We take a look at the lessons we can learn from the greatest show ever made, Avatar The Last Airbender. Join me as I discuss ideas from the show with the goal of helping us all become the best version of ourselves.
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A project for Mrs. Oxenfeld and Mrs. LaFave. Hosted by Connor Barrow and Brian Wisniewski
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The premier podcast covering San Francisco 49ers football. Hosted by Bay Area radio reporters Brian Peacock and Nick Winkler. Honest and entertaining analysis, plus interviews with industry insiders.
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Join hosts Dr. Elia Gourgouris - The Happiness Doctor, also known as the "Happy Greek", and Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver, as they bring in intriguing guests who share impactful personal experiences with the transformative power of kindness. BE WARNED - You'll more than likely come away with a case of "pay it forwarditis" and a desire to join the growing #kindnemic working to spread the kindness contagion wherever you go! Dr. Elia Gourgouris worked for over two decades as a clinical psy ...
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Episode 26 - Tracy-Ann Palmer - Touching Hearts, Changing Lives
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Send us a text How can you and I learn to do magic? What can we do to touch hearts and truly change lives? How can we respond if someone says, "you're too kind?" Join Co-hosts Randall McNeely and Dr. Elia Gougouris in this delightful conversation with author, coach, and keynote speaker Tracy-Ann Palmer and get the answers to those questions and mor…
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Episode 25 - Lyndsey Van Sickle - Saying the "Unsaid" Things
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Send us a text Questions to consider: What is the power behind simply showing up to support someone? How can that simple act of kindness be a catalyst for success? Are there things you're not saying, at least to yourself, that really need to be said? How do you face those challenges and allow yourself to bring out what has been struggling to get ou…
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Episode 24 - Cheryl Knowlton - Receiving Kindness Graciously
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Send us a text What do you get when you cross an amazing speaker, coach, and leader with a generous kindness giver? Cheryl Knowlton. What a wonderful opportunity lies ahead for you, our listeners and watchers. It was a wonderful experience for Dr. Elia Gourgouris - The Happiness Doctor and Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver - to share th mic with t…
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Episode 23 - Angelique Letizia - The Power of Talking to Strangers
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Send us a text Some people might be taken aback at first, but Angelique Letizia's warm and caring personality soon dispels any defensiveness. What am I talking about? Talking with and paying complements to strangers - something Angelique is no stranger to (pun intended). What a thrill it was for Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver and Dr. Elia Gourg…
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Episode 22 - Rewind - Brian Coleman Revisited - The Man with A Heart To Help!
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Send us a text This week's edition is a rewind episode, revisiting Brian Coleman's previous interview - The Man With A Heart to Help. We'll be back next week a new episode featuring the wonderful Angelique Letizia. _______________________ There are times in our lives when we have conversations with someone that leaves us feeling blown away - in a g…
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Episode 21 - Barry Shore - The Kindness Shift - Making Every Interaction Transformational
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Send us a text For this week's episode all we can say is be prepared to laugh and have your heart touched. In other words, be prepared to be transformed! Why? Because Barry Shore, the king of JOY, the master of acronyms, the proliferator of kindness is in the house. I can promise you that you will be delighted within the first 30 seconds of listeni…
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Episode 20 - Karolina Koppany - Kindness - A Reflection of Your Soul
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Send us a text The KIndness Factor Podcast - Your Weekly 30-Minute Soul Lift How is it possible to foster deep relationships that last for decades? What makes it possible for the teacher to become the student over time? How does the kindness we give become a reflection of our soul? Get the answers to these questions and so much more in Episode 20 o…
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Episode 19 - Kristina Vaneva - Engaging With Kindness
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Send us a text Can kindness come from unkindness? How does caring for cats and other animals impact the drive to pay kindness forward today? The answers to those questions are waiting to be found in this delightful interview with employe engagement specialist Kristina Vaneva. Listen in as she shares the experience that was the catalyst for her care…
