Podcasts about Ze Frank

Ever wondered why Steve refuses to hold Sam's cat, even when he's hilariously high? This episode kicks off with a laugh-out-loud confession and leads to a playful yet insightful discussion on personal boundaries and consent. Sam and Steve's banter takes an unexpected turn when Sam humorously questions Steve's sexuality, leading to a candid conversation about identity and friendship. Sam reaffirms her unwavering support for the LGBTQ+ community, setting the stage for a thought-provoking exploration of personal preferences and mutual respect.Imagine the dynamics of having a flamboyantly gay best friend. From sharing style tips to navigating absurd hypothetical situations, this episode is packed with humor and heartfelt moments. Listen as we share a funny anecdote about mucinex and cough syrup, followed by a frustrating Sunday filled with rude customers and the emotional toll of maintaining professionalism. We're all about standing up for ourselves, and you'll hear just how we handle those entitled encounters.Our nostalgic trip down memory lane includes rants about societal manners, shoplifting misadventures, and the changing tides of parenting styles. From childhood antics to the chaotic recount of the "Bee Movie," our conversation promises laughter and insights. We wrap up with reflections on the struggles faced by content creators, difficult neighbors, and a critique of Diddy's disingenuous apology video. This episode is a rollercoaster of humor, heartfelt discussions, and engaging stories. Don't miss out on the fun!

Irwin Michnick, the Brooklyn-born son of a Jewish furrier from Ukraine, was a jazz musician who wrote radio commercials and advertising jingles for companies like L & M cigarettes and Ken-L Ration dog food.Bob Levenson was a copywriter at Doyle Dane Bernbach who needed a tune to go with the words, “Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee.” Irwin Michnick got the call.But it was a different call that led to Irwin Michnik winning a Tony Award and the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Placido Domingo, and more than 70 other superstars of music have recorded the song that Michnik wrote.Josh Groban included it on his 2020 album, Harmony.Aretha Franklin sang it at the funeral of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.Senator Edward Kennedy asked that it be sung at his funeral, as well. And it was.The song teaches us that passion does not create commitment, but that commitment creates passion. It is a song that teaches us that we can achieve the miraculous only if we are willing to attempt the ridiculous.Do you remember the Ze Frank quote I shared with you last week? The one where Ze talks about how the hero throws himself into battle against impossible odds, fiercely pushing, shoulders back, despite the knowledge that he can't win, that he will die in the end?Irwin Michnik wrote the music and Joe Darion wrote the words. It is the theme song of Wizard Academy, that school for entrepreneurs and ad writers and educators and ministers and researchers and every other agent-of-change who has become infected with an impossible dream.Do you remember the song now? Of course you do. It starts like this, “To dream the impossible dream; to fight the unbeatable foe; to bear with unbearable sorrow; to run where the brave dare not go.”You probably don't remember Irwin Michnik because he was known professionally as Mitch. Mitch Leigh.I'll bet you can guess what Indy Beagle has for you in the rabbit hole.In other news about impossible dreams, last week I bought an extremely old copy of the book Miguel de Cervantes wrote that inspired the song by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion.Perhaps I'll tell you about it after the beginning of the year.Ciao for Niao,Roy H. WilliamsGood business ideas often die on the vine because of the cost and logistics of bringing those ideas into reality. Uzair Ahmed saw all these missed opportunities, so he figured figured out how to use technology and automation to make these good business ideas come alive. Uzair tested a high-tech, low-overhead system to launch a business that provides on-site car repairs. Guess what? It succeeded wildly. Now, Uzair tells roving reporter Rotbart, he can help other businesses cut their costs up to 60% by following his model. And this also reduces the number of hours a business owner has to spend at work. We've struck the match and lit the fuse. If you want to see the fireworks, hurry over to MondayMorningRadio.com

Back in 2012, Ze Frank recorded a video I've contemplated for 11 years.“What was it about?”The hero and the clown.“What made it so interesting that you've contemplated it for so long?”The hero and the clown are the same person.“You're going to need to explain that to me.”Here's the transcript. Read it:“Once I was lucky enough to take a class with the great clown teacher Giovanni Fusetti and one of the things that he talked about was the ancient idea of a hero. In the Greek myths, humans were subject to massive and unknown forces outside of their control. The whims of the gods – fickle gods – the gods of wind, waves and war, of luck, of love, of age and death. And from up on Mount Olympus, humans, humans look like little ants in the face of all these things. Giovanni said that despite these unknowns the hero pushes, pushes up against all these forces, fiercely pushes, shoulders back, despite the knowledge that he can't win, that he will die in the end. The clown on the other hand, celebrates the falling, the failure, the absurdity of skipping along the bottom, the absurdity of trying at all…”– Ze Frank, Unfair, June 22, 2012“Okay, that was interesting. But I don't see how you could still be thinking about that after 11 years.”It answered a question for me.“So, what was the question?”How can one person look at Don Quixote and see a hero, and another person look at him and see a clown?“Sometimes you think about some really weird crap. You know that, right?”Yeah, I know that.“You need to tie all this together for me.”Cervantes wrote Don Quixote in 1605, and for the past 418 years, a person's interpretation of that book has depended almost entirely on when and where they lived.“For real?”Yeah. For real.“Why?”Why, what?“Why does it depend on when and where they lived?”There are two specific times when people read the story of Don Quixote:When a nation is pursuing a beautiful dream, the artists of that nation will paint, and sculpt, and write plays about heroes who fight against impossible odds. And they will cheer for Don Quixote, a visionary hero who saw beauty, justice, and honor in a common village girl who didn't know he was alive.Generations later, weary, disheartened, and brittle, those same nations will laugh at the absurdity of believing in heroes, and their comedians will mock the foolishness of relentless determination. And they will sneer at Don Quixote, a man who saw visions of beauty, justice and honor in a common village girl who didn't know he was alive.“So what does America believe about Don Quixote right now?”Answer me this, Indy: Do you feel our nation is pursuing a beautiful dream? Or do you feel we are weary, disheartened, and brittle?“Considering that everyone is suspicious of everyone right now, I'd say that we are the second one.”Indy, I want you to research the founding fathers and find out whether they were reading Don Quixote when they were dreaming the dream of America, and fighting against impossible odds to escape from under the bootheel of King George.“You want me to put it in the rabbit hole?”That's up to you, my little Beagle friend, but I'm hoping you will.“I will under one condition.”Name it.“Tell me what brought this on. I need to know why you're telling me all this.”Do you remember what I told all those people who came to Austin to hear my final presentation of ‘Pendulum' 11 years ago?“I remember the tower was full, but you said a lot of things during those 2 days. Which of those things are you talking about?”It was near the end, when someone asked me how soon I would be teaching ‘Pendulum' again.“I remember that you told them you wouldn't be teaching it again for at least 10...

