Aug. 27, 2025
Episode 310 - Wealth Academy Podcast Turns Five A Journey of Growth & Leadership
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The host Paul Lawrence Vann celebrates the five (5) year anniversary of Wealth Academy Podcast! During this episode Paul shares the backstory of how he started his podcast platform and what led up to it being founded.
Prior to hosting Wealth Academy Podcast, Paul led The Wealthy Speaker Talk Radio Show and produced over 900 episodes. He has interviewed guest such as Chris Gardner from the Pursuit of Happyness movie fame, Berniece King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King. Julie Ziglar daughter of Zig Ziglar, the rapper Two Chainz, Alan Levy founder of Blog Talk Radio, Randall Pinkett, Chef Jeff Henderson and many others.
Paul also shared reasons why people should start a podcast and some of the funniest technology problems he has encountered over the years. Additionally, he discusses the importance of people obtaining training from industry experts and understand the investment required to do so.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Wealth the Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for tuning in to listen to this dynamic and insightful podcast with host Paul Lawrence Van.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Paul and his guests provide content rich information that will enhance your knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And good day, everyone, and it's a very special day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm the host Paul Arns van, I host Welsh Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not been doing this for several years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In fact, today is the five year anniversary.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm glad that you could be with me for my friends over here in the States and around the world, especially my friends and Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And one of the things that I'm going to share today is about the backstory, the history, the number of guests or some of the guests has been on this podcast and also where we are today and where we're going into the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm glad that you could be with me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and it's really going to be a wonderful, wonderful session.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So first of all, let's address what is today is all about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, it's the fifth anniversary celebration.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we're going to party out
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe like Bruce Springsting, I don't know, but we're going to really celebrate today and make it one of the best episodes that we've ever had.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So today is all about celebrating this podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me give you the backstory.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to first start out with what happened with the financial turnaround in the years, maybe two, two thousand seven, two thousand eight, two thousand nine.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And like most entrepreneurs, I just stopped marketing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that was a big, big mistake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I was doing a lot of TV, local television in Washington, DC.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I did it for about ninety days.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I talked about how people could afford losing their home to mortgage foreclosure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What to do if you receive a summons from a judge because you can't afford to pay your bills.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And these were real world things that were taking place.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result, I was not working at that time and it was a struggle.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let's fast forward to twenty twenty March of twenty twenty to be exact and I remember the day exactly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I said, I'm not going to get caught flat foot at this time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be marketing ABM, always be marketing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I decided I would go into this podcast training course.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I entered it with thirty five and thirty six other cohorts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were entrepreneurs, coaches.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were also authors and consultants.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we went through training for about a month.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we all launched on August to six of twenty twenty.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I had three episodes ready to go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I uploaded those two of them with solo with me talking about the purpose and why I'm starting the podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed one of the other colleagues, our cohorts, who happened to be in the training itself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So thirty six of us launched on the same day and things have really taken off since that time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And in fact, when we look at it today's episode, which is the pot of nursery, or the fifth year anniversary for welfare category podcasts, I'm at three hundred and ten episodes, which for me is the very low number.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the reason why, and I'm going to share this history with you right now, the reason why it's because when I hosted a online radio show in the blog talk radio, I had nine hundred episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was actually averaging
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[SPEAKER_01]: one hundred episodes per year and interviewing just some amazing people and so I transitioned away from blog talk radio and I transitioned it over to this podcast that I found it which I lead
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it also helps me with my marketing as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I bring on a lot of really great, great guest experts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But let me share a little bit about some of the people that I interviewed on my online radio show, which we call the wealthy speaker talk radio show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: People like Chris Gardner, Chris Gardner, of course, he was homeless, he was a Navy veteran, him and his son, slept in a metro train station, so they could wash up each day while he was trying to get a job.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and find a way through the hurdles of life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And of course, we know that he turned that around.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There was a movie that will Smith start it and call the pursuit of happiness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed him and I, the way I was able to interview him was I was speaking in Toronto, Canada.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I was sharing the stage with him the platform with him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was speaking and so is I. And so I got his card.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he had a new book that came out, start where you are now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed him, I was the first person to interview him on the day that his book was released and launched.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then I received a call because I was doing a lot of work with a congressional people because I had served on Capitol Hill, but members of Congress, and Dr. Martin Luther King's door to contact me, Bernie's King.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she was promoting her mother's book, Mrs. Corretta Scott King, who I happen to have met at one of these legislative conventions in Washington DC.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I interviewed her and the title of that book was
