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I’ve always loved speaking with people, whether they’re the founder or a tech company, a customer service representative, or a showroom floor associate. People who are passionate about their product and often, their journey is just as interesting. Join me for candid conversations with guests across industries, on The Intellectual People Podcast.
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This podcast is brought to you by the Empowerment Project. It’s for kids and all the trusted adults who love them and want them to stay safe, empowered and thriving. With over three decades of experience teaching self-defense to children, teens, and adults, host Silvia Smart is a sixth-degree black belt and Head Instructor at her martial arts school in Oregon. Smart was inducted into the Association of Women’s Martial Arts Instructors Hall of Fame in 2020, recognized for both her dedication ...
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My friends, this is a true story about a girl who innocently, during a wonderful time in her young life, was robbed of her joy. Adults, the narrative can be hard to hear. Please listen first and decide if or how you would like the children in your lives to hear this episode. If you decide to listen together, please follow up with a conversation in …
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Trudy Ludwig writes books about topics that really matter to kids. Things like relational aggression, anxiety, what it’s like to be excluded, and so much more. Join host, Silvia Smart as she talks with Trudy about what kids across the country are saying, how her books start conversations in schools and what we can all do to make the world a better …
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Meet Jill Shames, Empowerment Self Defense Instructor. Listen in as she and host, Silvia Smart, share a cool kids' self-defense success story and talk about all the things the kid did RIGHT! You are strong and powerful and Jill and Silvia believe in you! Watch video of the self-defense success story Jill and Silvia talk about here. Connect with Jil…
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Chris Dela Cruz reflects on times when he was teased and bullied as a kid. Smart and Dela Cruz discuss what it was like, how it felt, and how he handled this behavior. They think through feelings and self-talk that accompany a kid getting harassed and mistreated. From his perspective as an adult, dad, and pastor, Dela Cruz shares his wisdom with ki…
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Listen to Petr and Adela share their journey about how they met to co-author the International Best Seller book End Procrastination with over 400,000 copies sold and build an international company. We all want to believe that we don't procrastinate, the reality is that we do and this book has many science based tips to help us be more productive an…
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In the last episode, we started talking about the word NO! Make sure you listen to that episode first. We talked about how important it is to be able to notice that you feel uncomfortable so you can make the choice to say it when you need it - and to be able to say it like you really mean it! In this episode, we’re going to think through a few exam…
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In this video, Julie explains her journey from full-time Corporate America to deciding to quit her job and live a nomadic life around the world. https://juliedevivre.com https://www.facebook.com/juliedevivre https://www.instagram.com/juliebrose/ https://www.youtube.com/c/juliedevivr... https://twitter.com/juliebrose #nomad #digitalnomad #solotravel…
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In this episode, we'll start to understand the power of being able to say "NO!" This word unlocks empowerment for kids! Being able to say "NO!" is one of the most important tools in a kid's self-defense toolkit. If someone is asking you to do something and you get a funny feeling, saying "NO!" is one of the first things you can do. In this episode,…
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Sharry is a workplace experience platform for A-class office buildings and their tenants. Kevin Wilhelm, Sharry’s Country Manager, talks about the brand’s products that can be integrated with buildings’ systems to provide best in class building experience for tenants. Since we recorded the interview, Sharry, also announced that together with Shapac…
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Simon is the man in his 20 year old Toyota speaking about the Economy. 5 years ago he was broke, in debt and an alcoholic. Listen to his story of why he decided to follow the market and how his lumber sales day job is helping with predictions.https://www.youtube.com/c/UneducatedE...UneducatedEconomist#economy #stockmarket **THIS VIDEO IS NOT INVEST…
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Learn how Chris Brunhaver became the speaker designer at PS Audio as well as the process for his first creation known as the Aspen FR30 Loudspeaker.Timestamps below! www.psaudio.comChris' Bandwww.clandestineamigo.com0:00 - Intro0:35 - What is psaudio?2:19 - What's you Actual Job Title at psaudio?3:20 - Has Chris Always been a Musical lover?4:47 - W…
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What do you do when there is a teacher at school making you feel uncomfortable? Hear the story of a group of brave middle schoolers, what they did, and what happened next. Learn action steps to take - for both kids and the adults who love them. What do you do when concerns arise whether at school, in a religious community, on sports teams, with nei…