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Kyle explains old band-aid smells, Meg discovers fasting like a girl, and they both really love and really hate Spotify sometimes. Ze Frank's Creepy Dave animal showTikTok kolaches"He's not real" (big language warning)Fast Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy PelzDr. Pelz on Dr. Rangan Chatteree channelDr. Pelz on The Daily Connoisseur Santo and Johnny Sleep WalkBeer-battered shrimp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The blitzscaling funding model failed news companies. Vice Media — which raised more than $1 billion from the likes of TPG, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Disney — is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy. BuzzFeed — which raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, General Atlantic, and NBCUniversal — just shut down its news division and has watched its stock price sink 95% since going public via a SPAC.Meanwhile, Gawker, which successfully avoided the cash-burning approach, was brought down in a lawsuit funded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. This episode of Newcomer is brought to you by VantaSecurity is no longer a cost center — it's a strategic growth engine that sets your business apart. That means it's more important than ever to prove you handle customer data with the utmost integrity. But demonstrating your security and compliance can be time-consuming, tedious, and expensive. Until you use Vanta.Vanta's enterprise-ready Trust Management Platform empowers you to:* Centralize and scale your security program* Automate compliance for the most sought-after frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR* Earn and maintain the trust of customers and vendors alikeWith Vanta, you can save up to 400 hours and 85% of costs. Win more deals and enable growth quickly, easily, and without breaking the bank.For a limited time, Newcomer listeners get $1,000 off Vanta. Go to vanta.com/newcomer to get started.In his new book, Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral, former BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith takes stock of the heady days of media spending and snarky online writing. (Of course, for all his insistence that that spendy era of media is over, Smith is the co-founder of Semafor, a company that raised $25 million — including about $10 million from Sam Bankman-Fried — to build a new digital media business.)I invited Smith on the podcast to talk about his new book. I started the discussion by going back to David Carr's 2012 profile of BuzzFeed. Carr wrote at the time:[W]ith the addition of Mr. Smith and his new hires, BuzzFeed is growing some serious news muscles under a silly, frilly skin, and added the header “2012” for election coverage. (More traditional news verticals will be rolled out in the coming months.) It's gone well so far, with comScore showing 10.8 million unique visitors in December, more than double that of the same month in 2010.Its business model, in part, capitalizes on the mix of high and low content; instead of banner ads, BuzzFeed works with companies like Pillsbury to create content ideal for sharing, including “10 Things You Never Knew You Could Do With a Crescent Roll.”If it is successful, BuzzFeed will generate the kind of traffic that will rival behemoths like, yes, The Huffington Post. Mr. Peretti says that BuzzFeed makes a profit some months, but given the level of investment and growth — there are now 78 people in its Flatiron offices — the burn rate on that new chunk of capital is significant. “It's fun to watch them make all these hires,” said Choire Sicha, the founder of The Awl site and a veteran of the New York Web scene. “But it's important that they don't overspend. Web ad rates are what they are and that isn't going to change.”Then I turned the conversation to former Gawker editor Max Read's review of Traffic. Read writes: In the end, only one character in “Traffic” can really be said to have any vision. In 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger offered to buy BuzzFeed for $650 million. In the book's strangest and funniest scene, a nightmare blunt rotation of Smith, Peretti, BuzzFeed video chief Ze Frank and BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg get high on a hotel balcony in Los Angeles and discuss the offer. Frank and Smith urge an ambivalent Peretti to turn down the offer, worrying that “Disney's corporate culture would stifle” Buzzfeed's creativity. Not so much Steinberg, the company's money man, who gets “down on his knees on the balcony to plead with Jonah to take the deal.”Frank and Smith would go on to win the argument; they and Peretti saw BuzzFeed's monster traffic as the key to their dreams of a burgeoning, independent media empire. As we now know, they were wrong. Steinberg is far from a genius — after leaving BuzzFeed, he joined the Daily Mail's U.S. operation, and then founded the cosmically annoying CNBC-for-millennials brand “Cheddar,” whose videos can be found on gas pumps across the country — but he alone managed to see that traffic for what it really was: the “pump” phase of a pump-and-dump scheme that Peretti never had the vision to complete.In my conversation with him, Smith, the former media columnist for the New York Times, also offered his thoughts on the upcoming presidential primary and Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News. Give it a listen.Find the Podcast Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

The blitzscaling funding model failed news companies. Vice Media — which raised more than $1 billion from the likes of TPG, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Disney — is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy. BuzzFeed — which raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, General Atlantic, and NBCUniversal — just shut down its news division and has watched its stock price sink 95% since going public via a SPAC.Meanwhile, Gawker, which successfully avoided the cash-burning approach, was brought down in a lawsuit funded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. This episode of Newcomer is brought to you by VantaSecurity is no longer a cost center — it's a strategic growth engine that sets your business apart. That means it's more important than ever to prove you handle customer data with the utmost integrity. But demonstrating your security and compliance can be time-consuming, tedious, and expensive. Until you use Vanta.Vanta's enterprise-ready Trust Management Platform empowers you to:* Centralize and scale your security program* Automate compliance for the most sought-after frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR* Earn and maintain the trust of customers and vendors alikeWith Vanta, you can save up to 400 hours and 85% of costs. Win more deals and enable growth quickly, easily, and without breaking the bank.For a limited time, Newcomer listeners get $1,000 off Vanta. Go to vanta.com/newcomer to get started.In his new book, Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral, former BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith takes stock of the heady days of media spending and snarky online writing. (Of course, for all his insistence that that spendy era of media is over, Smith is the co-founder of Semafor, a company that raised $25 million — including about $10 million from Sam Bankman-Fried — to build a new digital media business.)I invited Smith on the podcast to talk about his new book. I started the discussion by going back to David Carr's 2012 profile of BuzzFeed. Carr wrote at the time:[W]ith the addition of Mr. Smith and his new hires, BuzzFeed is growing some serious news muscles under a silly, frilly skin, and added the header “2012” for election coverage. (More traditional news verticals will be rolled out in the coming months.) It's gone well so far, with comScore showing 10.8 million unique visitors in December, more than double that of the same month in 2010.Its business model, in part, capitalizes on the mix of high and low content; instead of banner ads, BuzzFeed works with companies like Pillsbury to create content ideal for sharing, including “10 Things You Never Knew You Could Do With a Crescent Roll.”If it is successful, BuzzFeed will generate the kind of traffic that will rival behemoths like, yes, The Huffington Post. Mr. Peretti says that BuzzFeed makes a profit some months, but given the level of investment and growth — there are now 78 people in its Flatiron offices — the burn rate on that new chunk of capital is significant. “It's fun to watch them make all these hires,” said Choire Sicha, the founder of The Awl site and a veteran of the New York Web scene. “But it's important that they don't overspend. Web ad rates are what they are and that isn't going to change.”Then I turned the conversation to former Gawker editor Max Read's review of Traffic. Read writes: In the end, only one character in “Traffic” can really be said to have any vision. In 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger offered to buy BuzzFeed for $650 million. In the book's strangest and funniest scene, a nightmare blunt rotation of Smith, Peretti, BuzzFeed video chief Ze Frank and BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg get high on a hotel balcony in Los Angeles and discuss the offer. Frank and Smith urge an ambivalent Peretti to turn down the offer, worrying that “Disney's corporate culture would stifle” Buzzfeed's creativity. Not so much Steinberg, the company's money man, who gets “down on his knees on the balcony to plead with Jonah to take the deal.”Frank and Smith would go on to win the argument; they and Peretti saw BuzzFeed's monster traffic as the key to their dreams of a burgeoning, independent media empire. As we now know, they were wrong. Steinberg is far from a genius — after leaving BuzzFeed, he joined the Daily Mail's U.S. operation, and then founded the cosmically annoying CNBC-for-millennials brand “Cheddar,” whose videos can be found on gas pumps across the country — but he alone managed to see that traffic for what it really was: the “pump” phase of a pump-and-dump scheme that Peretti never had the vision to complete.In my conversation with him, Smith, the former media columnist for the New York Times, also offered his thoughts on the upcoming presidential primary and Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News. Give it a listen.Find the Podcast Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

