Best Che Brown Podcasts (2025)

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PATREON PREVIEW: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) / The Boys Run A 10K 11:02

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Merry Christmas, everybody - here's the episode one day early just because we love ya. Not unlike a certain jolly old elf, Ian stopped by Jake's home for a quick visit a few weeks back, and the b…

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Soderbergh Ep. 22: Contagion (2011) 2:16:25

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Wash your hands, folks: it's time to talk CONTAGION, Steven Soderbergh's absurdly prescient 2011 pandemic disaster film. We talk public health, hyperlink cinema, Soderbergh's evolving digital aesthetic, the nature of government, and the film's second life as a Covid lockdown classic. With a special Kate Winslet audio collage that Ian definitely ask…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Zodiac (2007) 10:56

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. In our first-ever Patreon Listeners' Choice poll, something like 52% of you voted for David Fincher's ZODIAC, the movie we probably should have done within the first five premium eps if we're bei…

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Soderbergh Ep. 21: Gray's Anatomy (1996)/And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) with Robert Rubsam 2:22:25

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Open your notebooks and fill up your glasses of water, folks: today we're looking at Steven Soderbergh's two documentaries on Spalding Gray. And Ian's pissed off! We're joined once more by our friend, writer and critic Rob Rubsam, to talk 1996's GRAY'S ANATOMY, a sort of longform music video for Gray's "monolog" of the same name, and Soderbergh's 2…

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PATREON PREVIEW: The Killers (1946/1964) with Comrade Yui 8:28

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Our friend and yours Comrade Yui is back to talk two Ernest Hemingway adaptations in our wheelhouse - THE KILLERS (1946) by CRISS CROSS director Robert Siodmak and THE KILLERS (1964) by DIRTY HAR…

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Soderbergh Ep. 20: The Informant! (2009) with Dan O'Sullivan 1:50:27

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"Would I lysine to you?" - Mark Whitacre. Hey that's just a joke but maybe they could have used it on the posters for THE INFORMANT!, Steven Soderbergh's 2009 corporate espionage caper about the lysine price-fixing scandal and one of the weirdest guys there has ever been. And joining us to talk big business, the FBI, and organized crime in all its …

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PATREON PREVIEW: Once Upon A Time In America (1984) 9:41

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Finally, we've reached the end of Sergio Leone's filmography with the long-in-development gangster epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. This film has many admirers, to whom we say: sorry! We didn't …

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Dear Rad Ops: Pivoting Budgets, w/ Nat Smith 10:39

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In this episode, Sha Grogan-Brown talks with guest Nat Smith, Finance & Development Director with House of gg and facilitator with A Bookkeeping Cooperative to offer advice to organizations needing to make major pivots to their budgets. In these wild times, many organizations are needing to revisit their organizational budget, either due to loss of…

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Dear Rad Ops: Fear vs Risk Assessments, w/ Che Johnson-Long 12:23

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In this episode, Yashna Maya Padamsee talks with guest Che Johnson-Long, Community Safety Director at Vision Change Win, about how we can be making grounded risk assessments in these times of escalated fear. We’re in a moment where there is a chance that fear can lead our planning and decision making. It is a particularly escalated and scary time. …

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Soderbergh Ep. 19: The Girlfriend Experience (2009) with Anonymous Mystery Guest 1:50:13

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Soderbergh's second film for Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures was THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, a largely improvised look at life on the cusp of the Great Recession starring adult film megastar Sasha Grey. We're joined by an anonymous writer and sex worker to talk about one of Soderbergh's less-appreciated great films, sex work as work, Grey's legacy, d…

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Dear Rad Ops: Multi-Entity Infrastructure, w/ Le Tim Ly 9:17

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In this episode, Sha Grogan-Brown talks with guest Le Tim Ly, Chief Operating Officer of Center for Empowered Politics about how building “multi-entity infrastructure” can improve the resilience of organizations. While the Left faces many crises in these times, underpinning everything is the vulnerability of the operations and infrastructure of our…

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Dear Rad Ops – Why Rad Ops? 10:50

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In a time where social justice organizations are under attack, we bring you Dear Rad Ops, a mini series advice vlog about live questions on the minds of movement operations workers. In this introductory episode, co-hosts Yashna Maya Padamsee and Sha Grogan-Brown discuss their own Rad Ops movement operations experience, and the lineages they draw fr…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Singani 63 with Maxwell Pierson 9:37

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. While making CHE, Steven Soderbergh fell so in love with Bolivia's national liquor, singani, that he decided to export it to the US as Singani 63 - just like Che Guevara would have done. Nah just…

