The Benefits of Co-ops: Building Wealth and Empowering Communities Everything.coop About the Guest(s): Vernon Oakes is the General Partner at Everything Co-op Communications, LLC, a media company that promotes cooperative business models. With over 40 years of experience in property and asset management, Vernon became familiar with cooperative business models as the owner of a residential property management company. He is also the host of the leading weekly national radio program for the US Coo...
May 28, 2024
The Long November by Walt Gragg https://amzn.to/3VhJ8Yg In the tradition of Red Storm Rising and Red Metal, an American military force fights a desperate battle against an overwhelming enemy. What started as a military coup in Pakistan has ignited South Asia and threatens to spread to the world's largest democracy in India. American and British allies struggle to rescue Western civilians who have been cut off in Islamabad. What starts as a desperate race turns into a grim siege. But the fate of ...
May 27, 2024
The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People by Paul Seabright https://amzn.to/3KdDvEt A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in North America and parts of Europe. Vigorous competition between and within religious movements has led to their accumulating great power and wealth. Religions in many traditions have honed...
May 26, 2024
The Profiteers How Business Privatizes Profits and Socializes Costs By Christopher Marquis https://amzn.to/3R0CbbB An exposé of how society pays for corporations' "free lunch" and the cost of environmental damage, low wages, systemic discrimination, and cheap goods. In an age when business leaders solemnly profess dedication to principles of environmental and social justice, Christopher Marquis’s provocative investigation into the real costs of doing business reveals the way that leaders of the ...
May 24, 2024
The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism: A Memoir by R. Derek Black https://amzn.to/3V1mTF0 From the former heir-apparent to white nationalism, The Klansman’s Son is an astonishing memoir of a childhood built on fear, of breaking from a community of hate. Derek Black was raised to take over the white nationalist movement in the United States. Their father, Don Black, was a former Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and started Stormfront, the internet’s first white supre...
May 23, 2024
Global development executive discusses bridging the gap for vulnerable communities Gretchenvillegas.net About the Guest(s): Gretchen Viegas is a global development executive with over 25 years of experience in the field. She specializes in mission-driven, innovative programming for vulnerable communities through partnership development, impact scaling, and revenue growth. For the first 15 years of her career, Gretchen lived and worked in Latin America and East and Southern Africa. In the past de...
May 22, 2024•33 min
Plan to Recover: Your Mini Journal for Recovery and Self-Discovery By Andrea M Epting https://amzn.to/4a9OCsi Lightninginabottle.biz Plan to Recover: Your Mini Journal for Recovery and Self-Discovery is an essential tool and helpful resource in the initial phases of any recovery and self discovery journey. Thoughtfully curated and specifically designed for the person looking to achieve long-term success in recovery while gaining personal insight, awareness, emotional intelligence and spiritual i...
May 21, 2024•43 min
Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron by Dan Schlossberg https://amzn.to/4apv5Ep In the fifty years that have passed since Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run and supplanted Babe Ruth as baseball's home run king, his legend and legacy have only grown. Humble and modest to a fault, he always insisted that he didn't want people to forget Babe Ruth but only to remember Henry Aaron. Though he never had the benefit of playing in the media spotlight of New York or Los Angeles, he remains th...
May 21, 2024•22 min
Tom Clancy Act of Defiance By Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson Part of A Jack Ryan Novel https://amzn.to/3V80Xt1 A rogue nuclear Russian submarine is steaming toward the East Coast of the United States. For President Jack Ryan, memories of past events may seem stunningly vivid, but the dangers are terrifyingly real in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly l...
May 20, 2024•35 min
The Hunter's Daughter By Nicola Solvinic https://amzn.to/4aqP9q6 A hypnotic, sinister debut mystery about a seemingly good cop who is secretly the daughter of a notorious serial killer. Anna Koray escaped her father’s darkness long ago. When she was a girl, her childhood memories were sealed away from her conscious mind by a controversial hypnosis treatment. She’s now a decorated sheriff’s lieutenant serving a rural county, conducting an ordinary life far from her father’s shadow. When Anna kill...