Jason tells of an incident involving a "flat" turtle, the guys discuss automated cars, Ze Frank's Earth Sandwich, the Japanese word for "rabbit," and different aspects of sleeping.

Ethan Slattery joined us to talk about animals, animal trackers, and how they work. Ethan works for Wildlife Computers. They use the Argos Network for data transfer. He was previously at MBARI and worked with Engineers for Exploration as an undergraduate. Ethan is also known as CrustyAuklet on Twitter and Github. He also has an Instagram page.  Things mentioned in the show you might want to know more about: Nautilus Live is a streaming YouTube channel from an ROV exploring the oceans. They have periodic dives where you can ask scientists about what they are seeing, while they are seeing it. Watch discoveries happen in real-time. Or watch the highlight reels on YouTube. Ze Frank also has a YouTube channel about animals called True Facts that it is … not as scientifically minded. And sometimes NSFW. Start with the True Facts about the Ocotupus.  (Note he did a parody of a Nautilus Live dive).  The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman Penguin, pangolin, whale shark, weta, you might have heard about those but what about the cassowary? In-depth documentary video, people on the internet are idiots video, and Wikipedia. Transcript

The Ze Frank bustin' cycles video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvQgd8eHGE The Song video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjbqp1wyfic&list=PLoSKjPtLb-Y1hSjV4eNJBypiJ8gDyUO8e&index=8 The livestream edits https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSKjPtLb-Y37XeY2Fq-iEFZoFApo0GYI Chyna and my Podcast we're failing to update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi3cYnUiCYc&list=PLoSKjPtLb-Y2MjDNpMl550sm9aHfVdk-e MOVIED! Podcast with Jake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtVE1zPJCQ ME OTHER PLACES Newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/wheezywaiter Twitter http://twitter.com/Wheezywaiter Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wheezywaiter Patreon http://patreon.com/wheezywaiter Instagram: http://instagram.com/wheezywaiter Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/BeardLovers Facebook http://facebook.com/wheezywaiter Merch https://store.dftba.com/collections/craig-benzine

Ben and J discuss: Ben being out of office, penguins, Ze Frank, a structure to get to space, composting, gardening, wellness, 75 Hard Lifestyle  Go follow @hi_my_name_is_riles_jr. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hi_my_name_is_riles_jr/  Show Notes: Penguin Hockey Team - https://www.nhl.com/penguins  Ze Frank - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank  True Facts Youtube Playlist  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZS1KO1SgA&list=PLOHbM4GGWADc5bZgvbivvttAuWGow6h05  True Facts about Ze Frank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTvRekbKuM  Pogs (aka Milk Caps?) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)  Dunning-Kruger Effect  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect  75 Hard - https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/75-hard    Support the Show and Vote for Host: https://www.patreon.com/popcornculture  Get your own GMA stickers: https://store.dftba.com/products/gma-stickers  Get Your Bingo Card: https://bingobaker.com#f805834af83dce50    Email the show: popcornculturepod@gmail.com  Discuss the Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PopcornCulture/  Follow the Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apopcast  Follow SCB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlinbrothers/  Follow SCB on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@super_carlin_brothers Discuss the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfIbq9thHPC8yrKjAdJgDA    Alternate Titles:  I Don't Have Penguins  Do You Remember Pogs? Imagine Staring thru a Rainbow at a Palm Tree  Speaking of Composting

Debbie plays a little ZeFrank for Walt to start the show as a way to pick up the vibe. Neo signs on in a confused state until we unconfuse him. Then the show becomes a rampage of coping strategies. #loatoday #lawofattraction #manifesting #vibration #podcast #deliberatecreators #Q&A #militarymedium #waltthiessen #debbiegarcia #neopositivity #spiritualityrunwild #loatodayapp

Debbie plays a little ZeFrank for Walt to start the show as a way to pick up the vibe. Neo signs on in a confused state until we unconfuse him. Then the show becomes a rampage of coping strategies.

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This one's not EXACTLY a rerun. It's partly made from episode #139, in which Dr. G. Gordon Gordon gets Stang hooked on Human Soul. There's also some old ranting by Stang from stuff he wrote for the Stark Fist of Removal magazine, and an an exclusive interview with The Swingin' Love Corpses about their drug use. We also hear clips from Sad Dog Diary, by Ze Frank, found on YouTube, and LBJ explaining that "Dogs has always been mah friend." Stang reads from Dobbstown Mirror and also Onan's Sermon on Brains. http://subgenius.com

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You might learn something from ZeFrank’s hilarious animal videos. Of course we have rattle snakes that can climb trees and alligators can climb over fences. Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca is on record now being the only one to vote for abolishing the police force. A professor admits to stifling students’ first amendment rights if they write about topics she disagrees with. How does the DNC have a sexual predator as a key speaker? Bill Clinton. Elizabeth Warren was put on the Native American discussion panel. JeffCo schools made teachers watch a re-education video about institutional racism telling minorities they are victims. There was chocolate snow in a Swiss town after an issue with a factory’s ventilation system. Someone created a mask shooting gun. Rush Limbaugh takes a cheap shot at Kamala Harris using her affair with Willie Brown to argue she doesn’t deserve VP.Please Tell Me I'm Right with Charles Harrington Elster.

