Best Falling Squares Podcast Podcasts (2025)

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Seeds, Squares, and Sidekicks for the Fall Garden 45:49

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Fall is here! Join us to get all the specifics on what to direct sow or transplant into the Fall garden, how many you can squeeze into your beds, and what to plant with them.By Jenny Graham & Donna Larson

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20VC: Cohere Founder on How Cohere Compete with OpenAI and Anthropic $BNs | Why Counties Should Fund Their Own Models & the Need for Model Sovereignty | How Sam Altman Has Done a Disservice to AI with ... 1:07:50

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Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI researcher and entrepreneur, best known as co-founder of Cohere, the enterprise-focused LLM. Cohere has raised over $900 million, most recently a $500 million round, bringing its valuation to $6.8 billion. Under his leadership, Cohere hit $100M in ARR. Prior to founding Cohere, Nick was a researcher at Google Brain and …

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Joe Versus the Volcano 1:52:03

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Dear listeners -- some of whose names we know -- thank you for helping us celebrate Valerie's birth month by listening to our episode covering 1990's Joe Versus the Volcano. We forgot how wonderfully bonkers this movie was. Thank you for listening.

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Empowering You To Forage For Fall Mushrooms With Ryan Maione From Microbe Monastery 32:27

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Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to the full-length episode https://www.patreon.com/thegrowguide Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/By The Grow Guide

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August 29, 2025 - "EEPHUS," Chef Andy Husbands, and John Flansburgh 55:37

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Director Carson Lund joins The Culture Show to talk about his debut feature film “Eephus,” a quintessentially New England baseball film. Find out more, here. From there Andy Husbands, chef and owner of The Smoke Shop BBQ, has co-authored the “Quick and Easy Burger Cookbook,” which will bump your burger game with creative recipes. He joins The Cultu…

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20Product: Why Most CPOs are Bad | Why You Do Not Need PMs in a World of AI | Why the Design Stage is Dead and How to Use Vibe Coding to Replace It | The Three Roles All Founders End Up Firing on Repeat ... 53:48

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Jason James is the Co-Founder of Tezi and one of the leading product minds in the valley. Prior to Tezi, Jason was the VP Product at Instacart and before that was Head of Product and Design at Thumbtack. AGENDA: 00:00 Product lessons scaling Instacart to $40B – what really moves the needle 02:15 Why “quick optimizations” won’t build billion-dollar …

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August 28, 2025 - Peter Wolf and Regie Gibson 55:28

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Music legend Peter Wolf has had a long solo career and rose to recognition as former lead singer of the J. Geils Band–famous for its high-octane shows and top 40 hits. Wolf joins The Culture Show to talk about his new memoir “Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses.”. Regie Gibson, an assistant professor at Berklee Col…

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20VC: Anthropic's $10BN Round | Klarna's IPO Broken Down | Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine | Martin Casado: Is Consensus Investing the Only Game | Why Satya is Chatting S*** on SaaS Apps ... 1:11:40

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AGENDA: 00:00 – Marc Benioff vs Snowflake, Databricks & Palantir: Who Wins the Data Cloud War? 05:10 – Does Benioff Feel The Need to Buy AI Talent Like Zuck Is? 09:00 – What Salesforce has Learned From Palantir on Forward Deployed Engineers? 18:00 – Will SaaS apps disappear in an AI world? Why Satya is Chatting S*** 23:40 – Are SDRs really screwe…

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August 27, 2025 - Ben Shattuck, Cakeswagg, Andre Dubus III 55:34

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Ben Shattuck’s latest book, “The History of Sound: Stories” is a collection of interconnected stories that examine the lives and landscapes of New England where Shattuck spans centuries in these haunting and often humorous stories. From there it’s teacher by day, Cakeswagg by night. The Boston-based Lyricist and rapper joins us to talk about her so…

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August 26, 2025 - J. Courtney Sullivan, Colm Tóibín, and Dart Adams on De La Soul’s “3 Feet High and Rising” 55:30

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Best-selling author J. Courtney Sullivan joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest novel, “The Cliffs.” It is an intricately layered novel of family, spirits, and secrets set on the seaside cliffs of Maine. Then author Colm Tóibín joins us. He doesn’t like sequels. He thinks of them as kind of a literary copout. But 15 years after he publishe…

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073. Done with Decluttering? Curate What Matters for a Lasting Legacy 26:15

