DeAnna Radaj can enter a space and help to tweak (or remodel, re-design) the space to work better to suit its function AND the lifestyle of the occupants of the space. Using Integrative Lifestyle Design (eco-shui), life quality can be increased AND be supportive to any transitions occurring, lifestyle changes or health challenges. She is an "Eco-Shui" designer, writer & consultant who helps those who are looking to lead a more healthy, balanced & proactive lifestyle. Unlike other interior de ...
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A podcast on living simply. Follow Canadian millennials, Kelly and Lauren, and be inspired to design a simpler, more intentional life.
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Love board games? Let's talk boardgames, lots of board gaming (and a few RPGs). Tabletop Bellhop, your cardboard concierge, is here to answer your gaming and game night questions, helping you make your game nights better with tabletop game reviews and advice.
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Join Laura Nicol (your host) as she dials into the untold stories of startup operators. Each podcast episode reveals the incredible—and often challenging—journeys of building and scaling startups, told from the operator's perspective. Together, we'll master the art of 'building the plane while flying it', drawing on practical insights from leaders and rising stars at Tracksuit, Canva, Culture Amp, Atlassian, me&u, Airwallex, Eucalyptus, and more.
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Every Tuesday on the CosmoFactory podcast: Discover the latest innovations along the cosmetics and personal care supply chain. Hear thought-provoking conversations with top beauty industry experts from around the world. Learn about next-level solutions and find inspiration to turn your own ideas into industry-changing innovations. A PRODUCTION OF Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna CosmoFactory is the first podcast from Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna—the most important beauty trade show in the world. D ...
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I Am America, presented by Tracee Ellis Ross, is a collection of audio portraits that expand our understanding of identity, the idea of community, and the possibility of our country. In each episode, you’ll hear the story of someone searching for belonging, hope, and joy, and the effect that their experience has on people around them.
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Cell Culture Tech and Cosmetic Actives, featuring Rubisco Biotechnology Co-Founder and CEO José Pablo García
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Biotech cosmetic ingredient production methods are a promising alternative to both naturals and synthetics as we’ve understood them in the past. Which is why more and more often, beauty makers looking for environmentally sustainable supply chain solutions are choosing actives made using cell culture technology. This week on the CosmoFactory podcast…
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Great board games from women designers
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We start off with a list of some of our favourite games from women designers. Then we move into what we’ve been playing including first thoughts on Star Tycoon, how things went at The Summoning, and more. We finish with two featured reviews Smug Owls and Decorum both of which feature women designers. Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 249, was…
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Cosmetic Brush Design and Manufacturing, featuring Anisa International Founder and CEO Anisa Telwar Kaicker
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It takes both hands-on craftsmanship and automated manufacturing processes to create quality makeup brushes and skincare application tools. Fiber extrusion, ferrule design, handle material, glue type, and other factors determine a brush’s functionality. This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we explore the world of beauty brushes. Our guest is Anis…
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Ep 27. Mikayla Hopkins on Building a World-Class Marketing Function and Brand at Tracksuit—Journey from Beer to Beauty to B2B SaaS
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Episode summary: An interview with Mikayla Hopkins, Head of Marketing at Tracksuit. Mikayla builds brands people can't stop talking about. Her latest project is Tracksuit, recognised in The Generalist's Future 50 list as one of the world's highest potential startups. We dive into her career journey from beer to beauty to B2B SaaS; the bumpy (but am…
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Beauty Brands Distribution in the GCC and Indian Ocean Territories, featuring Division Manager for Beauty Distribution at Ali Bin Ali Holding Brooke Bergé
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Retail buying and distribution for cosmetics and personal care involves a wide variety of skills: commercial awareness, market knowledge, relationship building, negotiation, an understanding of product trends, consumer behavior, and much more. This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we learn what it takes to build a beauty division (spanning more th…