The Dungeoneers visit with Tim Smith for the second time (Jeremy lost the original session). The group has a contest to see who has the oldest podcast, Jeremy tells about the time he drunkenly fawned over Ze Frank, and WPPY-TV is on the air... sort of. We love you. Love us back. Your mom probably told you that you can't buy friendship. We're saying she is wrong. Visit itsonlytwodollars.com and become a patron of the show. Absolve the latent guilt you've been carrying all these years. $5.00 friends gain access to a bonus feed of exclusive content. Aftershow topics, shenanigans, and awkward good nights can be yours. Support the show. Your conscience will be as clear as Paul's colon. Special Guest: Tim Smith.

In this episode, we’re talking about personal projects, with Ze Frank, former president of Buzzfeed Motion Pictures, and creator of the massively popular website, zefrank.com. Ze talks about his creative process, the wild west that was the internet of the early aughts, and the ubiquity of Flash. He also shares his journey into coding by creating funny and obtuse interactive projects on his personal website, zefrank.com, which won a 2002 Webby Award for Best Personal Website and in 2005, was featured in Time Magazine’s “50 Coolest Websites.” Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) Ze Frank zefrank.com BASIC Adobe Flash How To Dance Properly The Scribbler Flowers TED: Nerdcore Comedy Quake Adobe Photoshop IBEAM Bug Athiest Buddhist Christian The Show True Facts

Simultaneously recorded live from their homes in Minneapolis and Toronto, the boys are back with another edition of the isolation tapes. In response to a kind listener request, this episode is all about books as Jason and James co-opt the Film Club template to offer six books you might love to read during this time of limited social obligation. From high mountain peaks and stormy oceans to the stoic mind and more, it's a set of books that will have you traveling all over the globe without ever leaving your couch. Along with the books, stay tuned for more foglight chat (last week Jason had 1/4 of his light working), climbers frozen in time, and a hilarious look at some of the world's strangest animals. This episode is proudly brought to you by the Hodinkee Shop, just press play and thanks so much for listening. 9:25 Ben's Open Letter To The Watch Community https://bit.ly/2WHCz3r 10:32 Small Brand Highlight: Monta Watches http://bit.ly/2yqs9b3 Everest Straps http://bit.ly/2d2ChK7 17:50 Touching the Void https://amzn.to/2UgaY7Q The Right Stuff https://amzn.to/2WETgg5 Blue Meridian https://amzn.to/39BBJcn Into The Wild https://amzn.to/3afvR8O The English Patient https://amzn.to/2wAyLGw Shadow Divers https://amzn.to/2Ok2l6H Submerged https://amzn.to/3bv9Bbn 18:50 The Snow Leopard - Peter Matthiessen https://amzn.to/3dx2PDw 22:15 No Shortcuts to the Top - Ed Viesturs https://amzn.to/33JN8o4 23:15 The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger https://amzn.to/3akoehw 29:15 The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday https://amzn.to/2UCyXwV 31:00 The Hodinkee Shop https://bit.ly/2UEcQpR 32:10 The Watch, Thoroughly Revised https://bit.ly/2WHZ9Jj 32:40 Italian Leather Vintage Style strap https://bit.ly/39eg4G0 34:18 Eiger Dreams - Jon Krakauer https://amzn.to/2QJpEdJ 38:25 Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know - Ranulph Fiennes https://amzn.to/33JIBlE 49:29 Frozen In Time https://cnn.it/2JhxkQ2 50:45 ZeFrank's True Facts Video Series https://bit.ly/2UFnKM8

I told you guys even sick I will get the job done.I wonder how many people reading this description actually do it for yourself don’t focus too much on pleasing everyone else it’s not going to make you happy and you deserve to put your happiness first before everything do it for yourself and be proud of it and always remember yourself comes first. Having someone do certain things for you is like getting someone to chew your food for you.It might be easier to swallow but it loses all its flavor..And you want the flavor!Ze Frank

Grumpy Cat dies aged seven: 'Some days are grumpier than others'. A loss the meme world. Memes, what are they? Do they have some property that makes them reproduce more effectively than other ideas. Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr Things mentioned in this podcast: - Guardian obituary https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/17/grumpy-cat-dies-seven-internet-meme-gif - The Independent’s ‘Top Ten Memes of All Time’ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/top-ten-memes-of-all-time-ever-most-popular-kermit-gangnam-style-a7707336.html - Know Your Meme https://knowyourmeme.com/ - A Unified Theory of Meme Death https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/12/a-unified-theory-of-meme-death/546866/ - Dancing Spiderman (not Ze Frank) https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dancing-spider-man - Ze Frank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank - The 'E Meme' https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lord-farquaad-markiplier-e For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:219479129/sounds.rss

Grey and Brady discuss: wax cylinder mass production, hanging out at a pub, RSS limits and (Goodbye Internet on Patreon), Grey has a pop quiz for Brady, YouTube legends, and a Brady paper cut. Sponsors: HelloFresh: tasty recipes & fresh ingredients delivered to your door - for a total of $80 off (8 free meals in your first month) go to hellofresh.com/hellointernet80 and use promo code hellointernet80 Molekule: the only air purifier that actually destroys pollutants - get $75 off your first order at molekule.com and don't forget to enter offer code hello75 at checkout Audible: the largest selection of audiobooks and original audio performances anywhere - start a 30-day free trial by signing up at audible.com/hellointernet or text "hellointernet" to 500-500 Listeners like YOU on Patreon Show Notes: Discuss this episode on the reddit HI #122: Wax Cylinders Wild night at the pub with Brady and Grey The 12 Days of Hello Internet Hello Internet full archive on YouTube Brady campaigning for #SquareSpaceBeyond100 on Twitter Overcast PocketCast General Knowledge Norms Natalie Tran PewDiePie The Show with ZeFrank

