This episode is October and so we talk about legends from my childhood, and about Kamil's exprence defeting the devil. Then there is a Dragon in Larry's Cupboard. Thanks to Kamil for taking my call Thanks to Ruperfroggington for writing this great story: https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/pwe12m/comment/hegpl37/?utm_source=share&utm_m…

I was going through a chest that my mother dropped off at my house just after my Grandfathers death in 2014. As I was going through the chest I found a VHS tape called “Spring Canyon Coal Camps”. This tape was of my Grandfather Fiore “Chuck” Callor, and Frank Latuda and they were going through all of the the Coal Camps and talking of the people who…

It’s 2020 and memes only talk about how bad of a year it has been. A pandemic raging and our countries leadership unable to deal with the pain. Looking at where you are now how week's, would you tell your FutureSelf about this moment in time? On this weeks show we dive into those moments and read letters to the future from this moment. The Monarch'…

In 2011 there was a ton of protests going on. I made an audio collage and dropped it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

There was once an episode of Seinfeld where they got a job acting like they were sick for medical students. Well that is a real thing and I talk to two people that do this for a living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

This is a story about how I went home. I recorded an interview with my late grandfather Fiore Callor. He told me about his journey through WWII and how he was at the battle fo the bulge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

Jason Reynolds tells his story about perspective, and how when you look at your life, his life is good. Jason had a serious medical mishap during that surgery he was left hurt and living a life you would never expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

Listen to the story of Donna and her son Dillon Whitney. This is a sad story of tragic loss and the ways of how the state system can fail parents and the children they take care of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

Stephen Lyman has taken the step of pursuing his life's work of playing the guitar, specially Bach. We talk to him about his life's his guitar and what's next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

This is a story about sacrifice. This is part 1 of a two part episode talking to Stephen Lyman and his Guitar playing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Prototype Podcast

As more women earn top-drawer degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, they’re moving full STEM ahead to leverage that knowledge with startups that break old molds and rethink business. Meet two entrepreneurs with serious tech chops — one in user experience and visual design and the other in chemical engineering. Smartly focused on nic…

Technology may now dominate every facet of business, but most women-led enterprises aren’t founded on tech products. Typically, women still don’t code. That lack of high-level tech often puts women entrepreneurs at the mercy of hired developers. So how do you know what the tech gurus are working on? How do you define the deliverables you expect? An…

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The rising profile of women entrepreneurs means it’s high time we rethink our notion of how women entrepreneurs walk, talk and think. The Woman’s Playbook premiere show, The Goldilocks Syndrome, is a deep dive into what happens when women launch a business. Women don’t seem to scale up or go for the brass ring as often as men do. What gives? Is thi…