next Week's Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman, Pierre Busmuth, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Rockwell, Gore Verbinski, Michael Pena, Zazie Beetz, Haley Lu Richardson, Juno Temple, Jafar Panahi, Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien, A$AP Rocky. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say Edited & Produced by Dave Green. Beer Sponsor: Carlos Barrozo Music Sponsor: Dasein Dasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
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We explore how Wizard and the comic book industry dealt with the events of September 11th, explore major Damage Control with Alex Ross painting a sexy Wonder Woman, discover how making fan films led Zeb Wells to get a gig writing for Marvel Comics and so much more.Get access to an UNCUT version of this episode with 30 minutes of bonus conversation, plus a PDF scan of the issue, our exclusive ToyFares:The Podcast and more when you become an official GEEK by subscribing at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS today! Thanks to our monthly supporters Andrew Burt Brandon Whitmore Bill Gudde Michael Johnson Eric Najjar Brock626 Tom Goodwin Matt and Lissy Poisso Lennon Patton Patrick McFadden Marvin Dupree Jay M Lunchlady Doris Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Phillip Sevy Robb Matt Frank Anderson Russell Sheath Kevin Decent Damon Bjorn watson David Ellis acovio Alex Giannini Nate Clark William Bruce West Mark Florio David Fink Brent Cranfill MarWe Bruno Cavalcante David M Dalibor Žujović Evin Bryant Gary Hutcherson Fernando Pinto Jeremy Dawe Greg Schueller MeltFaceKillah Brian Acosta Joe Marcello DenimJedi Miitchell Hall Lee Markowitz Mark McDonald ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A temporada 2026 do PodDelas começa com alguém que já é de casa, mas em uma fase completamente diferente. Gabi Brandt está de volta para uma conversa mais madura e sem roteiro repetido! Nesse episódio ela vai contar tudo sobre a sua nova marca, a Scentinela, transformações no corpo e na mentalidade, disciplina, autoestima depois de três filhos e a decisão consciente de mudar mesmo sob julgamento das redes. E não pode faltar falar dos pequenos Davi, Henri e Beni, né? É muita fofura!Aperta o play e vem curtir a nova temporada que acabou de começar!____________________________________________________Aprenda inglês online ao vivo de qualquer lugar com o Wizard On, o curso de inglês online da Wizard. As aulas são ao vivo, com um professor que acompanha seu aprendizado, para você ficar confiante de verdade. Matricule-se já e ganhe 100 aulas de conversação + WizPen Exclusiva, a caneta inteligente que ajuda no aprendizado. Condição válida de 23 a 28/02.O melhor momento de destravar o seu inglês chegou! Matricule-se já! É Wizard. É WOW!

Coffee is a connector. I think we all have seen this in our personal lives, our social lives, and in the community we help facilitate through our shops. In the fast paced often stessful world of cafes and the vocation of coffee, we need to take some time, and leave some room for appreciating the real impact a simple cup can have on people.  On today's episode we will be talking all about the ways coffee does this and how we can use coffee to advance understanding, exploration, and connection with the Director of Room for Cream, Grant Garry! Grant Garry is an award winning filmmaker, actor, singer, and Certified Grief Educator. He is the director of the documentary Meet Me Where I Am -  Grant has played The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz at Opera San Luis Obispo as Disney's Beauty and the Beast, NCIS: Los Angeles, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Black Cat, Night of the Living Deb, Sweeney Todd, and Cinderella.   He hosts the podcast Where I Am on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. A long-form discussion based show about love, loss, and finding meaning as we move forward.     His recent release and project is called "Room for Cream", a series dedicated to the exploration of coffee, coffee culture, and the ways coffee facilitates connection. Related episodes:  165 : The Art of Deep Listening w/ Oscar Trimboli 415: The Best Lessons On How to Listen w/ Listening Expert, Oscar Trimboli 230 : Making room for Community in your Shop Founder Friday! Youth, Foster Care, and Human Connections Through Coffee | w/ Miah Sommer of Astute Coffee in Omaha, NE 334 : How to Approach Deescalation w/ Melissa Tucker of Mind Over Matters and Pathways to Peace   KEY HOLDER COACHING GROUPS! Are you a coffee shop owner looking to join a community of other owners to help bring perspective, insight, encouragement, and accountability in a well curated setting?  Then you need to apply to join Key holder Coaching Groups!  Applications are now open for Spring 2026 Cohort: Click below to learn more:  APPLY TO KEY HOLDER COACHING GROUPS     KEYS TO THE SHOP ALSO OFFERS 1:1 CONSULTING AND COACHING! If you are a cafe owner and want to work one on one with me to bring your shop to its next level and help bring you joy and freedom in the process then email  chris@keystothshop.com of book a free call now:  https://calendly.com/chrisdeferio/30min   