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As a serial franchising executive, Christina has held top-level leadership roles at industry-leading brands for over 20 years. Christina is currently the CEO of Sola Salon Studios, the leader in the salon suites sector with over 500 locations across the US and Canada, and more recently in Brazil. Sola prides itself in providing premier studio space…
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Alisa and Jen share their story about how INNBeauty Project came about. This is a fascinating insight into how women's makeup companies have operated for so long and how INNBeauty is changing the regimen for quality budget friendly products filling a gap at Sephora. "Unless you truly can't live without making this idea come to life, it's extremely …
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Matheo is the founder of The Know Yourself teachings aimed at supporting you to cut through the confusion in the personal development industry and support you to learn about the hidden dynamics that affect your life. He has trained over 200 professional coaches, was a director of a coaching company in South Africa, worked in organizations such as O…
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How does it feel to be threatened by a bully at school? How can kids power up and respond? What works for kids and what support can parents provide? How can schools respond in a way that is safe, effective and fair? Join this age-appropriate conversation with Emilia, daughter of host Silvia Smart, and find out what happened when a school bully trie…
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Sarah is a Firefighter, Military Veteran and now an entrepreneur. Here is her journey through serving her community that led to the formation of FitFighter. "FitFighter was founded on the simple belief that anyone can begin a journey to lifelong strength and embrace every challenge that comes their way. Fitness for us isn’t about measurement, metri…
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Our bodies are designed to warn us when something is wrong. Learn about your amazing alarm system and find out how to pay attention when your body is talking to you! Listen to Silvia’s story which illustrates this concept, find out what happened, and learn ways to practice. This is one of the most important tools in your self-defense toolkit! Speci…
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The Good Good story begins in 2015 with three friends in Iceland discussing diet and modern lifestyle problems. Two of them had close relatives with type 2 diabetes and all three were very concerned with the immense amount of sugar ingested by the modern diet. Every meal seemed to be full of sugar. Our mission at GOOD GOOD is to sweeten up your lif…
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Drew Clark explains what social technical apparel is. Further, he explains the process of designing and manufacturing clothing. https://shop.californiacowboy.com Brick and mortar Store 1841 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 In Drew's words: I’m an extreme extrovert who was born and raised in Southern California. For most of my childhood, I relished i…
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JT and Ed discuss how they met online and their partnership with ZOA Energy, a brand rooted in positivity, to showcase how #KindnessCAN change the world. Can YOU be kind? JT on TikTok www.tiktok.com/@jt_laybourne Ed on TikTok www.tiktok.com/@eddudez Zoa Energy www.zoaenergy.com #KindnessCan #ZoaEnergy #TheRock…
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Welcome to Episode #1 of The Power Up Kids Self Defense Podcast! Meet your teacher and host, Silvia Smart. Find out what we’re going to learn and how this podcast is going to unfold. Get to know and understand some of the basic concepts so we can all be on the same page. This is exciting! So happy you are here! Special thanks to my producer/editor,…
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As a young 12 year old, Clayton Shaw enjoyed building speakers. He always knew what he was looking for, however, reaching the goal took many years and life experiences to achieve his goal. Now at 64, in his opinion after 52 years has reached the pinnacle in open baffle speaker design. Take a listen to Clayton's journey as he navigates through the s…
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Like many people in audio, Geno built what he thought would be a one off Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). Little did he know that would turn into leaving his previous life as a Computer Scientist and he and his wife Sherri starting Geshelli Labs. The Erish2 (E2) Balanced Headphone Amp and J2 DAC using the ES9026PRO are latest products in the line…
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Entrepreneur Steve Kirsch who holds an early patent for the optical mouse decided to get involved in treating Covid. Steve put in $1MM of his own money and raised $5MM in an effort to treat Covid in the early stage. https://www.treatearly.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_K... #treatearly #covid #fluvoxamine…
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Alison Morrow quit her TV news career in 2019 after 12 years as a reporter. She worked in several states working for FOX & Friends and FOX News Channel and most recently for the NBC affiliate King TV in Seattle. Her perspective is quite interesting as someone who has been in the business. https://www.youtube.com/c/AlisonMorro... https://twitter.com…
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John Seaber set out on a mission. He wanted a well performing headphone amp. Little did he know that his search would form a very successful business manufacturing the well received NwAvGuy's design, the O2 (Objective). Selling tens of thousands of these units, yes, you read that right; ultimately led to his own design. His story is quite neat to l…
