Best Backpocket Podcasts (2024)

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You Can Have a 4-Day Workweek 29:09

19d ago29:09

29:09

Our host, Mike Sakraida, wrote the highly acclaimed book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story, on Amazon. Charles Alexander, our guest, is THE top facilitator for helping professionals reduce their hours worked, while delighting their clients even more. And, yes, some of you can have a 4-day workweek! You are a key part of our conversat…

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Easy client referrals that work 36:48

19d ago36:48

36:48

Our host, Mike Sakraida, wrote the highly acclaimed book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story on Amazon. Bill Cates, our guest, is THE expert on helping financial advisors and other professionals obtain a strong and steady stream of quality client referrals. You'll be the key part of an enjoyable conversation, where: 1. You will hear ho…

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Advisors transitioning to the right firm 22:57

19d ago22:57

22:57

Our host, Mike Sakraida, wrote the highly acclaimed Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story book on Amazon. Mark Elzweig, our guest, is one of the best independent financial advisor recruiters in the United States. You are a key part of our conversation, where: 1. You'll learn the four proven steps to join the right firm for you; 2. You'll …

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Business owners and advisors benefiting from outsourced CFO - Ryan Page & Backpocket CPA 14:56

2M ago14:56

14:56

Our host, Mike Sakraida is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story on Amazon.This is a continuation of Michael Sakraida helping individuals, business owners, and financial advisors have more fulfilling and meaningful lives of money, balance, and joy. Our Guest, Ryan Page, is the owner of Backpocket C…

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Volunteering In Your Community for Fulfillment with Michael Drennan 18:55

2M ago18:55

18:55

Your host, Mike Sakraida, wrote the highly acclaimed book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story on Amazon. Most people who are happy and fulfilled have some connection with their local or some other community. Volunteering is a great way to make such a connection, and bring more joy in your life. Our guest, Michael Drennan, was fortunate…

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Overcoming Fear of Change for individuals and financial advisors - Mark Elzweig 21:51

2M ago21:51

21:51

Our host, Mike Sakraida, is the author of the acclaimed book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story on Amazon. Our guest, Mark Elzweig, will discuss a remarkably simple and effective way we can overcome our fear of change. This is for our personal as well as our work lives. And, best of all, Mark will help us get to effectively implementi…

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Advisors Benefit significantly from best recruiters - Mark Elzweig 21:36

2M ago21:36

21:36

(<22 mins) Your Host, Mike Sakraida wrote the highly acclaimed - by many advisors - book, Money, Balance, Joy - Improving Your Life Story on Amazon. This podcast episode's focus only is for financial advisors. Our Guest, Mark Elzweig helps advisors have their own fulfilling life of money, balance, and joy. This is the reason for today's podcast, wi…

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341. Paul Martin 48:21

1+ y ago48:21

48:21

Paul Martin is a former NHL Hockey & U of M Gophers defensemen. Paul co-founded Shine a Ligh7, a non-profit focusing on youth mental health organizing events, funds and programs to provide youth to express their musical outlets. Enjoy! Please donate and support our mental health fundraiser HERE - [https://crowdfund.umn.edu/campaign/Backpocket](http…

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340. Mark Dowdle 1:22:33

1+ y ago1:22:33

1:22:33

Mark Dowdle is a great friend, reoccuring guest, and ultra marathon athlete. Mark discusses his recent accomplishment running 484.5 miles and raising $53k in 9 days during his Love Like Laurie Legacy run, his enthusiasm behind his recent “Run and Plunge” events he’s been doing with Embrace North, and we look ahead to the big ideas to come for 2023.…

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339. Emily Rooney 1:07:22

1+ y ago1:07:22

1:07:22

Emily Rooney is a dear friend we met freezing our asses off together when we took plunges in the ICE COLD Cedar Lake with Embrace North in Winter ‘22. We talk to Emily about her career working in professional sports with the Vikings, Seattle Krakken and now THE Big Ten Conference. We gain fruitful insight on her mental health journey and touch on h…

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338. Tis the Season of Giving 59:45

1+ y ago59:45

59:45

The boys of BP have officially launched their $50,000 mental health fundraiser with the Masonic Childrens Hospital in the Twin Cities. They catch everyone up to speed on how the fundraiser came to be and how it is going. They also reflect on the accomplishments this year with the DNP and spill a little tea about the MASSIVE things coming in 2023 - …

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337. Jeff Cole 1:34:47

2y ago1:34:47

1:34:47

Jeff Cole is a renowned pop culture artist who is the cofounder of Ikonick (a motivational canvas wall art company backed by Gary Vee & Scooter Braun) and creator of Sneaks of Nature (a web3 sneaker inpspired franchise). Jeff is a from the suburbs of Chicago and knew he was going to be a artist as early as the age 5 or 6. Decky sits down to discuss…