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Decluttering doesn’t have to feel like scrubbing the toilet. What if instead of dragging yourself through organizing projects, you reframed it as curating your life? In this episode of Organizing for Beautiful Living, we’re trading burnout for intention. I’ll guide you through a mindset shift that transforms decluttering from a chore into something…

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August 25, 2025- Dread Scott, André Aciman and Janie Barnett on "She's So Unusual." 55:31

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Interdisciplinary artist Dread Scott joins The Culture Show. In 1989, the US Senate outlawed his artwork and President Bush declared it "disgraceful" because of its transgressive use of the American flag. Dread became part of a landmark Supreme Court case when he and others burned flags on the steps of the Capitol. He is a revolutionary artist who …

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20VC: Do Margins Matter in AI? | Is Defensibility Gone For Good? | Is Vertical SaaS Dead in a World of AI | What SaaS Rules Are BS and No Longer Apply in a World of AI | The Future of Venture: Why Chanel ... 1:21:03

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Byron Deeter is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and one of the most renowned SaaS investors. Byron has led 19 unicorn investments, including IPO successes like ServiceTitan, Procore, Twilio, Box, Gainsight, Intercom, DocuSign, SendGrid. His portfolio includes eight companies that have gone public. Insane. Agenda: 00:00 – Why are the stakes …

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Episode 336: Happy 7 Year Anniversary to Boy Band Break! 1:19:03

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Lucky #7! Boy Band Break is celebrating our 7th anniversary of podcasting! 335 episodes in and still going strong! Thank you to everyone that have stuck around with us for 7 years and hello to any new listeners! we appreciate you so much! On today's episode Lydia returns and we play some boy band trivia from Karah-Leigh Hancock's "Boy Bands Ultimat…

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August 22, 2025 - Week in Review: The return of Victorian fashion, performative males, and the Laufey library card 55:30

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Today Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on The Culture Show’s week-in-review. First up, fashion backward. We look at a new trend, people wearing vintage clothing with styles inspired by period dramas such as “The Gilded Age” and “Downton Abbey.” From there we analyze the “Sex in the City,” sequel, “A…

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Last Week We Debated, This Week We Decided 44:58

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We figured out what changes are needed and now we're following through. From new garden spaces to different cows, listen in to our discussion on our homestead changes happening now. americanfarmsteadhers.com americanfarmsteadconvention.comBy American Farmsteadhers

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August 21, 2025 - Melissa Rivers, public art in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and a fall planting guide 55:33

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From Greenwich Village nightclubs to “The Tonight Show” to Hollywood’s red carpets, Joan Rivers made and remade her career through triumph and tragedy. Now the highs and lows of her life and career come together in the play “JOAN.” The executive producer is Melissa Rivers, an actress, writer and TV host. Melissa Rivers joins The Culture Show to tal…

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20VC: Databricks at $100BN | Chamath’s SPAC Revival: Peak Mania? | OpenAI Staff Cash Out Billions & Sam Altman Will Spend Trillions | CoreWeave’s $11B Debt Bet & Nubank’s $2.5B Profit Shocker 1:27:58

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Agenda: 00:00 – Databricks hits $100B: Bubble or just the beginning? 03:15 – Is Databricks actually undervalued at 25x revenue? 07:40 – Are we on the verge of the biggest IPO wave ever? 11:30 – Can Andreessen’s Databricks bet return $30B+? 18:10 – Who really gets rich when mega-unicorns IPO? 19:30 – Is the return of Chamath’s SPACs the ultimate bub…

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August 20, 2025 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Miss Conception, and Joyce Kulhawik 55:31

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Bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan joins The Culture Show to talk about her latest thriller, ”All This Could Be Yours,” The book centers on debut sensation Tessa Calloway. She’s on a whirlwind book tour for her instant bestseller, But there's a chilling problem—she soon discovers she is being stalked by someone who's obsessed not only with sabo…

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August 19, 2025 - Twice-a-Day Ray, Jane Eaglen, and Mary Grant 55:32

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Twice-a-Day Ray is an original cover band that’s too busy saving lives to write their own songs. That’s because the band is made up of three emergency doctors and an emergency medicine PA. Ahead of their August 22nd show at the Cantab Lounge in Central Square, guitarist Colin Devonshire and lead vocalist Kayla Ninteau join The Culture Show. To lear…

