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CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from UNCHAINED: Why FTX Might Try to Claw Back Funds From Retail Customers
"Thanks for listening to Unchained, your no -hype resource for all things crypto, on the CoinDesk podcast network. You can also listen to the episodes on the Unchained feed earlier if you subscribe there. Plus check out all our content on our website, unchainedcrypto .com. These are all fraudulent transfers, potentially while the debtor was insolvent, potentially while it was coming to lift funds, so clearly all that money has to come back. I think that's pretty easy. The question is, like, what's it worth now and who can actually pay it back? With Toku, you get unmatched legal and tax tech support to grant and administer your global team's tokens. Make it simple today with Toku. Today's episode is brought to you by Overtime Markets, your premier Web3 sportsbook. The innovative protocol is changing the game one match at a time. Powered by Thales, explore more at OvertimeMarkets .xyz. Arbitrum's leading Layer 2 scaling solution offers you ultra -cheap and lightning -fast transactions, all with security rooted on Ethereum. Visit arbitrum .io today. With the Crypto .com app, you can buy, trade and spend crypto in one place. Download and get $25 with the code LORA. Link in the description. Today's guest is Thomas Brazile, founder of 117 Partners. Welcome, Thomas. Hey, Laura. Good to see you again. This week, FTX sued Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried. Alleging that Bankman was intimately involved in a number of the allegedly fraudulent schemes, such as silencing someone who threatened to expose the alleged FTX fraud, the purchase of property in the Bahamas, Barbara Fried encouraged the use of strong donors as campaign finance laws, or allegedly, and both were accused generally of either knowing or ignoring the red flags that FTX was insolvent. Was this development surprising or expected? Thanks for having me on, Laura. Good to see you, as always. Was it surprising? No, I don't think it was that surprising. I think what was in the lawsuits in bankruptcy referred to as adversary proceeding, but what was seen in the adversary proceeding was probably a bit shocking, the actual details, but I think people knew that they were pretty involved. I think that was some of the heat they were getting post him getting a criminal complaint against him was that, why is he hanging out with his parents? Weren't they involved in a lot of parts of the business and people were saying things like that. I don't think it's that unexpected. People, I think, long knew that there were some real estate transactions where they were gifted or given some certain real estate in the Bahamas, but to see it all laid out in the complaint or I should say in the adversary proceeding was interesting. Which items in particular really struck you? I guess just the involvement in the actual day -to -day stuff. I mean, if you come from a corporate background or were a tax lawyer, which his dad, I guess, was and is, that there wasn't more, I don't know, structure to the organization. I mean, the dichotomy between what people thought pre -petition, what John Ray sort of said post -petition and now some of the revelations coming out about the pre -petition activity. I mean, it's just kind of amazing to think about people that might have been a more corporate background and saying like, if the business was so profitable, why were you cutting corners? To be fair to these guys, like in the light of day, sunlight of bankruptcy court, which as people in bankruptcy say, like my parents would say, the last place you want to be as a criminal is in bankruptcy court because there's so much sunlight and everything. Everything gets scrutinized. To be fair to people, sometimes the stuff gets overly scrutinized and they cherry pick stuff that went on. But it seems pretty damning, some of the stuff and there's, let's see what the responses will be. I mean, it's good for the estate and it's good for creditors because I'm sure they want to see sort of retribution. But in terms of recoveries, I don't think it's going to be incredibly meaningful, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 million dollars. I mean, that's, I don't know, maybe two months of bankruptcy fees. And so, earlier when we were talking about like how some of the things are particularly damning, like if you were to kind of say, FTX will win in court for these reasons, like which were the particular acts that you think probably will put things over the edge? Oh yeah. I think almost all the stuff though, the win on the merits of the fraudulent conveyance. I mean, these are all fraudulent transfers potentially while the debtor was insolvent, potentially while it was coming with funds, so clearly all that money has to come back. I think that's pretty easy. The question is like, what's it worth now and who can actually pay it back? Like if money was given to a charity, can you actually go and get it back? Like meaning, is it there? Has it been spent kind of stuff? And you can only squeeze whatever rocked so hard. So the question will be, what is the real estate in the Bahamas worth? The 10 million bucks or whatever that was gifted to them, where did that money end up going? Can they trace it? So, these things cost money to do and then the question is like, how much of an effort do you want to make? And of course, all that can be stopped by a criminal investigation, which there isn't a complaint, but clearly some of the activity could be considered criminal. And I think, I won't pretend to be a criminal lawyer or a lawyer at all, but when you're bringing lawsuits, I mean, basically these are kind of like preponderance of evidence standards versus like higher standards that you might have for criminal complaints. So, it's easier for John Ray to like stitch together some stuff they know and slap an AP and sue these guys, but it's a little harder from a criminal side. But all of it, just facially, I mean, of course, as my lawyer likes to tell me, like, facts matter Thomas. So, if more discovery happens than they take discovery, we'll see. But on the face of it, I mean, it looks pretty obvious that it's sort of slam dunk. Just the question is what they'll actually be able to recover. Yeah, I think one of the ones that stuck out at me, simply because I could very easily imagine myself in a similar position with my own parents and I could just picture what my mother would say. And it was when they purchased the Bahamas property and everything was just getting billed or allegedly in the complaint to FTX. And the parents didn't even make an attempt to pay to furnish their home themselves. And I could just imagine if something similar was happening with my mother, she would be like, wait, is this okay that we're doing this? Like, you know, she would have so many questions about the money and like what was okay, what was kosher, what was not. Like, I could just practically hear her in my head. But at least, you know, from what the complaint described, it didn't feel at all like the parents had any of those qualms. So that was... Yeah, it wasn't 100 % owner of FTX. So it is bizarre that those red flags wouldn't have been, or people wouldn't have been like, hey, I know that you think this is okay, but I don't. Like someone would have said something, maybe they thought it was a drop in the ocean, but if FTX was so wildly profitable and Alameda was so wildly profitable, they didn't need to cut in corners and have them picking up the checks. I mean, it would have been easy for Sam to just be like, no, I'm picking this up personally or something. Well, one thing that I also noticed is that the document hedges its language saying things like, quote, Banquin and Freed either knew or ignored bright red flags revealing that SPF and other insiders were orchestrating the scheme. And again, you know, I saw later again, it was like, they either knew or blatantly ignored. So, yes. Right. That's because the standard for these civil cases is much lower. You know, like if you were trying to criminally try them, you'd have to like really show that they knew because they're going to say they didn't know, they didn't know, right. But the standard for like breach of fiduciary duty or, you know, kind of unjust enrichment, it's a much lower standard. All you have to basically show is a reasonable person should have known, you know. Oh, oh, I see. Yeah. So, that's why they keep saying that. So, you're saying – So, basically, they don't know whether or not they knew, but it doesn't matter for what they're trying to do. Is that what you're saying? I will respectfully say that I'm not a lawyer, but a stress investor and what people usually say – is the standard is usually what a reasonable person should have known, steps a reasonable person should have taken, best practices that a board should have taken. So, like a board of directors, if somebody runs off with money in a company, they don't have to necessarily show that they knew the person stole the money, but did they take any steps a reasonable person would have taken to like verify that the money was there or that the person wasn't absconding with money or whatever. So, it's this reasonable person standard that I think you trigger under Delaware and there are a lot of jurisdictions for breach of fiduciary duty or breach of loyalty, duty of care that you have, mainly in the boardroom, but also I think as a C -suite executive and it sounds like he was sort of melding between the two. So, basically, yeah, they're just trying to meet that standard for their purposes. They don't need to go beyond. And Barbara Fried, you know, also – so, as far as I understand from reading this, you know, Sam Pinkman was definitely involved more in the day -to -day, you know, he was often listed with FTX management. He could make executive decisions on his own at one point saying, oh, I'm just going to make this decision without Sam, like we don't need to involve him, that kind of thing. So, Barbara Fried was not involved at that level. However, it did say that she was a key influence on the campaign donations and I wondered what your takeaway was in that regard in terms of, you know, her involvement there. campaign finance fraud. Yeah, I don't have too much to say other than it's just bizarre that, you know, so many corners were cut in regards to stuff. I don't have a real view on – again, it's like it helps them build a story that they can, you know, just slam dunk, take back any money that was taken out of the estate at any point in the last couple of years by Barbara and the husband. But I don't think that – I don't have a real view on that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And as far as I understand, I don't think they're married, they're domestic partners. Just to clarify, yeah. All right. So, in a moment, we're going to talk about what the consequences could be after, you know, from this document. But first, a quick word from the sponsors who make this show possible. Toku makes managing global token compensation and incentive awards simple. Are you designing your token compensation plan and grant templates with multiple law firms? Are you managing cliffs, vesting and taxable events in a spreadsheet? Are you distributing tokens to your team manually? 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The Aloönæ Show
A highlight from S13 E12: Wayne: Entrepreneur, Founder, Marketing Expert
"Hello, welcome to The Elone Show. I'm your host, John Mayelone. In this episode, don't have regulars because reasons, I guess. As for our guest, he is from Alexandra, Louisiana. He's an entrepreneur and founder of Ugly Muck Marketing. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Wayne Mullins. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here. Me too. So, how's life? Life is fabulous. I think, you know, I'm learning to embrace every day in every moment. To embrace the moments, whether they are what some would consider beautiful or what others may consider ugly. To learn to be present and in the moment. And I think that's the best way to possibly live life. Fantastic. And have you been up to much recently? I have. We are on the work front. We are busy growing. It's our busiest season of the year. So, we've been busy there. My wife and I and our kids were in the process of building a house, which is a little bit deceptive. We're not doing the building, obviously, but lots of decisions around building the house and the finishes and all that kind of stuff. Ah, all right then. Very good. And what was the inspiration and the idea of Ugly Muck Marketing? Yeah. So, the idea and inspiration behind Ugly Muck Marketing was simply this, that I wanted to create a marketing agency that is focused on results as the number one thing that matters. So often in the digital marketing space, in the ad agency space, the thing that so many get distracted by is trying to win awards. And Ugly Muck Marketing, the name actually stems from this quote that is, I would rather an ad that's ugly and effective over one that's beautiful, but isn't. So, that is the mission and that is the calling for what we do at Ugly Muck Marketing. Ah, I like it. And what was life for you growing up? I grew up in, I guess you could say more of rural Louisiana, not across the river, not far from where I'm at right now in an area called Pineville, Louisiana, population roughly 15 ,000 or so. So for me, it was growing up, spent a lot of times out in nature, in the woods, building forts in the woods and just had a lot of fun with friends and yeah, it was great. Okay. Very nice. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? I would live where I'm at right now. I'm a firm believer in this idea that we as human beings, we aren't trees, meaning we can get up and move at any point in time. And I think it's not good for us mentally, emotionally to always long to be somewhere different than where we are. And, you know, if I really wanted to live somewhere else in the world, then I'm of the belief that I should make that happen, that I should get up, that I can move. Yes, there may be obstacles, there may be challenges, there may be all kinds of other things that, quote unquote, get in the way. But again, anything is possible. And we live in a world now where it's easier than ever to up and move to a new location. Couldn't agree more. What's your favorite ice cream topping? I'm going to go with probably strawberries. Interesting. Have you heard of a drink called banana friche? It sounds familiar. I don't know if I've had it, but it does sound familiar. Oh, is that so? It is. I don't know where or why I would have heard of it. OK, interesting, because every guest I've had, I've asked this question a lot to most guests and they said, no, I never heard of it. You are the first person to at least heard of it to some extent. So that's a surprise to me, in my opinion. Yeah, we need the bells and the whistles and like the streamers going off or some fireworks or something, at least, right? Yes, that calls for a celebration. Absolutely. So fill me in. What is it? So it is like a banana flavored drink, which is part smoothie, part milkshake. It's called a tingly sensations that you could possibly think of. Sounds delicious. It sure does. Would you rather never use social media again or never watch another movie or TV show again? Well, I'm going to choose TV because I actually really don't watch TV at all at this point or don't watch movies. And I often joke with people when they meet me or get to know me. I say if you begin the sentence or you begin the question with, have you seen the answer is already going to be no. So don't even ask the question. OK, that makes sense. I would say I would say never watch TV or movies again because I'm mostly on social media looking at stuff anyway. And also, you can watch full length feature films on social media, which is kind of multiple parts. So that's the ultimate cheap code. Yes, indeed. I love it. What's the weather like today where you currently are right now? It is overcast today in a high of only 84 degrees, which is actually a break in the heat from where we've been. So we're we're enjoying the overcast and cooler temps today. Me too. It was pretty hot the last few days, but now we're reaching autumn temperatures now, which is pretty cool. Literally. Well. What is the most comfortable piece of clothing you own? I would say it's a T -shirt that my wife got me for my birthday and it's by a company called One Golden Thread. And I don't know what they made the shirt out of. It's some cotton blend, I believe, but it is incredibly comfortable. Ah, very nice. Do you think a hot dog is a sandwich? I would say absolutely. It comes between two slices of bread or two pieces of bread. But I guess if you want to get really technical, the bread is still enjoined on one end. So you can make an argument in that case that is not technically a sandwich, but there are sandwiches that go in a similar style or similar type of bread. So I'm going to say it is OK. That's a good point, I guess. What hobby would you get into if time and money weren't an issue? Time and money weren't an issue. I would get into surfing. Nice. What could you do a 40 minute presentation on without any preparation? Marketing. That makes sense. Would you rather not be able to open closed doors or not be able to close open doors? That's a tough one. I'm going to go with I would rather not be able to close open doors. Nice. It leaves opportunities open for you. Absolutely. Yes, I love it. If you were given 400 acres of land, what would you use it for? I would take some of it. I would make it into a small farm of sorts, enough to produce enough produce for my family and friends. And then I would have a small portion for maybe some farm animals. And then I would love to leave the rest of it very wooded and maybe put a few trails, hiking trails, biking trails through some of that land. OK, that'd be pretty cool. How much time do you spend on the Internet? Way too much. I spend most of my work day on some form of the Internet, whether that is Google Docs, whether that's email or a social media channel. And then unfortunately, I spend too much time of that on social media or on various forms of Internet in the evenings as well. So way too much is the answer. OK. Yes, I agree. I would certainly say the same thing. What is the best way to start the morning? The absolute best way to start the morning is with some meditation and some gratitude. Sweet. Is that all? Or is there more to it? Well, those would be the best. I also love doing some journaling first thing in the morning and reading something that is inspirational, encouraging, something that really helps me set the tone for the day. I believe that our morning is kind of like the rudder, if you will, for the day, like a rudder on a ship determines where the entire massive ship goes. That one little rudder in comparison to the ship. I believe that our morning routines act in that same way. And unfortunately, for so many of us, we are unintentional with our morning routines. We allow the alarm to go off multiple times. We hit snooze, we rush, we hurry, and all of those things fill our minds subconsciously with worry, with stress, with thoughts of I'm late, with thoughts of I'm not going to be on time. All these words and all these feelings that, in my opinion, have a very negative connotation. So, yeah, I think that's that's the rudder for the day. Okay, yes, couldn't agree more.
Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from 10 Fun Facts About Realtors (#7 Will SHOCK You!)
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. We are back. We've got a fun show for you today. We are talking about the National Association of Realtors member profile. Julie and I picked out what we feel are the 10 most interesting points from the member profile and I think point number seven, maybe even point number eight will really surprise you. So Julie, we have a lot to go through. Let's just jump right in. Yes, this is about all of you listening and the agents that you deal with day to day. I think I had a few little mini surprises, but let's go through these relatively quickly. First of all, the typical realtor had 11 years of experience. That's actually up from eight from last year. I think that that's probably surprising to some of you because you know, there are a lot of new licensees and some of you deal with each other all the time, but 11 years of experience is the average. Now we're going to just remember as we go through these points, Julie and I are going to do our best to sort of decipher, I think in a lot of ways, some of this information because when it gets to, for example, they're going to, we're going to talk about average income for the average agent and all the rest of it, but they don't think it's confusing to be honest with you. I can't really understand and maybe somebody who is more knowledgeable about this stuff can put in comments, Nara will often say things like the family income or the household income of the average agent, but I'm not so sure. I mean, does that mean like for example, there's a guy and his wife is a brain surgeon and she makes like $14 million a year and he makes like $4 a year selling real estate, you know, and so obviously that's going to affect the average agent's income. Again, I'm not sure I'm reading the question correctly, but let's just get right to it. Yes, that's right. We'll translate as best we can with the information we've got. So next is interesting because with the market shift, a lot of people like to say, oh, everybody's going to get out of the business and yet 76 % of realtors were very certain that they will remain active as a real estate professional for at least the next two years. Now, Julie and I predicted that when the COVID hit and all the rest of it, that there would be no major drop off in the number of members of a national association of realtors. And those of you who've been attached to us for a long period of time, you will remember us telling you why, and I'll for the rest of you tell you why now, because in previous, you know, fortunately there wasn't a slowdown following COVID, but in previous slowdowns or recessions or all kinds of other things like that in the economy, there hasn't been a decrease in the number of agents, but an increase. And so Julie and I went back as far as we could find from national association of realtors looking at the number of members, and it was very clear that what we theorized was correct just simply by looking at the numbers of agents joining during economic slowdowns. So why do people get real estate licenses during slowdowns? Side hustle. That's true. They need to make more money. Or maybe, you know, if you go back to the sixties and seventies, there were a lot of ladies that were looking to get into real estate that maybe hadn't had out of the home employment before and things of that nature, retired people, but really the real reason why Julie and I knew there wasn't going to be a precipitous drop in the number of, you know, members of the national association of realtors was demographics and demographics ultimately is going to run the show for the real estate industry for the rest of our lives and beyond. The number of humans in the United States that want and need to buy or sell real estate is only increasing. And it didn't make sense to us that, uh, just because there would have been hypothetically because of COVID some kind of slowdown, which as all of you know, there was not quite the opposite actually. Exactly. And just a flash forward to today, we now see that again, Julie and I's theory was correct and you notice all the other naysayers that were, uh, predicting doom and gloom about the number of agents dropping dead, like, you know, 2014 levels or whatever. They're all wrong. And the total number of agents did decrease, but I think it was, it was by basically nothing. And now here's another prediction. Wait for it. We are expecting the number of people getting real estate licenses will start to increase over the next 12 months. I'm following, I think what was a lot of people deciding to, you know, should I get a license? Shouldn't I get a license? And here's how I know that's true. The number of emails and the number of texts I get from people who are getting real estate licenses who want to join Julie and I at eXp royalty is through the roof. Absolutely. And I would also concur from my own private elite coaching clients. Many of them have gotten their adult children licensed, their transaction coordinator licensed, their assistant licensed. You know, there's a lot of things that happen, um, with a change and doing more volume that just, you know, people want to have their family work in the business. There's lots of that going on about 6%. By the way, I did read that about 6 % of current licensees, uh, got licensed as a result of doing something during COVID, you know, supplementing their other job, for example. That's a good point. I mean, there also was a baby boom, you know, so between studying for the real estate test and the, you know, the other thing, I guess there you go, Oh, and I'm sure a lot of those babies eventually get licenses too. I mean, Zoe's already wanting to get a license. So as far as those of you who are looking to upgrade your brokerage experience, a reminder Julie and I are proudly associated with eXp royalty. So if you're looking to join eXp royalty and you're looking for a sponsor, they'll be very proactive in your success at eXp. There are two paths forward for you. Number one is you could just text me directly, and this is if you're ready to land the plane and join eXp and you're ready to choose your sponsor, text me directly at 512 -758 -0206, 512 -758 -0206, text don't call. The other thing you can do also is if you're filling out the application, just put Julie Harris, Georgetown, Texas as your sponsor. If you want to learn more about why so many agents are joining with Julie and I in our group at eXp Realty, by the way, our eXp Realty group, listen to this guys, our eXp Realty group so far this year has done 3 billion, 300 million in real estate transactions on over 11 ,000 transactions if I remember correctly, most of which are on the seller side. So if you want to talk about an incredible success during what should be a slower year for virtually everyone, our eXp Realty group is actually increasing by significant margins and units and in total dollar volume. So yes, we'd love to have you as part of our overall group and if you're ready to join eXp Realty here are your two paths. One, you can just frankly scroll down and click the link and go over that's in the show description below and read more about our eXp Realty group or you can just text me directly at 512 -758 -0206, 512 -758 -0206. In the market that is going to start happening, we're going to guess the next 6 to 12 months it's going to feel very much more like a real estate, frankly, recovery if not a surge. You definitely want to be with a broker that's going to have your back and definitely want to be with a team that you know is experienced to make it so you can help the most people and maximize your potential in real estate and please do consider Julie and I for the job of being your eXp Realty sponsors. All right, next surprising point. Well, next, in last year based on the NAR report, the typical agent had 12 transactions which was the same as the previous year. Now what was the sales volume? Well, the median sales volume for brokerage specialists increased to 3 .4 million from 2 .6 million, so things are looking up there as well. Now they always do a survey about how agents perceive what's going on with their prospects, right? Let's go back to that point, okay? So again, this always goes back to the interesting things when you dig into the numbers. So if the average agent and we are talking about 12 transactions, right? I'm looking at your notes. So 12 transactions and the average home in the United States is $400 ,000. So if you did, for example, I mean, if it's you guys, whatever your market commission is, but let's just call it $10 ,000, $10 ,000 times 12 transactions is $120 ,000 a year and you wonder why real estate is such an amazing business to be in. I mean, come on, it's incredible because during inflationary times, yes, everything is getting more expensive, but so is real estate, which means your average commission is also increasing. Look how smart you were to be in real estate where most everyone else is suffering from inflation and the cost of living and all the rest of it. You actually have a built -in pay increase year after year as things start to inflate even more so in real estate. So there you go, go you. Exactly. And related to that, 17 % of agents sold 10 million or more in volume, 4%, 15 million or more, and 5%, 20 million or more. Some of that you can chalk up to higher average sale prices, but again, go you because it's baked in that you're going to make more money doing more deals at a higher price, right? Okay, so let's look at the next one. All right, so at 32%, lack of inventory remains the most important factor limiting potential clients from making a purchase followed by housing affordability and difficulty finding the right property. I think difficulty finding the right property is the same as lack of inventory.