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Episode 18 - Shaun Barrowes - The Musical Angel Investor
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Send us a text What happens when a piano teacher steps into the shoes of a kindness hero by seeing the composer in you and working with you to bring him out? How can singing with 100 choir students possibly top singing in front of 30 million people on American Idol? Shaun Barrowes has the answers. You can get the answers too in today's inspiring ep…
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Episode 17 - Naomi Riley - Accepting the Things We Cannot Change and Thriving
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Send us a text Support our efforts to create a world kindemic. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2179958/support ___________ Life is full of challenges. That hasn't stopped Naomi Riley, a woman well acquainted with challenges and the rezilience it takes to accept them, move through them, and grow from them! Join myself, Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver,…
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Episode 16 - Zack Demopoulos - The Generational Impact of Kindness
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Send us a text Join Us for an Inspiring and Unforgettable Episode Listen to the incredible story of a father’s example of deep kindness and how his son paid it forward in the same way years later. Learn about the powerful role of looking for the best in people, especially in challenging circumstances, and how it can dramatically change people’s lif…
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Episode 15 - Robin Berlinsky - Finding the Gift in Challenges - Perception is Reality
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Episode 14 - Rich "Trigger" Bontrager - See, Build, Breakdown Barriers
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Send us a text How is it possible for a young man who grew up with a stutter, who often ran out of the classroom crying because of bullies mocking and laughing at him, to grow up an become a keynote speaker running a global media company that impacts thousands? Listen to today's episode and find out. It was.a true joy to have the opportunity to int…
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Episode 13 - Jason Hewlett - The Promise to the One
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Send us a text Enjoy what your hearing? Support our efforts to take kindness to a broader audience through "The Kindness Factor Human Interest Series" by subscribing here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2179958/supporters/new In today's episode with the incredibly talented Jason Hewlett, you'll hear of a modern equivalent of Yoda and Luke Skywalker as …
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Episode 12 - Lisa Purtue - Seeing People As They Are
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Send us a text Heroes and heroines - We all need them - now more than ever. Elia Gourgouris Ph.D. and Randall McNeely were privileged this past week to sit down and interview Lisa Purtue - a living hero in her own right - and had a true lesson on what it means to be a kindness hero. Abandoned at 18 with a six month child, Lisa had now where to go. …
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Episode 11 - Tristaca McCray - Slow Down - You Got This!
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Send us a text Dr. Elia Gourgouris - The Happiness Doctor, and Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver, were pleased to have Dr. Tristica McCray join them for another wonderful discussion sharing Dr. Tristaca's life changing experiences with kindness! Nearly everyone can think of a time when they were worried about missing out or not keeping up with tho…
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Episode 10: Michael "Fritz" Fritzious - Extending Confidence to Craft Your "Own" Thing
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Send us a text What's the impact of extending the kindness of teaching your children how to become entrepreneurs, and instilling them with the confidence that they can craft their "own" thing? Serial entrepreneur Michael Fritz knows and share his experience with his four daughters who are already planning their future businesses. Join Randall McNee…
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Episode 9 - Robyn Simpson - Choosing the Attitude of Kindness
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Send us a text What role does the attitude we choose towards kindness have in our daily happiness? Why is example such an impactful part of teaching children and others to be kind? How do the boundaries we set for ourselves impact kindness to self and others? How does giving to others when our life circumstances would seem to dictate that we be on …
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Episode 8 - Jaqueline Way - Changing Our Lives and The World by Cultivating Kindness!
