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Pod Crashing episode 511 with Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman from the podcast Sound, Light and Frequency. Has the U.S. government been conducting a slow-drip UFO disclosure campaign through Hollywood movies and television for more than 70 years? The new podcast Sound, Light & Frequency tackles that mind-blowing question through an ongoing investigation hosted by two Hollywood insiders: Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman, both successful writer/producers with hundreds of credits. Bryce and Brent publicly share, for the first time, the full account of their surreal encounter with a "Man in Black" who offered them a deal to use their primetime alien-invasion drama series, Dark Skies to spread UFO truths. Each episode takes listeners behind the scenes of iconic films and TV series, connecting what's been portrayed on screen to what might be happening in real life-and asking whether other creators were offered "the deal," too. Episodes available here:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-sound-light-frequency-322475383/

Two very important questions... Why are people podcasting? Is it for the money? The glory or because a social media junkie now has a voice? Plus...with its current popularity will podcasting eventually burnout like Disco?

Pod Crashing episode 509 with Jenette Burke host of the podcast Janette’s TV Podcast.Janette Burke is the founder and Host of Janette's TV Podcast.  The popular Lifestyle & Entertainment talk show reaches a combined global audience of more than 15.2 million across television, podcast, social media, and digital platforms, geared towards Women over 40.  Burke’s global audience reach exceeds twenty years.  The popular television host and respected interviewers are always in demand.  Burke wears many hats, that include, Master of Ceremonies, Keynote Speaker, Brand Spokesperson, published Author, Magazine Editor.  The engaging interviewer creates intimate conversations with celebrities, filmmakers, television personalities, executives, entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, and thought leaders.  Burke is recognized for her intelligent interviewing and her ability to connect with audiences, asking thought provoking questions while maintaining a comfortable atmosphere. Whether on the Red-Carpet, Event Host or Conférence MC, Burke keeps it real and asks the hard questions with respect, earning her the reputation as a trusted interviewer.  Burke brings professionalism and warmth to every stage and every conversation, creating conversations audiences genuinely enjoy.  The media savvy interviewer has an innate sense of where the line is without jeopardizing the integrity of the interview.  Janette Burke’s interviews include Tom Hanks, Helen Mirren, Halle Berry, Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Martha Stewart.  Including some of Canada’s best, Lisa LaFlamme, George Stroumboulopoulos, Tracy Moore, Elaine Lui and members of the business community, Guy Kawasaki, Kevin O’Leary, Melinda Rogers, Anjali Sud (Vimeo) and Garrick Tiplady (Meta Canada).  Burke brings authentic storytelling to every interview, making her a trusted mainstay in Canadian Media. The multi-tasking Burke is an editor and contributor for SAVVY  by Janette’s TV Podcast E-Publication, York Region Business Times monthly Media Marketing Columnist, a contributor for Women with Vision! Magazine and the author of “67 Ways to Promote Your Business & Make Fabulous Money Doing What You LOVE.”   “Slowing down is not an option. There’s way too much to do.”  A sought-after public speaker, Burke brings with her, a deeply personal journey of surviving trauma, bullying, stalking, and years of adversity to women’s conferences, mental health organizations, leadership events and empowerment summits across the country.  An inspiring and trusted keynote speaker, Burke provides audiences with lived practical strategies to rebuild confidence, resilience, and self-worth. Jeanette Burke’s message is loud and clear. “Knowing your past does not have to define your future.”

With terrestrial radio throwing everybody out including the kitchen sink, where are the former two speaker professionals landing? Is it podcasting? Is it good for those who've been trying to survive in podcasting? Plus...can listeners truly tell the difference between a podcast wanna be and a seasoned radio professional transitioning into podcasting?

With religious company's purchasing more and more terrestrial towers of power, should we also see a rise in religious podcasting? Plus...how do you know your guest on the podcast wasn't hired to share propaganda?

Pod Crashing episode 507 with Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict from the podcast Saigon.  One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart. Saigon is an epic saga of love, blood and revolution starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict. An eight-part audio drama for iHeart adapted from the best-selling novel by Anthony Grey, it is a story of political intrigue and romance in a time of war, across four tumultuous decades of Vietnamese history.Narrated by Trinh, the granddaughter of two central characters, the series begins in 1936 French-colonial Saigon, where an American journalist, Joseph, reunites with his childhood friend Paul, now a French policeman, and encounters Lan, the woman who will shape his destiny. Against a backdrop of tennis courts, luxury hotels, and colonial privilege, simmering tensions erupt as Lan's brother Tran rejects his wealthy family's collaboration with the French to join Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary cause, setting off an assassination that changes everything. As love, betrayal, and shifting allegiances entangle Joseph, Lan, Paul, and Tran, the drama follows them through World War II, Japanese occupation, the rise of Vietnamese nationalism, and America's war in Vietnam, tracing how personal passions and family loyalties are swept into the tides of history.Episodes available here:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-saigon-330079751/

Pod Crashing episode 505 with Michelle McPhee from the podcast Kingdom of Fraud. What do a devout polygamist from an insular Utah sect and a shadowy Armenian tycoon from Los Angeles have in common? More than you'd think. Together, they defrauded the American government out of nearly one billion dollars. "Kingdom of Fraud," a brand new series co-produced by Novel and iHeartPodcasts, has launched.Over seven episodes, Emmy-nominated journalist, investigative reporter and host Michele McPhee traces the extraordinary and unlikely criminal partnership between Jacob Kingston and Levon Termendzhyan, a reputed Armenian crime figure known to those around him as "The Lion." Together, they built a billion dollar fraud conspiracy out of a biofuel subsidy program, and triggered the largest tax investigation in American history.McPhee travels from Salt Lake City and its outskirts where Mormon fundamentalist groups laid roots, to gritty neighborhoods in Los Angeles and beyond to understand how Jacob Kingston, one of his father's more than 100 children and a man desperate to prove his worth to his powerful polygamist clan, The Order, ended up in business with one of LA's most feared operators. And how, once their scheme started generating tens of millions of dollars, they needed to find somewhere far from Utah to hide it all.But this story isn't just about two men and their money. Around Jacob and Levon sits a web of dirty cops, political connections and transnational money launderers that reaches further than the federal agents investigating the case could have imagined.Jacob Kingston was put under unimaginable pressure as law enforcement started circling, but Levon assured him that a shadowy network known only as 'The Boys" - paid badges from the highest levels of federal law enforcement who sold their access to the highest bidder would spring into action to keep the cops at bay.Was Jacob right to put his life in The Lion's hands, or will their billion dollar biofuel empire go up in smoke?"Kingdom of Fraud" is a story about what happens when the most unlikely of alliances is corroded by greed and selfishness - a story of rampant corruption in which every American citizen was a victim.Episodes available here:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-kingdom-of-fraud-329335210

How do you know your guest on a podcast isn't the voice of foreign propaganda? You don't! Doing your show prep will help enlighten but it's not enough. You really have to pay close attention to whom they're trying to reach and why.

How is Tik Tok getting away with playing music yet I was banned for life from Soundcloud? Breaking down the players that make your podcast visible and what they aren't willing to do for you.

Podcasting is proving to finally be a business's winning tool. I got into podcasting in 2010 because as a radio companies production director I was searching for newer ways to promote business success. My larger-than-life broadcast company literally said to me, "I don't know what you're doing but don't stop." Today it's evolved into the very vision I had 16 years ago. Plus... are we getting too personal on our podcasts? Taylor Swift's entire love life is present, can hosts do the same?