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Unchained
A highlight from Why FTX Might Try to Claw Back Funds From Retail Customers- Ep. 547
"I mean, these are all fraudulent transfers, potentially while the debtor was insolvent, potentially while it was coming to lift funds, so clearly all that money has to come back. I think that's pretty easy. The question is like, what's it worth now and who can actually pay it back? Hi, everyone. Welcome to Unchained, your no -hype resource for all things crypto. I'm your host, Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto eight years ago and as a senior editor at Forbes was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full time. This is the September 22nd, 2023 episode of Unchained. Toku makes implementing global token compensation and incentive awards simple. With Toku, you get unmatched legal and tax tech support to grant and administer your global team's tokens. Make it simple today with Toku. Today's episode is brought to you by Overtime Markets, your premier Web3 sportsbook. The innovative protocol is changing the game one match at a time. Powered by Thales, explore more at OvertimeMarkets .xyz. Arbitrum's leading Layer 2 scaling solution offers you ultra -cheap and lightning -fast transactions, all with security rooted on Ethereum. Visit arbitrum .io today. With the Crypto .com app, you can buy, trade and spend crypto in one place. Download and get $25 with the code LAURA. Link in the description. Today's guest is Thomas Brazile, founder of 117 Partners. Welcome, Thomas. Hey, Laura. Good to see you again. This week, FTX sued Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried, alleging that Bankman was intimately involved in a number of the allegedly fraudulent schemes such as silencing someone who threatened to expose the alleged FTX fraud, the purchase of property in the Bahamas. Barbara Fried encouraged the use of strong donors as campaign finance laws, or allegedly, and both were accused generally of either knowing or ignoring the red flags that FTX was in solvent. Was this development surprising or expected? Thanks for having me on, Laura. Good to see you, as always. Was it surprising? No, I don't think it was that surprising. I think what was in the lawsuits in bankruptcy referred to as adversary proceeding, but what was seen in the adversary proceeding was probably a bit shocking, the actual details. But I think people knew that they were pretty involved. And I think that was some of the heat they were getting post him getting a criminal complaint against him was that, you know, why is he hanging out with his parents, weren't they involved in a lot of parts of the business, and people were saying things like that. I don't think it's that unexpected. People I think long knew that there were some real estate transactions where they were gifted or given some certain real estate in the Bahamas. But to see it all laid out in the complaint or I should say in the adversary proceeding was interesting, you know. And yeah. Which items in particular really struck you? I guess it's the involvement like in the actual day -to -day stuff. I mean, if you come from a corporate background or were a tax lawyer, which is that I guess was is, and that there wasn't more, I don't know, structure to the organization. I mean, you know, the dichotomy between what people thought pre -petition, what John Ray sort of said post -petition, and now some of the revelations coming out about the pre -petition activity. I mean, it's just kind of amazing to think about people that might have been a more corporate background and saying like, if the business was so profitable, why were you cutting corners? And, you know, to be fair to these guys, like in the, you know, in the light of day, sunlight of bankruptcy court, which as, you know, people in bankruptcy say, like my parents would say, like, the last place you want to be as a criminal is in bankruptcy court because there's so much sunlight and everything, you know, everything is good scrutinized. And to be fair to people, sometimes the stuff gets overly scrutinized and they cherry pick stuff that went on. But it seems pretty damning, some of the stuff and, you know, let's see what the responses will be. I mean, it's good for the estate and it's good for creditors because I'm sure they want to see, you know, sort of retribution. But in terms of recoveries, I don't think it's going to be incredibly meaningful, you know, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 million dollars. I mean, that's, I don't know, maybe two months of bankruptcy fees. And so, you know, earlier when we were talking about like how some of the things are particularly damning, like if you were to kind of say, FTX will win in court, you know, for these reasons, like which were the particular acts that you think probably will put things over the edge? Oh, yeah. I think almost all the stuff though, they'll win on the merits of the fraudulent conveyance. I mean, these are all fraudulent transfers, potentially while the debtor was insolvent, potentially while it was coming with funds, so clearly all that money has to come back. I think that's pretty easy. The question is like, what's it worth now and who can actually pay it back? Like if money was given to a charity, can you actually go and get it back? Like meaning, is it there? Has it been spent kind of stuff? And you know, you can only squeeze a, you know, whatever, rock so hard. So the question will be, you know, what is the real estate in the Bahamas worth? The 10 million bucks or whatever that was gifted to them, where did that money end up going? Can they trace it? So these things cost money to do and then the question is like, how much of an effort do you want to make? And of course, you know, all that can be stopped by a criminal investigation, which there isn't a complaint, but clearly some of the activity could be considered criminal. And I think, you know, I won't pretend to be a criminal lawyer or a lawyer at all, but when you're bringing lawsuits, I mean, basically these are kind of like preponderance of evidence standards versus like, you know, higher standards that you might have for criminal complaints. So it's easier for John Ray to like stitch together some stuff they know and slap an AP and sue these guys. But it's a little harder from the criminal side. But all of it, just on facially, I mean, of course, as my lawyer likes to tell me, like, you know, facts matter, Thomas. So it is more discovery happens than they take discovery. We'll see. But on the face of it, I mean, it looks pretty, pretty obvious that it's sort of slam dunk. Just the question is what they'll actually be able to recover. Yeah. I think one of the ones that stuck out at me simply because I could very easily imagine myself in a similar position with my own parents and I could just picture what my mother would say. And it was when they purchased the Bahamas property and everything was just getting billed or allegedly in the complaint to FTX. And the parents didn't even make an attempt to pay to furnish their home themselves. And I could just imagine something similar was happening with my mother. She would be like, wait, is this OK that we're doing this? Like, you know, she would have so many questions about the money and like what was OK, what was kosher, what was not. Like, I could just practically hear her in my head. But at least, you know, from what the complaint described, it didn't feel at all like the parents had any of those qualms. So that was. Yeah. It wasn't 100 percent owner of FTX. So it is bizarre that those red flags wouldn't have been or people wouldn't have been like, hey, I know that you think this is OK, but I don't like someone would have said something. Maybe they thought it was a drop in the ocean. But if FTX is so wildly profitable, I mean, it was so wildly profitable, they didn't need to cut in corners and have them picking up the checks. I mean, it would have been easy for Sam to just be like, no, I'm picking this up personally or something. Well, one thing that I also notice is that the document hedges its language, saying things like, quote, Banquin and Freed either knew or ignored bright red flags, revealing that SPF and other insiders were orchestrating the scheme. And again, you know, I saw later again, it was like they either knew or blatantly ignored. So right. Yes. That's because the standard for these civil cases is much lower. You know, like if you were trying to criminally try them, you'd have to like really show that they knew because they're going to say they didn't know, they didn't know, right? But the standard for breach of fiduciary duty or unjust enrichment, it's a much lower standard. All you have to basically show is a reasonable person should have known, you know? Oh, oh, I see. Yeah. So that's why I keep saying that. So you're saying, so basically they don't know whether or not they knew, but it doesn't matter for what they're trying to do. Is that what you're saying? I will respectfully say that I'm not a lawyer, but a stress investor. And what people usually say is the standard is usually what a reasonable person should have known, steps a reasonable person should have taken, best practices that a board should have taken. So like a board of director, if somebody runs off with money in a company, they don't have to necessarily show that they knew the person stole the money, but did they take any steps a reasonable person would have taken to like verify that the money was there, that the person wasn't absconding with money or whatever. So it's just this reasonable person standard that I think you trigger under Delaware and under a lot of jurisdictions for breach of fiduciary duty or breach of loyalty, duty of care that you have, mainly in the boardroom, but also I think as a C -suite executive and it sounds like he was sort of melding between the two. So basically, yeah, they're just trying to meet that standard for their purposes. They don't need to go beyond. And Barbara Fried, you know, also, so as far as I understand from reading this, you know, Sam Pinkman was definitely involved more in the day to day. You know, he was often listed with FTX management. He you know, could make executive decisions on his own at one point saying, oh, I'm just going to make this decision without Sam, like we don't need to involve him, that kind of thing. So Barbara Fried was not involved at that level. However, it did say that she was a key influence on the campaign donations. And I wondered what your takeaway was in that regard in terms of, you know, her involvement there. Campaign finance fraud? Yeah. Again, I don't have too much to say other than it's just bizarre that, you know, so many corners were cut in regards to stuff. I don't have a real view on. Again, it's like it helps them build a story that they can, you know, just slam dunk, take back any money that was taken out of the estate at any point in the last couple of years by Barbara and the husband. But I don't think that I don't have a real view on that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And as far as I understand, I don't think they're married. They're domestic partners. Just to clarify. Yeah. All right. 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The Charlie Kirk Show
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Postcards to the Universe with Melisa
Meet Rebecca Whitman, The Magnetic Abundance Mentor
"So I wanna talk to my guest today because everything I talk about each week in the beginning of my show, Rebecca and I are gonna be talking about today. So Rebecca Whitman, she is called the Magnetic Abundance Mentor. I love that. She's an international best -selling author. She graduated with honors from Princeton University. She was awarded Life Coach of the Year and Empowered Woman of the Year by International Association of Top Professionals. LA Weekly Magazine featured her as one of the top seven entrepreneurs to watch in 2023. She hosts the top 1 .5 % globally ranked, balanced, beautiful, and abundant podcasts, which won the Positive Change Award. Her philosophy divides life into seven pillars of abundance, which include spiritual, physical, emotional, romantic, mental, social, and financial. She helps people achieve balance within these seven areas so that they can experience more fun and freedom in life. She has been featured in New York Weekly, Miami Magazine, and LA Weekly Magazines. In addition to her appearances on ABC and CBS, she has guested on over 100 podcasts. She has given keynote speeches at Columbia University and UCLA and has shared virtual stages with renowned thought leaders Grant Cardone, Jack Canfield, and Les Brown. You can find out more about her if you visit her website. It's RebeccaElizabethWhitman .com. Welcome, Rebecca. Thanks so much for being here with me. Thank you so much, Melissa. I'm so excited to be on your show with such a delight to have you on my show a couple weeks ago, and now we get to continue the conversation. Exactly, yeah. So I was on Rebecca's show on her podcast, The Balance Beautiful and Abundant Show, and it aired August 29th. And you guys who are listening, you can find it on any of the podcasting platforms, Apple, whatever you listen to, Spotify, Google, and yeah, you can listen to the show. And it's also, it's on YouTube too, right, Rebecca? I think you're on YouTube also. Yep, YouTube as well as Apple, Spotify, and all the podcast platforms. Absolutely. It was so much fun. It was so much fun. So yeah, so now she's here. So let's talk about you and like what got you into this kind of this abundance mindset, like starting to do this kind of work? What made you want to do it? Were you always doing this your whole life or is this something that you kind of fell into or came to, I should say? Yeah, I moved to Los Angeles 22 years ago to pursue my childhood dream of being an actress. And I had small parts on huge shows like Friends, CSI, and 24, and I never got that big break. So I supported myself at children's acting schools and the children were busy during the day at school. So I would attend spiritual lectures with great teachers of the law of attraction like Michael Beckwith, Esther Hicks, Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, and I started applying it to my life and I got immediate results. I was making six figures working part time at a kid's acting school. And I didn't quite apply it as well to my love life. I had a series of really painful breakups with emotionally unavailable men. And I even married one thinking he would change. Three years later, I filed for divorce and my marriage was slowly and painfully unraveling as my dad was slowly and painfully dying in a nursing home. And in one of our last conversations, he asked me to write a book. And a few months later, my dad had made his transition and my marriage had dissolved and I was sitting across the desk from my financial planner. And he said, Rebecca, I find it interesting that you are making more money than you've ever made the same year that you lost your marriage and your father. And I think you should write a book. So I wrote a book based on the seven key areas of life, which I now call the seven pillars of abundance, and it's called How to Make a Six Figure Income Working Part Time. And now I help women go from burned out to balanced, beautiful, and abundant. And using these principles, I'm now happily married to my soulmate. And now I just coach women. I have the podcast and I just love this mission, teaching people they don't have to be burned out and overwhelmed to receive abundance in life.
WTOP 24 Hour News
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Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from "I Would List My Home, But I Can't Find A Home To Buy!"
