Every week, Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast highlights prominent (and soon-to-be-prominent) Brooklynites as we explore the vast and diverse borough through the lens of culture, community and commerce. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Brian Braiker, the show features intimate conversations with cultural luminaries, community leaders and compelling locals. These are the people who move us, entertain us, feed us and inspire us. There are a lot of little Brooklyns, and we are all a little Brooklyn.
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The JUST LEAD Podcast with Mark Quattrochi is all about challenging leaders to take action in every situation. Whether it's your life, family, or organization, the time is now! JUST LEAD. Mark Q is a Brooklyn native, baseball fanatic, & former music industry leader. Now, he's the Lead Pastor at theChapel in Tampa Bay, Florida.
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Hi EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ARIEL GONZALEZ, ORIGINALLY FROM BROOKLYN, NOW LIVING IN THE GARDEN STATE AND I HAVE A NEW PODCAST SHOW CALLED WRESTLING WITH HEELS ON. BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SPORTS HISTORY NETWORK, OF COURSE. ON THE PODCAST, I GET TO REMINISCENCE ABOUT MY FAVORITE WRESTLING BAD GUYS FROM YESTERYEAR. LIGHT ON STATS AND HEAVY ON NOSTALGIA, THIS LITTLE TRIP DOWN VILLAINY LANE GIVES ME A CHANCE TO VISIT THE DARK CORRIDORS OF MY WRESTLING SOUL. AND IT’S ALSO FUN TO HAVE A PODCAST. SO JOIN ...
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It's summertime, and it just wouldn't be the same without a Summer Playlist! That's right, we've dusted off a few records from the JUST LEAD vault & we're ready to drop the needle on some of our best content. This week we dive into the theme of winning teams including topics like building a deeper bench, taking initiative, the commitment & excellen…
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Wrestling With Heels On is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY Ariel shares the story of his own battle with Bell's Palsy and integrates the story of Jim Ross, one of the most well-known people that has struggled with this condition. Known to the wrestling world as "J.R.," he is widely consid…
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It's summertime, and it just wouldn't be the same without a Summer Playlist! That's right, we've dusted off a few records from the JUST LEAD vault & we're ready to drop the needle on some of our best content. This week, we dive into the theme of healthy communication including topics like knowing your audience, communication styles, rooms & atmosph…
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Summer Playlist | Rest, Recreation, & Replenishment
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It's summertime, and it just wouldn't be the same without a Summer Playlist! That's right, we've dusted off a few records from the JUST LEAD vault & we're ready to drop the needle on some of our best content. This week we dive into the theme of rest, recreation, & replenishment including topics like compulsive busyness, the Sabbath, PQ's vacation h…
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The ‘Family Values’ of photography duo Guzman
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For about 40 years now, the husband-and-wife team of Constance Hansen and Russell Peacock has created an indelible body of photography produced under the name Guzman. Now they have a new book out, called “Family Values,” a series of incredibly intimate photos taken in one day at the home of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, five weeks after their daug…
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Shut Your Big Mouth (And 5 Other Self-Disciplines)
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We cannot be successful in leading our family, organization, or teams unless we first exercise SELF-DISCIPLINE. President Harry Truman said this, “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves, self-discipline with all of them came first.” Before we fight the battle in the world in and in the marketp…
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The Brownstone Boys have some renovation tips for you
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If you live in Brooklyn and have ever had a desire to renovate or restore your place — a total overhaul or a new kitchen, some shelving, maybe, or a rethinking of your lighting — chances are you’ve come across the Brownstone Boys online. Or if you live in Brooklyn and just have a kink for historic home restoration, you’ve probably followed the Brow…
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SHN Presents: This Day in Sports History - SHN Trailers
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW: THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports H…
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Give The Work Away! How To Delegate (Part 2)
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Maybe you've heard it said, if you want to go FAST, go ALONE. But if you want to go FAR, you've gotta take someone WITH you. So it is with delegation. You've got to GIVE THE WORK AWAY so that you can DO what only you can do. But what should you be looking for & who can you trust to delegate to? In Part 2 of a 2-Part episode, we explore the characte…
