Joshua Malik ran a successful tree service but was struggling to grow his lawn care business. Fast forward and Joshua Tree Experts has grown by over 1000% and has expanded into multiple states. Join Landscape Leadership's president, Chad Diller, as he gets Josh to share some keys to their amazing success.…

Star Trek vs Star Wars. Tolkien vs Herbert. Coke vs Pepsi. And we add one more head-to-head battle into the Thunderdome: Microcops vs Space Police. Yes, we did the work, so you don't have to. Two busted TV pilots, both in the law enforcement genre, only one will suck a little less than the other. Are you on the edge of your seat yet? You won't be! …

Hey listeners- it's 2024!What better time than to look backwards at 2023? We took our time this year and decided to really hone our lists of our fave movies, tv shows, toys, DVDs and other sundries that were gifted to us in '23. We cover many ground, with the usual controversies and heavy political commentary. Kidding! It's nothin' but fun. Enjoy (…

If we Letterboxed our viewing habits in 2023, we're estimating between us we've spent close to one full month (maybe one with 28 days) watching everything from TV series to movies, highbrow to lowbrow and all points in between. We thought it'd be fun to wind 2023 down by recommending titles to the most discerning listeners in podcastville. So it's …

Pod Stallions 115: Doctor Who at 60We're not ones to dwell on the passage of time (and let's face it, no one wants that shock to the system) but it IS hard to believe that it's now been 60 years since two schoolteachers went to that junkyard for the trip of a lifetime, and Doctor Who began. Luckily, according to the Doctor, time is immaterial. But …

Pod Stallions Episode 114 Trick or Treat Grab Bag.Anyone who knows the Pod Stallions boys knows our love of Halloween borders on the obsessive. In fact, it's so strong that one single topic isn't enough for our final Halloween episode. So this one's a Trick R Treat Grab Bag of sugary, monster-loving goodness. Movies, costumes, candy and heck, even …

Pod Stallions 113: Halloween TV EpisodesPod Stallions returns with an episode about all the times sitcoms got spooky, Mrs. Garrett vs Cannibals, Fonz fights a headless zombie, and Vincent Price is filling the Love Boat with blood!#podcast #podstallions DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE Topics Discussed: The Facts of Life, Ian Wolfe, Mr. Spock, The Love Boat, …

Before the MCU and Multiverses, before the Snyderverse, before the summers that the Shadow and the Phantom RULED the cineplexes (didn't they?), it was a world when the superhero and pulp characters reigned supreme in Saturday morning serials. The precursor of the modern action movie, their impact can be felt to this day , and since we keep our fing…

Welcome to the first of what is a new obsession with us, Busted TV Pilots! For the inaugural episode, we've chosen two absolute doozies starting with the "Man from the 25th Century" AKA "Irwin Allen's Kitchen Junk Drawer." Followed up with Jason's choice, the American version of "Spaced" which, totally doesn't suck. Then we trail off into topics li…

Trauma researcher and author Kristin Souers talks about her work, and discusses what makes a school resilient, and how the systems of a school need to come together and work in tandem toward being trauma-informed.By Matt Weld

Is your school or district walking the talk? Are they training educators to become trauma-informed but then still run the school as if it's the 1050's? Using the Appreciative Inquiry model as her framework, guest Lisa Dinhofer takes us through questions a team of educators can ask themselves as they go through the work of ensuring that the operatio…

Keen-eared listeners of the Pod Stallions podcast know that those boys can talk, know a lot of stuff and have opinions, whether they're asked for or not. Each episode peels back another layer of the enigma-onion that is BraSon, revealing more of their likes, loves and mehs. We thought it was a good time to rip another layer off and talk about What …

For years now, ⁠Pod Stallions⁠ fans have been wondering what makes its enigma-like hosts tick: what are their loves? Hates? Favorites? Secret crushes? Where do they go when they cry? Did they really nearly come to blows with two other podcast hosts debating the best Phantom, Paradise or Opera? Well, some of those and many more burning questions wil…

Crisis expert Lisa Dinhofer is back to explain the nuances of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout. As we are navigating this new world of SEL and mental health-focused schools and programming, it's important to understand the differences. Language matters.By Matt Weld

In this episode, Chad Diller and green industry consultant, Jeffrey Scott explore how adding too many services at your lawn care or landscaping company can hurt your brand, profit, and company culture.

