Let The Minutes Reflect

Shawn Hardie (@shawnwithaw_) resumes his time with Tariq Jones (@urvegasisshowing), founder of Vegas Hosting Service, to play 21 Questions, which spiraled into lengthy chats about the Raiders moving to Vegas (2:00), why he abandoned the Knicks (6:50), why The Wire is a masterpiece that's better than The Sopranos (10:35), why Miami is the best party town in America (19:06) than NYC, LA or Vegas (19:06) and the difference between Miami people and Vegas people (25:50) and another crazy Vegas story (28:49). Read Tariq's blog, UR Vegas Is Showing: https://www.urvegasisshowing.com

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Shawn Hardie (@shawnwithaw_) chats with Tariq Jones (@urvegasisshowing), founder of Vegas Hosting Service, which provides concierge service and event planning capabilities for visitors to Las Vegas. We discuss how he went from working for NASA (!!!) to being an full-time Internet poker player to being a party promoter (3:30), why he started his own company after working for the major Vegas resorts (14:00), life in Las Vegas during a pandemic with no events - and if the overpriced table service bubble is about to burst - (16:28), the craziest Vegas story (that he could share) (27:40), why he’ll never move back to his native NYC (33:20), what he would tell his 21-year-old self (40:50) and what don’t people know about him that they should (44:30).

Read Tariq's blog, UR Vegas Is Showing: https://www.urvegasisshowing.com

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Shawn Hardie (@shawnwithaW_) chats with Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Puko (@timpuko) about what made him want to be a journalist since age 5 (5:00), some of the most memorable stories he's covered (8:55), including the murderers of four prostitutes in Atlantic City (12:30) and somehow still being friends with Shawn, a Ravens fan, despite being a Steelers fan (22:55). After playing 21 Questions - including an insightful take on the culture at Penn State - (26:35), he discusses why Chicago > Washington, D.C. (37:30), why he would tell his 21-year-old self to "relax and be patient" (42:15) and being allergic to punctuality (43:45).

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Shawn Hardie flies solo today to discuss the 24th anniversary of the death of one of the most successful people in hip-hop history, the Notorious B.I.G. He tells the story of where he was on March 9 and how he found out the news, talks about how his legend has grown since his death and compares his impact to that of Kobe Bryant. He ends with a slightly warm take about where Biggie ranks among the all-time greats that shouldn't annoy you... unless you're from Brooklyn. :-D

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Shawn Hardie chats with his friend, marketing executive Morris Martin. He discusses how he went from being an IT major at Drexel to ad agency executive (1:20) and his appearance on Will Smith's Instagram show "Dads Just Don't Understand" and the importance of being present as a father (8:05). After answering 21 rapid-fire questions like "Marvel or DC?" and "Martin or Living Single?" (16:40), he shares some of the lessons he's learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on leadership and management (22:40), what he would tell his 21-year-old self (41:07) and his love for Bon Jovi (43:05).

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Shawn Hardie welcomes Symone Redwine, partner of the Dallas-based Redwine Law Firm and cast member of the hit reality TV show "Ready To Love" on the OWN network. They discuss entering college at age 16 and what inspired her to become a lawyer (1:30) and flipping a terrible experience working at a law firm into starting her own firm (12:15). After playing the 21 Questions rapid fire game (20:40), she discusses why she decided to go on "Ready To Love" (27:25) and her prerequisites for dating (including a dating horror story) (32:00) before wrapping up with what she would tell 21-year-old Symone (39:10) and what people don't know about Symone Redwine that they should (40:23).

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Shawn Hardie chats with his friend Natasha Aarons, former Head of Music Industry Marketing (and current US Multicultural Marketing Lead) at Google. She discusses how a Jay-Z concert during college inspired her to enter the music business (6:00) and calling Bad Boy Records every day for five months just to get an internship and turning it into a full-time role (11:35). After playing the rapid fire game 21 Questions (25:40), they discuss her transition from the music industry to the marketing industry (30:05), the ongoing marriage between tech and music (36:30), what she would tell her 21-year-old self (41:50) and being named as an AdAge 40 Under 40 (42:15).

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Shawn Hardie chats with Clint Coley, stand-up comedian and creator of the Amazon Prime series The World Series of Spades. They discuss how he started The World Series of Spades (3:30), how a girl inspired him to do stand-up comedy (10:50) and the inspiration for his podcast, "Advice From A Fuck Boy" (17:56). After ranking Dave Chappelle over Eddie Murphy(!!!) during Rapid Fire questions (26:15), Clint discusses how his podcast fans helped him cope with death of his father and his special relationship with his father (who taught him how to play spades) (32:27) and when he thinks he'll resume doing live stand-up comedy shows again (50:42).

Note: Apologies for the background noise, and the language is a little colorful... but you're an adult.

Click here to watch The World Series of Spades.Click here to listen to "Advice from A F*ck Boy."

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Shawn Hardie chats with content creator and on-air personality Jeff J. of Bleacher Report. They discuss what convinced him to leave the consulting industry & pivot to media (3:45), Bleacher Report's influence on social media content creation (15:40), the inspiration to create a podcast strictly dedicated to the hit TV series "Power" (17:50), his absolute disdain for Nike's SNKRS app (26:00), a project that aims to create Another Lane for sneakerheads to thrive in the culture) (37:16) before wrapping up with some rapid-fire questions about sports, pop culture and food (41:00).

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In an unheard excerpt from the previous episode, Shawn Hardie and Chris Canada discuss the origin, meaning & purpose of the term mankee, which Chris uses to describe native New Yorkers. They also discuss the dynamic between native New Yorkers and transplants, if transplants are more essential to the city's success than the natives and if New York has lost some of its mystique due to the Internet.

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