Selected - The Sesamers Podcast

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: Bindi is a nuclear reactor Rumours is a great album by Fleetwood Mac Bindi cooked a lot Bindi and I discuss what you can blowtorch What's up with the Canadian ecosystem? Strange Brew The Leafs and The Canadiens join forces Draper Esprit's model Business Intelligence Disclaimer. Don't sue eithe...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: The Grateful Dead World Exclusive: Partner of a new female-led syndicate focused 100% on positive impact investing with Joanne Bradford (President of Honey) and Zem Joaquin (Founder of the Near Future Summit) Podcasts are chronicles of history. This is not a political podcast AVG/Towerview Ven...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: Guinness! Leaving France? Ha! Cycling to Brighton Into a lul Guvment money? Ain't got none. Makin' Bagels Fixin' Dryers Good wine and cheese Smith Corona FTW All The President's Men Has digital stripped the ethics out of journalism? Standards have changed The Washington Post; their fair share...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: Pre-roll announcement Vaccination, BOOKED! Fauci Ouchie Self written bio Copy/paste Guinness! You're a prick George, Gracie, doesn't matter Exclusive artwork GO TO SELECTED.SESAMERS.COM and sign up for the newsletter.  A bogey in your nose, something stuck in your teeth, and your glasses are f...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: The world's most impressive bio The smell of Las Vegas Dan and seeing Queen with Freddie Mercury at age 5. Thanks Mom! Dan's girlfriend is in love with Harper "What's your pandemic plan?" Discipline? Punishment? Cause and Effect Zebra striping the car and the parents reaction Laying the ground...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: Weather in Dubai. Not quite hot shit. Yet. You won't find a pour this good outside of Dublin. Dan's gonna take some time off.  Ray's been vaccinated! What is the UAE doing right that the rest of the world is doing wrong? "It's like a factory." Ray's other. Ray's all over the place. And in Texa...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast Prince Jazz Funk Sessions 1977 Instrumental $75 MILLION dollars! I got some loans to pay off. "Sheel, that's your cue"! 1 bedroom cardboard box. Our meeting part 2 ( Sheel's Selected Salon Session ). No Beach Boys. ADD? ADHD? HD? Diagnosed? "I'm totally monopol...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: Holacracy. Hola cracy? Are you calling me a Holon? The cinematic version of my life. Lisa's growing marijuana. Roscoe P. Coltrane Tony Hsieh Is there a common thread that runs throughout Big Thinkers? Richard Branson. Lights on/Lights off. The best LSD trip I've ever had. How do you go from Sh...

Your message aimed at a highly targeted audience. Let's talk. dan@selected.sesamers.com Topics Discussed: How do you keep the culture alive during a pandemic? Internally and Community? Boris recommends wasting time. On the company's dime. As professional as possible. And as close to your personality as possible. Making Orange Juice .... but the PARTY is just as important! Dan dishes on what event...

Topics Discussed: How Boris's girlfriend knows Dan best. A clever party trick involving the hidden folder. Is Amsterdam getting uptight? Brits behaving badly. The Dutch Spice Trade. Flying Dutchman Cocktails The Netherlands gift to the world: The Gatso Speed Camera . Between the government and the citizens, taxes are sport. The Dutch Curfew. Dealers have a permit! Neelie Kroes and Boris gets calle...

Topics Discussed: A long list of impressive jobs Boris and Patrick are vicious Andy Grignon and the story of Fuckchop Blursday, the fortyteenth of Maprilay Cardiff sucks Dan is avoiding the news Don't do anything, Don't see anyone, and wear a mask 5 dishes, rather than 2 Matt used to be a teacher Cooking with Corona Q-anon Cocoa A deeper respect for educators Jack's beard Dealing with Trump(?) Twi...

