Ringmaster, artist, activist and clown Doug Francisco, was one of 300 performers, crew and attendees stranded at The Tribal Gathering Festival on a remote beach in Panama when the world went into lockdown on March 20th 2020. This show explores how it was to be the hostess with the mostess for ‘The festival at the end of the world’. Doug talks to others who shared the experience with him and, more curiously, what happened in the year and a half it took to finally make it home.
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For over 130 years, Nintendo has been a pioneer in gaming, creating legendary franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong. Every week, IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast celebrates all things Nintendo—past, present, and future. Join the NVC crew for expert analysis, news, and lively discussions on everything from classic favorites to the latest on Nintendo Switch and the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2. Whether you're a lifelong fan or just jumping in, Nintendo Voice Chat is your go-to ...
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The largest insurtech podcast going on 500+ episodes. This is not your grandpa's insurance industry!
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The Decision Intelligence Lab explores practical challenges of applying data science, analytics, and AI to drive real-world business outcomes. Hosted by Prof. Michael Watson (Northwestern University) and Prof. Vijay Mehrotra (University of San Francisco) — both seasoned entrepreneurs, consultants, and researchers — this podcast delivers real-world insights for data professionals, business leaders, & anyone seeking to leverage data for smarter decision making. Each episode features leaders sh ...
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Live show archive from SF Bay Area's mission district nightclubs. Recorded and prepared by Chris von Sneidern. Post-production at www.tapevaultstudio.com
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Before binging, there was cable. Welcome to Basic!, the official podcast bringing you the unofficial history of cable TV. Go behind the scenes of a glorious time in pop culture, when shows like MTV’s ‘The Real World,’ ESPN’s ‘SportsCenter’ and AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ made basic cable a must-have for every American home. With the help of guests like Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Crawford and Amy Schumer, hosts Doug Herzog (former network executive at MTV, Comedy Central, Fox) and Jen Chaney (TV critic at ...
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The Gackle Report is a Bay Area hockey website produced by two Canadians devoted to covering the San Jose Sharks. Throughout the 2014-15 NHL season, Paul and Patrick Gackle, who grew up in Winnipeg, Canada, will produce a daily hockey podcast to fill the Bay Area’s puck talk void while also providing daily news articles about Sharks hockey. The Gackle Report is the place to go for insider coverage of the Sharks and fresh analysis about the latest happenings around the NHL. Paul Gackle grew u ...
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Become an EMPOWERED INVESTOR. Survive and thrive in today's economy! With over 2,000 episodes in this Monday, Wednesday, Friday podcast, business and investment expert Jason Hartman interviews top-tier guests, bestselling authors and financial experts including; Steve Forbes (Freedom Manifesto), Tomas Sowell (Housing Boom and Bust), Noam Chomsky (Manufacturing Consent), Jenny Craig (Health & Fitness CEO), Jim Cramer (Mad Money), Harvey Mackay (Swim With The Sharks & Get Your Foot in the Door ...
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We’ve entered a new era of retail, the era of the Customer Channel, where Shoppers rule. This requires retailers and brands to be empathetic and supportive of their customers in every way.
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Film Roundtable was to created as space for artists in the industry to talk openly and freely about what is present for them at this unprecedented moment in time. Most of us have found ourselves, until just recently, in a sort of worldwide, collective pause. We have had an abundance of time to be quiet, to go inside ourselves, to listen, but most importantly to imagine the change we want to see in our own lives and careers as well as for the collective as a whole. A quality of life greater n ...
