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Decimoquinta entrega de la serie de vidas paralelas de Zeca Pagodinho y Marisa Monte. Comenzamos con un disco llamado “Zeca apresenta o Quintal do Pagodinho” 2012, en el que diversos intérpretes cantan sambas en el espacio que Zeca pone a su disposición en el patio de su casa en el barrio de Xerém. Escuchamos a Seu Jorge, Jorge Ben Jor, Xande de Pilares, Dunga, Mumuzinho, Serginho Meriti, Arlindo Neto, Renato Milagres, Juninho Thybau y Zé Roberto. Y terminamos con el disco de Zeca, “Multishow Ao Vivo 30 Anos Vida que segue” 2013, en el que Zeca interpreta clásicos históricos del samba.Escuchar audio

In this episode of All Land is Beautiful, join me as I sit down with Xerónimo Castañeda, the Program Director of Audubon California's Working Lands Program, where he shares insights into Audubon's mission to preserve bird habitats while fostering coexistence with human activities. Discover the dynamic functioning of Audubon across its national efforts, state, and local chapters, which allows it to address critical conservation needs effectively. Explore the evolution of the Working Lands program, from hands-on habitat restoration to building community relationships and enhancing conservation through research. Delve into collaborative efforts like the Migratory Bird Conservation Program and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which partner with organizations to meet the habitat needs of migratory birds and protect sensitive species. Furthermore, understand the complexities of groundwater management in California's Central Valley, and how innovative multi-benefit projects are emerging to balance ecological and human needs. Finally, get an inside look at Xerónimo's journey and vision for the future of bird conservation in California. Enjoy this informative and inspiring conversation that underscores the beauty and challenges of land stewardship.

This week on HBR Talk, we're interrupting our slog through relevant parts of the Marco Polo report on the Biden crime family to go over an article on just how close Biden brought us to total annihilation, sent to me by a fellow gen-Xer. Could awareness of this possibility be the reason behind the historical male vote in the 2024 US presidential election?

“Even when we're closed-minded, we should never stop being open-hearted.” – Justin Jones-Fosu Today's featured bestselling author is a father, husband, TEDx speaker, social entrepreneur, and meaningful work researcher, Justin Jones-Fosu. Justin and I had a fun on a bun chat about his latest book, “I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World”, the value of empathy, his five pillars of respectful dialogue, and more! Key Things You'll Learn:The five pillars of respectful dialogueThe importance of inclusion for everyone, not just specific groupsSome strategies for engaging in difficult conversationsThe role that curiosity and open-mindedness play in conversationsJustin's Site: https://howtorespectfullydisagree.com/Justin's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07N49X8XK/allbooksJustin's TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/Ml52Brr7AeA?si=5cKIx0qgiHvi-IrvThe opening track is titled, “Set Sail” by Sparks Dynamite. To listen to the full track and download it, click the following link. https://planetastroproductions.bandcamp.com/track/set-sail-intro Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmonThe Going North Advancement Compass: https://a.co/d/bA9awotYou May Also Like…Ep. 409 – “Kiss Your Dragons” with Shawn Nason (@manonfiresocial): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-409-kiss-your-dragons-with-shawn-nason-manonfiresocial/211 – “Tough Conversations” with David Wood (@_playforreal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/211-tough-conversations-with-david-wood-_playforreal/Ep. 411 – “Name That Mouse” with David Wood (@_focusceo): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-411-name-that-mouse-with-david-wood-_focusceo/Ep. 877 – Full of Heart with J.R. Martinez (@iamjrmartinez): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-877-full-of-heart-with-jr-martinez-iamjrmartinez/Ep. 502 – “A Leadership Development Strategy To Bond And Unite” With Amy P. Kelly (@AmyPKelly): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-502-a-leadership-development-strategy-to-bond-and-unite-with-amy-p-kelly-amypkelly/Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/Ep. 405 – “Leadership Lessons From The Pub” with Dr. Irvine Nugent (@irvinenugent): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-405-leadership-lessons-from-the-pub-with-dr-irvine-nugent-irvinenugent/Ep. 620 – “Healing Racial Divides in America” with B. Keith Haney (@revheadpin): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-620-healing-racial-divides-in-america-with-b-keith-haney-revheadpin/Ep. 430 – “Being Brown in a Black and White World” with Annemarie Shrouder (@ashrouder): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-430-being-brown-in-a-black-and-white-world-with-annemarie-shrouder-ashrouder/Ep. 562 – “You, Me, We” with Morag Barrett (@SkyeMorag): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-562-you-me-we-with-morag-barrett-skyemorag/Ep. 764 – The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace with Dr. Paul White (@drpaulwhite): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-764-the-5-languages-of-appreciation-in-the-workplace-with-dr-paul-white-drpaulwhite/Ep. 571 – “A Powerful Culture Starts with You” with Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi (@shahrzadnooravi): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-571-a-powerful-culture-starts-with-you-with-dr-shahrzad-nooravi-shahrzadnooravi/Ep. 470.5 – “Business and Personal Secrets for Avoiding Relationship Landmines” with Frank Zaccari (@FZaccari): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4705-business-and-personal-secrets-for-avoiding-relationship-landmines-with-frank-zaccari-fzaccari/

00:00 Introduction to Zerberos and Its Vision00:35 Overview03:10 Risk Rating Machine Learning06:03 Interoperability and Partner Chains08:20 Indexes and Portfolio Management12:41 Cross-Chain Funds and Ecosystem Integration16:34 The Future of Xerberus and User Experience20:20 Partnerships and Community Engagement21:20 Xerberus Current Nodes on Testnet22:21 Xerberus Current NFT Price24:08 Cross chain Liquidity for $XER token25:01 Staking Utility26:03 Learn more on the Token Paper27:45 Token Sale and Final Thoughts

GenZ, Millenials, Xer, Babyboomer - und alle gehen sich an die Gurgel? Wir lesen immer wieder von enormen Generationenkonflikten in Unternehmen und den scheinbar "faulen, verwöhnten" GenZlern. Aber was ist da wirklich dran? Wir klären das im Podcast! Schön, dass ihr zuhört! alles über uns Anstifter: akademie-web.de

Vigésimo primera entrega de la serie sobre Maria Bethânia. Canciones incluidas en los discos “Abraçar e agradecer” CD 2-2016, “Maria Bethânia & Zeca Pagodinho, De Santo Amaro a Xerém” 2018, “Mangueira, a menina dos meus olhos” 2019 y “Noturno” 2021.Escuchar audio

Sourceshttps://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bizarre_Careers_of_John_R_Brinkley/jtXC7M45WZkC?hl=en&gbpv=1https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29362/29362-h/29362-h.htm#chap_IXCharlatan America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brockhttps://texasarchive.org/2017_02504https://youtu.be/fFoXyFmmGBQJohn R Brinkley sold the world a cure and boy did he sell! Known as the 'Goat Gland Doctor' he perfected 'The Procedure' which involved surgically attaching... well, you just listen for yourself.Imgur Album: https://imgur.com/a/mZBtsbgTalking Points: Besties in Tomodachi Life,Viziepop Colonel Sanders,uncle dad,its a mess,What did McKinkley do again,horsetime,R.M. GRASTY,Tad cannot pronounce telegraph or telegraphy,pronunciation scientist,1800s tsundere,medicine show,Not-fake-U,4 hours,preaching to the homefolks,5 character classes of medicine,and thats a good thing actually,guilded profession not gilded but tbh with how much money you made it might as well be gilded haha whats up guys we're having fun here,it was a different time,I was JUST about to call you,Dr. Burke and Dr. Burke,specializations,quacking crazy,had a canary,flat tire,dust bowl,"I've got it! The Rejuvenation of man!",WIFE!,goat ball bolas,THE PROCEDURE,batting average,Billy the Homonculus,human weight,pocket chloroform,onanism(look it up!),human go-go juice,impervious,rich enough for gorilla 'biscuits',you could just DO that back then,Diploma Mill,Brinkley acquired a bear for children to enjoy,bootlegging,was it mr smiles or mr happy you decide,quote: like a cowboy,KFKB,cheeky sausage and milkybar combo,medical question box,dr patton and his patent pending products,Brinkley Pharmacy Association,Johnny Boy,sack o dimes,Lindbergh baby,ballyhoo,Amateur Meatcutter Association,The Three Trials,KFKB and XER,hotdog radio,little imp,AMMUNITION WAGON#2,William Allen White and the Cuh-Lan,takes the loss on the chin,South Park Documentary series,Organized Moron Minority,solid gold Cadillac,the babbler in my walls,an autographed picture of Jesus at the last supper,XERA Its a good deal!,stinky bad person,Mr. Geast (thats Mr. Beast:tm) but with a goat,EYEPATCH LAWYER and glazin it up. Check out the website for links to our shows on iTunes, GooglePlay and Spotify► http://www.lmtya.com► https://spoti.fi/2Q55yfLPeep us on Twitter► @LetMeTellYouPDOfficial Discord► https://discord.gg/SqyXJ9R/////// SHILL CORNER ///////► https://www.patreon.com/LMTYALMTYA shirts!► https://lmtya.myspreadshop.com/all/////// SHILL CORNER ///////