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Welcome to Rad Ops 3:00

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In a time where social justice organizations are under attack, we bring you Rad Ops (that stands for Radical Operations), a dialogue-based tool that supports organizations assessing and discussing the possibilities and limitations of putting liberatory values into practice. Many organizations are in turmoil as they pivot to meet this moment. Rad Op…

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Soderbergh Ep. 18: Che: Parts 1 & 2 (2008) with Andrés Pertierra 2:28:56

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The leftist podcast about Steven Soderbergh movies has finally arrived at CHE, Soderbergh's two-part biopic of (Argentine) Cuban Revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Joining us to provide the kind of deep historical context you know we go crazy for is historian of Cuba and scholar of Latin American and Caribbean history Andrés Pertierra! We ha…

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PATREON PREVIEW: The Hit (1984) 9:10

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. We celebrate the late Terence Stamp by taking a look at Stephen Frears's 1984 proto-LIMEY existential gangster film, THE HIT. Plus: a little bit of Pasolini's TEOREMA talk for good measure. Thank…

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Soderbergh Ep. 17: Ocean's Thirteen (2007) 1:48:44

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We're going back to Vegas for one more job...it's the thrilling conclusion to the trilogy, OCEAN'S THIRTEEN! Well, maybe "thrilling" is arguable. But the episode sure is! We're talking Oprah, Steve Wynn, Mexican labor action, Five Diamond status - it's all here, folks. Further Reading: "Steve Wynn's Biggest Gamble" by Nina Munk Meet The AAA Diamond…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Clint Character Tier List with Aaron from Hit Factory 10:07

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Friend of the show Aaron from Hit Factory joins us to assemble the definitive Tier List of characters played by Clint Eastwood. Along the way, we answer important questions like: What is a Tier L…

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Soderbergh Ep. 16: The Good German (2006) with Peter Raleigh 1:53:59

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After 2005's digital day-and-date experiment BUBBLE, Soderbergh swung hard in the other direction with a Golden Age Hollywood pastiche: his (loose) adaptation of Joseph Kanon's postwar Berlin mystery THE GOOD GERMAN. Joining us is film writer and literal historian Peter Raleigh! We talk adaptation, aesthetic imitation, Denazification, CASABLANCA, a…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Legally Blonde (2001) with Veronica Phillips 8:12

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. A year after ERIN BROCKOVICH, another unashamedly feminine legal professional challenged norms and won at the box office in LEGALLY BLONDE. Here to talk gender performance, turn-of-the-millennium…

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Soderbergh Ep. 15: Bubble (2005) with Evan from Left of the Projector 2:13:31

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Another Pod Casty For Me Experience: we're talking Steven Soderbergh's 2005 experiment BUBBLE - day-and-date release experiment, digital cinematography experiment, first-time actor experiment, improvised script experiment - with our buddy Evan from Left of the Projector! And this one's set at a factory, so you know we go crazy on it. We get into fi…

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Launching Shawn Mendes, Producing for Netflix, and Leading a Movement: Bart Bordelon’s Story 54:44

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What if the decision that changes everything is just three more phone calls away? In this episode of The Shift, entrepreneur and producer Bart Bordelon shares the pivotal moment that reshaped his career—from making a hundred calls with nothing to show, to three more that changed everything. Bart is the founder of MAGCON, the 2013 movement that pion…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Robocop (1987) & Jake's Trip to Amsterdam 8:29

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. This week we're looking at another one of Dirty Harry's spiritual children, Paul Verhoeven's 1987 ROBOCOP. Violence, corporate greed, police stuff - much to talk about here. But we're also talkin…

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Soderbergh Ep. 14: Nightwatch (1997)/Criminal (2004) 1:59:26

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A little something different this week: we're looking at two Soderbergh-scripted adaptations of international genre films! First, Soderbergh adapted Ole Bornedal's 1994 NATTEVAGTEN as 1997's NIGHTWATCH, also directed by Bornedal, starring post-TRAINSPOTTING, pre-PHANTOM MENACE Ewan McGregor as a night watchman at a spooky morgue. Next, Soderbergh t…

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How to Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks – with Che Brown 44:05

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How to Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks – with Che Brown What does it take to bounce back when life knocks you flat? In this powerful episode of The Shift, Amy Pechacek sits down with globally renowned sales leader Che Brown to unpack the moments that defined his journey — from losing it all to building a sales empire. Che shares: ✅ His raw “never agai…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Silence (2016) with Robert Rubsam 9:42