LISTEN HERE“Pop quiz: What do The Flintstones, The Wild Wild West and Car 54, Where Are You? have in common? Is it that they could ALL have used more Victor Buono? Well, frankly, YES. But more importantly, they’ve all had big screen re-makes/re-imaginings for this episode! Yes, as usual, we do the work, so you don’t have to, and there’s a lot of gr…

Founder and CEO Tracy Heilers and Board President Lindsey Frank of the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM) share how the organization came about and how they created their book, "Educating Mindfully: Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness." This text has become one of their most popular tools it helping schools and distri…

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE “Pop quiz: What do The Flintstones, The Wild Wild West and Car 54, Where Are You? have in common? Is it that they could ALL have used more Victor Buono? Well, frankly, YES. But more importantly, they’ve all had big screen re-makes/re-imaginings for this episode! Yes, as usual, we do the work, so you don’t have to, and there’s…

Host Matt Weld speaks with ParenTeach and ParentABLE founder/CEO Katharine Bensinger about the importance of teaching parenting and caregiving to high school students. It's important for kids to understand Adverse Childhood Effects while they are young and to gain enough child development and personal advocacy skills to avoid 'unintentional' parent…

Who comes to mind when you think creepy, mysterious, and spooky? That's right, the Pod Stallions boys! Oh, and The Addams Family, and since we clearly have so much in common, we thought it best to wrap up our October '22 celebrations by praising the Addamses in all their incarnations. Since our 1st Oct. '22 Ep was The Munsters, and the two have gon…

Author and educator Greg Wolcott joins host Matt Weld in discussing the importance of relationships in schools. Greg also gives easy classroom strategies to strengthen relationships with students and teachers.By Matt Weld

It's that time again, when you curl up with a good horror movie and a bucket of candy and celebrate all that's creepy, which means it must be October and time for Pod Stallions' double dose of chat for the Greatest Holiday Ever Made. To show just how seriously we take it, for Ep 1 we've asked old chum and repeat offender David Weiner (In Search of …

Who Watches the Watchmen?? WE do! And we've read it, too! Yes, it's time for a very special heartwarming episode of Pod Stallions, where we cover the apocalypse-straddling, superhero-deconstructing epic classic by A---M---- (name redacted) and Dave Gibbons. We cover its original release, the '09 film, the prequel/sequel comics, merch, HBO series an…

Pod Stallions 103: Martin Short Some things in life are constants: the sun goes up/down, the world turns, Coke & Pepsi will never see eye to eye, and dogs RULE. There's a comfort in that, never better exemplified than by a Man Called Short. Martin Short. Always gives 100%, always 100% funny no matter what, and the laughter and joy he's given the wo…

Social Emotional Learning - SEL - is the buzzword in education. Author, coach, and teacher Lindsey Frank stops in to talk about what SEL is, how adding the mindfulness piece adds power, and how teaching kids her HEART process can be a lifelong gift.By Matt Weld

Even as kids, the Pod Stallions boys voraciously kept up with their periodicals. Newsweek, National Geographic, Highlights and Dynamite, to name a few. But one mag stands above all others for most information gleaned: Doctor Who Magazine. (Formerly DW Monthly, formerly DW Weekly). Without whom we wouldn't have been half as Who-smart as we were. Eve…

What's it like attending an English-speaking school from the perspective of a student who doesn't know English? In this conversation, Bridget, a High School Junior tells her story of how she navigated teachers, friends, and the friction between her White and Latin identities as she learned the language and culture of America through school.…

Well, Summer's just around the corner and going out to the movies seems to be making a comeback, so what better time to reminisce about those way-back muggy months when the inside of a cool theatre was a weekly ritual?This time it's the Summer of '84: Venkman's, Thugees, Starfighters, Mogwai, Nerds and the C.H.U.D (!!!) are just some of the miscrea…

Are you wasting time as an unpaid landscaping consultant? Find out how these process and technology additions can help you sell more landscaping projects. Visit the Landscape Leadership website for more resources mentioned in this episode.