Become a monthly subscriber for just $1.99 per month and receive an additional two to three episodes per week!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/exclusive-contentIn this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack share their teenage celebrity crushes!Transcript:00:00:01JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are doing a topic talk and we're talking about celebrity crushes that you had when you were a kid. OK and social, just for our audiences understanding what is a crush.00:00:22JackAgain, if you have a crush on someone.00:00:25XochitlA crush is like when you really, really like someone. Kind of like an intense infatuation.00:00:31XochitlBut it's not really based on anything real like like a real connection with that person. It's a lot of what you project on that person, and it's usually based on, like either appearance or small like personality traits that you've acquired through seeing them act or whatever, that you kind of imagined for this person.00:00:44발표자Right.00:00:50JackAnd so you you.00:00:51JackYou know, often like, like high school kids will. You'll have a crush on a girl in your class or a guy in your class, but you don't really know that person. You just. But. But it's like, almost like an intense feeling of love. Like it's not real.00:00:59발표자MHM.00:01:04JackLove. But it's just like it feels like you're you're your chest is being crushed because you're you're so you. Your feelings are so strong for this person. Like they're perfect, you know? Ohh the perfect person. But really in reality you don't know them at all. And they could be awful, you know, so.00:01:24발표자Great.00:01:25JackYeah, that's. So we have a thing called celebrity crushes because there's, you know, we're we're surrounded by celebrities all the.00:01:32JackTime and sometimes we will develop. You know that feeling of like, again, that crush feeling. It's like it's not love or it's not real love, but it's like attraction to a person who you feel like is your soul mate your perfect person, you know.00:01:47발표자Right.00:01:52JackLike Ohh that's that's my ideal, you know person.00:01:57JackAnd so when you were like young, when you're a kid who were your celebrity crushes, like who, who were you, who did you crush on when you were?00:02:10XochitlOh boy.00:02:12XochitlMy biggest one was Justin.00:02:16XochitlSure.00:02:17JackOhh, I was gonna say Justin Timberlake.00:02:20XochitlNo, I I he was too old, I think for my. Yeah, cause. Yeah, Justin Bieber was like my he was a couple years older, like few years. He's a few years older than me, I think. Yeah. And so he was a big celebrity crush of mine when I was probably like, 14 or 30 when I was 13, he was like.00:02:22JackYeah, he's like a grandfather.00:02:39Xochitl16 probably and uh.00:02:41JackCan I ask you a question? So did you have Bieber fever?00:02:42XochitlYeah.00:02:46XochitlGod. Yeah, I did. Uh, I thought it was too good to have Beaver fever, but I wasn't. And I didn't like him at the same time that every, like everyone else, already liked him. And I was, like, holding out. And then I saw this interview where he was really nice to this little girl, and it was like I thought it was so cute.00:03:04XochitlUM.00:03:06JackAnd that was before all the facial tattoos and the like neck tattoos.00:03:09XochitlYeah, it was. We went kind of crazy and, you know, had a meltdown because he was like he was transitioning from child star to adult star. And I thought he was just so cute. And I had, like, a people bought me, like gifts for my birthday. Like, they bought me both of his.00:03:12JackYeah.00:03:18발표자Yeah, yeah.00:03:27XochitlLike CD's that he had at the time, a lunch box with his face on it.00:03:32XochitlAnd I had a huge poster that my sister bought me on my bedroom wall.00:03:37JackNice.00:03:39XochitlAnd so that was a big that was like one of my first big celebrity crushes. Jack, you go with one of yours and we'll just go back and forth here. How about?00:03:49JackOK, again, my OK, I'm 47 years old, so you have to understand these all that my celebrity crushes all come from like the late 80s to early 90s. OK, when I was like 12 or 13 years old because I was born in 1977, so.00:04:07JackUh, my. My first uh, I don't know. I'm trying to think of, like, my celebrity crush.00:04:15JackI think maybe one of the one of my first ones was the actress Elizabeth Shue.00:04:22JackUM, and you probably don't know who she is, right? Elizabeth Shue was in a movie called The Karate Kid.00:04:23XochitlI.00:04:30JackAnd.00:04:31XochitlOh my God. She was Daniel's girlfriend.00:04:33JackDaniel's girlfriend. Yes, yes, I thought she was so.00:04:35XochitlI do know cause I saw that my mom made me watch. My mom's a Gen. Xer and she made us watch the karate.00:04:40XochitlKid, when we were kids, which I liked a lot, so yeah.00:04:41JackYeah, it's a classic. You gotta watch it. The Karate Kid is, uh, yeah, it's a classic movie. And Elizabeth Shue was the love interest in there. She had a Daniel had a crush on her. They she had an ex-boyfriend who was a bully.00:04:57JackAnd, UM, yeah, it was. Uh, she she was, you know, absolutely, you know, the epitome of, like, the perfect high school girlfriend, you know, bubbly, charming, cute, you know.00:05:12XochitlYou're all next door style.00:05:14JackGirl next door. Yeah, she was. She was very. She was kind, you know, she wasn't stuck up. She. Yeah. Yeah, so.00:05:22JackElizabeth Shue was was one of my first celebrity crushes.00:05:26XochitlHave you seen a Cobra Kai?00:05:28JackYeah, I've watched that. I saw a couple of seasons of that show. I enjoyed it.00:05:33XochitlYou much more because she shows back up.00:05:35XochitlAt some point.00:05:36JackYeah, she did show up in that one. Yeah. And that, you know, now she's 50, you know, something years old, 55 years old or whatever, but.00:05:47JackYeah. So you know, that was one of my celebrity crushes. I'm sure I'm, it's me and about a million other Gen. X, you know, men my age, maybe 10s of millions who would put her on the list. Yeah. Yeah.00:06:04JackWhat's your #2?00:06:04XochitlRight.00:06:06XochitlMy #2 High School Musical when everyone was crushing on Zac Efron, I was crushing on Corbin Bleu.00:06:14JackCorporate blue. Who's that? Which one is that?00:06:16XochitlThat's his friend. Uh, I don't know, cause I only watched High School Musical one time, but.00:06:23XochitlHe's like I'm trying to find a picture of him to show you guys here.00:06:27XochitlHe was this guy.00:06:29JackBut Corbin Bleu is his real name. Or is that his the name of OK?00:06:32XochitlYeah, that's his real name. This is Corbin book. Can you see him here? There you go.00:06:36JackOhh yeah, yeah, yeah. OK. He's got like kind of.00:06:38JackYeah.00:06:39JackBig hair, yeah.00:06:40XochitlCurly hair and yeah, he was my I had he. I thought he was really cute and I did not understand the hype over Zach Efron. I felt like Zac Efron's eyes didn't match the rest of his face and he was orange looking and sorry that got Bron.00:06:55XochitlThose were like my observations, and I thought Corbin Blue was just the cutest, so that was.00:07:01XochitlYeah.00:07:02JackOK. OK, interesting. Alright. Alright, I'm.00:07:05XochitlI almost always like never was like a huge fan of the main character. I always liked the second guy like in Harry Potter.00:07:13JackYou like the goof like goofy best friend. You know guy? Yeah.00:07:16XochitlYeah, like in Harry Potter. I always liked Ron Weasley over Harry.00:07:20JackOhh OK yeah, yeah.00:07:21XochitlIt's like that was just my thing. I.00:07:23XochitlDon't know why.00:07:24JackNo.00:07:25JackWell, Harry short, you know, in real life he's a pretty short guy.00:07:28XochitlIsn't Rupert Grint also short, though?00:07:31JackProbably, yeah. These might be taller than Harry though, yeah?00:07:32XochitlYeah, I think he's too. I just thought he was cuter than he.00:07:35JackThey're all tiny little yeah.00:07:38XochitlThey're all short people, yeah.00:07:39JackYeah, yeah.00:07:42JackUM alright, my my second one is I used to watch this show again when I was like, you know, 12 or 13 called saved by the bell. It was a sitcom.00:07:57JackAnd but it was like a. It was like a a kids sitcom. It was different. It would. It was on Saturday mornings instead of like, you know, Thursday evening saved by the bell. And it was it took place in the high school, and there was a again, this is like a a side character.00:08:09발표자Hmm.00:08:16JackUM named Lisa Turtle was her name, but her real name is Lark Voorhees, the actress and I had a a huge crush on on her and she was like.00:08:31JackThe character. Do you have you ever heard?00:08:33JackOf the character Screech.00:08:35JackScreech the the nerd? No. OK, but you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. OK, so it doesn't matter. No, none of our students know what I'm talking about. Saved by the bell. Uh, Lisa, turtle. And that's her. Her real name is Lark Voorhees, the actress. And so I had a huge.00:08:40XochitlNo, I'm 25.00:08:54JackCrush on her.00:08:55JackYeah.00:08:55XochitlLark is a cool name for a woman. It's a real name Mark.00:08:57JackThat is a cool name, I know.00:09:00JackMaybe the only way it would be cooler is to do like skylark.00:09:05JackThat's is that cooler?00:09:06XochitlI've seen Skyler as a name, but I like lark better. I think. I think that's cooler. Like lark George.00:09:11JackWhat about skylark?00:09:15XochitlI think it's like trying too hard. I think Laura Voorhees sounds like you're like a cool like in a punk rock band or so, you know, like a drunk band. You know what I mean? I like it. Yeah. Alright. My third one was when I was like a little bit older. So it's like, so I'm a little embarrassed, but I think I was like 18 or 19. So I was still a.00:09:20JackYeah. Yeah, OK. OK. OK, yeah, that's good.00:09:25발표자Like.00:09:32XochitlTeenager so in Guk.00:09:36JackOhh.00:09:37XochitlThe Korean uh actor and singer.00:09:42XochitlAnd I saw him in a music video by K will called. Please don't. And he was really cute. Like I just thought, Oh my God, he's so cute. And I started, like, looking up what other stuff he was in besides his music video. And he was in some K drama.00:09:57XochitlAnd.00:09:58XochitlBut he had his own music and stuff, and so I would like, listen to his music videos. He has a really nice voice.00:10:04JackIs that why you came to Korea? Because you got into, like population.00:10:06XochitlNo, no, no, no, no, no, I was not. No, that's so embarrassing. No, I wasn't a huge K pop person. I like solo artists like like IU selling the.00:10:08JackYou didn't come to meet him in person.00:10:20JackOr rain something like that. B yeah.00:10:23XochitlI don't really know rain or be that might have been like a little before my, but sawing OK will IU. I was a huge fan of them.00:10:33XochitlAnd the whole reason I really got into Korea was actually a YouTuber called Tonon Mukadam. I was looking up how.00:10:39XochitlTo.00:10:40XochitlTeach abroad in uh. Just teaching abroad in general, I think, and her channel came up about teaching abroad in Korea. And then like the benefits are so.00:10:50XochitlMuch.00:10:51XochitlBetter and easier, I feel like than a lot of other English.00:10:54XochitlYes, all countries. So that's how I.00:10:55JackYeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.00:10:58XochitlYeah, but selling Google was a huge celebrity crush of mine. So what's your last one, Jack?00:11:03JackOK, OK.00:11:05JackMy last one is, uh, the singer. This one was she was very popular when I was in high school, maybe.00:11:13Jack10th grade or 9th grade or something? Uh. Jewel.00:11:18JackDo you know jewel?00:11:19XochitlNo.00:11:20JackYou've never heard of.00:11:22XochitlI've never heard of her. I really have never heard of.00:11:24JackHer. So I'm so old. All right, Jewel, is she? She she's a guitarist, singer-songwriter. She her first single. Who will save your soul.00:11:41JackIs, you know, has probably 20 million downloads on on uh, YouTube.00:11:48JackShe's just a very, very talented singer and I think it's just her beauty and her talent was, you know, just, you know, I've had a crush on her because I think there's something about that combination of like.00:12:08JackUmm.00:12:09JackAttractive beauty and also talent and ability to sing and write music. It was to me like, you know, he's perfect, you know, like Oh my goodness. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It wasn't just about physical, you know, appearance. It was like ohh man. You know she's smart.00:12:18XochitlLike, Oh my gosh, yeah.00:12:20XochitlRight, like a triple Emmys thing.00:12:29JackBeautiful. And she can write music and sing and perform and has a great voice.00:12:33JackSo you know, I mean, I'm sure that like lots of my parents, generations had crushes on like Joni Mitchell or, you know, Emmy Lou Harris or other, you know, you know Diana Ross or whatever. But yeah, for my generation, it was jewel and.00:12:45발표자Hmm.00:12:54JackYou you have no idea what I'm talking about.00:12:56XochitlI'm going to have to look up after this, I'll send you send me like a YouTube.00:12:58JackYes.00:13:00XochitlTube of one of her songs of dual songs.00:13:03JackYou should go down to jewel. You should go down to jewel rabbit hole. You might actually like her cause you're you're like the singer guitar player guitar writer. You know, singer-songwriter yourself. Yeah, you would. Yeah.00:13:06XochitlI will. I will.00:13:10XochitlYeah, I think it's probably like, yeah. And I'll send you like a song, good song, and then we can trade, yeah.00:13:19JackOK. Yeah. Then we'll compare notes next week. Yeah, OK.00:13:22XochitlYeah, sounds good.00:13:24XochitlAll right, listeners, well, you have to let us know who your celebrity crushes were. I'd love to hear about celebrity crushes from around the world. I'll leave us a comment down below at A-Z. 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Tonight Trevor is joined by friend Ross Brendel. Ross is the host of the podcast Minnesota Sports Chat and also the Podcast Manager for Hubbard Broadcasting. Their friendship formed in 2007 when they both attended Brown. In this interview, they talk about radio broadcasting, Gopher football, Minnesota sports memories and much more. This is only part one of the interview and part two will air next week. Then Marc "TNT" Stone joins the program to get us all set for the NFL Divisional games this weekend. LETS WIN SOME MONEY WITH STONE. Then Trevor closes the show with commentary and poses the question, why does the Gen'Xer and millennial male have such a problem with Taylor Swift?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack share their top five favorite music albums.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:13JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm with my co-host social today and we are going to do top five desert Island questions. And so today's question is social. What are your top five?00:00:31JackDesert island.00:00:33JackAlbums, music albums.00:00:38XochitlUh, my God. I mean, this one's a little bit hard, but I'm gonna have to say Shakira, MTV Unplugged.00:00:48JackInteresting. I have two MTV on plugs in.00:00:48XochitlShakira yeah.00:00:52JackMy top five.00:00:55JackYeah. Interesting. OK.00:00:57XochitlYeah, I definitely say Shakira's MTV unplugged album Shakira, volume one.00:01:04JackSo that's your second choice.00:01:06XochitlThat's my second choice, yes.00:01:07JackOK, so two Shakira albums.00:01:08JackWow, you're OK. I didn't know you were that.00:01:09XochitlShe can't albums.00:01:10XochitlShe's yes, I love Shakira. Especially OG. Shakira is just sublime amazingness, musas by Natalia Lafourcade.00:01:11JackBig of a Shakira fan.00:01:14JackOK.00:01:24JackOK.00:01:25JackI have no idea what you just said, but I'm I'm going to say, OK.00:01:25발표자UM.00:01:28XochitlMoses is like, muses, kind of, and that's what it means translates to Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican singer-songwriter, and the Musas album is based also boleros, which is a traditional like Mexican genre of old style like 50s music.00:01:46JackOhh I can almost kind of picture it in my mind, you know.00:01:51발표자Yeah you can.00:01:52XochitlGet like the vibes a little bit.00:01:54XochitlAnd so she wrote these songs.00:01:56XochitlInspired by that time period.00:01:58XochitlAnd invited a lot of artists from that time period onto the album as features, and it's an absolutely beautiful album. I definitely recommend it. So that knocks out three.00:02:06JackOK, cool.00:02:11XochitlAnd then, OK, this one I think.00:02:18XochitlI gotta Google.00:02:19XochitlIt to make sure it's the right one.00:02:24XochitlOh great, I remember what it is, Jesse. Enjoy, which are another Mexican singer-songwriter group, and their album is Gunjin sequel Pero, which means who should the dog stay with? Because it's like a breakup album.00:02:40XochitlAnd it's a.00:02:41JackWho gets the dog? OK. Yeah, that's sad. Yeah.00:02:43XochitlYes. Who gets the dog? So it's a great album because it was iconic.00:02:54XochitlIn the time period that it was that it came out for and.00:02:58JackSo what was the time period when? What are?00:03:00XochitlIt came out in like the 20 tens, I believe.00:03:00JackWe talking here?00:03:03JackOhh. OK OK. This is not like I.00:03:05JackThought you were like 1970s or 80s, OK?00:03:05XochitlNo it.00:03:07XochitlNo, no, it was just iconic for the 20 tens because it was like a shift in.00:03:12XochitlThe genre they're they're genre sort of Mexican music was like a very indie style. That was kind of unheard of at the time. So I think that's.00:03:22XochitlLike a big shift.00:03:23XochitlAnd fifth one.00:03:30XochitlUh, my God, I'm battling here.00:03:33JackI know the fifth one is always the hardest one because it's like you're excluding 100 other ones that you love, you know.00:03:42XochitlThat's the hard part about it.00:03:48XochitlI think.00:03:51Xochitl80 Gourmet and trio Los Panchos so 80 gourmet. I guess her her English name is 80 Gorm. She's a she's an English speaking singer. I believe she's from the US and she made a an A Spanish album. Spanish speaking album with trio.00:04:10XochitlSponges, which is like a.00:04:11XochitlMariachi group.00:04:12XochitlAnd she did a bunch of classics like Salami and Bill Canela and like.00:04:18XochitlAll these boleros bolero.00:04:19XochitlWhich is a genre I was talking about.00:04:21XochitlEarlier, she did a bunch of these songs in this genre with this group, Joe punches and I.00:04:29XochitlIt's beautiful, absolutely beautiful album.00:04:33XochitlYeah. So I'm going to have to go. Yeah. That was like from the 50s. Probably. Yeah.00:04:34발표자OK.00:04:38JackYeah. And we can get a a good feeling here for your musical. I think musical taste like you. Definitely. Yeah. Well, it was female, you know, like, like, Latino. Sorry. Latina kind of singers. Yeah.00:04:45XochitlYeah, it's all women like.00:04:57JackBut it's it's very popular right now too. So very, very beautiful.00:05:04JackAlright, so it's my.00:05:05XochitlTurn now. Yes, it's your turn.00:05:07JackOK. All right. We're going to go old school here 9. We're going to go all the way.00:05:11JackBack to 1994 Nirvana.00:05:16JackMTV plug.00:05:16XochitlOhh my. That was gonna be that was it was.00:05:19XochitlHard cause I left that one.00:05:20XochitlOff of mine.00:05:21XochitlBut it was hard to leave it.00:05:23XochitlOff, yeah.00:05:23JackOh, I love that album and I can, you know, it's like, these are all albums that on my list that I can listen to all the.00:05:32JackWay through from front to back.00:05:34JackLike I don't skip one song on the on the album, which is weird because I usually used to buy albums and then I would listen to one or two tracks. You know the the title tracks or the title track and then maybe at the singles and I would never listen to the kind of the the other songs on the album.00:05:54JackBut I love all of the songs on this album, so MTV 1994, I believe, Nirvana, MTV Unplugged, #2.00:06:06JackIs Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged, which is? And if, if our listeners don't know Alice In Chains, was a kind of heavy metal grunge rock band from Seattle in the early 1990s.00:06:26JackAnd the unfortunately, the lead singer, Lane Staley, died of a drug overdose. Quite.00:06:34JackA few years ago.00:06:36XochitlRight on.00:06:37JackYeah, it was really terrible. He suffered a a bad drug addiction, like so many artists do. And so yeah, but that they did an MTV unplugged session that had all such great kind of acoustic versions of their.00:06:56JackAmazing songs. So I love that album #3 is Weezer is a band and they have their very first album. Was this blue album. It's like a blue. It's almost like solid blue.00:07:14JackCD OK like the it's just a solid blue color and it says Weezer or something and that whole album I can listen to all the way through and I I love that album. It's just a a brilliant, brilliant album.00:07:35JackDo you know Weezer? Do you ever listen to Weezer?00:07:39발표자There's still.00:07:41XochitlI think I I I've I've heard of them, but I don't. I couldn't say. Oh, I know that song or something, but I think I'm sure that if you played a song of them, I would probably recognize it.00:07:44JackOK, OK.00:07:51JackYeah, I think maybe our only crossover here in this Venn diagram between the two of us is Nirvana. I think it's it's probably, but.00:08:00XochitlYeah, that album specifically.00:08:02JackYeah, #4, my fourth album is a kind of a weird choice, like a lot of people wouldn't wouldn't understand this choice, but.00:08:13JackIt's a. It's a. It's a single guy. Who? It. It sounds like a band, but it's actually just one guy and it's he's called badly drawn boy. And he did a soundtrack for the movie about a boy, which came out about 1819 years ago.00:08:35JackIt's based on a A, a novel, and the movie is fantastic. I love it about a boy, but the the songs that he wrote for that album I can listen to that album all the way through. I just love it and I just think it's amazing. So I.00:08:54JackThat's my number four album. Is the soundtrack to the movie about a boy by the artist, badly drawn boy.00:09:04JackAnd #5, I'm going to go, Bob Dylan, blonde on blonde, and that's probably his most famous album. It's got all the hits in there, but I can listen to that album over. I could listen to it multiple times in a row, just on a road trip. I'll hit play.00:09:24JackListen to the whole album. Go back to the beginning, listen to it again and find new things in there that are more interesting.00:09:31JackUh. And so I I really, really love that album. So Bob Dylan blonde on blonde and I miss you.00:09:40JackKnow I didn't put any Beatles in there.00:09:41XochitlBob Dylan is another one. My dad listened to as well. So.00:09:45JackYeah, I'm. I'm sure your dad.00:09:45XochitlI am familiar.00:09:46JackAnd I probably have more more musical.00:09:48XochitlYeah, I mean, I was introduced.00:09:49JackTaste or something? Yeah.00:09:51XochitlTo Nirvana by my dad and then Bob Dylan. Also, my dad listened to a lot. So.00:09:59XochitlI'm familiar with Bob Dylan.00:10:00JackOhh. Your dad listened to Nirvana as well.00:10:03XochitlYeah, my dad also did listen to Nirvana.00:10:05JackWow, OK, you dance cool. My dad listened to The Beach Boys and The Beatles.00:10:12JackYou know that kind of that era? So he's my dad's a bit older than your dad though, so.00:10:17XochitlYeah, your dad's my dad's.00:10:20XochitlYeah, my dad's, like, between your dad and your age, right, I guess.00:10:25JackYeah, he's like one generation. Well, he's like an old.00:10:28JackGen. Xer right?00:10:30XochitlYeah, he's like a really old Gen. Xer or like a.00:10:33XochitlReally young boomer.00:10:35JackRight, right. My dad's a straight up boomer all the way, yeah.00:10:42XochitlYeah. All right, listeners. Well, I am actually really interested to hear what your five favorite albums are, because I'm. I'm curious. I want to hear all these international music, because our listeners must have a lot. And I also want to know if you have any favorite English language albums. I think that would be really neat to know.00:11:04XochitlAnd do you find that English or that music is a way?00:11:09XochitlThat you can learn English, so that helps you learn English. I also want to know about that. So. Umm yeah, answer your questions. 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We here at Streamed & Screened watched a lot of shows on broadcast, cable and streaming services in 2023 and there were a lot of great programs including "Succession," "Beef," "The Bear," "Fargo" and "The Last of Us." But which show was the best? Co-hosts Bruce Miller and Terry Lipshetz had a lot of crossovers but ultimately put two different shows on top. Give a listen and find out which shows ranked in the top 10 for each and why! Bruce Miller's Top 10 TV shows from 2023 "Beef" "Jury Duty" "The Bear" "Fargo" "John Mulaney: Baby J" "Fellow Travelers" "Reservation Dogs" "The Last of Us" "What We do in the Shadows" "Succession" Terry Lipshetz's Top 10 TV shows from 2023 "Succession" "Fargo" "The Last of Us" "The Bear" "The Crown" "Shrinking" "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" "Ted Lasso" "Dave" Tied/honorable mentions: "A Small Light," "Barry," "Silo," "The Great." Honorable mention for being Star Wars: "The Mandalorian," "The Bad Batch" and "Ahsoka." Honorable mention for not being a terrible spinoff despite getting canceled: "How I Met Your Father" Honorable mention for not being a terrible reboot: "Night Court" Contact us! We want to hear from you! Email questions to podcasts@lee.net and we'll answer your question on a future episode! About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Terry Lipshetz: Welcome, everyone, to another episode of Streamed & Screened, an entertainment podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises. I'm Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee and co-host of the program with Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a longtime entertainment reporter, and like me, a dedicated, professional couch potato. Bruce Miller: Oh, the TV is never off in my house. It's always on. It's my family. I'm always watching something. When you started with the pandemic, that's all we had, and then it's just kind of leached over to the rest of our lives. And so now TV is the thing, right? Terry Lipshetz: Yeah. I think back, too, to even the pandemic. Not that I needed another reason to get back into watching more TV, because none of us really need that, but it was a good opportunity to explore a lot of shows because everything got shut down. So it's like, what are you going to do? You can only take so many walks around the block and that kind of thing. So it got me a little bit back into watching some shows, exploring some streaming services that I hadn't really discovered before now, even though, as we talked about in the last episode, with movies, I don't have a lot of time to get to the movie theater. I can always squeeze in one or two episodes of a sitcom, of a drama on Netflix, on Hulu, each and every night. I've seen a lot of what you would probably call premium, top notch television shows from the past year. So I came up with the top ten list. I know you have a top ten list. Bruce Miller: This was going to be a year where nothing was going to happen because we had strikes and didn't think there was going to be even a fall TV season. I think at the end of the year, we got a few really barn burners. We can still look at 2023 as a great TV year, and 2024, it's even going to be better. Terry Lipshetz: Yes. Bruce Miller: Okay. Terry Lipshetz: Absolutely. Bruce Miller: So what's in your number ten spot? Terry Lipshetz: My number ten spot are a series of kind of, like, honorable mentions because I got down, there's like three shows, four shows, which were absolutely at the top of my list. But as I went a little further down, it got a little bit more difficult. So I gave an honorable mention for night court for just not being a terrible reboot. It was an enjoyable reboot. It's not the greatest show out there, but if you're somebody who's, let's say, a gen Xer or a bit older who grew up on night court, it's a fun watch. Go check it out. I was a little disappointed to see this one actually get canceled. Not a great show, but it was one where my wife and I could watch it. It wasn't spectacular, but it was one where we could throw it on and for half an hour be entertained. And that was the reboot for how I met your father. It's definitely not to the level of the original, but that original show, how I met your mother, those characters, they're all roughly my age, so I was always able to identify with them. So I gave how I met your father a chance. We watched it for the two seasons. It was fine. It wasn't spectacular, but it was fine. And then I'm going to give an honorable mention to all the mediocre Star wars shows that I watched this year. Mandalorian, season three, the Bad Batch, season two. Ahsoka. These were not great shows. They were okay. They disappointed me, a lot, in a lot of different ways. But I think about Star wars. Like pizza. No matter how bad Star wars might. Bruce Miller: Be, it's still good. Terry Lipshetz: It's still good. It's like pizza. Like pizza. How bad does pizza have to be for you not to want to keep eating it? Right? It would have to be just truly atrocious. So they're fine. They're not spectacular. They're fine. And then there was a handful of other shows that I watched this year, which I'll throw in there, that these are legitimately. I've seen them pop up on some other folk's top ten lists, but they didn't quite hit it for me in some way or the other. I thought a small light on National Geographic. It was a really nice miniseries. Not top ten for me, but it was a really good look at the story of Anne Frank. And it brought you in a little bit deeper. Bruce Miller: Sure. From a different perspective. Terry Lipshetz: Absolutely. Barry. I've loved Barry since the beginning, but I really thought that season one to season two was a little bit of a downturn. Two to three and then three to four, it was okay. I didn't love the ending to it. I couldn't put it in my top ten silo on Apple TV. Plus, it started out slow. It got much better as it went along. My wife and I really liked watching it, so that one was fine. And then the great on Hulu the first season was just raucous and crazy. I thought this last season, it was fine. It took a turn. I don't want to give it away for anyone that maybe missed it or still is. Catching up on programming. one of the main characters won't be back for any future seasons, let's just say that. But they did an okay job with it. It's still one that I like, and, it's a good show and we're definitely going to keep watching it. The first show that I actually gave a number ranking to at number nine is Dave on Hulu and FxX. I guess it is. And that show, man, it's like eating candy for me. I mean, it's crazy. It's a little bit weird, but it's a funny show. Bruce Miller: My favorite episode had Brad Pitt on it. This. Terry Lipshetz: Yes. Yep. Yep. Bruce Miller: I thought that was so brilliant, and he did such a great job with that. But if you haven't discovered Dave, it is an acquired taste. It is not something that everybody will go, well, what is  you know, we'd be like the parents on the show. It's so out there, but it's about a rapper and what he has to do to try and make the career go. Dave is a good choice. I don't have it on my list. But you're up to nine. Terry Lipshetz: I'm up to nine, yeah. Bruce Miller: I had succession at number ten, and I bet you have it higher because you like that. Terry Lipshetz: I love it. Yeah. Bruce Miller: Okay. I think they got a little too tied up in their own world so that they had nowhere else to go, and so it's great. But it didn't get up higher than ten at nine. I have what we do in the shadows because I think that is my only time to really laugh out loud and make fun of something that's just outrageous. Most of these shows are labeled comedies, but they're just half hour dramas is what it amounts to. But this is one that I can just laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. And if I had the vampires living next door, I would invite them over. Terry Lipshetz: I do want to see this one because it takes place on island. Right? Bruce Miller: Right. Terry Lipshetz: It is my homeland one runs for office. Bruce Miller: I mean, you have a lot of things that you could relate, too. So that's my number nine now. Up to eight. Terry Lipshetz: Eight? Yes. Bruce Miller: What do you have for eight? Terry Lipshetz: I had Ted Lasso final season. Bruce Miller: You know, there were a lot of those. Mrs. Maisel would be another one I'd put on. Terry Lipshetz: Yeah, yeah. Bruce Miller: I have a couple of other ones that are on there that quit. And how do you include them? Because it's their last year. Should you just ignore them because they're done? Or do you say, this is my final hat tip? Terry Lipshetz: Yeah. For me, it was a little bit of a tip of a cap. I mean, I don't think it was as strong as the previous seasons, but I also felt that it's. Again, sometimes when you get something that's not as good, you look down on it, but then when you put it in perspective, it's still better than a lot of the other things out there. It's just not as good. Bruce Miller: I have at eight, the last of us, and I bet you have that higher. Terry Lipshetz: I do, yes. It is on my list, but it is higher than eight. Bruce Miller: Okay. At seven, I have Reservation Dogs because I love that I lived that. I know that. And I think they ended it really well. I thought they left us all hopeful that these kids are going to turn out all right. So that was my number. Seven. What was your seven? Terry Lipshetz: Seven. It's similar in theme to the Ted lasso, and that is Mrs. Maisel. Again, it was not the greatest season, but I like the way they approached it by doing the flashbacks and flash forwards. I thought it did a pretty good job at wrapping up the series. I was a little disappointed at times, know, not enough Tony Shalub and that kind of thing. But it's a show that strikes a chord for me personally, growing up out east of Jewish heritage and that kind of thing. So, for me, it's still one of the best shows out there. Absolutely. Bruce Miller: Okay. What is your number? Six. Terry Lipshetz: We're up to six. So this one is not on your list. And I think I mentioned it to you previously, and it was either one you hadn't really seen or just didn't get into, but Shrinking on Apple TV, plus Jason Segal and Harrison Ford. I thought this was. It's got a few nominations for, I guess, Golden Globes. Right. There's a few out there. I thought it was witty. I thought it was just, it was one of those where I can kind of. I know I'm going to get a good episode no matter what I watch from it. And it's 30 minutes of just, like, having fun. Bruce Miller: I will give it fun. I will give it a chance. I saw the first episode and I thought, this isn't me. I don't care. Terry Lipshetz: Right. But you know what, though? I think maybe it's also, we're at different points of our lives also. Right. Bruce Miller: I'm more Harrison Ford. Terry Lipshetz: Right. You are more Harrison Ford. Yeah. And I am a little bit more Jason Segal. Yes. Bruce Miller: Right. Terry Lipshetz: Exactly. Bruce Miller: So what did you have at that point, number six? I have Fellow Travelers. This was a limited series. About two men in the beyond who are closeted and they don't dare come out that they are in a relationship, or they have a relationship, because it was the height of the McCarthy era, and they were putting everything. And so how did their lives turn out? Where did one go? Where did the other go? And I find it very fascinating. Matt Bomer, who was, in white collar and a number of other things, it's one of his best things he's ever. He's. He seems like just a pretty boy, to be honest with you. You could see where he was feeling the strain of this. Jonathan Bailey, who, by the way, is going to be Piero in the musical version of Wicked, when that becomes a movie next year, he's the other guy. And you see how these lives kind of diverged, and then what it's like for them when they come back together many years later and coulda, shoulda, woulda kind of thing like that. I thought it was fascinating because you got to see a bit of history, but you saw it through a different lens. So that's my number six. Number five. What did you have there? Terry Lipshetz: So five is one, which, again, it's not on your list. And it's the type of show where I think the people that love it, love it, and the people that are less in love with it aren't going to put it on their list. And that's The Crown on Netflix final season. I think the series as a whole has had some ups and downs, but just like the crown. Right. Feels like it always takes me a season to get used to the cast change, because they do two seasons and then they age them. And then two seasons, and then they age them. So I thought last season, it was a little bit difficult getting used to the new Charles, the new Diana. But I really am liking what I've seen so far. I have not caught the second wave of episodes. So we watched, within just a couple of days of them dropping the first wave that came out, and now the second wave is out. So, I don't want to give anything away, but it starts with Diana. We know what happens to Diana, so just spoiler alert there. I know the second half of the season gets a little bit more into Prince William and know his relationship with Kate. I'm looking forward to it. I don't know. I guess it's possible that the show could go up a notch, go down a notch. But that's why I figured five is safe. It's kind of middle of the road. Bruce Miller: I like the crown, initially, when they switch around a little too much, they do. it bothers me because some of those actors are not as good as others in these roles. And then you get a really good one and you think, well, hang on to him. Don't let him go. And so that bothers me. But it's a classier look at that than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was going to be just trash that you'd find on lifetime, and it's not. It's a classy way of looking at everything. At number five, I had the standup comedy special, baby j from John Mulaney. And John Mulaney, I mean, I have always liked him. I always thought he's kind of a, ah, smart ass, to use a word. But I would laugh at him, and I thought he was funny. But this year, he really opened a vein and talked about his own life and his addictions and how it was to go to rehab. And it, wasn't like he wanted you to feel sorry for him. He was being very matter of fact about it. And I think being the most honest he's ever been about his own life. I loved it. I'll watch that again. It's like Bo Burnham had, a special a couple of years ago that was my favorite of all TV shows, but baby j watched it. It's good. And again, I don't know if the kids can be around. Terry Lipshetz: I'll have to check that one out. I wasn't even thinking of comedy specials, and I didn't catch that one, but I definitely will. So number four for me is one that you like too. You haven't mentioned it yet because it's a hair higher on your list, but it's The Bear. Bruce Miller: Oh, good. Terry Lipshetz: On Hulu. That's number four for me. I really struggled with this one because, like, it could be number one. Do I need a two or three? But I settled in on four, and I'll tell you why it stresses me out. That show, to me, a lot of shows, if I love it, I want to watch it and binge it, and I get angry if I can't. It's like, Fargo right now. I can't just go and watch every episode because they make you wait week to week. I needed that with the bear. I needed to watch an episode, and it is so intense and there's so much screaming and there's so much yelling that I would get to the end of the episode and be like, I need to watch something else, because it was literally one of the best things I had just seen on TV all year. But at the same time, I couldn't take any more of it. But I really liked with this season how they gave each character their own moment to shine. I thought it was sweet in a lot of ways. And then the other piece was that Christmas episode. Oh, my goodness. Bruce Miller: Is that not the best piece of television? And Jamie Lee Curtis, she may have won an Oscar last year for everything, everywhere, all at once, but this is the performance of her life. When she plays that, I mean, you know that mother. You know that mother immediately. And how she just became another thorn, another problem for Carmen to deal with was, like, unbelievable. And you want, you know, we got to get this restaurant open. It's got to happen. Come on. And cousin Richie, how he switched. It was such a remarkable second season for a show. And you're right. It could be number one. It really could. I had a number one last year, and I thought, I can't do two years in a row with the same show. But it's that good. It's number three on my list. Number four on my list is probably your number three. And that's Fargo. Terry Lipshetz: It's close. We're getting close. Bruce Miller: Okay, Fargo, we can wait and we'll get to the next ones. Because you had what for three? Terry Lipshetz: I had The Last of Us at number three, and that was all the way down for number you. Yeah, last of us. I needed a drama like that. Like a Sci-Fi type of drama. It's another one. We've gotten a few surprises from HBO the last few know, we had that one a few years ago, and they always drop these apocalyptic type of programs on you. So it's like, what are we going to expect? Is it going to be okay or isn't it? And I was really surprised with it. I know there is going to be a season two for it. And I'm really looking forward. Bruce Miller: Not The Last of Us. Terry Lipshetz: No, it isn't. It's almost the Last of Us, but not quite. So. Yeah, no, I really liked it. I thought it was very well done, considering an adaptation of a video game, but it wasn't like this gory spook fest. It was a lot of emotion and good character development, so I loved it. Three for me. Bruce Miller: Okay, so then I had the bear at three. At two, I have Jury Duty, and I love Jury Duty. This is that Amazon preview, series where they pretend that everybody is actually doing Jury Duty, except one person thinks it's real. He has no idea that it's a reality show being punked. And James Marsden is one of the, jurors, and he plays this kind of heightened version of himself where he's just full of himself. And you would like that. I think they talk about Sonic in there. And wasn't, he in Sonic the hedgehog? I think he was. Terry Lipshetz: He might have been, yeah. Bruce Miller: This guy, Ronald, the real guy, says, yeah, that wasn't a very good movie. Was. You know, it's like, how does he react to this? Because this is being made up as they go along. But jury duty, if you haven't seen it, it's a great one. Now you have two. Probably have Fargo at two. Terry Lipshetz: I have Fargo at two, yeah. I really love this season. And, I think when we did the Fargo episode a few episodes back, you had mentioned this is, like, the best Fargo since, what, the first. Right, right. And after the last season of Fargo, I wasn't even sure if I wanted to come back to Fargo because I was so disappointed with it this season. It's brilliant. I was telling my wife even the other day, because she's not into Fargo at all, she hated the movie. but I said, I got to show you a little bit of it with Juno Temple, because this is Keeley from Ted Lasso, and it is definitely not Keeley. It's totally different. But, I don't know how this season is going to end. I could see me bumping this up to number one if it maintains and even improves on where it is. I think I'm through the first five episodes. Bruce Miller: Okay. I watched all of the episodes. I finished it out last night. I had two episodes left. I watched it. It could be number one. It really could be. The ending is so rewarding in many, Know, it's odd to make this comparison, but this season of Fargo is a lot like Barbie, the movie, where it's a real, if you will, feminist pitch. And it's talking about things that really don't get talked about. Spousal abuse, come on. The political situation in our world, it's a lot of stuff that they unpack and they do it well. But the ending, you will feel a lot of emotion because of the way they wrap things up for certain people. And, it's remarkable. Remarkable. I will easily predict that this is going to be a strong contender for next year's Emmys. And I do think that John Hamm and Juno are largely responsible, and they will be considered best actor and actress for a limited TV movie. That was, that was your number two. Terry Lipshetz: It was my number two. Number one was Succession. That is, to me, hands down, the best series on TV this year. I know some people don't think it was the best season of succession, and I would agree with it. It wasn't the best season of succession, but it was still the best show on TV for me. Pound for pound, it was still a show that left me wondering what was going to happen, the way character roles played out with who would end up on top. I did feel it was going to get a little predictable at a couple. You know, we had some know that didn't make it all the way from season one all the way to the last episode, and it was a surprise. It was a little bit jarring to watch. I just think it was the best show. It's the best show that HBO has really done in a long time. Granted, they also did the last of us, so two of my top three are from HBO, but in terms of dramas, and you look at things like, the sopranos first, season of Westworld, Deadwood, there's been a lot of really Game of Thrones, a lot of really good dramas the last 2025 years in the history of HBO, and this one is good. Bruce Miller: Okay. And my number one Beef. Okay, did you watch Beef? Terry Lipshetz: I did not. No. Bruce Miller: Okay. This is one that an incident happens. What happens to the people, what goes on, what could have been. It's from Korea, and it stars Stephen Yoon and Ali Wong, and they're both nominated for Emmys, so you've seen them before. But this is yet another one of those kind of things we're learning from Korean filmmakers is how they did parasite. That gives you kind of point of reference. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: It's one of those very self-contained series that you can go, okay, I get it. That was extremely remarkable, particularly in a year when, broadcasters were looking for other places to find new material. Okay. They found it there. And so that's why I thought, it's something different. It's something new. It's my number one. So there's our list. We had a lot of crossovers, and we don't live next door to each other. Terry Lipshetz: No. And I think you and I, we certainly had some solid crossovers, maybe in different rankings, different spots, but, yeah, succession, Fargo, the bear, all really good shows. And I think we threw out some ideas for each other, too, to check out some other ones. Bruce Miller: I'll be shrinking. Just know be shrinking. Terry Lipshetz: We'll see what check it out. But we are, I guess, not to rub it in, we are at different stages in our life, I guess. So I could see where that one maybe just doesn't strike the same chord for you. Bruce Miller: I've got to get to shrinking sooner than you would have to get to something else that I'm recommending to you. Terry Lipshetz: it's the end of the year. It's the end of the season. I mean, check out this episode. Obviously you're listening to it right now, but if you didn't go back and check our previous episode on the top movies from 2023, have a great rest of the year. Bruce Miller: If you look back, we have some interviews with some of those people from those various shows. I think if you do a deep dive into the podcast, you should be able to find some of those and you'll hear what we heard, when we talk to them. Terry Lipshetz: Absolutely. All right, well, have a safe and wonderful rest of the year. Happy New Year. And we'll be back again in 2024 with another season of streamed and screen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Business leaders or organizational leaders tend to think that the goal of appreciation is just to make people feel good…and that's good. We want that to happen. But really, the main goal is to create a functional, effective organization.” – Dr. Paul WhiteToday's featured international bestselling author is an experienced psychologist, business consultant, leadership trainer, thought leader, and a highly sought-after keynote speaker, Dr. Paul White. Dr. Paul and I had a chat about his book, “The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People”, the impact of authentic appreciation on employee retention, and more! Key Things You'll Learn:How Dr. Paul applied the concept of love languages to workplace relationshipsThe language of quality time and its differences across generationsWhy it pays to balance both focusing on tasks and people in a business settingThe consequences of not showing appreciation and how it can impact the overall work environmentHow faith plays a major role in the success of Dr. Paul's business Dr. Paul's Site: https://drpaulwhite.com/Dr. Paul's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005DM5SW0/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=3a6c3f32-9c79-41db-8485-7dac9f6b5f53&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr The opening track is titled "Money Trees" by the magnanimous chill-hop master, Marcus D (@marcusd). Be sure to visit his site and support his craft. https://marcusd.net/Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You Might Also Like… Ep. 502 – “A Leadership Development Strategy To Bond And Unite” With Amy P. Kelly (@AmyPKelly): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-502-a-leadership-development-strategy-to-bond-and-unite-with-amy-p-kelly-amypkelly/ Ep. 571 – “A Powerful Culture Starts with You” with Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi (@shahrzadnooravi): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-571-a-powerful-culture-starts-with-you-with-dr-shahrzad-nooravi-shahrzadnooravi/ Ep. 470.5 – “Business and Personal Secrets for Avoiding Relationship Landmines” with Frank Zaccari (@FZaccari): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4705-business-and-personal-secrets-for-avoiding-relationship-landmines-with-frank-zaccari-fzaccari/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 438 – “Acoustic Leadership” with Rick Lozano, CSP (@rick_lozano): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-438-acoustic-leadership-with-rick-lozano-csp-rick_lozano/ Ep. 370 – “Leadership That Rocks” with Jim Knight (@KnightSpeaker): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-370-leadership-that-rocks-with-jim-knight-knightspeaker/ Ep. 481 – “Breakthrough” with Thomas Gelmi: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-481-breakthrough-with-thomas-gelmi/ Ep. 372 – “The Grit Factor” with Shannon Huffman Polson (@ABorderLife): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-372-the-grit-factor-with-shannon-huffman-polson-aborderlife/ 136 - "Leadership Development" with Kevin Wayne Johnson (@Writing4theLord): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/136-leadership-development-with-kevin-wayne-johnson-writing4thelord/ Ep. 685 – “How Inclusive Leaders Keep Their Employees Engaged & Productive” with Dea Irby (@deairby): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-685-how-inclusive-leaders-keep-their-employees-engaged-productive-with-dea-irby-deairby/ Ep. 405 – “Leadership Lessons From The Pub” with Dr. Irvine Nugent (@irvinenugent): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-405-leadership-lessons-from-the-pub-with-dr-irvine-nugent-irvinenugent/