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[SPEAKER_01]: the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I interviewed her daughter and I used to be a resident of Atlanta, Georgia.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I had lived there a tent at the King Center for many, many times when I was in there for about a year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I moved over to the wrapping side of the house.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I received a call from this rapper by the name of two chains.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And two chains, I guess he was probably a teenager at that time
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I didn't know how the episode would go because I really didn't know a whole lot about rappers, but let me tell you something.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This young man, he was so intelligent, so bright, and just awesome wasn't awesome, yes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I always remember him for that, that he was just a brilliant young man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm sure today he's very successful in a brilliant, even more brilliant now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed a chef Jeff Henderson.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, Chef Jeff Henderson was one of the biggest drug dealers in Los Angeles at the time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he was eighteen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he went thorn in prison.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he was in prison, he learned how to cut.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not just cut but cut excellently.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So he used his time in prison to be a cut.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he was released from prison, there was a restaurant here in Las Vegas that hired him to cook there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And to make a long story short interview chef Jeff and I tell you he is one of the most successful people on the planet today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He turned his life around not only for himself but for his family.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just really, really enjoyed talking to him and he reaches out now to use who are really going through a struggles and life like he had gone through his was based on not having opportunity, but he gives them an opportunity now to become a chef and work in his kitchen and even more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed the co-found of a blog talk radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: an individual by the name of Alan Levy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, Alan Levy was the co-founder of Block Talk Radio of which my platform was online radio show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: the wealthy speaker talk radio show and I had nine hundred episodes there, but each year, and I did this for eight or nine years, I would interview Alan Levy and I asked him, well, how did you find this bar talk radio platform?
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[SPEAKER_01]: He said, well, he initially founded it because he needed a way to communicate with his father.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he came up with block talk radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He had some tech background.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he brought our thousands of hosts like me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we would interview people all over the world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I tell you, I really enjoyed it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now, block talk radio no longer exists, but I can't say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: that I truly enjoyed being a part of that particular community.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I thank Alan Levy for that to this day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I also interviewed Julie Ziggler.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, for people who don't know, I'm going to share with you right now that Ziggler is one of my all-time favorite speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just love the way he spoke.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I modeled myself after him just how he delivered
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[SPEAKER_01]: his speeches and his story.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was a man of faith and I really admired him and I interviewed his daughter Julie.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as I was interviewing her, she said that she, where everybody had this idyllic concept of who her father was, who he was a brilliant man, she said that she had fallen into alcoholism and really kind of led her life to go down.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she was able to overcome that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she just delivered a masterful insight into what her experience was like, here on the one hand, you have a father who's just idolized and followed globally.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then she was suffering as a result of that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was a great, great interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I still appreciate and thank her for this day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then interviewed Anthony O'Neill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now Anthony was homeless at one time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: His parents gave him money to Tim College.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he didn't necessarily throw his whole person into being a student.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result, he became homeless and he was sleeping in a car.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he was able to turn himself around.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And today, he leaves a wonderful podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he's a financial strategist.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I interviewed him about one of his books that he had, but Anthony is really standing up individual in someone that I really admire.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then I interviewed Randall Pinkett now Randall I met.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Many of these other people I met as well, but Randall I met him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: When I did a was on a platform with him here in my area, which is in Maryland at the National Harbor entertainment zone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I met him and he leaves a multi-million dollar company.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he's a Rutgers University alumnus, and he was one of the first people to win the apprentice show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's a brilliant young man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It is all right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has several books out, and he empowers young people to uplift the community.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I really, I think he's with BCT partners, a group that he formed with some of his colleagues, and is a very successful IT business.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interview just a lot of people, actors, actresses, music, guests, Olympians, educators, best-selling authors.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've interviewed a lot of people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In total, if I'm not mistaken, I'm close to about twelve hundred and fifty people I've interviewed over the last several years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And people ask me, well, why do you do it?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I let them know that really I'm getting a PhD in
