Blood, Sweat & Tears have now joined the ranks of those featured more than once on Horn Sections Make Rock Better. Live, from 1969: How much of this is synced with a recording? The ending is cut off, but it’s still worth it.
A marriage counselor’s secret for conflict at work (or home), part2
Part 2! Mark interviews Mark Oelze, founder and director of PLEDGEtalk. Through more than 30 years as a marriage and family counselor, he developed the PLEDGE tool to help clients walk through the steps of healthy conflict. Mark says, “There is an ORDER to follow if one is to resolve conflict and restore healthy communication.” Clients are asking him to …
A marriage counselor’s secret for conflict at work (or home), part 1
Mark interviews Mark Oelze, founder and director of PLEDGEtalk. Through more than 30 years as a marriage and family counselor, he developed the PLEDGE tool to help clients walk through the steps of healthy conflict. Mark says, “There is an ORDER to follow if one is to resolve conflict and restore healthy communication.” Clients are asking him to share PLEDGE …
How men dress in a car dealership
Tony Bennett died. That’s why I need to give advice to car salesman and anybody in luxury retail who wants to be taken seriously. Before we go any further, spend 4 minutes of your life saying farewell to the guardian of the Great American Songbook. My first CD was Tony Bennett, and I got a tingle the first time I …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: God Protect Your Soul
We’ve featured Ed Harcourt before. As he did with the EP that predated this debut album, he wrote, sang and played all instruments. 🫡
How will you handle what schools are about to send your workplace?
I recently met a man who quit his job as a tenure-track professor to use his skills elsewhere. He told me that almost every single friend of his in academia had gone through a job change since the pandemic started. I asked him why, inviting him to tell me his story. His answer shocked me: “I was tired of being …
Tim Jackson: Automotive influencer searching for his flying car
Mike talks to auto industry legend Tim Jackson, the former president and CEO of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association. A member of the Colorado Automotive Hall of Fame and organizer of the Clear the Air Foundation, Jackson’s upcoming book covers the auto industry’s past, present and future. Tune in to hear the naming of two hit bands … the reason …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Lochloosa
I am now starting to receive suggestions for Horn Sections Make Rock Better. Because I am not cool, I was unfamiliar with JJ Grey & Mofro. I give you their ballad to home, which for them is just over the Florida-Georgia line. It is just awesome how much power you can get out of a two-horn horn section.
Socializing homeschool kids (and workplaces?)
If it weren’t for my wife’s prompting, I would not have pursued so seriously the connection between my kids’ classical, homeschooled education and the needs of the workplace. So I owe a specific debt of gratitude to my beautiful wife and to our four kids. And to others who helped us along the way. “Others” include Classical Conversations, the homeschool …
Our three picks on our third anniversary
Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch below the text. Once a week for three years straight! Mike and Mark share the episodes that most resonated with them and with our listeners. Mike’s picks: Episode 30: Ship it. Just Ship It! Quit listening to the resistance. The resistance is that voice in the back of …