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  • 54. JEM vs. Time - “Blozart and Velvis”

    The second annual DPTC New Year’s Eve 80s dance party is happening and that means the traditional viewing of JEM and the Holograms is upon us! Close out 2018 with Will and Travis as they discuss Jem’s excellent adventure… through the 1700s, World War II, and Woodstock?!

    57 min
  • 2018 TOONSMAS SPECIAL

    DPTC celebrates its second annual TOONSMAS extravaganza! Marvel at Will and Travis’ new rendition of “The 12 Days of Toonsmas!” and gasp as they ask Santa for one more Saturday morning lineup of cartoons (and a USS Flagg for free)! Toys, tunes, and toons -- a holiday gift for your ears!

    1 hr 1 min
  • 007 Dr. Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell – Secret Lives of Elephants


    Today Christopher talks with Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell the world's leading expert on elephants. Dr. O'Connell-Rodwell explains how she discovered that elephants are just like us, they communicate through the ground and what all this means for human beings.
    "Are (we) going to allow elephants to exist. Aside from poaching, it's a land-use issue" - Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell
    Recognizing Boundaries
    Like the US/Mexico border issue, elephants struggle with similar issues. They recognize where it's safe to be, when it's hunting season and when to sneak into the cornfields when it's ripe. Like humans, elephants know when is the best time to raid a resource.
    "Like humans...the great leaders have an equal balance between carrot and stick. They are respected because they are tough but they are also soft." - Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell
    Historically humans have always put themselves above other species. We are now at a time in history where we must re-evaluate that paradigm. There are critically endangered species and it's up to us to decide whether they survive.
    Elephant's and Their Value System
    Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell says they have a value system but it's also character driven. You have the confident matriarchs that help other elephants if they are in distress and then the young inexperienced ones will become nervous, scream and slap others away.

    It's a similar dynamic with the males, there are the aggressive brutes that others don't want to follow because they are so aggressive. The leaders are the ones who have balance a good balance between strength and also the ability to be soft. Much the same as in human culture, the elephants with the best balance are followed.

    To hear the rest of what Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell has to say about what we can learn from elephants and why they are so important to our future, download and listen to the entire episode.
    Dr. Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell's Bio:
    Dr. Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell is a faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine and a world-renowned expert on elephants.



    She has dedicated the past twenty years of her research career studying elephant communication and how their societies are constructed and maintained, resulting in numerous scientific publications.


    She is the author of the internationally acclaimed nonfiction science memoir, The Elephant’s Secret Sense (Free Press, 2007), which highlights a novel form of elephant communication as well as the elephant’s conservation plight.



    Her photo book, An Elephant’s Life (Lyons Press, Fall 2011) conveys the complicated social lives of elephants through images, and her co-authored, The Elephant Scientist (Houghton-Mifflin, Scientist in the Field series, Summer, 2011), is designed to attract the 6-8th grader to a career in field biology.



    Along with over thirty peer-reviewed journal articles, her essays have appeared in a number of popular magazines, including Smithsonian Magazine, The Writer and Africa Geographic.



    Her work has been covered by multiple international popular magazines, newspapers, radio shows and documentaries.
     


    She is the co-founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Utopia Scientific (www.utopiascientific.org) dedicated to research and science education.

    She teaches Science Writing for Stanford University and The New York Times Knowledge Network.

    Links:
    http://www.caitlineoconnell.com
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_O%27Connell-Rodwell
    1 hr 19 min
  • 006 Jason DeFillippo Great Grumpy Stuff


    Today, podcast legend Jason DeFillippo once again joins Christopher Lochhead to get their grump on. They trade stories of flying robots sulking in space, health-food baby names, and why convenient use of facial recognition is both flabbergasting and questionable.
    “I know that feeling that you get when you give up just a little bit of yourself to these people and you just don't know where it's gonna end up someday.” - Jason DeFillippo on fear of giving away ID for convenience
    The Future is Here
    Facial recognition for security checks is a very interesting concept that is bound to happen in the future. But using one’s face as a convenient way of logging into automated systems can be a bit tricky. The margin of error must be very slim, or else the technology could birth a mountain of challenges.
    “Everybody’s doing facial recognition, face ID, and things like that. But, nobody’s doing it right.” - Jason DeFillippo
    In Atlanta airport, the busiest airport in the world, Delta now allows the use of a passenger’s face as a boarding pass. It is said to be 98% accurate. But the question remains: is 98% good enough?
    AI Robot Sulking in Space
    The $6M flying robot CIMON was recently reported to be sulking in space. More than a colleague, the robot was to supposed to befriend the team of astronauts in the international space station. But then things have gone awry, like a Tinder date gone wrong.