May 19, 2024•21 min
The Unstoppable Franchisee: 7 Drivers of Next-Level Growth by Gary Prenevost https://amzn.to/3V46a4R Selected by USA Today as a Top 10 Business Book To Help You Scale in 2024 BRONZE MEDAL WINNER – 2024 AXIOM BUSINESS BOOKS AWARD – ENTREPRENEURSHIP/SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY Unlock your business’s full potential and achieve continuous growth with proven wisdom from top global franchisees and franchisors. Why is incremental, year-over-year progress toward operational excellence elusive for so many fr...
May 18, 2024•36 min
From Garage Startup to Multimillion Dollar Brand: The Journey of Beautiful Disaster Clothing Bdrocks.com About the Guest(s): Christina DuVarney is the founder and CEO of Beautiful Disaster Clothing. With over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, Christina has built her company from a garage startup to a multimillion-dollar brand. Growing up in a broken home with an alcoholic father, Christina learned resilience and self-reliance at a young age. She discovered the transformative power ...
May 17, 2024•44 min
The Main Character A Novel By Jaclyn Goldis A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in this electrifying modern homage to Agatha Christie from the author of the “tense and twisty” (Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author) The Chateau. Reclusive, mysterious author Ginevra Ex is famous for her unusual approach to crafting her big bestselling thrillers: she hires real people and conducts intensive interviews, then fictionalizes them. Her l...
May 15, 2024•18 min
The Third Perspective: Brave Expression in the Age of Intolerance by Africa Brooke https://amzn.to/3WI7Cet AMAZON BEST BOOK OF MAY 2024 In our deeply divided, binary world, honest discussion is stressful for all sides. International thought leader Africa Brooke says there is another way: the Third Perspective. In this manifesto, Africa teaches us how to return to critical thinking and reduce societal divides by opening our minds and being more self-questioning in difficult discussions. This book...
May 15, 2024•54 min
Building Success: A Toolbox for Coming Out on Top by Tommy Whitehead https://amzn.to/4akDetO Tommywhitehead.com Tomcosolutions.com Know who you are. Embrace what makes you different. And don’t be afraid to be a little disruptive. Success stories rarely follow straight lines, something Tommy Whitehead knows firsthand. His story of climbing out of poverty to run a hugely successful contracting firm has more twists and turns than a cheap garden hose. In this funny and authentic book, Tommy opens up...
May 14, 2024•35 min
May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases―And What We Can Do about It by Alex Edmans https://amzn.to/3V02O31 How our biases cause us to fall for misinformation—and how to combat it. Our lives are minefields of misinformation. It ripples through our social media feeds, our daily headlines, and the pronouncements of politicians, executives, and authors. Stories, statistics, and studies are everywhere, allowing people to find evidence to support whatever position the...
May 14, 2024•32 min
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World by Tom Chivers https://amzn.to/3wxZAKu A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist’s Guide to the Galaxy. At its simplest, Bayes’s theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays out how it aff...
May 13, 2024•45 min
Dr. Fred Moss: Helping People Find Their True Voice and Undo Mental Illness https://findyourtruevoicebook.com/ Drfred360.com Welcometohumanity.net About the Guest(s): Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate, psychiatrist, keynote speaker, and author. With over 45 years of experience in the field, Dr. Moss has dedicated his career to helping people find their true voice and providing high-quality care. He is the creator of Welcome to Humanity, the True Voice Course, and the Moss Method. Dr. Mos...
May 13, 2024•47 min
Justin Fortier, Founder, CEO/CTO of FYC Labs Discusses Scaling Services Businesses and the Future of AI FYC Labs: fyclabs.com Fractal Group: fractalgroup.io Accru: Accru.co About the Guest(s): Justin is the founder and CEO/CTO of FYC Labs, a boutique dev and design agency specializing in web development and software solutions. With a background in tech entrepreneurship, Justin has built a successful career as a tech entrepreneur, advisor, and influencer. He has worked with notable clients such a...
May 12, 2024•39 min
Tibetan Pharmacy Offers Advanced CBD Formulas for Healing and Pain Relief Jampha.com About the Guest(s): Trinn Hatch is the founder of Jampha Tibetan Pharmacy, a company that specializes in creating advanced expressions of plant medicine. Tr was born into a multi-generational military family and spent over 10 years providing personal security to various high-profile individuals. However, his career and health took a turn when he was assaulted and left with a severely broken leg. This incident le...
