Best Bucko Podcasts (2024)

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fuckin top that glass up, bucko. — RWAus Conference 57:30

15m ago57:30

57:30

have you ever wanted to attend a giant three day party dedicated to romance novel obsessed individuals? RWAus might just be for you. this episode, we have a conversation about the Romance Writers of Australia (RWAus) annual conference which we attended this August 2024. This includes discussions about networking, how under-appreciated the romance g…

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Business Balancing Act: Tina Lopez on Managing Multiple Ventures 55:31

1h ago55:31

55:31

Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco sits down with Tina Lopez to explore her multifaceted entrepreneurial journey. Tina shares insights on building automated content businesses, emphasizing the benefits of automation, outsourcing, and systematizing workflows to avoid b…

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Bill Burr Takes Us On a Ride 1:19:41

15h ago1:19:41

1:19:41

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if my heart had a dick you would kick it. — Gideon the Ninth 1:14:19

5h ago1:14:19

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Welcome to #3 of the WineyWriters Book Club! Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir follows a sword-wielding, lesbian ginger with an undercut and aviators—what else could you possibly need in a novel, really? Join us as we rave about all things necromancer and cavalier, the brilliant mind of Muir, and our predictions for the rest of the Locked Tomb series…

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Bobby Is Dating Matt Rife's Mom 1:19:59

8d ago1:19:59

1:19:59

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Why Artists Are Weird About Money with Beth Pickens 55:38

1h ago55:38

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco interviews Beth Pickens, an artist consultant, about the relationship between artists and money. They discuss the challenges artists face in valuing their work, the pressure to commercialize their art, and the societal messages that …

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did you mean creepy pasta or creepy pastor? — Weird Fiction 49:47

1h ago49:47

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this week we're discussing Weird Fiction — often described as a liquid genre that seeps between the cracks of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery. It appears we were on a very different side of the internet than creepy pastas and Cthulhu and so we wrestle with internet definitions and articles to discover the conventions of Weird Fiction, discuss …

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Shaka Spirit & ComicCon Nerds 1:06:34

9d ago1:06:34

1:06:34

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On Building a Business and a Career in the Arts with Chelsea Fagan 47:09

5h ago47:09

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco talks to Chelsea Fagan about growing up with a mother who was a public school science teacher and a father who was a freelance illustrator, how she stumbled into writing professionally and started The Financial Diet as a way to hold …

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kind-of-disconcerted-by-eachothers-presence to lovers. — Book Tropes 55:09

4h ago55:09

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this week, we are attending a trope themed cocktail party, and so we're taking this opportunity to discuss everything book tropes! Our favourite tropes, least favourite tropes, how we feel about books being marketed by their tropes, which tropes we are absolutely sick of, and which tropes we use in our own writing.…

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Skibidi, Slay, Purr 1:07:36

1d ago1:07:36

1:07:36

Get MORE Bad Friends at our Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/badfriends Thank you to our Sponsors: BLUECHEW & Manscaped • Manscaped: Get 20% and free shipping at https://www.manscaped.com code: BADFRIENDS YouTube Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BadFriendsYouTube Merch: http://badfriendsmerch.com 0:00 Rudy Opens the Show 5:30 Singing The Real La Bamba 11:…

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Making Art, Making Commercials, and Navigating the Entertainment Industry with Brian Morrow 48:19

2d ago48:19

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco sits down with Brian Morrow, the innovative mind behind Shark Pig and a pioneer in reshaping the wedding videography industry. Brian takes us on a journey from his eclectic upbringing to discovering his love for filmmaking in college…

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it starts with the heart and it ends in space. — FUTURES anthology 46:51

27d ago46:51

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did you know we're published in a book?! A local South Australian publisher, Glimmer Press, just published their most recent anthology: FUTURES, and our very own winey writer hosts made the cut. This episode, we review and discuss FUTURES including conversations about our own stories, how difficult it is to write short form, what it's like to atten…

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Good Times Energy w/ Jack Black 1:15:11

22d ago1:15:11

1:15:11

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Thinking Like a Freelancer Is Bad for Your Business with Amy Posner 57:40

30d ago57:40

57:40

Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco talks to Amy Posner about freelancing and building a sustainable business. Amy shares her expertise in helping individuals identify their target audience, develop a unique voice, and create effective pitching strategies to attract cl…

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murder your darlings. — How To Torture Characters 59:42

1M ago59:42

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TW: discussions of trauma, injury, illness, and death. this episode, we discuss the craft of writing in terms of torturing characters — how to torture your characters, the importance of internal torturing, how to write emotion and trauma that you are unfamiliar with, and how much trauma is too much trauma?…

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Back To The Old School 1:10:54

15d ago1:10:54

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Commercial Success and a Career in the Arts: Lessons and Insights from Author Caroline Cala Donofrio 54:04

1M ago54:04

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco de Leon and Caroline Cala Donofrio discuss the intricacies of a career in the arts. Caroline shares her unique journey from growing up in New Jersey with little encouragement to pursue the arts, to becoming a celebrated author of the…

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how many toddlers could you take in a fight? — Monsters and Villains 1:11:28

1M ago1:11:28

1:11:28

what makes the perfect villain? This episode we're chattin' monsters and villains, which includes discussions about how to write a convincing villain, how to keep readers invested in your monsters, and our favourite monsters/villains from books and media.By Abby Guy and Harrison Stewart