My guest today is Tal Shachar, the Chief Digital Offer of Immortals, a global eSports organization in Los Angeles where he leads consumer-facing operations. At Immortals, Tal is working to build the most engaged and inclusive community in eSports. Before joining Immortals, Tal lead strategy and growth for BuzzFeed studios, focusing on growing audience and monetizing Buzzfeed’s intellectual property across channels. Before that, Tal worked for an independent media holding company called the Chernin group, and worked with companies like Barstool Sports, the Action Network, and Headspace. And finally, Tal writes for Media REDEF, where he analyzes the media and technology industries. I can confidently say Tal’s articles are some of the best articles ever written on the media business. We devote this entire episode to the future of media. We talk about Netflix, Disney, Amazon, HBO and the changing definitions of scale in the media business. We explore the present and future of niche media and discuss the emergence of food culture on the internet. Then, we talk about some of Tal’s craziest ideas like the differences between Tiles and Feeds, why Hollywood is like an API for Silicon Valley, an how fast feedback loops between digital and physical reality are changing the world. SUBSCRIBE TO MY “MONDAY MUSINGS” NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE PODCAST. Show Notes LINKS: Find Tal online: Twitter Linkedin People mentioned: Ben Thompson Reed Hastings Matthew Ball Benedict Evans Ryan Murphy Ze Frank Peter Chernin Jonah Peretti Seth Godin Fred Wilson Evan Spiegel (my episode with Evan here) Other mentions: Aggregation theory Bytedance   SHOW TOPICS 0:35 - The constraints in the past regarding the limited choice people had. Comparing this to now where we have numerous ways to choose various things and how we want them. How this relates to communities emerging - “With limitless distribution and limitless choice, we can find exactly what appeals to us, including other people.” 5:35 - The distinction between a push-discovery and a pull-discovery (having something pushed onto you versus choosing and being drawn to something). Some examples of these. Also, detailing passive and active forms of content consumption. 8:11 - How advertising and subscription business models tie into push versus pull theory (most television being 50/50 split). The passive and active aspects of media, as well. Going into Netflix’s strategy and scaling, and discussing why it doesn’t have advertising or sports. How being at scale has changed and what this means. 20:20 - What some of the bottlenecks are regarding sports media and television. Also, what sports television may look like in the future. 23:10 - Tiles versus feeds. How passive and active consumption ties into both of these (for example, Facebook feeds much more suited for passive consumption). Tile-based consumption being more suited to active consumption. 27:15 - How Disney, Amazon, and HBO use much more different strategies compared to Netflix and why they do this. Going in-depth into their specific strategies. 31:50 - How Tal’s prediction with content leading straight to purchase and how this has largely come to be true. Also, how parts of this prediction have been wrong. Discussion on and examples of focusing at the top of the funnel, and then focusing solely at the bottom of the funnel. A bit on how online shopping may evolve to begin having a similar experience that in-store shopping might have. 40:49 - Who has a structural advantage in the world and some examples of these advantages. How the type of product will be better suited for online distribution versus a more physical distribution. A future increase in the number of direct consumer brands. 44:31 - How the goal is not to pay the least amount but to pay the most for your content. How we’ve gone wrong in terms of how we think about this. Paying for the best content, to then monetize it at the highest rate, and then return to paying for the content again is really what’s going to matter. For passive content, the model is different. 47:19 - How Tal sees Hollywood changing in terms of risk and reward. How Netflix ties into this and detailing that. Discussing the nature of music and the monetary aspect of top-tier content. 54:00 - Discussing media-consumption and how the demand may not be increasing but the supply is always increasing. The opportunity-cost arising. What begins to shift when there is no longer any attention left to give to media. The possible integration of companies using facial expression data from cameras to create even more accessible and efficient data. 58:45 - The idea of Hollywood as an API for Silicon Valley. Some discussion on this idea and how companies use Hollywood as an API. 1:03:34 - If we go back to the 1960s, how music mainly ran the culture at the time. Now, how travel is a shelling point for culture, for people to meet, and in many other sectors. Some examples of this with food, as well. 1:06:54 - What Tal learned from Peter Chernin and some unique skills that Peter has. 1:08:29 - Why Tal has watched almost every romantic comedy. Some discussion on what makes them unique and on what they can teach us with storytelling. 1:10:55 - John Malone and what he does really well. Why Tal admires him and why John might have the unique perspective that he does. 1:13:08 - What does LeBron James coming to Los Angeles say about Los Angeles, LeBron, and for the increasing importance of entertainment. 1:15:05 - What stands out to Tal regarding Ze Frank and Jonah Peretti. 1:16:15 - How the internet has increased our ability to share information more easily and effectively. Some discussion on how Buzzfeed has capitalized on that shift and the competition that comes with sharing content. 1:19:35 - How Tal thinks about the trade-off Seth Godin-style daily blog, couple hundred words, versus pouring your heart and soul into an article. Frequency and consistency discussed, as well. (articles mentioned listed above) 1:21:54 - Tal’s perspective on Evan Spiegel and some thoughts on Snapchat. What Snapchat does well and has struggled with. A bit of discussion on what’s to come in the future regarding social media. 1:27:50 - How communication has changed over time from speech to pictures and words. Thoughts on this and previous forms of entertainment compared to now. 1:32:10 - Some of the two-way feedback loops we’re currently seeing. Distribution-based content impacting the real-world, then coming back around to impacting the distribution of that content again. Also, discussing the increasing number of people that are finding trends and capitalizing on them. A bit on the uncertainty caused by these ever-increasing tight feedback loops. 1:38:31 - Why Tal is so excited about media and why he devotes his life to it. How powerful media can be for enriching our daily lives, meeting people, understanding people, and with learning. “There’s no other industry that sits at the nexus of culture in society like media does.”   SUBSCRIBE TO MY “MONDAY MUSINGS” NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE PODCAST.

For thousands of years, we've searched to answer the question: Who are we? Today, science has brought us closer than ever to the answer. This hour, TED speakers share ideas on what makes us ... us. In a brand new interview, neuroscientist Anil Seth explores how our brains construct our conscious reality--everything we perceive, from objects to emotions. Other guests from the original 2016 episode include biochemist Sam Sternberg, psychologist Steven Pinker, and humorist Ze Frank.

In 2012, internet celebrity, Zefrank posted on his blog an invocation for beginnings. It is in some ways a bit of advice on how to make content, or at least how to start. And it begins with, ‘This is an invocation for anyone who hasn’t begun, whose stuck in a terrible place between zero and […] The post #025 – Start Making Content appeared first on A Digital Marketing Podcast - Destroy Digital.

