Reality Check with Craig Price

Alan Cerny (@nordlingAICN) joins host Craig Price to discuss the 2014 Oscars Race.

Season 4 kicks off with Craig gushing about all things Gravity and Alan gravitates (see what I did there) towards Wolf of Wall Streets many nominations but both agree that the movies discussed are all worthy of recognition. The two talk all the big categories and who will win  vs. who should win.

This year's nominees are: 

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"

Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"

Lupita Nyong’o, "12 Years a Slave"

Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"

June Squibb, "Nebraska"

 

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"

Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"

Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"

Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyer's Club"

 

Best Actress

Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"

Judi Dench, "Philomena"

Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

 

Best Actor

Christian Bale, "American Hustle"

Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"

Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"

Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyer's Club"

 

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"

David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"

Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"

Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

 

Best Picture

"12 Years a Slave"

"American Hustle"

"Gravity"

"The Wolf of Wall Street"

"Dallas Buyers Club"

"Her"

"Nebraska"

"Philomena"

"Captain Phillips"

 

The 2014 Oscars start March 2nd at 7pm EST on ABC.

Colleen McCarty (@Colleen_McCarty on twitter) calls in to discuss her novel "Mounting the Whale" with host Craig Price. Writing any kind of book is no easy feat. But writing a novel? That's a whole other level of commitment and talent! Colleen and Craig talk about plotting out a novel, how sharing character traits on family members can lead to some awkward conversations and that the "Mounting" in the title is not what you think (you dirty minded people!!). 

From the back cover:

The self-made and affluent Pierce family is hurled into a seamy kidnapping plot when they receive a text message from Janine—the most troubled of all the Pierce children.

Cartel got me, tell mom

The siblings, drowning in their own problems, are forced to focus on the task at hand: a half-cocked rescue mission that involves a borrowed yacht, a favor from a notorious drug kingpin, and a shocking reunion none of them expected.

When the family decides to sneak into Mexico, mother Cybil is forced to deal with a rival CEO whom she’s developed feelings for in secret. Her only son, Tom, is willing to risk bodily harm to save Janine while his other sisters, Carlyle and Valerie, suspect that the kidnapping is less than legitimate.

The long sea voyage tests the limits of the family’s already frail bonds. Dark secrets of infertility, drugs, gambling and extreme taxidermy begin to float to the surface. But nothing compares to what they begin to learn about their missing sister. 

If they’re going to make it out alive, they must realize that they are fighting the same battles and facing life’s greatest challenges: love, loneliness, and the struggle to find a place in the world.

Amidst all the chaos, the Pierce family is brought face-to-face with the ugliness of Janine’s addictions, the truth about their mother’s fortune and the most terrifying question of all: Can you really save someone who doesn’t want to be saved?  

"Mounting the Whale" is available at Amazon on Dec 5th and if you want to learn more about Colleen, go to her self-named blog site http://colleen-mccarty.com/

It's the last podcast of 2013. Thank you to everyone who listens and shares the show! See you in 2014!!

Alan Cerny (@nordlingAICN on twitter) and host Craig Price give their annual holiday movie preview. With the holidays approaching, we're all looking for ways to spend hours with family, yet not have to talk to them. Take them to the movies!  The two cover their anticipated movies as well as identify traditional December Oscar Bait!  

Movies include: 

Frozen

OldBoy

Inside Llewyn Davis

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

American Hustle

Saving Mr. Banks

Her

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

47 Ronin

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Wolf of Wall Street

Enjoy the upcoming movie season and have a happy Thanksgiving!

Elsie Escobar (@yogeek on twitter) joins host Craig Price on location to talk about podcasting.  Recorded live on location in beautifully crisp Pittsburgh, this episode gets pretty meta and special bonus points for anyone who counts how often the word podcast is used! Podcasting seems to be getting larger and larger each year. Getting into podcasting is fairly easy, but getting one out on a consistent basis and growing an audience? Totally different story. Elsie and Craig talk about engaging your audience to grow listenership, some of the trends that Elsie sees as the Social Media Community Manager for Libsyn, the largest podcast host provider out there and how gravity can effect microphones. The also discuss what topics are on the rise and how podcasting can elevate your business. 

Elsie has her own podcast award-nominated podcast called “Elsie’s Yoga Class” at http://www.elsiesyogakula.com as well as her latest podcast she does for Libsyn called The Feed. Full disclosure: While the podcast media is hosted on Libsyn servers and even though Craig is a paying customer of said Libsyn - this is not an advertisement nor a sponsored episode. 

It’s a podcast for podcasters from the biggest name in podcasting. Yeah…I’ll stop using the word podcast now. Podcast!

Nicole Bruder (@LucyGooPets on Twitter) sits down with host Craig Price and a menagerie of critters to talk about pet sitting. We all love our pets. Many people treat them like children...some even better than that. With the Holiday Season fast approaching, pet sitting services will be in high demand as folks leave town to visit family and friends. So how do you go about finding a good professional pet sitter? What things should you ask before hiring? What can you do to make help you pet sitter keep your pets safe while you're away? Nicole has the answers for you! Plus you can listen to the first non-human on the show!

Voted Houston's #1 Pet Sitting Business by Pet Talk, Nicole can be found at http://lucygoopetsitting.com  and you can like her facebook page to see cute pics of all her clients!

Dr. Craig Wiener joins host Craig Price to discuss how to treat ADHD without medication. Treating attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be tough, especially if your not sure what the best way to treat it actually is. Many doctors just prescribe medication but that often become ineffective over time.