Meena, I'm sure that you will find this letter eventually. That is if you do return to Rosewalk at all. Perhaps you've already found your place out there in the Heath and have no need to come back here, back to this house, back to this table where we used to read. I'm sorry perhaps I'm being a little unfair and too much a cynic. I've tried to write this letter almost a dozen times... you can probably find all the drafts in the bin if you wanted to. (they are not much better though) The thing is, I have decided to leave Rosewalk. I know we had our plans and we made our promises, but after hearing your stories of the Heathland and listening to whispers on the wind across the bay I realized I want stories of my own. Once I stopped getting your letters I knew I had to find a way to go. I am joining a wandering tavern that stopped in the city so ill be able to travel with plenty of rest. Hearth, the head chef said that I could come with them for free as long as I did a little work here and there. I brought along my flute so hopefully a bit of music will suffice. They are all really nice, and the caterpillar that caries the tavern, Levi, lets me feed him by hand sometimes. So all I mean to say is, I don't want you to worry about me. I'll be okay and maybe someday we will see each other again out in the vastness of Heath. With love, Your friend, Elacore Meena comes home to find Elacore gone on Xer own journey. Sullenly heading home to her adoptive mother Lapis, Meena begins to work through her feelings and find a new path forward. Meena takes her journey through the mists of the Crossroads, a Hallowed place that confronts her with ideas about what she has lost. Music in this episode is by Devin Nelson. You can find it and support more of Devin's work at https://devindecibel.bandcamp.com/ Crossroads, a game at the intersection of hope and Greif by Sebastian Yue. https://sebastianyue.itch.io/crossroads

IN THIS EPISODE: How Rachel built her business while homeschooling her two boys and the boundaries she put in place so she didn't grow too quickly and disrupt her family lifeThe challenges of entrepreneurship and motherhood and what Rachel does to maintain a healthy work-life balance What Rachel thinks through when she's trying to decide if she should take on a client who may not be a good fit (and the questions she asks to determine if the project is worth pursuing)Why Rachel has said NO to social media and what she does instead to market herself and build client relationships Rest, technology, and AI in marketing Consistency in business and what Rachel does to nurture existing clients  TRANSCRIPT:  [00:00:00] Lindsay: Rachel Eubanks is a copywriter and the founder of Inspire to Engage a company helping businesses serve customers well through their written content. Rachel believes that words build relationships and relationships build loyal customers. Rachel's a mom of two boys in happily married to her college sweetheart.She's based in Huntsville, Alabama, and I'm so excited to have you here today with us. Thank you for joining us, Rachel.[00:00:27] Rachel: I am very excited to be here as well. I'm a little bit nervous if I'm honest, but I'm extremely excited as well. Well, good, good.[00:00:35] Lindsay: Why don't you just. Start off with maybe, hopefully the easy question is just give us a little bit of the, the lay of the land of what it is that you do.I mean, inspire to engage you help you help customers with their written content, but what does that mean?[00:00:52] Rachel: So what that means is I write sales and marketing content for my clients, and that is a range [00:01:00] of things. We know that shoppers do not just go to a store anymore, so that means I write. Content for websites.I definitely write content for social media because that's where shoppers are getting to know, like, and trust you. I also write, um, inbox content, so that'd be newsletters. Sometimes it's a nurture sequence. Um, then I also write some of the hard, the hard print things like for pamphlets, so anything that's going to help a business grow, more loyal customers.I help write that. Mm-hmm. And I, I even have a couple of, of c clients that, that technically it probably falls underneath content writing. Um, it's blog and article content. Mm-hmm. Case studies. Mm-hmm. But the reality is, is once again, that content is being used to decide, do I like what this, um, what this business is doing.So yeah. I, I, I often just tell people I write for businesses, and then if they want to know a [00:02:00] little bit more, you know, if, if I'm mm-hmm. If I'm, you know, at the grocery store, if they wanna write a, want to know a little bit more, then I delve deeper. Yeah. I love that. My[00:02:07] Lindsay: kids will often say, now what do I tell people when they ask what you do?Then I always say, just tell them that I'm a marketing consultant. That's the easiest thing that they can wrap their heads around.[00:02:19] Rachel: I love it. My son, he was talking to one of his tutors one day and he said, oh, I forgot my period. My mom really, she does a lot of stuff with periods. She's gonna care about that, and I thought, Okay, so is that he, he goes around and tells people, you know, my mom makes sure that there's periods in, in, in sentences, so whatever outta the mouth of babe.[00:02:39] Lindsay: Right. I love it. That's so great. So how long have you been doing this? How long have you been over engage?[00:02:46] Rachel: This is a great question, Lindsay. I believe I'm at year six or seven. I'll tell you the reason that there's a little bit of nuance there. I started my business when I came home to be with my boys, and it started [00:03:00] as a naptime business.Mm-hmm. Some mothers that are listening to this are those that are working full-time and looking to move away from their current full-time position. It started as a na naptime business, something that could really give about an hour and a half to three hours a day for so. That's why it, it has slowly, over the years, over about six years have has morphed into what I would consider is a full-time income.Okay. Um, so that's why there's a little bit of like, huh. Mm-hmm. Um, six-ish years.[00:03:35] Lindsay: Yeah. What I find fa fascinating about your answer is I. What I hear is, what I hear often out of a lot of women is kind of discounting the journey. Like, well, you know, it was a naptime business so it wasn't really real.Whereas a man oftentimes will step up and own that. Very much so. And so it's, it's always fascinating to me, and I, and I say [00:04:00] this, knowing that struggle. Mm-hmm. You know, personally knowing that struggle, like, well, is this really legitimate? Um, and so, To me, that leads me into my next question is, so as you've been building this for the last six or seven years, what would you say has been the hardest part of that journey?[00:04:19] Rachel: So it does relate to what you and I were just talking about, which was growing in an intentional way. So I do wanna backtrack and say that I do not discount those nap time years. . Because, I, I, I'll say this all the time. You don't know what you don't know. Like you just have to get started. We all want it to be so perfect.We want the perfect website copy. We want the perfect offering, and the reality is, is you just have to start and sometimes you just start in the nap time. I. And so while, while I wasn't doing full-time work, then I know that that is what was building my business. All the experiences that I have, [00:05:00] I, that plays into the work that I'm doing now.Even though some of it's still, it's very different work, in fact. Mm-hmm. But it still plays into it. So the hardest part for me was to grow intentionally because I, I homeschool my two boys as well. Mm-hmm. So, I have to be very cognizant about how I grow. And the reality is, is I know that you speak to a lot of, uh, women business owners and, and, and even men, business owners, if you choose to go down the entrepreneurial life, a lot of times you are a very goal oriented person.Like you see the, the carrot in front and you just go at a thousand miles per hour. Mm-hmm. The problem is, for me, that was then going to dis. Not destroy. That's too strong of a word, but it was going to mess up. What I was trying to create at home, because I was a public school teacher for 13 years, and I tell people all the time, this is kind of a little joke, look, I was in the ultimate sales and marketing [00:06:00] job.These people didn't even wanna come to me every day. It's not like they went to my website to buy from me or walked into my store voluntarily. They were dropped off with a on a school bus. And so, and here I am selling. Addition and subtraction of fractions. Mm-hmm. You better believe I figured out how to market and then ultimately sell my, um, offerings.And so I tell people all the time, I, I've been doing marketing sales from the beginning of having a full-time, a full-time job. So all of that to say, I came home after 13 years of teaching to be with my boys. So I have tried to, to grow intentionally knowing that I did want to spend that time with them too.It never started out to be a full-time business at the nap time level. Right. Does that make sense? Right. So all that to say is that I talk a big game, but the competitor in me, the entrepreneur in me is still like, You know, just dying, dying to race hard. But [00:07:00] that's not, that's not my ultimate goal right now.One day they'll, they'll be older. Right.[00:07:07] Lindsay: And I would say that the most successful entrepreneurs know that like that's, that is the accepted tension, right, of this is what I could do, but it has to be aligned with everything else. Mm-hmm. Or it's not gonna work. Like that's, mm-hmm. That's where we do set ourselves up for failures when we move forward and, you know, just say, Damn to everything else behind me.Doesn't matter. This is where I'm going. Mm-hmm. Well, fine. And it, it might sustain us for a year, two, three or five. And then we break. Okay. And so the, the savviest entrepreneurs get that. There is that tension. And we, as business owners, we, we have to be willing to step into that tension mm-hmm. And, and live with it and acknowledge it and.Wrestle with it and say, okay, as a result of this, what am I building? Where am I going? What fits me the right [00:08:00] way? Has it been. You know, as, as a mom, fellow mom here as well, you know, I have four children. I too, I too spent, I spent three years in a high school. In a high school classroom. I was a high school English teacher.Yay. I, I do not wanna do this ever again for the rest of my life. Um, but, um,andso, You know, fellow mom. Then I, when I went back to work full-time after our youngest was back in kindergarten, I got to the point of realizing if I'm gonna make the money and live the life that I wanna live. Mm-hmm. It's just, I'm just, I, I need to be my own boss.Mm-hmm. But stepping out and very intentionally building a business around my family. That's why I decided to build my own business instead of commuting an hour to and from work every single day was because of my family. And at times that's been hard for me to step into spaces because I wrestle with that.[00:09:00]I'm just a mom, but I'm also a business owner. Mm-hmm. And I think that a lot of it's my own mental game. Yes, there is. There is some of that. Being thrown on to me by others as well. But if I was being honest, I would say it's probably more my mental gain than anybody else. Mm-hmm. But so that struggle of building something around, something as sacred as being a mom.Mm-hmm.How has that been for you?[00:09:28] Rachel: Uh, this question is so exciting to me. First of all, I agree with you. I feel like that too. Oh. But, but I'm just a mom. Even though you and I know anybody that's listening to this, we know that being parents is the greatest calling. It is the hardest, the most easy job that we'll ever do, you know?And, and it that, and it changes within like 30 seconds every day. Mm-hmm. All the time. But I have found something, I've really worked hard, and it goes back to what we've talked about intentionally building our business around our family. [00:10:00] I have found that, When I surround myself with really good people, you know, the same good people, no good people.Mm-hmm. So you surround yourself, that counts your, that, that's your customers as well, a and your colleagues. You surround yourself with people who have similar focuses, whether I don't care if, I don't care if they have a family or not, but they understand that you have a life outside of your business.Great. You have to surround yourself with those people and we, I also have to believe that there are plenty of copywriters in the world for every business that needs one and wants to hire one. So if you do not, if it is a big problem between you and me, I. That I homeschool my family in the morning or that I'm going to be offline starting at 5:00 PM because we have soccer games rest of the night.Then not to be mean, but you're just not my client. Right? Go, go work with a, with [00:11:00] another copywriter that their hours are different than mine. Mm-hmm. That, um, you know, maybe, maybe they really do sit down and work from five to to midnight. Um, That, that's the other thing too, is that I had to, when you first start your business, you want every client that ever comes across your, your, your computer screen.And the reality is, is sometimes we have to take those. Mm-hmm. When you're first starting your business, you have to take them. Right. Because you gotta have some money in the bank. Mm-hmm. And you also have to learn what makes a great client. Mm-hmm. And especially in that early season. So. But you do get, once you get a couple of really good clients underneath your belt and you get a little money in your bank account, you really do, your confidence starts to grow a little bit and you can look kindly at somebody and just say, I don't think we're a good fit.Mm-hmm. And it's nothing personal like you wish them well. Right. But not in my inbox, you know? Right. Curious. Answer your question.[00:11:58] Lindsay: Yes. Yeah. I'm curious [00:12:00] to know, because this is something that I, this is a tension that I will step into at times because you hear that advice a lot like. Don't, don't take on clients that aren't a good fit.Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And that is so very true. Like mm-hmm. When you're just getting started, that's very idealistic advice. And it can be Exactly. I agree. It can be catastrophic to your growth as a business owner. You'll Exactly. You be willing for a of reasons have to be willing. Exactly. Mm-hmm. But when you do it to that point, how do you personally decide this person isn't a fit versus.This is a challenge, like, this kind of scares me. I don't know if I can do this project like this is, this is something I've never done before. Or like when you're steppinginto an unknown,like how do you, how do you know that you're just not making an excuse of this isn't a fit, versus this is something new and it's a challenge.[00:12:53] Rachel: Thank you. I think you hit the nail on the head with some, with asking those really good questions. Like, [00:13:00] am I just terrified because this is the biggest contract I've ever signed? Mm-hmm. Or am I, or am I terrified because I've never done this exact project? Am I terrified because I don't have the right executive assistant under underneath me or the right team around me?You know, if you answer yes to those questions and you have the bandwidth in your life to take on that project, then you need to take it on. Mm-hmm. You need to take it on. But there's other things that doesn't add up. When you start, when you start getting that feeling in your gut that like, here's an example.When you start to dread. Opening that email from that client, or you just sent something and they're sending something right back, or you can't get them to respond. But when they do respond, it's an emergency. Like you've been asking for that information for two weeks, they never gave it to you. They finally give it to you, and then they say, Can we meet tomorrow to go over [00:14:00] the, the, the first draft?Mm-hmm. All of those are red flags. Now sometimes those, sometimes those red flags do not show up until you're in the middle of the project. And then this is where I'm just gonna be mean and say, you know what? As a business owner, you just gonna have to finish it. Mm-hmm. But, because a lot of times we don't know that someone's a bad, a bad client until we're in the middle of a project.Once we finish that project, then we can. Politely tell ourselves and in the future if they reach out to us again, you know, I'm not available. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And that's how, that's how you ended. I'm just not available, or, Hey, I think so and so and so and so might be a better fit for you. Mm-hmm. So I don't know that, I don't know that we can always sense that sense that someone's a bad client from the beginning.I've been very blessed with, with great clients. But, um, But sometimes you do get in the middle of something. Here. Here is one situation. She did not become a client of mine because she, she [00:15:00] reached out to me at about year three. So Lindsay, I had really started to gotten to get just a little bit of confidence.You know, I'm getting past that phase of that. I've had to say yes to everything. But her list of what she wanted done every single week was, was about 20 items deep. Hmm. And I, here was a red flag in her email to me when she was setting up a meeting for me. She said, and these people want something like $20 an hour to do this stuff.It's not that hard. Mm. The only reason Lindsay I took that meeting was because she was a friend of a friend, and I told my husband going to that meeting, I think she's a lovely person. She'll not be a client of mine. She'll not be a client of mine. And so I spent that meeting telling her some different opportunities, different ways that she could do it herself, and to do it quickly.Because what I realized is from the beginning when her list was 20 [00:16:00] items deep and she was complaining that people were wanting $20 an hour, which my rate's way more than that. Right. Right. Um, I knew right then that she wasn't a good fit. Mm-hmm. But once again, you and I talked about whatever season your business is in.Had that been year one, you and I both know I'd have been working for her. Okay. Right. Figuring out about a year into it or six months into it, how am I getting myself out of this, you know, out of this. And that goes into contracts and things like that. But, um, So anyway, does that answer your question about the red flag?Yeah.[00:16:35] Lindsay: Yeah. And I think it is just, I think it's just that willingness to step into the narrative with yourself and explore that. Like if there's something that gives you pause, the pause doesn't necessarily mean jump ship. It means stop and think this through. And be willing to listen to your gut. Listen to the gut.But you have to know what that feeling is. You have to understand what it is. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. What is [00:17:00] one thing, one piece of business advice that you wish you would've tuned out sooner?[00:17:06] Rachel: Oh, I love this question actually. I love all of your questions so far. Here was something I spent a ton of time, and this is gonna sound really weird with me saying this because I'm a copywriter and I write a lot of social media for other people.Mm-hmm. Um, the, the notion. That everybody's marketing has to be the same. And when I first came into business, you know, what did I say, six or seven years ago? It, it was just all about social media. And at the time it was all about Instagram. Mm-hmm. Well, the reality is it's of course, yes, most businesses need some type of presence online.I, I, yes. I, I cannot, I can't, you know, overstate that, but, The truth is, is that not all of us work great on social media. Mm-hmm. I love writing for other people, like to be someone else's cheerleader comes very easy to me. [00:18:00] Mm-hmm. To be my own cheerleader is hard. So then when I'm sitting here writing social media for my own business, I.It, it takes me hours, Lindsay hours to write for myself. In fact, it's a great case in point about why people hire me because writing for your own self, you know this in your line of work too. Mm-hmm. Writing for yourself is the hardest. It's like doing brain surgery on your own brain. Um, and so I know, yeah, yeah.I know why people hire me and so I, about a year and a half ago, I told myself that I have to market myself some way that you have to in business. Mm-hmm. But I said I can either spend these hours on social media that I don't enjoy, that I don't get a, I don't, here's reality, I wasn't getting return on it either and probably cuz I didn't enjoy it, you know?Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Or I could join a networking group where there's accountability and all this different stuff. I get to be in person with people. You and I both know, word of mouth [00:19:00] marketing is the highest converting form of marketing there is. Uh, and I chose to go that direction. Now I do have to say with a asterisk little warning here, that's not for everybody.If I have another friend that, when I mention, when I mention my networking group, like she vomits Lindsay. Mm-hmm. She is so good at social media, that's where she wants to spend her time. You and I have talked about the fact that family, for us is very important and so. I had to make a decision of where I'm going to spend my quote unquote block of marketing time, right?And so I chose, I chose there. So the piece of advice I would say is that, Your marketing does not have to look like everybody else's. Mm-hmm. I would also challenge and say too, that as your family changes, as your season of life changes, as your business matures to how you market that mm-hmm. Also can change.Mm-hmm. And probably should change, right? So everybody's marketing does not [00:20:00] have to look the same. Really start asking yourself, what do I enjoy doing? Where I can talk about my business? What comes natural? And then I would lean into that. And especially if you're some, if you're somebody like you and me where we're really strapped for time.Mm-hmm. Everything that we do, we feel like it, it, it's gotta be purposeful. Mm-hmm. Um, so there you go.[00:20:23] Lindsay: Yeah. Couple years ago, I don't know if it was maybe two years ago, I wrote a post Why I quit Instagram as a business owner. Hmm. Ooh. It was very much that realization, like, this is just not me. Same. I will just like what you just said, I will say, I say to people often, I don't need the spotlight when I'm in a room.I like to be against the wall, helping other people find the spotlight. That's my job. Yeah. I don't need it. Yes. Mm-hmm. And so, Doing anything that brings a spotlight onto me feels very just unnatural. Yes. And you know, I don't know if it's because I'm a Gen [00:21:00] Xer and so I, I'm not a native social media user.Mm-hmm. I'm sure that that plays into it as well. Um, It just, it doesn't feel like I'm building the authentic type of relationships that I really wanna build. And so I just decided, you know what? I know that the advice is for me to be on Instagram because that's supposedly where people are. But you know what?My audience isn't here, so what am I doing? I'm just spinning my wheels. This is ridiculous. So I pulled the plug and it's been the best thing ever, honestly.[00:21:31] Rachel: I totally agree with you too. And, and, and we do say this out loud in the fact that we understand that for some businesses that's not an option.Right. And then that's when you say, Hey, hire somebody that's gonna write it for you. Mm-hmm. Um, if it bec, if it comes up very unnatural to you. But you and I were very blessed that for our, for our businesses, it, it was an option. Mm-hmm. Um, I do try to look alive on LinkedIn and I do say that phrase look alive.Um, I do try to look alive on LinkedIn. Um, that often doesn't mean that I'm writing. For [00:22:00] writing for myself, but I, like I said, cheering, you and I talked about cheering for someone else. Mm-hmm. Comes very easy. That's the fun part of social media for me, not actually putting my own service and products out there.Yeah.[00:22:12] Lindsay: Yeah. I think that just speaks to, as a business owner, it's really critical. That you do have a, a foundational understanding of who you are, how you work, how you operate, how you step into your space, how you invite others into your world, and you're, and that's a large part of the work that Ido with clients.And if you don't have that, notjust understanding, but intentional acknowledgement, then you wind up building something based on the scaffolding of other people.And it just doesn't work like they, it's not sustainable.No. I'm convinced that's why we have bus so many businesses that fail within the first five years is because we're building on other people's scaffolding and it's just not designed to support us.[00:22:58] Rachel: Mm, that's well said. I have not [00:23:00] thought about it like that. Um, let's see.[00:23:03] Lindsay: What about ad? So advice that you two wish you would've tuned out of. What about advice that you think people need to tune out of now or even tune into, like, currently? I got it.[00:23:15] Rachel: Rest, rest, rest, rest. I'll say it again. Rest the, um, our world.Every gen, every generation has faced their own set of challenges. Our challenge in this generation is the constant in influx, or not influx, but the constant feed of information. And I don't think that we recognize just how tiring that is. I think, I think we think that just because we're watching the news or just because we're scrolling Instagram, that we're relaxing.That's, that's just not the reality. Mm-hmm. And I also think, um, I can speak for myself here that I try to fill almost every moment of my waking day with something productive and what I have learned as a creative. [00:24:00] And I would say I would even further that and say, as an entrepreneur, you have to be creative in so many ways as an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, but so, but as a creative, I have learned that if I do not take time to have margin or white space in my own life, I don't have anything to say.Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I don't have anything to say. The screen is blanker than blank. Mm-hmm. And then therefore I don't serve my clients well. And if I'm, and, and as sure as heck not serving my family very well either. Mm-hmm. Um, if I am run down in ragged and so, There are, there has been a big push, or maybe I'm just following these, these entrepreneurs that have started talking about the fact that we have to be intentional with rest.And if you can't rest just for the sake of resting, then know that you should rest because it will make you more productive. Mm-hmm. It will make your work better. And how you choose to rest is very different. You know, for me, I really do like mindless tv. I love to turn on [00:25:00] the Golden Girls. Or MASH or, or, and just.Laugh, just mm-hmm. It's not productive. I'm not trying to learn anything, you know? Right. Um, for other people or, or for, or for me, for walking, being out in nature and for other people, it really, it really is that they wanna do, they wanna go kayaking or whatever. I don't mm-hmm. The reality, we just have to get away from work.We have to get away from work and in this, in this idea of always being productive so that we can come back from that intentional, that scheduled rest and be. Ready to like take on the world. Yeah. So lean into rest and there are more and more entrepreneurs talking about that.[00:25:41] Lindsay: Well, yeah. I think, you know, as we understand more and more about the brain and how it's wired, how it works, and that critical importance of carving out space just for the brain to reset and rewire and do all of that.But to, as you mentioned earlier, you know, all business owners, all entrepreneurs, we are creators [00:26:00] and the creative. Cannot create in a, in an atmosphere that is so full of noise and activity that there's not time to actually decide, figure out what to create and innovate. Yes. What what you have instead is just a lot of replication, duplication.And I think we see that in businesses and in marketing, and it is because we aren't taking the time to step out and really create space where we can find ourselves in the midst of all of that noise. So I think that it's really expected. It's, to me it's like not even interesting. It's like, well, what, what would we expect is that in the day and age where it is so noisy, I mean, it's just new technology after new technology bombarding us.And, and as we are absorbed into that, our pushback is we need more rest. We need more space, we need more connection with others. [00:27:00] Yes. And, but we have to, so there's a lot of talk about it. Mm. But I don't see. A lot of true action of what does that really mean? Maybe it does mean deleting your Facebook account or your Instagram account, or leaving your phone on the counter from 7:00 PM onward, whatever it is, like it requires, it's not enough to talk about it.It requires an intentionality.[00:27:24] Rachel: Well, in fact, I have learned that the, the more the people. That I am really leaning in towards, in, into these days. And remember I talked about, I've, I've been very blessed with some really good entrepreneurial friends are those that really are not scared to say, in fact, I've grown to admire them when they say it at the bottom of in their signature and say things like, You know, uh, don't respond and I don't respond to emails after 5:00 PM or I don't work on the weekends on Sundays or whatever.And I typically, that was something you, you've talked about us not just talking about it, but beginning and intentional. About three [00:28:00] years ago, I realize that I was working seven days a week at some point. And so now I try my absolute best not to work on Sundays. Mm-hmm. I need that day of rest. I. And, and it has to be intentional.Now, do I get it right every time? No, because sometimes my Saturdays are insane and there's a project that just has to go out. So guess what? My Saturdays then that, then that day I don't work. Now it's, it's not necessarily restful, but I am away from my computer. Mm-hmm. And so I think it starts with us having to be very clear.With ourselves that I'm, that I'm just not good without rest. Right. And I just challenge somebody to try it. If you have not chosen a day of the week that you will not work. Here's another thing too, Lindsay, very rarely I started this, uh, other friends, we started this about, about a year and a half ago too, that it is rare that we take meetings on Monday and Fridays.Mm-hmm. Um, doesn't mean we're not working. But it just means that those days need to be a different [00:29:00] type of work. That's another level of stress on your brain, is to be sitting in front of people. And you and I know in, in our space of needing to sit down and write and to really get into that mindset. Um, It's difficult to do with a meeting here, and then you try to write for a second.Right. A meeting[00:29:17] Lindsay: there. Oh, my word. I always tell my husband, I'm like, well, I had a meeting at noon and then at two, and so essentially my day shot, like there's there's no productivity time sandwich then. Yes. I just can't do it.[00:29:28] Rachel: Yeah. So those are some things I've been, I've been put, put into my life and I, I don't wanna say, I don't wanna say that I'm perfect, I'm not.But there, those are very intentional. And when I can't, when I, and when I cannot not abide by those. I have said out loud to my husband why, like, Hey, the reason I have to work today is this, or The reason I had to take that meeting was because, That project is due and there's six other people counting on me and it's due Tuesday.I had to take the meeting. Right.[00:29:55] Lindsay: So, right. Yeah. I think the key takeaway is just [00:30:00] rest doesn't look the same for all of us. Our tolerances are different. You know, my husband's work schedule is vastly different from mine and he's fine, and I'm like getting worn out just watching him. But I jokingly will lift up his shirt.I just did last week. I lifted up his shirt. He's like, what are you doing? I said, I'm looking for the batteries.Like, you can't,you cannot be human. You must just be a robot in this fact.[00:30:23] Rachel: Well said. Well said. That's, that's well said too. And I think that, I think that's the thing. It goes back, you said something earlier about, you know, really asking ourselves those questions.I now, I am 43. I just turned 43. And I will say that I, I'm confident out at 43, I have started picking out when I'm losing my mind. Mm-hmm. I have started picking out those little bitty things like for example, I dread coming to my computer. I, I wanna go read a fun book. Like, I, I just, and when that starts to take, take over my, my brain, the entire, like all the time, I'm like, mm-hmm.Oh, it's because I haven't rested. I am [00:31:00] overwhelmed and my brain is just looking for anything else to do. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And to go work. That's one silly little example, but. I now recognize that for 20 years I've been doing this. Mm-hmm. I even had that tendency as a teacher that I just wanted to get some cheap little romance book that I just knew at the end that they were gonna hate each other in the middle and love each other at the end.I didn't have to think as I read it, you know? Right, right. Um, so that's a silly example, but I just challeng anybody listening that you start recognizing your own little, little bitty tendencies that. I, I don't have enough rest. I don't have a, I don't have a margin or white space in my life. And then try to find some.[00:31:38] Lindsay: I love that. All right, so as we talk about rest, as we've just talked about the bombardment of technology coming in, this feels like a great time for me to ask you, the copywriter who writes content for others, all of this talk, I would be remiss to not ask you what do you think about AI and what should we be thinking about when we talk about [00:32:00] it?[00:32:02] Rachel: I had, you asked me this question six months ago. You've gotten a different answer. But now today I can say that I'm excited about ai. Now I'm just wanna talk about em. I'm being excited about AI for what it can do for businesses and for. As far as writing, okay. Mm-hmm. We could get into it. We don't have time today to get into what are the applications long term.I just wanna talk about what it can do for copywriting. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I think it's a powerful tool. I, couple of caveats I. AI is not just taking over over cop, over copywriting. It's happening inside of videography. It's happening inside of, of photography. We've been seeing AI for a long time already on websites like the, the bot chats.You know, when they're like, Hey, so glad you're at the website. What question do you have? Like we, this is not new to us people, but it is taking over certain industries and it's really getting people talking. Here's the thing, if a business does not want to hire me, Because [00:33:00] they now wanna use chat. G P T, we probably weren't a great fit to begin with.Okay. Because the reality is you also need to know how to use chat G P T for content creation in order for it to be good, in order for other humans to want to read it. Right? So if you think that you're going to go to chat G P T, or writer or Jasper or whatever, and one time put in, like, write me a blog about storytelling.Mm-hmm. You're not gonna get a great product. Right? So that is actually going to require that business even more work. If they were already not willing to pay me because they're going to use chat. G p t, we're not a great fit. Go ahead. Go ahead. I wish you well. All of that. That leads to my next question is, I mean to my next point is chat.G P T is a tool, like any other tool. I have a jewelry designer friend and. She, her slogan, part of her slogan says, handcrafted [00:34:00] jewelry. Her jewelry is beautiful. I know when she writes handcrafted, that does not mean she literally went and dug by hand the jewels out of the ground. Mm-hmm. And that she then by hand shaped the metal into a ring.I know that means that she put her hand on it using her tools that she has that makes jewelry beautiful. Well, that's what any great photographer, copywriter, storyteller videographer, is going to do as well, and you are going to have to use it as a tool. A hammer is just a hammer sitting there until a true carpenter picks it up and makes something beautiful.Mm-hmm. Chat, g p t, Jasper, writer, whatever you wanna use, is simply a tool sitting there until someone with experience and the know-how and the time and the drive to figure it out. Actually starts to use it. So I'm excited about ai. I think it's a tool. This has been happening since the beginning of time.[00:35:00]We've, we've always, humans have always been improving upon what we have. Like I said, This tool is, we, we don't the ramifications for the future. And there's a, even inside the copywriting world, there's conversations about, you know, NDAs. Like I could see businesses, certain businesses saying, don't you dare put my content into an AI writer and try to, and, and, and try to then pull out content and create it from there.Mm-hmm. Uh, so there's, there's. There's future conversations to have, but we are thinking about that. And at the same time, humans still have to drive a good product that comes out of an AI writer. Mm-hmm. Um, humans are still needed. They just might be used in different way. In fact, have you even heard now?Well, I think yes. I think you did hear this, we had talked about this at some point about the phrase prompt engineer [00:36:00] now. Right, right. But there's the. Those that are getting really good mm-hmm. At prompting inside these AI writers mm-hmm. There's perhaps another job. Oh, absolutely.[00:36:11] Lindsay: Um, I think it is, you know, and as it should be prompting some really important questions like what does it mean to be created?What does it mean to be human? Mm-hmm. Um, and the pushback against any sort of technological advancement is that when science and technology advances faster than the human mind can think through it, that's when we start to collide with. Mm-hmm. Some catastrophic things, and that is where we're at. Things are happening faster than humans can think through the implications.So I think people who are asking hard questions should be asking hard questions rather than allowing themselves to be poo-pooed by the futurists who are like, Hey, this is awesome, because there are hard questions that we do need to pause and ask ourselves. And you know, to your point, the [00:37:00] people going that are gonna be using chat, G P T.Probably wouldn't hire me anyways. Mm-hmm. A friend of mine, Justin Blackman, who is a brand voice expert compared chat GP the other day, we were talking about it and he said, you know, it's kind of like the Canva for designers. Yeah. And I think I, I use Canva all the time knowing that my designer friends would look at anything I create and cringe.Like, to me it looks beautiful, it's great. But if I really wanted to show up in a way that, you know, In like the full capacity. Mm-hmm. I'm going to ask a designer to create something or when, when it's really complex, like I'm not trying to create my entire website mm-hmm. On via Canva. I know people who have, but I'm not trying to do that.Yeah.[00:37:44] Rachel: Um, That's a really good analogy. It's a good analogy. She can sniff out Canva from, you know, from a, from a screen away. Yes. You know, she's like, oh, that's Canva. We're like, we know, we know Jackie. We're not, we're not trying to be you. Ok. Yes. And[00:37:57] Lindsay: that's the same with, um, [00:38:00] writers and creators, like AI produced content.Most of us are like, oh my gosh, can't you see like, this is mm-hmm. This is very formulaic, or this is this, this and this. Mm-hmm. Um, I what the, what I see it as is, at this point in the game, who knows what it'll be tomorrow year at this point in the game. It's really great for, if you're creating SEO driven content that you, you know, you need to create content.You just gotta get it up. It's not necessarily because you're looking to be the next thought leader in the game. You just need to create content to increase your search rate. Then it's great. Mm-hmm. But if you're truly trying to be a thought leader, presenting information that's never been thought through before or a a really new angle chat, g p t doesn't have the capacity to do that.It doesn't have the human reasoning skills like that. It's only producing what is known, what is discovered. Mm-hmm. And the true brands. I think the brands that are gonna emerge and kind of. Become the front runners [00:39:00] in the next few years are those who are like, it's just going to put a, a, a additional premium on true thinking on new thought.[00:39:09] Rachel: Yeah, I, I agree with you on that because there, there will I. I'm just interested to see will there be, will there start to be questions like, now are you going to write this or are you going to use chat G p T? Right. And here's the thing too. I could see businesses being upset either way. Mm-hmm. Because the reality is if you get really good at prompting an AI writer, You might could produce content.Mm-hmm. A little bit quicker. Right. Um, but at the same time, I could also see how a business would then be like, well, if you're gonna do that, then I could have just done it myself. Right, right. Here's you, we were talking about implications. Here's an interesting implication too, that's a little, a little bit outside the business world, but it does make you stop and think.My husband is an adjunct professor at a local university here in, in the accounting department. And, um, start thinking about how AI [00:40:00] writing affects. College. Absolutely. College papers. Mm-hmm. Now for years, years and years and years, they've had the software to, to determine plagiarism. Mm-hmm. But what about writing that was done from ai?Now I know that there's people smart enough that could probably create software, but here's an example where we've gotten ahead of, like you said, we've gotten ahead of ourselves here. Mm-hmm. And so my husband and I were brainstorming like, what do we do? You know? Um, does, uh, does it gets into a super, it gets into a deep debate about, well, does that.Student know anything about accounting then if they can't write a paper explaining that project. Right. Um, do you go back to writing papers literally in class? Mm-hmm. So that mm-hmm. So that you have to show, you know, so that you have to show that you were the one that wrote it and you didn't just put a really good prompt right.Inside of an AI writer. So that's [00:41:00] just one example that kind of, that's hit home in my house recently. Yeah. Outside of the business world. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Some good stuff. Mm-hmm.[00:41:09] Lindsay: All right, last question. What we, we all give, give medicine. As business owners, we all hand it out. This is, this is what you should do, but I know that it's often hard to swallow our own medicine.Well, and so for you, what, what would be the one thing, you know, whether it's like really deep, really deep answer like this is, this is how I tell people to show up, or just really basic. Consistency here.[00:41:38] Rachel: Here's the thing, I, that's why people hire me because they want a consistent voice or they want consistent content.They want their offer to be discussed consistently. People hire me for consistency. Mm-hmm. That's also very hard to replicate as a business owner because we all [00:42:00] have lives outside of our own business. Our business changes season by season. Sometimes it changes as quickly as one client to the next client.They re, it really may take your business in a different direction and so it's hard to be consistent mm-hmm. When things are always changing. Yeah. And so that is something I preach to my clients all the time. Hey, please communicate consistently with your clients. For example, we know we're, we're recording this, um, in the middle of May, and so we know that.Summer is coming and summer always makes things different. Mm-hmm. If you have, if you have a family or if you love being outside, there's just always summer's just a little bit different. And so I was telling, um, a group of people, I said, Hey, do not. Go this summer without consistently communicating with your past and current clients.Mm-hmm. Stay top of mind and if you need [00:43:00] some help coming up with what that content may look like, coming up with a system so that they are hearing from you on a very regular basis. Reach out to me. I will do that for them, but I know behind the scenes that is very hard for me to pull off. Now I'm starting to put systems in place.I have an executive assistant who's helping me make sure that at least once every six months or once every, let's say once every quarter, is what I should have said. That my past and current clients hear from me in their inbox, and it's not even salesy. Like I don't care to do business with them unless they need it.But I do want them to know that I saw that they have a new offering out, or that their new website looks fantastic, or their birthday was two weeks ago. I hope it was wonderful. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Saying that top of mind. But keeps that relationship a lot. I mean, that email keeps that relationship alive. And whether they ever hire me again, they have a circle of people who they're going to be talking to.Mm-hmm. [00:44:00] And if some, if Venita rises for website copy, email copy, social media, whatever. I wanna was like, oh my gosh. I know. Great copywriter. Hang on, hang on. I can, let me, hang on. She, she just emailed me a couple months ago. Or I can pull, I can pull up her email address. Let me get it for you. Right. So, Consistency is so hard, but it's something that I believe in because I believe in the power of relationships and words.Whether they're spoken or they're written help to build that relationship. Mm-hmm. And so, um, consistency matters. I know that. And I am, I have, you know, rebuked myself about the fact I've gotta do a better job. So I'm putting some systems in place to, to kind of take my own medicine. Yeah. Yeah.[00:44:42] Lindsay: Well, thank you so very much.Thanks for giving your time and being here with us today where. Where should people find you or reach out?[00:44:50] Rachel: So my inbox currently is my very best place to find me. You and I've already talked about the social media. Um, so my email address is Rachel, r a c [00:45:00] h e l, at Inspire to Engage. So there's no spaces, it's the word two is written out. Inspire to engage. I am also on LinkedIn, so you can look for Rachel Eubanks. On LinkedIn, Eubank says E U B A N K S. All[00:45:19] Lindsay: right, and we'll, we'll post all of that in the show notes too.[00:45:22] Rachel: Awesome, Lindsay, this has been so much fun. It's been great. Great chatting with you, so you take care. Okay, I will. All right.Bye bye. STORYHOUSE is a production of Storyhouse Fifteen, a strategic coaching and branding studio that helps small business owners and do-good organizations find the clarity, the story, and the strategy to reach more people and grow their impact. Find Lindsay at storyhousefifteen.com or connect with her on LinkedIn.