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We Toured the New Nintendo San Francisco Store and Talked with Doug Bowser! - NVC 761
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1:12:53Nintendo is opening a brand new retail store in San Francisco, and we toured it! This week, join Logan Plant, Reb Valentine, Seth Macy, and Ryan McCaffrey as they break down their visit to the store and show off some of the cool merch you can find. Stick around to hear us dive into Logan’s interview with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser, S…
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Paul Drake, Founder at Adventus AI - PIR Ep. 683
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41:45Paul Drake, Founder at Adventus AI, they help commercial and personal lines brokers who write a lot of property risks put together the most complete submission that wins with an underwriter. The primary means by which they do this is by using AI to bring in all available data, extract the correct property information about a particular property or …
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2308 FBF: Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris and The Fall of Merrill Lynch and the Near Collapse of Bank of America with Author Greg Farrell
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56:43This Flashback Friday is from episode 257 published last May 1, 2012. Jason Hartman is joined on this episode by Greg Farrell, author of Crash of the Titans: Greed, Hubris, The Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Near Collapse of Bank of America, for a discussion of the economic crash and the resulting bailouts, as well as some of the inside dealings wi…
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We Interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto + Our Favorite Nintendo Switch Memories - NVC 762
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1:32:55Brian Altano interviewed the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto at Super Nintendo World in Florida, and he’s here this week to tell us every detail about his conversation with the creator of Mario. Hear Brian’s take on the new theme park, the Donkey Kong roller coaster, and our thoughts on how Nintendo has managed to successfully transition to a younger…
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Francisco Lopes, Co-Founder and CEO at Sonant AI - PIR Ep. 682
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18:56Tony chats with Francisco Lopes, Co-Founder and CEO at Sonant AI, they build AI receptionists for P&C insurance agencies. They create AIs that really sound human, with no lag, and is able to take the requests, recognize the phone number that is calling, create a personal touch, and act as needed. After the call you get the summary of your interacti…
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2307: No Monthly Payments: Your Guide to Home Equity Agreements (HEA)
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39:45Jason introduces Home Equity Investments (HEI), a growing industry where companies buy a portion of homeowners' equity, awaiting a future liquidity event like a sale or refinance, without requiring monthly payments. Hartman views this as a significant indicator of institutional investors' bullish outlook on residential real estate, similar to "buil…
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Doug Ver Mulm, CEO and Co-Founder at Turris - PIR Ep. 681
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38:20Doug Ver Mulm, CEO and Co-Founder at Turris, they are focused on solving the problems of the MGA space. They have built everything from the ground up from the perspective of people who actually ran an MGA. They are working on automating anything on the back office related to agency relationships for MGAs or Carriers. Doug Ver Mulm: https://www.link…
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Maggie Buchanan and Martin Calhoun at Residence - Ep. 680
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38:16Tony chats with Maggie Buchanan and Martin Calhoun at Residence, an insurtech that partially exists because of this show, AND is trying to go after a crucial problem with an innovative solution. Residence insurance prevents people from getting evicted in case of a qualifying economic hit like getting fired or an unexpected illness. This is an amazi…
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Nick Reed, Managing Director and Toby Harvey-Sholes, Head of Consulting at Ninety - PIR Ep. 679
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29:34Tony chats with Nick Reed, Managing Director and Harvey Sholes, Head of Consulting at Ninety Innovation. They are the insurance innovation experts. They launched 12 years ago and have done 400 different projects for 60 carriers across all lines, all classes, and all geographies. They help insurance companies launch new ideas to market, build the ca…
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2306 FBF: Free Markets vs Big Government with Steve Forbes Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media and Author of ‘Freedom Manifesto’
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38:30This Flashback Friday is from episode 302, published last February 25, 2013. Jason Hartman is joined on this episode by Steve Forbes, the editor in chief of Forbes Media, to propose and attempt to answer the question: Why does government get bigger and bigger when we know it doesn’t work well? Mr. Forbes states that history proves free markets work…
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Andrew Townsend and Ryan Muir - PIR Ep. 678
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24:40Tony chats with Andrew Townsend, Marketing Operations Manager at Smarty and Ryan Muir, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Smarty. They are an address location intelligence company. They do geocoding helping you find the exact coordinates of any address. Their autocomplete helps forms get completed faster when it comes to addresses. They can help y…
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2305: The US Economic Ponzi Scheme: Avoiding Collapse and the Path to Stability with Les Rubin
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30:15Today Jason covers a few key real estate investing strategies. He emphasizes the importance of leveraging properties with high loan balances for inflation-induced debt destruction and better insurance claim handling. He advises against paying off mortgages, highlighting tax benefits and the "refi till you die" plan. He introduces the concept of a "…
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Cortney Helfrich, Chair of the RISE Education Committee - PIR Ep. 677
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23:16Tony chats with Cortney Helfrich, Chair of the RISE Education Committee, they have been doing AWESOME work that you should not miss. They are starting to create an Introductory Certificate Program for Insurance which will cover Auto, Property, and Subrogation with much more to come. Cortney Helfrich: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cortney-helfrich-scl…