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. Listeners, have you ever heard this before? Have you ever heard a prospective seller tell you, I would happily list my house with you, but I can't until I find a home to buy. Boy, is that ever a conversation ender. Yeah, I would list my home, but where's all the inventory? You know, sellers can go online. They're searching all the time. Everything they see is pending. There's not a whole lot popping up. I would give you my listing, but where am I going to go? Now, here's the thing, with record low inventory nationwide, realtors seem to be hearing the same thing day in and day out, which we just said, I'd move, but where would I go? For most agents, unfortunately, that's the end of the conversation, simultaneously ending the possibility of taking a new listing as well as facilitating that buyer side. After all, nationwide inventory is at all time lows and according to Altos research, it bubbles up between 400 ,000 and 500 ,000 actives. When you take the pendings out, we're still at least a million listings shy of being in a balanced market. Okay, does not include all new construction, number one, but number two, here's something I want you guys to keep in mind. Your sellers who want to obviously buy something else once their property sells, whether it's more expensive or less expensive, they are, guess what, not worried about the interest rate. That is not what's holding them back. What's holding them back is the lack of something to choose to purchase. That's what their issue is. Why is it not the interest rate? Because most of the sellers in your marketplace, half of which have homes with no mortgages, roughly speaking, and the other half have mortgages where they have 50 % equity. So virtually all the prospective sellers that you're working with don't really care too much about the interest rates because they're going to have so much money down, their payment is not going to be that significant anyway and or they could buy the interest rates down. Do not get stuck in the emotional mental mud believing that this market, especially with sellers, the slowdown is rate driven. It's not. Now, first -time buyers? Yes. I agree. First -time buyers, they are definitely having a mortgage rate payment shock issue and to that, it's just going to get worse because rents are going to increase. So all the while they're hoping and praying the mortgage rates decrease, their rents are going to increase and a lot of times those first -time buyer types are going to be stuck in a long -term renting cycle which can last their lifetime. So we've done lots of podcasts on that, how to present to those types of folks so that they can essentially move themselves out of payment shock and into the reality that housing is expensive and it's not getting cheaper. You might as well own the house yourself versus basically renting it. But again. With regards to the first -time buyer question, but this podcast we're really focusing on, I would list with you, but I'm not convinced that there's anything to buy. I'm not going to sell it just to be homeless. So don't just answer with, yeah, there's really nothing on the market. I mean, everything in the MLS is already pending, Realtors. Stop saying that. I'll put you in my search widget and we'll watch for something to pop up together. I'll drip on you. I'll drip on you. Okay. Well, that's one method of maybe someday possibly finding something for your would -be sellers to buy. You can't end the conversation there and expect to actually do any business. Market forces are working against you. Rates are higher. Inventory is scarce. Add some inflation, the specter of possible recession and overall uncertainty. And now you've got a transitioning market. And if you're just going to roll over and say, well, yep, there's nothing to buy. You're done. You're not actually in real estate when you talk like that. But it's all those points amplified because when is the last time you went to any source, any media source, and they were making you feel optimistic? Never. Never. Right? I mean, everything including alien visitation is now essentially making the headlines. It's discouraging people from feeling optimistic. So you're going to have to understand that most people don't listen to our podcast and don't know the importance of having media -free mornings, media -free days, media -free lives. In other words, purging all that stuff. So you're going to have to remember when you're talking to folks that a lot of times you're going to have to help them move past their hesitance that's being constantly reinforced by their friends, their family, the news media, and all the rest of it. So just keep that in mind. Well, you do have a choice to make. You can either wait for the market to bounce back or you can create your own opportunities by being more proactive. We prescribed the mantra, hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Assume you're not going to wake up to three and a half percent interest rates and double the inventory. That is not going to happen. Back to our conversation with that would -be seller client who won't list with you because they don't want to become homeless. Here are the top five solutions that go beyond waiting and watching for magic inventory to arise. Okay. Good news for all of you. Some of the notes from today's show are down below along with the opportunity for you to explore becoming a Harris certified coach. We informally talked about it two days ago and we have formally now decided that we are going to open up our Harris certified coach certification program again. So if you're interested, and we have not done this for two years, but if you're interested in not just learning how to be a real estate coach but have a real estate coaching business, make sure you click the link below in the show description and fill out the form. We highly are selective who we have as a prospective real estate coach and yeah, it's owners. The process is not just simply by, you know, you're not just going to buy a certificate. You actually have to earn the right to be a Harris certified coach. Our name is on your certification and you have to assume we're going to take that very seriously. So the link to become a Harris certified coach is below or you can just go to Harris certified coach .com. All right, Julie, these are the top five solutions. Solutions to when they say, that's an objection, I would list with you, I would move. But where am I going to go to? Okay, top five solutions so you can still take the listing. Number one, consider building a home instead of chasing after the scarce resale inventory. There are several advantages to this option. First, many builders are buying down interest rates and using their in -house financing. The buyer can lock in a better rate this way, thus giving them lower payments. Next advantage, the house is new. No rehab for them and no inspection nightmares for you. It's all good. Your client can get their home on the market a couple of months prior to the completion and not have to move twice. And finally, when your client builds, they aren't having to compete in a bidding war. It's all good. Now your points were mostly geared towards production builders, but if you're not having a market with a lot of production builders, the big, you know, Epcons and well, I mean, you know. MI and KB homes and all the big ones, right? That's fine. Just go to a builder and most of the country, there are builders that build ones and twos and threes houses here and there on your land. Align yourself with those guys. You can have the same result. Very well put. You have to go look for it. Be proactive. Okay. Number two, consider. And again, these things, these five things are playing into your conversations so that you can counsel with your sellers who your buyers are would be sellers. Maybe they could consider buying first closing and then listing the previous home. Don't assume that your buyer seller prospects won't or can't utilize this option. They may have a down payment saved that's not actually in their home equity. They might use a bridge loan to borrow their equity, close on the next home and then sell the old one. You don't know if you don't ask. The advantage is that your client can make a non -contingent offer, secure their home and deal with their old house later. Make sure that you know lenders who offer bridge loans and understand how to explain this option. There's a lot of those out there. You should at least run it up the flagpole and see if it makes sense. But a lot of people can purchase their next home without actually having to sell a present one. The underlying point of Julie's point number two there was don't assume that your perspectives on finances and risk is the same as theirs because you're not going to approach the perspective seller about purchasing something with all their options. So let them know. You have several choices on how we can move forward, Mr. Seller. Here's one, here's two, here's three, here's four. Which one is best for you? That's the point of this podcast is to have those conversations instead of saying, yep, there's no inventory. We'll just drip and wait for something to drip on you. I mean, what is it? 30 % of all the home sales are it's our new construction, right? And that's going to be at least 50%. It's 30 % and rising for sure. Okay. So number three, and so, you know, some of these, these five possibilities, it also goes to how the seller's mindset is. Are they somebody that has no problem buying first and then selling second? Are they a little bit more risk adverse? So this number three goes to that point. Consider selling first, then renting for a while and taking time to look for the right home. The advantage here is that the seller has cashed out their equity and is ready to pounce on the right home, but without the pressure of organizing closing and possession dates. Who are your go -to leasing agents? Consider both traditional rentals, short -term vacation rentals that may consider a lease, as well as apartment complexes. Many have some great amenities that could work for a short - or longer -term lease while you help your client find the right home to buy. Again, you don't know if you don't run it up the flagpole, do you? Okay, number four, consider getting the seller's home on the market now, but make the acceptance of an offer contingent on seller finding suitable housing. The buyer will probably want a specific time frame, but you can usually get 90 to 120 days to secure the next home for your seller who is now a buyer. Many buyers in today's market are just anxious to find the right home and will be flexible with the seller's situation. It's still, in most places, a seller's market. The advantage to your client is that they won't have to move twice, and you've negotiated for them enough time to look for the next place. A seller lease back to that buyer, the new owner, is another way to handle that. Just depends on the time frame. Okay, so let's give them the sticky details of this one. So if a lot of your buyers are putting enough money down and are paying cash for the house, they can easily do lease backs to the seller. Yeah, they're just happy to get the house secured. And the seller's happy to know what money they're going to have for their next one. So they can do lease backs that might even last a year, right? To Julie's point, they're just happy to have the house. And so you have to have these thoughts bouncing around your head, otherwise you're not going to be able to offer these different options to your prospective sellers. That's right. Well, that's why our coaching clients get a copy of this, so they can turn it into a leave behind when they have these conversations and use it for their scripting. Well, look at that right now. Combine number four with number one, right? Someone's building, it's going to be done in say 12 to 18 months. You can then basically put their existing house on the market, obviously sell it, have the sellers receive the proceeds from the closing. They become tenants of their former house that they owned.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from SPECIAL REPORT: SBF TRIAL 9-20 Update
"Welcome to the SBF trial, a Coindesk podcast network newsletter bringing you daily insights from inside the courtroom where Sam Bankman -Fried will try to stay out of prison. Follow the Coindesk podcast network to get the audio each morning with content from the Coindesk regulation team and voiced by Wondercraft AI. As we gear up for Sam Bankman -Fried's and unpack what happened in late 2022 that got us here today. It is one of the most consequential documents in financial history, given that it caused the collapse of a $32 billion empire in just nine days. And now to a highly anticipated criminal trial. It is the infamous balance sheet of Sam Bankman -Fried's trading firm, Alameda Research. Its explosive content served as the basis for a November 2nd, 2022 story by Coindesk's Ian Allison. The article raised questions about how sturdy the company's financial underpinnings were and by extension, how safe Bankman -Fried's better known crypto exchange FTX was. It turns out not at all. For the protection of our sources, we are not publishing the document itself, but rather describing its contents in finer detail than ever before. Labeled consolidated balance sheet 2022 Q2, it gets into the nitty gritty of Alameda's naughty empire. Much of that empire relied on tokens of projects Alameda was unusually close with, particularly the formerly white hot crypto startups it invested in. For example, it led eight figure investment rounds in the closely linked projects, Oxygen and Maps .me and counted nearly $600 million worth of those projects tokens locked and unlocked on its balance sheet. When FTX went bust, it stranded 95 % of those projects token supply in a state of limbo that seems to continue to this day. Those projects tokens have since lost much of their value, but even back then they were unlikely to be worth that much in practice. Attempting to trade them at scale on the open markets would have shattered their value. Alameda had multiple ties to Bonfita, the popular wallet naming service in the Ethereum ecosystem. It was the primary market maker for Bonfita's native token FITA. It acquired millions of FITA tokens by investing in that startup. Notably, Bonfita developers inherited development duties over the purportedly decentralized Serum crypto exchange, another FTX production. In SRM, the bounds of reality and believability began to break down for Alameda. It was a token that FTX group coders had conjured out of nothing for the benefit of Serum. The SBF founded trading infrastructure for much of Solana blockchain -based DeFi. Alameda reported holding nearly $183 million worth of locked SRM and $300 million unlocked, plus nearly $320 million in SRM collateral and an additional $330 million in locked SRM as a liability. But it was Alameda's miles deep holdings of FTT, the exchange token minted specifically by FTX, that proved to be the empire's undoing. CoinDesk's November 2nd, 2022 article authored by Ian Allison revealed that billions of dollars of FTT backed up Alameda's largesse, a fact that spooked market participants and eventually set off a run on FTX. It was during that chaos that people began to realize that the emperor had no clothes. Four days after Allison's story came out, Binance CEO CZ tweeted that, due to recent revelations, his exchange would sell its hefty FTT holdings. That quickly drove down the price of FTT, putting Bankman -Friede's companies into a tailspin. Bankman -Friede was forced two days later to seek a bailout from Binance. But that proposed takeover fell apart in a day, something another Allison scoop revealed was likely to happen hours before it was made official. Then, on November 11th, Bankman -Friede's companies were forced to file for bankruptcy protection. Allison's initial scoop on the collapse. Thousands of news stories credited CoinDesk for setting off the chain of events, including pieces from high -profile publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The Verge, New York Magazine, CNN, and NPR's Planet Money podcast. CoinDesk journalists went on to win a George Polk Award, one of the top journalism honors, for their FTX coverage. And their finalists for the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award. Winners for that will be announced next week.
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Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from Real Estate Daily Success Schedule
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. Welcome back, Julie Harris. So I have to start out by saying I am a little overwhelmed from the results of the announcement yesterday that we are considering opening up the hair certified coach program again. Me too. And we received like 37 of you filled out the form and expressing your interest in learning how to become a real estate coach. Now I understand and appreciate your energy and enthusiasm and we're going to, I think we are going to relaunch that sometime in the next 30 to 60 days. It is something we really like doing. It is honestly from Julie and I's perspective, a tremendous amount of work. Because it's one of the only things, it's one of our main programs that we have to do ourselves. It's a 90 day program. At the end of the 90 day program, you will have learned how to be not just a real estate coach, but also have a real estate coaching business. And if you're interested in that, just simply go to Harriscertifiedcoach .com and I'm also going to leave a link in the show description of today's podcast below. So just as always, scroll down and you're going to be able to click over and then fill out the form. You've got to fill out the form. And so we are starting with an understanding of what hair certified coach is all about. It's not going to be something for all of you because it is something we take extremely seriously because in a lot of ways, when you have learned to become a hair certified coach, you're then going to be set out into the wilds to coach people using our material. But we're also going to again show you how to generate real estate coaching leads. You can start your own coaching business. Some of you are at a perfect point in your careers where this would be a great, I think, addition to your income, if not a whole new career path. So if this is for you, if you're curious, just go to Harriscertifiedcoach .com or like I said, scroll down in the link below. We'll take you over to the main page. Please do read the FAQs and then fill out the form. And then that form is personally reviewed by Julie and I. So in today's show, we are going to be focused on your real estate daily success schedule. This is, I have to say, it's a topic you and I talk about directly and indirectly all the time because at the end of the day, your life is rooted in a schedule. A lot of people, myself included, hate having a schedule. You as well. Sure. Nobody likes it. Everybody does. But the thing is, even if you don't have a schedule, a formalized schedule, you have a schedule. You just may not be acknowledging it. You just may not be acknowledging it because your life is basically being run around certain milestones throughout the day. So given the fact that you have a schedule, despite the fact you don't necessarily want one if you're a butthead like Julie and I, well then look at the facts. Why not make a schedule that's going to be conducive to the betterment of your long -term physical, financial, spiritual, educational wants, needs, and desires. At the end of the day, guys, you can accomplish everything you want to accomplish, and this is the best part, I think, and you're about to learn more why this is true, in less than three hours a day, usually first thing in the morning. So Julie, without any further delay. That's right. So there's not nine million things you have to do with your schedule, but there are some key things that you've got to adopt and adapt and turn into your daily minimum standards that you do as habits. And again, I love what you just said, because really at the end of the day, if you've accomplished three to five things, and we're going to really drill down on what those probably should be and you can adjust accordingly, if you do three to five things at a high level every single day, even if you don't get a real obvious listing contract or closing or something like that, that particular day, you're building positive momentum, which is going to result in really great things, maybe 30, 60, 90 days down the road. Indeed it will. All right. So what should you have in your ideal schedule? Number one, use and update your visual accountability whiteboards every day. You should be tracking all of the following based on your goals. These are on your wall. These are whiteboards with pens. You guys can visualize that. Harris, those of you in Premier Coaching, there are lots of examples of Premier Coaching. And again, when you join Premier Coaching, in the first level of Premier Coaching, which you have free access to listeners, and again, the link is in the show description, you also receive the Real Estate Treasure Map. The Real Estate Treasure Map is your fill in the line business and life plan. It is the first thing that we want all new coaching clients to complete. And a lot of this information is actually covered in the Real Estate Treasure Map. So if you want to know what Julie means by what your board should look like, it's in the Real Estate Treasure Map, join Premier Coaching, and actually I relabeled it in the first level. It actually says business planning Real Estate Treasure Map. There you go. So it's easy to find. No excuses. And by the way, all my elite, my one -on -one coaching clients, and I think yours as well, send, they will text us pictures of their whiteboards, their visual accountability prior to a coaching call, and that's some additional accountability, isn't it? When our private numbers page on Facebook, they will oftentimes, yeah, well, it's because if your real estate magic number, and we're talking Harris Coaching speak now, but bear with us. If your real estate magic number is 10, you need 10 listings at all times, and you've been able to hit the number 10 for the first time in your career. You're proud of that. Hell yeah, you are. You're posting it everywhere. Exactly. Yes, and you're getting a lot of love and support from the Harris certified coaches and your colleagues that are working on the same things as you. So what do you track with your visual accountability whiteboards? Leads, active listings, buyers, pending closings, and closed transactions. So for example, if your business plan, your real estate treasure map calls for you to do 22 transactions this year, on your closed transaction board, you're going to have one through 22, and you're going to fill them in. They travel through your boards. Everything starts as a lead. Then it's either a buyer or an active listing. Then it becomes a pending, and then it lands on your closed transaction board. You literally can visually see, are you on track ahead or behind? Think about this from an emotional perspective, finances are intertwined with emotions. If your goal is to earn, I'll just pick a very simple number, all of you should be able to wrap your arms around this, $100 ,000. Let's say your average commission is $10 ,000. This should be obvious that you have to sell 10 houses. For you to sell 10 houses, how many leads do you need? That's the whole process. How many contacts are you going to be needing to make per day? I'll give you the answer, 10. If you make 10 contacts per day, if you have 10 listings at all times, you will sell at least, you will get and sell at least 10 listings or 10 houses per year. Probably it'll be split between buyers and sellers. That is the very least amount of transactions and money you guys should be making in this market or any market, frankly. It does work like clockwork like that. That's the point of the treasure map is to show you that. Then number two, what are we doing on your daily schedule? Look at your finances every day. Yes, look at your finances every day. Use mint .com as your dashboard of key performance indicators or KPIs, your savings, your checking, your credit cards, investment accounts, investment properties, and everything else financial are visible using mint .com. This includes your credit scores as well as your upcoming bills and your actual budget. Mint .com is not an official sponsor. It sounds like a mint commercial, but that's because we like them so much and we use them personally. It's actually really easy to set up. It's mint .com, M -I -N -T. We did this yesterday. We always have run all of our business expenses and our personal expenses through an American Express card for a whole bunch of reasons, but Julie found yesterday, she sent me a summary of there was 11 charges on our Amex for our business card that she didn't recognize. Sure enough, there were some just rando charges that just popped up that worked from things we canceled over a year ago. Those merchants were hoping that we were asleep at the wheel and wouldn't contest the charge which we did, so you're going to have to pay attention to all that stuff and really be watching out for it. Unfortunately that happens. Sometimes it's a clerical error on their end, but nonetheless, make sure you're paying attention to your money. The other thing that happens is a lot of people have a direct negative visceral reaction when they're thinking about money. Even frankly, Julie's voice goes up when she talks about money, so if we start talking about money, you guys will hear it in her voice. It's kind of funny. It's a subconscious thing that gives her a little bit of anxiety. understand. I completely Most people feel that way, but if you increase their frequency of checking in on your money, so it's not like every time you log into your checking account, it's like seeing a ghost. If you're going there frequently and you're familiarizing yourself with the patterns of how your finances work and you become more comfortable with it, then it's not obviously going to have that same emotional reaction because you will have jumped in the deep end. These money things, guys, are very easy to move past.
CoinDesk Podcast Network
A highlight from UNCHAINED: Zeke Faux's Crypto Adventures and His Relationship With Former FTX CEO SBF
"Hi, everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no -hype resource for all things crypto. I'm your host, Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto eight years ago, and as a senior editor, Forbes was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full -time. This is the September 19th, 2023 episode of Unchained. Toku makes implementing global token compensation and incentive awards simple. With Toku, you get unmatched legal and tax tech support to grant and administer your global team's tokens. Make it simple today with Toku. The game has changed. The Google Cloud Oracle built for layer zero is now securing every layer zero message by default. Their custom end -to -end solution sets itself up to bring its world -class security to web three and establish itself as the HTTPS within layer zero messaging. Visit layerzero .network to learn more. Arbitrum's leading layer two scaling solutions can provide you with lightning fast transactions at a fraction of the cost, all while ensuring security rooted on Ethereum. Arbitrum's newest addition, Orbit, enables you to build your own tailor -made layer three. Visit arbitrum .io today. Buy, trade, and spend crypto on the crypto .com app. New users can enjoy zero credit card fees on crypto purchases in the first seven days. Download the crypto .com app and get $25 with the code laura. Link in the description. Today's guest is Zeke Fox, author of Number Go Up. Welcome, Zeke. Hey, thank you so much for having me, Laura. Yeah, I'm excited to chat. You just came out with your book, Number Go Up. Congratulations. Tell us what it's about. Number Go Up. I've started out as it's my the story of like the two years I spent going down the crypto rabbit hole. And when I started out, I was just kind of curious and skeptical. And I was arguing with my friend about the reasonableness of a betting on Dogecoin. It's like the height of the pandemic. And I don't know, I got kind of sucked into investigating crypto. Two years later, I was cut to I'm in the Bahamas, going to Sam Begman Fried's penthouse just before the cops showed up interviewing him about the collapse of FTX. And so you said that this was your period of going down the crypto rabbit hole. What had you been doing before? So I've been an investigative reporter for Bloomberg for a long time. And at Bloomberg, I generally write about kind of the shady side of Wall Street. So I'd written exposes of predatory lenders, penny stock scams. One of my favorites was about a Patriots fan who stole the New York Giants Super Bowl rings after the 2008 helmet catch game. So I'd always been looking for like wild stories to tell in this world of business and finance. But I kind of resisted crypto as a potential topic. I just didn't really see it as like, I mean, you're going to laugh at me now, but I just didn't really see it as like a good target for an investigative reporter. And it wasn't because I thought crypto was like the future. It's just like this may be hard to believe if you're like a big time crypto guy, but actually maybe not because I'm sure you talk about it with your family and everybody. But like outside in the traditional finance world, a lot of people are so skeptical about crypto that they were like investigating a crypto company and finding out something bad about it, you wouldn't find anything surprising. I don't even care about that story. But what I realized was that my first crypto conference was Bitcoin 2021 in Miami. And I showed up there and I just met, I realized there were so many crazy characters in crypto. There were so many people that I'd love to write about. And I'm like, these are the kind of people who I need to get to know. One of the first people I sat down with was I met Sam Bankman -Fried there. I met Alex Mashinsky of Celsius, who was very prominent there. I had Michael Saylor saying all sorts of crazy things about Bitcoin. And I came back and I told my editor, like, I was wrong. There's all sorts of weird stuff going on in crypto. This would be a great topic and it'll be, you know, it'll be a long time before. There's too many stories to choose from. Yeah. Yeah. And it's funny in terms of the years that you, quote unquote, went down the crypto rabbit hole. Those were two of the craziest years and in a way, like some of the more unusual years of crypto, I would say. Just so before we dive into, you know, the different escapades you underwent in your book, you mentioned earlier that you were both curious about crypto, but also skeptical. So, you know, before we dive into what you were looking into, I wanted to hear your overall take on crypto. You know, when you say you're a skeptic, how much of a skeptic because there are some people who are skeptics and they completely dismiss crypto, but I didn't get that feeling from reading your book. I'm sort of like a skeptic in general. I'm skeptical of everything. That's why, like, I'm an investigative reporter. So if somebody tells me, hey, like Alex Mashinsky did, hey, I'm going to pay 18 percent interest. And if you want a loan from me, I charge like as low as zero percent. This is like in the world of traditional finance, a very backwards business model. When you say something like that to me, I'm going to say, yeah, I'm kind of, can you provide some evidence, like what, how are you investing your money? How does this how does this make sense? But I tried to keep like an open mind. And the question I was always asking was, what does your product do when I meet crypto founders? Can I see it in action? Can I talk to your users? Is it being used in the real world somewhere? That's one of my favorite questions, because as a writer, it's hard to write about things if you can't see them being used. And so that took me to El Salvador to see the Bitcoin experiment there. But it also took me to Ape Fest to see what it was like to be a member of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. And I was pleased I got one of the first reviews for the book the other day from Jeff John Roberts in Fortune. And he's, I think, feels fairly positively about crypto. He thought that my take on crypto was a little shallow, but that the book was so funny, he didn't care. And I'm like, you know what? I'll take that. I think we can all enjoy reliving these last two crazy years. And like whatever your take is on crypto, like there are crazy things that happened that we have all just like so much has happened. There's no way to like remember it all. But I have done the work of writing it down so you can go read it. Yeah. Yeah. No, it was definitely it covered the range of events. But let's actually talk about one of the main through lines. And I believe, you know, correct me if I'm wrong, that this was actually meant to be a book about Tether. And because I remember like a long time reading that it was coming out and I think that's what it said. And you kind of keep saying this to yourself that you keep saying it yourself in the book that, you know, you're getting these tips about Tether and you're trying to investigate them. You keep coming up against these dead ends. So before we go into all that, why don't you at least just tell us, so what do you feel were your main findings about Tether and like what were you trying to resolve? So probably old for like most people listening, but Tether is a big stable coin. Each coin is supposed to be worth a dollar because each coin is supposed to be backed by real dollars that are held in a bank somewhere. And I when started out, I wrote like a story for Businessweek about Tether. That was sort of the start of this project. I always thought as kind of like a good jumping off point, I pitched the book as like, this is the craziest financial mania we've ever seen in the world and it's not going to last. And I want to be there to chronicle it. And I see this like interesting central mystery that is going to like take me through. And that was Tether. At the time when I started, Tether said that they had, I think it was around 50 billion dollars in the bank. It was weird because on the one hand, it was pretty widespread to be, and correct me if I'm wrong, if I'm describing what crypto people think, because you probably know better than me, but like even people who are pretty into crypto in when they were talking to me, they'd be like, yeah, I'm not so sure about their assets like this. I don't know what's going on with Tether. This is like a good question to be asking. And it was being asked at like the highest levels of the U .S. government. Like Janet Yellen called a meeting of all the top financial regulators and the topic was like, what's going on with Tether and like, could this affect the world And I just thought it was a little when I started looking into Tether and I saw that, you know, among its co -founders was a child actor from the Mighty Ducks. I was just like, what is this in that the company I write in the book, the company was quilted out of red flags, like in the world of traditional finance, you did never you would never find a company with so many weird things to look into. And yet here it was like at the center of the crypto world. And I just thought it was it was funny to me that the heads of state were discussing this coin that was like dreamed up by a child actor from from the Mighty Ducks. And I was like, this is my kind of mystery. I want to dive in. I'm going to try and find Tether's 50 billion dollars. I see. So, you know, as we mentioned at different points in the book, you do talk about how you feel like you keep coming up against dead ends in your investigation. So what's your conclusion about that fact? Like, do you think it means that concerns about Tether are overblown? Does it make you more convinced that like the company is just really hitting everything really well or like what are your thoughts? Right now, Tether has only grown bigger. Midway through my reporting, I found that Tether had invested a lot of its assets into Chinese commercial paper. And there's kind of like this conflict of interest at the heart of Tether's business model, which is that if you give your money to Tether, you want them to keep it really safe. So it's there when you go to cash in your Tether tokens. But Tether doesn't pay any interest in the way that Tether makes money is they can take the money that you trusted them with and they can go invest it. And so there was this theory that especially when interest rates were very low, they might be doing weird things with your money in order to earn higher profits. And that so I found that they were doing some unusual things that included the Chinese commercial paper and also making loans to crypto companies like Celsius and others. So to me, that seemed like that's kind of risky. What's going to happen there? And as I followed along in the summer of 2022, like crypto companies fell one after the other and Tether did not. And there was even like a little run on Tether where users cashed in, I don't know, five, 10 billion dollars of Tether. And I'm sure if those people did not get their money back, like we would have heard about it. Right.
Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from Real Estate Agents Expired Listing Mastery
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money, and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. Welcome back. You're going to love today's podcast. We are focused on real estate agent expired listing mastery, and this is going to be your opportunity to learn all about expired listings and why, despite the fact that there feels like there's nothing for sale, that there actually is a huge opportunity to expired listings. And we're going to be giving you an overview of what you need to know to take advantage of the expired listing opportunity that's always there in the marketplace. You just need to know where to look. But before I do, Julie, we've been receiving a lot of requests from folks that are interested in learning how to become real estate coaches. We always do, you know, but when we talk about our real estate coaches on the podcast, they always say, how do I become a real estate coach? And we certainly like to brag about our real estate coaches on a regular basis because we love them. But yes, so Julie and I do have a program called Harris Certified Coach, and we don't really, frankly, even have to talk about it that frequently, if ever, because most of you are coming and asking us how to be real estate coaches. But Julie and I are seriously considering making that into a more of a formal offering. In other words, we are considering in the next, say, 60 to 90 days, actually starting a new session for a limited number of people to learn how to become real estate coaches. I'll just leave it at that, but you guys can go to Harriscertifiedcoach .com, Harriscertifiedcoach .com. Make sure you read the FAQs and all the rest of it. That is what we're thinking about focusing on over the next 60 to 90 days. This would be your opportunity to learn not just how to become a real estate coach, but frankly, how to build a real estate coaching business. And you'd be using our existing business and Premier Coaching and all the other systems we have in place as the backbone for your own real estate coaching business. If that's of interest to you, and we know it is, please just go to Harriscertifiedcoach .com. There's a form on there. I just checked it, and it does work. Make sure you fill out the form, and let's get the conversation started. If I see enough of you are interested in it, then I think you and I, Julie, if it's okay with you, we'll start another 90 day program for this. It is a lot of work, and unfortunately, or fortunately, Julie and I have to run those sessions ourselves for you guys to get the most out of it, but it is something we love doing. Essentially, when we teach someone to be a real estate coach, it actually is more of an amplification of what our highest and truest purpose is, which is being of service to real estate agents. So when we teach a brand owner or a shell how to be a fantastic real estate coach, they then go off to help hundreds, if not thousands of other agents in their real estate, the businesses in their personal life. So yes, if you think that is you, if that is something you're interested in, please go to harriscertifiedcoach .com and fill out the form, and depending on how you guys react to this little informal notification, which frankly I just thought of about five minutes ago, we might decide to open the doors in that program again. All right, Julie, so let's talk about expired listings. Yes, and this is coming right from the mouths of agents.
Dear Chiefs Podcast
Firefighter Cancer: Diane Cotter Describes Her Husband's Harrowing Diagnosis
"Diane Carter is a self -taught citizen activist who's upright focused and determined efforts in support of her husband fire lieutenant Paul Carter during and after their battle against Paul's occupational cancer served as the inspiration for the documentary Burned protecting the protectors by filmmaker Elijah Yetter Bowman and award -winning actor Mark Ruffalo executive producer. Diane is the ultimate standard bearer a smart outspoken and fearless woman who continues to march at the head of her six -year campaign to remove PFAS forever chemicals from the gear worn by today's firefighters. No less an authority that Ed Kelly general president of the IAFF has properly called Diane Carter the firefighter's hero. The firefighters hero that's uh some big big shoes to fill so Diane tell us your story first of all welcome thanks for being with us I actually watched a movie yesterday that you sent us and I had to pause several times because I was so overwhelmed and so pissed off a couple times good um yeah so we'll talk about the movie but first tell us your story can you give us your background a little bit sure thank you I'm glad to meet you ladies finally in person big follower of the show I love it I love what you do I love that spouses and significant others are involved because um that's what I am that's all that I am it's a it's a fire wife I have no formal education I did get my hairdressers license some years ago and I was the worst hairdresser in the world so I didn't go far but I stayed at home and raised our children until they were about 10 and 11. Paul got on the fire department in 1988 when our son was two months old and our daughter was 18 months old our son is now a firefighter in the same department my husband served at now works in the same station in Worcester they had a beautiful beautiful life we embraced everything that we loved about the fire service his friends became my friends their wives became my my best friends we vacation with them etc. Paul had spent 25 years on the rescue in Worcester he had a 28 -year career at age 55 he decided it was time to climb the ladder so he took the lieutenant's exam and he made lieutenant and he was pretty disappointed because that meant that he'd leave his crew and he had worked with this crew you know on the same shift for 25 years they'd gone through a lot together the Worcester warehouse fire they've gone through so much together at any event we went on vacation with our firefighter families to moosehead lake up in maine and we came back to a beautiful ceremony in Worcester city hall when my husband was promoted to lieutenant along with one of his best buddies and the rescue saw him off and it was wonderful Paul was getting ready getting prepared to go back on to a new rig and he had an appointment to see a doctor because he was going in for cataract surgery his pre -exam showed that he had just a very slightly elevated number in his psa for prostate he had that check regularly as he did a lot of checks for his health because he was a very fitness aware person at any event he did get the call to come in they wanted a biopsy and i thought nothing about a biopsy because to look at him he literally looked like a 45 -year -old at 55 he was very fit very very strong and the picture of health we went to the doctor's office and i can remember that day because i was just so adamant to get this over with this appointment because i had things to do and we were making small talk with the doctor and we were in the tiny doctor's office room the exam room and out of nowhere the doctor said yep it's cancer and in that moment that moment i can remember because i remember i screamed and i fell into the chair and Paul who's almost six feet tall he broke out in this sweat all over his body i could just see the beads of sweat come out from everywhere on him and he sunk into a chair he tore his shirt off and he sunk into a chair and i can remember the doctor talking for 45 minutes and i'm crying and Paul's looking at me looking at the doctor looking at me looking at the doctor and we didn't hear a word he said
Unchained
A highlight from Zeke Faux's Crypto Adventures and His Relationship With Former FTX CEO SBF - Ep. 545
"Everywhere I went in crypto land, I always thought people would say like, basically, everybody bought into this number go up philosophy. People try to pretend that they have some other plan for their business. And time and time again, I would find that their business plan boiled down to number go up. And that's what Alameda's business plan was. Hi, everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no -hive resource for all things crypto. I'm your host, Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians. I started covering crypto eight years ago, and as a senior editor, Forbes was the first mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full time. This is the September 19th, 2023 episode of Unchained. Toku makes implementing global token compensation and incentive awards simple. With Toku, you get unmatched legal and tax tech support to grant and administer your global team's tokens. Make it simple today with Toku. The game has changed. The Google Cloud Oracle built for Layer 0 is now securing every Layer 0 message by default. Their custom end -to -end solution sets itself up to bring its world -class security to Web3 and establish itself as the HTTPS within Layer 0 messaging. Visit Layer0 .network to learn more.
The Teachers Impact
A highlight from #71-Level Up your Classroom Management using Level Design and Class Dojo
"Welcome to the Teachers Impact Podcast, or better yet known as the TIP, where teachers can come to master their craft, use their voice, and enhance student learning. Welcome to the Teachers Impact Podcast, better yet known as the TIP. In today's episode, we'll explore how to use level design and class dojo for better classroom management. If you're as excited as I am, say woo woo! If you find yourself struggling with classroom management or looking to refresh your current plan, you're in for some valuable tips that will lead you to a more effective classroom management. If you don't know, Class Dojo is an online platform that allows students to earn points for developing pro -social skills and displaying good behavior. When I first started using Class Dojo, the novelty and newness of the award system kept my students engaged. However, like any exchangeable award system, the novelty wore off quickly. And so, drawing inspiration from my experience as a Google Maps contributor, where level design keeps us engaged by earning badges for accumulated points, I wonder how I could translate this idea to Class Dojo to keep my students engaged, just as I am when I'm doing Google Maps. So as part of my comprehensive classroom management plan, I introduced a treasure box where students can earn prizes. So instead of relying slowly on my discussion, I tied the prizes to the number of points they accumulated through Class Dojo. So these are the levels that I set up. You can set it up in the way that you feel best fits your students. So for level one, that's the easiest level that the students can get to. That was 300 points, and that would equal one prize from the treasure box. So level two is even harder to get to, which is 900 points. They can get two prizes from the treasure box. Okay, level three, you would have to get 1300 points, and you can get three prizes from the treasure box. So I'm still working on what happens as they go up in the levels. What I will probably do is to make it so that they're able to, one of the prizes or one of the things in the treasure box could be to sit in whichever seat that they choose or sit next to a friend. So I'm updating that this year, so I'll let you know how that goes. So what I did notice with that was once the students reached the highest level, they had the privilege of choosing their award from a selection of options. So students and students lost points for not following the classroom rules. So that's how I set up my Class Dojo using level design. It's really great. The students that I had last year were really into it. It was an incentive for them to really follow the rules and to keep the behavior, be able to manage the behavior more effectively. Definitely something that I would try out if you need something new to help you refresh into just something different for your students to keep with the novelty. And finally, my students did maintain their excitement throughout the year and they made every effort not to lose points. The system helped me to reinforce positive behavior and discourage those negative behaviors. While it may not be a foolproof method, it is an essential part of my effective classroom management plan. For more insights into great classroom management, be sure to check out these episodes of five must -do's for great classroom management and how to build a healthy classroom culture. Incorporating level design for classroom management is one innovative approach to keep students engaged, promote learning, and reinforce positive behavior. Key takeaways from this episode, a comprehensive classroom management plan was implemented, so making sure that you have a plan in place. This is part of the plan, so part of it is incorporating a treasure box where students earn prizes based on their accumulated points in class dojo. Specific point levels were assigned to corresponding prizes in the treasure box, encouraging students to accumulate points for awards. The system that was implemented made students excited and they made all the efforts to avoid losing points throughout the school year. Again, this is not a foolproof system, but it is valuable and can be an essential part of an effective classroom management plan. Thank you so much for listening. Don't forget to check out the website TeachersImpact .net. If you found this content helpful, please share, favorite, and rate on your favorite podcast app. It helps the show to grow, reach more teachers, and have an impact.
The MMQB NFL Podcast
A highlight from Cowboys Defense Dominates & Broncos Struggles Continue
"From I Heart Podcast, Supreme the Battle for Roe tells the story of the unlikely champions behind the landmark case Roe v. Wade, starring Maya Hawk as 26 -year -old lead attorney Sarah Weddington. We're challenging the Texas abortion laws in federal court. And Academy Award nominee William H. Macy as Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. Time is not the most important factor. Getting it right is. Listen to the podcast Supreme the Battle for Roe on the I Heart radio app or AI has the power to automate. But if it's using untrusted data, can you trust the results? Your business doesn't just need AI, it needs the right AI for your business. Introducing WatsonX, a platform designed to multiply output by tailoring AI to your needs. When you WatsonX your business, you can train, tune and deploy AI all with your trusted data. Let's create the right AI for your business with WatsonX. Learn more at ibm .com slash WatsonX. IBM, let's create.
Real Estate Coaching Radio
A highlight from Real Estate Agents: 6 Top Income Destroying, Time Wasting Mistakes
"Welcome to Real Estate Coaching Radio, starring award -winning real estate coaches and number one international bestselling authors, Tim and Julie Harris. This is the number one daily radio show for realtors looking for a no BS, authentic, real time coaching experience. What's really working in today's market, how to generate more leads, make more money and have more time for what you love in your life. And now your hosts, Tim and Julie Harris. Three, two, one and Julie Harris. We are back. And today we're going to be talking about six of the worst income wrecking mistakes agents are making in today's market. But before we get to the first point, I think you have a really great story from our friend in LA, Federico. Yes. Who is not making the deal wrecking mistakes. In fact, this story, I hope the listeners pay attention because it's going to wind a whole bunch of things together. That's right. So we're starting off by telling you the story of what happens if you don't make six of the income wrecking mistakes with this story. And then we're going to get into the weeds as far as what you need to be avoiding. That's right. Okay. So this is a text from Federico who lives and sells in Los Angeles. He says, hi, Julie. This is hot off the presses right from maybe a couple of days ago. Federico says, I just finished showing clients a new construction community while the build rep was showing us the model, a lady walked in and asked if she could listen in on the build reps presentation. She communicated that she and her husband were looking to downsize and was asking the builder how the financing would work. Okay. So let's stop just for a second. How many of you listening in Los Angeles believe that there's no new construction around? We could just start with that point, but moving forward, uh, during that conversation, I asked her what her situation was and asked if she needed the funds from the sale of her property in order to close on the one she might be looking at. That led to the build rep stating that they would only finance her if her current home was in escrow. So there's a lot to that too. Which by the way, that's probably the build rep not really knowing anything about how to, you know, sell a house using financing because the reality of it is, is the builder wasn't actually using their own money. They were using a mortgage broker and she probably still could have worked that deal, but she was looking for the easier deals of people that had no home sale contingency. That's right. And we're using kind of a lame objection handler. No, you can't do that. Exactly. Which positions our friend Federico listening. That's right. Now, when the build rep exited the room, she thanked me for helping her articulate her points. This is the walk -in potential buyer and asked if I could email her all the information for the new build to which I responded that I was the agent for the other couple in the room, but that I would be happy to help her. That led me to, led me to asking her to, uh, how soon she needed to go on the market. When she responded, uh, we are still decluttering. I don't know where to start or how it all works. I asked her where the home was and what they were asking and asked when I could stop by and see it since I may already have someone. How many of you guys would have gone for the appointment right then and there? Think about that. She answered, that sounds great. We need to declutter first. So I won't, it won't be possible until at least later next month. Let me also work on my husband as far as the new purchase goes and then we can schedule an exact date for you to come by. I got her contact information. Another mistake that agents sometimes fall into. I got her contact information and stopped the conversation since I did not want to be rude in front of my existing clients there. When I left the showing, I called this lady. There's the immediate fallback, uh, follow up. I called this lady back to continue the conversation and to schedule a tentative day and time to go look at the property. She said that she and her husband will be going on a short trip and that we can circle back after my trip. We'll only be gone for a week. During the call, she asked me what commission I would charge. By the way, people don't ask that if they're not serious, do they? Okay. She asked about my commission to which I said, that's a great question. I actually have a flexible fee. What's the best email for you so I can send you a little bit about me and my team and about how we work. That'd be the pre listing package. That way when we meet at the house, we can focus on the items that are most important to you. Also part of the script you learned in premier coaching. It's a textbook. Totally 5 ,000 % textbook. She gave me her email, thanked me for helping her while at the new construction and expressed that she was excited to have me come by their house. There you have it. Now certainly by the way, dad, on what you said with regards to the people asking about commission that quick, 99 % of the time when they ask out of the gates like that, it's because they've got another agent in their back pocket, which it probably isn't a professional agent in the sense that maybe it's somebody they just know as their neighbor or uncle Bob who basically lists the house every thousand years or something like that, who will probably do it for free. That type of question was that the agent, I'm sorry, the seller was looking for a reason to take uncle Bob out of the equation because she really liked Federico and wanted to do business with him. Most importantly though, to your point, he used the scripts that we teach these guys to use in premier coaching and that was one of the obvious scripts that we use that you learn when you're presenting the pre -listening pack and the listening presentation. All this was woven together and what we're trying to express to all of you, so hopefully you're all understanding, is there's opportunity everywhere. You just have to go where the opportunity is and quit waiting for the opportunity to come to you. Which leads us, Julie, perfectly into point number one and remember guys, these are the top six income killing mistakes that agents are making now and frankly in a lot of cases have normalized. That's right. So point number one or mistake number one, and we're also going to have some action steps how to fix these problems ASAP. Mistake number one, playing the waiting game, waiting for the market to crash, waiting for interest rates to come down, waiting for inventory. Waiting doesn't get transactions into your pipeline, nor does it help your clients and prospects to achieve their goals. You must take control of your day, your week, your month, your quarter, and your year in order to defeat the waiting game. Say this at least 10 times, if it's meant to be, it's up to me, and then take control. We're going to give you some action steps here. All right, so first action step on this mistake, accept the fact that there are zero indicators that the market's going to crash. Zero. Remove it from your head. While there are some price ranges in some markets this year where it's set to, I'm sorry, where there are some price reductions is what that should say in some markets, this year is set to close with between five and 9 % increase in home values. I wonder how many people actually know that. I mean, with all these headlines that are supposed to basically make you think there's a housing crash, do you all know that real estate in the mainland United States is increased in value by at least 5%, in some cases around 10 % year over year? So yes, despite the headlines about prices falling, home values have still increased. That's right. Now, low inventory, stable demand, lots of new construction, and rising prices are not indicators of a housing crash. Those things do not exist in a housing crash. Now, if any of that changes, you can hear about it here, we'll let you know. So it's important that we remind them that we are at, what, a 20 or 30 year low for the number of mortgages that are in any sort of distress? Yes. It's like less than 3 %? It's less than 3%, a historic low, and that includes all of the forbearances and things that happened around COVID. That's all baked in at this point. Do you remember all the people that were, you know, of course, these real estate prognosticators were trying to sell you lists on how to get into REOs and all this other stuff? How they were saying, oh, you wait until all those people on mortgage forbearance, all those COVID mortgage forbearances, those houses are all going to default. None of them defaulted, did they? You see how there are some people, guys, who only think that they can make money, only think they can help people when the market's going one particular direction. So what they do is they wait around and hope and pray that the sky falls so that they can be right. And that is, I suppose, a business model. But the reality of it is you can help people make money no matter what direction the market is going. You don't just have to wait for the direction that it's been going. For example, a lot of you, to Julie's point, were waiting around for their interest rates to lower, waiting around for the mortgage stuff to clear, become easier, inventory to increase. Stop waiting around. There's inventory everywhere. It's not just where it's like what Federico discovered. It's hidden, in essence. You have to go to where it's at. You have to go to where the market opportunity is. Stop waiting for the market opportunity to show up on your computer screen. Yes. And when you go to new construction where he went, especially in those price ranges, go where the buyers are looking. You will also find listings. That's right. OK. So again, we're back to the waiting game. So you said that. So we have to drill down. Because I always have to remind myself and you that we have people that are maybe listening to us for the first time