We talk about gary vaynerchuk and his new content brand, 1:37 p.m. By we i mean Evan Rodgers and Paul Miller. We talk about the urge to fuse love and labor , survivorship bias, public relations, liftyle brand algo tribes, casey neistat (of course) and Ze Frank. *At one point i say computers came from the sewing machine and i meant loom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thats-all-folks/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thats-all-folks/support

Kevin Allocca is "Head of Culture and Trends" at YouTube. He's been there for 8 years. So he knows how videos go viral. But more than that, Kevin knows the economics of entertainment. He told me how to get a message out (because no one reads books anymore. It's easier to get hits online than hits on Kindle.) So what's the first step? "You gotta start making something," he said. "Especially when you're trying to establish what your voice is, what your perspective is... these things need to be sort of incubated in a way."   Show Notes: Videocracy: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can't Stop Watching by Kevin Allocca Kevin's TED talk "Why videos go viral"  Ylvs's videos: "What Does the Fox Say"  and "What's the Meaning of Stonehenge"  GANGUM STYLE David after Dentist  Charlie bit my finger  The making of GANGUM STYLE The Star Wars Kid  Chocolate Rain with Tay Zonday My interview with Erika Ender (songwriter of Despacito, which has 4+ billion views on YouTube)  "Lazy Sunday" by Adam Samberg (an SNL Original short)  Bo Burnham & Amanda Sings (people who started on YouTube and then made it into career) Ze Frank (created the video unit at BuzzFeed) "Friday" by Rebecca Black Tosh.O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYJCulUgtmg   I write about all my podcasts. Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.   Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Youtube   Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Youtube Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Kevin Allocca is "Head of Culture and Trends" at YouTube. He's been there for 8 years. So he knows how videos go viral. But more than that, Kevin knows the economics of entertainment. He told me how to get a message out (because no one reads books anymore. It's easier to get hits online than hits on Kindle.) So what's the first step? "You gotta start making something," he said. "Especially when you’re trying to establish what your voice is, what your perspective is... these things need to be sort of incubated in a way." Show Notes: Videocracy: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can’t Stop Watching by Kevin Allocca Kevin’s TED talk “Why videos go viral”  Ylvs’s videos: “What Does the Fox Say”  and “What’s the Meaning of Stonehenge”  GANGUM STYLEDavid after Dentist  Charlie bit my finger  The making of GANGUM STYLEThe Star Wars Kid  Chocolate Rain with Tay Zonday My interview with Erika Ender (songwriter of Despacito, which has 4+ billion views on YouTube)  "Lazy Sunday" by Adam Samberg (an SNL Original short)  Bo Burnham & Amanda Sings (people who started on YouTube and then made it into career) Ze Frank (created the video unit at BuzzFeed) "Friday" by Rebecca Black Tosh.O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYJCulUgtmg I write about all my podcasts. Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Youtube Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Youtube Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeremy talks about all sorts of ideas - big ones, little ones, silly, and crappy ones. And what to do about them. Welcome to iHeartRadio listeners!

Jeremy talks about all sorts of ideas - big ones, little ones, silly, and crappy ones. And what to do about them. Welcome to iHeartRadio listeners!

Ze Frank is the President of BuzzFeed Entertainment Group.  After graduating from Brown University in 1995 with a BS in Neuroscience, Frank became an unexpected internet pioneer, driving traffic to his own personal website via short films, animations and video games. Frank won a Webby in 2002 for Best Personal Website and was featured in Time Magazine's “50 Coolest Websites” in 2005. From there, he launched his Youtube channel with the hugely popular ‘True Facts' series along with other viral shows. Frank joined BuzzFeed in 2012 to grow and develop its video platform, and he currently oversees the creation of all BuzzFeed video and editorial entertainment content. Ze also built BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, the company's pioneering and prolific moving image studio. In this thought-provoking discussion, Frank shares key insights and advice about how to pioneer innovation in the digital world and build a loyal audience. Please enjoy our conversation, with Ze Frank

BuzzFeed Entertainment Group president Ze Frank talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about how his newly re-organized video team is developing shows for YouTube, Facebook and Snapchat — and also TVs and movie theaters. Frank says online videos are crossing borders and boundaries that text and still images couldn't penetrate, but he acknowledges that some bits of culture may be lost as entertainment goes global. He also shares the behind-the-scenes story of Tasty, BuzzFeed Food's viral video juggernaut, which has attracted more likes on Facebook than Beyoncé. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Screenwriter John August and BuzzFeed video chief Ze Frank helped kick off the Code/Media conference, providing a good look at two very different approaches to modern media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack Harries, Richard Herd and Chris Howard share the golden rules of creating a successful, factual YouTube channel. Long gone are the days when YouTube was just babies, cats and people falling over. Brands, broadcasters and native YouTubers are embracing the platform like never before - resulting in a wave of high production-value, short-form, factual content aimed at a new breed of audience – active, vocal and loyal. Jack, Chris and Richard share their views on producing short-format content and gaining and engaging subscribers. They discuss how to make the best use of features such as annotations and playlisting, how to use analytics and discuss their favourite camera equipment. With a background in television production, Chris and Richard also talk about what they had to learn, or rather unlearn, in order to engage a YouTube audience. The panel highlight the importance of the YouTube community and explain how collaborations with the likes of ZeFrank, Wheezy Waiter, Tyler Oakley, Red Bull, Epic Meal Time and DanisNotonFire have been vital to establishing their channels online. Jack Harries is the creator of JacksGap. Back in 2011 he set up the channel to document his gap year for friends and family. Two years later he, along with twin brother Finn, is one of the UK's leading vloggers with over 1.9 million subscribers. His YouTube recommendations are Troye Sivan and Sorted Food. Richard Herd is the producer and channel manager of Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube, offering up in Jamie’s own words "food shows with attitude". Richard’s career credits include Gordon Ramsay’s F Word, The Naked Chef and Big Brother. His YouTube recommendations are My Virgin Kitchen and Epic Meal Time. Chris Howard is the series producer of natural history channel Earth Unplugged, BBC Worldwide’s first original content production for YouTube. Previously Chris has worked on Planet Earth Live and David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters. His YouTube recommendation is Vsauce.