I'm a gen Xer. When I was in the bloom of youth, being gen X was as cool as it got. But now, of course, it's been a long time since my generation has been surpassed in the coolness department ... first by Millenials, which I guess are gen Y ... and now by Gen Z! Members of the Z generation are many things, for better and for worse. One thing they definitely are is very much online, and online they are masters are the meme -- those repurposed images and video clips with witty captions that spread across the internet like a Canadian wildfire. Before long, and in some ways already, Gen Zers are going to enter the workforce in droves and occupy positions with buying power. And so it behooves content marketers to have a strategy for using memes in their marketing strategies. That's what's inspired my guests today. Jacob Nomafo and Jonah Blackburn are co-founders of LucidMeme, a company that helps brands build relationships between businesses and Gen Z through humor, using memes to capture attention and build brand awareness. Jacob and Jonah talk about why they were inspired to create Lucid Meme and how b2b marketers can use memes to engage a Gen Z audience. The B2B Content Show is brought to you by Connversa, a podcasting agency that helps B2B brands start podcasts to build relationships with prospects and referral partners and create better content.

Hey guys, welcome to the Lean to the Left podcast. Today we're talking politics, and with me are Arthur Hill, from North Carolina, and Robert Thompson, from Georgia. I'm a Maryander transplanted into South Carolina, and together we're the Dixie Dems.Arthur is communications chair of the Brunswick County, North Carolina, Democratic party. Robert is based in Atlanta and founded Peach News Now and its opinion podcast, Got Damn Liberals. Me, I do communications work for the Horry County, SC Democratic Party in addition to hosting this podcast and producing the Lean to the Left blog site.Today, it's all – or at least mostly – about Georgia and the latest indictment of Donald Trump. Many experts say this could be the most serious of the four separate cases in which Trump has been indicted. Robert…you're living the dream in Georgia. Fill us in on what's happening there. Why is this case, with 13 charges against Trump, perhaps the most serious threat to his freedom compared to the others in which he has been charged. What's your take on the Fulton County prosecutor, Fani T. Willis?Because these are state charges, Trump couldn't pardon himself if elected president. But could he be pardoned by the Georgia governor, the Republican, Brian Kemp?Former Trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said the Georgia charges had “the purpose of framing President Donald Trump and anyone willing to take on the ruling regime.” Another Trump lawyer, Jenna Ellis said “The Democrats and the Fulton County DA are criminalizing the practice of law.”Then, she added, “I am resolved to trust the Lord and I will simply continue to honor, praise, and serve Him.” That was on X (or Twitter). “The lord will protect you as well as he protects us from gun violence,” responded another Xer. What do you guys think about that?How are Georgia Republicans responding to all of this? Incredible that polls still have Trump dominating in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Also incredible that some of Trump's rivals are echoing his attacks on Prosecutor Willis. DeSantis called the indictment against Trump “an example of this criminalization of politics.” These characters who supposedly are seeking the GOP presidential nomination, but really are angling to win Trump's nod for the vice-presidential nomination…don't they see what happens to people who line up with Trump? For some, it's been the death knell for their careers; for others, it's federal prison. You'd think they'd run as far away from this guy as possible.Seems to me that former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan showed some integrity, though, saying that GOP voters should “hit the reset button,” adding, “To think that we are going to stand behind somebody that's in that level of trouble—times four—is ridiculous,” he said. He was one of the state officials Trump contacted urging them to reverse his Georgia loss.Did you guys hear about Trump's new campaign ad attacking the three prosecutors who have charged him with felonies, as well as NY AG Letitia James who sued the Trump family and organization on charges that they engaged in widespread fraud?More than half the 60-second ad focuses on Willis, and according to Washington Post fact checkers three of the four claims made in the ad are false. Trump has until August 25 to surrender at the Fulton County Jail for booking, and apparently will have his mug shot taken and be fingerprinted. Think about this…it was about a year ago, last June, that Trump was trying to get his image on Mount Rushmore with Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Jefferson. Now, probably the most famous of all Trump photos will be his mug shot, taken as a common criminal.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-lean-to-the-left-podcast--4719048/support.

Hey guys, welcome to the Lean to the Left podcast. Today we're talking politics, and with me are Arthur Hill, from North Carolina, and Robert Thompson, from Georgia. I'm a Maryander transplanted into South Carolina, and together we're the Dixie Dems.Arthur is communications chair of the Brunswick County, North Carolina, Democratic party. Robert is based in Atlanta and founded Peach News Now and its opinion podcast, Got Damn Liberals. Me, I do communications work for the Horry County, SC Democratic Party in addition to hosting this podcast and producing the Lean to the Left blog site.Today, it's all – or at least mostly – about Georgia and the latest indictment of Donald Trump. Many experts say this could be the most serious of the four separate cases in which Trump has been indicted. Robert…you're living the dream in Georgia. Fill us in on what's happening there. Why is this case, with 13 charges against Trump, perhaps the most serious threat to his freedom compared to the others in which he has been charged. What's your take on the Fulton County prosecutor, Fani T. Willis?Because these are state charges, Trump couldn't pardon himself if elected president. But could he be pardoned by the Georgia governor, the Republican, Brian Kemp?Former Trump lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said the Georgia charges had “the purpose of framing President Donald Trump and anyone willing to take on the ruling regime.” Another Trump lawyer, Jenna Ellis said “The Democrats and the Fulton County DA are criminalizing the practice of law.”Then, she added, “I am resolved to trust the Lord and I will simply continue to honor, praise, and serve Him.” That was on X (or Twitter). “The lord will protect you as well as he protects us from gun violence,” responded another Xer. What do you guys think about that?How are Georgia Republicans responding to all of this? Incredible that polls still have Trump dominating in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Also incredible that some of Trump's rivals are echoing his attacks on Prosecutor Willis. DeSantis called the indictment against Trump “an example of this criminalization of politics.” These characters who supposedly are seeking the GOP presidential nomination, but really are angling to win Trump's nod for the vice-presidential nomination…don't they see what happens to people who line up with Trump? For some, it's been the death knell for their careers; for others, it's federal prison. You'd think they'd run as far away from this guy as possible.Seems to me that former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan showed some integrity, though, saying that GOP voters should “hit the reset button,” adding, “To think that we are going to stand behind somebody that's in that level of trouble—times four—is ridiculous,” he said. He was one of the state officials Trump contacted urging them to reverse his Georgia loss.Did you guys hear about Trump's new campaign ad attacking the three prosecutors who have charged him with felonies, as well as NY AG Letitia James who sued the Trump family and organization on charges that they engaged in widespread fraud?More than half the 60-second ad focuses on Willis, and according to Washington Post fact checkers three of the four claims made in the ad are false. Trump has until August 25 to surrender at the Fulton County Jail for booking, and apparently will have his mug shot taken and be fingerprinted. Think about this…it was about a year ago, last June, that Trump was trying to get his image on Mount Rushmore with Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Jefferson. Now, probably the most famous of all Trump photos will be his mug shot, taken as a common criminal.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4719048/advertisement

TONDI VERANO "Conspiraciones". 275G Nos podrás escuchar en Edenex Radio, Radio 4G Nacional, MiamiTV Radio y en el selecto canal Misterios de Ivoox. PROGRAMA PATROCINADO POR PERLA MANICURA: Iniciamos una serie de 8 TONDIS de verano donde os hemos seleccionado lo mejor de la historia por temas relacionados con el misterio, la historia, lo paranormal y las curiosidades. Esta semana os traemos "Conspiraciones" con tres segmentos: 23F, con Gustavo Socorro, Gerald Dean, Sergi Faber y Xerách García.. ESPIONAJE DIGITAL con Miguel Ángel Ruíz y TRÁFICO DE ÓRGANOS con Jesús García. Dirige y presenta: Carlos Dueñas Contacto: todonosdaigual@outlook.com Facebook/todonosdaigual

In this episode I will discuss if generation X is ready for retirement. I will first give a definition of who are the generation Xer's. Is there a lack of education and understanding? If generation Xers are lagging in retirement savings, Why is this the case? Will Social Security be enough to retire on for Gen Xers. How Gen Xers are the first generation heading into retirement without a defined benefit retirement plan. Can the labor shortage benefit Gen Xers in their preparation for retirement? Lastly, what strategies can be implemented to assist Gen Xers in their preparation for retirement? Visit the website and leave a voice review, and get on the email list for information pertaining to the show. www.podpage.com/the-3-13-men-money-and-marriage --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrew-johnson03/message

"Your podcast is a recipe, it's not a statue. You can change it later." – Dave JacksonToday's featured author is keynote speaker, corporate trainer, podcast consultant, and Hall of Fame Podcast Host, Dave Jackson. Dave and I have a fun chat about his book, “Profit from Your Podcast: Proven Strategies to Turn Listeners into a Livelihood”, rebounding from obstacles to generate success, and more!!! Key Things You'll Learn:How Dave got into podcasting and turned it into a livelihoodThe test that podcasters need to pass when naming their showWhy podcast hosts should do both interviews and solo episodesWhat setback set Dave up for successThe process behind publishing his latest book Dave's Site: https://schoolofpodcasting.com/Dave's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Profit-Your-Podcast-Strategies-Livelihood/dp/1621537722Dave's Podcast, “School of Podcasting - Plan, Launch, Grow and Montize Your Podcast”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/school-of-podcasting-plan-launch-grow-and-montize/id83653087?uo=4 The opening track is titled “I Feel It” by Bosnow from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/i-feel-itLicense code: OLUCPMP4LR8AQ2XC Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… 270 – "Forever Employable" with Jeff Gothelf (@jboogie): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/270-forever-employable-with-jeff-gothelf-jboogie/ Ep. 387 – “How to Demolish Imposter Syndrome & Create an Online Course” with Mark Kumar (@mark2kumar): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-387-how-to/ Ep. 333 – “How to Grow Your Social Media Influence” with Catherine Saykaly-Stevens (@CatherineNetWeb): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-333-how-to-grow-your-social-media-influence-with-catherine-saykaly-stevens-catherinenetweb/ 185 - "Ultralearning" with Scott H. Young (@ScottHYoung): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/185-ultralearning-with-scott-h-young-scotthyoung/ Ep. 384 – “Steal Your Skills From Corporate” with Katrina Roddy (@KRoddy65): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-384-steal-your/ 155 - "Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business" with Laura Pennington Briggs (@sixfigurewriter): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/155-start-your-own-freelance-writing-business-with-laura-pennington-briggs-sixfigurewriter/ Ep. 682 – “Leadership Begins with Motivation” with Dr. Danny Brassell (@DannyBrassell): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-682-leadership-begins-with-motivation-with-dr-danny-brassell-dannybrassell/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 348 – “Bring Inner Greatness Out” with Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS (@mhasib): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-348-bring-inner-greatness-out-with-dr-mansur-hasib-cissp-pmp-cphims-mhasib/ Ep. 602 – “How to Unlock Your Creative Potential” with Robin Landa (@rlanda): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-602-how-to-unlock-your-creative-potential-with-robin-landa-rlanda/ 288.5 (Host 2 Host Bonus) – “Choose the Right Mountain; Climb Faster!” with David Wood (@_playforreal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/DavidWood2/ Ep. 689 – “There Are (No) Stupid Questions . . . in Science” with Leah Elson (@gnarlybygnature): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-689-there-are-no-stupid-questions-in-science-with-leah-elson-gnarlybygnature/ 168 - "Spiral" with Amy Simpkins (@amylsimpkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/168-spiral-with-amy-simpkins-amylsimpkins/ Ep. 671 – “The Last Ark” with Guy Morris (@guymorrisbooks): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-671-the-last-ark-with-guy-morris-guymorrisbooks/

Amy is joined by Dr. Setsu Shigematsu to discuss xer book Scream from the Shadows and the history of women's liberation in Japan.Setsu Shigematsu is a mother of two children and an Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside. Xer intellectual and scholarly concerns include the relationship of US and Japanese imperialism, gendered state violence, transnational liberation movements, comparative feminist theory and cultural studies. Xe is the author of Scream from the Shadows: the Women's Liberation Movement in Japan, and the director of Re-Visions of Abolition (2011/2021), a documentary film about the prison industrial complex and the prison abolition movement. Xe is also co-editor of Militarized Currents: Toward a Decolonized Future in Asia and the Pacific.