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Since its founding as an impromptu celebration of Black joy and community in response to the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020, the Lay Out has grown into a sprawling community platform that hosts year-round parties and offshoots like the BuyBLK. ByBLK. marketplace. This week, the Lay Out’s founder Emily Anadu joimed us on the podcast as she wa…
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Eli Sussman is a meme lord, cookbook writer, a very funny guy and restaurateur with a few big hits under his belt — notably the contemporary Middle Eastern Samesa and Gertrude’s, a Jew-ish style diner in Prospect Heights. We first became aware of Sussman before he opened Gertrude’s with partners Nate Adler and Rachel Jackson a year ago. His Instagr…
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Give The Work Away! How To Delegate (Part 1)
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Maybe you've heard it said, if you want to go FAST, go ALONE. But if you want to go FAR, you've gotta take someone WITH you. So it is with delegation. You've got to GIVE THE WORK AWAY so that you can DO what only you can do. But what should you be looking for & who can you trust to delegate to? In Part 1 of a Part 2 episode, we explore the characte…
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Brooklynites: The free Black families that built the borough
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A new book, called “Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough,” out in September, tells the story of Brooklyn’s free Black population between 1790 and 1870, 80 years of unfathomable change in the borough and the country at large. The book, by Prithi Kanakamedala, is a cultural and social history, told th…
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Everyone has that one junk drawer in their house. It's the "catch all" that keeps random cables, batteries, old phone chargers, change, and opened envelopes. Home organization experts say to tame a disorganized space or drawer, you must 1. Empty, 2. Sort, 3. Purge, and 4. Replace. Just like a junk drawer, even your life can get cluttered and random…
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Molly Roden Winter, the Park Slope polyamorist
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Molly Roden Winter never set out to be the face of Park Slope polyamory, but here we are. Her book “More: A Memoir of Open Marriage” came out earlier this year and instantly hit the best seller lists. It became the subject of think pieces and trend stories, landed her on talk shows and podcasts and essentially went viral in a way that clearly under…
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Born and raised in New York City, Cey Adams emerged from the vibrant graffiti scene of the 1970s while still in his teens, tagging “Cey City” on subway cars and painting murals — and was one of the first wave of street artists to obtain gallery representation. He met the Beastie Boys before they were the Beastie Boys, and designed their first logo,…
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Get Better Every Day | The Relentless Pursuit Of Excellence (Part 2)
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Maybe it's just us, but it feels like "excellence" has become something of a buzzword for many companies and individuals these days. But, just because it's written on the walls doesn't always happening down the halls. And whether you're the leader of an organization, leading your home, or even leading yourself, YOU are the standard bearer for excel…
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The Good Liars are comedians Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig, and for nearly a decade they have been doggedly traveling the country — most notably to presidential campaign rallies for both political parties — trolling attendees and politicians in fearless interviews that often go viral. All with an eye towards exposing hypocrisy, hubris, absurdity…
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Get Better Every Day | The Relentless Pursuit Of Excellence (Part 1)
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Maybe it's just us, but it feels like "excellence" has become something of a buzzword for many companies and individuals these days. But, just because it's written on the walls doesn't always happening down the halls. And whether you're the leader of an organization, leading your home, or even leading yourself, YOU are the standard bearer for excel…
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Dan Perlman: Life after ‘Flatbush Misdemeanors’
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Dan Perlman is a comedian, writer and director in Brooklyn He co-created, wrote and starred in Showtime's critically acclaimed comedy series, “Flatbush Misdemeanors” which was sadly not renewed after its much lauded and pitch-perfect two season run. Don’t count Dan out though. He just keeps making things — short things for now. Much as Flatbush Mis…
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Rapper, singer, artist, producer and, since 2010, one third of the Brooklyn hip-hop group the Flatbush Zombies, Erick the Architect has dropped his first full-length solo album, "I've Never Been Here Before.” The title is a sly allusion to where he's at in life — emotionally, physically, professionally, musically — and the 16 tracks within feature …
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Dealing With Criticism | with MLB Umpire, Vic Carapazza