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336. Parker Olson 1:34:16

2y ago1:34:16

1:34:16

Parker Olson is the founder of Forij - a functional mushroom company providing food products in grocery stores all around the country! Decky catches Parker on his travels accross the country in his Forij Van and they discuss the "fake it til you make it" creation of the company, why Parker has a pair of shorts in police custody in LA, and why it's …

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335. The Boys of BP Are Back 1:00:41

2y ago1:00:41

1:00:41

After many months of being away, we are back! With the Date Night Podcast Season 2 recently wrapping up, the boys are back in the studio to discuss what's new in their lives and within the company. We share some of our favorite DNP Season 2 memories, talk about what's changed, and look ahead to the future of Backpocket. Enjoy!…

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334. Don Liimatainen 1:56:41

2+ y ago1:56:41

1:56:41

Don Liimatainen is the CEO and founder of the Best Christmas Ever organization, a local Minneapolis nonprofit that helps families in need have an amazing Christmas. Last year Backpocket and Straight Candid worked with the Best Christmas Ever organization and the community raised over $10,000 for a local family in need! Your kindness paid for gifts …

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333. Shawn Gold 1:49:15

2+ y ago1:49:15

1:49:15

Shawn Gold is the CEO and founder of Pilgrim Soul, an education and cannabis brand meant to stimulate creativity. Shawn has so much experience working with huge brands and has used his wisdom and knowledge to build his own company. Listen in to learn more about his brand, his relationship advice, and what pushes him to keep chopping wood. Enjoy!…

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332. Ben Zaver 1:23:50

2+ y ago1:23:50

1:23:50

Ben Zaver is the founder of Seeq, a brand new protein powder that is a clear, crisp and refreshing alternative to traditional thick and milky protein shakes. Throughout the quarantine of 2020, Ben spent countless hours working on creating the product as well as establishing his brand. We have fun throughout this podcast creating content ideas and h…

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331. Chad Heegaard 1:18:04

2+ y ago1:18:04

1:18:04

Chad Heegaard is the founder Cheegs Apparel - A sustainably sourced, ethically made business apparel for the modern man. Chad's hunger for adventure drove him away from the corporate world and eventually led him to Athens, Greece where he biked around the Balkan countries. Shortly thereafter he made his way to China to teach English and ultimately …

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330. Kris Clewell 1:26:25

2+ y ago1:26:25

1:26:25

This week on the show we welcome Kris Clewell, adventurer and author of his upcoming novel The Primrose Triangle. We talk about car ego, creating adventures while traveling, being a father, the process of writing a novel, and so much more. We hope you enjoy!

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329. How to Dance at Weddings and (also) Navigate Nuclear Power Plants 1:08:17

2+ y ago1:08:17

1:08:17

Andrew and Declan catch up and reflect on their summer as they trade stories on bringing energy to the dance floor at weddings (now that they've both attended one). Decky also finds himself in a pecular spot at the Nuclear power plant in AZ and if you listen to that story on the podcast please be aware that the information spilt in that story is co…

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328. Sam Harper 1:39:27

2+ y ago1:39:27

1:39:27

Sam Harper is the co-founder of Hippy Feet, an eco-friendly sock brand that donates a pair of socks for each pair purchased. He is celebrating his 5 year anniversary! With well-over 20,000 pairs of socks donated, Hippy Feet also helps the community by employing 16-24 year olds who are experiencing homelessness. Hippy Feet wears the title of "tree-h…

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327. Content Machine 1:29:51

3y ago1:29:51

1:29:51

Michael and Tyler are the founders of Content Machine, a comedy sketch brand that is taking off on social media (check out their TikTok)! BFFs since 4th grade, Michael and Tyler have been making hilarious and creative sketches for over 10 years. They discuss the process behind their work and some of the stories they've used for inspiration. Enjoy!…

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326. Introducing “Finding Felony”and Checking In on Our Journey to Mars 52:34

3y ago52:34

52:34

We introduce our newest project, Finding Felony, that we HIGHLY ENCOURAGE you to go check out when it releases hopefully next week (thank you to Apple Podcasts for the delay) and we deliver an inside look at how our journey to Mars is going. Enjoy!

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325. Hannah Perez 1:43:06

3y ago1:43:06

1:43:06

Hannah Perez is the founder of Awake Social, a marketing agency focused on helping small businesses. She recently returned from living the van life on a trip from Minneapolis to Yellowstone seeing Sioux Falls, the Badlands, Rapid City, and the Devil's Tower along the way. She discusses everything she experienced from the trip and about other life e…

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324. Jordyn Woodruff 1:25:36

3y ago1:25:36

1:25:36

Jordyn Woodruff is an assistant strategist at Hearts & Science and a TikTok guru. In the midst of the pandemic last year, Jordyn started creating TikToks on entertainment news around unconventional celebrity TikTokers, AKA "U-listers". It wasn't always easy, as the growth was slow at the beginning, but she stuck to it and continued to chop wood unt…