ever. And yes, this is the number one Listen To Dilly podcast for real estate professionals in the United States. Tens of thousands of people downloading it. But for the one person that's discovered this for the first time, defining what Julie just said, if you're going to, as Federico did, go look, essentially show buyers or go to a new construction area where the new construction is, say, $800 to, say, on up, chances are the person purchasing one of those new construction homes, they're going to have a house to sell. So that means that probably realistically 90 % of the buyers, air quoting here, that are interested in new construction actually also are sellers. But how many of you think like that? How many of you think buyer or seller? You can't be both. Always assume that your buyer is actually a seller and where you focus your energy is on the listing side of things, because that's what's going to be the juggernaut to them moving forward with any, you know, like they're not going to buy anything but to sell the home most likely. So you can't, if you just focus on the buy side of the conversation, you're never going to get to where the real opportunity is on the list side. Once you have the listing, you will obviously sell that house, well, we've done studies on this, you'll sell an average of six other houses off one listing. With a buyer, you will sell a buyer a house. So open your mind to the opportunities that are all around you. Stop thinking and stop sitting around waiting for, you know, something to change. You're the change that needs to happen if you're not liking your, you know, your project, your your momentum right now into the new market. Yes. And you uncovered another mistake, which is assuming that, you know, it's just it's another buyer. I already am up to my eyeballs and buyers and there's no inventory. So why would I want another buyer? You're missing the point. Buyers bring listings and in those price ranges in the right range, you can get buyers who have a listing that are less expensive than the new construction and more expensive than the new construction downsizing. You can actually work both ends of that. Well, it's a frustrating it's frankly the wrong way to go about it. If you're trying to sell a buyer a house and try to find them the right house, the perfect house, all the rest of it, yet they have a house to sell. I'll give you a little advanced coaching here. None of them are going to emotionally commit to purchasing something unless they happen to have the cash to pay for it, which is unlikely. You know, they're not going to have the cash without the sale of their current home. So they won't emotionally commit to anything until at least their first their existing home is listed for sale, let alone in contract. So this is the type of, you know, thinking you need to adjust towards and realizing that the best opportunity is always going to be on the listing side of the business. That's right. So here's the thing back to a point or mistake. Number one, waiting around. Well, what about interest rates? Interest rates will eventually get lower, but are not likely to go below five and a half to six and a half percent, maybe even for the rest of your career. What we just went through is not the norm. So stop wishing for the old market and embrace the new market. Now, that said, there was an interesting there are some political hubbub that's floating around about the fact that, you know, different politicians are starting to lobby for the idea that there's going to be I told you about this. I heard that crazy permanent 30 year mortgages at three percent, which I mean, it sounds great, right? Even if it were four percent, it would be pretty interesting. Well, yeah, they're going to sell like 100 year bonds and finance it and the whole thing and that could stimulate something. Oh, my gosh. But it's also going to well, so let's think about this. You're going to massively increase demand. And what that's what is that going to do to the cost of real estate as well as inventory available? Right. So you might have a low interest rate, but, you know, the four hundred thousand dollar house you're interested in buying is now worth two million. So anyway, I would circle the wagons back probably to new construction if that happens. We'll see. We'll see. We'll monitor that. OK, so the weighting gain. Learn about several ways to achieve a lower rate and a lower payment. What rates are higher than a lot of people want? Refer to last week's podcast about three ways to achieve lower mortgage interest rates. Learn about what the builders are doing. Many new home loans are closing today in our times where rates are over seven. The new construction loans are closing the mid five, five and a half range right now. So take action to find out where in your market is that actually happening? All right. So mistake number two, there was a lot wrapped up in number one, number two, expecting your buyers to send you what they want to look at versus finding the right homes for them yourself. We've done so many podcasts. I know, but this is such a mistake. You know, yes, we know that buyers can find listings online. There's five million different resources. But what happens when they take them to you? Isn't it already in contract? Aren't there already multiple bids? And then you believe there's nothing and you wait for them to go discover something. It is not their job to find something. And furthermore, well, let me get in my points. I probably talked about this. So get and use the buyer presentation, which drills down on specifically what your buyer clients desire in their next home. That can be a mistake is not knowing the specifics. What is a deal maker and what's a deal killer? Are both people on the same page? If you're working with a couple, can you handle objections like I want to wait for rates to come down or prices to come down or both? We talked about that previously. Now, once you know what they need, that they are motivated and they're qualified, it is your job to find them the right home. Think out of the box. Refer to our podcast series about how to find inventory. So, for example, consider changing the type of property, single family to maybe a town home or a condo or vice versa. And the price range, in fact, sometimes going a little bit down market can actually find good alternatives, expanding the geographic search or looking at new construction. And there's a counterpoint here. I've been working on this with coaching clients, OK, which is when a buyer does send you that magic listing. I got to see that. They're really juiced up about it. And that's the only thing they sent you today. OK, so why that one versus everything else that they saw? Ask them why that one and then have two or three backup houses set up. You can always cancel showing appointments. Right. Because what if they're wrong? What if the MLS pictures didn't have the power tower in the backyard? Have another plan. You have a showing appointment. Go sell something. Does that make sense? It does, of course. But I mean, I just we could talk forever about this point because there are so many different places where they can go and look for homes that are officially for sale. But really, I was thinking if I are coaching somebody right now, this you're gearing a lot of your points towards too many buyers, basically. Yeah. And your last point, I really like because you're in essence saying, well, make make it so that the buyers are working with because there's never a true have to buy buyer. There's always want to buy buyers. In other words, there's never a buyer. There's buyers will always change their mind. That's the problem. They're always going to say, I'll wait till next year to raise the fall, wait for pigs to fly, whatever it's going to be. Whereas if you're focusing on a listing, the sellers actually have to sell usually for financial reasons or, you know, whatever it just overall right now, obviously you're going to make more money and have more leverage and freedom if you're focused on being a listing agent. So what would happen if you decided to actually become a coaching client, actually follow our system, actually build up to your magic number of listings, which for many of you is maybe five or seven listings, sometimes depending on your price point, might only be three. And the only buyers you work with are those are the sellers that want to buy something. In other words, stop working with buyers that don't actually have homes to sell. Start valuing your time more and you'll get far better results. But it's also going to force you to become a far better listing agent, far better, you know, proactively generated for the sake of listings. And you're going to get vastly better at prequalifying because you're going to be, guess what, choosing who you're going to work with. So if you're finding yourself emotionally and financially burning it at both ends, it's probably because you just don't have any standards. It's probably because you're working with just about anybody. You're willing to pay referral fees. You're buying all your buyer leads. You're not really running a business, guys, in the sake that, you know, you're going to have any kind of, frankly, security going forward. So really pivot your thinking and ask yourself, would I rather be a really amazingly strong listing agent or buyer's agent? Every single one of you want to focus on being a listing agent in a lot of ways. You have to kind of choose because the buyers will suck up all your energy and your time. Now, if you want to transition from being one to the other, go back to the fact that, you know, you need to prequalify better. You need to actually ask those buyers if they have homes to sell. Depending on the price point, you're going to discover that most of them do. And then guess what you do? You pivot and focus on the listing side of it because that's when you're going to create the leverage. Joining our premier coaching program is free. The link to join is below, along with all the notes from today's show. So just scroll below and you'll see if it's on YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, it doesn't matter where. Scroll down their notes for today's show. Yes, Julie and I create outlines for every single podcast we do. For you. We do it so you guys can go back and you can read what we said. That way you can actually implement what we're asking and suggesting that you do. And while you're there, do join premier coaching. It costs you nothing. The link is right there below. Or you can just, frankly, go to premier coaching dot com or text the word premier to 47372. All right, Julie, let's roll up to mistake number three. Mistake number three. Yep. All right. Not having enough leads in the first place. Speaking of lead generation, if you're struggling with lead generation, it's time to get some help before it's too late. Now, more than ever, it's critical that you generate more leads than you think you need in order to do the business you need to do. To your point that no buyer ever actually has to buy. So you have to overdo your lead generation so that you can find those listing leads in particular. Well, if you want to sell, for example, if you want to sell 10 houses in the next six months or maybe it's the next 60 days or next 30 days. And normally, let's say you are you know, let's assume that you're somewhat efficient and you know, you have a ratio. Let's say, for example, if you have 10, well, let's say you have six seller leads, you know that statistically three or four of those are going to list with you in the next 30 to 60 days. You're going to need to double that in a market like this because people are there's going to be a lot of a lot of headwinds that you're not necessarily going to be able to control, mostly with lack of inventory. So you're going to have to pace out your expectations and increase the number of contacts and increase the number of leads you're working with. But it always goes back to really drilling down the leads you are working with. Otherwise, what you're going to quickly discover is that you have hundreds, if not thousands of unqualified, unmotivated, quote unquote, leads, and none of them are doing transactions with you. And why? Because you're not taking the time to go in there and prequalify them. If you're one of these agents who have falsely believed that the way to win this game is by having massive amounts of leads, I challenge you to do this. Go in, grab our seller prequalification script or our buyer prequalification script, which turns into the seller prequalification script, and call every single one of your leads. You'll discover many things. Number one, the ones you've been dripping on for a long period of time. Some of them don't even know why you're messaging them or have never even seen your messages, let alone know who you are. Number two, some of them already transacted months ago, but you didn't call them. So they didn't transact with you. Number three, you're going to find people that are actually motivated and they're waiting for you to call. You've been treating them like a buyer and sending them home buyer tips and all the rest of it through your drip campaigns. But now because you have them on the phone, they'll actually commit to working with you. You've got to stop being passive with your life, but especially with your lead generation. Well put. So that all goes back to not having enough leads in the first place. So sign up for Premier Coaching with our Harris certified coaches because they're going to start by asking some specific questions like, where did your past five transactions come from? Was it luck and hopium or did you connect with those clients through a proven system or strategy? If it was a proven system or strategy, why did you stop doing it? How many leads do you actually have in your pipeline? To your point, what your story, you were just saying, what I was thinking is a lot of agents think that they're leads, but they're just contacts. They're just people in your database. Why are you calling them leads? You don't know if they're a lead or not because you're not talking to them. Now you also might have a lead conversion issue versus a lead generation issue. That's something that the coaches drill down on. Where are you spending money to generate buyer and listing leads and what is that conversion ratio and how many contacts are you actually making daily where you're speaking with a decision -making adult about real estate? That's just the beginning of great coaching questions to drill down on why you might not have enough leads or appointments. Well, where you're spending money to generate buyer and listing leads. I mean, obviously it was assumptive, right? In other words, she's not suggesting you spend money to generate buyer and seller listing leads. Uh, but she's suggesting that you actually go in and question, frankly, uh, whether or not that money that you're spending to generate leads from those sources actually makes any sense because we know you're doing it.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A highlight from POA5 Know your Commander and Comrades Put On The Armor A Manual for Spiritual Warfare w/Dr. Paul Thigpen Ph.D. Discerning Hears Catholic Podcasts
"Discerninghearts .com, in cooperation with TAN Books, presents Put on the Armor, A Manual for Spiritual Warfare, with Dr. Paul Thickepen. Dr. Thickepen is an internationally known speaker, bestselling author, and award -winning journalist who has published 43 books in a wide variety of genres and subjects, including The Rapture Trap, A Catholic Response to End Times Fever, and The Manual for Spiritual Warfare, the book on which this series is based. In 2008, Dr. Thickepen was appointed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to their National Advisory Council. He has served the Church as a theologian, historian, apologist, evangelist, and catechist in a number of settings, speaking frequently in Catholic and secular media broadcasts and at conferences, seminars, parish missions, and scholarly gatherings. Put on the Armor, A Manual for Spiritual Warfare, with Dr. Paul Thickepen. I'm your host, Chris McGregor. Paul, thank you again so much for joining me. Thanks for the invitation to be here, Chris. God bless you. Well, in our previous conversations, we've kind of delineated what the battle is and who the enemy and some of the different ways he and those evil spirits, essentially the diabolical spirits, can assail us. But in this particular series of conversations, we want to talk about the commanders and our comrades who are just incredible in why the victory has been won. And it's so important because it's the warfare can be intense. And you start thinking about the power that the devil has and his demons and those kinds of things. It could be easy to get terrified or intimidated. But the good news is that he's already been defeated and that our Lord, by his passion and death and resurrection, has already defeated him. And that's why St. Paul could say to the Corinthians, thanks be to God, who's given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. So that's so incredible. We would be lost without him. It would be terrible. You know, I think back to the days when my final days as an atheist and where I had begun to encounter demonic powers, but still didn't believe in God. And it shocked me out of my materialist position that all that existed was kind of what you could see in here, matter and energy. And I finally realized there are other things out there that are beyond this nature that I see around me and they're evil and they're out to eat my lunch. And, you know, came close to despair at that moment. If those things are real, I don't have a chance. And yet I realized, but, you know, the same people and the same books that told me so long ago that these things were real also said that there was a God and a Lord Jesus Christ who conquered them. I'm going to go back and read and I'm going to go back to those people and talk again. If there's a devil and there's no God, I'm really in trouble. But if there's a devil and there is God, then there's hope. And that's that's the message. There's hope because of our commander. In the manual for spiritual warfare, over and over and over again, you cite scripture passage upon scripture passage that really helps us to kind of like our Lord in the desert, just identify constantly what that is and then talk back to it in the sense that it's not our words, but it's his words. And of course, I mean with a capital H. And it is so much more powerful. There's, you know, it's one thing for us and our own words are important, too. But it's one thing for us to resist the enemy and tell him to flee or contradict what he says to us. But when we do it in the words of Jesus himself, our faith is so much greater, our confidence is so much greater that that what we say is true. And the enemy goes to accuse us and we take the words of scripture that the accuser of the brethren has been cast down. He is an accuser and he's been cast down or that in his glorious triumph he'll come with all the saints in the armies of heaven or Saint John's words, which I come to again and again. He says, you are of God, dear children, and have overcome him, the devil, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. And how many times have I had to say that to the enemy? The one who's in me is greater than you are. So get lost. That's right. And that's something that we always have to remember. We had those two incredible witnesses, and in so many of the writings and scriptures, but in particular of Saint Paul and Saint John, Saint Paul says, it's not I who live, but it's Christ who lives in me. And here, just as you cited in 1 John, John the Apostle tells us once again, he who is in you, he is greater than he who is in the world. Who is in us? The great commander, our Lord Jesus Christ. In the end, the enemy is only a creature. He's a very powerful one. He has powers we don't have, but he's not some God of equal power to the good God. You know, so we're not dualists. We don't believe that there's a good God and a bad God who have to fight it out through history. He's a creature who went wrong, and even though he's very powerful, God is still God. There's only one God who's omnipotent, who's all -powerful and all -knowing. And as Saint Paul says, that he will soon crush the devil beneath your feet. And that's such a powerful promise to hold on to. And you alluded to earlier as well, those armies of heaven, which consist, as Saint Paul said in the letters to the Thessalonians 1 and 2, it's with all his saints and it's with the angels. It's that beautiful reference in Revelation that talks about Christ coming back as a warrior. And I know a lot of folks aren't comfortable with that image of Christ as warrior because we just think of him as the suffering servant and the lamb of God. And all that's true, but the book of Revelation shows him not just as the lamb who was slain, but also as the conquering warrior at the end who does finally totally crush and corral all the enemies of the saints, all the evil that we're fighting against. And talks about when he comes, he comes with the armies of heaven. And so you ask, well, who would be the armies of heaven? Well, Saint Paul then comes in and he specifies that in 1 Thessalonians 3, 13, he says he will come with all his saints. And in 2 Thessalonians, he says he'll come with the angels of his power. So those are like the two great divisions, you might say, of his army, of his host. Those are the comrades we have in battle. The queen of the saints, the queen of the angels, Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, she is also referred to as the queen of humility. And yet it's in that humility that the irony of it, can we say, that she is able to crush the head of the servant. You know, I think it's important for us to see that what Our Lady did was to undo what Eve had done and to undo what the devil had done. How did the devil fall? Through his own pride. You know, we get in the book of Isaiah, the words that I will ascend to the mountain of the Lord, you know, and he wanted to take God's place. And so his great pride gets undone. It gets overturned by Our Lady's humility, by, you know, his fiat was, I will rule, and her fiat was, let it be done to me according to thy word. And so her humility overturns his. And she undoes what the devil did. She unties that knot that the devil tied, so to speak. And you get that predicted, prophesied all the way back in Genesis, when the Lord speaks to the serpent, who, of course, represents the devil, says, I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed. He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. And that's why, of course, we have all these wonderful images of Our Lady, not just with the crown of stars above her head and the moon beneath her feet, as we get the image in the book of Revelation, but also with the head of the serpent crushed underneath her heel. Because though Jesus did the direct battle, she, by her fiat, by her agreement with the Lord, yes, of course, do what you want and I will bear your son. By that fiat, she also took part in that crushing of the serpent's head. And Eve gave a yes to the enemy's temptation and brought death and the devil's domination to the world. But Mary's yes to God instead of the enemy opened the door for the ultimate victory of her son over Satan. That's why we call her the new Eve. By her obedience to God, she undid what the first Eve had done by her disobedience. Well, one of the great saints that you mentioned here is not only a doctor of the church, but a loyal son of St. Francis, that St. Bonaventure, who writes so very strongly that, and he was a brilliant, brilliant, intelligent man, but even he had to acknowledge that men do not fear a powerful, hostile army as much as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary. And we get that, you know, it's not just a speculation. There's all kinds of experience of that and exorcisms. A recent exorcist who talks about how an enemy, a demon, was protesting over the praying of a Hail Mary and saying every time, I'm paraphrasing, but every time you say that Hail Mary, it's like a hammer hitting my head. They have such a hatred for Our Lady, and they know that she's overcome them. She's the Queen of Angels, and as I say in one of my prayers in here, she's the Queen of Angels, and she's the bane of devils. They fear her and they tremble before her. Her name is terrible and powerful, it's the name of Jesus. Well, to them particularly, it's so beautiful that in the Manual for Spiritual Warfare, you have a whole section on prayers to Our Lady.