It's hard to believe, but just a short time ago we had the wacky idea to record the pop culture-centric phone chats we regularly had, in the hopes that there'd be a few other people out there that would find them amusing. Seems our instincts were right, cuz we shut our eyes, hit the gas, drove off the cliff and before we knew it, we headed towards …

'Verify before you Amplify' is the catchphrase of How2Inform, a website dedicated to teaching students about misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation on social media and the Internet in general. Dr. Vesna Markovic and Kimberley Skubic, both with backgrounds in criminal justice, talk with host Matt Weld about their program.…

Never say we don't finish things, here is the second part to an episode we started in 2015 (we were just kids them) where J and B discuss the many Planet of the Apes sequels, the tv series, the cartoon, the Tim Burton movie and the Matt Reeves take on Apes. It's a wonderful trip to 3978 that hopefully won't have you saying "Damn you, Jason and Bria…

"We're living in such strange times that it truly feels like yesterday that we were going over our 'Best Of 2020' list, commenting on how quickly we got there. Well, we blinked a few times and 2021 is done and gone, so here we are again with our picks of bits that brightened our outlooks. Movies, shows, books, toys and more random musings and recom…

Meditation in the Classroom with Dr. Bill Meyer, author of the book, "Three Breaths and Begin: a Guide to Meditation in the Classroom." In addition, we discuss the hallmarks of good SEL programming in schools and the different ways in which they can start.By Matt Weld

There are some things we here at PS HQ feel have been constants throughout our lives, and we've decided to celebrate a Hall of Famer for our first December ep: Bill Murray. From Nick the Lounge Singer to Carl Spackler, from Winger to Venkman, Frank Cross and everything in between. Including, well, just being Bill Murray. Join us for an extra-long c…

As we approach all Hallow's Eve, Jason and Brain talk about the bandaged terror that is the Mummy! From Imhotep to Kharis and sort of back to Imhotep again. We try to cover every Mummy movie we can over the course of the last 70 years. Pull up a sarcophagus and join us won't you? Check out the New Pod Stallions Twitter account: https://twitter.com/…

"Greetings Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)! It's the Witching Hour, well, Month really, and as always we here at PS Headquarters are delivering TWO helpings of genre musings to honor the greatest holiday ever: Halloween! First up is the next chapter of What We've Been Watching-Spooky Edition. Grab a Fun Size and tuck in for treats!" Check out the…

Learn about Illinois Education & Technology Conference (IETC), Raising Student Achievement Conference (RSAC), Educating Mindfully Conference (EMCon), The Teacher Leadership Summit (TLS), and The Illinois Digital Educators Alliance Conference (IDEACon) coming up later in 2021 and into 2022.By Matt Weld

Two for Tuesdays. New Release Wednesdays. Three-Day Rentals. Skinemax listings? Or familiar terminology from the video store days? As it happens, it's both! But this episode of Pod Stallions we're focusing on the latter, the glory days of the 80s-90s video revolution. Rentals changed the world, some movies never got to theaters, we had access to mo…

There is a substitute teacher shortage in the United States. Substantial Classrooms used design thinking to come up with possible solutions on where and how to recruit subs, how to train them, provide ongoing support, and also how very little changes in school procedures can make a big difference in the substitute's experience.…

Adam Geisen and David Lerch from the podcast EdTechDistilled had host Matt Weld on as a guest to talk about the future of Professional Development post-COVID. Discussion includes edtech updates, the Directions Conference, and a summary of what we are doing in our own lives and what we're drinking that night.…

Host Matt Weld has a conversation with Communications Professor Julie Smith that ranges from Formula 1 Racing to Star Wars to trips out west to empty nesting and more.By Matt Weld

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