"If the public doesn't understand what we're doing, then that's our fault." – Leah ElsonToday's featured author is an academically-published clinical development scientist, and public science communicator, Leah Elson, MS, MPH. Leah and I had a fun chat about her book, “There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science”, her journey from being a sportscaster to becoming a scientist, and the importance of bridging the gap between the public and scientists. Key Things You'll Learn:What made Leah decide to become an authorWhat the next great breakthrough in medical research isThe most popular questions that Leah has to field on the dailyHow Leah does self-care and balance life as a scientist Leah's Site: https://www.leahelson.com/Leah's Book: https://www.amazon.com/There-Are-Stupid-Questions-Science/dp/B0B5P8C4FM/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1687902512&sr=8-1 A special shoutout goes to EV Sharp (formally known as MagicMusicX) for his track "Computer Room". Be sure to snag this and his other wonderful tunes through the following link. https://evsharp.bandcamp.com/track/the-computer-room Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… 110 - "Self-Intelligence" with Jane Ransom (@TheJaneRansom): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/110-self-intelligence-with-jane-ransom-thejaneransom/ Ep. 671 – “The Last Ark” with Guy Morris (@guymorrisbooks): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-671-the-last-ark-with-guy-morris-guymorrisbooks/ Ep. 631 – “Enigma Tracer” with Charles Breakfield, MBA (@EnigmaSeries): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-631-enigma-tracer-with-charles-breakfield-mba-enigmaseries/ Ep. 628 – “Inside the Secret World of Corporate Spying” with Robert Kerbeck (@robertkerbeck): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-628-inside-the-secret-world-of-corporate-spying-with-robert-kerbeck-robertkerbeck/ Ep. 410 – “Research Scientist Turned Urban Fantasy Author” with Kristi Charish (@kristicharish): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-410-research-scientist-turned-urban-fantasy-author-with-kristi-charish-kristicharish/ Ep. 474 – “How Social Media Impacts The Way We Think, Feel and Behave” with Tyler Hendon (@tylerhendon7): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-474-how-social-media-impacts-the-way-we-think-feel-and-behave-with-tyler-hendon-tylerhendon7/ Ep. 340 – “A Single Light” with Tosca Lee (@ToscaLee): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-340-a-single-light-with-tosca-lee-toscalee/ 185 - "Ultralearning" with Scott H. Young (@ScottHYoung): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/185-ultralearning-with-scott-h-young-scotthyoung/ Ep. 573 – “From US Veteran to Sci-Fi Novelist” with Pat Daily (@patdailyauthor): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-573-from-us-veteran-to-sci-fi-novelist-with-pat-daily-patdailyauthor/ Ep. 348 – “Bring Inner Greatness Out” with Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS (@mhasib): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-348-bring-inner-greatness-out-with-dr-mansur-hasib-cissp-pmp-cphims-mhasib/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 313 – “Ask Uncle Neil” with Neil Thompson (@teachthegeek): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-313-ask-uncle-neil-with-neil-thompson-teachthegeek/ 168 - "Spiral" with Amy Simpkins (@amylsimpkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/168-spiral-with-amy-simpkins-amylsimpkins/ 212 – “From a Mess to Amazing” with Trina Martin (@TrinaLMartin): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/212-from-a-mess-to-amazing-with-trina-martin-trinalmartin/

“Kids rise or fall based on your expectation." - Dr. Danny BrassellToday's featured bestselling author is a father, husband, keynote speaker, educational consultant, and co-creator of freeREADINGtraining.com, Dr. Danny Brassell. Dr. Danny and I had a fun chat about his book, ”Leadership Begins with Motivation: 33 Unique Ways to Think & Act Like a Successful Leader That Will Transform Your Professional & Personal Life”, getting people (especially children) people to read more, and more!! Key Things You'll Learn:How Dr. Danny became America's Leading Reading AmbassadorWhat made Dr. Danny a successful educatorThe relationship between reading and successWhy story collecting is a good hobby to have as a presenter Dr. Danny's Site: https://dannybrassell.com/Dr. Danny's Free Gift: https://freegiftfromdanny.com/Dr. Danny's Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001IXO8JM/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=b27c1e0c-422b-4bc8-a2fb-42da0b22314b&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr The opening track is titled “Check It Out” by Mountaineer from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/check-it-outLicense code: AR6DFPGVXQ9Q1SSY Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… Ep. 664 – “The Power of Thought” with Lynn McLaughlin, MEd, BEd, BA (@lynnmcla): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-664-the-power-of-thought-with-lynn-mclaughlin-med-bed-ba-lynnmcla/ 72 - "A Sprint to the Top" with Daniel Blanchard (@dan007blanchard): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/72-a-sprint-to-the-top-with-daniel-blanchard-dan007blanchard/ Ep. 632 – “The Career Toolkit” with Mark Herschberg (@CareerToolkitBk): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-632-the-career-toolkit-with-mark-herschberg-careertoolkitbk/ Ep. 648 – “How to Develop Your Child Into a Fearless Learner” with Kohila Sivas (@math_codes): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-648-how-to-develop-your-child-into-a-fearless-learner-with-kohila-sivas-math_codes/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ #Bonus Host2Host Ep.– “Unleashing the Power of Respect” with Dr. Joseph Shrand (@Drjoeshrand): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/bonus-host2host-ep-unleashing-the-power-of-respect-with-dr-joseph-shrand-drjoeshrand/ Ep. 364 – “7 Deadly Thoughts” with Pastor Travis Hall (@PastorTHall): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-364-7-deadly-thoughts-with-pastor-travis-hall-pastorthall/ Ep. 356 – “The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness” with Thomas R. Williams (@MrTRWilliams): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-356-the-relentless-pursuit-of-greatness-with-thomas-r-williams-mrtrwilliams/ Ep. 353 – “Free Agent” with Rennie Curran (@RennieCurran53): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-353-free-agent-with-rennie-curran-renniecurran53/ Ep. 586 – “Flipping Bad Situations into Joyful Children's Books” with Violet Lemay (@violetlemay): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-586-flipping-bad-situations-into-joyful-childrens-books-with-violet-lemay-violetlemay/ Ep. 612 – “More Joy” with Cindi Cohn: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-612-more-joy-with-cindi-cohn/ Ep. 511 – “Slave No More” with Paul Henderson: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-511-slave-no-more-with-paul-henderson/ Ep. 559 - "Picky Patrick" With Eleni Fuiaxis (@EleniFuiaxis): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-559-picky-patrick-with-eleni-fuiaxis-elenifuiaxis/

Hip Hop Hooray, Slackers!Ever hear the term Generation Jones? Me either - until today. They are the late Boomers who share some traits with Gen X. More importantly, the artists that were groundbreaking in the world of rap and hip hop, were all part of this micro cohort. Despite the fact that these Generation Jones folks include the likes of the Sugar Hill Gang and The Furious Five, I am of the opinion that Gen X is THE hip hop generation.All of the greatest artists in the rap game are by and large our peers - think members of NWA, RUN DMC and Beastie Boys as the early breakout stars - while the heavy hitters like Tupac, Biggie, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem are all firmly in the Gen X ranks.Whether you are an early Xer and hitting your teens at the start of hip hop, or a mid Xer like me, rap has been a part of most of our lives. We are the middle aged folks still bumping “The Chronic” after 30 years!Wh0 are your favorite rap artists? And do you agree or disagree that we are the hip hop generation?

We're living longer than ever. Consequently, many from the Boomer generation have stayed in positions of leadership longer than ever -- leaving no space for Gen Xers. Rick (a Boomer) and Joël (an Xer) talk about this phenomena and what it means for the church. 

"Just like in marriage, scorekeeping is not the way to go about life." – Chris TuffToday's featured USA Today bestselling author is father, husband, and highly sought-after keynote speaker, Chris Tuff. Chris and I had a fun chat about his books, how to build a network of genuine, lifelong connections, and tons more!! Key Things You'll Learn:The two breakthrough traits that he tries to instill in othersHow Chris became the "Millennial Whisperer"How to deepen relationships a lot faster Chris' Site: https://christuff.me/Chris' Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07MBZWGX6/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=af9954f5-31ee-461e-8132-2d76c0a3ae07&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr The opening track is titled “Check It Out” by Mountaineer from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/check-it-outLicense code: AR6DFPGVXQ9Q1SSY Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 327 – “The Go-Giver Way of Elite Performance” with Bob Burg (@BobBurg): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-327-the-go-giver-way-of-elite-performance-with-bob-burg-bobburg/ Ep. 306 – “Be The SPARK” with Simon T. Bailey (@SimonTBailey): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-306-be-the-spark-with-simon-t-bailey-simontbailey/ Ep. 583 – “How to Be the Face of Your Business” with Tonya Eberhart (@brandfacestar): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-583-how-to-be-the-face-of-your-business-with-tonya-eberhart-brandfacestar/ Ep. 348 – “Bring Inner Greatness Out” with Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS (@mhasib): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-348-bring-inner-greatness-out-with-dr-mansur-hasib-cissp-pmp-cphims-mhasib/ Ep. 540 – “How to Work a Room” with Susan RoAne (@susanroane): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-540-how-to-work-a-room-with-susan-roane-susanroane/ Ep. 580 – “How To Get Unstuck and Find Your Purpose” with Dana Williams (@danawilliamsco): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-580-how-to-get-unstuck-and-find-your-purpose-with-dana-williams-danawilliamsco/ Ep. 650 – “How to Become #Unstoppable” with Victoria Pelletier (@PelletierV29): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-650-how-to-become-unstoppable-with-victoria-pelletier-pelletierv29/ Ep. 298 – “Navigating The Clickety-Clack” with Keith Leon S. (@KeithLeon): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-298-navigating-the-clickety-clack-with-keith-leon-s-keithleon/ Ep. 315 – “Elevate Your Network & Beyond” with Jake Kelfer (@jakekelfer): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-315-elevate-your-network-beyond-with-jake-kelfer-jakekelfer/ 216 – “The Write Way” with Amy Collins (@askamycollins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/216-the-write-way-with-amy-collins-askamycollins/ Ep. 632 – “The Career Toolkit” with Mark Herschberg (@CareerToolkitBk): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-632-the-career-toolkit-with-mark-herschberg-careertoolkitbk/ #Bonus Ep. – “Superbold” with Fred Joyal (@fredjoyal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/bonus-ep-superbold-with-fred-joyal-fredjoyal/ Ep. 411 – “Name That Mouse” with David Wood (@_focusceo): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-411-name-that-mouse-with-david-wood-_focusceo/147 - "The Connector's Advantage" with Michelle Tillis Lederman (@mtlederman): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/147-the-connectors-advantage-with-michelle-tillis-lederman-mtlederman/ Ep. 370 – “Leadership That Rocks” with Jim Knight (@KnightSpeaker): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-370-leadership-that-rocks-with-jim-knight-knightspeaker/

“Listen and be open to what's around you because there is always a reason.” - Lynn McLaughlinToday's featured award-winning, best-selling bookcaster is college instructor, former Superintendent of Education, professional speaker, and brain tumor survivor, Lynn McLaughlin. Lynn and I had a high-energy chat about her children's book series, “The Power of Thought”, teaching our children how to cope in this complex world, and more!! Key Things You'll Learn:Her 3 major lessons learned from being an educatorThree major lessons learned from starting and running her podcastWhat she learned as a parent of an adult child suffering from anxietyHow to be proactive about your mental health Lynn's Site: https://lynnmclaughlin.com/Lynn's Books: https://lynnmclaughlin.com/the-power-of-thought-seriesLynn's Podcast, “Taking the Helm”: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/taking-the-helm-with-lynn-mclaughlin/id1497053063TEDx Talk with Jackie Simmons: https://youtu.be/FzmmBXgXb70 The opening track is titled “Check It Out” by Mountaineer from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/check-it-outLicense code: AR6DFPGVXQ9Q1SSY Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… Ep. 648 – “How to Develop Your Child Into a Fearless Learner” with Kohila Sivas (@math_codes): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-648-how-to-develop-your-child-into-a-fearless-learner-with-kohila-sivas-math_codes/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 596 – “The Self-Healing Mind” with Dr. Gregory Scott Brown (@GregorySBrownMD): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-596-the-self-healing-mind-with-dr-gregory-scott-brown-gregorysbrownmd/ Ep. 455.5 – “From Triggered to Tranquil” with Dr. Susan Campbell (@drsusan99): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4555-from-triggered-to-tranquil-with-dr-susan-campbell-drsusan99/ Ep. 582 – “Shaping the World Through Great Stories for All Ages” with Natasha Deen (@natasha_deen): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-582-shaping-the-world-through-great-stories-for-all-ages-with-natasha-deen-natasha_deen/ Ep. 586 – “Flipping Bad Situations into Joyful Children's Books” with Violet Lemay (@violetlemay): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-586-flipping-bad-situations-into-joyful-childrens-books-with-violet-lemay-violetlemay/ Ep. 559 - "Picky Patrick" With Eleni Fuiaxis (@EleniFuiaxis): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-559-picky-patrick-with-eleni-fuiaxis-elenifuiaxis/ Ep. 342 – “Take Me Home” with Andrea Bitner (@BitnerAndrea): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-342-take-me-home-with-andrea-bitner-bitnerandrea/ #GNPYear1 Bonus Episode 1 - "Giggles & Joy" with Ariane De Bonvoisin (@clickariane): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear1-bonus-episode-1-giggles-joy-with-ariane-de-bonvoisin-clickariane/ Ep. 524 – “Pediatric Anxiety” with Alicia Kollmar: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-524-pediatric-anxiety-with-alicia-kollmar/ Ep. 484 – “What's Wrong with My Child” with Elizabeth Harris (@elizabethwwwmc): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-484-whats-wrong-with-my-child-with-elizabeth-harris-elizabethwwwmc/ Ep. 486 – “From Lawyer to Bestselling Children's Book Writer” with Joanna Hurley: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-486-from-lawyer-to-bestselling-childrens-book-writer-with-joanna-hurley/ Ep. 483 – “Baby Aviva Orangutan Diva” with Hans Kullberg (@AvivasDaddy) #BABYAVIVA: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-483-baby-aviva-orangutan-diva-with-hans-kullberg-avivasdaddy-babyaviva/

This week's episode brings you the conversation I had with some other generational voices at a live event at the public library in my home town, Warrnambool.  Alongside Zoomer and journalist Sharna Rogers, Xer and psychologist Dr. Jodie Fleming and Baby Boomer and celebrated aid worker Bob Handby AO, I discussed three big topics I explore in my book I, Millennial: housing, work and the climate crisis, and how these issues play out for Australians of different ages. The conversation was moderated by the brilliant Ailiche Goddard-Clegg, and it was a bloody great chat, with plenty of insights and laughs.  Thanks to Collins Booksellers and the Warrnambool Library for making it happen, and to everyone who came along, including my mum and dad. Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you've got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I'm currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: ADELAIDE | GOLD COAST | CANBERRA | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here I'm doing just 2 shows of my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger ARTICLE: Read my interview with Jacobin about Millennial socialiast RAGE 

“If you can't trust your employees, why did you employ them?” - Dr. Toby TravisToday's featured award-winning author is consultant, executive coach, speaker, and trainer, Dr. Toby Travis. Dr. Toby and I had a fun chat about his book, “TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement”, why there's a trust epidemic, and more!! Key Things You'll Learn:Why trust is important to have in your organization and how to create it as a new leaderHow companies can rebuild trust with their employees in this trust epidemicThe reasons for the current surge of private school enrollment Dr. Toby's Site: https://www.globalschoolconsultants.org/toby-travis.htmlDr. Toby's Books: https://www.amazon.com/TrustED-Improvement-Dr-Toby-Travis/dp/B09918LKP1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Please support today's podcast to keep this content coming! CashApp: $DomBrightmonDonate on PayPal: @DBrightmonBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dombrightmonGet Going North T-Shirts, Stickers, and More: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dom-brightmon You May Also Like… Ep. 571 – “A Powerful Culture Starts with You” with Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi (@shahrzadnooravi): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-571-a-powerful-culture-starts-with-you-with-dr-shahrzad-nooravi-shahrzadnooravi/ #Bonus Host2Host Ep.– “Unleashing the Power of Respect” with Dr. Joseph Shrand (@Drjoeshrand): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/bonus-host2host-ep-unleashing-the-power-of-respect-with-dr-joseph-shrand-drjoeshrand/ Ep. 358.5 – “Letters From My Students” with Dr. Miguel Hernandez (@Dr41Miguel): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3585-letters-from-my-students-with-dr-miguel-hernandez-dr41miguel/ Ep. 316 – “Ubuntu Leadership” with Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields (@LaMarrDShields): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-316-ubuntu-leadership-with-dr-lamarr-darnell-shields-lamarrdshields/ Ep. 342 – “Take Me Home” with Andrea Bitner (@BitnerAndrea): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-342-take-me-home-with-andrea-bitner-bitnerandrea/ Ep. 559 - "Picky Patrick" With Eleni Fuiaxis (@EleniFuiaxis): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-559-picky-patrick-with-eleni-fuiaxis-elenifuiaxis/ 226 – “A Company Culture that Transforms” with Diana George (@ByGeorgeHR): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/226-a-company-culture-that-transforms-with-diana-george-bygeorgehr/ Ep. 562 – “You, Me, We” with Morag Barrett (@SkyeMorag): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-562-you-me-we-with-morag-barrett-skyemorag/ Ep. 502 – “A Leadership Development Strategy To Bond And Unite” With Amy P. Kelly (@AmyPKelly): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-502-a-leadership-development-strategy-to-bond-and-unite-with-amy-p-kelly-amypkelly/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ 286 – “Leading Beyond A Crisis” with Ben Baker & Claire Chandler (@YourBrandMrktng): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/286-leading-beyond-a-crisis-with-ben-baker-claire-chandler-yourbrandmrktng/ Ep. 348 – “Bring Inner Greatness Out” with Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS (@mhasib): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-348-bring-inner-greatness-out-with-dr-mansur-hasib-cissp-pmp-cphims-mhasib/ Ep. 343 – “Thrive” with Andrew Freedman (@afreedmanthrive): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-343-thrive-with-andrew-freedman-afreedmanthrive/ Ep. 538 – “Catalytic Leadership” with Rev. Dr. William Attaway (@WilliamAttaway): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-538-catalytic-leadership-with-rev-dr-william-attaway-williamattaway/