A wise man sees both sides of a matter. The fool sees only one. The origin of the word “wizard” is wise-ard. It means wise man. Nothing more. The wise-ards of the Christmas Story followed a star, had an adventure, made a discovery and leaped onto the pages of history. What did they talk about along the way? Who did the cooking? What pressing issues did they leave unattended back home? What did they do with the rest of their lives? Where, when, and how did each of them die? We know only that they followed a star everyone else was content to ignore; that they were nonconformists with strange beliefs who had the courage of their convictions. They took action. They left home and found the thing they sought. How about you? Will you run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark at the postman? Talk is cheap, the buzzing of flies.  I didn't say that to hurt your feelings. I said it because I love you. What are you trying to accomplish? How will you measure progress-to-goal? Do you know what needs to happen next? Which star do you follow? An encounter with the wise man in the woods is part of every hero's journey. Athena was the wise man in the woods for Odysseus. When Obi-Wan was gone, Luke went to Dagobah and Yoda became his wise man. Mr. Miyagi was wise-ard for the Karate Kid. Morpheus for Neo. Galadriel for Frodo. When you're in the darkness of the forest – the belly of the whale – look around for the wise-ard who will help you complete your journey. The wise man in the woods exists only to assist the hero on his or her adventure. 21st century wise-men-in-the-woods become faculty at Wizard Academy. Putting you together with them is why we built this place. Mark Huffman from Procter & Gamble. Dave McInnis from PR Web. Tim Storm from FatWallet.com Dean Rotbart from the Wall Street Journal. Greg Farrell from Bloomberg News. Jeffrey and Bryan Eisenberg, Dr. Lori Barr, David Freeman, Michele Miller, Kyle Cease, Ze Frank, Jean Backus, Jeff Sexton, Rich Christiansen, Mark Fox, Dr. Richard D. Grant, Ken Brand, Dennis Collins and the unforgettable Beate Chelette. Wizard Academy is America's small business institute, a training facility and think-tank for open-minded and courageous business people from around the world. The star you follow is entirely up to you. We simply prepare you for your journey, tell you what to expect on the road ahead, and celebrate your success when you find what you seek. Two or three days at the academy is an informative experience for some, transformative for others. I've rambled enough for one day. I thank you for your kind attention. As I bow at the waist and back slowly off the page, I pass along these carefully crafted words from heroes who carved their names deeply in the tree of life. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a Ride!'” – Hunter S. Thompson “If your life's work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough.” – Wes Jackson Never forget that failure is temporary, a moment quickly forgotten.  2013 awaits you.  Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead. Roy H. Williams

We talked about lots of great tech news this week, from personal URL shorteners to the return of Ze Frank to DYI tech news magazines. Links for this podcast: YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener Shorten-It – an URL shortener that Elmer Masters is working on Domainr – Worldwide domain search Can Libya’s government bring down […]

Ze Frank is one of the first pioneering internet entertainers, starting with "How to Dance Properly", through "The Show", and his newest creation "A Show". Ze Frank is this weeks guest. Hosts: Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane Guest: Ze Frank Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Ze Frank is one of the first pioneering internet entertainers, starting with "How to Dance Properly", through "The Show", and his newest creation "A Show". Ze Frank is this weeks guest. Hosts: Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane Guest: Ze Frank Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show.

Guilt is about what you have done. Shame is about who you are. I've always been attracted to people who are guilty, but unashamed. Guilt without shame is audacity, a special kind of courage.  It's what we admire in the little boy who shouted, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes (“The king is naked!) Right there in the middle of the street! Naked!” Everyone was thinking it, but no one was willing to say it. I'll bet that kid was in trouble when he got home. His mom probably even used all three of his middle names, “Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, what were you thinking?” “Well Mom, I was thinking the king was naked.” “Oscar, what you did was unacceptable… inappropriate… inexcusable.” The boy was guilty of speaking a socially unacceptable truth. His mother knew the danger of it. “Oscar, people are rarely thankful when you pull aside their veils of pretense to reveal their grand delusions.” Oscar Wilde died 112 years ago but we still recall the piercing observations of his stiletto wit. “The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.” “And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.” “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” “Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.” “Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.” “When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.” “Bad artists always admire each other's work.” “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”  If you are committed to speaking the truth, it will be your choice of tools that defines you.  Oscar Wilde was a playwright. He put his words, like a ventriloquist, into the mouths of actors on the stage. Ad writers, screenwriters and novelists differ only in their ventriloquist's dummies, the masks they hide behind. Dorothy Parker was just 7 when Oscar Wilde died but he left her his stiletto wit. Dorothy became a journalist. No dummy. No mask. When a Broadway play was interrupted to announce the death of Calvin Coolidge, Dorothy leaned over and whispered to a friend, “How do they know?” When reviewing The Autobiography of Margot Asquith for the Oct. 22, 1927 issue of The New Yorker, Dorothy wrote, “The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories of all literature.” In another review, she said, “This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.” Dorothy Parker had the audacity to speak the truth. “All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with me.” Not even the church was safe. “But as for helping me in the outside world, the convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil, it will erase ink.” In later years, she said, “I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about how men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to flock around a brilliant one. It is but fair to say that, after getting out in the world, I have never seen this happen.” The bright clarity of her observations earned her a place on the infamous Hollywood Blacklists of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. But Dorothy was not dismayed. She said: “They sicken of the calm who know the storm.” In other words, bring it on. If it's a crime to pull back the veil of public pretense and name the nakedness of kings, Dorothy was definitely guilty. Dorothy Parker died 5 years before Ze Frank was born, but I recognize the flash of that blade; big ideas packed into few words. Ze Frank is...

This week the gang engages in a safe-zone debate over the plausibility of Google Glasses and 4 inch iPhones. Regurgitate the same tired rants, report on RIM and BB's decline. And celebrate PAX and Ze Frank.

The future of .ly when Libya goes offline, Facebook redefines relationship status, Nordstorm takes a look at HauteLook, and Ze Frank talks about star.me and more. Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte Guest: Ze Frank Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.

AOL buys HuffPo, Ze Frank launches Star.me, playing homeless, Sprouter, and more. Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Sarah Lane Guest: Sarah Prevette Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/netnight We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes.

An editorial in Foreign Policy Magazine has Luke wondering if any of us can ever eat anything again without ruining the planet, Ze Frank assembles some amazing musical Xanax using his viewers, plus a warning to all of us who love to tell stories about our cats, we might be coming off as kind of crazy.