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[SPEAKER_01]: quarry knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so every time I interview someone, I'm learning something new.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I get a lot out of it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I give people the opportunity to be interviewed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've interviewed people from Wall Street, singers, guitarists, you name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've interviewed a lot, a lot of different people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just absolutely enjoy it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It helps my communication skills.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've been interviewed on a hundred and twenty five radio stations even more than that now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've done television.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and led panel discussions out at Caesar's Palace, out at Las Vegas, spoke to people in Paris, France, and Kenya, Africa, as well as the Ukraine, and through India as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so, well for Academy podcast, it's really a really wonderful platform for people to be on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me share one of the things that I really want people to understand at this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the fact that when it comes to podcasting like any other
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[SPEAKER_01]: mode of the media.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're going to run into some technology issues every now and then.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this takes me back to Chef Jeff Henderson when I was interviewing him and we lost connection.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But luckily, I had told him before the interview if we lose connection, just dial back in and we'll get that interview going just like nothing happened.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And knowing the whole, that's exactly what happened.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And recently it happened with another guest I had probably maybe two weeks ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we just could not get that particular episode off the ground.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just said, hang in there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what we found out was, is that was a construction taking place in the area.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it knocked out the internet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But then it came back on just in time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And yes, we did complete that interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was a winning interview, by the way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that's what I like to share with people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then when we look at what's taken place today with podcast and podcast and actually is more powerful than radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here's why it's because with podcasts and you can go over the globe, but with a radio station, you may have a fifty thousand watt, seventy five thousand watt radio station.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so they're limited by the area of the region, which they're in, where unless they're streaming live streaming, they don't have the same impact as someone who has a podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So podcasting is really the thing of now, not only now, but in the future, because it's going to get better and better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what else I want to share with you is this I've had a few people reached out to me and they would like to be a podcast host as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I told them was is that it's not very difficult, but there are just a lot of new answers that go with podcasting that you can't see there's a lot working in the background that they can't see.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I really recommend that people getting a coach or go through a program, which someone in that would help them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can do it myself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: However, it really takes a lot of time and for the individual who is trying to become a podcast guest, they have to be patient.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there is some investment involved in terms of getting everything all set up.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I how I encourage everyone to do it and it's a great medium and it's a force me that opportunity and I've been trained not only trained to be a podcast guest hosts, but a podcast guest and how to edit these particular podcast episodes which is really a time consuming process but one in which I enjoy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So today what is what is things all about today podcasting with us all about
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[SPEAKER_01]: being on a platform, understanding how to use it to market, understanding how to make connections.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And you can get clients from it in the past, what I've done, I've promoted authors for their books, to help them with their book sales.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there are just many ways that you can monetize your podcast, which for many people, I really highly recommend it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me tell you, how do I come up with the name, well, for category podcast?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I came up with this name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to give a shout out to Cecilia who is in Florence, Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to thank her because she's a great supporter of this podcast and I interviewed her and it was a wonderful interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She provided a lot of insight and really appreciate her.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she is saying here, there's a huge amount of people you've interviewed, you're passionate, and it was absolutely clear to come out of your episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's quite peculiar in my opinion.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I really appreciate this skill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, thank you so much to Sally, and you know, I honor you, and I really enjoy it receiving support from you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And at any time, I can help you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I would do that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so let's look at the history.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Whether this name wealth, the Academy podcast come from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I served in the United States Air Force for twenty-two years as a military officer, and even though my functional specialty was financial management and cost analysis and budget analysis and worked with contractors, my overall duties of responsibility was being a leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that's why today I talk a lot about leadership, but I also damn deep.
