Best Nik White Podcasts (2024)

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From $20K to $4.7M Profit with Short-Term Rentals in Under 3 Years with Nik & Isaac French. #053 59:03

5h ago59:03

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HoldCo Bros are back! Nik and I sat down with Isaac French, who built Live Oak Lake, a unique micro-destination. In this episode, we discuss how Isaac turned a $2.3 million investment into a $7 million exit, why storytelling is crucial for any business, and how he generated $40,000 in bookings with a $900 social media budget. We also cover the chal…

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Policing and White Power with Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham (JP, EF) 39:35

9m ago39:35

39:35

This June 2020 episode, originally part of a Global Policing series, was Recall this Book's first exploration of police brutality, systemic and personal racism and Black Lives Matter. Elizabeth and John were lucky to be joined by Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham, two scholars who have worked on these questions for decades. Many of the mechanisms …

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How Stan Healed After Being Pushed Out of His Food Business. #052 33:00

2d ago33:00

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I sat down with Stan, a seasoned entrepreneur who faced one of the toughest challenges in business - being unjustly pushed out of his own company. In this candid conversation, Stan shares his personal story of how he was forced out, the impact it had on him, and how he managed to pick up the pieces and rebuild. We also discuss the emotions behind b…

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Crystal Wilkinson, "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks" (Clarkson Potter, 2023) 55:36

1h ago55:36

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Poet Laureate of Kentucky Crystal Wilkinson’s food memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks (Clarkson Potter, 2023), honors her kitchen ghosts, five generations of Black Appalachian women. She contends, “The concept of the kitchen ghost came to me years ago, when I realized that my …

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Interview with Johnny Viti and Chicago Summer Draft | Episode 65 1:04:45

2h ago1:04:45

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Duke Coughlin, Jordan Lazowski, and Nik Gaur try their best to not talk about the White Sox for an episode. Instead, they have a conversation with Chicago-based content creator Johnny Viti about his unique journey to content creation, his baseball fandom background, and some of his favorite things about Chicago. Later, the crew has a draft of all t…

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How to Start a Profitable Coffee/Restaurant Business. #051 36:44

2d ago36:44

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I sat down with Mark Janasik, the founder of Southern Grounds, (https://www.southerngrounds.com/franchise) a chef-driven coffee house in Florida. Mark shares how he bootstrapped his business from the ground up, merging high-quality coffee with a sustainable food menu. Despite the challenges, he's built a multi-million dollar coffee-restaurant brand…

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How to Build a Business around a Lifetime Warranty Offer. HoldCo Bros are Back! #050 43:14

4d ago43:14

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Discussing eight unique business ideas with Nik! We talk about building local and high-value more niche newsletters, Botox services, creating a business around lifetime warranty as your UVP, starting a local Google My Business agency, and reverse engineering Etsy's bestsellers. Learn more about Nik here: http://linktr.ee/cofoundersnik Timestamps be…

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Farewell, Pedro Grifol | Episode 64 33:15

4d ago33:15

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Duke Coughlin and Noah Phalen bring you an emergency episode of the Sox On 35th Podcast to cover Thursday's news of the firing of Pedro Grifol. Get the crew's reaction to the news and breakdown of why they think it took so long into the season for this to happen. Plus, who do they think should be names considered for the job as Chris Getz begins hi…

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Why Should You Listen to Me? #049 41:27

6d ago41:27

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In this episode, I’m sharing my journey from being broke to running multiple million-dollar businesses and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I love starting businesses and have a spreadsheet of 72 of them. I’ve also done crazy things like partnering with John McAfee and donating my kidney to a stranger. Timestamps below. Enjoy! --- Watch this…

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The Role of Psychoanalytic Mechanisms of Defense; What They Are and How They Work 41:35

6d ago41:35

41:35

Using one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s major ideas as a springboard for their discussion, “The truth will set you free,” the host and co-host discussed psychoanalytic mechanism of defense starting with denial which can emerge when a topic is too painful or difficult to face. A productive dialogue followed that focused on Dr. Filipe Copeland’s de…

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James Fox of FutureSox breaks down the deadline trades | Pipeline to 35th 47:19

10d ago47:19

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Michael Suareo welcomes James Fox of FutureSox to react to the White Sox trade deadline moves. Did the team get fleeced for Erick Fedde or was the return acceptable? Was holding off on moving Luis Robert Jr. and Garrett Crochet until the offseason the right decision? The crew also touches on the 2024 draft class and improvements needed in the inter…

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Making Millions in the Luxury Sprinter Van Business. #048 40:35