Dr. Wiener shows in his book "Parenting Children with ADHD"  how parents can promote cooperation by phrasing their requests in specific ways, reduce pressure on their child, and acknowledge the child’s preference as a way to make cooperation a more attractive choice to him or her. Parents learn to resolve problems related to messiness, inappropriate silliness and intrusiveness, chores and helping family members, coordinating schedules, sneaking and stealing, noise and yelling, and overreacting. Now all this parent talk makes Craig uncomfortable but the two Craig's hash out how to address issues without resorting to violence (you can tell Craig has no kids by that statement alone) what's the difference between a child with ADHD and just a troublemaking kid and why ADHD seems to be getting more widespread each year.

Craig Wiener can be found at http://www.craigwiener.com and his book "Parenting Children with ADHD: A No-Nonsense Guide for Nurturing Self-Reliance and Cooperation" can be found at Amazon.com

Link Christin joins host Craig Price to discuss workplace substance abuse. Dealing with the workplace substance abuse of a co-worker is never easy. What is appropriate, when is it crossing the line from professional to personal, should you even get involved? Then there is the health and well being of the company as well. Is this person becoming less trustworthy, is their work slipping and hurting our clients? Link Christin comes to the podcast to discuss that and give a preview of his presentation (with co-presenter Jeffery Mangrum) "The Hero's Journey: Timely Confrontation of Substance Abuse in Your Firm" they will deliver on Friday, November 1st at the Association of Legal Administrators Region 6 Conference in Reno, NV.

The two discuss how to approach the co-worker, how to bring it up to Human Resources, what kind of policies and programs should your company have in place to help and more importantly that a person in recovery is redeemable. This is a podcast no HR person should miss.

Link is the Adviser to Hazelden's Legal Professionals Program in Center City, Minnesota and CEO of Heightened Performance LLC, a behavioral health consulting company for law firm and law schools. You can connect with him at [email protected]

 

Gina Carr and Terry Brock (@GinaCarr and @TerryBrock on twitter) join host Craig Price to explain the ins and outs of Klout! The dynamic duo layout what Klout is, how it works and why it matters. Be it posting pics via instagram to connect to yourFaceBook and twitter accounts or retweeting and wikipedia page building, there are so many ways you can use raise your Klout score and leverage it for your business. Maybe you want to find out how Klout Perks work and if you should use them (Craig has cashed in on at least 2 really cool ones!) or you just want to use it as measuring stick on how you rank against your competition.  A high Klout score has become one of the most important business assets today. It can mean the difference between business success and failure. It can affect your job prospects, how your customer service complaints are handled, and whether you’re recognized as an expert in your industry. Regardless if you are using Klout or not, many of your customers are and this is podcast to listen to to start figuring it all out.

Gina is the Dean of the Social Buzz University where she hosts world-class business trainers at www.SocialBuzzTraining.com. Gina speaks and consults about influence marketing, social scoring, social media, online reputation management, and tribe building. Connect with Gina at www.GinaCarr.com

Terry is a Keynote Speaker who focuses on practical ways to implement social media principles like Klout with Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and other Networks. Connect with Terry at http://www.TerryBrock.com 

And most importantly go to Amazon.com and buy Klout Matters! today!

 

 

Allan Karl (@WorldRider on twitter) calls in to discuss his new book about world travel with host Craig Price. Allan has been everywhere...literally! He hopped onto his bike and saw the world. Along the way he blogged and took photos which led him to create a book about the whole thing. Called  "FORKS. A Quest for Culture, Cuisine and Connection" the book highlights what Allan feels connects us all to each other, regardless of where you live: Food. Craig and Allen discuss why Allan decided to take his bike transcontinental, how he managed to avoid become incontinental and how breaking your leg in another country sounds just as bad as it sounds.Set a course for adventure. Your mind on a new romance...well, maybe not romance. Either way your in for a globe trotting treat.

Allan's book project can be found at Kickstarter. It's an around-the-world adventure with stunning photos, tasty recipes and inspiring stories all wrapped into a beautiful coffee table book! A great gift for anyone who want to see and taste the world (ok...that sounds weirder than it should).

You can learn more about the man himself (and maybe have him speak at an event) by going to http://www.AllanKarl.com

UPDATE: Forks: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine, and Connection. Three Years. Five Continents. One Motorcycle. is now available on Amazon.com. Great work done by Allan and his team!

Karen Kirkpatrick (@comply4success on twitter) joins host Craig Price to discuss healthcare reform and the Affordable Care Act. With the ACA (or Obamacare for the the layperson) front and center in the news, causing government shutdowns and general confusion among the average American, it's fortunate that last weekend's Association of Legal Administration's Region 4 Conference had Karen there to sort things out. Craig tries to figure out how companies are going to adjust, will the impact be that bad and what changes will hurt/help the most. Karen shows how compliance will be the most important part and that individuals looking for insurance need to shop around. Will Obamacare be another helpful government program or another example of government over-reach. That's yet to be determined but lack of information should be an excuse. Head over to www.healthcare.gov to learn more about the new healthcare reforms.

Karen specializes in  HR and Benefit laws and her teaching style brings the legalese and government jargon to the audience in an easy/fun fashion. Her parent company Infinisource.com is always updating their newsroom with the latest information and updates http://newsroom.infinisource.com/