We really drilled down to it in this one…Join Damla & Elliott this week as they discuss carnival, name pronunciation, custard, and The Wizard of Oz.GAZA FUNDRAISER: https://getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6373577TRANS RESOURCES FOR THE U.K.:DoctorDisco YouTube video on the Supreme Court ruling: https://youtu.be/kdeoKH7hkdM?si=ADf8ZUBuw-rmj7W8Mindline Trans + helpline: 0300 330 5468Gendered Intelligence: https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/For younger listeners, Mermaids: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/Attend protests. Stay safe. Fight, fight, fight.We love you.NOTES & LINKS:Our NEW podcast, Serving Cinema links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servingcinemapodcast?igsh=MTI0N2FqYnI4bGwwbQ==Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@servingcinemapodcast?_t=8qAIy2SWFxQ&_r=1Thank you to our amazing patrons:JasonBeckah Judson-SmithDavid CummingsLucyAnna PlaničkováBecks MicheleBeth McLeodRuth WeldLottie SmithEzra KowoMark KrauseOlivia JordanNortherly KKarolina AdamskaEvan Bevis-KnowlesFernTasHailee ScatoriccoBeth SuessCharlie EgonHeather VMaiReading_BunnyJamie MatthewsOwen ScottBuy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/comealongpondpodcastSupport us on Patreon for ad-free listening and visuals: https://www.patreon.com/comealongpondCheck out our Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@comealongpondpodcastFollow us on Instagram: @comealongpondpodcastEmail us: comealongpondpod@gmail.comStream the podcast on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.Rate us 5 stars on those platforms!Satellite 5 theme provided by JackTheme tune composed by Evan, follow him here: https://instagram.com/evanbevisknowles?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Podcast edited by DamlaProduced by ElliottStay safe every one x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you been waiting for Wizard magazine to be published again? Well now you can hold an essential part of it in your hands and relive the magic, as The Complete Palmer's Picks is being published in new volumes with updated content. We interview Tom Palmer, Jr., who contributed the indie focused Palmer's Picks articles to Wizard magazine for years about this exciting new print project! You can order a copy for yourself at the Palmer's Picks website here https://www.palmerspicks.com/You can view th video version of the conversation here: https://youtu.be/ug1mjp-0fVY Thanks to our monthly supporters Andrew Burt Brandon Whitmore Bill Gudde Michael Johnson Eric Najjar Brock626 Tom Goodwin Matt and Lissy Poisso Lennon Patton Patrick McFadden Marvin Dupree Jay M Lunchlady Doris Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Phillip Sevy Robb Matt Frank Anderson Russell Sheath Kevin Decent Damon Bjorn watson David Ellis acovio Alex Giannini Nate Clark William Bruce West Mark Florio David Fink Brent Cranfill MarWe Bruno Cavalcante David M Dalibor Žujović Evin Bryant Gary Hutcherson Fernando Pinto Jeremy Dawe Greg Schueller MeltFaceKillah Brian Acosta Joe Marcello DenimJedi Miitchell Hall Lee Markowitz Mark McDonald ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Book 7, Chapter 4: The Seven Potters