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Dr. Robert Malone provides us with an in depth discussion on his past of how he invented the mRNA and DNA technology. You are sure to learn a lot in this highly interesting topic. 0:00 Intro 0:22 Background Information 1:08:29 Covid Related https://www.rwmalonemd.com Reading: The True Story of How mRNA Vaccination was Invented https://www.rwmalonem…
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Dan Wright started ModWright Instruments as a hobby to modify equipment. Today, ModWright has grown into a well respected Audio Company which leverages Dan's design skills along with some of the industry leading circuit designers. Please enjoy Dan's story as it's quite an interesting one! http://www.modwright.com #modwright #hifi #music…
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Adam explains to us about the formation of KLOS Guitars and how they're made. He and his brother Ian's formal education of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering have certainly helped their journey of KLOS Guitars. They have also started a company called Skill Board USA for the ultimate in human balance control. https://klosguitars.com https://www.ski…
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Ethan Winer joins for an hour of explanation of room treatment and explains his views on many other audio related topics including his book The Audio Expert. http://ethanwiner.com/book.htm https://realtraps.com/ http://ethanwiner.com/articles.html YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/EthanWiner/videos Here are a few related to what we discu…
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I have the pleasure to sit with the brilliant Bruno Putzeys from Hypex Audio fame. It's no secret that he truly broke ground to make Class D amplification mainstream within the HiFi community. https://purifi-audio.com https://www.kiiaudio.com/ https://www.mola-mola.nl https://www.hypex.nl #purifi #hypex #kiiaudio…
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Pastor Cal tells us about the authenticity of Married At First Sight along how he got involved in being part of it. https://calvinroberson.com https://twitter.com/CalvinRoberson https://www.mylifetime.com/shows/married-at-first-sight https://www.facebook.com/MarriedAtFirstSight His book: Marriage Ain't for Punks! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1…
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In 1985 Miki's father Dan, started Acry-Tech Coatings. While it started as a paint company, Dan quickly developed new industry leading products. Please have a listen to Miki to learn about Acry-Tech and learn about the new formula of DuraTex that makes it stand out from their competitors. From car audio, home audio/theater or Pro Audio, DuraTex Coa…
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Hired by Dr. Floyd Toole 20 yrs ago, it was an honor to have Distinguished Engineer Todd Welti on from Harman. Todd speaks openly what his daily job consists of; room modeling, subjective correlation, headphone acoustics, machine learning to product development. Links below for what was mentioned: https://www.harman.com/audio-innovations "Optimal C…
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Tania Yuki, Founder and CEO of Shareablee explains her journey of starting Shareablee. If you're in a corporate setting where data analytics is your specialty, this is for you! The data is available; the question becomes how do you use it and that's what Shareablee will help your team accomplish with their custom tailored solutions. About Shareable…
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From the Roswell Pro Audio site: Roswell Pro Audio was founded by Matthew McGlynn, whose first entry into the pro audio gear industry was RecordingHacks.com. RecordingHacks provides detailed analysis and descriptions of thousands of microphones, as well as some of the most ambitious mic shootouts ever produced. McGlynn's deep experience with hundre…
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In this video, we learn about the formation of Dutch & Dutch and how Martijn got his start in speaker design. Martijn also speaks about how the 8c design came about along with the features of such design. There's certainly a lot to unpack in this video! https://dutchdutch.com #dutchdutch #loudspeaker #speakers #hifi #8c…
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Author Jennifer Lourie explains how her self written and self published Memoir came about. Her life after divorce and into survival mode while navigating dating life of a woman in her 40's. Her book: https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Backseat-Jennifer-Lourie/dp/0692977023 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenlourie/?hl=en Blog: https://www.aloneinthe…
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In this video, Capt. Mike tells us about the importance of Captains For Clean Water for Everglades Restoration. This is something all boaters and fishers should watch and learn about. Heck, anyone that cares about earth should watch this. Yes, that means YOU! ;) https://captainsforcleanwater.org https://captainsforcleanwater.org/skiff-challenge htt…
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Bill Dudleston explains what got him into building speakers and ultimately Legacy Audio. His history is quite interesting! He even talks about Earl Geddes, the late Arnie Nudell and speaks about the powerful Legacy Audio Wavelet. If you manufacture drivers, you might want to hear his request. https://www.legacyaudio.com #legacyaudio #hifi #speakers…
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Do you love the ABC show, Shark Tank? Supervising Casting Producer Mindy Zemrak is here to tell us about Shark Tank, including how to pitch your winning idea! https://www.instagram.com/mindycasting/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/MindyCasting #sharktank #mindycasting #entrepreneur #entertainment #abc #WomansHistoryMonth…
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