Bosom Friends (Rachel Pokay, Brookes May, Kelly Johnson, and Neta Harris), an all-female comedy group out of Second City, stop by in studio to talk about their creative process, their favorite Bosom Friends moments, and offer advice for others hesitant to chase their dreams.

Show Notes

 What are the “Bosom Friends” – 1:00

 What does a comedy writing and production team do? – 1:49

 What is satire? – 3:06

 Why is comedy useful in communicating injustices? – 5:11

 Adversity being an all-female sketch comedy writing team – 7:44

 Favorite Bosom Friends moments – 14:07

 The start of Bosom Friends – 17:07

 Advice to follow your dreams – 18:51

 If people were food intro – 23:47

 

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Cale Conley, a professional race car driver in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, joins the pod to chat about his love for racing, how the sport has changed over the past 15 years, his favorite racetracks, racing movies, and his future racing goals.

Show Notes

How Cale got his start – 1:31

The atmosphere and experience of attending a race – 3:58

Transitioning from a racetrack (200mph) to main street (35mph) – 8:47

Cale’s experience with bad wrecks – 10:34

Cale’s favorite racing movie and racetrack – 11:52

The difference between restrictor plate racing, ovals, and short tracks – 14:00

Cale’s future race plans – 16:56

Geoff Reinhardt is currently a client partner at FB and in May he will move to Dublin Ireland to become the new Business Lead for the Global Gaming Team. Chase and Geoff talk about working at Facebook, ways to make your resume attractive, projecting self-confidence and not pride in an interview, and dive into Facebooks new feature, Facebook Stories.

 

Show Notes 

How Geoff got hired at Facebook – 1:59

How Geoff prepared for his Facebook interview – 6:09

Facebook 6 Years Ago – 7:31

Ways to Improve Your Resume – 9:31

Balancing Confidence and Pride – 11:37

Facebook Stories – 14:45

Follow Geoff on Instagram at @geoffreinhardt

Part 2 of our mega NBA Playoff Preview. I am joined by NBA enthusiasts Connor Louden and Mike Audelo in the mega NBA Playoff Preview 2 parter.

Show Notes

Western Conference NBA Playoff Preview

Western Conference Playoff Seeding

Our Favorite Matchups

 

The Future of the Clippers

The Relevance of Mike Conley

The Greatness of the Spurs?

DPOY Race

I am joined by NBA enthusiasts Connor Louden and Mike Audelo in the mega NBA Playoff Preview 2 parter.

Show Notes

Eastern Conference NBA Playoff Preview

Eastern Conference Playoff Seeding

Our Favorite Matchups

One Bold Prediction

MVP Race

Michael McCarthy is a former staff writer for SNL, Sesame Street, Whose Line Is It Anyway, and Mike and Molly. Chase and Michael talk about his time at SNL, his work on Sesame Street, his love for teaching, and the work he is most proud of as a writer.

 Show Notes

Michael’s passion for teaching, Second City, and Del Close – 1:19 

Michael’s professional/personal inspirations – 5:45

Michael on Sesame Street – 7:48

Does Michael find more joy in writing or teaching? – 11:16

Michael’s Most Proud Work – 14:08

BOOKS

Improvisation for the Theatre – Viola Spolin
https://www.amazon.com/Improvisation-Theater-Directing-Techniques-Performance/dp/081014008X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491452106&sr=8-1&keywords=improvisation+for+the+theatre

Dr. Mark Smith is the former President of Ohio Christian University and soon to be President of Columbia International University in South Carolina. Chase and Dr. Smith talk leadership and his time as President of OCU.

 Show Notes

Leading through tension and pushback from students – 1:43

OCU’s impact on Circleville – 6:04

Leadership Lessons from Ronald Reagan – 8:05

Dealing with leadership “depression” – 10:21

Staff adversity – 13:09

Discerning God’s will to move on – 14:25

Daniel Goldman’s Leadership That Gets Results - http://www.deltacoach.com/Business_Coaching/PDF_files/Entries/2008/9/16_Leadership_That_Gets_Results,_by_Daniel_Goleman.html

Books by Dr. Mark Smith

The Church Leader’s MBA – https://www.amazon.com/Church-Leaders-MBA-Instructors-Management-ebook/dp/B0050ITWQ0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1490583108&sr=1-1

Leading Change In Your World – https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Change-World-Larry-Lindsay-ebook/dp/B01GP03DKM/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1490583108&sr=1-2

The Chase Smith Podcast is a radio show covering life, ministry, sports, and leadership. Chase will interview people from all aspects of life (academia, faith, athletics, art, and politics) giving them a platform to share their story!

 Throughout the pod, Chase and his wife Leslie will be interjecting their own personal stories relating to marriage, parenting, and life in general.

The Chase Smith Podcast is the culmination of years of research and development. He is so excited to share it with you.

Chase will release new episodes every 2 weeks and you can listen for free on any mobile device or computer on iTunes and Google Play.

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