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Send us a text We've heard about the DOSE (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins) that triggers happy feelings in our bodies when we experience kindness either as a giver or a receiver. But, did you know that experiencing kindness, either giving or receiving, can impact our bodies down to the cellular level? Jacqueline 💙 Way, Dr. Elia Gourg…
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Episode 7 - Elaine Glencoe - Cancer Survivor, Self-Care Queen
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Send us a text What a thrill to share a powerful cancer survival story with our audience and share how kindness played a direct and transformative role in that survival story! This weeks guest on The Kindness Factor Podcast is a the beautiful Elaine Glencoe. Elaine is a survivor in multiple ways. In the past two years her life has been through a lo…
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Episode 6 - Ken Caputo - Simple Acts of Kindness Making an Impact
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Send us a text The impact of acts of kindness as simple as a smile cannot be overstated. That is the strong message from this week's The Kindness Factor Podcast with another inspiring guest, Ken Caputo, co-Founder of Momentum Learning. Lots of inspiring insights in this episode. Question's you'll get the answers to: What happens when one candle lig…
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Episode 5 - Jodi Orgil Brown - Navigating Forward through Adversity
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Send us a text There are times in our lives when we have the chance to rub shoulders and interact with people who leave our lives better for the experience. My interview with Jodi Orgill Brown was one of those times. She's a true survivor, having been through 22 surgeries over the past 15 years after doctors found a massive brain tumor wrapped arou…
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Episode 4 - Louisa Garrett - It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It"
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Send us a text We are happy to announce the next episode of The Kindness Factor Podcast with a wonderful kindness enthusiast, the beautiful Louisa Garrett. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with her, and we are totally confident you will too. Louisa Garrett is a self-made "kindness expert." Her journey began after one of her Heartbeats (a term she aff…
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Episode 3 - Brian Coleman - The man with "A Heart 2 Help" - People Helping People
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Send us a text There are times in our lives when we have conversations with someone that leaves us feeling blown away - in a good way. We come away feeling like we are on cloud 9. This conversation with Brian Coleman is one of those. It was a total honor for me, Randy McNeely - The Kindness Giver, and Dr. Elia Gourgouris, "The Happiness Doctor" to …
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Episode 2 - Kevin Smith: Kindness Worldwide - See the Good. Be the Good. Go the Extra Mile!
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Send us a text What can happen when you lose your wallet in a grocery store parking lot only to discover it's missing after you get home? How about a Good Samaritan story that goes viral and seven months of insanely great and greatly insane ups and downs that result in the formation of a non-profit with a mission to inspire kindness cultures in com…
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Episode 1 - Brad Aronson - HumanKind - Changing the World One Small Act at A Time
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Send us a text What a delightful opportunity it is for us to share with you the amazing story of one of the kindest people on the planet - Brad Aronson, author of HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act at a Time. This is the book both I and Dr. Gourgouris wish we'd written. This is a must listen episode. Here's a few nuggets you'll get today: …
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I invited my friend Jon Juvenal on to today's episode and we discussed Hope. Specifically how it relates to the characters in the following episodes:"The Library""The Desert""The Serpent's Pass" (Netflix has this in a two part episode titled "The Secret...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy…
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I'm trying something different for this episode. Rather than just have me talking into the mic about a topic, I invited my friend Eli to come discuss things and have a conversation about Zuko and his relationship to the Blue Spirit mask.We had a lot of...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/…
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Today I discuss the wisdom of Uncle Iroh. We talk about Iroh's life before the series and how he came to be the character we love. Iroh is one of my favorite characters with a character arc as rich and complex as Zuko. I hope you all enjoy it.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/message…
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Adversity is something we all deal with in life. Some more than others. We can learn a lot from the characters in Avatar and how they dealt with adversity in their lives and how they used it for growth.Intro Music: The Last Agni Kai by Samuel Kim...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/messag…
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I start out by looking at how characters in Avatar The Last Airbender relate to anger and how Stoic philosophers would advise us to look at it in our own lives.NOTE: It has been pointed out to me that at about the 9:45 mark I mistakenly said Katara was...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/…
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Just a quick intro into what to expect from the podcast--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jasmine-dragon-philosophy/messageBy Brian Barrow
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This is a project for Mrs. Oxenfeld and Mrs. LaFave. This podcast is hosted by Connor Barrow and Brian Wisniewski.