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[SPEAKER_01]: into wealth and money and finances, which is very important for us all being financially literate.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so it's not just a financial only podcast, but when I state that wealth is more than just money, it opens the door for other experts to come on and talk about what they do and share relationships with people, leadership of course, bestselling authors, consultants,
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[SPEAKER_01]: and you name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's just a wonderful platform.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's where the name came from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But today, I interviewed guests from all over the world, guests from Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, India, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Mexico, Canada, all over the world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've been doing it for many years because I'm in a network who
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[SPEAKER_01]: And a lot of times I'll meet people there and if they have a new book coming out, I bring them on so they can share about their book as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so it's something that I really, really enjoy doing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so what about the future for wealth Academy podcast?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, the future is going to be bigger and better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be bigger and better because I have things lined up right now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be bringing on some tremendously amazing guest experts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I'm going to be hosting some solo episodes too that are going to go deeper into leadership, deeper into finances.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then there's some collaborative podcast as well as well as being a guest on the other individuals podcast as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I want to do right now is to just celebrate a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there's no better way when you're celebrating a pot of nursery than to have some cake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So happy pot of nursery to wealth Academy podcasts to our subscribers, our followers, our fans and our colleagues.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to celebrate like no other time before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so as you can see, the picture on the screen
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I'm going to do is actually just get into the moment, and here goes the moment.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The cake was too big to bring some hot cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So here we go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, back is a good, perfect.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's called Kimberly's Cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, this one
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[SPEAKER_01]: is for our amazing guest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And our fan, and that's Cecilia.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And for us, I have some Italian sparkling water, mineral water.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I'm going to wash down my cupcake, and here's the interviewing, here's to everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What a party, what a party.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So with five years into this,
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[SPEAKER_01]: And in many ways, I feel like it's in our infancy, but I'm going to continue to go on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hello, Pat Carpenter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed Pat Carpenter as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for the anniversary.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And three cheers to you as well, Pat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As I celebrate, I don't, I used to drink.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I don't drink anymore.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just drink water, mineral water, maybe someone I love lemonade.
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[SPEAKER_01]: the thank you so much Pat and I really appreciate it and Pat is another individual that I brought on and she shared just amazing insight and she's doing some great work with women and in terms of empowerment and she's an entrepreneur as well so I want to thank Pat for that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want you all to know that that cupcake was really good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm in trouble now I might have to get on my stationary bike this evening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I really truly enjoy this particular platform podcasting.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a great medium to be on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It has resulted in me being in magazines.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It resulted in me being on television, being an interview on television.
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[SPEAKER_01]: have been in the print media in South Africa as well as Portugal and beyond that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so in many ways, podcasting is just a wonderful medium for people to really, really get the word out about them to promote what they do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But more importantly to help people is that each and every interview that I'm a part of,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I want people to learn at least one thing because learning just even one thing on one day can mean for a lifetime.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I really suggest and recommend people to send in ideas of topics that they have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as I mentioned before, three of the top three topics for speaking, consulting and coaching
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's about health, it's about wealth, and it's about relationship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I can prove that relationships is a big topic in the reason how, is that every year doing Valentine's, I host a Valentine's show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I bring on best-selling authors and people who lead apps about relationships because people want to make a connection.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And all the relationships don't have to be a love relationship, but it could be up.
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[SPEAKER_01]: colleagues, which are colleagues, which are family, but those episodes are very powerful.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we know that health is is a big topic because everyone wants to be at their best and to be at our best.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We are our wealthiest when we are in good health.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we talk about money, of course, because it's something that we know we need, we need that resource to help us do more things so that we can help what people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And my objective, what has been all along has been to be a service to people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's one of the things that I look at.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I really enjoy this platform as I stated before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I really, I really want to,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be adding even more to the podcast, bringing out more amazing guests and then hosting some sessions and series also that can help people who are going through challenges in today's society, not only locally, but also globally.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's really something that I've really been thinking a lot about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to have some help because I'm going to bring on some experts to help me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I also want people to understand that
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[SPEAKER_01]: is really a great thing to be able to come on to the, come on to the platform and have a interview and share what you do because it's important for people to know
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[SPEAKER_01]: exactly what you do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so this is going to end this particular session of welfare academy, podcasts, episode number three hundred and ten.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't believe it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What did the time go?