8d ago40:35

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I sat down with Raymond, the owner of a luxury Sprinter van rental service in Vegas. He's grown his business rapidly, renting out high-end Sprinter vans for $170/hour to celebrities, hotels, bachelor parties, and more. Despite the crowded Vegas market, Raymond believes it's under-saturated and shares insights on launching similar businesses in othe…

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Anne Gray Fischer, "The Streets Belong to Us: Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification" (UNC Press, 2022) 1:14:04

8d ago1:14:04

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Anne Gray Fischer speaks about her path to and through research, including how sex workers informed her analysis of policing and state violence, the role of law enforcement in struggles over economic development, and the intellectual and practical factors of research design. Men, especially Black men, often stand in as the ultimate symbol of the ma…

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Race, Gender, and the 2024 Presidential Election Cycle 51:38

11d ago51:38

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Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. The path to this nomination and the generation election has been a bit unusual—with President Joe Biden deciding not to pursue re-election but doing so after the primary season has concluded. Thus, there is a rather condensed election season, and Vice Pre…

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Nadirah Simmons, "First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game" (Twelve, 2024) 1:17:16

9d ago1:17:16

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This enlightening book reframes the history of hip-hop—and this time, women are given credit for all their trailblazing achievements that have left an undeniable impact on music. First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game (Twelve, 2024), hip-hop is not just the music, and women have played a big role in shaping the way it looks today. …

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Nik Ribianszky, "Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865" (U Georgia Press, 2021) 1:17:42

10d ago1:17:42

1:17:42

In Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865 (U Georgia Press, 2021), Nik Ribianszky employs the lenses of gender and violence to examine family, community, and the tenacious struggles by which free blacks claimed and maintained their freedom under shifting international governance from Spanish colonial rule (1779…

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Behind the Scenes of Accidentally Launching a Business. Ep. #047 41:25

11d ago41:25

41:25

HoldCo Bros are back! Nik and I talk about perfume vending machine business we accidentally fell into, how it went viral on Instagram, and what happened behind the scenes. We also dive into Ponzi schemes, the boy band business in the nineties, and the complexities of investor relationships and entrepreneurship. Enjoy and see you next Friday! Learn …

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Tisha Brooks, "Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Women’s Travel" (U Virginia Press, 2023) 37:23

11d ago37:23

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What would it mean for American and African American literary studies if readers took the spirituality and travel of Black women seriously? With Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Women’s Travel (U Virginia Press, 2023), Tisha Brooks addresses this question by focusing on three nineteenth-century Black women writers who merged the spiritua…

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Baroness Sharon Taylor: Getting Britain Building Again @SharonStevenage 🌹 l Ep. #023 55:39

11d ago55:39

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This week Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, joins me to discuss the importance of local government to change communities for the better. Sharon also shares a behind the scenes into the government's plans to get Britain building again, what that means for local areas and how it will give opportunity for younger generations. Sharon is a ge…

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2024 Trade Deadline Reactions | Episode 63 57:10

13d ago57:10

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Jordan Lazowski, Nik Gaur, and Michael Suareo regroup a few days after the MLB Trade Deadline to break down what the White Sox did leading up to July 30. Who are some of the main players that the White Sox got in return? When could we see some of them in the big leagues? Michael breaks all of this down for you. Plus, do the guys think the White Sox…

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Jane-Marie Collins, "Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888" (Liverpool UP, 2023) 1:19:06

15d ago1:19:06

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Jane-Marie Collins's book Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888 (Liverpool UP, 2023) examines three major currents in the historiography of Brazilian slavery: manumission, miscegenation, and creolisation. It revisits themes central to the history of slavery and race relations in Brazil, updates the research about t…

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My Favorite 5 Business Ideas in the Swimming Industry. Ep. #046 52:19

13d ago52:19

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I sat down with Josh Scott, owner of SwimSRQ and Swim Academy, to learn about his businesses and to explore four different business ideas you can start in the swimming industry. From renting a house just for the pool to offering swim lessons in above-ground pools at strip malls, learn how to make money in the swim industry with creative and innovat…

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My Failure: Navigating a Brutal Partnership Fallout. Ep. #045 28:46

15d ago28:46

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Getting vulnerable here about one of my life's biggest failures and trials. --- Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-yt Ask me a question on or off the show here: tkopod.co/p-ask Learn more about me: tkopod.co/p-cjk Learn about my company: tkopod.co/p-cof Follow me on Twitter here: tkopod.co/p-x Free weekly business ideas newsletter: tko…

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Musa al-Gharbi, "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite" (Princeton UP, 2024) 39:54

18d ago39:54

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How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status--without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged. Society has never been more egalitarian—in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultura…

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Prithi Kanakamedala, "Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough" (NYU Press, 2024) 54:53