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072. Win Your Morning: 6 Simple Habits That Make the Whole Day Easier 18:17

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Early alarms + school rush don’t have to mean foggy, frantic mornings. In this episode, I'm sharing the six small “levers” that reliably flip my mornings from groggy to calm and focused—no perfection required. You’ll learn how to: 📵 Phone fast for 10–15 minutes to protect your attention and stop the doom-scroll before it starts 🧭 Use a simple Get-G…

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August 18, 2025 - Cady Coleman and Josh Simpson, Imani Perry and Sci-Art in Central Square 55:30

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The Sandwich Glass Museum is featuring the artistry of Josh Simpson in the exhibition “50 Years of Visionary Glass.” Josh and his wife, retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Cady Coleman’s new book is “Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder and Making Change.” Josh Simpson’s new book is “Josh Simpson: 50 Years of Visionary Glass.” Th…

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20VC: Lovable CEO Anton Osika on $120M in ARR in 7 Months | The Honest Truth About Defensibility and Unit Economics for AI Startups | The State of Foundation Models: Long Grok, Short OpenAI, Why | Replit ... 1:08:48

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Anton Osika is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable, the fastest growing company on the planet. In just 7 months, they have scaled from $0 to $120M in ARR. They have raised over $200M in funding from some of the best including Accel, Creandum and 20VC. Their latest round priced the company at a whopping $2BN. Agenda for Today: 00:00 – Is AI an Arms Rac…

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Episode 335: Backstreet Boys Millennium 2.0 album review BSB 1:09:31

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On today's episode Sofia and Cinzia talk about the Backstreet Boys Millennium 2.0 album that was released on July 11, 2025. Have you listened to it yet?

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August 15, 2025 - Week in Review: War of the Worlds, Taylor Swift, and Trump's Smithsonian review 55:35

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Today Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on The Culture Show’s week-in-review. First up, Amazon’s “War of the Worlds” reboot earns a rare 3% rating on the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It’s also being criticized as pro-tech propaganda. From there they’ll discuss Taylor Swift entering a new …

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Farm Decisions to Make 43:16

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This week, Jenny and Donna discuss the difficulty in making tough farm decisions. From animals and gardens, to land management, homestead life is full of choices to make. americanfarmsteadhers.com americanfarmsteadconvention.comBy American Farmsteadhers

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20VC: 15 Term Sheets in 7 Days and Choosing Benchmark | Harvey vs Legora: Who Wins Legal and How to Play When You Have $600M Less Funding | Are AI Models Plateauing Today | Building a 9-9-6 Culture From ... 1:20:48

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Max Junestrand is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Legora, the collaborative AI powering the next generation of lawyers. Now this is an insane story for many reasons; first, Max turned down a multi-million dollar career in gaming to build Legora. Second, he has raised from the best of the best including Benchmark and IVP. Third, he has scaled the firm with…

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August 14, 2025 - Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Aisha Muharrar, and Henry Diltz 55:33

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Gloria J. Browne-Marshall joins The Culture Show to talk about her new book, “A Protest History of the United States.” Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is an American civil rights attorney, author, playwright, essayist, and professor of Constitutional Law at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. From there Aisha Muharrar joins The Culture Show to t…

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20VC: GPT5: Sam Altman's Masterplan or a Gift To Anthropic | Palantir & Shopify Crush Earnings | Monday & Datadog Perform But Hit Hard by Wall St | Should Perplexity Buy Chrome for $34.5BN | 1:22:01

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AGENDA: 00:04 – Was GPT-5 the Biggest AI Letdown Yet? 00:17 – Is OpenAI’s Real Target Anthropic’s $6B Revenue? 00:22 – Why Anthropic Might Secretly Be Worried 00:28 – The Hidden Business Strategy Behind OpenAI’s “Underwhelming” Launch 00:32 – Should Perplexity Really Try to Buy Chrome for $34.5B? 00:35 – The $3B N8N Deal: Genius Bet or Bubble FOMO?…

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August 13, 2025 - Josh Ritter, "We're Doing The Wiz," and Erica Hirshler, Curator of American Paintings at the MFA 55:35

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Josh Ritter, the prolific singer-songwriter, joins The Culture Show to talk about his forthcoming album, “I Believe in You, My Honeydew,” and to preview his upcoming performance at the Lowell Summer Music Series. He’ll be performing with The Royal City Band on August 24th. To learn more go here. From there Ian Coss, an award-winning podcast produce…