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Writer and PCFM official Catholicism Correspondent Rob Rubsam is back for another Martin Scorsese examination of faith: 2016's SILENCE. We talk Jesuits, Japan, nuance, and our own religious bagga…

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Soderbergh Ep. 13: Ocean's Twelve (2004) with Rory Doherty 2:12:26

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OCEAN'S ELEVEN was a monster hit, and so naturally Steven Soderbergh made a sequel. An extremely normal sequel that didn't confuse or piss off almost everyone who saw it. We're getting silly today talking about OCEAN'S TWELVE - a very silly movie - with writer and film critic Rory Doherty! We're both sick right now so that's all the episode descrip…

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Life’s Gonna Life: Choosing Joy and Getting Back Up with Lesley Stegmeier 32:11

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Life’s Gonna Life: Choosing Joy and Getting Back Up with Lesley Stegmeier When life keeps knocking you down, how do you keep getting back up? In this episode of The Shift, Amy Pechacek sits down with Lesley Stegmeier for an unfiltered conversation on resilience, joy, and taking back the driver’s seat in your own life. Lesley shares her journey from…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Pleasantville (1998) 9:53

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. In 1998, Steven Soderbergh produced Gary Ross's PLEASANTVILLE, a visually inventive satire of nostalgia and small-town repression - and in 2025, we did a dang Patreon episode on it. We talk passi…

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The Leader Beneath the Mask with Charla Gervers 39:02

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What if the person you think you have to be… is exactly what’s holding you back? In this powerful episode of The Shift, Amy Pechacek sits down with transformational coach, business strategist, and speaker Charla Gervers for a raw and resonant conversation about leadership, identity, and what happens when we finally drop the mask and lead from who w…

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Soderbergh Ep. 13: Solaris (2002) with Aaron Thorpe 2:37:23

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Steven Soderbergh's second release of 2002, after FULL FRONTAL, was another very odd move: a remake of Andrei Tarkovsky's SOLARIS (well, more of a new adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel). Underappreciated at the time, Soderbergh's SOLARIS has grown in reputation as one of the great science fiction films of the 2000s - so we brought on a bonafide…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Songs About Clint with Jetski 10:15

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. This week we're taking a look at a bunch of songs about, featuring, or otherwise related to Clint Eastwood...which is a great reason to bring on Jetski, aka Ian Ostaszewski, the composer of the P…

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Soderbergh Ep. 12: Full Frontal (2002) with Chadd Harbold 2:34:52

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Yeah, like we weren't going to go over two and a half hours on FULL FRONTAL. Following the generational run of OUT OF SIGHT, THE LIMEY, ERIN BROCKOVICH, TRAFFIC, and OCEAN'S ELEVEN, Steven Soderbergh did what anyone would do: he shot a semi-improvised ensemble Hollywood satire on a consumer grade digital camera. The result, FULL FRONTAL, is a fasci…

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Leadership Under Fire: What to do when Everyone Looks to You 41:07

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What do you do when everyone’s looking at you for the answer—and you don’t have one? In this episode of The Shift, Cassandra Rambo sits down with David Lambert—West Point graduate, military veteran, and global business leader—to talk about leadership under pressure, emotional regulation, and the power of integrity in action. From leading in combat …

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PATREON PREVIEW: Unforgiven (2013) with Comrade Yui 7:44

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Our dear friend Comrade Yui joins us to discuss Lee Sang-il's 2013 remake of UNFORGIVEN, which stars Ken Watanabe and transposes the action to Meiji Japan. We talk Japanese history, Westerns vs. …

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Soderbergh Ep. 11: Ocean's Eleven (2001) with Patrick Willems 3:01:24

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Ante up, listener! It's the OCEAN'S ELEVEN episode. After the unbelievable one-two punch of BROCKOVICH and TRAFFIC, Steven Soderbergh took a victory lap by remaking a dull Rat Pack movie into one of the most entertaining films ever made - and it made a bunch of money and everyone loves it. Including our guest, filmmaker and YouTuber Patrick Willems…

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Choosing to Live Out Loud and On Purpose 40:37

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In this powerful solo episode of The Shift, Amy Pechacek shares her story like never before. From surviving abuse and navigating the trauma of her husband’s suicide, to rebuilding her identity through faith, emotional intelligence, and intentional leadership. This is Amy, unfiltered. She walks us through the silent suffering behind the spotlight, t…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Baby's First Unforgiven with "Zoomer" Josh Aalcides 8:45

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Jake's 23-year-old coworker Zoomer Josh is back, and this time we made him watch UNFORGIVEN. We talk Westerns, Hackman, the anti-ICE demonstrations in LA, and Josh's journey as a young cinephile.…

