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This podcast is kind of an audio journal that I started in my time of transition from employee to freelance, to hopefully business owner. Things I’m learning, things I’ve tried. What’s working and what didn’t. I hope it helps you and I hope you enjoy it.
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Vinnie Brand's The Proving Ground Podcast is a weekly podcast by comedian and owner of the Stress Factory Comedy Club, Vinnie Brand along with his long time friend Anthony Villa, who also produces the show. Listen in as Vinnie tells tales of The Stress Factory past and present, his 400 MPH life as a comedy club owner, father and farmer. Yes, thats right, we said farmer.
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It’s the groves of academe: Bennington College, the wildest and wickedest school in America. In the last great decade: the 1980s. Bennington class of ’86, class of Bret Easton Ellis, future writer of American Psycho and co-leader of the literary Brat Pack; Jonathan Lethem, future writer of Motherless Brooklyn and MacArthur Fellow; and Donna Tartt, future writer of The Secret History and Pulitzer Prize winner. All three are, at various times, infatuated and disappointed with one another, thei ...
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Exploring the relationship of people to the land they live on, students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College talk with residents of small towns, farms and forests in the rural Southeast. The discussions center on issues of agriculture, conservation, and the economy as seen by those who have chosen to make their homes in non-urban areas of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. Reported in the style of "This American Life," the students take you to into the field to find their stories.
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On September 3, 2018, a rancher in Laredo, Texas, discovered a woman’s body shot execution-style on the side of the road. When investigators identified her as a local sex worker, their search for the killer took them into the darkest corners of the city. Then, after days of false starts and dead-ends, another body turned up, terrifying residents an…
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John and Randi Hickman tell their story of love and beekeeping. He told her she had to be interested in bee keeping if she wanted to become his partner. She kept with it despite her severe allergy to bees. In this podcast, they talk with Listen to the Land host Colton Creel about the beekeeping business and their lives together. This podcast is pro…
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Dr. Bret Wagenhorst of Tifton, Georgia, leads by example. He doesn't just tell people to live an active, healthy and community centered life. He lives one himself. Though he has a demanding job as an opthalmologist, he spends at least 15 minutes a day gardening. He also farms unusual crops on his land, experimenting with tropical fruits and vegetab…
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Fernando Mendez of Marview Farms in Arabi, Georgia, has come a long way as a farmer. As we discover in this podcast by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College student Anfernee McDonald, Fernando Mendez overcame multiple challenges. Born in Cuba, Fernado was brought to the USA when he was only five years old. His father worked for a year in a labor cam…
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Abisai Vazquez grew up with the wild chickens of Fitzgerald -- hundreds if not thousands of unusual birds that seem to thrive only with the city limits of this South Georgia town. But Vazquez always wondered why they were there. In this podcast episode, Vasquez talks to former city admininstrator Cam Jordan and tries to solve the chicken mystery of…
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Hayden Norman interviews Ross Kendrick, a peanut farmer from Turner County in South Georgia. Kendrick is a fifth generation farmer, and a leaders in the peanut commission and the farm bureau. He knows he not only has to cultivate peanuts and cotton, but that he also has to cultivate good relations with lawmakers in Congress, who determine the detai…
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"Listen to the Land" host Colton Creel travels to Pelham, Georgia, with Molly McKettrick to interview Anfernee McDonald, a student starting his own farm. McDonald entered farming after leaving the Marines, when he realized he wasn't the husband and father that he wanted to be. Now deeply religious, McDonald discovered that growing his own food to f…
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Scott Hudson of Hudson Pecans in Ocilla, Georgia, talks about the hurricane winds that threaten pecan growers in the American Southeast every fall. Hurricane Micheal destroyed more than thousand trees in his orchard alone. But hurricanes are not the only threat to pecan orchardists. As Dr. Lenny Wells of the University of Georgia discusses, economi…
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Heather Brasell of the Gaskins Forest Education Center and Dr. Vanessa Lane of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College release rare gopher frogs in a wetland in Irwin County, Georgia. The frogs are raised in captivity and released in the habitat of the gopher tortoise, the sandy terraine of South Georgia. The gopher frogs need wetlands to breed but th…
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Where is the weirdest place you have tipped for a service? Tune in to this week's episode as Vicki and Vinnie tell tales of the best and worst spots to tip, and how much you should actually give. They also retell how Vinnie played hardball to get one of their cars. As always thanks for watching and listening along with us!…
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1994 to the present day. Jonathan Lethem comes from behind. And just whose world are we living in anyway—Bret’s, Donna’s or Jonathan’s? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York, New York. Spring of 1986 to Fall of 1994. The Secret History is published. Plus, “The Purge” comes to Bennington. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Bennington and New York City. Autumn, 1985-spring, 1986. Less Than Zero is published and Bret becomes a cultural phenomenon. Bret also becomes a college senior. The most famous artist of the 20th century crashes his graduation party. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn mo…
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Bennington. Autumn, 1983-Spring, 1986. Donna begins The Secret History. Donna throws tea parties and frequents martini hours. Donna bides her time. Jonathan drops out of Bennington only to hang around Bennington. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choi…
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Bennington. Spring, 1983-Spring, 1985. Bret lives The Rules of Attraction, then sells Less Than Zero. Bret befriends David Lipsky, then be-enemies David Lipsky. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna falls under the thrall of a magus-like professor, and the very small, very elite, very male band of students to whom he teaches Ancient Greek. “I can absolutely distinctly remember the three of them, and then the four of them—the three guys but then the four. The guys with Donna.” To learn more about listener data an…
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Los Angeles, 1981-1982. “This rumor went around in 1981, 1982, that kids just were brought to see the body of another kid.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero), Part Two. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://…
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Los Angeles, 1980-1981. “There was just this huge sense that the world was gay, gay, gay.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero), Part One. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna, Jonathan and Bret arrive on the campus of the school nicknamed “The Little Red Whorehouse on the Hill.” One of them comes with a steamer trunk. One of them comes with a Kangol cap. One of them comes with a “suitcase full of drugs.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacy…
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It’s the groves of academe: Bennington College, the wildest and wickedest school in America. In the last great decade: the 1980s. Bennington class of ’86, class of Bret Easton Ellis, future writer of American Psycho and co-leader of the literary Brat Pack; Jonathan Lethem, future writer of Motherless Brooklyn and MacArthur Fellow; and Donna Tartt, …
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The mystery is (maybe) solved. And we hear directly—and at length—from 1985 Traci, in a never-before-aired interview. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Meet Troy Matherly, the heart of this story. The heart of Nora's story, and of Traci's story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAf Audacy Studios
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We leave the Valley and Traci Lords behind; go back to Redondo Beach and to Traci Lords before she was Traci Lords, when she was Nora Kuzma. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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The only thing wilder than Traci on camera, is Traci off camera. Also: Traci gets a rival; Traci gets a company; Traci gets a passport; and Traci gets busted. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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A 15-year-old Redondo Union High sophomore learns to fake it so she can make it... as a nude model. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAf Audacy Studios
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Here are some of the things covered in this weeks show. Baseball gloves My journey update This weeks guest Dr. Chris McCarthy. If you or someone you know has a child with anxiety issues, you’ll want to hear this! Next week’s guest Dr. Galen Collins talks about his practice and the unique business efficiencies he’s put in place. Right click here to …
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