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323. Patrick Larson 1:59:02

3y ago1:59:02

1:59:02

Patrick is the founder of The Harrier, a running culture apparel brand and former founder of the infamous, short-lived "Too Good for the MIAC" apparel brand. He is also a long-time listener of the Backpocket and has been listening regularly for almost 300 of our episodes. He first tuned in while he was in Bulgaria where he was teaching at a foreign…

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322. Austin Jochum 1:14:53

3y ago1:14:53

1:14:53

Austin is a good friend and founder of Jochum Strength, a strength and conditioning facility focused on training athletes across the greater Twin Cities area and online across the world. Austin recently just moved into his brand new gym after spending his first 3 years in a 400 square foot gym that most nights he slept out of (he can now admit this…

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321. TWINSICK 1:40:45

3y ago1:40:45

1:40:45

TWINSICK is the infamous DJ duo that headlined Boatche**a 2021. Alex Ingalls & Casey Schnieder started TWINSICK back in 2019 after they met at a Two Friends concert where Alex was shooting video and Casey was opening as a solo act (his former artist name was simply, Casey Audio). We recap the insanity that was Boatche**a 2021 and we dive into how t…

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320. Everything You Need to Know for Boatche**a 2021 1:04:37

3y ago1:04:37

1:04:37

From speed shades to CO2 cannons, we cover everything you can expect to see at the Boat Party That Got A Cease And Desist From Coachella. We cover the itinerary and perks aboard, so listen up and get pumped! We're stoked for performances by Twinsick and Bayo and just a downright rowdy time. Huge thank you to our title sponsors, Low Fuel & UNRL, and…

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319. Brandon Poliszuk 1:41:22

3y ago1:41:22

1:41:22

Brandon is the head of content at Ikonick, a canvas art company centered around motivation and inspiration. He recently closed the doors on his former marketing agency, Social Butterfly, and took on this new venture with Ikonick. He paacked his bags and relocated to Scottsdale, AZ. This podcast is a conversation between Declan and Brandon as they u…

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318. John Inserra Walks the Middle to Find Common Ground 1:08:52

3y ago1:08:52

1:08:52

John Inserra, father of host Andrew Inserra, recently founded a non-profit organization called For Our Shared Humanity (FOSH). FOSH was created to shape and share an educational, cross-generational voice focused on strengthening the indivisibility rooted in the common ground upon which we all walk. The FOSH mission is to inspire, promote and educat…

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317. Joe Koezly 1:42:14

3y ago1:42:14

1:42:14

Joe Koezly is a digital creator and photographer who simply started out as an average teenager wanting to learn the ins and outs of design tools to make graphics of athletes. From networking after high school, to working at Social Butterfly, to his current position as photographer and social media content manager at Team IFA, Joe shares insights fr…

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316. We Got a Cease and Desist from Coachella 50:41

3y ago50:41

50:41

Getting a cease and desist from Coachella is actually the coolest thing that's ever happened to us. Listen to the full back story as to how it developed and our new plan of attack. OH AND BY THE WAY WE SOLD OUT THE BOAT PARTY THAT GOT A CEASE AND DESIST FROM COACHELLA. Enjoy!

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315. Declan Goff 1:56:12

3y ago1:56:12

1:56:12

Declan Goff is first and foremost, a man named Declan. He works for Skor North as the Executive Producer of two Minnesota sports shows, manages social media and often co-hosts covering Minnesota sports teams. Men named Declan are few and far between, but when they find each other, they band together. They ride or die. Listen in for the ultimate Dec…

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314. Dec Welcomes His 1st Guest to the RV - Kristina Harold 1:28:47

3y ago1:28:47

1:28:47

Kristina joins Dec on the pod as the official first guest in the RV mobile studio (a name will be later developed). After clearing the air of a few nervous farts, these two dive in on how their paths collided in the last year and has now culminated to these two living in an RV in the middle of the desert. Enjoy! Buy your Boatchella tickets HERE…

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313. Our LAST Podcast (In the Attic Studio) 1:26:16

3y ago1:26:16

1:26:16

After 3 years in our attic studio on the third floor of our home (commonly known as Colfax Lanes), we have officially moved out of our studio. This is our first in person podcast in awhile as Decky is back in the sandbox for the weekend. Catch up with how Dec's new living situation is as of February, Jack's issues with his bladder, and Matt's issue…

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312. Wells Brose 1:08:21

3y ago1:08:21

1:08:21

Wells Brose is a Minnetonka LEGEND, quite literally speaking to us from a boat on the lake. Wells is the co-founder of UffDa Adventures, the ultimate pedal pub on water, creator of the Breast Cancer fundraising initiative, Tonka Tatas, and all-around giving and kind-hearted person. He touches on the Minnesota Nice stigma, accepting and overcoming f…

3+ y ago1:36:44

1:36:44

After a successful first round of call-ins last week from members of the community discussing things they have recently started, we host another 6 people this week! Guests include... Clara Cott (9:07) - Co-founder of Speak Pet Board, a modern button training for pets Michelle Dolezal (19:22) - Co-owner of It Girl Jewelry and founder of Mischelly Me…

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