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, today's episode was all about the participatory, the fifth anniversary celebration.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's the stakes here in the notes from dreams to reality, celebrate with us as we honor the past and look forward to the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's so important.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And yes, I didn't have a bit cake like this, but I have Kimberley's cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So happy a pot of grocery to us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to thank everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here's, here are the cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, so I'll have to wrap a bike tonight and of course.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm having some mental water from Italy, so I can share that with my friends from Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And my time is up, and I thank you for yours.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And just recommend this particular episode to your family, friends, followers, colleagues, and I really appreciate each and every one of you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go out for the Apple Podcasts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I heart radio, Spotify, Amazon, music, wherever you get your podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And share this episode with them, go out and read it, review it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I do ask for a five-star review and I really appreciate it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It helps keep these, the podcast point.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So have a great day, everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My name again is Paul Onesman and I host this amazing podcast and you have a wonderful day and God bless us all.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Take care for them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to this episode with Paul and his guest.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Wealth the Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for tuning in to listen to this dynamic and insightful podcast with host Paul Lawrence Van.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Paul and his guests provide content rich information that will enhance your knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And good day, everyone, and it's a very special day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm the host Paul Arns van, I host Welsh Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not been doing this for several years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In fact, today is the five year anniversary.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm glad that you could be with me for my friends over here in the States and around the world, especially my friends and Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And one of the things that I'm going to share today is about the backstory, the history, the number of guests or some of the guests has been on this podcast and also where we are today and where we're going into the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm glad that you could be with me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and it's really going to be a wonderful, wonderful session.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So first of all, let's address what is today is all about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, it's the fifth anniversary celebration.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we're going to party out
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe like Bruce Springsting, I don't know, but we're going to really celebrate today and make it one of the best episodes that we've ever had.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So today is all about celebrating this podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me give you the backstory.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to first start out with what happened with the financial turnaround in the years, maybe two, two thousand seven, two thousand eight, two thousand nine.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And like most entrepreneurs, I just stopped marketing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that was a big, big mistake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I was doing a lot of TV, local television in Washington, DC.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I did it for about ninety days.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I talked about how people could afford losing their home to mortgage foreclosure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What to do if you receive a summons from a judge because you can't afford to pay your bills.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And these were real world things that were taking place.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result, I was not working at that time and it was a struggle.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let's fast forward to twenty twenty March of twenty twenty to be exact and I remember the day exactly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I said, I'm not going to get caught flat foot at this time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be marketing ABM, always be marketing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I decided I would go into this podcast training course.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I entered it with thirty five and thirty six other cohorts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were entrepreneurs, coaches.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They were also authors and consultants.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we went through training for about a month.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we all launched on August to six of twenty twenty.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I had three episodes ready to go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I uploaded those two of them with solo with me talking about the purpose and why I'm starting the podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed one of the other colleagues, our cohorts, who happened to be in the training itself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So thirty six of us launched on the same day and things have really taken off since that time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And in fact, when we look at it today's episode, which is the pot of nursery, or the fifth year anniversary for welfare category podcasts, I'm at three hundred and ten episodes, which for me is the very low number.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the reason why, and I'm going to share this history with you right now, the reason why it's because when I hosted a online radio show in the blog talk radio, I had nine hundred episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was actually averaging
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[SPEAKER_01]: one hundred episodes per year and interviewing just some amazing people and so I transitioned away from blog talk radio and I transitioned it over to this podcast that I found it which I lead
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it also helps me with my marketing as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I bring on a lot of really great, great guest experts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But let me share a little bit about some of the people that I interviewed on my online radio show, which we call the wealthy speaker talk radio show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: People like Chris Gardner, Chris Gardner, of course, he was homeless, he was a Navy veteran, him and his son, slept in a metro train station, so they could wash up each day while he was trying to get a job.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and find a way through the hurdles of life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And of course, we know that he turned that around.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There was a movie that will Smith start it and call the pursuit of happiness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed him and I, the way I was able to interview him was I was speaking in Toronto, Canada.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I was sharing the stage with him the platform with him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was speaking and so is I. And so I got his card.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he had a new book that came out, start where you are now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed him, I was the first person to interview him on the day that his book was released and launched.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then I received a call because I was doing a lot of work with a congressional people because I had served on Capitol Hill, but members of Congress, and Dr. Martin Luther King's door to contact me, Bernie's King.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she was promoting her mother's book, Mrs. Corretta Scott King, who I happen to have met at one of these legislative conventions in Washington DC.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I interviewed her and the title of that book was
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[SPEAKER_01]: the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I interviewed her daughter and I used to be a resident of Atlanta, Georgia.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I had lived there a tent at the King Center for many, many times when I was in there for about a year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I moved over to the wrapping side of the house.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I received a call from this rapper by the name of two chains.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And two chains, I guess he was probably a teenager at that time