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Welcome to Clickbait Board Games: How to avoid mismatched expectations when choosing games. This episode we talk about how not to be fooled by a game and how to make sure you get what you expect in the box. Then we get into what we’ve been playing lately, which features a mix of new and old games. Plus we have three featured reviews, Caution Signs,…
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Creating Personal Care Packaging, featuring Revlon Senior Director of Global Package Development and Engineering Tommy Hammond
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This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we examine structural packaging design, the visual and tactical and practical aspects of design, sustainability in the package development process, the intersection of engineering and marketing, and more! Our guest is Tommy Hammond, Senior Director of Global Package Development and Engineering at Revlon, the l…
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Welcome to Managing the Mess, board games that need better box inserts. Besides each of us sharing five games we think need a component control upgrade we also have a lot of game plays to talk about including many first time plays of some of the hotness we brought back from Origins. As for reviews, we’ve got three: Guild Academies of Valeria from D…
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Ep 26. A new era, Handing over Calling Operator to Laura Nicol, from front row with Anna Wintour to Chief Of Staff at Co Ventures
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Episode summary: This week, we’re thrilled to introduce Laura Nicol, the new host of the Calling Operator podcast! In this special transition episode, we get to know Laura and her incredible journey—from the front rows of London Fashion Week beside Anna Wintour and Vivienne Westwood to the picturesque Queenstown, New Zealand, where she was among th…
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Tech-Powered Product Personalization and Skin Analysis, featuring Perfect Corp Chief Growth Officer and President Wayne Liu
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Virtual skin analysis and product try-on technologies continue to advance, even as AI and AR powered beauty tech has already reshaped consumer product discovery and retail experience across color cosmetics, skincare, and hair care. This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we explore consumer-facing applications of Augmented Reality and Artificial Int…
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Welcome to a special episode of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, Highlights from Origins 2024A day by day breakdown of Origins Game Fair 2024 with a focus on the games we played and are hyped about. We will be back answering your gaming and game night questions next week! Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 246, was recorded on June 26th, 2…
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Finding Beauty in Bacteria, featuring Gallinée Microbiome Skincare Founder Marie Drago
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Skin microbiome science is disrupting how the cosmetics and personal care industry approaches product formulation, ingredient development, and ingredient testing. Knowledge of the brain-skin-gut axis is also influencing beauty supplements and neurocosmetics. This week on CosmoFactory, we look into microbiome beauty; cosmetic applications of prebiot…
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Ep 25. Shilpa Mohan's journey from award winning interior designer to head of ops at ProcurePro and finding confidence through changes
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Episode summary: This week, we sat down with Shilpa Mohan, Head of Operations at ProcurePro. We explore themes of confidence, career transitions, and true self-belief beyond external validation. Shilpa shares her inspiring vision for diversity in startups, highlighting the positive changes happening in the ecosystem. Tune in for personal stories, i…
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Consumer Beauty Brands, International Trade, and Cultural Connectivity, featuring Nordic Beauty Inc CEO Johanna Rönkkö
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Consumer beauty brands, international trade, and cultural connectivity, featuring Nordic Beauty Inc CEO Johanna Rönkkö Every region within the global beauty economy has its own history, sensibility, technologies, and tastes. When consumer brands enter a new market, they become part of a dynamic exchange, inspiring further cultural awareness in and …
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We discuss what defines a game to us. Then we talk about what games we’ve been playing including Mare Nostrum Empires, Robot Quest Arena, and first plays of both Sentinels of Earth Prime and Words of a Feather. We’ve got some big announcements, including our first ever Origins meet up, a little award we’ve been nominated for, and some upcoming loca…
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Create a Simple & Intentional Life (Wannabe Clutter Free Podcast)
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Be inspired by actionable tips to help you create a simpler, more intentional life today! Kelly is interviewed by the host of the Wannabe Clutter Free Podcast, Deanna Yates. Deanna is a decluttering expert and busy mom and together they explore the principles and practises of simple and intentional living. You will learn about the various types of …