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LOCKED ON 49ERS Simulcast, Subscribe to the New Daily Podcast Hosted by Brian Peacock
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Goodbye Gold Faithful, hello LOCKED ON 49ERS! Thanks everyone for listening the past two years, please subscribe to LOCKED ON 49ERS which will be hosted by Brian Peacock with Nick Winkler joining the show on a regular basis.https://audioboom.com/channel/locked-on-49ersBy Leading the League
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GM John Lynch Out Of Nowhere, Bay Area Sports Guy
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Bay Area Sports Guy, Steve Berman, joins the guys to discuss the shocking hire of GM John Lynch and if the ballsy approach could be a winner long term.By Leading the League
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Trent and Chip Fired, Jed Talks, Matt Barrows, Jeff Deeney
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Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sac Bee, and Jeff Deeney, 49ers analyst at Pro Football Focus, join the the show to break down the 2016 season that was, fallout from the termination of Chip Kelly and Trent Baalke, news of GM and head coach candidates and Jed York's presser.By Leading the League
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Matt Barrows, Shanny/Chip/Trent/Jed Rumors, Signature Loss vs NYJ
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Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sac Bee, joins the guys to discuss front office rumors circulating after the epic week 14 collapse. Was this loss to the Jets a game we will always think of in connection to the 2016 49ers?By Leading the League
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No-Show in the Snow, Locking Up High Draft Pick, Jennifer Lee Chan of NinersNation
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Jennifer Lee Chan of NinersNation.com brings insight on the mood in the 49ers locker room and Kap benching. Did the team finally quit in Chicago? Draft implications from Bears and Jets games.By Leading the League
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Vintage Kap, Baalke Is Sorry, Rob Lowder of NinersWire, Ryan Covay of KNBR
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Brian and Nick are joined by KNBR's Ryan Covay to preview the week 13 matchup in Chicago. The guys talk draft, WRs, QBs, Kap and Baalke with Rob Lowder, writer at NinersWire on the USA Today network. Also, is Kap still in play long term and is it wrong to root for losses and the higher draft picks that come with them?…
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Bright Side of Cards Loss, Former NFL Scout Joe Bommarito
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Joe Bommarito, former scout for the New York Jets, talks about how he got into the NFL and where the 49ers go from here. Brian and Nick look at why the Cardinals loss was a win. Is Trent Baalke campaigning for his job?By Leading the League
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Matt Barrows, beat writer for the Sacramento Bee, stops in to give some context to the historically bad 49ers defense. Brian manages to find a couple bright spots in the 41-23 loss to the Saints. Nick foreshadows a franchise record losing streak.By Leading the League
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The Trent Baalke Episode with Bay Area Sports Guy and Kyle Madson
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Steve Berman (Bay Area Sports Guy) and Kyle Madson (The Niners Wire) stop by to talk GM Trent Baalke, who has been the subject of scrutiny after the 49ers' 1-6 start. Should Jed York #FireBaalke? And what about defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil? The answer is clear.By Leading the League
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Kap's Debut, Run Defense, Jeff Deeney of PFF
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Jeff Deeney, 49ers media correspondent for Pro Football Focus, joins Brian and Nick to reveal PFF grades of the embarrassing run defense in Buffalo, as well as up and down 2016 debuts for Colin Kaepernick and Joshua Garnett.By Leading the League
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Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sac Bee, joins Brian and Nick to discuss all things Colin Kaepernick after he was named starting QB by head coach Chip Kelly as the team heads to Buffalo for week 6.By Leading the League
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GF Short: Niners at Quarter Pole, Cards on TNF
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Short show for a short week. Taking teh temperature on 2016 at the quarter point. Quick look back at week 4 letdown. Can 49ers win at home against the 1-3 Cardinals without Carson Palmer?By Leading the League
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Matt Barrows, Seattle No-Show, Week 4 vs Cowboys
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Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sacramento Bee, joins Brian and Nick to talk Colin Kaepernick, upcoming matchup against the Cowboys and the overall outlook for 2016 after three weeks of football.By Leading the League
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QB Questions After Loss in Carolina, Seahawks Preview, PFF Stats Breakdown with Jeff Deeney
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Jeff Deeney, 49ers media correspondent for Pro Football Focus, takes us through the grades from the first two weeks. How long can Gabbert hold off Kaepernick? Where the Niners can exploit a stumbling Seahawks team in week 3.By Leading the League
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Grant Cohn, MNF Domination, Setting Up Week 2 Hangover?
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Grant Cohn of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat joins the guys to discuss if the Niners are for real following a stomping of the LA Rams on Monday Night Football or if they're setting up fans for a potential week 2 letdown in Carolina. Also, Grant points out that maybe not everyone in the 49ers locker room is happy about the spotlight on Colin Kaeperni…
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Week 1 Rams Preview, Season Predictions with Bay Area Sports Guy
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Bay Area Sports Guy, Steve Berman, joins the guys to talk week 1 versus the new/old Los Angeles Rams, 2016 predictions, Baalke's future and more.By Leading the League
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Matt Barrows, OL, WR, LB and Does Chip Secretly Heart Kap?
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Does Kap have a legitimate shot at winning the starting QB job and does Chip Kelly have a secret crush on No. 7? We answer that and update position battles at OL, WR and LB with guest Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sac Bee.By Leading the League
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