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I didn't know how the episode would go because I really didn't know a whole lot about rappers, but let me tell you something.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This young man, he was so intelligent, so bright, and just awesome wasn't awesome, yes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I always remember him for that, that he was just a brilliant young man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm sure today he's very successful in a brilliant, even more brilliant now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed a chef Jeff Henderson.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, Chef Jeff Henderson was one of the biggest drug dealers in Los Angeles at the time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he was eighteen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he went thorn in prison.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he was in prison, he learned how to cut.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not just cut but cut excellently.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So he used his time in prison to be a cut.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And when he was released from prison, there was a restaurant here in Las Vegas that hired him to cook there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And to make a long story short interview chef Jeff and I tell you he is one of the most successful people on the planet today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He turned his life around not only for himself but for his family.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just really, really enjoyed talking to him and he reaches out now to use who are really going through a struggles and life like he had gone through his was based on not having opportunity, but he gives them an opportunity now to become a chef and work in his kitchen and even more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interviewed the co-found of a blog talk radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: an individual by the name of Alan Levy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, Alan Levy was the co-founder of Block Talk Radio of which my platform was online radio show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: the wealthy speaker talk radio show and I had nine hundred episodes there, but each year, and I did this for eight or nine years, I would interview Alan Levy and I asked him, well, how did you find this bar talk radio platform?
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[SPEAKER_01]: He said, well, he initially founded it because he needed a way to communicate with his father.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he came up with block talk radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He had some tech background.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he brought our thousands of hosts like me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we would interview people all over the world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I tell you, I really enjoyed it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now, block talk radio no longer exists, but I can't say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: that I truly enjoyed being a part of that particular community.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I thank Alan Levy for that to this day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I also interviewed Julie Ziggler.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, for people who don't know, I'm going to share with you right now that Ziggler is one of my all-time favorite speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just love the way he spoke.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I modeled myself after him just how he delivered
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[SPEAKER_01]: his speeches and his story.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was a man of faith and I really admired him and I interviewed his daughter Julie.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as I was interviewing her, she said that she, where everybody had this idyllic concept of who her father was, who he was a brilliant man, she said that she had fallen into alcoholism and really kind of led her life to go down.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she was able to overcome that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she just delivered a masterful insight into what her experience was like, here on the one hand, you have a father who's just idolized and followed globally.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then she was suffering as a result of that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was a great, great interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I still appreciate and thank her for this day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then interviewed Anthony O'Neill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now Anthony was homeless at one time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: His parents gave him money to Tim College.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he didn't necessarily throw his whole person into being a student.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result, he became homeless and he was sleeping in a car.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he was able to turn himself around.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And today, he leaves a wonderful podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he's a financial strategist.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I interviewed him about one of his books that he had, but Anthony is really standing up individual in someone that I really admire.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Then I interviewed Randall Pinkett now Randall I met.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Many of these other people I met as well, but Randall I met him.
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[SPEAKER_01]: When I did a was on a platform with him here in my area, which is in Maryland at the National Harbor entertainment zone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I met him and he leaves a multi-million dollar company.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he's a Rutgers University alumnus, and he was one of the first people to win the apprentice show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But he's a brilliant young man.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It is all right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has several books out, and he empowers young people to uplift the community.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I really, I think he's with BCT partners, a group that he formed with some of his colleagues, and is a very successful IT business.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I interview just a lot of people, actors, actresses, music, guests, Olympians, educators, best-selling authors.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've interviewed a lot of people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In total, if I'm not mistaken, I'm close to about twelve hundred and fifty people I've interviewed over the last several years.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And people ask me, well, why do you do it?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I let them know that really I'm getting a PhD in
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[SPEAKER_01]: quarry knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so every time I interview someone, I'm learning something new.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I get a lot out of it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I give people the opportunity to be interviewed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've interviewed people from Wall Street, singers, guitarists, you name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've interviewed a lot, a lot of different people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just absolutely enjoy it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It helps my communication skills.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've been interviewed on a hundred and twenty five radio stations even more than that now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've done television.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and led panel discussions out at Caesar's Palace, out at Las Vegas, spoke to people in Paris, France, and Kenya, Africa, as well as the Ukraine, and through India as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so, well for Academy podcast, it's really a really wonderful platform for people to be on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me share one of the things that I really want people to understand at this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's the fact that when it comes to podcasting like any other