Crypto Camel Podcast
A highlight from Genesis, FTX and UK Crime Regulations
"Support for CryptoCamel is provided by you, the listener. We couldn't make this show come to life without your support. So make sure to subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcast. We love our community to chat about what upcoming cryptos are next to go to the moon and what hidden gems are going to be the next big thing. Hey, hey, welcome to another episode of CryptoCamel. This is your host, Jon Safran. On today's episode, we're going to discuss what's happening with Genesis, FTX, and some regulatory mandates that are coming from China and a new bill that's coming from the UK government. So to kick this off, we're going to talk about Genesis and how they're going to stop offering crypto trading services. So Genesis has announced that it will no longer offer crypto trading services, and these include digital assets spot and derivative services. The development comes after it reached a credit agreement with the DGC or digital currency group. And the agreement allows a 70 to 90 % credit recovery. Genesis had to take the call to halt its crypto services after suffering massively from last year's collapse of FTX and the three arrows capital. So last year's crypto winter was horrible for the entire crypto industry, and its effect can even be seen in recent times. BTC currently is trading around $26 ,600, which is down from its all -time high of $65 ,000. The company has interacted with the media to clarify that the decision is voluntary and has been taken for business -related reasons. Genesis no longer offers crypto trading services, and Genesis additionally said in the media statement that they have been terminated from the DGCI. And the DGC has earlier announced that it was narrowing down its efforts to reach an agreement with Genesis in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The idea was to resolve the claims as soon as possible. Meanwhile, interest in the blockchain technology is growing across the world, with governments and financial institutions looking to explore the technology. And the objective is to facilitate cross -border transactions securely and at a lower cost. Ripple had claimed that the technology had the capability of saving at least $10 billion in cross -border transactions. However, that can only happen by the end of 2030. And also, financial institutions and customers are estimated to experience faster execution of a transaction. So Genesis and DGC, they claim that DGC owed $500 million along with $4 ,500 BTC. And the court documents have revealed that the actual amount may be somewhere around $600 million. And it dates back to September 7, 2023, when Genesis alleges that DCG borrowed $500 million across four loans from Genesis. And this happened in 2022 and was in addition to borrowing $18 ,697 BTC in 2019. So Genesis filed for bankruptcy in January this year, claiming that DCG and DCGGI were wrongfully in possession of property that actually belonged to the bankruptcy state of Genesis Global Capital. Loans have matured and are payable as of May 2023. However, DCG wants to convert them to open loans. And Genesis never confirmed agreeing to this and continues to seek repayment. On September 15, 2023, Genesis said that it is now shutting down its crypto trading services after reaching a conclusion with DCG. It's an ambiguous reason and has been given for a series of ceasing the services and stating that the voluntary reason has been taken for business reasons. Now, the community and media platforms wait for more specific reason. However, customers continue to wait for instructions about what they should do if they have deposited their funds and are in the middle of executing a trade or have executed the trade. Now, on to news with FTX and the FTX bankruptcy state is suing Sam Bankman -Fried's parents, Joseph and Barbara, to try to claw back some misappropriated funds. And the filing redacted in part asked the court to award the FTX estate damages the return of any property given or payment made to the parents. And the bankrupt crypto exchange has sued founder and former CEO Sam Bankman -Fried's parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, to recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds. Now, the company said this in their filing on Monday. And the filing, which was redacted in part, asks the court to award the FTX estate damages the return of any property given or payments made to the parents by FTX in the past and punitive damages resulting from conscious, willful and malicious conduct.
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Awards Chatter
"awards" Discussed on Awards Chatter
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Awards Chatter
"awards" Discussed on Awards Chatter
"Hi everyone and thank you for joining us for the 479th episode of The Hollywood Reporter's awards chatter podcast. I'm the host Scott feinberg. And for those of you tuning in, we are recording this episode in front of an audience of students at Chapman university, where I'm a trustee professor. My guest today is a fantastic actor whose journey from 1980s child stardom in films like 1980 fours Indiana Jones and the temple of doom and 1980 5s The Goonies to an Oscar nomination this year for everything everywhere all at once is nothing short of incredible. A 51 year old Vietnamese born man, he was, as The Associated Press put it, one of the most incredible faces and voices of the 1980s, and as GQ noted, he was also at the time one of the only visible Asian faces in any western media, much less two of the biggest blockbusters on the planet. And then, for more than two decades, he disappeared from the public eye. But not from the business he loved. The story of his return to acting, which has resulted in Gotham Golden Globe critics choice New York Film Critics Circle Los Angeles Film Critics Association and national society of film critics awards, as well as a BAFTA nomination and pending spirit sag and Academy Award nominations could be a movie itself. Indeed, he is now poised to become the first Asian male to ever win an individual sag award for acting in film and only the second Asian performer to ever take home the best supporting actor Oscar. The first, since Hangzhou for the killing fields, 38 years ago. To quote a recent piece in the Los Angeles Times, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in American lives, but he'd never met kihei Kwan. Would you please join me in welcoming to Chapman university, mister Kwan. That's for you. Wow, this is incredible. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. Thank you, wow. Thank you so much for coming. Oh, you know what? I was gonna, I don't know, man. I'm trying not to cry tonight, okay? But I think this is a bad start for me. So let's start at the very beginning. Where were you born? And what did your folks do for a living? Oh, I was born in Vietnam in Saigon. It used to be called Saigon. It's called hold you mean city now, two Chinese parents. And my dad is a businessman. He owned a factory that manufacturers trash bags. And my mom, at that time, only clothing store, but then when they gave up everything they had to get our entire family here to the United States, it was a tough for them. So to me, to this day, they are the heroes of my life. To the yeah.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"awards" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"But I watched him play in LA on Thursday. And look, I've been hard on Christian wood in the past. I thought his Houston run was terrible, I think, you know, his defense has oftentimes been indifferent. Let's call it, to be charitable about that. But he just works in Dallas, like playing off of Luka Dončić, works for him. He's at least trying, I think, more defensively in Dallas. I mean, you saw, he had 5 blocks in that double overtime game against the Lakers, including one which I guess should have been a foul on LeBron at the end of that game, but you know, I bring wood up because he's eligible for contract extension now and there's been talk of the Mavericks trading him if they don't get a contract extension with him done so they don't risk losing him for nothing. At the end of the year, I know Christian wood wants to get paid. I would too. This is your opportunity. But he's got a good thing out there, man. He has got a situation where he is playing off arguably the best player in the NBA, a guy that draws defenses or defenders like a magnet and puts him in a position for wide open threes, which is what Christian wood does or lobs, which is what Christian wood does. So if I'm Christian wood, I'm not saying take a low ball offer here, but if your desire is to go into free agency and sign a four year max level deal with like Charlotte, I hope the money's worth it. Like the money, maybe it will be. Maybe you need that maybe you want that extra cash, but if there's a pathway to getting a deal done with the Dallas Mavericks, Christian wood needs to do it. Because he works there and he didn't work in Detroit and I'm not sure he's going to work anywhere else. It's just my two cents on it. Yeah, and that's the thing, right? Like he could get a big payday by some team that really badly needs an offensive minded big man who can do some things or whatever, a Charlotte or whoever. And, you know, it might be where he makes the most money, but it will probably be a place where he never gets to win at this level again. And that's a tough thing. It's not a lot about this over the years of covering this league and moderating my own position quite a bit. I used to really on some level it would bother my sensibilities if a guy went for the money instead of winning and I've changed on that. It's obviously one, it's not our lives to lead. Our choice to make. So there's that. But you know, yeah, winning is really important and we project this as media and fans we project this on to these guys. Well, they should all want to win at the highest level, even if it means sacrificing shots or sacrificing some dollars. Easy for us to say. I would not blame Christian wood if he went for the bag somewhere else if it were a bigger bag. But yeah, ideally for his career, you know, you said it. There's no better situation for him. And if he can continue to evolve defensively, try to be more accountable at that end of the court. He certainly has the athleticism and the ability to be a better defender. And playing off of Luca, and the Mavericks, perpetually one player away. You know, they get that one other guy whoever it may be and they're in business. So they don't even need they don't need not to make this a maverick's discussion, but they don't need a second superstar.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"awards" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"We talk about every week and most of the time it's justified, but here we are at this point. Several things wrong with that. Number one, like, where's darvin ham in that situation? Like, you have a timeout left, like Russell Westbrook gets to stop. He's dribbling the ball up, and once you see that look in Russell Westbrook's eye, where he sees red. He sees Joel embiid standing in front of him and he says, I'm gonna go get him. Why darvin ham? Are you not running towards the referee and calling time out? You still would have given yourself ten seconds. You could have run a play. LeBron was 15 for 23 in that game. One of his best games of the season. That's the guy you've got to get a touch. You've got to get the ball in LeBron's hands. I do have a slight issue with LeBron too because if you watch that play develop, like LeBron kind of coasts up the floor and doesn't go get the ball. Like if I'm LeBron, I am stomping my feet clapping saying give me the ball. I know, look, not that he needed to take the shot, but the ball needed to touch his hand. Howard, on the same night, we saw the nuggets go out of their way to get Nikola Jokić the ball at the end of that game. And jokic, that wasn't a high percentage shot. Like that was a great shot, but it wasn't a high percentage shot. It was a step back three pointer from a 7 footer that was not, I don't care who you are. That was not a high percentage shot. But they made sure he got the ball. In those situations, LeBron James needs to touch the basketball. I just was flabbergasted by that entire sequence at the end of that game. And look, I understand DARPin Hamm has to support his guy. He has been staunchly in Westbrook's corner from day one, and that's really the only way you can keep him engaged with this team, but the idea that he would take that, what did he say? You know, 6 times a week and twice on Sunday, whatever he said. No, no, no. The ball needed to go in LeBron's hand. A timeout should have been called. They should have run a play and they would have had a chance to win a game that they may need in April come playoff time. That was an NBA TV game, so when the game ended at least on my TV, it went to the NBA TV studio and they had Terry stotts and Sam Mitchell there, both of course, you know, have coached a lot of years in the NBA. And they were dancing around a little bit, like Sam Mitchell initially went all in on the idea. Like, you got a call timeout and it was funny because he kind of went through this thing about how casta is still new to the NBA TV thing. And I don't know how many times he's been on this season or I haven't seen all of it or what he said, but he actually kind of said, initially it was kind of agree with Mitchell about that Darwin's got a call timeout, but then he was like, you know, we've got in trouble a couple of times for the things which were second guessing, so I don't really want to go there. Like he was trying to be very careful with respectful of darvin ham and they even went to the extent of saying, you know, this is one of
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"awards" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"If anyone's looked it up, but has anyone ever won coach of the year as essentially not the interim because they gave Jacques a contract. So he's not interim. But as the in season replacement and become coach of the year, it's been an impressive turnaround. It's due to a lot of things. We've talked about this, not to diminish anything as Jacques van has done. I think he's been the right voice in the right leader at the right time. But they got healthy. Ben Simmons started to get his game together, not so much recently. Let's see how they do with Durant out for two, three, four weeks, whatever it's going to be. That's going to impact how we view this. And right now, by the way, they're going to without Durant and kairi's been shrinking from the moment. So that's going to impact things. My next ban up on that ballot though, even possibly before Mike Brown might just be Willie green, they have seamlessly incorporated Zion back and as ions out, but bringing Zion in as a guy who had not even played with this group, right? It was almost like he was a new player to that team because they found their footing last season after the McCollum trade and the incorporated McCollum with Ingram. Then they bring in Zion. Now you got a big three, then Ingram's out. Zion's in. Like, a lot of youth on this roster. There's just a lot that Willie green has had to manage with this group. And I think he's done a fantastic job and then just to note this, the coach of the year race is always like 6, 7, 8 deep. Like there's always a bunch of good candidates depending on whether you're pulling from the top tier of teams or that middle tier where somebody's made a leap, all the guys we mentioned are going to be in this race. Missoula, as you mentioned, is in this race. I think Taylor Jenkins is in this race with the grizzlies. I think Michael Malone never gets enough credit for what the nuggets do year in year out, despite always having guys hurt, despite always having to reshuffle the deck despite a franchise star in jokic who you know is not going to be your defensive anchor. And you always have to try to patch things up around him. Like there's a lot of things that Michael Malone has to manage there that he just never gets enough credit for and probably should be on some balance as well. All right, so you would go Jacques Vaughn number one and just ahead of Willie green and Mike Brown, I think if we're doing the typical three man ballot. Okay. Yeah, yeah, look at that, that's a perfectly reasonable one thing. Jack bond's been instrumental to that team's success, settling that locker room, being kind of the respected guy in that locker room.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"awards" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Been a ton of fun to watch. It has been all right, so you want with staff. I've got SGA with an obvious nod towards Tatum and Yanis would be like the legitimate vote. Yes, and I do think Giannis is also in great position to win this award. Yeah. I know their offense has slipped recently, but in brook Lopez has been probably maybe even a bigger factor for how good their defense has been this year, but for them to have the record they have without Chris Middleton. Exactly. They've been fantastic. And the Celtics have been absolutely lights out too. So those two teams at the top of the Eastern Conference. I think ultimately the race, if those two teams stay where they are, I think the race comes down to Tatum and Yanis, but we'll say, I also think the finals might come down to them. 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They've had just a rotating revolving door of injuries, pain comes back, urbains out, tracks and comes back, marantz out all those guys have missed time, Dylan Brooks, John morant doesn't be and triple J have yet to play. A possession together so far this season. Obviously you got will hardy and what he's doing with the jazz, although the jazz have taken. They fall in love. But I think you gotta go Joe Missoula. You're going, the Boston Celtics. Listen, I can't let this podcast and I said, coaching has to matter. So the Celtics have to be taking a step back because you Joker was given so much credit and now granted, who was giving him the credit, the media apparatus of the democratic people's republic of Boston had a great role to play in the amount of credit you doku got last year. And you know, I sit on this type of coaching has to matter. So you have to assume this team's gonna take a step back and said they've been far and away the best team in the NBA is so far this season record wise, net rating wise. I'm surprised. I'm surprised that you thought that they'd take that much of a step back because the system's in place, right? I mean, you're elevating an assistant. All the pieces are the same. It's not like they changed how they play. It was kind of like an easy, not to say that you can set it and forget it. It's not an autopilot situation. There is some like personnel management. Like how do you deal with individual personality type of deal? But ultimately, most of that is already baked. Yeah, but I mean, you think what if they lost hardy to right so they lose their top assistant, the guy who probably gets the job if he's still there, this team was like 545 games into last season. So there was evidence also that maybe they could backslide into that. And they also have been playing a little bit differently. They're offense. I wrote about this. It maintains their offense would be the best offense. And then we have history for continues at its current pace. They run like a bunch formation. I think I talked about this with herring. Well, they'll put they'll have jaylen Brown and grant Williams or jaylen Brown and Al Horford said it's like a double screen. You know, double pinned down for Jayson Tatum and every night it's just killing opponents who you have to be so disciplined defensively. To guard them and they've added wrinkles like that that have just taken them to another level. And the thing is, even if I thought they'd take a step back, it's something I thought they'd be average or something. But they've taken a step up, you could argue. I mean, this is really, really good. Yeah, they're really good. It sucks. It's a total problem, but they have been good. We're going to get all kinds of fawning Sam Hauser profiles and Malcolm Brogdon profiles and Marcus smart is the best all around point guard in the NBA. That how many how many of those have you volunteered to write for SI? A grand total of zero. It's weird. Yeah, you know, I think we have that base covered. But yeah, it's going to be tough. It's going to be tough seeing all the Celtics propaganda. Trickle out over the course of the season. All right, so you're going with Boston and Joe. You mentioned a lot of names there. Monty's a really good one. I had will hardy too. But the jazz have fallen off a little bit, so they're starting to come back to earth a little bit, which is why I'm reluctant to stick with that pick. Let me throw one out of you. See if the cat looks it up here. What about Mike Brown? That's a great one. That's a fantastic one. I don't like the phrase see if the cat lifts it up. And I also want to add the jazzar like 12 and ten which is still a massive accomplishment. It is. Considering how we discuss the roster, but Mike Brown is a fantastic pick. Mike Brown, so, you know, I have a sullied the good name of the Sacramento Kings on more podcasts than I could possibly remember for more companies than I could possibly remember. And with good reason, right? It's been 17 years since they've made the playoffs. There's the famous stat that everybody laughed at during the playoffs last year that no player in the NBA has faced the kings in the playoffs. Which is just mind boggling. That's how long it's been since they've been in the playoffs. And I thought that this year was going to be another bad year for them. And so far, it has been, look, you know, what two games above 500. So let's not get super carried away, but it has been a fun resurgent year for them. And they add Kevin herter deer and fox is starting to look really good,
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"awards" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Anything left. Well, I think it's illustrated that you bring up Isaiah Thomas because I think what it's showing is with the way the league is headed, first of all, the point guard positions loaded. Secondly, if you're a score first player and you're undersized or you've had injury issues, you have to either be a really good at scoring or bring something else to the table because you will just you can not hide defensively in this league anymore. And to put the canvas, the Isaiah's of the world, once that scoring falls off a little bit, the calculus on that kind of player becomes a lot different. Can they have a bench roll maybe for the right team, yes? Can they be a truly meaningful contributor to a contender? I don't know anymore. Just how difficult that position is in this league and how I don't want to say literally one dimensional these guys are, but when scoring is kind of like your far and away best attribute, if that falls off, even a little bit, you're in a tough spot. The Mavs could definitely use the help. I don't know that it's Kemba, but we'll see. I want to mention, though, that after the bucks beat up on the Mavs, Luca, who's your guy said that Yanis is quote the best in the NBA. And I mentioned this because earlier you did a transition. Boom, I just did a transition. We're going to do the quarter mark awards. We're going to start with the MVP. I'll let you go first. Is Luca right is Giannis the best in the NBA and is he your quarter mark MVP? This is funny because we did this story, I think we did the first month awards or something. And I think I'd Luca is my pick just because of the you did. Counting stats were insane and listen, there are some really good candidates for this award. I don't think Luke is going to win the Mavs. This recent road swoon. I think it knocked him out of the first quarter awards. I think Giannis would be a great pick. We were having an argument in our group chat recently about why there's not more debate about the consensus best player in the NBA, and it's almost like Yanis read our text because he's gone off for like, I think 38, 37, 36, then a third or last night in the last four games he's been dominant. I think you can make an argument for Jayson Tatum. Who has been fantastic and the Celtics offense is disgusting, but I'm gonna pick none of those guys. Really? I'm gonna go with a little known player named Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, a little bit of a sort of your list in the worries of one three in a row. All right, I think they're at ten and ten now. So not quite world readers, but I think curry is the argument I think for yoke for MVP last year over embiid, which I know you are one of those crazy embiid people. Yeah, wild to think that a guy who plays both ends of the floor. Well, this is the thing. This is the thing, and let me explain it to you, John, because they love to say embiid, he plays both ends of the floor. Is I think the two players in the league who make their teammates better more than any and it's not close. They're in their own stratosphere. It's nikole yo kitchen Stephen Curry, okay? And that was a separating factor for yo kitchen and bead last year. It's the way jokic can elevate a supporting cast. And I think that is what curry has done this year. I mean, what are the conversations been about this team? Pool doesn't look the same. Klay Thompson's having a completely up and down year. Andrew Wiggins has been fantastic, but what do you think changed Andrew Wiggins career? It's probably playing off of Stephen Curry. How many times have we said draymond looks different playing on any other team in the NBA? You know, it doesn't work unless he's playing with Steph Curry. Steph's curry averaging 31.4 points a game 7.1 assists 6.8 rebounds. Think about his stats during his unanimous MVP season. That year he was at 30 points 5.4 rebounds 6.7 assists. So he's having a better year than the year he was the unanimous MVP, you know, it's in a career high in scoring. That was two years ago, the 21 season. But the counting stats are there and for me, that's always been a huge factor in kind of what I think about MVP voting is, it's not just the counting stats. Do you make the guys around your team better? And I think pound for pound, Steph Curry, you can not replace him. You can more easily replace LeBron on the Lakers than you could replace Steph on the warriors. The way he just lifts the tide. It's remarkable and I think if Steph keeps this up and they keep winning and I think I expect them to. I think he's a great chance to win. They keep winning as the principal point because what? It's recently as two weeks ago. We were on this show talking about what's going on with the warriors where they were trying to take these two paths at the same time playing the young kids and developing them and winning, but lately they've been fantastic 7 and three over their last ten. You can't go wrong with stuff. I like that pick. For me, I'm not gonna go with staff. If I was actually doing this, if we were handing out an MVP award right now for real and I was voting, it would be either Jayson Tatum or Yanis on to compo. But we're not. This is just kind of like a fake, how do we feel about this quarter mark? So I'm going to go a different route. I'm going to read you some numbers here, all right? 51 point literally reading off of something. I'm looking at the numbers right now. 51.5% from the field. 92% from the line on 8.8 attempts. 31.1 points per game, 4.8 rebound 6.2 assists 1.7 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. Are you kidding me? He's been electric every single night. I know. Can I get a little love for my guy? SGA in OKC. I mean, look, I get that OKC is OKC and they're under the radar for a lot of people. He has been so dynamic. Forget about being a superstar down the line. He's one right now. He hit a crazy shot or he went to the free throw line, but he was going head to head against to Rosen in a bull's thunder game that came down to the wire the other night. And it's just him what I want to talk to keep with the roads and get some on the pump fake, go to the line for three. Lights out, man. He's been lights out. He's been lights out. Is there he appears elsewhere on my awards. Let me just tease it like that, but he's been fantastic. There's no question. I mean, the numbers you read are superstar. They're ridiculous. They're like cartoon numbers. And beyond that, you were mentioning how he took over the game the other night. Is there a guy in the NBA that you'd rather watch right now? I mean, I've made this point before. I'll make it one more time. Last year, that leap that we saw jaw make, where it was, you can't miss jaw plan. He's playing tonight, I'm watching. Same with SGA this year. There's nobody I'd rather watch in the NBA right now. Well, I'm not gonna go that far. I think that guy, frankly, is still driving. I have gone that far. I would like you to go that far with me. Not to be, I know I've been really NFL pilled on the podcast here because the dolphins are doing so. And congratulations, by the way. Although, just quickly, quick aside, who remind me who has the best record in the NFL, I forget. The birds are frauds, dude. The birds are frauds. They have beaten everybody in front of them except for one team. But it's like how people are like, is Patrick Mahomes who really the best quarterback? I'm not willing to take away the most entertaining title from John morant just yet. It was still making highlight plays at an incredible clip, but you're right. I think SGA has become the more important thing is there is SGAs become a must watch player. No matter what the thunder's record is, no matter who they are playing, you want to see what he's going to do on any given night. And that's
Awards Chatter
"awards" Discussed on Awards Chatter
"Coach i ever wanted to thank you for tuning into the four hundred. Sixth episode of awards chatter the hollywood. Reporter's awards podcast. I'm the host scott feinberg and my guest. Today is a trailblazer and a living legend. A woman best known for her performances in movie musicals such as nineteen fifty two singing in the rain. Nineteen fifty six's the king. And i and especially nineteen sixty one's west side story for which he won the best supporting actress academy award making her the first ever latina oscar winner. She is one of only sixteen people. Ever and only ten people still alive who have achieved egot status by winning at least one emmy grammy oscar and tony and she was also the recipient of the presidential medal of freedom in two thousand four the national medal of the arts in two thousand nine. The screen actors guild life achievement award in two thousand thirteen the kennedy center honors lifetime artistic achievement award in two thousand fifteen and the peabody career achievement award in two thousand nineteen and now more than seventy years into her career. She is returning to west side story as an actress in and executive producer of steven spielberg's upcoming remake of the film and she is also the subject of a documentary. That premiered at sundance back in january was released the by roadside in june and will debut on tv as part of pbs's american master series on october fifth. It's marian peres rarez rita moreno just the girl who decided to go for it and she of course is the great rita moreno over the course of our conversation. The eighty nine year old and i discussed her odds defying journey from puerto rico to hollywood and the stereotypical casting and abusive behavior. She encountered once. They're why an implied rape scene in west side story and a fight scene opposite marlon brando in the night of the following day rocked her to her core. Why she is convinced that the new west side story will avoid some of the same pitfalls that undid another recent film about latinos in america in the heights plus much more and so without further ado. Let's go to.