What will the holiday 2023 shopping season look like for retailers? How are consumers adjusting their shopping, buying, and gifting habits this holiday season given the current economic environment? It's our Holiday Special episode and we've brought in two incredible experts to dive into what's really happening this season and explore what we expect the season will bring retailers. Meet Roshan Jhunja, Head of Retail for Square, who recently released their holiday Festive Forecast report based on surveying merchants and consumers, and Bridget Johns-Pavlopoulos, co-Founder of To&From, a premium multi-brand marketplace for gifts of all occasions. Square/AfterPay Festive Forecast Report available here: https://bit.ly/3EwpqP2To&From gifting marketplace: https://app.toandfrom.com/ News alert #1: The Retail Razor Show has been nominated for The Retail Voice Award at the Vendors in Partnership Award ceremony during NRF 2023 in January in New York City! IF you're a fan of the show, please give us your vote! You can vote here: https://bit.ly/VIPretail News alert #2! We've moved up to #19 on the Feedspot Top 60 Best Retail podcasts list, so please keep those 5-star reviews in Apple Podcasts coming! With your help, we'll move our way further up the Top 20! Leave us a review to be mentioned in upcoming episodes! https://blog.feedspot.com/retail_podcasts/ Meet your hosts, helping you cut through the clutter in retail & retail tech:Ricardo Belmar, a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Influencer for 2022 & 2021, RIS News Top Movers and Shakers in Retail for 2021, a Top 12 ecommerce influencer, advisory council member at George Mason University's Center for Retail Transformation, and director partner marketing advisor for retail & consumer goods at Microsoft. Casey Golden, CEO of Luxlock. Obsessed with the customer relationship between the brand and the consumer. After a career on the fashion and supply chain technology side of the business, now slaying franken-stacks and building retail tech! Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring Made It On Stream (Xmas), from the album Lo-Fi Christmas, written by Hestron Mimms, published by Imuno. Includes sound effects provided by Free Sounds Library. The Retail Razor ShowFollow us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/TwRRazorConnect with us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/LI-RRazorSubscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/RRShowYouTubeSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/RetailRazorShowRetail Razor Show Episode Page: https://bit.ly/RRShowPod Host → Ricardo Belmar,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twRBelmarConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LIRBelmarRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWRBelmar Co-host → Casey Golden,Follow on Twitter - https://bit.ly/twCaseyConnect on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/LICaseyRead my comments on RetailWire - https://bit.ly/RWCasey  TRANSCRIPTS2E6 Holiday Special[00:00:00] Ricardo Belmar:[00:00:20] Show Intro[00:00:20] Ricardo Belmar: Hello and welcome to a very Merry and Joyous season two episode six of the Retail Razor Show. I'm your host, Ricardo.[00:00:28] Casey Golden: And I'm your holiday spirited cohost, Casey Golden. Welcome retail Razor Show listeners to retail's favorite jingle, bell filled podcast for product junkies, commerce technologists, and everyone else in retail and retail tech alike.[00:00:45] Ricardo Belmar: And if you didn't guess by our whimsical and seasonal intro, this is our holiday specials for 2023 episode of the show.[00:00:54] Casey Golden: So Ricardo did. Did you start your holiday shopping or this season?[00:00:58] Ricardo Belmar: Okay. Actually, [00:01:00] no, not really. I mean, had every intention to, honestly, ever since that second Amazon Prime day that we're not supposed to call Prime Day, cuz apparently I'm one of the few people who did buy things on that sale, but they were mostly for me and it didn't really help me get the shopping started early.[00:01:14] Casey Golden: Oh, shame on you, Well, didn't you know that every industry expert is saying customers started the season early? Maybe you just need to hear it from our two guests today to get you into the shopping season of giving mode.[00:01:30] Ricardo Belmar: Well, funny you should say that, Casey, because I bet many of our listeners are just like me and could use some insider knowledge on gifting and shopping ideas for the season. And by the way, did you start your shopping already,[00:01:42] Casey Golden: Of course I did. My grandmother taught me to shop for thoughtful gifts all year long, but there are always a few emergency pur purchases before, you know, black friday, of course.[00:01:52] Ricardo Belmar: Well, I should have known. So let's tell our listeners then all about our guests for today. Since we're not like other retail podcasts, we don't [00:02:00] just bring you a holiday special episode and talk about sales numbers for year over year stats for the season. No, no, no, of course we don't do that.[00:02:09] Casey Golden: Certainly not. I mean, if you just want those types of numbers, check out the reports on NR F'S website instead, we're bringing you some much needed insights into what retailers and consumers are, not just thinking. , but what they're actually doing so far this season.[00:02:25] Ricardo Belmar: That's right. Today we will be chatting with Roshan Jhunja, the head of retail for Square, who will be sharing some valuable insights from their recently released holiday forecast and survey of merchants and consumers.[00:02:37] Casey Golden: And we also have Bridget Johns co-founder of To & From a premium multi-brand marketplace for gifts of all occasion. Who will share some interesting data about how consumers are shopping for gifts, and maybe she'll give us a few hints on what the hot presents really are this season.[00:02:54] Ricardo Belmar: Well, I could certainly use some help in that department, so let's not keep everybody waiting and dive right into our [00:03:00] discussion with Roshan and Bridget.[00:03:06] Holiday Special - Gifting[00:03:06] Casey Golden: welcome everyone. We all know that finding that perfect gift is no easy task. But our guests have been making holiday shopping a lot more productive for retailers to prepare for the holiday season and less stressful on our pocketbooks. Alarming stat, 41% of Americans are willing to take on debt to gift shop with a whopping 15.2 billion is the estimated total of unwanted presents.[00:03:35] This is worth the conversation. We all say we're starting out our holiday shopping early this year, but what are we buying? What are the trends in who's shopping where and with what? Let's unwrap the holiday gift shopping season. This is our 2023 holiday special report.[00:03:53] Ricardo Belmar: And of course when the retail razor show does a holiday special, we don't just run through all the usual stats everybody else talks about. [00:04:00] You know the ones, how much will sales increase year over year? What categories will underperform or overperform, all the usual suspects? No, we like to take a different approach and leverage some real world experts that have read the pulse of both retailers and consumers.[00:04:14] So to help us unwrap this holiday special extravaganza. We brought in two experts on the topic, Roshan Jhunja, head of retail at Square joins us today hot off the heels of releasing Square, and AfterPay's festive forecast report, Roshan will be sharing many facts and stats from that extensive merchant and consumer survey.[00:04:33] Welcome Roshan.[00:04:34] Roshan Jhunja: Thank you, Ricardo Casey. Glad to be here.[00:04:36] Casey Golden: And since it's the season of Gift Giving, we've also brought in Bridget Johns, co-founder of To and From a Premium Multi-brand marketplace for every occasion guest to share interesting facts and figures about how people are shopping, why they're shopping, and. What they're shopping for. As we learn why To and From's mission is to change how we feel about gift [00:05:00] giving and receiving.[00:05:01] Welcome Bridget.[00:05:02] Bridget Johns: thanks so much for having.[00:05:04] Ricardo Belmar: let's go to you first. We're gonna talk a lot about your Festive Forecast report in this episode because we're all about the data on this show. So why don't you start us off by telling us a little bit about your background and what you do at Square and Afterpay, and explain to us the methodology in the survey and you know, who are the respondents?[00:05:22] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah. Glad to do that. So just to recap, square started with a purpose, which was to enable any individual or business to participate in the economy. And today,[00:05:31] 13 years after that,[00:05:31] founding, we've got a full ecosystem of commerce solutions from software to hardware, enabling merchants of every size type and complexity to run their business on Square.[00:05:39] That includes retailers, restaurants, beauty, personal care. And so my role at Square is looking after the retail vertical. So in particular, I'm the head of retail at Square. I've been at the company for six years. Before this I was largely in financial services, but kind of was interested in the mission and purpose of Square, and that's what sort of brought me and keeps me and, and my goal.[00:05:59] And I'm, I'm, you know, [00:06:00] the thing that keeps me excited and, and eager to get going every day is to empower retailers of all sizes to. By leveraging Square's platform. So I over oversee all the aspects of the vertical and we were really looking to create the best possible experience for retailers who run their businesses on square. terms of the methodology of this survey you know, like any good survey, it's important to make sure you've got a broad cross section. So we looked at both the consumer side 1000 consumers in the US as well as the seller side. So on the consumers, you know, we surveyed at the beginning of September, we made sure that we got equal gender representation.[00:06:33] We made sure that it was a broad demographic from, you know, the, the different regions in the us, northwest south, the Midwest, and, and. generationally, because that's increasingly an important access to look at. We made sure to include gen Z and millennials. In fact, you know, those kind of younger cohorts made up about 40% of the survey, but we also heard from Gen X, baby boomers and the postwar generation.[00:06:55] And so, you know, by doing so, we were able to draw out some meaningful distinctions between [00:07:00] how those different consumers operate. And then lastly, we also made sure to, to cover the seller side of the story. So we surveyed almost 600 square sellers in the us you know, of varying sizes, including some larger sellers.[00:07:11] And you know, one of the things that we did here was we looked year over year factoring, you know, some data that we have both on the square and after pay side. And yeah, eager to get into some of the the.[00:07:21] Ricardo Belmar: All right, fantastic. I'm looking forward to that. So Bridget, let's have you jump in here. You know, we've known each other for a long time now, but for listeners, why don't you tell us your background and what did you, and why did you get into the, the gifting side of the business and what makes gifting such a challenge?[00:07:34] And of course, what makes to and from unique.[00:07:37] Bridget Johns: Yeah. Thank you so much for asking. I've been in retail my entire life. I grew up on a farm and my first retail business was a corn stand when I was 10 years old. I moved on to more exciting retail. Worked for many years for brands like Ralph Lauren Home Collection, Tiffany and Co L'Oreal. And for the last 12 years as you know, Ricardo, I worked for Retail Next, which is an analytics company based in Silicon Valley, really focused [00:08:00] on brick and mortar data, data gathering of, of customer.[00:08:04] Action inside of brick and mortar stores. So as I started thinking about how I wanted to take my two sets of experience and bring them together to start my own company, gifting was obvious. It's my love language. It always has been. And I see a lot of pain points in today's gifting in the gifting world.[00:08:22] So those sort of break down into three categories that I talk about as discovery. It's hard for people to find good gifts. If you go to large marketplaces and you search for something, you are probably gonna be disappointed in those search results. there are No tools really for modern gifting.[00:08:45] On the digital side when you get outside of those large marketplaces. So there aren't things like widely adopted universal registry. There isn't a data set that really allows. Somebody to understand a consumer and their [00:09:00] preferences when it comes to when it comes to the people that are they're buying for and the occasions they're buying for them in their life.[00:09:06] And the third thing is, as Casey talked about, you know, 15.2 billion in returns of gifts, people don't like the gifts that they're getting. So our idea. That there is enough data in the market and that people will tell you about what they actually want as gifts, that if you bring it together intelligently and layer it in with some really good curation and some really awesome tools that help to just manage the day to day gifting that you can deliver a much better experience for consumers.[00:09:37] So that's what we're building at, to and from.[00:09:40] Casey Golden: It's great and it is all about consumers. So let's talk about the first step to any gift giving inspiration, stocking up on ideas and making a list. This is really where I see an opportunity for retailers to win customers over through product discovery. Where are shoppers getting their inspiration from holiday purchases?[00:09:59] Bridget?[00:09:59] Bridget Johns: That is [00:10:00] a great question and I think Roan will probably say the same. They get through inspiration everywhere and sometimes in the most unusual places. I have a 10 year old son who is a hockey player in a hockey mom's group on Facebook, and you would be shocked to see how much conversation is about hockey related.[00:10:21] For their hockey players. So I think, and it's like one of the things that we do at to and from is we get very precise about the occasion, the relationship, and the interests of the people who you're buying for so that you can get very targeted in really good gift recommendations.[00:10:38] Casey Golden: Roshan, your report has some interesting stats on this topic. What did your surveyed customers say about how they come up with their gift ideas?[00:10:46] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, well, you know, picking up directly from what Bridget was touching on earlier family and friends, right. So, you know, what we found was that about. 43% of consumers are looking to family and friends of their top sources of inspiration. You know, and I'm sure that includes, you know, [00:11:00] Facebook forums and whatnot that that hockey thing resonated.[00:11:03] My father-in-law is an avid Giants fan. And you know if I could find the right place to source more giants gifts for him, I absolutely would. I think I've kind of exhausted what's out there. But for sure family and friends followed by being in. And you know, this is where retailers really get a chance to cultivate some of the in-store experience and make sure that it's a great place to discover new products.[00:11:22] And then, you know,[00:11:23] following along after that would be websites, blogs, and forums. And so, You know, obviously social media's gotten a lot better with targeting. You know, a lot of folks in their, you know, as they're scrolling their feeds are gonna you know, be presented with lots of ideas there.[00:11:36] But one thing that I will mention that, that I found relevant is that, you know, almost 20% of shoppers really are preferring products that are sustainable or ethical. So that's a pretty important trend, and one by the way that I expect to continue, especially as you know, gen Z continues to come into more purchasing power and makes up a larger portion of the consumer base.[00:11:55] Casey Golden: Speaking of Mary Zema and Mary Exes, I think there's a bit . Our, our, our [00:12:00] target markets have actually quite changed recently. So I heard Gen Xers spend the most money on gifts and they feel like they receive the worst gifts with 44% of them disliking what they receive. So since they're impossible to please end up the forgotten generation, let's just talk about Mary Zema and Gen in Gen Z, , because this is very interesting as like a prime.[00:12:24] Consumer target for a lot of retailers right now is, is trying to capture those eyeballs.[00:12:29] Ricardo Belmar: And I think as I looked through the festive forecast report, one of the things I took away is it seems like one of the indicators that younger shoppers, let's say Gen Z and millennials, are really looking to create something meaningful with gift giving versus just finding something they think will be a super interesting gift or, or item that the other person wants, which I think tends to be the way Gen Xers look, look at that concept. So I'm, I'm curious lemme go to you first. I, are you seeing trends like that reflected in your data at, to and from?[00:12:59] Bridget Johns: [00:13:00] Yeah, a hundred percent. So we have deeply attributed all of the products that are on our, on our platform. So we have 5,000 products across 500 brands, and each of those products is attributed for all the normal things that you would expect, like size and function and form, and. All those things, but also we have attributed across values that people care about.[00:13:21] So you're able to, you know, search for black own businesses or female female owned companies, or sustainable, or B corporation or whatever it is. And what we see is that not only do we overindex on search. With those attributes. So people are very highly interested in gifts that have a social tag attached to them, as Roan was saying before.[00:13:46] So we're definitely seeing that. But then we also see that those products lead to when you can find the product that has that social attribute, it leads to higher conversion. So, not only are people searching them, but they're also buying [00:14:00] and we see that across Across all of our demographics. So as a proud Gen Xer gen Xers also I think are interested in finding those right those right products that match the values of themselves or for someone else.[00:14:14] As someone once told me, he said, you know, I might know, not know what my girlfriend would like for her birthday, but I know what she's interested in. Like I know the social causes she's interested in. So it becomes this trigger that can actually help. The gift making decision, the decision making around gifting.[00:14:32] Ricardo Belmar: Okay. That's super interesting. So, Roshan, what, what else can you tell us from the findings in the report about these generational differences in shopping and are, are there different expectations from in each demographic?[00:14:47] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah. You know it's interesting because this is where a bunch of elements in the kind of the buyer journey may start to differ. I think, you know social media that I touched on earlier is certainly a more important influence for some of the, [00:15:00] the younger generations. I think 25% of shoppers, for example would spot gift ideas on Facebook or I.[00:15:05] I also think that it changes a little bit of the the buying timeline, whereas older generations are likely to get more of their holidays shopping earlier. We do have you know an emphasis on the younger generations trying to, and maybe waiting more towards promotional periods and, and sometimes even you know, pushing it right up until the holidays.[00:15:23] And so I do think that there's also a difference. Motivations, whereas older generations focus on value and making sure that the gifts are kinda targeted. There's more of an emphasis on the emotion from younger generations and kinda, you know the feelings that you know, they're creating meaningful connection.[00:15:39] And you know there's a, a sentimentality that's attached to.[00:15:42] Casey Golden: I like to hear that. So customers will look to family and friends for recommendations and in-store experiences and environments provide these high impact results for gift ideas. Sales may spur to get them to spend. Bridget, I can imagine disseminating customer behavior [00:16:00] during this season is difficult, and you mentioned that you have a lot of different types of tags and, and the way that you're indexing your catalogs and products.[00:16:09] How do you look at your assortment planning and really build those recommendation builders when it's not on the customer shopping, but who the customer's shopping for? I can imagine it's much more complex.[00:16:23] Bridget Johns: It's very complex and I think it's one of the reasons that gifting fails so often on the regular digital commerce experience. Like you don't have those normal tags that you would have in your regular life. Like we don't go shopping with our husbands anymore, like you. Walk around the mall and something catches your eye and you, your husband notices that something caught your eye just doesn't happen.[00:16:52] So we hear stories about husbands like creeping on their wives, fa Pinterest accounts, and , all of these wacky things that people do. But at the end [00:17:00] of the day, what you really need to do is you, I, well, the way we've approached it is, Assorted based on what we know as retailers. So a team of retail experts.[00:17:10] We've lived in brand, the brand, world merchandising world. Product world, understand the, you know, brands that we wanted to start with. And then we from there we've really led with the data, like what are customers telling us? How are they experiencing the platform? What are the things that are important to them?[00:17:29] You know, when we started, we didn't have a like mandate around values. And as we started doing a lot of consumer testing, one of the things that we heard time and time again was that consumers, as we've talked a little bit about really were leaning into the values of the brands that we were recommending.[00:17:47] So now I think. , probably 90% of our brands have some kind of a social tag attached to them. So if a customer is really wanting to shop their values, they're able to do that. And [00:18:00] it's the beauty of a digital business is that you can react really quickly. And we can flex up and down based on what we're hearing from our consumers and what their interests are at any given.[00:18:10] Casey Golden: And where does all of this excitement come from? You know, why are people gifting and, and how has that changed? You, your report mentioned kind of the, the purpose behind the why of this motivation for gift giving across these different demographics and the way that they look at it or feel about it.[00:18:31] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah. You know, what I'd say here is, is just, you know, again, to revisit why people are looking forward to the holidays. You know, the, the social connection is actually right up at the top of, of motives, right? I think we, we see a lot, especially the younger generations interested to see friends and family you know, the celebratory atmosphere.[00:18:48] And so, you know, but to lesser extent, you know, there is a, an important component of holidays that, that is really about gifting.[00:18:56] The good news is that in my book, you know, it's actually kind of a minority [00:19:00] that's focusing on gifting because it's expected, because it's traditional. And, and what you have instead is a big focus on showing love and care, putting a smile on somebody's face, you know, the, the, the good feeling you get from giving a gift.[00:19:12] And so these are all things that are kind of driving some of the behaviors out there. And so, you know, I think it's, it's important for retailers to consider how they can actually enable those outcomes, right? How they can Effectively cultivate their product assortment that aligns with what will make people feel good and, and make them feel like they're able to convey that love and care.[00:19:31] Casey Golden: A hundred percent. The the why leads to the what.[00:19:35] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, exactly. And you know, as you, as you I hear you saying that, RO I'm, I'm thinking about the opportunity retailers have to really lean into their loyalty programs during this season to help drive some, of these gift purchases. you know, do, do you have any. Tips for retailers just based on the research findings in the study or on what you would tell 'em to do and how to leverage or how to best leverage their loyalty [00:20:00] program.[00:20:00] Any interesting examples from some of the merchants you work with?[00:20:03] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah. You know, that's a great question. There's a couple of high level things I think that are going on especially this year, which is, you know, obviously we've had a lot of macro things going. On with inflation you know, and you know, symmetrically what, what our report found was. Despite what's going on out there, people are still interested in spending money for the holidays.[00:20:22] Consumers are gonna go out and the majority of them are gonna spend more. Some of them intend to spend, you know, quite a bit more. Still a very important time you know, for retailers to really think about how to reach those consumers now. But the, but the interesting aspect here is also that consumers are more than ever interested in.[00:20:38] Given that their money is, is you know, there might, it might not buy as much as it did before, really focusing in on what's gonna be a great value. And that's not always about the dollar. It sometimes comes down to things like return policies and, you know, a bunch of other value add components that retailers can add to kind of take some of the risk outta it and, and make sure that, you know, again, dealing with some of the the unwanted gift giving you know, there's, [00:21:00] there's ways to deal with that.[00:21:01] So, so as far as loyalty is concern I think this is a great time, especially for retailers that have oversupplied given some of the supply chain concerns and have just a lot of inventory sitting. There is a buyer out there for, for these things, right? But you may have to do a little bit more work to find them.[00:21:17] And so I think leaning into loyalty and marketing to make sure that you're kind of targeting the right people. And, and for some retailers that means doing so in different ways. Leaning into omnichannel, leaning into, you know, social channels to promote their items is gonna be super. So here, I would say that, you know, sending out marketing messages make sure that folks are, it's not just enough to, to have the sale.[00:21:37] People have to know about it. And, and there's, you know, a lot to choose from out there. So making sure that there's marketing messages that are promoting what's going on, keeping your brand top of mind. There was one seller that I would call out Sasha, who's the operations manager of the Chakra Shack, which is a spiritual gift shop in Laguna.[00:21:52] They're using Square for in person online this season. They're excited about using loyalty for the first time. It's something where, you know, they are really excited to [00:22:00] see what happens with customers in terms of, you know, how motivated are they by the rewards and the discounts? How's that gonna impact the business in the long term?[00:22:06] I really think that leaning into marketing, you know, especially with a lot of folks thinking about potential downturn next year, this is a really great time to kinda, you know focus. Refining your marketing approach because it's likely to be important for your business in the, in the coming months.[00:22:21] Bridget Johns: Yeah, and I would just, I would just add to that, that I think when you talk about loyalty, all of the things Rashaan said a hundred percent, but you also have to think about what's the value add for your consumer. And I'm surprised, especially in the, in the digital world, how few brands offer. Gift messaging and gift wrapping.[00:22:41] Two of the easiest things that you can do to really build loyalty for your customers and retailers, by and large fall short. Either the wrapping is terrible, there's no way to have a gift card, or it's so terrible that you wouldn't wanna use it anyhow. So just like think a little bit more [00:23:00] about what you would like as a consumer and build that into your loyalty program, I think could have a pretty tremendous impact.[00:23:06] Casey Golden: And just to validate that I do all of my Christmas shopping at one store. Because they offer free gift wrapping, beautiful note and free shipping[00:23:18] Ricardo Belmar: There you go.[00:23:19] Proof[00:23:19] Roshan Jhunja: That's amazing. I hope, I hope lots of retailers. Yeah. I hope the retailers hear[00:23:23] that. That's loyalty. If[00:23:24] Casey Golden: because I have a wonderful time shopping. I take it to the counter, I write my little notes and they gift wrap it and mail it out, and I'm done. And can go get a cappuccino and or a glass of wine[00:23:37] Bridget Johns: Yeah, really.[00:23:39] Ricardo Belmar: It's the way we all wanna shop[00:23:40] Casey Golden: not saying where I shop .It's not for everyone.[00:23:45] Ricardo Belmar: So I, I guess I, I want to kind of maybe switch a little bit here and talk about something, Roshan you touched on it a little bit a few moments ago, which is maybe the, in some ways the big elephant in the room for this season, which is, you know, everyone's worried about what impact of inflation may have on [00:24:00] shopping.[00:24:00] I think you've both kind of mentioned that if, if we go by what you're seeing so far, it actually maybe doesn't seem like it's causing consumers to shop less or to buy less at least so far at this stage in the holiday season. And I wanna talk a little bit about what, what the impact of buy now pay later has on[00:24:18] all of this , to be totally honest about it, right? Casey and I talked about this way back into our predictions episode at the start of the year, and we probably weren't the, the kindest people towards the, the category of type of payments and that, you know, our prediction was that there was gonna be a lot of consolidation in that space and that there was a risk that, you know, there may be regulators looking at what the impact on savings and consumers in general was gonna be, and I suppose you could make an argument that, you know, after pay becoming part of Square kind of speaks to that consolidation piece of it. But I think for the most part, all the other things we predicted on this one really haven't come to pass. And I think the momentum is still there behind buy now pay later.[00:24:54] So what I wanted to get into, and, and you have some interesting data on this in, in [00:25:00] the report, Roshan, on what impact, let's maybe start with the merchant side of it, you know, does offering B NPL to consumers, but both online and in store and across channels, what impact is that having this season on consumers either, either ability to buy their propensity to want to buy from a retailer that offers it, for example, versus one that's not?[00:25:20] Or what interesting trends are you seeing?[00:25:22] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, it's great. It's a great lead in to say that you know, there were some predictions about this particular service and you know, looking at how it's been faring, I think is honestly, you know, the most important. And that is It's only increasing in terms of its importance for consumers, you know, and I think most online shoppers you know, have heard about it at this point.[00:25:40] And increasing more online shoppers this year, plan to use by now, later compared to last year from the, from the seller's standpoint from people that are offering this as a service. A hundred percent. Believe that it's going to help them with the, the younger demographics. So like the Gen Z you know, who are more, have a higher propensity to use by now, pay later.[00:25:57] You know, those are consumers that are citing an [00:26:00] interest in budgeting and immediacy, right? So, so wanting to actually have the item in hand at the moment. So being able to reach newer shoppers and I. We have seen this with more traction online for sure. But a lot of in-store retailers, what they're finding is that the need to have a coherent experience, you know, across channels.[00:26:16] This is the kind promise of omnichannel and always has been, is that, you know, your, and your ability to transact. Extends across all the various, you know, in-store, omnichannel, social, you meet your customer where they're in a consistent way. They know what to expect from you. And so I think that's a really important translation to make sure that, you know, those customers that maybe found you online or discovered you on social you know, have the same experience when they come to visit your store.[00:26:39] And, and that's just, you know, a powerful consistency and, and coherence kinda. But in terms of discovery a hundred percent. You know, there's a, there's a really impactful, you know, for, for the fa the fans of B now pay later who are looking to discover more sellers. I think there's several tools including you know, with Square and Afterpay, where you can actually use buy now[00:26:58] after pay supporting sellers [00:27:00] to kind of filter and discover who else out there might be able to support you with this really powerful buying mechanism.[00:27:07] You know, I think the stats are, are pretty telling here. It did start in Australia there, you know, there was you know, it skyrocketed in terms of its penetration both for consumers and, and of course for sellers. And in the US it is continuing to take off. We have now one in eight shoppers that would sign up for a buy now pay later service.[00:27:23] Like I said earlier, you know, it's trending up in terms of the number of online shoppers planning to use buy now, pay later, like after pay. So again, it's it's, it's here. I think the inflation inflationary impacts are an extra tailwind because you know, more people are looking to smooth the, the impact of their purchases and, and it helps a lot with budget planning.[00:27:40] Ricardo Belmar: Let's move into, talking about sales channels , one of the biggest recent debates going on in, the media about retail has to do with e-commerce, of course, since the pandemic taking over in store shopping is, is it true, is it not true? What, what's happened with social commerce? How does this all compare to the numbers of [00:28:00] people shopping in store versus these other digital channels and, and which one is likely to come out on top as the dominant format?[00:28:07] Which in some ways, I think a lot of times what consumers want gets lost in the noise. When we read about all this, all these reports in the media. So Roshan lemme start with you on this one. You know, given that this popular narrative right now for so long, and again, because of the pandemic, is that e-commerce was just gonna leapfrog all this growth.[00:28:25] Massive growth stores would close and suffer. Of course, it turns out that didn't happen. consumers are still going to stores and I think we're seeing in, in a surge now in consumers wanting to. In store and get that experience. you had some interesting in the surveys to both consumers, I think, and to your, your merchants about this.[00:28:41] What, what can you tell us and about what's happening here?[00:28:44] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, I think you know, some of what we found in the survey was that Americans are most likely to get their gifts at online marketplace. You know, followed by discount department stores and superstores. One of the interesting things about this point you made about online is that in fact what we saw post pandemic was a lot of folks [00:29:00] interested to go back and reconnect with that in-store shopping experience.[00:29:03] And so, you know, while there was a very pronounced immediate shift when folks had no other option, we definitely saw it kinda rebound back to a place where people. Still value in store. Now, one of the most exciting trends to me personally is experiential retail, where, you know, interestingly from a staffing perspective, we've found that as brick and mortar retailers are adding staff to with in buyers to stores.[00:29:26] Who they're adding is actually, you know, baristas and, and more of this experiential aspect of, you know, coffee with your, your retail purchase. I know Casey values that, especially when she's done wrapping things up. You know, but, but it's kind of the, the retail store, the, the brick and mortar retail store as like a, a core component of your your neighborhood and your c.[00:29:46] And being a destination for folks you know, to get more than just a product. You know, also, you know, for bookstores doing book signings or, or music or, or coffee shops. And so I think that's in my mind one of the more powerful drivers of the channel mix is in store for discovery, [00:30:00] but also for experience.[00:30:01] But in terms of, you know, the, the, the buyer journey, this is an interesting one. It's not as cut and dry. You, you, you alluded to, you know, there's a lot of predictions out there in the media. It's not as cut and dry as you know, Hey, all, every, you know, online's gonna eat everything or social's gonna eat everything.[00:30:15] I think what we see instead is that discovery may happen in one place and that sometimes can be like social media More information often happens with, you know, researching, you know, product listings, maybe going in store to touch and feel and try something out, and the actual purchase may happen at yet a later time, whether that's via, you know, a conversational commerce with you know, the seller, like texting them, you know, what, I actually did decide to buy that thing.[00:30:38] Or, you know, maybe hitting the website. And so really it kind of this is, you know, the emergent omnichannel nature of, of shopping, right? It's kinda like your discovery to your. Finding more information to your ultimate purchase, and then even your return may all be at different places and at different times.[00:30:54] And so that's that kinda you know, in some senses muddies the waters, but but also make it more important to have a, [00:31:00] a coherent strategy of a presence across all the, your buyers wanted to. But in terms of the. The other point you raised on which social platform is it gonna be and, you know what's kind of most compelling?[00:31:12] I don't think that that there is a, a right answer to it. I think it has a lot to do with generational preference. I think there's always gonna be some social media platform or right around the corner, many of whom are trying to keep people on the platform. And by this I mean, if you are a retail seller one of the things that we're always encouraging folks to do is try to the grave you can to drive that purchase back to your site.[00:31:33] And the reason for this, Your ability to kind of have the customer information and to you know, be able to market to them is, is greatly diminished if, if it's, you know, entirely transacting outside of you know on a different e-commerce property. Right? And so there's also, there's a hundred percent powerful convenience, but this is where.[00:31:51] Being very deliberate about your strategy. Which products are you going to sell, and which channels and which marketplaces, and what, how then will you draw your [00:32:00] consumer back to learn more about your full assortment in, you know, on your website or in your store? I think that's an increasingly important strategy for, for all retailers to think about.[00:32:08] Casey Golden: are you seeing any trends around that buy online, pickup in store? I mean, I haven't had a lot of success with. That personally, but I know that it's been had huge growth over the, the pandemic and if it's carrying on here through holiday season.[00:32:22] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, I think it's one of these things that along with the shift to e-commerce, the, the buy line pickup in store, buy. Buy online and return in store as well are here to stay. I don't think again that they're at the levels of engagement when there was no other option. But for sure we see increasingly retailers asking for ways to support this and looking for solutions that help them support you know, that flexibility of buy online and, and, and coming back to.[00:32:46] Casey Golden: I found it quite interesting that the report found that like 53% of customers are planning to purchase gifts online compared to in-store. But it still sounds like. E-commerce matters just as much as in store and you almost can't [00:33:00] operate one without the other. How do you see this with your reports and then just experience with Square being able to understand how that customer's buying online and in store.[00:33:09] Is there like certain KPIs that this is increasing, that it's 50 50? Is it 30%? Just kind of curious what, what that looks like from an omnichannel perspective.[00:33:19] With Square you have a really unique visibility to how much omnichannel business is driving each other.[00:33:26] Being able to track that customer from in-store purchases, online purchases. What does it look like? in the past has been kind of like a black hole and we just make assumptions. But you have a unique perspective.[00:33:38] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah. So what I would say here is I find that this varies a lot by the types of seller you know, with with our Square for retail offering, we tend to concentrate a lot on apparel. Where, where we see that a lot of discovery is happening online. We were just talking to hot Sam in Detroit.[00:33:51] A week or two ago, and they were describing how discovery online is a really important component of the, the buyer journey, but ultimately coming into the store [00:34:00] to engage with staff, to, to finalize that purchase, make sure that the, the fitting and whatnot is right. And, and that experience will be different for something that's a little bit more commoditized and not as bespoke.[00:34:10] You know, that requires kinda the assistance of an in store person. And so something like electronics or home goods, what we find is that there's a lot of folks who are willing to transact online. So the answer unfortunately isn't you know, as straightforward, although I, I will say that I, you know, they continue to be equally important channels.[00:34:27] You know, like you said before, you've got 53% of consumers planning to purchase. Gifts online compared to in store, that that's kinda an equal mix. And so really it, it goes back to that omnichannel journey that I mentioned where I think consumers really want a blend of online and in person experiences so they can purchase the way they want depending on what its, and you know, what they need in that moment.[00:34:47] Ricardo Belmar: So Bridget, obviously to and from focuses on the e-commerce experience and as you told us at, at the beginning of our session that, you know, you were looking to change things around [00:35:00] on, on solving discovery issues and gifting. , I'm sure you are now, you know, obviously well into the holiday season, seeing a increase in site visits and searches, et cetera.[00:35:09] What, what can you tell us about some of the unique trends you're seeing there? And I'm curious. How are consumers finding your site when they start their search for.[00:35:18] Bridget Johns: Yeah, so I think there are a few things that are important. I, you know, said before that you have to be where the consumer is. And for us that means being very precise about how we communicate to them. So we've talked a little bit about how we attribute and about how we organize our products to be able to.[00:35:35] Really dial into the occasion and the relationship and the preferences of the person receiving the gift. So because we've built our system to because we've built to and from, to allow for that, it allows us to be very precise in our marketing so we can very easily. Create a blog post about, you know, my sister who lives in a mid-century modern house who loves gardening.[00:35:58] So you can bring these [00:36:00] like disparate attributes together and create a very quickly create a list of gifts that will be appropriate for that person. And what that allows us to do is it allows us to meet the customer where they, where they are. To very specific Facebook group or whether it's a creator that's focused on a particular segment or topic or whatever it is.[00:36:20] And we've had a lot of success just being able to, to be so precise with the, the data and the assortment.[00:36:26] Ricardo Belmar: Okay, so you really do kind, kind of play on the whole discovery piece by creating these kind of interesting, inspirational moments of, of discovery. I, I would describe,[00:36:36] Bridget Johns: Yeah, and we do that across lots of different channels because customers are everywhere. So, you know, for one particular customer it might be a Facebook group for another customer, it might be a creator that's focused on gift wrapping and really like dialing into their audience and the. The types of people who like to follow their content, whatever it is.[00:36:55] So it's been like a really, a really interesting journey for me having lived my whole life in brick and [00:37:00] mortar to start being able to really dial into these little micro moments in a impactful way.[00:37:06] Ricardo Belmar: So Roshan mentioned this or touched on a little bit earlier and some of the sources of inspiration, I mentioned social media and that always makes me think about social commerce in general. So I, I'm curious, Bridget, what opportunity you see in the social commerce space in particular what you're doing at, to and from.[00:37:24] Bridget Johns: Yeah, I mean, it's been obviously a big important conversation for us, and I think there is so, so much interesting retail happening in the social commerce space, having, you know, Having studied retail for, you know, all of my career as, you know, I think being able to tap into that's critically important because it's such an important place for consumers and where they are and what they expect.[00:37:48] What we've done for this holiday season is we've allowed, we're allowing a beset of creators to create these custom gift lists that then they can kind of manage and share to their audience. So they can be pro, [00:38:00] you know, products from our assortment, but they can also be products that they. Think are interesting as gifts and we've given them some really good tools and the feedback has been very good so far.[00:38:10] We'll see through the holiday. Like I said, it's just a test we just launched in June, so we, you know, are still learning along the way. But we think[00:38:17] that, you know, giving tools to creators and, you know, having more visibility for social commerce, we think is important and will continue to be, you know, a growth area over time.[00:38:27] Ricardo Belmar: Yeah, I have to agree with that as a, as a growth area for.[00:38:30] Bridget Johns: Yeah,[00:38:31] Ricardo Belmar: so makes me think, you know, timing is everything. and so back in holiday 2020, I, I wrote an article for the Robin Report about the death of Black Friday. And yes, it was meant to shock readers quite a bit. but my point was that Black Friday didn't really need to live on the way we're all used to thinking of it given how consumers started shopping so much earlier in the season, and frankly, how that actually helps retailers manage their inventory better and, and their pricing and discount structure for the season, particularly when we keep running [00:39:00] into these never ending supply chain challenges.[00:39:02] Roha, let me ask you, I mean, one of the findings I noted in the report where that. Younger generations might kind of spring into action with Black Friday and, and, and maybe Cyber Monday as well and get more shopping done. Whereas maybe, you know, gen Xer is like myself and maybe older generations, we might move a little slower and leave the holiday shopping for later and, and end up, you know, doing a lot more of that shopping in December.[00:39:27] Is there really a difference in timing for when each generation starts shopping from the findings you have and, and how should retailers react to thi[00:39:35] Roshan Jhunja: s?[00:39:35] Yeah, it's a, it's a great question on the timing. You know, for a while I think we all know that there was a bit of concern that the, the windows kept stretching earlier and, and, you know, are we gonna eat Thanksgiving dinners or are we just gonna go straight to the stores that day? And so I think what's interesting here is that, you know, we know that three quarters of Americans are gonna have their holiday shopping.[00:39:53] By December 1st. And so there's, it's more crucial than ever to kind of get started. Here we are in November you know, almost [00:40:00] halfway through it. And you know, I think Casey said she was already done. So you know, there's definitely evidence for, for starting earlier. That's not to say that folks won't be purchasing later in the season.[00:40:08] We do know that one in six are gonna start purchasing in earlier December, but by the time you get to mid-December, it's only one in 12. One of the ways to think about this is it makes it crucial to start your marketing as early as possible and to, to target on the channels that you think are important to get visibility out there.[00:40:25] But also it all is not lost, right? Black Friday, I think the term originated from, you know, retailers, you know, that might be in the red all year. Finally get into the black as they get into the holiday season. And so, you know, all is not lost if you kind of miss those early windows. I think still in December what you get is a lot of last minute shopping folks are, are still, like I said, there's a lot of consumer purchasing power out there.[00:40:45] So there's still a big windows opportunity to think about, you know, what inventory you have that you were interested in moving during the holiday season. And again, just continue to lean into marketing and discounting and make sure that you can reach those consumers that are trying to finish up their.[00:40:59] Casey Golden: said that [00:41:00] we weren't gonna focus on like the typical holiday retail trends that everybody else talks about. But what can I say? Like, show me the money we have to say a little bit before we close on what sales expectations are. Right. Ro in the report it says that 44% of retailers expect sales to grow this season.[00:41:19] Another 20% expect everything to remain pretty flat. Putting you on the spot here, how much of this do you think is due to inflation prices? Especially considering the expectations of heavy discounting? What's, what's kind of your prediction here?[00:41:35] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, you know, It's, it's a good thing. You know, you let in with a follow of the money. Best I can tell folks are still spending and, and it's surprising in some ways because, you know, there is a lot going on. There's a lot of uncertainty and turbin in the world, but consumers are still spending.[00:41:49] And so really what I think, you know, in terms of retailers, they're kind of keyed into this and they know that you know, that there's still you know, transactions that folks are, are interested in. Some of the stats that we cited [00:42:00] earlier where there are significant portions of the consumer base that is going to spend more than last year.[00:42:04] Some of them ex expect to spend quite a bit more. You know, that right there is your inflationary answer. Even though those dollars are buying less, they're going to spend more of those dollars to make sure they can get the gifting done that they wanna do. And so, you know, yes, there's expectations in heavy discounting.[00:42:19] I would expect that to skew more towards the larger retailers. We've all seen headlines, whether it be Target, and you know you know, Some of the other folks that really leaned heavily into supply chain by overstocking. But I would say for smaller retailers, I don't know that there's gonna be as aggressive ing.[00:42:34] We do know that, you know, most folks in order to be moved by a discount, it needs to be 20% or more right. For them to even consider that changing their behavior. But here I would expect that I expect that retailers are still gonna see a lot of strong purchasing this holiday season.[00:42:48] Casey Golden: Bridget, I'm not gonna let you escape this one either. What is your overall hot take on sales this season? I come from a world of luxury, so there's no discounts on designer handbags. They're under the trees , [00:43:00] but.[00:43:03] Bridget Johns: Yeah, I think it's, it's interesting. I mean, I have been really impressed with actually the transparency from brands particularly the direct to consumer brands where they have. Not started their discounting, but they have told you they're going to start it. So you get an email that says, our friends and family or our Black Friday is going to start on this day, sign up to be on the list.[00:43:25] So it automatically puts it in your mind and you're like, okay. Like I, to me, that is one of the biggest shifts in email marketing. I haven't seen it and. Past years where you're getting like proactive notifications that the, you always know the sale is coming, but for D to C brands to be like, okay, next Friday we're gonna have 20% off, so be ready, or, you know, get early on the list.[00:43:47] I think it's super interesting this season. And I, I agree with Roshan. I like, I think it's going to be like flat to up. I don't think it's gonna be down.[00:43:56] Ricardo Belmar: Okay. I think everyone will be happy to hear[00:43:59] Bridget Johns: I [00:44:00] also don't, I also don't, but I also don't think it's gonna feel like a win[00:44:03] because I think retailers are gonna have to work so hard to get that flat up that it's gonna feel very painful.[00:44:11] Casey Golden: Very painful. I mean, we're not really used to this holiday rush. Right. And if they're. They're budgeting their staff and increasing their budgets on the experiential associates. In moments like baristas rather than store staff. I think we can expect that there's gonna be some longer lines. Longer hours, rather than hiring more staff.[00:44:30] Everybody's just gonna be working longer, so, Take it easy on everybody working in[00:44:35] stores this season. Be kind, find your patience. Bring your own hot cocoa[00:44:42] Ricardo Belmar: That's[00:44:42] right.[00:44:42] Casey Golden: if you have to.[00:44:43] Ricardo Belmar: telling stat, maybe what we're all gonna look at after the season is what was the margin pressure for retailers? So wherever the sales end up, I, I think even if we all say it's flat to up how, much of those dollars, you know, translated into [00:45:00] margin for retail, I think that's gonna be the, the big question.[00:45:02] So, to close this out today, Roshan, If you could leave our retailers retailing listeners your top holiday tip, what would it be.[00:45:11] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, look a lot of what we covered today, including omnichannel and wanting to meet buyers where they are as well as making sure that you're leveraging your discounting. I think you really have to lean into the data. Here the top tip I have is to make sure that your inventory management system, your, your catalog management is up to date.[00:45:29] You can lean heavily into those reports, right? So, you know, one of the things that Square's been doing to empower retailers is to make sure that we allow you to have insights into your data where, you know, to your point on margins, right, and your costs are good, sold. But also, you know, what's selling, you know, what are your velocities like, and, and what should you do as a result?[00:45:43] And maybe the things that are moving less quickly need more aggressive discounting. So I would say that the, the more you can leverage digitizing your catalog and inventory information, the less, like the more able you are to sell effectively online. The less likely you are to run out of inventory unexpectedly, right?[00:45:58] And, and those dreaded outta stock [00:46:00] moments. And most importantly, you can leverage that reporting. You can learn from what you're, if you've been doing this for a year, you can learn from last year to project, you know, how you need to run this holiday season. Or you can leverage what's happening now to predict the future.[00:46:11] And so I would say really emphasize leaning on your, your digital systems to kinda power you through this holiday.[00:46:18] Casey Golden: So to bring us back to the present. Pun intended. Bridget for everyone starting to shop. I mean, you've got quite a special destination for gifting at to and from, but what are the hottest items under the tree this season? What does everybody want? What are people buying?[00:46:35] Bridget Johns: Yeah, I mean, I don't know if I have like the hot take. This is the gift because we're all about that personalized gift that's very specific to you. But we do see gifting breaking down into three very distinct categories. Val values led not value, but values led gifting. So what is important to the person you're gifting for?[00:46:56] I think the second area that we haven't really talked about, but I think is [00:47:00] very important, and it's. Been a bit of a trick I think from retailers is personalization. Cause you can't return something that's personalized. So I think like the personalization has been very key in finding ways to make those gifts feel even more special.[00:47:16] And then the third trend that we're seeing are gifts that really help you spend time together as a family. I think that's something that has continued post covid. Like people have learned that they actually like spending time with their family. And I think that trend.[00:47:30] Actually continues. Like I think that's not something that has gone away.[00:47:34] So I would say those are the three areas. And then, you know, if you're a mid-century modern lover who, you know, likes gardening, you're gonna get something very different than the hockey mom.[00:47:45] Ricardo Belmar: That's very true. Very true. Well, Bridget, Roshan, this has been a fantastic discussion. We can't thank you enough for joining us today for our holiday shopping special episode. We covered so much ground. I can't believe how time has run out on us so [00:48:00] quickly.[00:48:00] Roshan Jhunja: Yeah, I had a fantastic time chatting with you all. Thanks for having me on.[00:48:04] Bridget Johns: Yeah, I really enjoyed it, so it was a lot of fun.[00:48:06] Casey Golden: Thank you both for joining us. This show is a wrap[00:48:10] Closing Wishes[00:48:10] Casey Golden: wrapping up this holiday special edition retail razor show and wishing our guests and listeners a very merry holiday. We hope you slay your sales targets and delight your customers this festive season.[00:48:22] Show Close[00:48:22] Casey Golden: We hope you enjoyed our show and we can't ask you enough to please give us a five star rating and review on apple podcast to help us grow and bring you more great episodes. If you don't wanna miss a minute of what's next, be sure to smash that subscribe button in your favorite podcast player. And don't forget to check out our show notes for handy links and more deets. I'm your host, Casey Golden.[00:48:54] Ricardo Belmar: And if you'd like to learn more about the two of us, follow us on Twitter at Casey c golden and Ricardo underscore [00:49:00] Belmar, or find us on LinkedIn. Be sure to follow the show on LinkedIn and Twitter at retail razor. Plus our YouTube channel for videos of each episode and bonus content. I'm your host, Ricardo Belmar.[00:49:10] Casey Golden: Thanks for joining us.[00:49:11] Ricardo Belmar: And remember, there's never been a better time to be in retail. If you cut through the clutter until next time, this is the retail razor show.