In the early morning hours of April 17, 1966, five law enforcement officers from four different agencies watched in disbelief as a massive, glowing, football-shaped craft silently hovered over a Pennsylvania shopping center parking lot — the same object two Ohio sheriff's deputies had just chased at speeds exceeding 100 mph across 86 miles of highway. When the Air Force investigated, they had a simple explanation: the officers had been chasing the planet Venus.*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*IN THIS EPISODE: Some believe them to be ghosts, others feel they are creatures or even humans from a different dimension. Still others believe they are demonic entities. Whatever the truth about what they are, the one thing everyone agrees about is that an encounter with a shadow person is undeniably terrifying. (Terrifying True Stories Of Shadow People) *** The townsfolk of Beaver County, Pennsylvania saw something very strange in 1966 – and now, so many decades later, it's just as much of a mystery as it was the day the encounter occurred. (The Unsolved Sighting in 1966) *** Some are beloved favorites like “The Wizard of Oz”, others you may never have seen, like Atuk. Some are dark in tone like “Poltergeist”, or heroic like the first Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve. But one thing all of these films and the others I'll share in this episode have in common is that they are all supposedly cursed. (Infamously Cursed Films)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Show Open00:01:47.590 = Terrifying True Stories of Shadow People00:10:44.014 = Unsolved Sighting in 1966 ***00:39:29.825 = Infamously Cursed Films ***01:04:29.801 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakHELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES…https://WeirdDarkness.com/STORE = Tees, Mugs, Socks, Hoodies, Totes, Hats, Kidswear & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/HOPE = Hope For Depression or Thoughts of Self-Harmhttps://WeirdDarkness.com/NEWSLETTER = In-Depth Articles, Memes, Weird DarkNEWS, Videos & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/AUDIOBOOKS = FREE Audiobooks Narrated By Darren MarlarSOURCES and RESOURCES:“Terrifying True Stories Of Shadow People” from Anomalien.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5f3vxdh4“The Unsolved Sighting in 1966” by Scott Tady for EllwoodCityLedger.com and The Beaver County Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3ck54nvr“Infamously Cursed Films” by Randolph Strauss for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/uh8xjj9j=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: July 21, 2021EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/UFOPoliceChaseABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#WeirdDarkness #UFO #FlyingSaucer #UFOSighting #UFOEvidence #ProjectBlueBook #AirForceUFO #GovernmentCoverUp #UAP #UFOWitness #RealUFO #UFOPoliceChase #1966UFO #PortageCountyUFO #OhioUFO #DaleSpaur #UFOTrueStory #AlienSpacecraft #UFOInvestigation #CloseEncounters #UnexplainedPhenomena #ParanormalTrue #TrueUFOStories #UFOHistory #AncientAliens #UFOCommunity #ExtraterrestrialLife #UFOAlert #ConspiracyTheory #UFODisclosure