16d ago54:53

54:53

Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City's most populous borough through their search for social justice. Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation's third largest city. Its free Black community attracted people from all walks of life--businesswomen, church leaders, laborers, and writers--who sought to grow their city in a radic…

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Sheila Curran Bernard, "Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 32:14

16d ago32:14

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Known worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889-1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous - as was, according to legend, the temper that landed him in two of the South's most brutal prisons, while his immense talent twice won him pardons. But, as Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's…

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Chicago Berr Pass: Add THC

18d ago

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Welcome to the Chicago Beer Pass: Your ticket to all the great beer events happening in and around Chicago. On this episode of Chicago Beer Pass, Brad Chmielewski and Nik White are mixing things up with a little THC. A few episodes ago, the guys talked about the rise of THC seltzers from different breweries, and they figured it was time to taste th…

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White whale hunting and moat-building via tedious tasks. HoldCo Bros are back. Ep. #044 39:41

18d ago39:41

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Discussing some white whale opportunities with Nik! We also chat about masterminds and how to build a mote with tedious tasks. Learn more about Nik: https://linktr.ee/cofoundersnik Timestamps below. Enjoy! --- Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-yt Ask me a question on or off the show here: tkopod.co/p-ask Learn more about me: tkopod.co…

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Mayor Dr Nik Johnson: Metro Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough @NikJohnsonCA 🌹 l Ep. #022 51:35

18d ago51:35

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A first for the podcast as I am joined by one of our Metro Mayors. Dr Nik Johnson is an NHS doctor as well as the Labour Metro Mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Nik shares his plans for better transport infrastructure across the region plus his experiences of the new working relationship with our Labour government led by Keir Starmer. This…

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Let's Make a Deal: 2024 White Sox Edition | Episode 62 54:40

22d ago54:40

54:40

Duke Coughlin, Jordan Lazowski, and Nik Gaur are back to discuss the latest in White Sox baseball as we prepare for the Trade Deadline. They first take one last look at the team's 2024 draft class and decide how confident they feel in the overall strategy employed. They also address the idea of Terry Francona coming out of retirement and the likeli…

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What Is Programmatic SEO and How Can You Profit from It? Ep. #043 50:36

20d ago50:36

50:36

5 more business ideas! I sat down with multipreneur Connor Gross ( https://x.com/C_GRO ) to chat about some brilliant business ideas. https://bizbrainstorms.com Connor, an entrepreneur in self-storage and e-commerce, shares insights on the power of programmatic SEO combined with AI-generated content. We also explore the Tegus research platform, nic…

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Analyzing the 2024 White Sox Draft Class | Pipeline to 35th 42:57

24d ago42:57

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Michael Suareo and Nik Gaur host a special post-MLB Draft episode of the Pipeline to 35th Podcast. To help break down the 2024 White Sox draft class, the crew welcomes Tyler Jennings, the Director of Draft Content for Prospects Live.By Sox On 35th

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Is lawn leveling the next home service moneymaker? Ep. #042 50:03

22d ago50:03

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Last month I got a DM that said "Bro. Look into lawn leveling. These guys are PRINTING CASH. I knew I had to learn more, so I had Brandon McClellan on the pod today. Brandon is a former oil rig worker turned entrepreneur who founded Central Texas Lawn Leveling. Today we chat about how Brandon discovered the lawn leveling business, turned it into a …

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Luke Akehurst MP: North Durham @lukeakehurst 🌹 l Ep. #021 Meet Our New MPs 1:02:43

23d ago1:02:43

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Welcome to a fantastic episode with Luke Akehurst MP for North Durham. Luke shares with me some details from his campaign, including some threatening behaviour experienced while campaigning. Luke also explains the history of Labour First, now joined with Progressive Britain to form the umbrella orgnaisation Labour to Win. It was especially special …

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Tiffany Gill, "To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism" (U Illinois Press, 2019) 40:18

24d ago40:18

40:18

Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism (U Illinois Press…

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Ujju Aggarwal, "Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2024) 39:31

25d ago39:31

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What do universal rights to public goods like education mean when codified as individual, private choices? Is the “problem” of school choice actually not about better choices for all but, rather, about the competition and exclusion that choice engenders—guaranteeing a system of winners and losers? Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioni…

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Michael J. Douma, "The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 51:29

24d ago51:29

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Original and deeply researched, The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827 (Cambridge University Press, 2024) provides a new interpretation of Dutch American slavery which challenges many of the traditional assumptions about slavery in New York. With an emphasis on demography and economics,…

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Shannon returns! More high ticket flipping and deal making tips. Part 2 of 2. Ep. #041 43:15

25d ago43:15

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You remember Shannon from 1 week ago, right? From episode 38? He's back! You can find Shannon here: https://tkopod.co/shannon Enjoy! --- Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-yt Ask me a question on or off the show here: tkopod.co/p-ask Learn more about me: tkopod.co/p-cjk Learn about my company: tkopod.co/p-cof Follow me on Twitter here:…