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The Gift Giver 39:02

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If you could have anything, what gift would you ask for? Written by JD Simpson Narrated by Ian Epperson The Gift Giver was Nate DuFort Editing and sound design by Brooke Jennett Assistance from Ian Epperson and Bridgett Freeman Support Thirteen on Patreon Merch is available through Dashery Find Thirteen on social media at: Facebook, Tiktok and Inst…

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August 12, 2025 - Astronaut Cady Coleman on Jim Lovell, Pedro Alonzo, and the North End Fisherman's Feast 55:28

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We reflect on the legacy of the late NASA astronaut Jim Lovell with Cady Coleman. She’s a retired NASA astronaut, U.S. Air Force colonel, scientist, pilot and musician. She spent months working and living aboard the International Space Station. Her latest book is titled “Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change.” We…

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071. Simple Routines for an Unrushed, Low-Stress Fall 14:48

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Fall is creeping in—school forms, Q4 chatter, and (somehow) Halloween candy in August. If you’re feeling pushed forward in time, this episode brings you back to center with two grounding routines and a few mindset helpers so you can savor the season instead of sprinting through it. We’ll look at: the 12-Week Year approach to calm goal-setting (four…

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August 11, 2025 - Amber Ruffin on "The Wiz," Nina Festekjian, and The Cape Playhouse 55:41

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The Broadway hit “The Wiz” is onstage at Citizens Opera House August 12 through August 24 by way of Broadway in Boston. The book was updated by comedian, writer and actress Amber Ruffin. She joins The Culture Show to talk about giving the musical a contemporary spin. Amber Ruffin hosted the late-night talk show, “The Amber Ruffin Show” on Peacock. …

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20VC: Figma, Scale, Wiz: Inside Index's Decacorn Factory | Decision-Making, Investment Process, Biggest Lessons, Biggest Misses | Why Gross Margin is a Fallacy at Seed | Never Turn Down a Deal on Price ... 1:19:50

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Martin Mignot is a Partner at Index Ventures, the best-performing fund in the world right now. In the last three months, they have sold Wiz for $ 32 billion, sold Scale for $14.9 billion, and IPO'd Figma as the largest investor. In addition to this, they are the largest or second-largest shareholders in Roblox, Revolut, Adyen and Datadog. Agenda fo…

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Episode 334: Pop2000 Tour Casino Rama Canada and Chris Kirkpatrick and O-Town M&G 1:04:17

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Cinzia went to the Pop2000 Tour at Casino Rama and did a M&G with Chris Kirkpatrick and O-Town

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August 8, 2025 - Week in Review: Versailles AI, South Park, and Hamilton at 10 55:30

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Today Jared Bowen, Edgar B. Herwick III, and Culture Show contributor Lisa Simmons go over the latest arts and culture headlines on our week-in-review. First up, the Palace de Versailles is bringing some of its statues to life, using AI to make them interactive. From there, it’s been 10 years since Hamilton bounded on to Broadway. We’ll look at how…

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David The Good Talks Easy Gardening 1:11:07

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David's Website: The Survival Gardener His Skool group is on his website too! David's Books are available on Amazon Get Your Tickets to Scrubfest 4 on 10/11 Get Your Tickets to hear David at The Potting Shed on 8/22. americanfarmsteadhers.com americanfarmsteadconvention.comBy American Farmsteadhers

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20VC: The $BN Greenoaks Backed Protein Bar | Hitting $100M Revenues in David's First Year: Lessons & Mistakes | $0 to $600M: The Untold RXBAR Story | Product-Market-Fit, Pricing, Branding: What Every Founder ... 1:06:15

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Peter Rahal is the Co‑Founder & CEO of David Protein, the highest protein‑to‑calorie ratio for any protein bar on the market. Peter has raised over $85M from Greenoaks, Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Andrew Huberman with the latest round valuing the company at $725 million. The company is poised for over $100 million in first‑year revenue. Formerly, Peter…

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Complete Garden Tour at Maggie's! Manitoba Homestead Meets Dinner Party Hangout 26:01

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Subscribe to our Patreon to listen to the full-length episode plus a video tour of Maggie's garden https://www.patreon.com/thegrowguide Find full episode show notes with links and images to everything we discussed over on our website https://www.thegrowguidepodcast.com/