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Ep 24. Georgia Marshall on Building community, co-living across the world and small changes for big impact
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Episode summary: This week, Georgia Marshall takes us through her journey from Fishburners to founding Humans for Good and Flock. Georgia shares her experiences building communities, running pitch nights, and developing Flock, a database of diverse communities. Discover how she creates meaningful connections and leverages no-code tools. Perfect for…
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The collective process of skincare NPD, featuring FaceGym’s Senior New Product Development Manager Sinéad Whyte
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Skincare product development requires inspiration, an awareness of trends and consumer behavior, a talent for brand alignment, and knowledge of cosmetic science. Access to the global beauty industry supply chain is another helpful advantage. In this week’s episode of the CosmoFactory podcast, we discuss how one NPD professional approaches the job o…
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This episode is all about fantasy games. We share our favourite fantasy board games and have three fantasy game reviews. Learn what we thought of the core book for The One Ring Roleplaying in the world of The Lord of the Rings, EXIT The Game: The Lord of the Rings, Shadows over Middle-Earth and Tír na nÓg from Grand Gamers Guild. We also talk about…
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Transparency and Sustainability in Contract Manufacturing, featuring Ancorotti Cosmetics Communication Manager Arwen Imperatori
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Beauty industry contract manufacturers are the product production partners of established multinationals, emerging startups, and every sort of beauty maker in between. CMs can also serve as innovation and formulation partners, developing new concepts and product formats as well as monitoring, forecasting, and even initiating trends. This week on th…
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Advancements in Packaging and Dispensing, featuring President at Aptar Beauty EMEA Xavier Susterac and Marketing Manager Aptar Beauty EMEA Delphine Bony
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Cosmetic dispensing solutions are fundamental to the functionality of product packaging and to consumer experience. With sustainable beauty packaging in increasingly high demand from regulators, retailers, and other industry stakeholders, dispending specialists along the supply chain are innovating on every level. The week’s episode of the CosmoFac…
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Sourcing a Zero-Waste Skincare Ingredient, featuring Macro Oceans Founder and CEO Matthew Perkins
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Seaweed science is helping the beauty industry transition away from petrochemicals. Biotech entrepreneurs, producing natural polysaccharides for skincare, are reinventing the ingredient supply chain. In this episode of the CosmoFactory podcast, we explore zero-waste skincare ingredient production, single-country supply chains, regenerative ocean ag…
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Manufacturing Makeup with AI, featuring SEA Vision Cosmetic Business Development Manager Francesco Ringressi
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AI has applications throughout the cosmetic and personal care supply chain. In color cosmetics manufacturing, Vision System technology, supported by AI, is being used to improve quality assurance processes for lipstick production. This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we delve into AI, industrial automation, vision systems and neural networks, tra…
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Be inspired to escape excess consumerism! In this one-on-one discussion, Kelly and Lauren talk about how to avoid overconsuming material goods and digital noise. You will be encouraged to think about how you consume, including how to set better boundaries around your consumption habits – whether it be how you consume material goods or the news and …
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We answer a question about our favourite classic games, starting off with a bit of a debate about what makes a game classic. That is followed by a short talk about the games we’ve been playing. Then we wrap up with a trio of reviews, including Dragon Dice, a classic TSR game that’s still going strong thanks to a new publisher, Targi from KOSMOS, wh…
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We talk about icebreakers and get to know you games. We follow that up with two weeks worth of game plays including first thoughts on Cytosis, a cell biology board game, Tir Na Nog from Grand Gamers Guild, a not-quite-yet-released cooperative card game called Ultimatch, Point City, and more! We finish up with three small box card game reviews, Matc…
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Live Clutter-Free with Deanna Yates