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Tony chats with David Schraub, a credentialed actuary in both the US and Europe, who now runs a consulting firm specializing in AI ethics. A fascinating episode that is embarrassingly late in being released. David Schraub: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschraub/ David Schraub Actuarial Consultancy: https://www.davidschraubactuary.com/ Video Versi…
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Luis Diaz, Founder & CEO at ClaimMentor - PIR Ep. 676
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39:59Tony chats with Luis Diaz, Founder & CEO at ClaimMentor, they are a reimagined solution for claims recoreded statements handling everything from scheduling to an intelligent summary of the meeting. Your average adjuster spends 2 to 2/12 hours per day just on scheduling calls. That gets automated with ClaimMentor. They then guide the adjuster on wha…
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Yandy Plasencia, Founder & CEO at DataHaven Software - PIR Ep. 675
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34:27Tony chats with Yandy Plasencia, Founder & CEO at DataHaven Software, they are a core infrastructure company solving the foundational data problem. They live in the intersection of carriers and TPAs. Core focus on making sure the foundational data they make sure there are no data silo. If there is no fully automated data lakehouse yet, they can bui…
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2304 FBF: Nominal Dollars vs Real Dollars & Understanding Investor Psychology with Investment Counselor Sara
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1:26:25This Flashback Friday is from episode 304 published last Mar 6, 2013. Jason talks with investment counselor, Sara, about investor psychology, overcoming obstacles and getting out of our own way. The smoke-and-mirrors propaganda perpetuated by mainstream media (lamestream media as Sarah Palin says) in reporting the new high in the Dow Jones Industri…
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Kirby Air Riders: Why Sakurai’s First Switch 2 Game Is a Big Deal - NVC 760
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1:39:25Masahiro Sakurai is returning to the Kirby franchise on Switch 2 after more than 20 years away, and we’re so excited about it! This week, join Logan Plant, Jada Griffin, Tom Marks, and Brian Altano as they talk about why they love the original Kirby Air Ride, and how Kirby Air Riders could build upon the GameCube cult classic. Then, Nintendo’s late…
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Paul Richardson, Founder & CEO at Tumbleweed - PIR Ep. 672
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35:30Tony chats with Paul Richardson, Founder & CEO at Tumbleweed, they are a digital solution to help support comprehensive legacy planning under the tagline that a life well planned is a life well lived. Paul Richardson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulhrichardsonjr/ Tumbleweed: https://tumbleweedplan.com/ Video version: https://youtu.be/An6YYyTBH8M…
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Wendy Davis Johnson, Author of Brian Duperrealt Biography - PIR Ep. 671
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44:02Tony chats with Wendy Davis Johnson, Author of "Faith & Purpose: The Life and Vision of Insurance Icon Brian Duperrealt. A cannot miss conversation about the most important insurance biography of our time. Wendy Davis Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-davis-johnson-b2040a34/ Faith & Purpose: https://duperreaultbio.com/how-to-order-faith-pu…
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Rick Pannu, Co-Founder and CEO at Trajan AI - PIR Ep. 670
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32:21Tony chats with Rick Pannu, Co-Founder and CEO at Trajan AI, they profile risks specially construction risks for WC, GL, Builder's Risk, Wraps, and more. They build AI Agents for underwriting and auditing of construction risk. Currently construction risks are underwritten mostly from historical losses with very little being used from the applicatio…
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2303: Navigating Today's Real Estate Market: Insights for Investors, The Housing Shortage and Your Investment Opportunities
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40:44Jason talks about the current state of the housing market, emphasizing that there is no housing crash due to the low number of financially distressed homeowners. He shared updated statistics from the US Census Bureau, indicating that 39.8% of homeowners have no mortgage, and 65% have mortgages at or below 4%. Jason also highlighted the oversupply i…
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2302 FBF: America's Economic Outlook said John Mauldin Author and Publisher of ‘Thoughts From the Frontline’
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1:07:41This Flashback Friday is from episode 298, published last February 4, 2013. On this show, Jason Hartman talks with one of his investment counselors about current events, welcomes a guest caller and also brings to our listening audience the economic outlook from renowned financial expert, John Mauldin. Mauldin discusses “spending rearrangement”, a r…
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Switch and Switch 2's Virtual Game Cards Are Better in Some Ways and Worse in Others - NVC 759
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1:48:41Nintendo Switch got a big update this week that’s laying the groundwork for the Switch 2’s June launch, and it includes the new Virtual Game Cards feature that some Nintendo fans are finding a bit convoluted. Join Logan Plant, Jada Griffin, Reb Valentine, and Seth Macy as they break down the new feature and how it impacts you across one or multiple…
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Nintendo Switch 2 Preorder Mania! - NVC 758
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1:31:14Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went live in the United States, and it was super chaotic! Join Logan Plant, Jada Griffin, Reb Valentine, and Seth Macy as they discuss the preorder situation and Nintendo’s price increases to accessories and amiibo. Then, Brian Altano interviewed Paul Rudd on IGN about his new Switch 2 commercial, and the panel is still …
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Josh Schlessinger, President, CEO & CoFounder at Continue On - PIR Ep. 670
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37:17Tony chats with Josh Schlesinger, President, CEO & CoFounder at Continue On, it started as a SAAS platform licensed to auto insurance companies to disrupt the rental reimbursement space using Uber and Lyft instead. They have since transitioned instead of offering it as part of the claims process, now it's offered as Continued Mobility for side of t…
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2301: From Speculation to Stability: Building Wealth with Buy & Hold and Self-Management
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48:14Jason discusses real estate investing, highlighting current market conditions where a slight home sales increase is overshadowed by affordability issues due to higher mortgage rates. He argues that the "in irons" market, characterized by modest price appreciation, benefits rental property owners through steady cash flow and increasing rents due to …
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