May 12, 2024•36 min
Tax Debt Rule #1: There's ALWAYS A Solution by Morgan Q. Anderson EA https://amzn.to/3UUJhB4 Goldenliontaxsolutions.com Do you have a tax debt owed to the IRS or state that keeps you awake at night? Are you a tax professional with clients who have a tax debt and are unsure how to help them? Look no further—this book can help! With over 24 years in the tax debt resolution industry, Morgan Q. Anderson, EA, summarizes in Tax Debt Rule #1: There's ALWAYS a Solution the many facets of dealing with a ...
May 09, 2024•35 min
Send Me The True Story of a Mother at War By Marty Skovlund, Jr., Joe Kent https://amzn.to/44xpQRI The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance her life as a wife and mother. Of the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the US military, only a tiny fraction are selected as “operators.” Shannon Kent was one of the first women to serve at th...
May 09, 2024•33 min
Magician and TikTok Star Justin Flom Talks About Hacking Algorithms and Creating Viral Content Justin Flom's official website: justinflom.com Justin Flom on YouTube: youtube.com/justinflom Justin Flom on TikTok: tiktok.com/@justinflom About the Guest(s): Justin Flom is a magician, musician, and social media influencer known for his creative and captivating content. He has gained billions of views on platforms like YouTube and TikTok, where he combines magic tricks, spray paint art, and whimsical...
May 08, 2024•49 min
Discover Your Working Genius with Patrick Lencioni: A Game-Changing Assessment Workinggenius.com Tablegroup.com About the Guest(s): Patrick Lencioni is a renowned author, speaker, and consultant in the field of leadership and teamwork. He is the co-founder and president of The Table Group, a management consulting firm that focuses on organizational health. Lencioni has written 13 books, including the best-selling "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" and his most recent work, "The Six Types of Worki...
May 07, 2024•39 min
Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics By Jo Boaler https://amzn.to/3QyFjeP From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math. “Every once in a while, someone revolutionizes an approach to a difficult subject and changes it forever. That is what Jo Boaler has done for ma...
May 07, 2024•38 min
The Ballad of Darcy and Russell By Morgan Matson https://amzn.to/44v64qj From New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson comes a sweeping romantic novel about love, fate…and that one night that can change everything. Darcy believes in love at first sight. Even though it’s never happened to her, she’s spent her whole life waiting for that perfect, magical moment. But right now, her life is anything but perfect. In the aftermath of a music festival, she’s stranded at a bus station until morni...
May 05, 2024•17 min
We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures) by Eddie Glaude Jr. https://amzn.to/3JQZWyM We are more than the circumstances of our lives, and what we do matters. In We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, one of the nation’s preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luth...
May 04, 2024•39 min
Chris Pistorius: Helping Dentists Succeed in Online Marketing About the Guest(s): Chris Pistorius is an expert in local marketing and the founder of KickStart Dental, a top-rated local marketing agency in the United States. With over 20 years of experience in the field, Chris has refined marketing strategies that drive real growth for small businesses. He has worked with online giants like Google, AOL, Time Warner, and MapQuest. Chris specializes in helping dental practices effectively market th...
May 03, 2024•31 min
The Stranger I Wed (The Doves of New York) by Harper St. George https://amzn.to/3UIihVh New to wealth and to London high society, American heiress Cora Dove discovers that with the right man, marriage might not be such an inconvenience after all. . . . Cora Dove and her sisters’ questionable legitimacy has been the lifelong subject of New York’s gossipmongers and a continual stain on their father’s reputation. So when the girls each receive a generous, guilt-induced dowry from their dying grandm...
May 02, 2024•16 min
The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization by Mohamed Amer Meziane https://amzn.to/4bkJ2oc How the disenchantment of empire led to climate change While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century, conversion to Christianity was replaced by a civilizing mission. This new secular impetus strode hand in hand with racial capitalism in the age of empires: a terrestrial paradise was to be achieved through accumulation and the ravagi...
May 01, 2024•57 min