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Whether you are a busy family or busy on your own, be inspired to adopt a clutter-free lifestyle! Kelly is joined by decluttering expert and host of the Wannabe Clutter Free Podcast, Deanna Yates! Deanna is a busy mom who teaches busy families and individuals how to declutter the mess, calm the chaos, and organize the stuff that’s left behind. You …
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Beauty industry stakeholders listen to the CosmoFactory podcast for inspiration and for up-to-date information on concepts, tactics, and solutions that move business forward. CosmoFactory – Ideas to Innovation is a weekly interview series for cosmetics and personal care suppliers, finished product brand leaders, retailers, buyers, importers, and di…
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Ep 23. Jared Bergman's Journey to Vow — From Bionic Eyes to Blowing Up the Bioreactor (Not Literally, Yet)
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Dive into Jared Bergman's journey on this week's episode, where he shares his transition from developing bionic eyes at university to pushing the boundaries of biotech at Vow. Discover the thrilling world of engineering innovative solutions for sustainable food production. This episode is a must-listen for anyone intrigued by the intersection of te…
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We start off tonight with a get to know you segment letting fans ask our latest addition to the live show, Deanna, anything they want. After that we’ve got a ton of recent plays to share including Telestrations, Matches, Point Salad, Icecool, boop, Wreck Raiders, The A.R.T. Project, Zensu, Medium, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Elector Counts, Dragon D…
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Simple Decorating Tips with Myquillyn Smith
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Be motivated to create the most stye in your home with the least amount of stuff! If you don’t know where to start when it comes to decorating simply, or if you have decorated your space but it still looks and feels off, this discussion is for you! Kelly is joined by New York Times best-selling author and design and décor expert, Myquillyn Smith to…
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In this episode, we share some of our favourite fan-created tabletop accessories. We follow that with talk about the games we’ve been playing like Pirate Tails, Holotype, Gelatinous, Matches and The Artemis Project (with its expansion) plus first thoughts on Kittin and Vinyl Jukebox. Then we’ve got three reviews: Holotype: Mesozoic North America, T…
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Ep 23. Gaby Howard on Navigating the Shift from Founder to Operator in Tech: Insights from Carted and Flaunter
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This week, we delve into Gaby's journey from founding Flaunter to spearheading operations and growth at Carted. Gaby takes us through her unique journey back to an operational role after experiencing the highs and lows of being a founder herself, the shifts in mindset and approach required when moving from leading your business to amplifying someon…
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In this episode, we suggest some great next-step board games for Stratego fans.We also talk about games we’ve been playing, including first thoughts on Dragon Dice, Tiger Stripes, Pirate Tales, and a new Supers RPG coming out soon, Indominant.Then we wrap up with reviews of Sushi Boat, from Japanime Games, and both Endangered and the Endangered: Th…
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In this one-on-one conversation, Lauren and Kelly share their responses to a ton of helpful questions to help you rid the excess stuff in your life and make better purchasing decisions. They each share stories about recent items they have decluttered, intentional items they have recently bought, and past purchasing mistakes they have made and how t…
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In this episode, we tackle an interesting question about dealing with people playing favourites at the board game table. We also talk about what we’ve been playing lately, including Stool Pigeon, Distilled with the Cask Strength Expansion, The Artemis Project with the Satellites and Commanders Expansion, and tons more. Then we wrap up with three re…
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The Power of Less with The Big V Energy Podcast
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Be inspired by the great advantages that come with adopting a minimalist lifestyle! Kelly is interviewed by the popular BBC featured podcast, The Big V Energy Podcast with co-host Alex Gillam to discuss practical advice on how to declutter all areas of excess from the physical things to mental clutter. You will learn how to let go, reduce stress, i…
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We start off this episode by answering questions from The Lobby, our chatroom here on Twitch. We talk about merch, 18XX, a game room update, live-streaming games, game artwork, and more. After that, we get into first thoughts on Targi, Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition, the Lower Decks board in Star Trek Super Skill Pinball and Star Wars Unlimited.…
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Ep 22. Polina Nesterova on Pioneering Meaningful Change in Health Tech with Neurode, Inventia Life Sciences, and HealthMatch