Filippo Beccari is an Italian dance teacher a long way from home. Hoping to enrich the lives of 62 orphans, he visits the orphans daily and encourages them to move to the music as he hums or plays. The year is 1773. Three years later Paul Revere rides through Boston shouting “The British are coming! The British are coming!” just as Beccari's orphans glide onto stage and stun a crowd of dignitaries with their debut performance. Each of the 62 children has become a magnificent dancer and 24 of them are world-class soloists. And thus the Bolshoi Ballet was born in Moscow during the reign of Catherine the Great. Bolshoi, in Russian, means “big” or “grand.” And indeed it is. I wonder, would the Bolshoi have come into existence had a man been in charge of Russia at the time? Pulitzer-winning novelist James Michener challenged aspiring writers to move to the rhythm of spoken words. He said they “might develop a sense of freedom that way.” Two weeks ago http://wizardacademy.org/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=39 (I ignited a firestorm of controversy) by suggesting that we embrace Michener's strange advice and post our efforts on youtube. Judging from some of the reactions I received, you'd have thought I had suggested we overthrow the government, outlaw church-going and encourage young children to smoke pot. Men were worried 1. that the effort would serve no purpose, and 2. that it might become a gateway to “other deviations.” Yes, some people use play as an excuse to lose their minds. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” But the Cognoscenti will recall a 7-minute session called Feynman's Pendulum in which I explain, “The object of play isn't to lose your morals, it's to lose your cares and inhibitions.” People often ask me to help them turn their hobby into a business. But does that make the hobby more fun? Hosea Frank http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/021307.html (mentions this phenomenon) in one of his witty and offbeat Zefrank videos: “And then they started saying that if you put focused energy into something without knowing how it would lead to getting money, you were participating in a hobby. [witheringly] Ohhh… it's your hobby.” – zefrank.com Ze made a new video each weekday for a year in the hope of being accepted into the LOA, or League Of Awesomeness. That year ended on March 17, 2007. My son Rex brought Zefrank to my attention a few days ago. Having now viewed a couple dozen of his 260 videos, I think Ze may be our brand of crazy. But before you go clicking these links, be warned: Zefrank is offbeat, irreverent and unrestrained. Which is a fancy way of saying that he is occasionally vulgar. But he is also insightful and fun. Pass or http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/022107.html (play). The choice is yours. But remember what happened to Jack. Roy H. Williams

Welcome to episode #44 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. We have two weeks worth of audio comments, a Six Points of Separation on Twitter, a new way of doing What Is Your Blog And/Or Podcast and a lot more. There-s so much going on in our new world of social media- take a listen and join in. Enjoy this conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #44 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 56:22. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Power Within Montreal - April 3rd - Bill Clinton, Anthony Robbins and myself along with Jerry Greenfield (Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's), Terry Savage (personal finance expert), Irshad Manji (best selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today) and Mike Lipkin. General Admission tickets are $220.00. All you have to do is call The Power Within at 1-866-994-2555, speak to Scott and mention my name. Your Personal Brand Audio Workbook. New Podcast - HarperCollins Canada Presents: Foreword Thinking - The Business and Motivational Book Review Podcast. Audio Comment - Sulemaan Ahmed - Sears Travel - One Degree - Canadian Marketing Blog. Audio Comment - Doug Haslam - Topaz Partners - Tech PR Gems Blog - PRobecast - Gischeleman Blog. Audio Comment - Louis Menendez (not sure of spelling - sorry). Answers For Freelancers - Ep 2-4 - Interview with Mitch Joel: Taking Control of your Personal Branding. Audio Comment - Donna Papacosta - Trafalger Communication - Trafcom News. Ze Frank. Ted Talks. Audio Comment - Adam Dufresne. Canadian Marketing Association - National Convention and Trade Show 2007. Audio Comment - Kevin Behringer - Fly Over Marketing. Audio Comment - David Levy - The Thing Is. An Inconvenient Truth. Audio Comment - Tim Altman (not sure of spelling - sorry). Great conversation starter: What is the geography of social media? What Is Your Blog And/Or Podcast? Librivox - Hugh McGuire. Theme courtesy of Mark Blevis from Canadian Podcast Buffet and Podcasters Across Borders. Six Points of Separation - Six Ways To Use Twitter: Use your real name. Add friends. Using the @ sign. Add the Twitter box to your Blog or website. Add insights beyond the question -what are you doing?- Tiny URL. (bonus) Web-only or SMS. What do you think of Twitter? Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #44 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Welcome to episode #41 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. There are tons of comments (both audio and email) with lots of new conversations and trackbacks to value-based billing. There are some news voices along with the regular features. Enjoy this conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #41 - Host: Mitch Joel. - Running time: 55:26. - Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the community: +1 206-666-6056. - Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. - Hello from Beautiful Montreal. - My hellish travel experience. - Spent some time with Joseph Jaffe - Jaffe Juice - Across The Sound - who was in beautiful Montreal. - The Power Within Montreal - April 3rd - Bill Clinton, Anthony Robbins and myself along with Jerry Greenfield (Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's), Terry Savage (personal finance expert), Irshad Manji (best selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today) and Mike Lipkin. - General Admission tickets (which usually sell at $220.00) for just $189.00 for my family and friends. All you have to do is call The Power Within at 1-866-994-2555, speak to Scott and mention my name. - Geek Dinner Montreal - Monday, March 26th, 2007 with Shel Holtz of For Immediate Release - The Hobson and Holtz Report Podcast. There is (maybe) two spots left. We've got over 30 people coming. - Audio Comment - Tommy Vallier - Kingston, Ontario. - Audio Comment - Marko Kulick - Pets.ca and Photography.ca. - Audio Comment - John Havens - About.com Guide To Podcasting and PodCamp NYC. - PodCamp NYC - April 6th - 7th. - Audio Comment - Mark Blevis - Canadian Podcast Buffet - Just One More Book! - Podcasters Across Borders. - Email Comment - Michal Wielgus. - CMA - Canadian Marketing Association - National Convention & Trade Show in Ottawa. - Audio Comment - Sean Moffit - Agent Wildfire - Buzz Canuck. - CMA - Canadian Marketing Association - Word of Mouth Marketing Conference - From Mass To Grass - April 12th - Toronto - Holiday Inn on King. - Look for an interview soon with Jackie Huba - co-author of Citizen Marketers - Church of the Customer Blog in an upcoming 6POS episode. - PowerPoint presentation skills - Beyond Bullets book and Blog. - Ze Frank. - Galacticast. - Email Comment - Jon Hoel - PR Junction Podcast. - Email Comment - Bill Sweetman - McLaren Interactive - Marketing Martini Podcast. - Email Comment - Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with -sketch-). - Return On Intention Podcast - episode #9 with Reid Givens on value-based billing. - Audio Comment - Bernie Goldbach - Podcasting.ie. - Twitter. - C.C. Chapman talks about Twitter and new ways to use it here: Managing The Gray - Twittering Beyond the Box. - Email Comment - Gustavo Arruda - M Marketing. - Email Comment - Jason Myles - The A-List Agency. - Audio Comment - Collin Douma - Radical Trust. - Podshow and the Acura Podcast. - What Is Your Blog And/Or Podcast? - The M Show - John Wall. - Six Points of Separation - Six Ways To Get More Involved In Your Local Marketing Community: 1. Volunteer your time. 2. Become a paid member. 3. Go to events. 4. Plug in to the community. 5. Create content for group. 6. Become a sponsor or create a council. *. Become a leader. - Six Pounds of Sound - music from C.C. Chapman of Managing The Gray, Accident Hash and U-Turn Caf-. - Matthew Ebel - -Single Man Laments-. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #41 - Host: Mitch Joel.

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