    One day, the robot started playing, “The Man-Machine” by Kraftwerk. One of the astronauts, Gerst, bobbed to the first 46 seconds of the song before giving up and asking the robot to stop. But CIMON hasn’t stopped playing the less pleasant playlist.
    “They could’ve tested this on the ground first. You didn't need to actually send the robot up there to do this.”
    "Kale" is Now a Baby Name
    There has been a slew of health-food baby names for a while now, like Saffron and Kiwi. But recently, Kale has risen up the ranks as well. It’s not much of a surprise, even if a bit distasteful.

    To hear more grump stories, download and listen to the episode.
    Bio:
    Jason is a full-time podcast producer and editor for The Jordan Harbinger Show as well as the Creator and Co-host of the Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast.

    Jason has been building websites since the early days in 1994 for clients that range from small businesses to million dollar websites for blockbuster films to his own start-ups.

    In 1994 he created the groundbreaking website Spewww which was nominated for a Webby in the first year the awards were held in 1998. In 1995 a new media company in Santa Monica moved him out to Los Angeles to build the first website for Epson America. Since then Jason has launched over 250 websites for major corporations like Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Brothers, and Disney.

    He also created the two time SXSW Weblog Award winning Blogrolling service as well as co-founded the global blog network Metroblogging. He has worked at several startups in San Francisco including Technorati and 8020 Media, the publishers of JPGMagazine.com, and statistical aggregator Metricly.

    Links:
    JPD.me

    Twitter

    Instagram

    LinkedIn

    Grumpy Old Geeks Podcast

    Jordan Harbinger Show

    Some of the topics covered: 

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    51 min
  • 005 Dushka Zapata and Heather Clancy – Niche Down: The Power of Being Different

    Why is Niche Down, a book meant to be shared with everyone, so personal to its authors? On this episode, Dushka Zapata and Heather Clancy join Christopher to talk niching down, why being different is a superpower, and so much more.
    Starting Out Differently While Young
    Christopher, half the dynamic duo behind Niche Down, had to deal with what makes him different quite early. He knew he was smart in certain areas and not so much in some. Reconciling his weaknesses and strengths proved very difficult.
    “My life has been one giant dichotomy, one giant bipolar adventure.” - Christopher Lochhead
    He was highly talented in music and drama but got 4 out a 100 in math. It wasn’t until he was enrolled to a fine arts school that he finally gained his footing. Around the same time, he began to realize, in waves over time, that being himself was the way out of everything.
    Looking at Different Things
    Then there is Heather, the kid who was brought up to be a well-rounded student. She was amazing at math, in fact taking advanced classes on pre-calculus and physics. While she was programmed in different ways, she knew that she wanted to pursue the creative field.

    Heather could have gone in so many directions she was shoved into. Her parents encouraged her to look at different things. But she was never one to jump off a cliff on her own accord.
    A Natural Intersection
    Heather and Christopher have known each other for 25 years. In their many interviews, Heather realized that Christopher did a lot of the pushing.

    Their friendship bloomed from Heather’s penchant for asking questions that helped Christopher change his thesis on a lot of things. Other times, she helped him form a messaging of things that he wasn’t ready for just yet. Coupled with her fascination with entrepreneurship, they eventually became a team.
    “I was always so interested in helping those people tell their stories... What makes you different? What did you choose to do that? So when he (Christopher) thought about this book, it just sort of was a natural intersection, I think.” - Heather Clancy
    To hear more about the conception of Niche Down and Duska’s microscopic examination of Heather and Christopher’s team-up, download and listen to the episode.
    Bio:
    Heather Clancy
    Heather is a long-time celebrated journalist and co-author of Niche Down.

    HeatherClancy.com

    LinkedIn

    Twitter
    Dushka Zapata
    Dushka is one of the famous writers in the Q&A platform, Quora.

    Amazon

    Quora

    LinkedIn

    Twitter
    Links:
    NicheDownBook.com

    Niche Down on Amazon

    52 min
  • 004 Andre Iguodala – NBA Legend
    What does it take to become an NBA World Champion with a team built on a culture of fun and dedication? Finals MVP Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors joins us today to give an insider’s view. How do you come up with a thoughtful life design?
    Finding His Way to the Bay
    Before he joined the Warriors, Andre had seen his fair share of rainy and muggy days. It was during that time that he chose to sit back and watch basketball a lot. Seeing his opponents and the certain kind of joy they had, he soon realized that he wanted to be in a place where  he could enjoy basketball.
    “I just paid attention and it’s kind of being aware of your surroundings. That’s what kind of brought me here.” – Andre Iguodala
    Strengthening the Team’s Core
    Warriors’ head coach, Steve Kerr understood the ups and downs of playing in the NBA. The environment and mood of the team ultimately affect performance on the court. As coach, he gave the players the freedom to enjoy what they do.

