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Forced Reinventions: My Life Has Not Been One Comeback ft. Gaylen A Wilson  Heart transplant survivor paying that blessing forward by helping couples rebuild emotional safety, Intimacy, and connection before the relationship collapses  Today’s guest is Gaylen Wilson, a heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving...

ction Why Adults Are Obsessed With Tiny Toys Again|Ben Butcher CEO of Kaleidos Creative, an artist-owned collectibles company  What if the future of collectibles isn't bigger licenses? But bigger imagination? Ben Butcher, founder of Kaleidos Creative, is building an artist-driven, artist-led company proving that original stories, human-made art, and creative risks still matter. After helping s...

Scaling in the Age of AI: Growth Without Increasing Risk|Brian Beck Joining us today is Brian Beck from Proxurve Solutions. Brian works with mid-sized organizations to turn AI and cybersecurity from concepts into real business outcomes.  While most conversations in this space focus on what AI can do, Brian focuses on why companies struggle to implement it—and how to fix that. His work is all about...

Morley Nelson Writer Producer, Director, Actor of the Horror Thriller UNCONTAINED Bio: Morley is a father, husband, writer, producer, director, actor known for such projects as his kids, his dog, AMC's The Walking Dead, Bad Robot/Hulu's 11.22.63, and most recently, the horror-thriller, UNCONTAINED, which has earned $1.5M on a $55k budget and over 50M views. He is currently in pre-productio...

Hustle fails. Use physics-style leverage for premium deals with Jake Shannon.  Our guest built his career on a brutal question every founder eventually has to face: if you stepped away for 30 days, would your business grow — or would it stall? He's a two-time 10X Performance Coach of the Year and the founder of No1 Coaching, where he installs operating systems that turn founder-led chaos into...

The business and law of creativity|Gordon Firemark:The Podcast Lawyer™ Gordon Firemark  has practiced media, entertainment  and business law in solo practice since 1992.  In podcasting circles, he is known as The Podcast Lawyer™, and is producer and host of the Entertainment Law Update podcast (since 2009), and author of the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’’s Legal Survival Guide.  His unde...

Skate, Paint, Heal: Rewiring Trauma into Flow with Brett Ashby  Contemporary Performance Artist with 20+ Years of International Practice Creating Portrait Paintings While Rolling and Exploring Human Connection  Brett Ashby is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, photography, video, sculpture, and installation, grounded in formal training and over two decades of international practice. H...

Inside Irish Session Etiquette with Musician, Author, and Podcast Host Tara Connaghan I’m a professional Irish fiddle player, podcaster, author, educator, tour guide and arts manager in Ireland, specialising in a topic most people avoid - the unspoken etiquette in Irish traditional music sessions.  I help musicians, especially newcomers, visitors and adult learners, understand the subtle dynamics...

Courts & The Administration: Legal Insights from Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.   Anne P. Mitchell is an attorney, and law professor and dean emeritus.  A graduate of Stanford Law School, she has had a a storied career first as one of the first two attorneys in the United States advocating for children to have an ongoing relationship with their fathers after the disuniting of the family, and then as t...

What Jazz Teaches Us About Democracy | ft. Joe Elefante  Joe Elefante is a New Jersey-based writer, educator, musician, and author of An Endless Knot: How Democracies Form the Citizens They Need. His work explores democracy, attention, grief, faith, education, jazz, and the arts. With 23,000+ email subscribers, Joe helps listeners think more deeply about what kind of people democracy requires us t...

Overcoming Loss & Fighting Epilepsy With Music | Michael Gomoll  Joey Gomoll died in 2010, just shy of his 5th birthday, after battling a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet's Syndrome his entire life. Upon his passing, his family started  a charity called Joey's Song to help raise money to fund research grants focused on finding treatments and cures for rare, intractable, pediatric ep...

Navigating the Shadows: Inside the Underbelly with Eric Robinson  Recently retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), after 24 years as a special agent, Eric Robinson worked a range of crimes including white collar, counterterrorism, crimes against children, gangs, drugs, and public corruption. He served as a SWAT operator, a firearms instructor, and a tactics instructor.   Eric will...

Dyslexic Kids: Specialists, Not Generalists | Russell Van Brocklen  Russell Van Brocklen speaking, the Dyslexia Professor, shifting daily reading frustrations into confident academic wins for students facing dyslexia. Dyslexia touches as many as 15–20 % of all learners  , yet most families still hear “wait and see.” I flip that script. As the Dyslexia Professor, I translate structured-literacy me...