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[SPEAKER_01]: mode of the media.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're going to run into some technology issues every now and then.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this takes me back to Chef Jeff Henderson when I was interviewing him and we lost connection.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But luckily, I had told him before the interview if we lose connection, just dial back in and we'll get that interview going just like nothing happened.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And knowing the whole, that's exactly what happened.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And recently it happened with another guest I had probably maybe two weeks ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we just could not get that particular episode off the ground.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just said, hang in there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what we found out was, is that was a construction taking place in the area.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it knocked out the internet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But then it came back on just in time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And yes, we did complete that interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it was a winning interview, by the way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that's what I like to share with people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then when we look at what's taken place today with podcast and podcast and actually is more powerful than radio.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here's why it's because with podcasts and you can go over the globe, but with a radio station, you may have a fifty thousand watt, seventy five thousand watt radio station.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so they're limited by the area of the region, which they're in, where unless they're streaming live streaming, they don't have the same impact as someone who has a podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So podcasting is really the thing of now, not only now, but in the future, because it's going to get better and better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what else I want to share with you is this I've had a few people reached out to me and they would like to be a podcast host as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I told them was is that it's not very difficult, but there are just a lot of new answers that go with podcasting that you can't see there's a lot working in the background that they can't see.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I really recommend that people getting a coach or go through a program, which someone in that would help them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can do it myself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: However, it really takes a lot of time and for the individual who is trying to become a podcast guest, they have to be patient.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there is some investment involved in terms of getting everything all set up.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I how I encourage everyone to do it and it's a great medium and it's a force me that opportunity and I've been trained not only trained to be a podcast guest hosts, but a podcast guest and how to edit these particular podcast episodes which is really a time consuming process but one in which I enjoy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So today what is what is things all about today podcasting with us all about
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[SPEAKER_01]: being on a platform, understanding how to use it to market, understanding how to make connections.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And you can get clients from it in the past, what I've done, I've promoted authors for their books, to help them with their book sales.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there are just many ways that you can monetize your podcast, which for many people, I really highly recommend it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So let me tell you, how do I come up with the name, well, for category podcast?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I came up with this name.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to give a shout out to Cecilia who is in Florence, Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to thank her because she's a great supporter of this podcast and I interviewed her and it was a wonderful interview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She provided a lot of insight and really appreciate her.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she is saying here, there's a huge amount of people you've interviewed, you're passionate, and it was absolutely clear to come out of your episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's quite peculiar in my opinion.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I really appreciate this skill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, thank you so much to Sally, and you know, I honor you, and I really enjoy it receiving support from you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And at any time, I can help you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, I would do that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so let's look at the history.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Whether this name wealth, the Academy podcast come from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I served in the United States Air Force for twenty-two years as a military officer, and even though my functional specialty was financial management and cost analysis and budget analysis and worked with contractors, my overall duties of responsibility was being a leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that's why today I talk a lot about leadership, but I also damn deep.
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[SPEAKER_01]: into wealth and money and finances, which is very important for us all being financially literate.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so it's not just a financial only podcast, but when I state that wealth is more than just money, it opens the door for other experts to come on and talk about what they do and share relationships with people, leadership of course, bestselling authors, consultants,
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[SPEAKER_01]: and you name it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's just a wonderful platform.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's where the name came from.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But today, I interviewed guests from all over the world, guests from Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, India, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Mexico, Canada, all over the world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've been doing it for many years because I'm in a network who
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[SPEAKER_01]: And a lot of times I'll meet people there and if they have a new book coming out, I bring them on so they can share about their book as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so it's something that I really, really enjoy doing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so what about the future for wealth Academy podcast?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, the future is going to be bigger and better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be bigger and better because I have things lined up right now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be bringing on some tremendously amazing guest experts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I'm going to be hosting some solo episodes too that are going to go deeper into leadership, deeper into finances.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then there's some collaborative podcast as well as well as being a guest on the other individuals podcast as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I want to do right now is to just celebrate a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And there's no better way when you're celebrating a pot of nursery than to have some cake.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So happy pot of nursery to wealth Academy podcasts to our subscribers, our followers, our fans and our colleagues.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're going to celebrate like no other time before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so as you can see, the picture on the screen
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I'm going to do is actually just get into the moment, and here goes the moment.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The cake was too big to bring some hot cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So here we go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, back is a good, perfect.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's called Kimberly's Cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, this one
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[SPEAKER_01]: is for our amazing guest.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And our fan, and that's Cecilia.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And for us, I have some Italian sparkling water, mineral water.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I'm going to wash down my cupcake, and here's the interviewing, here's to everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What a party, what a party.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So with five years into this,
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[SPEAKER_01]: And in many ways, I feel like it's in our infancy, but I'm going to continue to go on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hello, Pat Carpenter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I interviewed Pat Carpenter as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for the anniversary.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And three cheers to you as well, Pat.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As I celebrate, I don't, I used to drink.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I don't drink anymore.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just drink water, mineral water, maybe someone I love lemonade.