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It’s officially baseball season & we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than to invite our dear friend and MLB Umpire Vic Carapazza on the show. With a 20+ year career behind the plate, a decade in the majors, and most recently a World Series appearance – Vic stands out among today’s top umpires in the game. Beyond balls & strikes, the tru…
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Robert Simonson writes about cocktails, food and travel for the New York Times, where he’s been a contributor since 2000. He is the author of seven books about cocktails — he literally wrote the book on the old-fashioned and one on the martini. His latest tome, out now, widens the lens — by a lot. “The Encyclopedia of Cocktails: The People, Bars an…
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For 17 years Maria Popova has kept an online literary journal of sorts, a catalogue of what she’s been reading, contemplating and grappling with across multiple disciplines — literature, science, art, philosophy, poetry and what she has called “various other tentacles of human thought and feeling.” She started her site, the Marginalian, under a dif…
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As we grow in life & leadership, we have to ask ourselves this question – WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? It may sound like a selfish question on the surface – “getting what you want.” But if you don’t do the work to clarify it, you’re going to be frustrated. In your life, in your home, in your family, at your job, during the year, for vacation, in your m…
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NYT's Dan Saltzstein on the art of a New York story
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What makes a story a New York story? Maybe it’s seeing a drag queen emerge from a manhole cover on Canal Street in a full look at 6:30 a.m. Or it could be a woman carrying a bag of live eels on the subway to the shock of no one. The thing is, you know a New York Story when you’ve got one, and Dan Saltzstein has collected a whole book’s worth of lit…
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Not only is Dr. Uché Blackstock a second-generation Black woman physician, she is the first Black mother-daughter legacy to have graduated from Harvard Medical School. Today she is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, a consultancy that helps its clients in the healthcare and corporate space to provide racially equitable care. She is als…
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It's About Time We Talk About Time | Strategies For Every Minute (Part 2)
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How can we make the most of every minute as we lead our lives, families, & organizations? All too often we focus on the BIG stuff, and we don’t realize all of the tiny changes that are necessary. You can aspire to big goals, but if you don’t prioritize your time & manage it well, you’re going to fall short. Join us for Part 2 of this 2 Part Episode…
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Veselka: ‘The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World’
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Most New Yorkers don’t need an introduction to Veselka. One of the last of many Slavic restaurants that once proliferated in the East Village, Veselka is turning 70 this year, it’s more robust, vital and relevant as a cultural hub that it’s ever been. It’s expanding into Williamsburg later this year and it’s the subject of a new documentary, out no…
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Lee Fields is a funk and soul legend who has been recording for 55 years and performing for longer than that. From his roots in hardscrabble Wilson, North Carolina — where his parents ran a speakeasy on Saturday nights and took him to church on Sundays — through the funky 1970s, Fields honed an explosive live act frequently compared to James Brown.…
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It's About Time We Talk About Time | Strategies For Every Minute (Part 1)
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How can we make the most of every minute as we lead our lives, families, & organizations? All too often we focus on the BIG stuff, and we don’t realize all of the tiny changes that are necessary. You can aspire to big goals, but if you don’t prioritize your time & manage it well, you’re going to fall short. Join us for Part 1 of this 2 Part Episode…
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Second City is the legendary Chicago improv comedy company that opened in 1969 and launched the careers of everyone from Bill Murray and Gilda Radner to Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Keegan-Michael Key to Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell and Mike Meyers and Tim Meadows and so on. This month they’ve opened their fi…
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RAISING THE SPORTS BAR (The Harv Aronson Interview)
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Wrestling With Heels On is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY Harv Aronson of Total Sports Recall joins Ariel to discuss some wrestling history. You can check out Harv's podcast and work at the links below: Total Sports Recall website Total Sports Recall podcast Total Sports Recall on the Sp…
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Pizza Hut to Anthony Mongiello: Get stuffed!