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August 7, 2025 - Michael Ansara, Christine Baranski, and Van Gogh's Roulin Family Portraits 55:28

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Michael Ansara spent years as an activist and an organizer, starting with the civil rights movement of the 1960s, going on to be a regional organizer for Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). He spent 10 years organizing opposition to the war in Vietnam. For 15 years, he was a community organizer, including directing Mass Fair Share. He has work…

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20VC: Figma's 250% Pop - The Greatest IPO Mispricing Ever | Meta and Microsoft Blowout Quarters: Broken Down | Cognition Raises at $15BN and Ramp at $22BN | CRV Downsizing and What It Means for LPs and ... 1:20:30

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Agenda: 00:00 – The Worst IPO Mis-Pricing Ever: What Really Happened at Figma 02:30 – Fidelity vs Founders: How Important is Fidelity When Going Public 07:00 – Why Founders Secretly Want a Pop, Even If It Makes Them Look Stupid 10:15 – The Truth Behind the $3B Figma "Left on the Table" 14:00 – Direct Listings vs IPOs: Should Figma Have Gone Direct …

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August 6, 2025 - Dennis Lehane on "Smoke," a Boston Mayoral Forum on Arts and Culture recap, and Mahesh Daas 55:34

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Dennis Lehane, known for writing literary crime novels such as “Mystic River,” “Gone, Baby, Gone,” and “Shutter Island,” joins The Culture Show to talk about his latest collaboration with Apple TV+, the new crime series “Smoke.” Created by Dennis Lehane, the nine-episode drama – inspired by true events – follows an arson investigator who teams up w…

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August 5, 2025 - Robert Reich, The Ciota Brothers on "Cassino in Ischia," and Phoebe Potts on "Too Fat for China" 55:32

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Robert Reich served in three presidential administrations, including as Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. He’s served as an advisor– endeavoring on behalf of working people exploited by the system. As a professor he has been the ultimate explainer about rising inequality. As a public intellectual he pulls no punches–calling out the b…

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070. Back-to-School Bedroom Reset: A 60-Minute Makeover for Stress-Free Mornings 15:57

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Is your child’s room a mine-field of laundry, stray tech and lost shoes? 😩 In this episode, I'm walking you through a one-hour Bedroom Reset that turns cluttered kid-spaces into stress-free launchpads just in time for those early-morning back-to-school routines. 📝 What You’ll Learn 0–20 min: Tackling cramped drawers and floor hazards first 20–40 mi…

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August 4, 2025 - Imari Paris Jeffries, Chan's Home of Egg Rolls and Blues, and Elijah Wald 55:31

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Imari Paris Jeffries, President and CEO of Embrace Boston, joins The Culture Show to talk about the W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project, in partnership with Embrace Boston, a life-size bronze monument of W.E.B. Du Bois was recently unveiled in Great Barrington, MA, Du Bois’ hometown and birthplace. The unveiling marks the beginning of a statewide init…

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20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO’s Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko ... 1:15:36

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Ron Gabrisko is the Chief Revenue Officer at Databricks, where he joined in 2016. Under his leadership, Databricks has scaled from $0 to $3.7BN annualized revenue. He has grown the sales team from 0 to over 1,000 globally, leading expansion into enterprise, government, and international markets. Ron previously held senior sales roles at Cloudera an…

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20VC: Inside Carnegie Mellon's $4BN Endowment | Why 90% of LPs Shouldn't Invest in VC | The $140BN Problem with Multi-Stage Funds | The Hidden Math Behind DPI, TVPI, and Illiquidity with Miles Dieffenbach ... 1:27:17

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Miles Dieffenbach is Managing Director of Investments at Carnegie Mellon University, where he helps oversee a $4 billion endowment with a focus on venture capital, private equity, and alternative investments. Under his leadership, CMU’s private book has remained self-funding during some of the toughest years for liquidity. Agenda for Today: 00:04 –…

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Episode 333: 98 Degrees Meet & Greet at Square One Mississauga & Niagara Falls Concert Recap 1:03:08

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Sorry for the delay in updates! We were having some tech issues. It's summer and it's getting hot in here...one might say 98 Degrees? ;) On today's episode, Cinzia recaps the 98 Degrees Meet & Greet at Sunrise Records in Mississauga Ontario Canada, as well as the 98 Degrees Concert at Niagara Falls! If you are in the Toronto, Ontario area, they are…