Topics Discussed: He's not THE he's A. Christoph thinks Robin Wauters is a horrible, horrible person. Posters on the ceiling. Two martini lunch. Let's call Robin. Comedy is an artform. And an emotional tool. Product 2020. Dan is a test tube baby. Ride my Pony has been a big hit. Pöny. How virality brings work. In a conundrum.  Between a rock and a hard place. Under the gun.  "I need to get a mojit...

Topics Discussed: It was a big day for full sentences at The White House. Comedians are out of material. Adidas. Uh dee dus? Adi Daßler. And Puma. How to piss off Adidas. Hint: Wear Nike Socks. Underwear is for losers. Hang gliding to the U.S. The Pitch Has To Go On. How do you doctor a pitch? New Eyes. Top Tips for Startups right now. Be a slut. End part 1. Your message aimed at a highly targeted...

Topics Discussed: Dan gets some further lessons in pronunciation. Lockdown carries on. In Berlin too. If you've been in this pool ... Lubomila bakes bread. Once. And candles. Watch Fight Club. It'll make you $20M. Lubomila's 2021 predictions. Civil War? "The planet is fine, the people are fucked!" - George Carlin. But it's cold in London, what's wrong with two degrees warmer? Snow in Madrid!?! 200...

Additional topics discussed: Robin's hobbies (that appear to be work, but Robin views as hobbies). The rollout of vaccines. Robin's 40th Birthday party (That's been postponed, but you all are invited). Is Foursquare still around? Robin wants to watch the forceful removal of Trump from the White House. Why Robin wants to see Trump create a media company. Belgian Beer! "Not too heavy, not too light,...

An end of the year special, I sat down with Ben Costantini to talk about the origins and the future of Sesamers and how it relates to the live event industry. We also discuss cauliflower, 2 ukuleles, an octopus, and work, work, work, work, work. ... All this and a whole lot more on the James Bond Edition, Episode 007! Happy Holidays from the Sesamers team!  Be sure to follow Sesamers on Instagram...

Venture capitalist and Intrepid traveller Raph Crouan hops on board this week. He outlines his recent trip to Dubai and what it was like to attend GITEX in person! In the second half of the show, Raph breaks down that various facets of a VC's day-to-day, and how the pandemic has affected investments on a global scale. In this episode: Raph is greeted by Aliens, gets a swab up his nose, and outline...

Joanna Kirk, a seasoned PR professional, joins us this week to discuss the current state of affairs when it comes to the European Press Circuit. More specifically, she addresses why businesses need PR now more than ever. In this episode: Joanna discusses why you need PR, or don't. What PR is, really. What to look for when shopping for a PR rep or agency. Dan sings The Who. And Oprah shows up and m...

Papa Paul joins us in the (virtual) studio to record episode 4.1.  Freeware came back to bite Dan in the ass this week, and the spinning beachball of death wiped out the original recording. Being a true mensch, Paul was gracious enough to donate another hour of his time. In this episode: Paul reads the whitepages Dan falls asleep Paul shows us WHY it matters and HOW to cut down on your Zoomitis wi...

It's Dan and DanRam rockin' an' clockin' on the microphones!  DanRam is an international MC and Speaker, who over the past 7 weeks has visited 20 cities and hosted 17 virtual events. In the middle of a pandemic. And is healthy. DanRam breaks down his experiences with Virtual Events, gives us some tips and pointers on studio upgrades and persona upgrades, AND sings for us. All this and more in Epis...

Dan sits down with Renske van Kollenburg (aka Sairen); journalist, presenter, and international DJ.  Renske and Dan talk about the current state of affairs for the creative industry and what this means to mental health.  She outlines what's been happening and talks us through her personal passion of raising awareness about mental health, specifically within the creative community.  Renske talks us...

In our inaugural episode, Dan sits down with Espree Devora, founder of the WeAreLATech and Women in Tech podcast.  Espree and Dan talk about the state of live events, as well as their unique approaches in finding events and deciding on which ones to attend, podcasting gear, and best practices, and where and how brands and commerce can find the ROI in podcasting. Interspersed, the duo discuss a who...