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Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit 58:38

27d ago58:38

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Today’s book is: Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit (U Chicago Press, 2024), by Dr. Robin Bernstein, which tells the story of a teenager named William Freeman. Convicted of a horse theft he insisted he did not commit, he was sentenced to five years of hard labor in Auburn’s new prison. Uniting incarcerat…

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6 Budget Friendly Businesses to Start in 2024. Perfume vending!? Ep. #040 34:36

27d ago34:36

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What else is there to say? You're here for biz ideas right!? We saved the best for last. Enjoy! --- Watch this on YouTube instead here: tkopod.co/p-yt Ask me a question on or off the show here: tkopod.co/p-ask Learn more about me: tkopod.co/p-cjk Learn about my company: tkopod.co/p-cof Follow me on Twitter here: tkopod.co/p-x Free weekly business i…

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S2E4 - Robbie Heeger Explores the Future of Crypto Philanthropy with Endaoment 50:50

29d ago50:50

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The latest episode of "From Niche to Necessity: Tax & Accounting for Web3 and Digital Assets" features an incredible conversation with Robbie Heeger, President and CEO of Endaoment. For anyone interested in how blockchain technology can revolutionize nonprofit and philanthropic efforts, this episode is an absolute must-listen. Here are three key ta…

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Q&A: The best pet cremation business model on a budget + 3 more questions! Ep. #039 39:24

1M ago39:24

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Q&A day! How can you start a profitable pet cremation biz without $100k for an incinerator? Today we covered that and 3 other questions: 1. What if you started a WeWork but only for quiet, private places to study or work. Is that viable? 2. How much to pay for a yacht charter booking business? How to structure the deal? 3. Is this new RV park conce…

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Charly Palmer and Karida Brown, "The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families" (Chronicle Books, 2023) 50:19

1M ago50:19

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In 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP founders published The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun. A century later, The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families (Chronicle Books, 2023) recreates the very first publication created for Black youth in 1920 into a sensational anthology. Expanding on the mission of the…

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Toby Green, "A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2019) 49:04

1M ago49:04

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All too often, the history of early modern Africa is told from the perspective of outsiders. In his book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Toby Green draws upon a range of underutilized sources to describe the evolution of West Africa over a period of four…

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Jill A. Fisher, "Adverse Events: Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals" (NYU Press, 2020) 49:12

1M ago49:12

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Imagine that you volunteer for the clinical trial of an experimental drug. The only direct benefit of participating is that you will receive up to $5,175. You must spend twenty nights literally locked in a research facility. You will be told what to eat, when to eat, and when to sleep. You will share a bedroom with several strangers. Who are you, a…

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Emily J. Lordi, "The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s" (Duke UP, 2020) 57:36

1M ago57:36

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Soul is one of those concepts that is often evoked, but rarely satisfactorily defined. In The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s (Duke University Press 2020), Emily J. Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black cultur…

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Becoming an MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn - Calder Valley 🌹 l Ep. #020 1:01:17

1M ago1:01:17

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Josh Fenton Glynn MP comes back onto the show to share his experiences of his campaign, the count and winning his election, becoming an MP for Calder Valley. This is a very personal account of this time and I explore with Josh some of the challenges of becoming a new MP as well as the amazing responsibility to his community. Email labourpodcast@gma…

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Asymmetric bets & flipping high ticket items for profit with Shannon Jean. Part 1 of 2. Ep. #038 38:00

1M ago38:00

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Part 1/2: I had my friend Shannon Jean on the pod today. Shannon is a stupidly successful multipreneur. If there's a unique business out there, he's probably tackled it. You can find Shannon here: https://tkopod.co/shannon Today we chat about how you can find money-making opportunities by focusing on specific opportunities in your local area. --- W…

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Theresa McCulla, "Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:13:02

1M ago1:13:02

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A history of food in the Crescent City that explores race, power, social status, and labor. In Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans (U Chicago Press, 2024), Theresa McCulla probes the overt and covert ways that the production of food and the discourse about it both created and reinforced many strains of inequality in New Orleans, a city si…

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B2B Stump Grinding. Cash Cow or Dud? HoldCo Bros Discuss. Ep. #037 40:56

1M ago40:56

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Is B2B stump grinding the next big move? HoldCo bros break down all the numbers. With Nikonomics host, Nik Hulewsky --- Watch this on YouTube instead here: https://www.youtube.com/@thekoerneroffice?sub_confirmation=1 Ask me a question on or off the show here: https://tkopod.co/p-ask Learn more about me: http://chrisjkoerner.com Learn about my compa…

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