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Bensonhurst-born Anthony Mongiello is the unheralded inventor, he claims to this day, of the stuffed crust pizza. Mongiello, who holds a 1987 patent for the method of making pizzas with cheese baked into the crust, sued Pizza Hut when they rolled out their own product with the same name in 1995 — for $1 billion. That lawsuit — which was rejected in…
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Zoom Out: 3 Tips For Clarity & Focus In Your Life
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Life is moving fast, and sometimes it’s difficult to get perspective. When busyness, to-do lists, projects, and even expectations begin to pile up, we can easily lose focus of our days. Left unchecked, days turn into weeks & weeks turn into a life that is unfocused and unclear. How do we reset? It’s important to zoom out and look at our lives with …
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The hit Amazon series “Reacher" just wrapped its second season and has been re-upped for a third — and coming back with it is the character Frances Neagley, played by Maria Sten. Neagley is Jack Reacher’s colleague, a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant, his confidante and in many ways his equal. Sten herself is just as fascinating as Reacher, and ha…
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Today we’re talking with a theatrical power couple: Joe Tapper stars in the Off Broadway dark comedy “The White Chip,” opening February 1 and co-produced by his wife, the Tony-winning actor Annaleigh Ashford. We talk about the play and Tapper’s own personal connection to the role. We discuss Ashford’s career as well and adding a producer credit to …
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(JESSE) VENTURA HIGHWAY: HOW "THE BODY" CHANGED MY MIND
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Wrestling With Heels On is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY One of my favorite audiobooks of 2023 was Matt Singer’s Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever. As a lifelong fan of the two film critics, I geeked out on learning about the humble and somewhat shaky origins o…
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The city’s 34 Cultural Institutions Groups — organizations including The Brooklyn Museum, BAM, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and more — depend on funding from the department of cultural affairs. It is a department that is facing drastic cuts in Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, which, if approved, could be devastating to m…
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The Genius Of God Is In The Diversity Of His People with Pastor Monté Dillard
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This week, we welcome our dear friend and Pastor Q’s “twin brother,” Pastor Monté Dillard. Pastor Monté is the Senior Pastor of the First Church of God Christian Life Center in Evanston, IL – near Chicago, and is without a doubt one of the most influential leaders in his community. We discussed racial reconciliation, diversity, and what it looks li…
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[Originally aired 2021] For Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, we look at the ways in which New Yorkers have advocated, agitated, and exercised their power to shape the discussion around civil rights. MLK himself is connected to the city in ways that may be both obvious and surprising. With Sarah Seidman of the Museum of the City of New York, we explore…
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New Year Rhythms: Finding The Groove For Your Life, Family, & Organization In 2024
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The best drummers in the world understand the nuances of timing & rhythm better than anyone. They aren't crashing all the cymbals and slapping the toms all at once. They know when to play, when to rest, and all of the dynamics in between. So it is with our lives, families, and organizations. If we are going to be the best we can be in 2024, we have…
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The ridiculously prolific Scott Lynch covers food for Brooklyn Magazine: restaurant openings, news and pop-ups. He also shoots highly photogenic events like the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge, Bike Kill and the Idiotarod, among others. Scott wrote our roundup of the best 12 new Brooklyn restaurants of 2023 and he recently launched our new monthly-i…
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350 DAYS: 158 DAYS LATER (DOCUMENTARY RECAP)
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Wrestling With Heels On is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. EPISODE SUMMARY The most common regret expressed by people before they die is: “ I wish I had spent more time with the people I love.” That’s a sentiment echoed throughout 350 DAYS, a film by Fulvio Cecere and Darren Antola, focusing on the toll …
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Fran Lebowitz (still) doesn't care what you think — repeat
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Back in October the writer and professional opinion-haver Fran Lebowitz swung through the borough to appear at Kings Theatre in conversation with writer Marlon James. Ahead of that appearance, she chatted with us for this episode of “Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast” … over her landline. It’s pure Fran in all her cantankerous glory. And it was our mo…
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We want to thank you JUST LEAD Family for the best year of the podcast yet! We're honored to get to serve you & invest in your life, family, and organization. Join us as we dust off the old vinyls & go back in time to rediscover the Top 5 Moments of 2023. To listen to the full conversation & download the show notes from each of these moments, make …
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Sipping prosecco with Ashlie Atkinson of 'The Gilded Age'
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If you’ve watched TV or movies with any regularity over the past 20 years, you’ve probably seen Ashlie Atkinson. If you’ve gone to bars with any regularity in Central or South Brooklyn over the past 20 years, you’ve probably seen Ashlie Atkinson. She may have even poured you a drink. A character actor with an IMDB page about a mile long (and still …
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SHN Presents: NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING HISTORY - SHN Trailers
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NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING HISTORY is presented by the Sports History Network, the headquarters for sports yesteryear. ABOUT SHOW: My name is Mark Morthier, and I host yesterday’s Sports on the Sports History Network. As many of you know from reading my articles and listening to my podcasts, I am not only an avid weightlifter but a fan o…
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Jesse David Fox wrote the book on comedy
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If you like comedy, have we got a book for you. It’s called “Comedy Book.” And it’s by Jesse David Fox. Actually, the full title is “Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture — And the Magic that Makes it Work,” and it is at its heart an argument that comedy is an art form. And as an art form, it should be studied just as seriously as any other art…
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The Christmas Movie Leadership Mt. Rushmore
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Grab some popcorn & get ready to discover some leadership gold inside of your favorite Christmas classics. Yeah, yeah, don’t act like you don’t have those Hallmark movies on repeat (even if it is just the same story with different sweaters)! Believe it or not, there’s essential lessons we can apply to our life, family, and organizations tucked away…
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