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Glass Cannon Live! comes to Twitch during the weeks when they're not on tour AND joining the Strange Aeons cast is Sydney Amanuel! The heroes return from the Dreamlands ready to search for another gift to give the Mad Poet, but a stop in the Razmiran port city of Xer may derail their plans.Join Troy Lavallee, Joe O'Brien, Skid Maher, Matthew Capodicasa and Sydney Amanuel as they tour the country playing the Lovecraftian Horror Strange Aeons Pathfinder Adventure Path.Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/xjcCVMYbfncFor more podcasts and livestreams, visit glasscannonnetwork.com and for exclusive content and benefits, subscribe today at patreon.com/glasscannon.

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“Flaws are our own unique perfections.” – Rob WhiteToday's featured international best-selling author is real estate developer, restauranteur, world traveler, and philosopher, Rob White. Rob and I have a fun chat about his book, “The Maestro Monologue: Discover Your Genius. Defeat Your Intruder. Design Your Destiny.”, how to reclaim your confidence, and tons more!!! Key Things You'll Learn:Why having faith in yourself is importantHow to get unstuck from your negative thoughtsThe difference between affirmations and declarations Rob's Site: https://robwhitemedia.com/Rob's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Maestro-Monologue-Discover-Intruder-Destiny/dp/0578941643/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626789312&sr=8-3 The opening track is titled, “North Wind and the Sun” by Trevin P. to listen to the full track and download it, click the following link. https://compilationsforhumanity.bandcamp.com/track/north-wind-and-the-sun You May Also Like… Ep. 319 – “The Hunter” with Jim Christina: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-319-the-hunter-with-jim-christina/ Ep. 320 – “See Your Life As a Movie” with Bob Brill (@BobBrillLA): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-320-see-your-life-as-a-movie-with-bob-brill-bobbrillla/ Ep. 382 – “Coming Out as Yourself” with Stephanie Lavigne (@stephlavigne): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-382-coming-out/ 161 - "CodeBreaker" with Sandra Biskind (@TheBiskinds): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/161-codebreaker-with-sandra-biskind-thebiskinds/ 273 – “Rewiring Your Brain For Manifestation Success” with Bob Doyle (@bobdoyle): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/273-rewiring-your-brain-for-manifestation-success-with-bob-doyle-bobdoyle/ 1-Year Anniversary Episode #2 - "Building An Economic Legacy" with Antonio T. Smith Jr. (@TheATSJr): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear1-bonus-episode-2-building-an-economic-legacy-with-antonio-t-smith-jr-theatsjr/ #Bonus Ep. – “Superbold” with Fred Joyal (@fredjoyal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/bonus-ep-superbold-with-fred-joyal-fredjoyal/ Ep. 475 – “Divine Genius” with Adam Hall: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-475-divine-genius-with-adam-hall/ Ep. 477 – “P.S. You're a Genius” with Kelly Trach (@kellytrach): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-477-ps-youre-a-genius-with-kelly-trach-kellytrach/ #HolidayBonus Ep. – “Wisdom Of The Men” with Clint Arthur (@clintarthur): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/holidaybonus-ep-wisdom-of-the-men-with-clint-arthur-clintarthur/ 110 - "Self-Intelligence" with Jane Ransom (@TheJaneRansom): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/110-self-intelligence-with-jane-ransom-thejaneransom/ Ep. 500 – “Life Reset” With Dr. Foojan Zeine, Psy.D., MFT (@DrZeine): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-500-life-reset-with-dr-foojan-zeine-psyd-mft-drzeine/ Ep. 433 – “Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes” with Ira Rosen: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-433-ticking-clock-behind-the-scenes-at-60-minutes-with-ira-rosen/ Ep. 426 – “Success Left a Clue” with Robert Raymond Riopel (@RobRox69): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-426-success-left-a-clue-with-robert-raymond-riopel-robrox69/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 411 – “Name That Mouse” with David Wood (@_focusceo): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-411-name-that-mouse-with-david-wood-_focusceo/ Ep. 435 – “Breaking the Code” with Rusty Gailliard (@RustyGaillard): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-435-breaking-the-code-with-rusty-gailliard-rustygaillard/

“Excellence honors God and inspires people. Mediocrity does neither.” - Rev. Dr. William AttawayToday's featured author is father, husband, Certified Executive Coach, and Pastor of Southview Community Church, Rev. Dr. William Attaway. Dr. Will and I have a fun chat about his book, “Catalytic Leadership: 12 Keys To Becoming An Intentional Leader Who Makes A Difference”, the importance of community, and more!!! Key Things You'll Learn:Why his doctorate is in the Old Testament3 Major Leadership Lessons Learned from Being a Pastor for over 25 yearsThe necessity of community in your life journeyWhy executives need coaches Dr. William's Site: https://catalyticleadership.net/Dr. William's Book: https://www.catalyticleadershipbook.com/ You May Also Like… Ep. 364 – “7 Deadly Thoughts” with Pastor Travis Hall (@PastorTHall): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-364-7-deadly-thoughts-with-pastor-travis-hall-pastorthall/ Ep. 502 – “A Leadership Development Strategy To Bond And Unite” With Amy P. Kelly (@AmyPKelly): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-502-a-leadership-development-strategy-to-bond-and-unite-with-amy-p-kelly-amypkelly/ Ep. 428 – “Hard Conversations” with Dr. Brad Johnson (@bjcommunicates): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-428-hard-conversations-with-dr-brad-johnson-bjcommunicates/ Ep. 466 – “Sabotage” with Brandon Wilson (@WilbronInc): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-466-sabotage-with-brandon-wilson-wilbroninc/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ Ep. 447 – “Crucible Leadership” with Warwick Fairfax (@CrucibleLeaders): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-447-crucible-leadership-with-warwick-fairfax-crucibleleaders/ Ep. 527 – “Redefining Success in Your Life & Relationships” with LaQuita Monley (@laquitamonley1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-527-redefining-success-in-your-life-relationships-with-laquita-monley-laquitamonley1/ #Holiday Bonus Ep. – “Be Excellent Now” with Ben Scott, Jr. (@benscottllc): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/holiday-bonus-ep-be-excellent-now-with-ben-scott-jr-benscottllc/ #Bonus Ep. – “Structure Creates Freedom” with Brad A. Milford (@BAMilford): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/bonus-ep-structure-creates-freedom-with-brad-a-milford-bamilford/ Super Special Awesome Leadership Episode with Chris Jordan (@cjjordan76): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/super-special-awesome-leadership-episode-with-chris-jordan-cjjordan76/ 286 – “Leading Beyond A Crisis” with Ben Baker & Claire Chandler (@YourBrandMrktng): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/286-leading-beyond-a-crisis-with-ben-baker-claire-chandler-yourbrandmrktng/ Ep. 517 – “God's Not Done with You” with Mary Guirovich (@maryguirovich): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-517-gods-not-done-with-you-with-mary-guirovich-maryguirovich/ Ep. 490 – “The Courageous Ask” with Brian Kreeger: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-490-the-courageous-ask-with-brian-kreeger/ Ep. 336 – “The Radical Gospel” with Jayson Derowitsch (@JaysonDerowits1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-336-the-radical-gospel-with-jayson-derowitsch-jaysonderowits1/ Ep. 418 – “Breaking Free & Overcoming Self-Doubt” with Traci Duez (@traciduez): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-418-breaking-free-overcoming-self-doubt-with-traci-duez-traciduez/ Ep. 409 – “Kiss Your Dragons” with Shawn Nason (@manonfiresocial): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-409-kiss-your-dragons-with-shawn-nason-manonfiresocial/ 84 - "Innovation and Leadership" with Dr. Jeff Standridge: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/84-innovation-and-leadership-with-dr-jeff-standridge/ 99 - "Leader By Choice" with Andres Valdes (@IamAndresValdes): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/99-leader-by-choice-with-andres-valdes-iamandresvaldes/

“Be courageous. Be proactive.” - Brian KreegerToday's featured author is a father, grandfather, speaker, US veteran, and award-winning Nonprofit Leadership Coach, Brian Kreeger. Brian and I talk about his book, “The Courageous Ask: A Proactive Approach to Prevent the Fall of Christian Nonprofit Leaders”, how to prevent leadership falls, and more!!! Key Things You'll Learn:Where the source is for most leadership falls.What are some indicators of an impending leadership fall?Why leaders need go-to people for venting and accountabilityWhy leaders acknowledging their humanness is often seen as an abstract idea.What to expect from Brian's upcoming books. Brian's Site: https://www.briankreeger.com/ Brian's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Kreeger/e/B09BC2N4DJ?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 You May Also Like… Ep. 428 – “Hard Conversations” with Dr. Brad Johnson (@bjcommunicates): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-428-hard-conversations-with-dr-brad-johnson-bjcommunicates/ Ep. 447 – “Crucible Leadership” with Warwick Fairfax (@CrucibleLeaders): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-447-crucible-leadership-with-warwick-fairfax-crucibleleaders/ Ep. 364 – “7 Deadly Thoughts” with Pastor Travis Hall (@PastorTHall): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-364-7-deadly-thoughts-with-pastor-travis-hall-pastorthall/ Ep. 480 – “Applying Your God-given Passions to Everyday Life” with Marnie Swedberg (@MentorMarnie): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-480-applying-your-god-given-passions-to-everyday-life-with-marnie-swedberg-mentormarnie/ Ep. 313.5 (Holiday Bonus) – “True North Business” with Bobby Albert (@BobbyAlbert): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3135-holiday-bonus-true-north-business-with-bobby-albert-bobbyalbert/ Ep. 463 – “Crushed” with Linda Bjork (@Linda_Bjork_1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-463-crushed-with-linda-bjork-linda_bjork_1/ Ep. 471 – “How to Turn Suffering Into Something Good” with Darci Steiner (@DarciJSteiner): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-471-how-to-turn-suffering-into-something-good-with-darci-steiner-darcijsteiner/ Ep. 460 – “Dangerous Hope” with Mandy Anderson (@mandybanderson): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-460-dangerous-hope-with-mandy-anderson-mandybanderson/ Ep. 356 – “The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness” with Thomas R. Williams (@MrTRWilliams): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-356-the-relentless-pursuit-of-greatness-with-thomas-r-williams-mrtrwilliams/ Host 2 Host Special - "Faith, Reinvention & Biblical Character Development" with Bob Thibodeau (@bob_thibodeau): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/host-2-host-special-faith-reinvention-biblical-character-development-with-bob-thibodeau-bob_thibodeau/ Ep. 451 – “The Divine Comedy of Sales” with Matt McDarby (@mmcdarby): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-451-the-divine-comedy-of-sales-with-matt-mcdarby-mmcdarby/ Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/ 289.5 (Charm City Bonus Episode) “Love Made Simple” with Juan Lee (@LoveMadeSimple): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/2895-charm-city-bonus-episode-love-made-simple-with-juan-lee-lovemadesimple/ 214 – “A Spoonful of Courage” with Dr. Charles Page (@cwpageauthor): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/214-a-spoonful-of-courage-with-dr-charles-page-cwpageauthor/ Super Special Awesome Leadership Episode with Chris Jordan (@cjjordan76): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/super-special-awesome-leadership-episode-with-chris-jordan-cjjordan76/

♬Episode Highlights: This episode is about the Half Time Show of 2022, Super Bowl, and settle the argument if it was an Xer half-time show or Millennial. from a Gen Xers perspective. We wade into the discussion of if the show was for Generation X, or the Millennial generation. -Clearly is was a show for Xers! Subscribe to our channel if you want to learn about money and not be bored: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7KT...