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Resources mentioned: Radical Candor, Kim Scott Spades, Hearts, Diamonds feedback framework Outlive, the science & art of longevity, Peter Attia Never miss an episode. Subscribe on your favourite platform: Spotify Apple Podcasts Other A note from your host, Laura: My goal for Calling Operator 2.0 is to open-source stories with world-class operators …
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Part two of our GAMA Expo 2024 coverage, discussing the tabletop gaming trade show which happened a couple of weeks ago in Louisville Kentucky. Tonight we’re going to be talking about the event in general and who we think should be looking to attend next year. This is an edited version of our live show recorded 03/20/2024. Join us live on https://w…
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Understand Your Attachment Style for Better Relationships with Thais Gibson
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This episode is a MUST LISTEN for all! You will be motivated to let go of any relational clutter that may be holding you back from building healthy bonds. Kelly speaks with famed relationship expert and best-selling author Thais Gibson, to share insights from her latest book, Learning Love, to help you strengthen your relationship with yourself and…
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This is a special GAMA Expo 2024 re-cap episode, the first of two shows where we will be talking about what happened at GAMA Expo in Louisville, Kentucky. The focus tonight is on the games Deanna and Moe played, demoed, and saw. Next week we will be back with an overall GAMA Expo recap. This is an edited version of our live show recorded 03/13/2024…
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Ep 21. Emma Earley From Unconventional Paths to Remarkable Outcomes: Defying Norms & Embracing Inclusive Leadership at Remarkable
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Resources mentioned: Fair Play by Eve Rodsky Emotional Agility by Dr. Susan David Never miss an episode. Subscribe on your favourite platform: Spotify Apple Podcasts Other A note from your host, Laura: My goal for Calling Operator 2.0 is to open-source stories with world-class operators and learn how they excel at building and scaling companies. As…
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This is part 2 of Kelly and Lauren’s latest Q&A episode where they share their responses to your minimalist lifestyle questions! Kelly and Lauren recently prompted the question, “Ask Us Anything!” on social media @MillennialMinimalists and through their mailing list (mastersimplicity.com), and today they continue to share their lifestyle tips! You …
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Ep 20. Deanna Hood on Becoming a technical leader in Health Tech robotics at Vexev and Inventia, Embracing Learning as a Skill and Shattering STEM Stereotypes.
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Find Deanna here: TikTok / @deanna.stem Instagram @deanna.stem https://dhood.io/ Resources mentioned: Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking Brave not Perfect: Fear less, Fail more and Live Bolder https://www.meetup.com/
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Tonight we’re tackling a question from a long time fan of the show about games that are best played with the players sitting on the same side of the table. After that we’ve got three reviews, Marrakesh, the Point Salad app, and Cartographers Heroes. We wrap up with thoughts on Holotype, the Chameleon, Dubious and Kiss the Goblin This is an edited v…
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Sean was out of town due to work, so we figured we would try something new and record an episode with Moe and Deanna. The two of them discuss one of her favourite styles of games, mystery and escape room board games, and share some of their favourites. They then go on to review Ghost in the Machine from the Mysterious Package Company, Deanna’s favo…
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Be inspired to reflect on the excess in your life, let go and gain more! In this one-on-one discussion, Kelly and Lauren answer your responses to their questions: “what do you find difficult letting go of?” and “what is one area of excess that you are working on but feel stuck?” Coming from Kelly and Lauren's own research and experiences, together …
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This episode we share a list of great kids games that experienced gamers will also enjoy. To go with that we review a couple of family friendly games. The first is Wreck Raiders from Kids Table Board Gaming and the second is an abstract strategy game called Zensu from Outset Media. We wrap up with a significant Bellhops Tabletop including Moe’s fir…
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Ep 19. Sam Garven from dreaming of living in the forrest studying gorilla's to people leadership at ZipCo, Kinde + more
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You can find Sam here on Linkedin Resources mentioned: WGEA report: Gender Pay Gap Fair Work amendments 2024 Josh Bersin Podcast Never miss an episode. Subscribe on your favourite platform: Spotify Apple Podcasts Other A note from your host, Laura: My goal for Calling Operator 2.0 is to open-source stories with world-class operators and learn how t…
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