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From Immigrant to Influencer: The Faithful Leader 44:57

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In this powerful episode of The Shift, Amy Pechacek sits down with Leoni Michael - a South African immigrant who arrived in the U.S. with nothing but a suitcase and faith. Today, she’s a bestselling author, executive coach, and a voice shaping the future of leadership. Leoni shares her incredible story of resilience—from surviving apartheid and cul…

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Soderbergh Ep. 10: Traffic (2000) with Benjamin Y. Fong 1:54:19

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The second half of Soderbergh's unbelievable year 2000 was TRAFFIC, his sprawling adaptation of the 1989 Channel 4 miniseries about the many sides of the drug trade. At the time, it was hailed as a highly nuanced and humane look at narcotics. But how does it look from 2025? Joining us to discuss is professor and author of our much-cited Quick Fixes…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Walking Tall (1973) 9:59

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. In the aftermath of DIRTY HARRY, there were plenty of films looking to get in on the semi-legal vigilante craze. One of the most successful of these was Phil Karlson's WALKING TALL, starring the …

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The Third Condition: Why Success Isn't the End Game with Deano Sutter 45:34

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The same programs that got you to the top might be keeping you from enjoying it. Executive mindset coach Deano Sutter reveals why high achievers struggle with imposter syndrome, burnout, and relationships—despite their success. Amy Pechacek and Deano dive into: ✅ Why success skills can sabotage happiness and relationships ✅ How childhood programs c…

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The Third Condition: Why Success Isn’t the End Game 45:34

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What if the mindset that made you successful… is the same one that’s quietly stealing your joy? In this raw and powerful episode of The Shift, executive mindset coach Deano Sutter joins Amy Pechacek for a conversation that hits deep. Deano works with high-achieving CEOs and top-level leaders to retrain the brain, rewire old programs, and help them …

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Soderbergh Ep. 9: Erin Brockovich (2000) with Carlee from Hit Factory 2:43:13

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Soderbergh finally hit a box-office home run in 2000 with ERIN BROCKOVICH, a Julia Roberts-starring biopic about a paralegal with a big personality and a nose for corporate environmental malfeasance, and the one-two punch of BROCKOVICH and TRAFFIC in a single year cemented him as a truly major filmmaker. This is one of the big ones, so we brought i…

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Break Up with Your Scale – Anne Poirier on Body Neutrality 54:53

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Your body is not a bad gift. It’s the vessel that lets you laugh till it hurts, hug your people tight, and chase the dreams that keep you up at night. 💛 On this episode of The Shift with Amy Pechacek, body-image advocate and author Anne Poirier relives the beachside phone call that ended her diet-culture spiral and launched her journey toward treat…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Duck, You Sucker! (1971) 7:22

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. We return to our very slow trip through the films of Sergio Leone with 1971's DUCK, YOU SUCKER!, also known as A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE, also known as GIÙ LA TESTA, a story of the Mexican Revolution…

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Soderbergh Ep. 8: The Limey (1999) with Elena Lazic 1:54:35

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In 1999, Steven Soderbergh pushed his formal experimentation even further, rendering a straightforward revenge tale into a modernist masterpiece. In the process, the Terence Stamp/Peter Fonda joint THE LIMEY examines memory, the legacy of the 60s, and inaugurates Sodie's obsession with Cockney rhyming slang. Film writer and podcaster and UK residen…

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The Science of Belief: How Your Brain and Body Heal Together | Dr. Cory Christensen on The Shift 50:20

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Ever wonder why some people stay stuck in pain—while others break through? Dr. Cory Christensen explains how your beliefs shape your body more than you realize. Amy Pechacek and Dr. Cory dive into: ✅ The science behind mindset, healing, and neuroplasticity ✅ Why subconscious thoughts control your results ✅ How to challenge limiting beliefs that hol…

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PATREON PREVIEW: Jackie Brown (1997) with Jane Altoids 8:11

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. GET SHORTY and OUT OF SIGHT weren't the only high-profile Elmore Leonard adaptations of the 1990s. Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited follow up to PULP FICTION was a race- and setting-swapped adapt…

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Small Shifts, Big Impact: How One Insight Changes Everything 43:06

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🎙️ Episode 1 – Small Shifts, Big Impact: How One Insight Changes Everything Welcome to the very first episode of The Shift, where we explore the moments—big and small—that change everything. In this unscripted, deeply honest conversation, Amy Pechacek and Cassandra Rambo share why they started this podcast, what it means to lead with authenticity, …