“If I can share stories, certainly I can create stories.” – Freddy Cruz Today's featured author is longtime Houston radio personality, animal advocate, lover of new music and old books, and the host of the Freddy's Huge ASK Podcast, Freddy Cruz. Freddy and I have a high-energy chat about his broadcasting career, becoming an author, and more!!   Key Things You'll Learn: How Freddy got into radio. How Freddy fell in love with writing. How creativity makes you a good radio personality.   Freddy's Site: https://www.thefreddycruz.com/ Freddy's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Cruz/e/B09KHK5STB?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Freddy's Podcast, “Freddy's Huge Ask”: https://omny.fm/shows/freddyshugeaskpodcast   The opening track is titled "Wind Echo" by the magnanimous chill-hop master, Marcus D (@marcusd). Be sure to visit his site and support his craft. https://marcusd.net/track/wind-echo   You May Also Like…   Ep. 392 – “Chasing the Captain” with Terry Shepherd (@TheTShepherd): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-392-chasing-the-captain-with/   Ep. 462.5 – “Beacons of Leadership” with Chris Voss of The Chris Voss Show (@ChrisVossShow1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4625-beacons-of-leadership-with-chris-voss-of-the-chris-voss-show-chrisvossshow1/   Ep. 378 – “Writing Adventures with The Dialogue Doctor” with Jeff Elkins (@Jffelkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-378-writing-adventures-with-the-dialogue-doctor-with-jeff-elkins-jffelkins/   Ep. 481 – “Breakthrough” with Thomas Gelmi: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-481-breakthrough-with-thomas-gelmi/   Ep. 475 – “Divine Genius” with Adam Hall: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-475-divine-genius-with-adam-hall/   Ep. 461 – “Live for Joy” with Anne Scottlin (@AnneScottlin): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-461-live-for-joy-with-anne-scottlin-annescottlin/   273 – “Rewiring Your Brain For Manifestation Success” with Bob Doyle (@bobdoyle): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/273-rewiring-your-brain-for-manifestation-success-with-bob-doyle-bobdoyle/   Ep. 397 – “Make Your Own Break” with Jennifer Lieberman (@iamjenlieberman): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-397-make-your-own-break/   Ep. 458 – “The Title IX Guy” with Dr. James J. Wilkerson (@titleixguy): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-458-the-title-ix-guy-with-dr-james-j-wilkerson-titleixguy/   Ep. 316 – “Ubuntu Leadership” with Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields (@LaMarrDShields): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-316-ubuntu-leadership-with-dr-lamarr-darnell-shields-lamarrdshields/   Ep. 426 – “Success Left a Clue” with Robert Raymond Riopel (@RobRox69): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-426-success-left-a-clue-with-robert-raymond-riopel-robrox69/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   #M2M Bonus – “A Significant Fork” with Mehdi Bouneb (@Mehdi_lba): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/m2m-bonus-a-significant-fork-with-mehdi-bouneb-mehdi_lba/   Ep. 405 – “Leadership Lessons From The Pub” with Dr. Irvine Nugent (@irvinenugent): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-405-leadership-lessons-from-the-pub-with-dr-irvine-nugent-irvinenugent/   Ep. 315 – “Elevate Your Network & Beyond” with Jake Kelfer (@jakekelfer): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-315-elevate-your-network-beyond-with-jake-kelfer-jakekelfer/   Ep. 336.5 (H2H Special) – “Own Your Career Own Your Life” with Andy Storch (@AndyStorch): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3365-h2h-special-own-your-career-own-your-life-with-andy-storch-andystorch/

“If I can share stories, certainly I can create stories.” – Freddy Cruz Today's featured author is longtime Houston radio personality, animal advocate, lover of new music and old books, and the host of the Freddy's Huge ASK Podcast, Freddy Cruz. Freddy and I have a high-energy chat about his broadcasting career, becoming an author, and more!!   Key Things You'll Learn: How Freddy got into radio. How Freddy fell in love with writing. How creativity makes you a good radio personality.   Freddy's Site: https://www.thefreddycruz.com/ Freddy's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Cruz/e/B09KHK5STB?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Freddy's Podcast, “Freddy's Huge Ask”: https://omny.fm/shows/freddyshugeaskpodcast   The opening track is titled "Wind Echo" by the magnanimous chill-hop master, Marcus D (@marcusd). Be sure to visit his site and support his craft. https://marcusd.net/track/wind-echo   You May Also Like…   Ep. 392 – “Chasing the Captain” with Terry Shepherd (@TheTShepherd): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-392-chasing-the-captain-with/   Ep. 462.5 – “Beacons of Leadership” with Chris Voss of The Chris Voss Show (@ChrisVossShow1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4625-beacons-of-leadership-with-chris-voss-of-the-chris-voss-show-chrisvossshow1/   Ep. 378 – “Writing Adventures with The Dialogue Doctor” with Jeff Elkins (@Jffelkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-378-writing-adventures-with-the-dialogue-doctor-with-jeff-elkins-jffelkins/   Ep. 481 – “Breakthrough” with Thomas Gelmi: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-481-breakthrough-with-thomas-gelmi/   Ep. 475 – “Divine Genius” with Adam Hall: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-475-divine-genius-with-adam-hall/   Ep. 461 – “Live for Joy” with Anne Scottlin (@AnneScottlin): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-461-live-for-joy-with-anne-scottlin-annescottlin/   273 – “Rewiring Your Brain For Manifestation Success” with Bob Doyle (@bobdoyle): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/273-rewiring-your-brain-for-manifestation-success-with-bob-doyle-bobdoyle/   Ep. 397 – “Make Your Own Break” with Jennifer Lieberman (@iamjenlieberman): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-397-make-your-own-break/   Ep. 458 – “The Title IX Guy” with Dr. James J. Wilkerson (@titleixguy): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-458-the-title-ix-guy-with-dr-james-j-wilkerson-titleixguy/   Ep. 316 – “Ubuntu Leadership” with Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields (@LaMarrDShields): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-316-ubuntu-leadership-with-dr-lamarr-darnell-shields-lamarrdshields/   Ep. 426 – “Success Left a Clue” with Robert Raymond Riopel (@RobRox69): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-426-success-left-a-clue-with-robert-raymond-riopel-robrox69/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   #M2M Bonus – “A Significant Fork” with Mehdi Bouneb (@Mehdi_lba): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/m2m-bonus-a-significant-fork-with-mehdi-bouneb-mehdi_lba/   Ep. 405 – “Leadership Lessons From The Pub” with Dr. Irvine Nugent (@irvinenugent): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-405-leadership-lessons-from-the-pub-with-dr-irvine-nugent-irvinenugent/   Ep. 315 – “Elevate Your Network & Beyond” with Jake Kelfer (@jakekelfer): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-315-elevate-your-network-beyond-with-jake-kelfer-jakekelfer/   Ep. 336.5 (H2H Special) – “Own Your Career Own Your Life” with Andy Storch (@AndyStorch): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3365-h2h-special-own-your-career-own-your-life-with-andy-storch-andystorch/

“Everyone has a creative spark inside of them.” - Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin Today's bonus featured bestselling author is writer, teacher, scholar, and the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin. Dr. Farah and I talk about her latest book, “Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature”, how some of her students inspired her as a professor, and more!!!   Key Things You'll Learn: What inspired her book. What led her to become a college professor. What lessons she learned from being a professor. Her process for choosing which titles to highlight in her book. Her upcoming book projects.     Dr. Farah's Site: https://www.farahjasminegriffin.com/ Dr. Farah's Books: https://www.amazon.com/Farah-Jasmine-Griffin/e/B000APJXM6?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000   The opening track is titled “Set Sail” by Sparks Dynamite. To cop the whole track, click the following link. https://planetastroproductions.bandcamp.com/track/set-sail-intro   You May Also Like…   Ep. 350 – “Stay on Track Tips” with Dr. Ro (@everythingro): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-350-stay-on-track-tips-with-dr-ro-everythingro/   Ep. 365 – “My Poetry Is the Beauty You Overlook” with Kim B. Miller (@pwcpoetlaur2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-365-my-poetry-is-the-beauty-you-overlook-with-kim-b-miller-pwcpoetlaur2020/   98 - "It Takes 10 Years to Be an Overnight Success" with Pamela Hilliard Owens (@YB2C_System): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/98-it-takes-10-years-to-be-an-overnight-success-with-pamela-hilliard-owens-yb2c_system/   257 – “It's Time To Fly Away” with Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew (@Froswa): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/257-its-time-to-fly-away-with-dr-froswa-booker-drew-froswa/   Ep. 420 – “The UPside of Failure” with Tiana Sanchez (@likearealboss): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-420-the-upside-of-failure-with-tiana-sanchez-likearealboss/   31 - "Power Living" with Pam Reaves (@pamela_reaves): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/31-power-living-with-pam-reaves-pamela_reaves/   97 - "Words From Awaki" with Dr. Bernetha George: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/97-words-from-awaki-with-dr-bernetha-george/   221 – “Righteous Leadership” with Dr. Ray Charles (@TheDrRayCharles): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/221-righteous-leadership-with-dr-ray-charles-thedrraycharles/   Ep. 316 – “Ubuntu Leadership” with Dr. LaMarr Darnell Shields (@LaMarrDShields): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-316-ubuntu-leadership-with-dr-lamarr-darnell-shields-lamarrdshields/   Ep. 307 – “Failure Is Not The Problem, It's The Beginning Of Your Success” with Col. George Milton: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-307-failure-is-not-the-problem-its-the-beginning-of-your-success-with-col-george-milton/   119 - "A Passion for High Performance & Professional Development" with Dr. Elizabeth Carter (@eacaappeal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/119-a-passion-for-high-performance-professional-development-with-dr-elizabeth-carter-eacaappeal/   Ep. 313 – “Ask Uncle Neil” with Neil Thompson (@teachthegeek): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-313-ask-uncle-neil-with-neil-thompson-teachthegeek/   174 - "Passion, Purpose & Promise" with Dr. Rhonda Glover: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/174-passion-purpose-promise-with-dr-rhonda-glover/   253 – “Purpose, Passion, Vision, and Destiny” with Tanya J. Miller (@TalkingwitTanya): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/253-purpose-passion-vision-and-destiny-with-tanya-j-miller-talkingwittanya/   255 – “Women Who Soar” with Pastor Paulette Harper (@pauletteharper): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/255-women-who-soar-with-pastor-paulette-harper-pauletteharper/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   224 – “A Ride to Remember” with Amy Nathan (@AmyNathanBooks): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/224-a-ride-to-remember-with-amy-nathan-amynathanbooks/   145 - "One Thing at a Time: And That One Thing is Me" with Lisa C. Butler (@AuthorLButler): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/145-one-thing-at-a-time-and-that-one-thing-is-me-with-lisa-c-butler-authorlbutler/

“Legitimate journalism still exists.” – Tyler Hendon Today's featured author is Business Consultant and certified HR Professional, Tyler Hendon. Tyler and I talk about his book, “Mirage: How Social Media Impacts the Way We Think, Feel and Behave”, what to consider when finding info online, and more!!!   Key Thing's You'll Learn: Why he wrote the book,” Mirage: How Social Media Impacts The Way We Think, Feel and Behave” The 3 things that social media taught him. How Tyler unplugs from social media in different ways. How some social media companies make money. What to consider when validating the information you find online. What parts of social media you should avoid.     Tyler's Site: https://themiragebook.com/ Tyler's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LWP5CDL/ref=nodl_?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860   Today's Sponsor, ”Stay the Course: The Elite Performer's 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success”: https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Course-Performers-Sustainable-Success/dp/B09KMHVJWM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1644687815&sr=1-18   The opening track is titled "Urgent Advance - METAL GEAR 2 Q-MIX" by Rukunetsu AKA Project R. Be sure to click the link below to check out his wonderful music. https://soundcloud.com/rukunetsu/urgent-advance-metal-gear-2-q-mix   You May Also Like…   179 - "Indistractable" with Nir Eyal (@nireyal): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/179-indistractable-with-nir-eyal-nireyal/   Ep. 433 – “Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes” with Ira Rosen: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-433-ticking-clock-behind-the-scenes-at-60-minutes-with-ira-rosen/   Ep. 333 – “How to Grow Your Social Media Influence” with Catherine Saykaly-Stevens (@CatherineNetWeb): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-333-how-to-grow-your-social-media-influence-with-catherine-saykaly-stevens-catherinenetweb/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   168 - "Spiral" with Amy Simpkins (@amylsimpkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/168-spiral-with-amy-simpkins-amylsimpkins/   Ep. 458 – “The Title IX Guy” with Dr. James J. Wilkerson (@titleixguy): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-458-the-title-ix-guy-with-dr-james-j-wilkerson-titleixguy/   34 - "Life & The Sunday Series" with Mark Brodinsky (@markbrodinsky): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/34-life-the-sunday-series-with-mark-brodinsky-markbrodinsky/   Ep. 456 – “Black Victim to Black Victor” with Adam Coleman (@wrong_speak): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-456-black-victim-to-black-victor-with-adam-coleman-wrong_speak/   Ep. 331 – “The New MBA” with David Schloss (@Schlossy): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-331-the-new-mba-with-david-schloss-schlossy/   Ep. 462.5 – “Beacons of Leadership” with Chris Voss of The Chris Voss Show (@ChrisVossShow1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4625-beacons-of-leadership-with-chris-voss-of-the-chris-voss-show-chrisvossshow1/

Hey there Xer's!  We're back with another episode of the Mondegreen Game on XRadioX!What's a Mondegreen you ask?  Have you ever heard someone sing..."I led the pigeons, with a bag, of uranium chips from South Africa" Or you heard someone yell...  "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!"Have you?  If you have, that's a Mondegreen where someone thinks the lyrics are one thing when they are actually something else.Jayce and our friend Jeff both try and guess the songs that Matt has come up with and let me tell you one of these players really stinks at this game.  So check us out for fun, laughter and ridiculous lyrics that will leave you scratching your head wondering how did anyone thing that was a song?  Also how did they actually guess the song?We also talk about what we've been listening to and we include another boring installment of Bed Talk with Jayce and Matt where Jayce talks about sleeping.  Do these guys know how to party or what!So tune in and enjoy a hour or so of fun with your friends on XRadioX!  Check us out and rate us on Goodpods, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple or where ever else you listen to podcasts.  

Hey there Xer's!  It's Episode 25, Matt and Jayce are finally back after their holiday (and then some) break.  This year they've got a lot of fun stuff planned for their listeners but first...  Have you ever heard a band and thought, THEY SHOULDA BEEN HUGE-ER!!!  Yeah?  Us too.  So Matt and Jayce went through their playlists, record collections and their mental inventory and came up with a few groups each who shoulda been HUGE-ER. So here we go...  Break out of your Rut and Colour your week with some bands that shoulda been HUGE-ER.  This sentence will make more sense after you listen.  ;)Also Jayce bought a new bed over the holidays and tries to ruin the podcast with our new segment, BedTalk with Matt and Jayce.  Hit us up on the Twitters and give us your thoughts on BedTalk and our segment on Bands That Shoulda Been HUGE-ER!!!XRadioX at @XRadioX1Enjoy and give us a rating on your favorite podcatcher like Goodpods, Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.

“Sometimes you go down a road as a comedian and you end up disturbing yourself.” – Chris Voss Today's featured bonus author is consultant, speaker, Youtuber, 35+ year Serial Entrepreneur, and award-winning CEO/Host of The Chris Voss Show & CV Podcast Network, Chris Voss. Chris and I have a laughter-filled chat about his book, “Beacons of Leadership: Inspiring Lessons of Success in Business and Innovation”, what successful podcast hosts do, and more!!!   Key Thing's You'll Learn: Why your book is for others and not your friends. How Chris became an entrepreneur. His rock-solid advice for podcast hosts.     Chris' Site: https://thechrisvossshow.com/ Chris' Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B09C9R4TK1?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader The Chris Voss Show: http://thechrisvossshow.com/how-to-subscribe-to-the-chris-voss-show-podcast/   The opening track is titled “Vash The Stampede” by Asis Galvin. To listen to the full track and support the artist monetarily, click the following link. https://asisgalvin.bandcamp.com/track/vash-the-stampede     You May Also Like…   1 - "Burn the Box" with Shawn Purvis @shawnepurvis: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/1-burn-the-box-with-shawn-purvis-shawnepurvis/   Ep. 433 – “Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes” with Ira Rosen: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-433-ticking-clock-behind-the-scenes-at-60-minutes-with-ira-rosen/   Ep. 400 – “How to Become a Multimillionaire, but Not Act Like It” with Tom Antion (@TomAntion): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-400-how-to-become-a/   #GNPYear1 Bonus Episode 2 - "Building An Economic Legacy" with Antonio T. Smith Jr. (@TheATSJr): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear1-bonus-episode-2-building-an-economic-legacy-with-antonio-t-smith-jr-theatsjr/   Ep. 341.5 – “Playful Cheeks” with Dr. Alison J. Kay (@ajkbliss): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3415-playful-cheeks-with-dr-alison-j-kay-ajkbliss/   273 – “Rewiring Your Brain For Manifestation Success” with Bob Doyle (@bobdoyle): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/273-rewiring-your-brain-for-manifestation-success-with-bob-doyle-bobdoyle/   Ep. 362 – “Constant Comedy” with Art Bell (@ArtBellwriter): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-362-constant-comedy-with-art-bell-artbellwriter/   Ep. 378 – “Writing Adventures with The Dialogue Doctor” with Jeff Elkins (@Jffelkins): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-378-writing-adventures-with-the-dialogue-doctor-with-jeff-elkins-jffelkins/   110 - "Self-Intelligence" with Jane Ransom (@TheJaneRansom): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/110-self-intelligence-with-jane-ransom-thejaneransom/   Ep. 426 – “Success Left a Clue” with Robert Raymond Riopel (@RobRox69): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-426-success-left-a-clue-with-robert-raymond-riopel-robrox69/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   Ep. 435.5 – “Crushing the Fears of Becoming A Self-Published Author” with Jeremy Sutton (@the_bookboss): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-4355-crushing-the-fears-of-becoming-a-self-published-author-with-jeremy-sutton-the_bookboss/

“If you tell a story in the right way, it really has an impact.” – Ira Rosen Today's featured international bestselling author is A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, former senior producer of Primetime Live with Diane Sawyer, and winner of 24 Emmys, 4 DuPont Awards, two RFK Awards, and two Peabodys, Ira Rosen. Ira and I talk about his book, “Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes”, how to be a great journalist, and more!!!   Key Thing's You'll Learn: What got Ira into Journalism. Ira's advice for aspiring journalists. The best question an interviewer can ask. His process for choosing which stories to use in his book. A few interviewing techniques Ira learned from his time at 60 Minutes. Where Ira believes where journalists can find the best stories.   Ira's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089FVQPLW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1   The opening track is titled, “Greater Purpose (Instrumental)” by Marcus D. Cop the full track by clicking the following link. https://elevationjapan.bandcamp.com/album/greater-purpose-ep   You May Also Like…   Ep. 362 – “Constant Comedy” with Art Bell (@ArtBellwriter): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-362-constant-comedy-with-art-bell-artbellwriter/   173 - "The God Groove" with David Ritz (@davidritz): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/173-the-god-groove-with-david-ritz-davidritz/   #GNPYear2 Episode 1 - "Dream Toolbox" with Ken Aldrich (@dream_toolbox): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear2-episode-1-dream-toolbox-with-ken-aldrich-dream_toolbox/   Ep. 310.5 (Host 2 Host Special) – “Everyday Awakening” with Sam Liebowitz (@SamLiebowitz): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3105-host-2-host-special-everyday-awakening-with-sam-liebowitz-samliebowitz/   Ep. 332 – “Her Perfect Life” with Hank Phillippi Ryan (@HankPRyan): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-332-her-perfect-life-with-hank-phillippi-ryan-hankpryan/   Ep. 306 – “Be The SPARK” with Simon T. Bailey (@SimonTBailey): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-306-be-the-spark-with-simon-t-bailey-simontbailey/   Ep. 320 – “See Your Life As a Movie” with Bob Brill (@BobBrillLA): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-320-see-your-life-as-a-movie-with-bob-brill-bobbrillla/   261 – “How Thoughts Become Things” with Douglas Vermeeren (@DougVermeeren): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/261-how-thoughts-become-things-with-douglas-vermeeren-dougvermeeren/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   Ep. 397 – “Make Your Own Break” with Jennifer Lieberman (@iamjenlieberman): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-397-make-your-own-break/   Ep. 373.5 – “Business Secrets for Walking on Water” with Frank Zaccari (@FZaccari): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3735-business-secrets-for-walking-on-water-with-frank-zaccari-fzaccari/   Ep. 392 – “Chasing the Captain” with Terry Shepherd (@TheTShepherd): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-392-chasing-the-captain-with/   Ep. 319 – “The Hunter” with Jim Christina: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-319-the-hunter-with-jim-christina/   253.5 (Host 2 Host Special) – “The University of Adversity” with Lance Essihos (@EssihosLance): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/2535-host-2-host-special-the-university-of-adversity-with-lance-essihos-essihoslance/   34 - "Life & The Sunday Series" with Mark Brodinsky (@markbrodinsky): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/34-life-the-sunday-series-with-mark-brodinsky-markbrodinsky/

“Everything happens for a reason and that reason is there to serve me.” – Robert Raymond Riopel Today's featured international bestselling author is entrepreneur, App Designer, and Life Transforming Trainer, Robert Raymond Riopel. Robert and I have a high energy and high impact chat about self-mastery, why you must never stop using your gifts once you find them, and more!!!   Key Thing's You'll Learn: The 3 things that helped Robert become a better teacher and a multi-million-dollar success trainer. Why Robert is a snooze button ninja. Why you must speak your truth. Why we need to remember the basics of what we do. How to set yourself up for struggle and depression. Why the 1st rule of wealth applies to your time. Why you must use your gift once you're aware of it. What it means to “over live your passion.”   Robert's Site: https://successleftaclue.com/ Robert's Book: https://robertriopel.com/book1   The opening track is titled “Set Sail” by Sparks Dynamite. To cop the whole track, click the following link. https://planetastroproductions.bandcamp.com/track/set-sail-intro   You May Also Like…   Ep. 400 – “How to Become a Multimillionaire, but Not Act Like It” with Tom Antion (@TomAntion): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-400-how-to-become-a/   Ep. 306 – “Be The SPARK” with Simon T. Bailey (@SimonTBailey): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-306-be-the-spark-with-simon-t-bailey-simontbailey/   281 – “No More Average” with Andy Audate (@andyaudate): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/281-no-more-average-with-andy-audate-andyaudate/   Ep. 307 – “Failure Is Not The Problem, It's The Beginning Of Your Success” with Col. George Milton: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-307-failure-is-not-the-problem-its-the-beginning-of-your-success-with-col-george-milton/   273 – “Rewiring Your Brain For Manifestation Success” with Bob Doyle (@bobdoyle): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/273-rewiring-your-brain-for-manifestation-success-with-bob-doyle-bobdoyle/   45 - "From the Incubator to the Kingdom" with Dr. Duane Mangum (@i_blend1): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/45-from-the-incubator-to-the-kingdom-with-dr-duane-mangum-i_blend1/   261.5 (Host 2 Host Special) – “The Outsourcing Playbook” with Kris Ward (@krisward): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/2615-host-2-host-special-the-outsourcing-playbook-with-kris-ward-krisward/   #GNPYear3 Bonus Episode 5 – “Money Honey” with Rachel Richards (@MoneyHoneyRach): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear3-bonus-episode-5-money-honey-with-rachel-richards-moneyhoneyrach/   Ep. 362 – “Constant Comedy” with Art Bell (@ArtBellwriter): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-362-constant-comedy-with-art-bell-artbellwriter/   Ep. 384 – “Steal Your Skills From Corporate” with Katrina Roddy (@KRoddy65): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-384-steal-your/   Ep. 412 – “Why Boomer, Xer, Millennial and Gen Z Labels Need Reimagined” with Dr. Rick Chromey (@MyGenTech2020): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-412-why-boomer-xer-millennial-and-gen-z-labels-need-reimagined-with-dr-rick-chromey-mygentech2020/   Ep. 387 – “How to Demolish Imposter Syndrome & Create an Online Course” with Mark Kumar (@mark2kumar): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-387-how-to/   Ep. 392 – “Chasing the Captain” with Terry Shepherd (@TheTShepherd): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-392-chasing-the-captain-with/   Ep. 373.5 – “Business Secrets for Walking on Water” with Frank Zaccari (@FZaccari): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-3735-business-secrets-for-walking-on-water-with-frank-zaccari-fzaccari/   261 – “How Thoughts Become Things” with Douglas Vermeeren (@DougVermeeren): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/261-how-thoughts-become-things-with-douglas-vermeeren-dougvermeeren/   110 - "Self-Intelligence" with Jane Ransom (@TheJaneRansom): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/110-self-intelligence-with-jane-ransom-thejaneransom/   164 - "Escape Average, Go for the Big" with Michael Botts: https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/164-escape-average-go-for-the-big-with-michael-botts/   #GNPYear2 Episode 1 - "Dream Toolbox" with Ken Aldrich (@dream_toolbox): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear2-episode-1-dream-toolbox-with-ken-aldrich-dream_toolbox/   Ep. 411 – “Name That Mouse” with David Wood (@_focusceo): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-411-name-that-mouse-with-david-wood-_focusceo/   #GNPYear3 Bonus Episode 3 – “Unlock Yourself” with Eddie Thomason (@eddiethomason_): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/gnpyear3-bonus-episode-3-unlock-yourself-with-eddie-thomason-eddiethomason_/   Ep. 315 – “Elevate Your Network & Beyond” with Jake Kelfer (@jakekelfer): https://www.goingnorthpodcast.com/ep-315-elevate-your-network-beyond-with-jake-kelfer-jakekelfer/