What High-Functioning Survival Actually Looks Like in Women |Lisa Lacy Lisa Lacy is a writer, trauma educator, and author of the upcoming memoir Notes From a Certified Madwoman and its companion Field Guide for Survival, Healing, and Self Understanding. After more than three decades in corporate education, healthcare consulting, performance, and storytelling, Lisa now speaks and writes about addic...

Poetry as Therapy: Finding Meaning & Reducing Anxiety with Margaret Bryden  Margaret Bryden is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, author, and founder of Sage Insight Therapy. She works with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction and life transitions. Margaret is the author of How I Understand It: A Bad Poet’s Guide to Mental Health & Resilience,...

You Are Not Your Diagnosis: Who Are You Beyond the Body?|Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod has dedicated her life to helping others find healing and wholeness through a holistic approach to health. She earned her PhD in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health, where her dissertation focused on the effectiveness of Gerson Therapy, and has training as a Gerson The...

From Rock Star to Prosecutor: Gregg Owen on Law, Music, & Tech  Criminal Attorney, Rock Musician, Tech Entrepreneur, Author  I’m a former Chicago murder prosecutor who took a very unusual path to the courtroom. Before law school, I was a touring rock musician who performed across the Midwest and opened shows for bands like The Doors. But a personal turning point led me to leave music, cut my h...

Fixing Revenue Growth with Tom Gersic  With over 26 years in enterprise software and AI, Tom Gersic has led go-to-market strategy for some of tech's most complex deployments. This year he founded YouEx.ai — an AI-native platform designed to become the single destination for every lead a B2B sales team generates, turning pipeline chaos into revenue. Links: https://youex.ai/ https://www.instagra...

Umay Acar-Sümer |Writer and Composer of ‘Beowulf the Musical Bio: Umay Acar-Sümer is a Turkish singer and composer based in Hampshire, UK. Having completed an MA in Medieval Studies and MMus in Music Composition at Royal Holloway, Umay draws inspiration from medieval literature and history in her writing. She is the writer and composer of ‘Beowulf the Musical’, a two-act musical made up of 35 song...

How to Find Purpose in Hardship | Ben Barbic   Author of Rise & Climb, Musician on Rebel Sound Records.  Ben Barbic is the author of Rise & Climb (Skyhorse / Simon & Schuster) and a recording artist on Rebel Sound Records (Sony / Orchard). His memoir traces the climb from a wildfire — and an earthquake four years later — that destroyed his childhood homes, to a life built across writin...

Paul Loeb: Revolutionizing Music Promotion with AI | Phantom Electric Ghost  Bio: Paul Loeb is the Founder and CEO of DropTrack, an AI-powered music promotion platform built to help independent artists and record labels get their music heard by the right industry contacts — including DJs, bloggers, and playlist curators. A veteran of both the music and technology industries, Paul has worked at com...

Transforming Disengagement with Elliot Sawyer  Trust Advisor: Helping Companies Overcome Disengagement to Become Businesses People Love to Work For and Buy From  Elliot Sawyer speaks around the world to a wide range of audiences. He has delivered over 1,500 talks, spent more than 10,000 hours guiding professionals across many industries, two decades of leadership development and has influenced nin...

Inside "Idling High" with Artist Jake Cassman   Jake Cassman refuses to make false choices. He crafts sharp, thought-provoking lyrics rooted in the Americana tradition without losing the drive and edge of indie rock. Onstage, he moves effortlessly between dark, gut-busting humor and disarming vulnerability. Shaped both by California dreams and east coast grit, Cassman arrives with his re...

From Storm to Success: Jon Edlin’s Entrepreneurial Journey  Jon Edlin is a dynamic speaker who helps people face life’s challenges with confidence and purpose. After his house was completely destroyed by a tornado, Jon found himself in a moment of total loss—but instead of giving up, he discovered a simple way to not just survive adversity, but grow through it. Links: https://tornadosmart.com/ Tag...

Dr. Elliot Justin on TechRing: The Future of Male Vital Signs  Elliot Justin, MD, CEO and Founder of FirmTech FirmTech is dedicated to advancing sexual wellness through sophisticated wearable technology designed to monitor the "vital signs" of essential vascular health. The company’s inaugural suite of products focuses on male physiological performance, providing men and their physicians...