The story of the American Revolution has been told through every form of media, but what is never spoken of was the foundation of faith that underpinned everything that happed during those transformative times. On In The Market with Janet Parshall this week we looked back at the founding of our nation and how God’s hand directed the men who fought and died to establish this nation and it’s God-given freedoms as a model for the rest of the world. The Wizard of Oz is a childhood classic film and the images from this beloved film are ingrained in our collective memories. But our guest took us behind the scenes of an experience he had as the Lord showed him hidden truths and spiritual lessons that can be applied to all our lives through this beloved children’s film. The enemy is always seeking to tempt, distract and mislead God’s people but our guest, a respected pastor and teacher says that we don’t have to give in to his deceptions. Our guest gave us a clear understanding of the enemy’s tactics and what we can do to avoid falling into those temptations. Women take on so many challenges and roles throughout their lives and the exhaustion from carrying so many burdens is overwhelming. But women who walk with Christ have a fount of rest and restoration through Him that others do not. Our guest shared some wonderfully encouraging “refreshments” from God’s word that believing wives, mothers and grandmothers can take to their hearts and live with confidence and grace and give the same to others as well. Nobody is excluded from the power of media’s influence in their lives these days. From social media, tv news and internet articles we are bombarded with ideas and beliefs that can easily confuse and mislead us into wrong thinking. But we have the unflinching truth of God’s word to measure those ideas against. Join us for another instructional hour of In The Market with Janet Parshall.Become a Parshall Partner: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/inthemarket/partnersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Anthony Scaramucci and Joy Pathak discuss how decentralized exchanges and 24/7 liquidity are revolutionizing market transparency and risk management, positioning crypto as a more resilient alternative to traditional finance. Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, and The Wizard of Soho, Joy Pathak joined CoinDesk Live from Consensus Hong Kong. Pathak, a former bond trader who once managed a $40 billion portfolio at CalPERS, explains why leverage didn't die after the recent market crash—it simply moved into a new, more transparent era. He breaks down how the rise of decentralized exchanges like Hyperliquid and Aevo has handed institutional-grade tools to retail traders, creating an environment where every multi-billion dollar position is visible to the entire world in real-time. Scaramucci argues that while some Wall Street "fuddy-duddies" fear volatility, crypto's 24/7 liquidity actually makes it a safer market than traditional finance. By comparing the ability to hedge an exogenous risk on a Sunday night to the "trapped" nature of closed bond markets, Scaramucci and Pathak illustrate why the "horseless carriage" of blockchain is destined to outrun legacy systems. - This episode was hosted live by Jennifer Sanasie and Will Foxley at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, presented by Hex Trust.

Originally aired April 25, 2018. American philosopher and best-selling author Jean Houston describes herself as an "evocateur of the possible" and a "midwife of souls." She sits down with Oprah to talk about her expansive career, mythologist Joseph Campbell, her work with luminaries like Hillary Clinton and the moment she had her spiritual awakening at age 6. Jean discusses her book "The Wizard of Us: Transformational Lessons from Oz," which examines the timeless American classic "The Wizard of Oz," a mythic tale brimming with spiritual insights and lessons. Jean reveals how Dorothy's journey can be a catalyst to live an authentic life filled with heart, brains and courage. Oprah also shares her favorite spiritual lesson from "The Wizard of Oz." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

INTRO (00:24): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Scorpion Dust IPA from Fuzzbot Brewing Company. She reviews her weekend in Tucson and Scottsdale, golfing and searching for javelinas.    TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”   TASTING MENU (2:05): Kathleen samples Doritos Simply NKD chips and M&M's Peanut Butter Cinnamon Roll candy.    COURT NEWS (33:14): Kathleen shares news about Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart reunite at the Milan Olympics, and Taylor Swift celebrates Olympic skier Breezy Johnson's engagement.    UPDATES (34:22) : Kathleen shares updates on Mt. Everest banning amateurs from base camp, Juliette Lewis flies RetrieveAir, French police uncover a massive Louvre ticket fraud scheme, the Chief Mouser of 10 Downing Street turns 15, the “Wizard of Oz” at Sphere in Vegas is rolling out an enhanced version late 2026, and Britney Spears sells her music catalog.   FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (57:44): Kathleen shares articles on the leak of the Tennessee Titans new logo, Gene Simmons says rap doesn't below in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Route 66 is turning 100 years old, schools are removing analog clocks, Spike the Chihuahua is now the oldest dog in the world, Wendy's is closing 300 more locations, the Seattle Seahawks are for sale, and a St. Louis puppy is crowned MVP at the 2026 Puppy Bowl.    HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (54:55): Kathleen reads about a megalodon shark tooth discovered off the coast of North Carolina, and a “fire tiger” is captured on a trail cam in Thailand.    WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (1:15:51): Kathleen recommends watching the 2026 Milan Winter Olympic coverage on NBC and Peacock.   SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:22:42): Kathleen reads about St. Xavier, patron saint of Catholic missions.    FEEL GOOD STORY (1:17:40): Kathleen shares a story about a French cat named Filou who traveled 250 km over five months to return home from Spain. 

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