The PewterCast : A Tampa Bay Bucs Fan Podcast, Buccaneers
"awards" Discussed on The PewterCast : A Tampa Bay Bucs Fan Podcast, Buccaneers
"Whatever whatever the percentages i said in our nomination show man. It'd be really cool. If we got to fifty thousand. I thought that was like a pie in the sky right this year. Guys the number of votes that came in for this year's -puter cast awards and this is taking out all the people who tried to do bonds because by the way there are some people who are out of there they tried to do some bots. It's very easy to know which ones those are and take those out here. Here are the votes. That were counting legitimately sixty nine thousand seven. Hundred and seventy two votes came in this year. Why because like you know. Would people can vote multiple times and i'm fine with that. That's part of the process of leading happen. But you know. I don't computer voting but guys that's a hundred and fifteen percent increase over last year. That is amazing. That's awesome votes. Came in from forty three different countries. And i cannot tell you how much it kills me because i really want that number to be forty seven for whole other reasons but forty three different countries votes came in from which is just phenomenal to get those those things coming in so truly a world. I'm sorry. what was the weirdest country. Get one from kazakhstan vatican city. Do we get a vatican city. I don't know we had a vatican city one. You're didn't we listen veterans. Yeah like the pope cardinals. Fan big bucks. Fan but buxton. Pope francis pro francis. Sure i don't i don't weirdest one. I know iceland great. Yeah yeah congratulations greenland. Was it not antarctica article. I can tell you that. Not antarctica There i there. I mean they were on six continents. I'll tell you that. I just had a question i mean anyway But forty three different countries. I this is just this is something else. There's a little bit of news. I want to share everybody. Because of the biggest -puter cast awards show ever and partly because of covid. The awards are changing this year. Your words i see. I see david and and james guys have yours there in the background. I've got. I've got my sample trophies back here. This is the beauty this people get out there and this year the pudi is getting bigger and is growing. It looks way cool. This is what we call the mini. Lombardi it's getting a lot closer to being that many lombardi so super excited for that and man. This is this. Just i tickled to death tickled to death with that guys. You wanna get into it. You wanna talk about some some awards that were given out. Yes do let's do it. let's get to it. Well guys. I one up. This is kind of our personal one. We're gonna talk about the pewter cast guest of the year ren is is clapping his hands loving this way. I i may run into somebody who was on this list. I voted for twice and might have let them know that. I'm calling for them and they're very excited so i'm hoping that they win all right well with that guys. Let's remind everybody who the nominees worthy nominees were. Casey phillips team reporter for the tampa bay buccaneers gregg allman of the athletic. Our very own. David harrison on bucks podcast big nasty all of fan inductee for the class of two.
For Your Reference
"awards" Discussed on For Your Reference
"Congratulations to all the windows. We should have a ryan awards night. And then we everything concubine awards away from the hands. But that's okay. We get alec baldwin's daughter to come out on stage in and a world war. Assist the fat little. Piggy one married to honor. That's bull case. So many baldwin's he's a bold lena and she's a bowlin as well. If we're on is. I don't remember what paul kosta is. Soda was but we didn't talk about alec baldwin calling his daughter pig and how in famer reference it wasn't the worst thing that a parent could do. Do you think would have taken a lot more than what we received as children pechanga. It's to learend tom. We enjoyed being on the. We are the watches podcast because stri in because of podcast audio quality But we had a really fun time. It was an interesting bull matt. Different from the review episodes that we do and i remember us talking a lot about the law. Stands and money highest angelo. Tom there yeah. So hopefully this is the one of many speaking of one of many. We have a lovely delightful message for a long time. Friend of the foia reference podcasts. Anime nerd was katie. Old guys another year down on the podcast lucia war. I still think personally this looser should be an actual award that you know you just hand out but isn't came one day you guys will take my advice for it anyway now for the. I just want to give you guys especially special shot out. Congratulations on the dial. It's always been a blast working with you guys. I swear it's like having a group of friends all the way across the you know in australia. So it's really cool. I can't wait to actually come out there and visit you guys. You guys are like at this guys like family like even though we haven't met bombing somewhere across the world sell keep up the good work. You guys content. I've always a blast working with you guys. Shoes always blanche's even talking to you guys. Even when we're not doing anything podcasts related. I can't link to keep fun hearing you guys work. And i'm looking forward to more great content in the future art. Congratulations on another year. Oh let's cheese on amina. I do say many times that if we went. A all-round podcast The collaboration that we had with anime nerd and savage talker may take want us to be an early podcast. Yup still holding out. Hope for all but thank you. So much automated. We really appreciate. Yeah message on the species. Awards was ego towboat. Rainy said i pray. I pray i pray. And he didn't make it sound religious and now he's calling us families. I've enjoying this maybe politics next year. Hopefully maybe pull up the offer show level. Oh absolutely absolutely so now that we you know diving into the end of the award. Scher don't worry valley friends and lovers. It can go listen to our other episodes but we all rounding out the species awards but now we are really getting into the highest sustain. The texan them. Beck's old good enough but of it all we are rounding out the twenty twenty one. Second newell splashes awards. We've daddy would an also splash mountain. Tae who very exciting as colby. We mentioned earlier the carpet as filthy as we. I never thought of that. So kudos to koby thumbs up wherever wherever orifice thumbs up or k. Let's get into daddy. Would this the creme de la creme if we were to nominate this everything else disappears. Dad is definitely your right hand. Man you definitely want him in your can't his loyal he loves he loves. Oh yes through. And through. Lucky year he seeks. All's volley validation as well. Oh yeah everyone does like a daddy complex. They should call it. Daddy would even pretend though by me. Still and i did say earlier. We should have gone. Daddy would offer. Even i have even have a lion. And i do you have a live. Do i have a liner not no not even panty line and the award for daddy would in two thousand and twenty one the nominees that we have pushed savell destroy. You insecure season full parasite it they oneplus. And the we're not. Daddy would in twenty twenty one for the second annual spiritual awards in the foyer reference. Podcast which cates here. Not we have fucking pussy valid and the winner for dottie would of twenty twenty one. We have katie. I live cucolo the crooked crooked her that i just handed myself the award motherfuckers because even if you are lead you can be flick your motherfucker himself. Go and check out p valley. We see the downloads. We nurture people are listening to the episode. God fucking worcestershire. Throw you watch american gods on stause going valley instead abell quiz abundance go either bill quiz my final form. Thank you so much. I will gladly accept this award in my pussy valley. Wow yeah. I think it's hard to put a case for pussy volley winning. I think it's one of the best things you've watched see. Oh absolutely absolutely the fact that it's already holly as a spark as well so you didn't win breath small margins fun anyway. Yeah we good us out early on. I think also the interesting thing is like you can talk about film and and watching you know specific sort of stories but i feel like the true sort of litmus test about how diversified you are in regards to a watching habits is your tv shirts. Because that's kind of what keeps you company On a week tweak sorta basis as opposed to the the.
For Your Reference
"awards" Discussed on For Your Reference
"To kick off the species. Awards is passed by to accept this award. We have the that vert it. The highest katie. Bean flicking couch cam. Consum- linda thank you so much for awarding the absolute best perfect movie to ever exist. It is the foundation for all of this blue and all of the bane flicking and all of the cop panties. Thank you very much can summit Derby jealous or let's move on to our next award category which is hot in the pun award category. How surprised me was so much. Kuala attack hearing the language in its intended purpose is more powerful and you get more inflection and you get more dimension to the story that just here in an english version. You know what i main sometimes. It doesn't translate if you pardon the pun as well we for your friends for a reason. Everything is based off frame of reference. So this played a really big part in watch alad religion that is so moses and all that i grew up in all that stuff so as just suffice to say that it was only logical way to sort of bleed out a bit trump this episode. If you're part of the khan and he goes into a draw and he finds a purple diller as most common got in varieties have if you'll pardon the pun on it started thought me go down a rabbit hole. Oh if you'll pardon the pun and you did by accident we do love would play amongst all of the other plays You can do around her and the nominees full pardon the pun in twenty twenty one it. They won cost insecure ause season fall p valley otherwise known as pussy valid. I listened borderland and full blocks and the winner for potted the pun. Gore's it they one class accepting this award today is katie. Set comes some mug of focus. It's a second the second south korean winnow that we have in the splashes awards. I will win with hard work and counter. Culture dot com summit. I think all right. Let's cool off a bit. I think he needs to lick his wounds right now. Because i'm feeling amazing. Who voted with these and try to bring this verte fraud into our foyer reference. Podcast we repeal for that So let's take a break Let's say on the red carpet. We have podcast that have guested on our house in our second year and poll almaz beloved patrons also featured on our podcast this year as you mentioned for district nine so let's check in with them and see how they going freezing cold. Bob wanna be out here to warming there with all those kiss. Jesus' fucking fucking hype is route. Seventy people is so annoying. Why did they want your business. This was an exclusive party fucking patron for that people small group of people and also better food surely and people people were scrounging people scrounging. They don't they. They have too many people listening to people that don't deserve to be too many people too many patrons thick they loved lots of people saying nice things. Personally between you and me. I don't really see the appeal. I'm just here to show face. i can't we meet. i'll get. I mean they're not quite as good as as us audit tell which is basically advertising sales here we. That's why we're here. We're here showing face and countless light way way we didn't bring atom. Because you know. I hope that's the yeah. I know i was hanging out my business cards. What well donald. Donald i mean. I guess the only reason that they got so many people here tonight is because they don't have an atom but if they had an atom in the group then know it would have pulled them right back down again. That's very true. I mean. I mean that's the reason why we're not like super famous right now because the computer i'd Dress how you doing having breakfast breakfast in the forest game. Yeah yeah yeah. why are you here. I don't know who. Well i wasn't invited exactly by. I thought you'd be around here. Some point you due to intouch dealings leads fire escapes. Well well I guess we be whole squeeze in through the backdoor to come back in a guess fucking. Oh on smiley faces. I.
For Your Reference
"awards" Discussed on For Your Reference
"I think it takes something to be an awesome all fan and gene. And that's what we were so happy all the time. Oh my thank you so much Griff griff is you i. I enjoy every interaction. we have Umbrella academy it was interesting hearing his thoughts about it. Especially with uncut gems and quip lash as. Well it's always interesting to see what episodes people latch onto And it's nice to have that unbridled Boy fucking love you griff And we're glad that you enjoy Spiciest of episodes but it makes sense. Because you're an awesome fan so you know what it's like to be screamed at and have no completion. Oh what a lovely. Time rounding out the vip section of our red carpet. We have logo smith media which includes the smoke and mirrors podcasts as well as my sophomore and sisters at in defender. Let's see what they have to say. Hi this is jews from india. Faith podcast as we were introduced to for your reference part cost through Brother cosmic mirrors. I'll admit we are nowhere near as knowledgeable about movies in shows as katie and Ah giving things apple. I one of those that will watch a movie and then halfway. I've seen this movie before. Maybe adoree the facials. I get from rogue from chimeras died twenty times from the laser beams. He shoots out of his is But in saying that listening to for your reference pod it's just so -taining and so engaging you have this constant ping pong game you do what you bounce around from agreeing with katie's views and then you know like i agree with ot now even though. I haven't seen this show the movie that they're talking about after listening to some episodes man it actually makes me wanna great chocolate myth leagues or wherever to watch it I love the reviews. I love the different perspectives from katie and I love the chemistry and to top it off their amazing you're putting they release an awesome christmas episode and honesty. You feel like you're in the same room with them. It's so good. I've got to say. I think i agree a lot more with your views. Stor kabc's your feistiness girl. E show that island pride Molly asante we love you guys. Ooh wow all. I fucking lovey gills. But you'll very culprit like you know. Give a compliment. And then and then so then a compliment. I think it was all compliment. There's been a longstanding. Feud between someone's tokens and you about to open that portal jewels. Take some more reasonable. Yeah but also signing from book of license. She agrees with me. You know sanni mean to sort of hold its garage ball you know. There's a misunderstanding us to walk. I thought we shared a bond and it so happened that we did so from the perspective of the surprised that she said. Oh i resident. Katie nolan really. Does if come to think about it. I'll give you the truth in. Katie has just tease of the who takes otake that i just was spicy. Spice kellyanne day besmirch are sunny there. She agrees really then. That's something that there's something in that either besmirch sunny to spruce jewels. That's a katy testament that will never be taught in any theology curriculums but in the curriculum. It is most welcome. Let's get to the meaty part of the sandwiches we talking about. The actual splashy award categories for everyone is listening to the first splashy awards. We were like little babies coming into the podcast game. But al-bandar and our references were very clear from the first year poed costing so a lot of our award categories very acutely coincidentally out patron. Tease reflect references. That are very specific to our first year of podcast Being an bearing the responsibility of being an awards committee is not an easy thing. Although we do feel like oscarssowhite exists for a reason right. How about ot sir. Not right but again. We have covered fifty different tv shows and movies within our second year so it wasn't easy to get to Nominees everyone wants to get a peek behind the curtain. We nominate from five to one. Allocating points on who the nominees will be as our so our patrons who also had the opportunity to vote within their corresponding tease ambler and we are going from strength to strength and you know why why because to be able to have that insecure kelly growth. You need to have a foundation absolutely absolutely. Let's get into firm foundation award. Category language claimed the groundwork for the story. Easy in your mind. You could see where the story would possibly go. And in law give you the excitement of wanting to watch father to see how it develops but that's like saying you've laid the foundation for a house and the houses in dunya. You can't praise that met once you've laid on the half the foundation of the house. The house pretty much done. That's the hardest thing to do. Join me on oldies conjectural. One is missing you to build your house. Just just just block him. And this is why you're not allowed on the twitter. Did you say. I had to communicate in a bouma so i had to call it the twitter for those of you who built houses before no this again. I don't wanna be liable for the dodgy workmanship. May you had commitment to build your house. go all the way. I don't really established that you'll come. Melissa honor awhile. Yeah absolutely right. So let's get into the firm foundation award the first award of the species awards in twenty twenty one so this award encapsulates a tv show or movie that is popular but it is worth all of the praise and we all most welcome. Let's talk about the nominees for firm foundation in order of release date on the foyer. Reference podcasts profane foundation we have la casa the propel otherwise known as money highest pot. Full the godfather trilogy The shield I may destroy you and parasite oh that is a strong start to the splashes awards is it is and i think i'll go my on that. Yeah because this is how we devised it sir and the winner for firm foundation.