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[SPEAKER_01]: the thank you so much Pat and I really appreciate it and Pat is another individual that I brought on and she shared just amazing insight and she's doing some great work with women and in terms of empowerment and she's an entrepreneur as well so I want to thank Pat for that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want you all to know that that cupcake was really good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm in trouble now I might have to get on my stationary bike this evening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I really truly enjoy this particular platform podcasting.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a great medium to be on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It has resulted in me being in magazines.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It resulted in me being on television, being an interview on television.
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[SPEAKER_01]: have been in the print media in South Africa as well as Portugal and beyond that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so in many ways, podcasting is just a wonderful medium for people to really, really get the word out about them to promote what they do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But more importantly to help people is that each and every interview that I'm a part of,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I want people to learn at least one thing because learning just even one thing on one day can mean for a lifetime.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I really suggest and recommend people to send in ideas of topics that they have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as I mentioned before, three of the top three topics for speaking, consulting and coaching
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's about health, it's about wealth, and it's about relationship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I can prove that relationships is a big topic in the reason how, is that every year doing Valentine's, I host a Valentine's show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I bring on best-selling authors and people who lead apps about relationships because people want to make a connection.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And all the relationships don't have to be a love relationship, but it could be up.
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[SPEAKER_01]: colleagues, which are colleagues, which are family, but those episodes are very powerful.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we know that health is is a big topic because everyone wants to be at their best and to be at our best.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We are our wealthiest when we are in good health.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we talk about money, of course, because it's something that we know we need, we need that resource to help us do more things so that we can help what people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And my objective, what has been all along has been to be a service to people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's one of the things that I look at.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I really enjoy this platform as I stated before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I really, I really want to,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be adding even more to the podcast, bringing out more amazing guests and then hosting some sessions and series also that can help people who are going through challenges in today's society, not only locally, but also globally.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's really something that I've really been thinking a lot about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to have some help because I'm going to bring on some experts to help me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I also want people to understand that
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[SPEAKER_01]: is really a great thing to be able to come on to the, come on to the platform and have a interview and share what you do because it's important for people to know
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[SPEAKER_01]: exactly what you do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so this is going to end this particular session of welfare academy, podcasts, episode number three hundred and ten.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't believe it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What did the time go?
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, today's episode was all about the participatory, the fifth anniversary celebration.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's the stakes here in the notes from dreams to reality, celebrate with us as we honor the past and look forward to the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's so important.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And yes, I didn't have a bit cake like this, but I have Kimberley's cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So happy a pot of grocery to us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to thank everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here's, here are the cupcakes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, so I'll have to wrap a bike tonight and of course.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm having some mental water from Italy, so I can share that with my friends from Italy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And my time is up, and I thank you for yours.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And just recommend this particular episode to your family, friends, followers, colleagues, and I really appreciate each and every one of you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Go out for the Apple Podcasts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I heart radio, Spotify, Amazon, music, wherever you get your podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And share this episode with them, go out and read it, review it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I do ask for a five-star review and I really appreciate it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It helps keep these, the podcast point.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So have a great day, everyone.
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[SPEAKER_01]: My name again is Paul Onesman and I host this amazing podcast and you have a wonderful day and God bless us all.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Take care for them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to this episode with Paul and his guest.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I hope you enjoyed this episode and Paul requests that you write and review this episode and others on Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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