    Everyone appreciates this mentality that the coach has. He’s all about supporting everyone and wanting them to succeed. This strong core enables them to build a culture that is key to their success as a team.
    Success from Building Culture
    A lot of people would say that in order to have success, you need to have the best talent. This is true. But Andre has seen other teams with strong individual talents that fall apart from the lack of a great match of personalities and well-founded culture.
    “You can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t have the right culture, their personalities don’t fit, there’s just gonna be a lot of dysfunction.” – Andre Iguodala
    There’s plenty of factors that come into play when aiming for success. And a team should act like a machine, with its members on the same page, on the same path, and moving at the same pace.
    “What the team has been able to do here is find the right personalities to fit the culture that we have built here.” – Andre Iguodala on the Warriors
    To hear more about the Warriors, Andre’s business sense, and his investment in Silicon Valley, download and listen to the episode.
    Bio:
    Andre Iguodala is a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice.

    He won a championship with the Warriors in 2015. Andre was also named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player that year. He was also a member of the gold-winning national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics. (Source: Andre Iguodala- Wikipedia)
    Links:
    Instagram

    Twitter

    mindofai9.com

    We hope you enjoyed Andre Iguodala on this episode of Follow Your Different! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!


    1 hr 18 min
  • 003 Cameron Herold Free PR, Beige Companies More

    How do you make sure your company does not go “beige”? Cameron Herold tells us how and why simple is ultimately powerful.
    Cameron Herold – Running with Simple
    According to Cameron, some business persons may be likened to a fly hitting the window over and over in an attempt to get out instead of turning around and taking the door. This is something that’s not very advisable and in fact can result in ruin.
    “Why would you try so hard when there’s already a system in place?” – Cameron Herold
    All of Cameron’s techniques tend to be simple to execute. He grew up simple, an average guy in high school and college. He doesn’t run with complicated that he doesn’t understand.
    No to the A-Player Only Mindset 
    Something that Cameron has been decidedly against is the belief that a company becomes successful by hiring A players. This is impossible. A company’s A players are its race horses and the B players, the work horses.

    A company needs a bunch of people who will work hard. They need to be good and fit into the culture  in order to grow into their roles. In short, companies have to be honest with themselves.
    “I guess it’s like baseball. You just need a bunch of solid singles and doubles and you’ll win the game. You don’t need everybody getting home runs.” – Cameron Herold
    A Diverse Team
    Building a company with this line of thinking is based on three things. These include money a company is willing to pay, results needed from the person to be hired, and whether the hire has done what is expected of them before.
    “Would you rather have someone who’s broken world records or someone who knows how to do it?” – Cameron Herold
    It’s impossible to have a whole bunch of marathoners. But you can have a few marathoners, people who run 10Ks, and lastly, people who are at least not sitting in the couch smoking all day.

    To hear more about companies and PR, download and listen to the episode.
    Bio:
    Cameron Herold is the founder of the COO Alliance as well as a serial entrepreneur, author and top-rated international speaker. His  books include Double Double, Vivid Vision, Meetings Suck, and his latest, Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs.

    He is known as a business growth guru and CEO Whisperer, and speaks around the world at CEO and COO events. Learn more and download Cameron’s personal Vivid Vision at CameronHerold.com.

    Links: 

    CameronHerold.com

    LinkedIn

    Twitter

    FreePRBook.com

    We hope you enjoyed Cameron Herold on this episode of Follow Your Different! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!


    1 hr 5 min
  • 002 Downturn Coming?
    Is it wise to raise a round of funding now? On this episode of Follow Your Different, Christopher Lochhead answers a question emailed by one of his listeners. Is there a downturn coming?
    Possible Downturn
    The CEO of a venture-backed startup has been hearing that venture capitalists are concerned about a downturn. Valuations are coming down and funding rounds are getting smaller. Because of this, they are wondering whether they should raise money when it’s supposedly going down.

    Christopher is no stock expert and neither is he an economist. But indeed there have been ramblings about how the stock market is getting funky.
    The State of the Market
    Christopher had a conversation with the CEO of a company that he’s involved with from which he gained valuable insight. Venture capitalists are getting a little squirrely. The CEO has decided to raise money now since it’s unsure where things are going to be in six months.

    Having been doing involved in all this for over 30 years, Christopher has made the observation that there is a correlation between the public and private markets. This is to say, the stock market affects venture capitalist behavior. In this same vein, it wouldn’t be surprising if valuations come down and the size of some funding raises come down heading into 2019.
    “I’m not sounding the alarm, it hasn’t gone to that level, but be cautious.” – Christopher Lochhead
    What to Do
    It’s smart to get on a little earlier and get ready for valuations coming down, because this is likely going to happen. Entrepreneurs need not pull back too much but they have to be more thoughtful about hires, spending and expansion. It is also important to evangelize your point of view and offer to solve a problem.
    “The bigger and more urgent and more strategic the problem, the more time, money and energy people will apply to it and spend on solving that problem.” – Christopher Lochhead
    To hear more about getting ready for the possible downturn, download and listen to the episode.

    We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!


    8 min

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