Deck The Hallmark
"awards" Discussed on Deck The Hallmark
"Is alonzo. Durham amazing amazing We long before video and he said if you think i'm doing one more things where you guys you've lost your mind. Here's a lonzo high double deckers. Thank you so much. I am incredibly honored to have been named winner of the first annual intern award. You know it is actually a true thing when people say. It's an honor to be nominated. Justin kirkland doug jones jonathan jen kirkman all legends all titans. I'm thrilled to be even mentioned in the same breath much less That i stopped them all to win this award. So thank you all for making that happen. It's a dream come true. I will see you guys on the facebook page and don't forget this fall. I'll be home for christmas movies and exciting Now his speech would have done longer. He had to get back out to the farm goes fields or i don't know what how what what was that about. I love it is always you look great buddy. You may be seen a lot more balloons around these parts from what i understand brain exciting. This will tease their good. Yeah boy this next one. We just go right into ask. Tough buckle up for this anytime. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. I'm here boys Here's the deal We're going to be funnier than that. Goes on that belt as a great belt. Listen brand didn't have a black belt as the one and we had the melty costume said we got the mountie bill and he said hey the any belts and that's what he went with. It's a good bit man. That was a lot of crotch before eleven. pm. I gotta tell you guys i apologize. Ten forty five get banned on as we round up It's the a whole star. This is the best ho star recurring guests. These are these are just for twenty twenty just for twenty twenty. Yeah so these. Are the basket hall stores. That came on more than once. Unbelievable in twenty more than once more than once if you can believe ask. Let's talk a little bit about the nominees. Nikki deloitte come. Oh so good to load it out of here. That's a legend herself. Tyler heintz i mean need we say more. I wanted history or his story. He's been on so many times checkers. Christopher polo hawks. That who's that guy. I heard he's he's in a movie or something. We call him handsome man around these parts in man. Michael rady michael radio and then finally actually williams pretty grown these guys there. I don't wanna know who won. Because i love them all so much. Let's call what we got was in. I'm donna guys. The winner of the whole star award christopher prolong. How could he not be. I mean come on. what are you going to do. He's he's i mean he's christopher he look. All of those people are so special to us. He's christmas the gold standard chris gold standard. He just is one of a kind there from day. One chris chris. Pine ain't got nothin' on you buddy. I don't care what anybody says. Chris got nothing on yet. Even with the shaved head. You look like you're in for a powder sequel. That's a joke. Nobody's gonna get and do you have any more information for he. I think he's here's get the powder joke anybody back there. Get the powder joke anybody. Yeah michelle okay. Good good christmas here to accept the award coming. Hi good evening. It's come to my attention that i have received a hall star award for best recurring guest. Come on man and it delights me to no end that my contribution adept the homework. Podcast is being acknowledged this way As the first recipient of the best most recurring guests I don't know. I think that. I guess if i had to say one thing you know some of my time on the podcast. Many times on the podcast It would. I have a lot of free time to do that. To be that guy I'm just glad that people haven't gotten bored of that yet. That's always a fear when you're an actor I guess i want. Thank my my wife for patients To let me go in and do as many of their podcasts. Free as i do in my kids to Because i often get to to be with them for a home worker games in plays performances in. There was at one vacation at because promised promised the boys that i would do this. Show so yeah. This is an awesome reward sacrifice And i'm grateful guys. I'm so grateful. Here's to the first ever hostile awards and your first ever best recurring guest. I mean while guy terminal sacrificing. He refused the scripts as the great ones. Do he won. Now i can see. Why soon would the name of the award is. hey now. you're a hall star award. So i could see the deck is really played everywhere like. Try to turn three degrees without seeing the deck. There are everywhere. Thanks chris. you're wonderful buddy. Love check him out. He's going to be in jurassic park new jurassic and he's got a brand new book coming out later this year. He lo brand new forward coming out in another book i've heard about. You may get to read that sometime. There guys get their forwards. Left.
Deck The Hallmark
"awards" Discussed on Deck The Hallmark
"All trophy. Yes in all seriousness. Thank you dan. Panda and brand for this great honor. It's always so much fun to collaborate with you guys and we can always count on y'all to bring fun and levity to the whole markey's thanks for being our friends from the eight of us. Oh wait wait. What do you for five six seven. You guys just isn't here. we can't go. We have to redo this whole thing. Because we can't do without her. Casey casey. i got this kind of wanted to keep my trophy me to to. I'm what happened. Okay let me let me try again. Hello guys noise. Sleep in. Go and what i have these words i liked to think my parents man come on the phasing. They deserve your take back at look. Look they were the best. They're the geez. Their award show is on youtube right now right now yeah check it out down this right still it. It does feel like probably need to reevaluate some things. Don't go. I lose your comment. It was a shoo-in i looked. You did look at. That's right you did look. Let's move on to be fair. We would cover chesapeake shorts but it sucks okay. You don't know that you've never watched those ladies are wonderful. Obviously you love hallmark. And you've not check them out. God's meeting so check out the homework he's right all actually all the feels. All of them are great. Fantastic next to him. Oh we're here for the bit. I can't lose this bits. It's our bed side day. we're here for the bid. Yeah yes these are the best deck the homework bits there. There are no home archies. Bits on here not even that cool trophy one. Not on here we will. We will win this phone. I seventy big fund may six come on. I mean i love. it's big fun. Maybe maybe six maybe six. You never go overboard. But be is brendan penny on deck and look. This is not a bit. I don't know why this got in here. We're trying our best. We only have a certain amount of we. We're look time is a social construct. There's only twenty four hours in a day even if we're all in the same should commit to one though we should probably But brennan were sorry. It shouldn't be in this orderly. Sorry about that seed. Hit the helicopter explosion with chip checkers. The one off. I don't know to house for serious rigged dili's love of sugar leg not a bit not a bit the best band of all time. Take my name out of the running. Parental and lastly stuff rankings. Thank you thank you. And lastly twenty two thousand eight hundred eighty eight hundred. Twenty twenty is twenty two hundred twenty. Bet it's a bit and we had to retire it because we're no longer in two thousand dollars. You hate hate to retire a bit man. I gotta be honest I'm just. I'm very curious. You guys ready to find out who takes the big price pretty excited about this great. Yeah let's let's get in here slick see what we got. The winner of the here for the bits award is gonna oh nice. I thought it was gonna be big sick. You know you never know. Am i a little hurt right now. But we coverage michael but he just told me. I'll let you speak for a minute. But sugar ray just wrote one of the greatest songs of all time. I don't know what that is. That a callback to taylor in konya from ten years ago rig reagan always at the edge comedy we do have an acceptance video from what i understand brennan penny own the line. Thank god we got. We figured this out brandon finally man. Thank you so much for understanding brennan. What are you got buddy. Renae there brenda. Can you hear us brendan. This is your time buddy. Says the skype computer went down. Which one is ours both bo. Why do we have a separate computer. Just brennan penny. Never mind that question answers itself. Should we wait for him because this is his moment. I feel like we get. We probably got to get going. Let's get going live trying to try to get back in china. Don't worry we'll get it. We'll get you hate to see that you see. That was his moment. That was moment he. He's but it's time for the small world award my goodness i mean Celebrating kid actors. That didn't do a terrible. I don't know how we did it. We are talking about the best child. Actor twenty twenty. So many a thank god oscar farrell as owen and the angel tree antastic work oskar shouted to oscar kenneth comments as gavin and the christmas though i really light gavin i really liked gavin gavin kid. He's a good kid he's a good. I said what i said. Yes by muttiah castrillo as no other nimble in the christmas out fantastic sure loved it. Memorable soga cal sir. Talbot can't stop talking right now. Kessler talbot tests. Were talbot attack. Oh that sounds like a bad guy to die. Hard movie tells her town though. What are we doing right now twice going to be really awkward where we have counselors acceptance award for for project was For our delivered records missing last Avery peters as max and project. Christmas wish. Lots of great chris kelsey. You'll always have a place here. My friend The winner of the it's a small world award is and s. Please tell me in. Saint peter's every guys this show she crushed to crush it in the highlight of the night. Trae told us that this is the first movie. Forget unbelievable unbelievable. Do a bit with traffic data. Thought you're bringing something later. Counselor march is. This is the highlight of the show for me. Every peters is here to accept the award Let's give it up rave repeater then. There's hello. I think everybody loves me. Congressional fellow nominees. I'm so glad you enjoyed max as much as i enjoy playing here. I appreciate all the support and hope.
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"As you know. I just took a quick gander at our facebook. It appears all of the paul. Green fans are watching right now. So shot to the paul. Green fans Stick with us. I know he might come back. I never know you can for an award. He be Do you guys want to continue on with the awards We having such a good time guys who you haven't good time everybody back there. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah amazing. Amazing i specially love someone's pillow. Who is clearly all board. Who is that. somebody's gone just christie. You've given up. What do we got here. So we ask you what. I'm talking about andrew walker pillows. Yeah i love it because some trophies. I love it guys. Hey it's time for the same horse twice. Award originating with our good friend treat williams rocky mountain christmas our very first episode of all time Love that line that you know she never by the same twice so good. It's a good lesson. V best use of a reoccurring element whether it be a location. A wardrobe excetera. And we're going to see what we got here. I is christmas in. Evergreen bells are ringing. The red truck read back on our time again. It is a class classic. Five star christmas and good morning christmas using the exact same in one weekend apart from each other the same end being used a great end. Look different the great. There's no one royal holiday continuing go to go back to the weather delay. Well like oh we whether that's a big fund big fund. Oh boy the coats. There's one coach that was used over and over and over again lacey ward in two different colors and multiple movies the coats. There's like. i'm pretty sure there. It's in like a dozen move. Yeah every leading as in this coat and last but not least unlocking christmas. The notes clues throughout the movie Amazing stuff there in an amazing use of elements over and over again over over time very interesting for the winner of the same horse twice award is going to. I can see everyone back. Here is changing the coat and now they're the ones that voted so i'm pretty sure it's the coast but i don't know for sure if this is a good sample size. But they're all chanting literally every and they're not together cause delays and stuff bryan herald. Looks like he's doing like a. Wwe bit more like you know. Let me tell you something brother. Everybody else is doing the cote. Is it the coke brand. Let's give it up for the rich zurve. Tracy blue that card The a all right unbeliev coat. It's a great quote. How many of you in the audience went and bought a coat similar to that based off of seeing it a few. Oh wow shells like not interested. Five hands five inch okay fair enough well whoever reach out to the code and their they get back to us on a speech never did so. There's that whatever Yeah you know what it is what it is it is what it is it is guys. This is exciting. And it's it's a little embarrassing. But and i we were gonna wait until the end of the night but i felt like there will be some hubris there. We waited till the end of the night. It'd be like it up for two much because at the end of the day. It's about the fans and it's about the actor this. This is not a horn. Show clarity contest guys. all all of these great nominee. Yeah tell them listen listen. This is the hallmark podcast. I don't even know why. I just it's not. It's feels good bills real good but i it does. We've worked hard. We've worked really really hard. Come to this. But i think here's the thing is all of these nominees have worked hard so we've opened it up and turn the nominees before we do a little bit to our friend. Answer for sure the podcast. Oh yeah the bubbly set. Just a home homework. You know given the hallmark right so yesterday's really let me just made over there for them and their little podcast. Good all right okay. Homework or the hallmark go home. Argueta's minho podcast. What it says so our fans just that we lose we are the home. Art is homework podcast of the year. And i'm getting word. They in an in an acceptance speech okafor on pas on the deck live are go and play that. Come on where are you guys. Hey rachel golan someone finally. This is so exciting. We just got the podcast of the year award from ooh i tunes iheartradio cosmo people's choice now now from the guys adept the hallmark. Okay we go on. We have to get the others here like right now. I got this. Hey sorry. I'm late me to actually don't know how i got here. But what's up guys will never believe this. We just got podcast of the year award from deck. The hallmark seeriously the guy who homer. And let's be fair now. Brand loves hallmark movies. Remember kano likes them and it's dan. That hates the hallmark movies. I mean we are pretty awesome and we all love hallmark. Movies will accept that hot air balloon movie that wanted me to a dark play. Thank you racial. Started on home by spring guys focus. This is a pretty big deal getting this the hallmark. Are you surprised. We are the original hallmark podcast. No one was around when we started arguing back in two thousand seventeen we cover shows that they don't even cover like signed sealed delivered. And we've got when calls the heart through to podcasts. Hallmark is and the hardest hotline okay beloved before l. Now okay. Aaron craig o. Makes a way better look at knows the apparently does know and can be our reviews of chesapeake shores. Even dan can't hold a candle to rachel's rant about hashtag trabbie and the mountains in maryland and paul came has been in our podcast five times. So you know that means. We're the best. Oh yeah you're right and this means we really need to celebrate. I feel that we need some type of trophy on award. I got this. I got this. We.
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"Yeah yeah maybe not best applied here. But i went with. Panda you got the next the next slide dukes surprise we went over this and show. Listen guys i'm never surprised. I played to the crowd. You understand there is no we. Can't there's a krumbach turn around and play. Hey hey did it job guys. I'm excited about this. It's reindeer don't fly over the reindeer. Don't fly listen. It's all about the most disappointing bit in the twenty twenty hallmark movie. Yeah there's been a few i would. They were a bevy of reindeer. Don't bevy what i would go with. I'm disappointingly of five nominees. let's go ahead and cover them real quick. A christmas tree grows in colorado. They cut down the tree out. Three hundred bought for the tree grows in colorado out of the gate hot nominated and our first two categories. I keep it going. I love it a little christmas charm over here on alexa alone. Alexa spills the beans. The whole thing he's those texts on announce that happens to you. A national christmas carol. No ghost of christmas future. Yup you really thought they were gonna go for going to name it a christmas. Carol you probably should have all three ghosts. Import chateau christmas luke. The whole movie moving. No no luke doesn't actually play much cello. And he's a he's he's a cellist. Chila a good one and then finally christmas comes twice. She actually goes back in time. Changes nothing just disciplining she takes. She sees your early edition is like no. I'm just gonna sit on that. Paper teacher birdcages all. I'm gonna do that paper. I'm not doing anything with it. Well nice. I think it's time all right and here we go. The winner of the reindeer. Don't fly award. Christmas comes twice where she doesn't live. You know i think the double deckers nailed it on that thing. Read those nominees. And if that didn't win. I was going to be upset because boy is that one of the dumbest daily. It does absolutely when i think of reindeer. don't fly. I think of northern lights of christmas. And i think chris come christmas perfect once for the teacher right. No no absolutely not man off. Dan tracy accepted that award on their behalf. You understand yes. You're exactly right okay. Speaking of trace next up third award. Wow oh heck baby. The trace targets tech award. This is the best use of technology in the twenty twenty homework. Movie now homers. Come a long way with the technology this year. They're into the twenty first century. They're using the instagram's in the facebooks and whatnot and traces really proud of them. And so we. We got an award. I'm tracy all right back at number three. You're only three awards in pacers trae pace yourself. Oh boy anything else says. I'm gonna themselves the most aren't going to drink themselves. well here. The nominees gracious trace to you. Want to read the nominees for this or are you okay. I see cranberry christmas. And all i have written. Here's grandma's instagram. Got to be honest. I don't remember that. I know he did some show. Prep we did not get to grandma's instagram on. I do remember. She gave a good speech in that movie. Grandma did i don't remember instagram. It's there she's got a great grandmas. Hit the ground so scarce this year. You said the fact that even had gram grams took a rotary phone. He get a on my beeper nominee nominee to deliver by christmas their entire relationship over text and phone. That's a good one. Yeah that was different and stood out some number three good morning christmas. The going live ambush love. That really decided. They've got a full tv crew here. Let's just go ahead and go live and not get their permission. Just see what happens less tack and more just a legal. That could have been rained. Don't fly territory there. There's tech involved Grandma's instagram though. Grandma just i mean. She goes all over this filters it's unbelievable shadow to everyone watching on instagram on instagram rationale. That's right grandma you out there here. We got yep nominee number of meet me. At christmas i forgot that was a movie Printing out frame of all photos like high gloss quality photos at the snap of finger at a lodge very impressive Mark declan doc declan and then last nominee on the twelfth date of christmas the scavenger hunt app. They brought christmas scavenger hunt into the twenty first century. Very impressive was super impressive. That was kind of the just the whole movie. You guys ready for this increase. Should offices day should open it up. You feel you wavering. One way or the other. I don't left going left what happens. It's a good guys. That's a great bit all right. The winner is trace talk tech award on the twelfth date of christmas believable. That's the right choice in no brainer. Really grandma's instagram leaning left. I don't know what that means. I think you got it. I know we're not supposed to tell people which were right. One was since we didn't get the vote. That's the least we could do. So i'm telling you that was the right call now. Do we are accepting this one as well. We know we haven't acceptance fantastic. Who have mallory jansen from. What i understand just got in my ear. Trace told me that she was late on that she said john she said gallery manson by valerie. Manson taught you on. The post is mallory jansen. He just wanted to say a huge. Thank you for this award. Best use of technology that that is a very interesting one is struggled along with the technology on this movie But look all the credit has to go to hell incredible props team. They not only put everything together. The source seamlessly but they also taught us actors how to use it and how to navigate it so Huge thank you to them and thank you just to everyone who watched that movie and enjoyed it We would just so blown away with positive response So thank you guys and thank you for this award i love. Did you guys know she was going on here. Okay did.
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"Awards to help kick off the decades. Please welcome your friend and mine. I hope ashley will abs. Okay i i just got word about winning this prestigious award and the deck. He's always been something that i've strived for As an actress in the fact that you guys are recognizing me this year of all the years like when there is so much suffering the fact that you guys would like what you saw in never kisa man in a christmas sweater was it was really good work and the fact that you're giving me this award especially when mike. I just like girl power. Like i just wanna give a shoutout to like my girls like. But like if i won versus like mickey deluge who is like honestly like i. She's like the best actress out of all of us or like gen willie. Who's like who she is in her. Heart is the kindest human that comes across in the korean league. Danika mccullers lake so math like and like funny and cute and rita cook so crowded and funny kind of like sardonic and like the fact that you guys think i'm the best out of all of those girls look at look. Have you heard early. Show wet saying like the fact that u. n. k. hold little freckled. The fact that you guys are giving near the decky against all these other women This year just makes me feel so grateful to be a part of this community and Says her whole holdovers just didn't win. Oh i'm i'm hosting. Oh oh embarrassing. okay sorry and so sorry about forget. I said all that many for the stuff about naked lunch 'cause come on Hosting wow okay. We're on her guys Happy to host a hold on answer. Oh okay ice. Give it your. Nobody told me okay Actually among camera out some Back okay so. I guess i'm not hosting okay. So that's fine. I'm really just happy to a presents. The hosts for the evening. The first annual techies are going to be hosted this year without further ado by brand dan in panda. Congratulations guys. happy donkeys. Calmer just fearless. Oh oh boy feels good. It feels right everybody mean. Can you believe ashley. Williams did that twice for us. She did it twice. Here's the thing. Everybody i we said. Today it's live anything that could go wrong will go wrong. It went wrong in the first few minutes. And i think that's always a good sign. It's a great salary. And i don't want to throw trace under the bus this early in the evening but she said i'm not going to start drinking early just a few most cities and pm. That's what she said and early for her. And mostly i think is mimosa. I'm not positive on the dangerous thing is. There are ten to twelve glasses at her. Stay try yeah. Yeah yeah so. We don't know we don't know what's going on guys how you how. How are you guys. Got the bubbly poor. Let's do a little cheers here. First decca body. Here's to us. Here's clean changed. Cling to allow. Cutting back is good That's you feel. Yes finally rushing for this for those earning watching live on facebook or on twitter wherever you're watching yet look behind us. We got a crowd pleasing. Unbelievable amazing all these double deckers people have joined by monday and plus with the opportunity to join us live. Be the crowd the crowd. That's exactly right good. When was the last time you guys were the crowd. Well it's covert brand so it's been a while since any of us have in fact been the crowd. I would hope so anyway right. I thought it was good. We got kringle. Uteri board here. You might not be able to see. Get a little bit of everything. We're going to eat and chew with their mouths open while we present these awards absolutely this for status of it. We can't just have nothing here. we can't have nothing. we can have every something something. Twenty one awards twenty one awards and now. We have to give a shout. I mean we barely put this no. We decided to try to push the button on this about two weeks ago. We said yeah. Let's try the decades. Let's do it and so when we decided to do it. We said let's not do anything ourselves and let's give it all to somebody else right and we did. We gave it to elizabeth cohen sheila. Calloway and i thought for sure they were just going to say no. You're crazy but instead they in fact our audiences clapping behind us. we'd muted the sound. You know we don't want to You got something. Yeah hey. I thought we were live. This reeks of tape delay. No okay ask the most talking We started the most. He's and went to full champagne. Different trace has some rhyme about that. I don't know what it is. We get through so. I thought for sure they're going to say no and instead they were like yes. We'll do it and so if you're mad if you're mad about the nominees. These are all double decker. Nominees bronco gym. Did we nominate these. The double deckers did at the hundreds that have joined bridge plus are responsible for the nominees. They're also responsible for the results because they voted on each and every one of these awards themselves and elizabeth cohen sheila. Calloway put it all together for us. Literally we went to amazon prime on three suits for a total of two hundred fifty dollars. All the same size i might add. I'm impressed And then we just showed up here bing bang bang. Here's the decades. That's right that's right. I so amazing amazing work. It really is phenomenal now. You might be asking yourselves. Also if you're watching this. Did they decorate it to now. This is this i can. I can tell decorative not elongate. This is not Plumbed about beccaria we decorates. The we are very proud of what we've done we.