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Bobby Out Raps mgk 1:15:11

1M ago1:15:11

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Client Spotlight: Building a Community & The Story of Folklore Salon 34:04

24d ago34:04

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, host Paco de Leon sits down with Pony Lee Musgrave, founder of Folklore Salon, to discuss the intersection of business and community. Pony shares their journey from aspiring artist to successful business owner, emphasizing the value of cr…

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a believer in the woo woo. — Book Tarot 50:01

2M ago50:01

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this episode, Harry has cooked up some f*ckin' wild way for us to do tarot readings with books, and we put aside our pessimism to try our hand at reading fortunes. Can our (extremely) random assortment of novels tell us how successful are careers are? And what does the future say about our love lives?…

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Fish Butt Dog & White Eyes Bucko 1:29:15

2M ago1:29:15

1:29:15

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Work For Yourself, From Anywhere in the World with Niluka Kavanagh 53:53

1M ago53:53

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco and Niluka Kavanagh dive deep into the evolving landscape of remote work and entrepreneurship. Niluka shares her journey from working at KPMG after studying at Oxford, to becoming a digital nomad and founding her company, Imagine Tha…

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we're on schedule for a menty b. — PhD Check In 1:00:22

2M ago1:00:22

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is a PhD in Creative Writing really worth it? this episode is a PhD check in, in which we discuss what it looks like to be 18 months into a doctorate degree for Creative Writing. We chat about the drastic changes in our research topics, what we're working on now, what a PhD schedule looks like for us, and whether the PhD is worth it for aspiring wr…

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How to Think Like a Financial Planner with Cristina Livadary and Stephanie Bucko 56:26

2M ago56:26

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, host Paco de Leon, along with Stephanie Bucko and Cristina Livadary from Mana Financial Life Design (@manafld), dive into the essentials of thinking like a financial planner. They discuss targeting clients with growth mindsets, particular…

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SOS Bobby Needs Stitches 1:04:20

1M ago1:04:20

1:04:20

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i'm in a lot of debt to know what a sentence should look like. — Editing 47:24

2M ago47:24

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this episode we discuss how we feel about editing a novel, including what it's like to edit your own work, the different stages of a draft, and receiving constructive criticism. We also dedicate a significant amount of this conversation to which grammar choices make a sentence hotter (spoiler, a correctly used semi-colon is hot as hell and the em-d…

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Client Spotlight: Telling Your Story Is Good For Business with Sarah Salvatoriello 40:15

2M ago40:15

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. Welcome back to another exciting episode of Weird Finance! In this episode, we have a special Client Spotlight featuring the brilliant Sarah Salvatoriello, founder of the creative branding studio Ampersand & Ampersand. In this episode, we'll dive deep into the nuances of …

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The British Are Coming w/ Dax Flame 1:14:27

2M ago1:14:27

1:14:27

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the queerness of it. — Happy Pride Month! 1:09:07

2M ago1:09:07

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Happy Pride Month!! this episode, we celebrate Pride Month by having an open conversation about what it means to be queer, the definition of queerness, and queer politics. We apply these discussions of the LGBTQIA+ community to recent debates about Bridgerton, drag queens, and Gen Alpha activism while also recommending a range of fictional and acad…

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How to Use the Law to Empower Your Creative Business 48:57

2M ago48:57

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, host Paco speaks with attorney Chris Valdheims about the essential role of legal matters in empowering creative businesses. They discuss creative industry legal battles, the importance of addressing legal issues proactively, and the incre…

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The Magic Man w/ Sebastian Maniscalco 1:25:12

2M ago1:25:12

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee

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fuck The Rings of Power?? — Series Review 1:02:28

3M ago1:02:28

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Harry is a fanatic of everything J.R.R. Tolkien, and Abby (who knows very little) finally watched The Rings of Power. This episode, we review Amazon Prime Video's adaption of the history of the Middle-earth, as detailed in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. We discuss character, plot, predictability, and our opinion on book to film adaptions.…

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The Yellow Man with a Green Thumb 1:10:12

2M ago1:10:12

1:10:12

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More Lessons I've Learned Bootstrapping A Bookkeeping Agency 47:21

3M ago47:21

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Stay in touch and sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. In this episode of Weird Finance, The Hell Yeah Group’s editorial associate, financial coach, and co-founder of Ladies Talking About Money, Cole Kalin, returns to the show to ask Paco more questions about her journey building her bookkeeping agency. Paco emphasizes the im…

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a time travelling sexaholic in search of the ultimate dinogasm. — Fake Book Titles 1:02:32

3M ago1:02:32

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this episode, we play a self-invented game/plotting exercise called 'Fake Book Titles' or 'These Books Do Not Exist' in which we exchange fabricated book titles and must brainstorm a relevant plot, characters, setting, etc. according to the book title alone. Listen in to hear all about a book with a burning sea, a budding romance between a bronco a…

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McKone's Granny Hates Bobby 1:02:44

3M ago1:02:44

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NEW MERCH ALERT: Go to http://badfriendsmerch.com to get the Bad Friends World Shirts and Mugs Today! Get MORE Bad Friends at our Patreon!! https://www.patreon.com/badfriends Thank you to our Sponsors: Shopify, BLUECHEW, Morgan & Morgan, & Liquid Death • Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://www.shopify.com/badfriends …

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